Mohamed Amin has been charged with four counts of preparing to enter a foreign state to engage in hostile activities A New Zealand man accused of preparing to fight in Syria's civil war told authorities he was travelling to meet his fiancee, whose name he didn't know. Mohamed Amin, 24, obtained a new passport and also got a phone in the 'unbeliever' name of Chris Wright as part of attempting to join the effort to remove president Bashar al-Assad, the Melbourne Magistrates Court was told on Thursday. Amin booked a flight to Turkey and made plans to travel from there to Syria in September 2013, prosecutor Mark Gibson told the contested committal hearing.
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Mohamed Amin has been charged with four counts of preparing to enter a foreign state to engage in hostile activities
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The 24-year-old was intercepted by federal police at Brisbane Airport en route to Turkey
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The court heard he had been exchanging texts with Sydney man Hamdi Alqudsi, who allegedly sent Australians to Syria to fight in the civil war
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In one of the texts, which police claim is written in code, Amin said he and other 'doctors' were 'definitely' mentally ready for 'surgery'
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His passport has been cancelled and he is being detained at Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre until his next hearing on December 18
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