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August 15-19, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

(Iraq) Blasts bring carnage to Baghdad
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8208976.stm
-- Wave of blasts in Iraqi capital kills at least 95
-- "More than 300 wounded in attacks aimed at government, commercial sites"
-- "Iraqi officials blamed al-Qaida in Iraq and other Sunni insurgents, echoing U.S. military warnings that the militant group is trying to provoke new bloodshed to undermine public trust in the Shiite-led Iraqi government."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090819/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32472040/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/
-- Al-Qaeda kills almost 100 in Baghdad bomb carnage
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/6055892/Iraq-al-Qaeda-bombings-kill-almost-100-as-multiple-targets-hit-in-Baghdad.html

(Iraq) Anti-gay attacks on rise in Iraq
-- "So-called honour killings also account for deaths where families punish their own kin in order to avoid public shame."
-- "Witnesses say vigilante groups break into homes and pick people up in the street, interrogating them to extract the names of other potential victims, before murdering them."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8204853.stm
-- Torture and execution of Iraqi gays on rise
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iuQBVd7hWah4YhnuHc52j-2oF2EA
http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/08/17/iraq-stop-killings-homosexual-conduct

Pakistan: Islamic Supremacist blames Gojra massacre of Christians on "Western conspiracy"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-supremacist-blames-gojra-on-west/

(Pakistan) Maulvi Faqeer acting Tehrik-i-Taliban chief: report
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-maulvi-faqeer-is-acting-tehrik-i-taliban-chief-qs-11
-- TTP's Maulvi Omer arrested
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\19\story_19-8-2009_pg1_7

(Pakistan) Swat Taliban vow attacks after Ramzan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\18\story_18-8-2009_pg7_7
-- Spokesman for Taliban in Swat District: During Ramadan, 'The Taliban Will Intensify Attacks – And It Won't Be Long Until They Gain Control of Entire Swat Valley'; 'We Have a Large Number of Suicide Bombers – And Now is the Time to Use Them'
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD249409

Pakistan/U.S.: U.S. Envoy Richard Holbrooke meets with Pakistan Islamic Supremacist Fazl-ur-Rehman "the Father of the Taliban"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-holbrooke-meets-with-supremacist/
-- Reuters: "Obama reaches out to Islamist parties in Pakistan"
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57I0LO20090819
-- Holbrooke discusses political issues with Fazl
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\18\story_18-8-2009_pg7_11

(Pakistan) Jama'at-e-Islami (JI) stages 'Go America Go' rally
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\19\story_19-8-2009_pg11_4

(Pakistan) Sufi's sons knock at 'un-Islamic' PHC's door for release
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\19\story_19-8-2009_pg7_19

(Pakistan) Al-Qaeda has shifted bases to Pakistan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/13+al-qaeda+has+shifted+bases+to+pakistan-za-02

(Afghanistan) 6 US troops die in Afghanistan ahead of election
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090819/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

(Afghanistan) Gunmen holed up in Afghan capital; blasts heard
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57I0FG20090819

(Afghanistan) Karzai says Taliban will fail to wreck Afghan vote
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57E0D620090819

Afghanistan: Taliban launch violent attack in Kabul
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3671725237

Afghan Warlord's Warning To Nato Forces
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Afghanistan-Mujahideen-Warlord-Gulbuddin-Hekmatyars-Warning-To-Nato-Forces/Article/200908315362604?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15362604_Afghanistan%3A_Mujahideen_Warlord_Gulbuddin_Hekmatyars_Warning_To_Nato_Forces_

(U.S.) North Carolina: Feds seize guns, $14k cash from NC terror suspect Daniel Patrick Boyd
http://www.reflector.com/news/state/feds-seize-guns-14k-cash-from-nc-terror-suspect-782565.html

(U.S.) Man sentenced for role in plot to kill Jews, attack military bases
-- "Hammad Riaz Samana is the fourth member of Jami'yyat Ul-Islam Is-Shaheeh, or JIS, a prison-founded group that wanted to make a political statement that also had plans to attack the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles and El Al Israel Airlines at the Los Angeles International Airport"
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/samana-months-carney-2530952-sentenced-prison

(U.S.) 'Terrorism' barred at trial of three Yemeni men
-- Yehia Ali Ahmed Alomari, Mohamed Al Huraibi, and Saleh Mohamed Taher Saeed
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090817/NEWS01/908170319/1003

(UK) Scotland - Lockerbie bomber to be released
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090819/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_lockerbie
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6057024/Lockerbie-bomber-to-learn-if-he-will-be-freed.html
UK terror strike plot
-- "Al-Qaeda fanatics claim home-grown terrorists are plotting to attack targets in Britain."
-- "And, in an internet magazine read by thousands of Islamic extremists, they label Britain and Europe as a bigger enemy than the United States."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2591268/UK-terror-strike-plot-claims-by-al-Qaeda.html

Iran official denies he made nuclear talks statement
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57H19G20090818

Iran's Mousavi says government agents raped detainees
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090818/wl_nm/us_iran

Lebanon catches fugitive militant
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8210009.stm
-- Lebanon: Militant Escapes From Prison
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/world/middleeast/19briefs-Lebanon.html?_r=1

(Lebanon) Head of Fatah Militia in Lebanon Munir Al-Maqdah: Fatah Does Not Recognize Israel; Israel Will Be Removed from Palestine
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/2210.htm

Gaza: The Rise (and Fall?) of the Islamic Emirate in Gaza
http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA54209

(Mauritania) Al Qaeda claim French embassy bombing in Mauritania
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI168211.htm

(Russia) Suicide bomber kills 20,wounds 138 in Russia Ingushetia
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSLH532762

(Spain) Majorca bomb suspects arrested
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/6054655/Eta-suspect-wanted-for-Majorca-attack-arrested-in-France.html

Indonesia: Up to 450 'recruited by Islamist terrorist'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3668223800

Indonesian police ask suspects about al Qaeda links
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090818/indonesia_suspects_090818/20090818?hub=World

Philippines: Troops clash with gunmen in south
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3671803984

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Pakistan - ICC Report: "Pregnant Christian Dragged Naked through Pakistani Police Station"
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=10680
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-pregnant-christian-woman/

(Afghanistan) U.N. rights body criticizes Afghan women's law
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE57I4IS20090819

(Afghanistan) YouTube video on child brides
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbtT8oHuap4&

(Malaysia) Muslim model becomes first woman in Malaysia to be caned after being caught drinking a beer
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1207643/Muslim-model-woman-Malaysia-caned-caught-drinking-beer.html#ixzz0OdtuwYEr
-- Arrest warrant against woman sentenced for drinking beer
http://www.ptinews.com/news/236764_Arrest-warrant-against-woman-sentenced-for-drinking-beer

Egypt: Female Genital Mutilation on 11 year old, first charges brought
http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME03.@AM52233.html

Other News:

DC: Egyptian Coptic Christians Protest for Human Rights, Equality, as President Obama Meets Mubarak
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/dc-egyptian-coptic-protest/

DC: Egyptian Copt Christian Group Holds Press Conference
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/dc-egyptian-copt-press-conference/

U.S.: Coalition of Coptic Organizations: "A Message to President Obama: Peace in the Middle-East Inseparably Linked to Peace for the Coptic Christians of Egypt"
http://www.earnedmedia.org/ccc0814.htm

Egypt: Report on Christian Copt Churches Attacked
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/egypt-report-on-christian-copt-churches-attacked/
-- WorldMag reports: "Churches attacked and Christians arrested? Egypt's ancient church faces new levels of persecution"
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/15734

Egypt: video links on online videos regarding persecution of Christian Copts in Egypt
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/egypt-videos/
-- Persecution of Coptic Christians Egypt
http://en.sevenload.com/videos/04m8hmu-Persecution-of-Coptic-Christians-Egypt
-- Egypt: Muslim Persecution of Christians II
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCjF0oYhw-0

Egypt: Arabs want Israeli concessions, says Mubarak
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3666723481

Pakistani Christians Forced into Refugee Camps
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090815/pakistani-christians-force-to-become-refugee-in-islamabad/index.html
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistani-christians-forced-into-refugee-camps/

Pakistani Commentator Syed Jawaid Iqbal: 'All Religious Parties Should Be Given a Month's Notice to Decide... Whether They Are Religious Factions or Political Parties – Thereafter, Pakistan Should Not Be Called Either a Secular State or an Islamic One'
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD249509

Indonesia - Christians Call for Rejection of Sharia-Inspired Bills
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6072&backpage=summaries

Sri Lanka - Rash of Attacks on Christians Reported
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6060&backpage=summaries

(Netherlands) Dutch university fires Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan - as "integration adviser"
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1035198&lang=eng_news
-- August 2009: Iran: Professor Ramadan on Iranian broadcaster PressTV
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/netherlands-professor-ramadan-on.html
-- July 17, 2009: "Court Reverses Decision to Bar Swiss Muslim Scholar" -- Tariq Ramadan
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/court-reverses-decision-to-bar-swiss-muslim-scholar/?hp

(UK) London drops 'burkini' swimwear for non-Muslims
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/08/london-drops-burkini-swimwear-for-nonmuslims.html
-- No Burquini, No Bathing: British Pools Impose Muslim Dress Codes on All Swimmers
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539864,00.html?test=latestnews

(France/Russia) Hijackers threatened to blow up mystery ship: reports
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090819/wl_nm/us_ship_russia;_ylt=AiZ89DawGFIrvQTTEo2DKh2MwfIE;_ylu=X3oDMTJoMzlmOWwwBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwODE5L3VzX3NoaXBfcnVzc2lhBGNwb3MDNwRwb3MDNwRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3JlcG9ydGhpamFjaw--

Bosnia: Muslim spiritual leader urges more Sharia law
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3666977693

Dow Jones to measure Shariah indices in Mena
http://www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2009/8/Pages/18082009/08192009_76cc13ef944f4191bed4e064cc51b36b.aspx

Against Nazi News:

Germany: No letup in Nazi war crimes prosecution
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/17/still-hunting-for-justice/

Hungarian police prohibit neo-Nazi rally
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/16/1007274/hungarian-police-prohibit-neo-nazi-rally

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Michigan: Burning cross found in Oakland County yard
http://michiganmessenger.com/25040/burning-cross-found-in-oakland-county-yard