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. {Link without Title}

sued over September 11 attacks. Major Insurance companies are sueing al-Qaida and Middle East ern governments in a bid to recover Billion s of dollars in losses related to the September 11 attacks. {Link without Title}

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 Egypt ian 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://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-09-10-binladen-tape_x.htm [http://www.nbc10.com/news/2469763/detail.html [http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/6738132.htm

Japan is to freeze and confiscate assets linked to the removed Iraq i 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. {Link without Title}

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.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,7225199%255E661,00.html

i 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.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=57F475CA-4F72-4834-A768668682DEFBE5&title=Israeli%20Warplanes%20Target%20Home%20of%20Senior%20Hamas%20Leader

, says that its Jihad will continue, and that the group may now attack Israel i 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.mirror.co.uk/news/24by7panews/page.cfm?objectid=13392139&method=full&siteid=50143

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. {Link without Title}

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. {Link without Title}

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. {Link without Title}

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