Unlike France, Seems Australia is taking things seriously.

[LostInSpace]

SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Australian prosecutors began outlining what they say were planned attacks against citizens after police arrested 17 people on terrorism charges Tuesday in the nation's two largest cities.

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Police made the arrests in Sydney and Melbourne. Those arrested include a Muslim cleric accused of masterminding a cell dedicated to "violent jihad."

Australian authorities credited their 18-month investigation with averting terrorist bombings.

"We believe that we've been able to significantly disrupt a proposed terrorist attack here in Australia," New South Wales Police Commissioner Ken Moroney told Australia's Channel 7 Television.

Police have confirmed one man who had been under surveillance was shot and wounded by police Tuesday morning in an outer Sydney suburb.

The man allegedly fire shots at the police and a second gun was found in a backpack he was carrying, Australia's Sky News reported. He is under police guard in hospital.

A prominent Islamic cleric, Abu Bakr, was among nine men who appeared Tuesday morning in the Melbourne Magistrates Court charged with being members of a terror group.

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[Soback]

I guess France's intelligence failed completly in collecting informatin about such a huge brewing uprising.

And once it has errupted, they again, are failing completly at combating it.