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Publication: The Times of India
Date: April 12, 2003
Six more radical Islamic groups,
including Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar- e-Jhangvi, have
been outlawed under Australia's tough counter-terrorism laws, the government
announced on Friday. Attorney-general Daryl Williams said the listing of
the terrorist groups would deter Australians from becoming involved with
them either as members, as financial backers or in a training role.
Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
were blamed for a number of suicide attacks and massacres in Jammu &
Kashmir and also for the kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel
Pearl in Pakistan early last year.
The other four organisations banned
are Lebanon-based Asbat Al-Ansar, Egyptian Islamic Jehad, the Islamic Army
of Aden and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. AFP
