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J&K Ultras have Chemical Arms
Jammu/New Delhi – April 30, 2003 -
In a statement faxed from the Northern Command Headquarters in
Udhampur, Public Relations Officer, Lt. Col., S.P.K. Singh, said the Army
had been receiving information over the past two to three months that
terrorists in the state had been moving about with suspicious-looking
containers. Recent
intelligence inputs suggest that they have been talking about use of
poisonous gas. The Americans
have already voiced concern about chemical weapons and other weapons of
mass destruction falling in the hands of terrorist groups in J&K.
One message intercepted after a week of heavy losses suffered by
militants, suggested use of chemical weapons.
The militants were reportedly told to look towards their containers
if there were more such losses. The Statesman – May 1, 2003 Audit of TerrorIndia is the world’s worst victim of terror. And that’s official – not according to New Delhi, but according to Washington. The US state department’s latest report “Patterns of Global Terrorism” recognizes that India continues to be the worst hit by terrorism. India was subjected to 67 terrorist attacks in 2002, compared with nine in Israel, eight in Pakistan and seven on the West Bank. The report also notes that “extremist violence in Kashmir fuelled by infiltration form Pakistan across the Line of Control threatened to become a flashpoint for a wider India-Pakistan conflict during most of the year”. London – A shocked and dismayed Britain has begun investigating Israeli claims that two British Pakistani men launched suicide bombing attacks in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. One of the Anglo-Pakistanis is still at large, amid mounting horror that the UK might be perceived as the world’s “western terrorist capital”. Meanwhile, Britain-based Islamist group, Al-Muhajiroun, applauded the suicide attacks on Israel. The group’s general secretary Anjem Choudhary insisted the two British bombers were engaged on “a jihad that can be rightly fought in Kashmir or Chechnya too”. The Times of India – May 4, 2003 Newsweek – May 5, 2003 Britain’s new Scourge: 50 ‘serious’ Suicide Bombers London – May 4, 2003 – Around 50 potential suicide bombers are staying in Britain at present, a self-styled recruiter of volunteers for ’Jihad’ (holy war), Hassan Butt, has claimed, triggering waves of panic among British intelligence and anti-terrorist squads. He said he had been approached by at least 50 men for guidance on how to carry out “martyrdom operations” in Israel and 20 of them were “absolutely serious” about what they planned to do. “They are waiting for the right time, the right people. You don’t just do it as individuals, you do it as an organization. It’s about screening them, testing them, making sure they are sincere. Then, when it’s right, believe me they’ll all be used,” Butt said. The Statesman – May 5, 2003 Qaeda ‘sleeper cells’ pose real threat, says G-8Paris – May 5, 2003 – The Al Qaeda terror network remains a serious threat, with sleeper cells and agents “ready to act” and bases apparently relocated outside of Afghanistan. In a grim assessment, the world’s top justice and interior ministers from the Group of Eight nations said on Monday that terrorism was still “a pervasive and global threat” and warned that terrorists could use chemical biological or nuclear weapons in attacks. The Asian Age – May 7, 2003 Al-Qaeda
in the Net Pakistani intelligence officials tracked the potato truck in Karachi and they pounced, capturing a Yemeni al-Qaeda leader named Waleed Muhammad bin Attash(said to be close to bin Laden) along with five Pakistanis who had slashed 330 pounds of explosives and weapons under the produce. Another big fish netted in the raid was Ali Abd al-Aziz, a bin Laden bagman who, U.S. officials tell Time, funneled nearly $120,000 to the Skept.11 hijackers. Time – May 12, 2003 London – May
9, 2003 – Counter-terrorism and engagement with the Islamic world are
among the programmes to be covered by a Global Opportunities Fund launched
by UK foreign secretary, Jack Straw, in the House of Commons on Thursday.
With a funding of 120 million for the first three years, the
initiative is considered one of the largest inputs form the foreign and
Commonwealth office towards global projects. The Asian Age – May 10, 2003 Hindustan
Times – May 14, 2003
Casablanca – May 27, 203 – A series of bomb
attacks rocked Morocco’s economic capital of Casablanca overnight,
killing at least 40 persons and injuring 60 at sites frequented by
foreigners, including the Belgian consulate, a Jewish community center and
cemetery, an international hotel and a bustling Spanish restaurant.
Investigations showed that all the attacks were suicide bombings,
and that car bombs had not been used. The
Hindu – May 18, 2003 The
Asian Age – May 18, 2003 Jerusalem – A Palestinian suicide bomber killed seven people aboard a Jerusalem bus on Sunday, prompting Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to put off a trip to the White House to discuss the new US-backed West Asia peace plan. Another suicide attacker detonated his explosives belt at a roadblock nearby but killed only himself, bringing the overall to nine dead in a fresh spasm of bloodshed. Hindustan Times – May 21, 2003 The
Hindu – May 22, 2003 Food for Thoughts Life is song, sing it. -
Sai Baba *** -
Dalai Lama *** “Anger is
momentary madness; do not make only decision, when you are angry.” *** Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and receives and thus, like mercy, is twice blessed. Erastus Wiman. |