Alex White,Samantha Maiden and Katherine Powley
The Daily Telegraph
July 25,2014
THIS is the Australian teen authorities believe became a suicide bomber in Iraq last week, killing five people. But the family of Adam Dahman, 18, last night denied he was the bomber, saying he is alive in Syria and had contacted them last week. His father said ASIO agents had interviewed his son but let him go, and he believed he was doing humanitarian work in Syria.
The teen, from Northcote, Melbourne is suspected of detonating a bomb near a Shiite mosque in Baghdad last week.
Pictures on Adam’s Facebook page date back to December 21 and appear to show him posing in front of Islamic State flags in Iraq which read “There is no God but God; Mohammed is the messenger of God”.
But Sam Dahman, did not believe his son was the suicide bomber: “Where is the proof?”
“I just talked to him last week. I want to see the body,” he said.
Mr Dahman said his son had run away when he was 17 on November 10 but had then phoned very upset, saying two ASIO agents had spoken with him at the airport. “What I want to know is why the government let him go?’’ Mr Dahman said.
Insiders said security agencies did not put a hold on Adam’s passport, which would have prevented him slipping out of the country.
It is understood Adam was known to authorities at the time but was not considered a threat.
He is believed to be the second Australian to be a suicide bomber in the Syria and Iraq conflict and has family ties to 22-year-old Zacharia Raad, who was killed in an ambush in Syria in June.
It is understood both men had links to convicted terrorists from a Melbourne group who planned to bomb the MCG.
Brothers Ezzit Raad and Ahmed Raad were jailed for their role in the plot. Both men have served their jail sentences.
The Islamic State terror group has claimed responsibility for Mr Dahman’s attack.
Online Adam was known as Abu Bakr al Australi and leaders have hailed him as a “knight” and a martyr.
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