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By Mark Morri and Janet Fife-Yeomans
The Daily Telegraph September 22, 2012 12:00AM
TWO men alleged to have used texts and social media to organise a pro-Australia rally in the wake of last week's violent Muslim protest were yesterday arrested for inciting and promoting violence.
It is alleged that the pair were attempting to organise the rally in the CBD this weekend.
As American and French diplomats in Sydney put their citizens on high alert amid fears of more Islamic unrest, police arrested a 20-year-old at an Ingleburn business and a 21-year-old man on George St, Sydney.
While playing down threats of a repeat of last Saturday's violence, Assistant Police Commissioner Alan Clarke said 300 extra officers would be in the CBD this weekend.
The US Embassy has advised its nationals to avoid Hyde Park and Martin Place, while the French embassy said it was taking a "zero-risk" approach after a French magazine published cartoons of a naked Prophet Muhammad.
The 20-year-old man arrested at Ingleburn is from Glenmore Park. He was charged with recruiting persons to engage in criminal activity and printing/publish to incite/urge/aid commission of crime.
He was granted strict conditional bail to appear in Penrith Local Court on Monday October 15.
The 21-year-old arrested in George Street was last night still at The Rocks police station assisting police with their inquiries.
A 19-year-old Belfield man has become the ninth adult to be charged over the violence after he was charged with affray and throwing a bottle at police during the riots.
(My apology for not providing a link to the Telegraph website, but the link given on the Telegraph's page connects with a different news report)