One
of the world's "most lethal terrorists" captured north
of Bangkok - August 15, 2003
This is all over the papers today, but in case you missed it:
Hambali, a terrorist linked to "nearly every major al-Qaida
and Jemaah Islamiyah plot since the attacks on the World Trade
Center..." has been apprehended. This capture has variously
been described as an FBI or CIA operation and the FBI is reportedly
interrogating Hambali somewhere in Thailand.
UPDATE: There is now speculation that legalities concerning
Hambali's arrest were why Thaksin had to rush through the controversial
executive degrees on terrorism (all the local papers and academics
shrilly attributed it to his growing authoritarianism). Thaksin
now denies
this. Also: A "senior Thai general" has
quickly clarified that Hambali is not being held in Thailand,
but was flown
to Indonesia. Also: Indonesian denies
this.
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