FIVE Muslim men were yesterday found guilty of plotting a jihadist attack using guns and explosives to protest over Australia’s involvement in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Five men who stockpiled bomb-making instructions and bought explosive chemicals were convicted today of Australia’s largest terrorist conspiracy.

Five muslims accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Australia stored bomb-making instructions and bought explosive chemicals as part of their plan, a court heard today.

TWO Islamic terror cells were rushing to become the first to stage a major “jihad” terror bombing in Australia, a prosecutor said yesterday.

Police in Australia arrested 16 terror suspects, including a radical Muslim cleric accused of leading a cell dedicated to “violent jihad", in a string of raids in the early hours of today and said they had foiled a catastrophic terror attack.