Osama bin Laden terkorban
DUA wajah Osama semasa hidup (kiri) dan selepas terbunuh dalam serangan ketenteraan diketuai Amerika Syarikat (AS) di bandar Abbottabat, utara Islamabad. Bagaimanapun gambar kecederaan Osama itu diragui oleh banyak pihak.
WASHINGTON 2 Mei – Pemimpin rangkaian al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden maut dalam satu operasi ketenteraan diketuai Amerika Syarikat (AS) di Pakistan, sekali gus menamatkan pemburuan selama 10 tahun yang dilancarkan AS terhadap perancang serangan ke atas Pusat Dagangan Dunia di New York pada 11 September 2001.
Presiden AS, Barack Obama dalam satu pengumuman rasmi berhubung perkara tersebut berkata, Osama terbunuh dalam satu serangan tentera AS di bandar Abbottabat, kira-kira 100 kilometer di utara Islamabad.
Beliau berkata, turut maut dalam operasi selama 40 minit diketuai Agensi Perisikan Pusat (CIA) itu ialah tiga lelaki termasuk seorang anak lelakinya dan seorang wanita.
“Keadilan telah ditegakkan,” kata Obama lewat malam tadi di White House, sambil menambah kata, jenazah ketua al-Qaeda itu kini berada dalam simpanan AS dan akan disemadikan mengikut hukum Islam.
Kematian pemimpin al-Qaeda itu turut disahkan Pengarah Risikan Antara Perkhidmatan Pakistan (ISI), Leftenan Jeneral Ahmad Shuja Pasha.
Seorang anggota al-Qaeda di Yemen yang dihubungi menerusi telefon turut mengesahkan ketua rangkaian militan itu terbunuh dan menyifatkannya sebagai ‘malapetaka’.
Beberapa jam selepas pengumuman mengenai kematian Osama dibuat, AS segera mengeluarkan amaran perjalanan kepada rakyatnya di seluruh dunia dengan menyatakan satu keganasan anti-AS mungkin tercetus.
“Jabatan Negara AS memberi amaran kepada rakyat negara ini yang berada di luar negara supaya berjaga-jaga terhadap sebarang keganasan yang mungkin berlaku,” kata jabatan tersebut dalam satu kenyataan.
Rangkaian televisyen terbesar Pakistan, Geo turut menyiarkan satu rakaman imej muka Osama yang berlumuran darah, tetapi ia masih belum disahkan. – AFP/AP/Reuters
Tuesday May 3, 2011
Najib: Osama’s death shows violence is not the way
KUALA LUMPUR: The death of Osama should serve as a lesson that violence will only bring harm, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.
He said the Government had always rejected violence and extremism in line with Islamic principles that prohibited the killing of civilians and the innocent.
“The attack on the World Trade Centre masterminded by Osama 10 years ago cannot be accepted by anyone who is civilised and in Islam.
“It should be a lesson that violence will not bring any good but harm and the world has to be aware that violence is not the way,” he told reporters after attending the 1Malaysia Vaisakhi Open House at Dataran Merdeka here yesterday.
Najib said the struggle for justice must be carried out in a fair, intelligent and wasatiyyah (moderate) manner with no violence, adding that Osama’s death should pave the way for a more peaceful and safer world.
Asked if the death would help revive Islam’s image, he said Osama, who had been using the faith for his own struggle, had brought a negative perception of the religion.
On security concerns, Najib said there was no indication yet of any al-Qaeda movement in the country but police would be on alert.
He also warned that Osama’s death did not mean the terrorist movement had ended.
In Kluang, Bernama reported Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein as saying he hoped Osama’s death would bring about global peace and harmony but warned that international terrorism was not centred on an individual.
“I hope Osama’s death will lead to greater peace and harmony in the world, which is our collective responsibility,” he told reporters after attending Semberong Umno’s annual delegates’ meeting yesterday.
He said that although Osama had been killed, it was important to understand the root causes for the rise of militant groups.
Hishammuddin said the police had always worked hard to ensure that the public were safe from terrorist threats, adding that Malaysia had signed security agreements with Saudi Arabia and Australia on issues like terrorism, immigration and cross-border movement.
He said a similar agreement would be inked between Malaysia and Britain during Najib’s upcoming visit.
Tuesday May 3, 2011
Osama is dead — and countries brace for a backlash
PETALING JAYA: Security forces around the world raised their level of vigilance after the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a military operation by the United States in Pakistan.
International police agency Interpol issued a global alert to “a heightened terror risk from al-Qaeda affiliated or inspired terrorists” even as Osama's supporters took to the Internet to “vow revenge”.
Several countries, including the US, Britain and Japan, also announced security alerts for their nationals, embassies and bases.
In Malaysia, police announced the stepping up of security measures at important locations.
The US Embassy here warned Americans to be on the look-out but gave the assurance that its operations would continue as normal despite the warning.
In other developments:
> Celebrations erupted in US, especially at the White House and Ground Zero in New York, as news broke;
> Experts warn that despite Osama's death, terrorism would continue until the root causes have been addressed.
Ayman al-Zawahri ganti Osama
ISLAMABAD - Kematian Osama bin Laden mungkin menyaksikan orang kuat kedua pergerakan itu, Ayman al-Zawahri yang juga seorang pakar bedah kelahiran Mesir dinamakan sebagai pemimpin baru menggantikan Osama memimpin rangkaian tersebut.
Zawahri sering menjadi rujukan Osama serta rangkaian al-Qaeda dan dalam setiap penampilan mesej videonya, beliau sering menggesa penduduk Islam memerangi Pertubuhan Perjanjian Atlantik Utara (NATO) dan tentera Amerika Syarikat (AS) di Libya.
Dilahirkan dalam keluarga kelas atasan di sebuah kawasan kediaman mewah di Kaherah, pakar bedah itu merupakan individu kedua paling dikehendaki oleh Biro Penyiasatan Persekutuan (FBI) selepas Osama.
Zawahri dan Osama berjaya meloloskan diri dalam satu operasi AS untuk menumpaskan Taliban di Afghanistan pada akhir 2001 selepas serangan 11 September yang dilancarkan al-Qaeda. – Reuters
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