I need a 9/11 of my own

Twisted ... Ayman al-Zawahiri

OSAMA Bin Laden's twisted successor is feared to have ordered an atrocity on tomorrow's tenth anniversary of 9/11 — to cement his control over al-Qaeda.

Ayman al-Zawahiri, 60, believes pulling off his own Twin Towers-style spectacular in America will see off rivals plotting to seize the leadership.

New York and Washington were on maximum alert last night after intelligence experts uncovered a truck bomb threat.

Up To AG To Act Against Mat Sabu, Says Hishammuddin

KLANG -- Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said on Saturday that it is up to the Attorney General to take any action against PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu for his alleged statement that the communists were the real heroes in the Bukit Kepong tragedy of 1950 in Johor.

No dole in PAS’s ‘Negara Berkebajikan’, says Mustafa

PAS vice-president Salahuddin Ayub also told party delegates today

 that it was crucial not to confuse the idea of “Negara Berkebajikan”

 with the concept of a “welfare state” as practised in the West.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — PAS secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali said today that the able-bodied jobless will not be put on the dole but will be cared for in other ways under its “Negara Berkebajikan” alternative welfare system.

The opposition party’s president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang had put forward this concept during its assembly in June and said the “Negara Berkebajikan” is an integral part of the Islamist party’s manifesto for the coming 13th general elections, widely believed to be after October to allow the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government to first present a generous Budget in Parliament.

Don’t blame telcos for prepaid tax, PKR tells Najib

PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli pointed out today that the six per cent service
 tax is levied on all services specified by the government. 

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak cannot plead ignorance over the move by telecommunication companies to impose a six per cent service tax on all prepaid mobile telecommunication sales, PKR said today.

PKR strategic director Rafizi Ramli pointed out the six per cent service tax is levied on all services specified by the government, and that it had nothing to do with the telecommunication companies’ decision to pass the burden to consumers.

“It is unbecoming of a prime minister to plead ignorance that his government’s decision to increase the service tax to six per cent effective from 1 January 2011 has nothing to do with the telecommunication companies’ decision to pass the tax burden to consumers.