Militant on 3AW may be bogus

RESPECTED academics in two countries have cast serious doubt on claims by Fairfax Radio’s 3AW that a senior Islamic State military commander was the man it interviewed during a broadcast that shocked Melbourne listeners. Host Tom Elliott — who on Monday’s Drive program interviewed a man whom he claimed to be Omar al-Shishani — yesterday told listeners that he stood by the broadcast, in which it was claimed the Islamic State’s regime could come to Australia.