Hizab Reminder

In the first major militant strike after Mufti Mohammad Sayeed took over as Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister, militants blew up a bus on 12thNovember killing eight CRPF men and injuring seven on Jammu-Srinagar National highway. A police spokesman said Hizbul Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the Improvised Explosive Device blast.

-The Indian Express, November 12, 2002

Blair warns Britons to be alert for terrorists

Prime Minister Tony Blair warned the British people to be vigilant against terrorism, but said the country must not let fear distort normal life.

"If on the basis of general warning, we were to shut down all the places that Al Qaeda might be considering for an attack, we would be doing their job for them", the British Prime Minister said.

-The Asian Age November 13, 2002

Putin warns west of Islamic terror threat

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels that Islamic radicals were pursuing systematic annihilation of non-Muslims. Their global network, he said, was bent on slaughter, possibly with nuclear weapons.

-Hindustan Times, November 13, 2002

Rights may be violated in war on terror

Addressing the inaugural session of the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, the Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee told an international gathering of human rights activists on November 11 that temporary infringement of individual freedoms and rights was inevitable in the fight against terrorism.

-Hindustan Times November 12, 2002

Osama deputy planned twice to kill Pope

The Al Qaeda plotted to assassinate the Pope when he was in the Philippines on two separate occasions, intelligence documents have shown.

The organisations leader, Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, 38, travelled twice to the country to supervise the execution of the plans using bombs or high-powered sniper rifle, the Sunday Times said.

-The Asian Age November 11, 2002

APEC nations sign deal for terror fight

Leaders of rich and poor Pacific Rim nations were united behind a breakthrough deal to stifle fund flow to terrorists and tighten security at airports and protect people and trade from fresh attacks.

More than 13 months after the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the battle against extremist violence topped the agenda for a second year at the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

-The Asian Age October 28, 2002

New Al-Qaeda manifesto issues chilling threats

Osama bin Laden's network has issued a new manifesto setting out the strategy of the organisation and making a series of chilling threats, a British paper said quoting an Al-Jazeera reporter

Yosri Fouda, a London based journalist for Al-Jazeera TV who on May interviewed two militants who had planned the September 11 attacks, said he had been sent the untitled document which he believes is from a senior Al Qaeda source.

-Hindustan Times November 18, 2002