Student posing as Bin Laden threatens to blow up Tokyo Tower
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20041121p2a00m0dm001000c.html
A university student who posted a message on an Internet bulletin board in the name of Osama bin Laden, threatening to blow up Tokyo Tower, has been arrested, police said.
Police arrested the 19-year-old, first-year university student on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business.
Investigators said the student posted a message on the "Ni Channel" Internet bulletin board on Sept. 9, going by the name Osama bin Laden.
The message, which was written in English, threatened to blow up Tokyo Tower, Kasumigaseki, Akihabara and other places on Sept. 11. Police have charged the student with obstructing business of the company that manages Tokyo Tower.
The student has reportedly admitted writing the message from his computer at home. Police are investigating his motives for posting the message. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Nov. 21, 2004)
Zarqawi 'harder to catch' than Saddam
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1248006.htm
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Iraqi insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is harder to catch than Saddam Hussein but the chances may have improved since he fled Fallujah, a US general says.
General Ray Odierno was part of the team who captured Saddam, after the ousting of his government last year.
He says that Zarqawi, an ally of Al Qaeda, has a well-organised guerrilla network moving him between hide-outs.
However, he says that US defeat of insurgents in Fallujah could have disrupted Zarqawi's co-ordination because he lost his main base.
"I think (with) Saddam, after the fall, there was no organisation, he was fleeing for his life, whereas I think Zarqawi is a little more organised... he has a more organised group around him than Saddam Hussein," Gen Odierno said.
"That's what makes it a bit more difficult with Zarqawi."
Well now, it sure would be nice to see what the suspect's name is...for a start.
Thanks nw.