Australia moves to ban Hamas and Lashkar-e-Taiba
The Australian government said Tuesday it would seek powers to ban Pakistan-based Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and Palestinian group Hamas. Attorney General Philip Ruddock told parliament that the Lashkar-e-Taiba âhas links with Australia and therefore does pose a threat to Australia and Australian interestsâ. A bill would be presented to parliament on Wednesday, he said, pointing out that LeT was known to have carried out many deadly attacks in the sub-continent.
I'm surprised they haven't banned both groups already. But I hope they put a provision in that the ban applies to the groups, whatever names they happen to be operating under. |
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-11-05 |