September 10, 2003

September 10, 2003

=September 10, 2003=

* The Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh is stabbed while shopping for clothes at a mall without bodyguards. The killer is still at large. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3097706.stm]
* Terrorism: Al-Qaida sued over September 11 attacks. Major insurance companies are sueing al-Qaida and Middle Eastern governments in a bid to recover billions of dollars in losses related to the September 11 attacks. [http://english.aljazeera.net/Articles/News/GlobalNews/Al-Qaida+sued+over+September+11.htm]
* Terrorism: On the eve of the second anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Arabic-language television channel Al Jazeera airs a videotape, purportedly from Osama bin Laden. The videotape shows two men, including one meant to be bin Laden, walking down an (unidentified) rocky hillside. Al Jazeera said the other man seen on the tape, carrying an automatic rifle, was Ayman al-Zawahri, the Egyptian physician who merged his Islamic Jihad organization with Al Qaeda. The tape was claimed to have been made in late April or early May. An accompanying audiotape, attributed to the deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, called on Iraqis to "bury" American troops in Iraq. [http://english.aljazeera.net/Articles/News/ArabWorld/Usama+bin+Ladin+on+new+Aljazeera+tape.htm] [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-09-10-binladen-tape_x.htm] [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,96966,00.html] [http://www.nbc10.com/news/2469763/detail.html] [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/08/attack/main572189.shtml] [http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/6738132.htm]
* Japan is to freeze and confiscate assets linked to the removed Iraqi regime based on a United Nations resolution. The assets belong to former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, his two sons, and 52 other former top officials of the removed regime. [http://home.kyodo.co.jp/all/display.jsp?an=20030910214]
* Terrorism: Imam Samudra became the second Bali bomber to be sentenced to death by firing squad for his role in the October 12 atrocity which killed 202 people. Samudra greeted the sentence with chants of "Allahu Akbar" ("God is great"). [http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7230415%255E401,00.html] [http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,7225199%255E661,00.html]
* War on Terrorism : An Israeli warplane targeted the apartment building which is home of the senior Hamas leader, Mahmoud al-Zahar, in Gaza. Al-Zahar is lightly wounded; his adult son and a bodyguard are killed in the attack. A half-ton bomb destroys the building, marking the first time a Hamas leader has been attacked in his home, an escalation of Israel's campaign against the group. Twenty-five people were wounded, including Zahar's wife and a daughter. [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3522897&thesection=news&thesubsection=world] [http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=57F475CA-4F72-4834-A768668682DEFBE5&title=Israeli%20Warplanes%20Target%20Home%20of%20Senior%20Hamas%20Leader]
* Terrorism: The leader of Hamas, says that its jihad will continue, and that the group may now attack Israeli homes. The military wing of the group has threatened to change tactics by attacking Israeli houses and buildings after Israel tried to kill Hamas political leader. [http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=83380&SecID=2] [http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/24by7panews/page.cfm?objectid=13392139&method=full&siteid=50143]
* War on Terrorism: Israel states that an "unwritten and abstract" axis with India and the United States has been created to combat international terrorism and make the world a more secure place for all. [http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_369742,0008.htm]
* War on Terrorism: APEC: Indonesia and Malaysia have submitted lists of 20 suspected terrorists with links to two militant groups, asking for Thailand to help monitor their movements on the southern border. [http://www.nationmultimedia.com/page.news.php3?clid=1&id=20544&usrsess=1]
* War on Terrorism: Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia will amend its Penal Code to punish not just terrorists but also those who provide financial services or facilities to them. Changes will penalize those who help terrorists. [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2003/9/10/nation/6241798&sec=nation]
* Dewey Decimal Classification: The Online Computer Library Center sues the Library Hotel for trademark infringement.


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