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August 23-24, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

Pakistan Court Seeks Payment for Lawyers Defending Al-Qaeda Suspect Aafia Siddiqui in United States
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\25\story_25-8-2009_pg13_7

(Pakistan) Attacks in Pakistan will continue: Taliban's Waliur Rehman
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\25\story_25-8-2009_pg1_5

(Pakistan) Taliban Shura Appoints Hakimullah Mehsud as New Emir; In Editorial, Pakistani Daily Calls Him 'A Rash Swashbuckling Fighter Who Would Rather Kill than Sit Down and Talk'
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD250309
-- 'Hakimullah dead, it's his lookalike brother'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Hakimullah-dead-its-his-lookalike-brother/articleshow/4925978.cms

Pakistan: Journalist killed in ambush in northwest
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3689537547

(Pakistan) Guardian: "Intolerance is sweeping across Pakistan"
-- claims Sherry Rehman believes Pakistanis must "confront this political Islamist lobby"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/aug/24/islamisation-intolerance-pakistan-christians
-- April 16, 2008 - Pakistan National Assembly passes resolution calling for U.N. to impose death penalty internationally for blasphemy
-- "Information Minister Sherry Rehman and Sahibzada Fazle Karim moved the two resolutions."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\16\story_16-4-2008_pg7_6

(Pakistan) Militants kill Baitullah kin for spying
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Militants-kill-Baitullah-kin-for-spying/articleshow/4925984.cms

Pak raids unravel Taliban-drugs link
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pak-raids-unravel-Taliban-drugs-link/articleshow/4930590.cms

(Pakistan) Twin explosions hit Pakistani city; no casualties - Baluchistan's Quetta
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2021523&Language=en

(Afghanistan/Pakistan) Karzai seeks talks with Pakistan on Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\25\story_25-8-2009_pg1_7

(Afghanistan) Mullen: Afghanistan 'vulnerable' to Taliban
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/24/mullen-afghanistan-vulnerable-to-taliban/?feat=home_headlines

(Afghanistan) Hamid Karzai 're-elected' by landslide, poll data shows
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6077203/Hamid-Karzai-re-elected-by-landslide-poll-data-shows.html
-- Karzai rival claims widespread fraud in Afghan vote
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/24/afghanistan.election/index.html

(Afghanistan) Obama facing hard choices on Afghanistan war plans
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090823/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_afghanistan

(Iraq) Four police officers injured in explosion in Baghdad
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2021547&Language=en

(Iraq) Blast and fire in two buses cause 35 casualties in Iraq
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2021544&Language=en
-- Iraq: Deadly bomb attacks strike buses outside Baghdad
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3690143624

(Iraq) Saddam Hussein ally confesses to deadly Baghdad bombing, Iraqi authorities say
-- "Wisam Ali Khazim Ibrahim... said he had previously been a senior police officer in Diyala province, north of Baghdad"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/6078252/Saddam-Hussein-ally-confesses-to-deadly-Baghdad-bombing-Iraqi-authorities-say.html
--- Baghdad governor: Sunni MPs may be arrested for bombing
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0823/p06s07-wome.html

(U.S.) Al Qaeda Still 'Very Capable' Of US Strike
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Chair-Of-Joint-Chiefs-Of-Staff-Says-Al-Qaeda-Very-Capable-Of-Terror-Attack-On-US/Article/200908415367702

(U.S.) Guantanamo Detainee Released to Afghanistan
-- "The administration reportedly has released Mohammed Jawad to his home in Afghanistan"
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/24/guantanamo-detainee-released-afghanistan/?test=latestnews

(U.S.) New Unit to Interrogate Key Terrorism Suspects
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/24/AR2009082401133.html?hpid=topnews

US names secret terror suspects
-- "being held at secret camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, reports say"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8216576.stm

(U.S.) FBI director outraged by Lockerbie bomber release
-- "FBI Director Robert Mueller thundered down on Scotland's justice minister for releasing the Lockerbie bomber, an act that 'gives comfort to terrorists' all over the world."
-- "'I have made it a practice not to comment on the actions of other prosecutors,' Mueller wrote. 'Your decision to release Megrahi causes me to abandon that practice in this case. I do so because I am familiar with the facts, and the law. ... And I do so because I am outraged at your decision, blithely defended on the grounds of 'compassion.''"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090822/ap_on_go_ot/us_lockerbie_fbi
--- British, Libyan leaders spoke of bomber's release weeks ago
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/24/british-libyan-leaders-spoke-of-bombers-release-we/
--- (UK) Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill to face furious MSPs over Lockerbie bomber release
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/6080538/Kenny-MacAskill-to-face-furious-MSPs-over-Lockerbie-bomber-release.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6081949/Lockerbie-bomber-Libya-broke-promise-over-heros-welcome-says-Scottish-justice-minister.html
--- (UK) Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond hits back after FBI chief attacks Lockerbie bomber release
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6806871.ece
--- (UK) Britain rejects 'terrorism' allegations in Lockerbie row
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/282656,britain-rejects-terrorism-allegations-in-lockerbie-row--summary.html
--- (UK) Lockerbie release: Gordon Brown should tell us what he said to Colonel Gaddafi
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/6079443/Lockerbie-release-Gordon-Brown-should-tell-us-what-he-said-to-Colonel-Gaddafi.html
--- UK: Gordon Brown shakes hands with Colonel Gaddafi at the G8 summit last mont
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1208797/Silence-invisible-PM-Brown-wont-comment-Lockerbie-finds-time-congratulate-Englands-cricketers.html

(U.S.) Gadhafi not welcome in New Jersey town
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32544416/ns/us_news-life/
-- Poll: 82 Percent of Americans Oppose Decision to Release Lockerbie Bomber
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/24/poll-percent-americans-oppose-decision-release-lockerbie-bomber/

Libya claims Lockerbie bomber reception was 'tribal' custom
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/6077713/Libya-claims-Lockerbie-bomber-reception-was-tribal-custom.html
-- Qaddafi Praises Britain Over Lockerbie Release
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/world/africa/23lockerbie.html?_r=1&scp=9&sq=libya&st=cse
-- In Brouhaha Over Bomber Release, Libya Holds Powerful Bargaining Chip
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1918259,00.html
-- "Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) hugs convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi in Tripoli."
http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2009/0908/gaddafi_0824.jpg

(Libya) World waits to see if Colonel Gaddafi invites Lockerbie bomber to Libya's biggest party
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6807169.ece
-- Berlusconi defies his critics to visit Gadaffi for independence day
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6808600.ece

(UK) Mother of WPc Yvonne Fletcher fears Lockerbie bomber deal means she will never get justice
-- "for her daughter's killing by a Libyan gunman"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/6073748/Mother-of-WPc-Yvonne-Fletcher-fears-Lockerbie-bomber-deal-means-she-will-never-get-justice.html

Egyptian Coptic Priest Banned From Village, Under Death Threat -- Rev. Estefanos Shehata
http://www.aina.org/news/2009082190714.htm
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/death-threat-to-egyptian-coptic-priest/

Egypt: Christian Convert and Daughter Fugitives from Wrath of Islamic Supremacists
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/egypt-christian-convert-fugitives-from-hate/

Egypt: 26 Hizbullah suspects stand trial
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418675419&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Lebanese Foreign Minister Salloukh denies Peres' claim Hizbullah has 80,000 missiles
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=105629
-- Peres: Hizbullah has 80,000 weapons
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418682400&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iranian man to be stoned to death despite "moratorium"
-- "An Iranian man convicted of adultery is to be stoned to death despite a moratorium being agreed by the judiciary last year."
-- "Naghi Ahmadi was sentenced to death by stoning in June last year in the northern city of Sari, after he visited a married woman's home in the night while her husband was away working in another city, the Sarmayeh newspaper reported"
-- "A year ago the judiciary said it would scrap the punishment in Iran's new Islamic penal code"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6083067/Iranian-man-to-be-stoned-to-death-despite-moratorium.html

Iran wants West to resume 'interaction'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418684640&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) Clerics, Lawmakers Oppose Selection Of Three Women
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/22/AR2009082202233.html

Gaza: 'Hamas executing its rivals in Gaza'
-- "Video shows Hamas gunmen executing captives from rival group by shooting them at point blank"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251145107235&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Gaza: Al-Qaeda Maghreb: After the Rafah Massacre "We Can No Longer Remain Silent" about Hamas
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/19432.htm

Gaza gunman killed in fire exchange
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418687505&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Somalia -- Christian Shot Dead near Kenya Border
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/somalia-christian-shot-dead-near-kenya-border/
-- COMPASS reports: "Muslim extremists seeking evidence that a Somali man had converted from Islam to Christianity shot him dead Tuesday morning (Aug. 18) near the Somali border with Kenya, according to underground Christians in the war-torn nation."
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6075&backpage=summaries
-- Crosswalk: Beyond Piracy: Inside Somalia's Religious Landscape and Christian Persecution
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/11606997/

Somali Insurgents Reject Cease-Fire
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/24/world-scene-68071686/
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/world/africa/24somalia.html?_r=1

(Somalia) Six civilians killed in Somali capital
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gxZwroenr7STOZ3NwzPwSBYDCILA

(Somalia) Al Qaeda Child Abuse in Somalia
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/198549.php

German Islam Convert Regrets Attack Plan -- Daniel Schneider
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/24/ap/europe/main5262047.shtml

(Thailand) 2 soldies killed, 2 others injured, 1 policeman hurt in insurgency attack in Narathiwat
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30110439/2-soldies-killed-2-others-injured-1-policeman-hurt

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Pakistan: Suspected "Honor Killing" of Pregnant Wife, Two Teenage Daughters
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-suspected-honor-killing-of-pregnant-wife-two-teenage-daughters/

(Malaysia) Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno gets temporary reprieve on caning sentence
-- "until after the holy month of Ramadan"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/6080107/Kartika-Sari-Dewi-Shukarno-gets-temporary-reprieve-on-caning-sentence.html
-- Severity of Islamic Law Fuels Debate in Malaysia
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125097405997351597.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Russian Prime Minster Putin Supports Chechen Islamic Supremacist Kadyrov Who Defends "Honor Killings"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/russian-pm-supports-kadyrov/
-- Reuters: "Putin dashes to Chechnya, shows support for Kadyrov"
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/8/25/worldupdates/2009-08-25T005938Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-419484-2&sec=Worldupdates
--- March 1, 2009: Russia: Chechen President Kadyrov defends Islamic supremacist "honor killings" -- says women deserve to die
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/russia-chechen-president-defends-islamic-supremacism-says-women-deserve-to-die/
--- April 2009: Russia/Chechnya - Islamic Supremacist Kadyrov Justifies Polygamy, Calls for "Honor Killings" Against Women Who Are "Promiscuous"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/04/kadyrov-polygamy/
--- Vladimir Putin was Time's Person of the Year 2007
http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/personoftheyear/0,28757,1690753,00.html

Gaza: Schoolgirls in Hamas-run Gaza told to wear Islamic dress
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJrKI0iAzKX6kqUQZzGS8-4rzuww
-- The jilbab or expulsion
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418679723&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(U.S.) Support Afghan Women Empowerment Act, S. 229
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/support-afghan-women-empowerment-act-s-229/

(U.S.) Florida: Orlando Sentinel reports: "Attorney says Crist 'taking sides' in Fathima Rifqa Bary case"
-- Attorney for Bary's parents
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-rifqa-bary-ohio-teen-mother-082309,0,3622780.story
-- photos
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-pg-rifqa-bary-runaway-photos-082109,0,7888601.photogallery

(U.S.) News Release: Shocking Practice of Honor Killing Depicted in Novel - Light of the Desert
http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/Shocking_Practice_of_Honor_Killing_Depicted_in_Novel_Light_of_the_Desert,200928293.aspx

Other News:

(Philippines) "'MILF territory' -- are we a failed state?"
-- "Make no mistake, the MILF reads the desire for peace talks as a sign of weakness"
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20090824-221721/MILF-territoryare-we-a-failed-state

(Philippines) Manila Times: "Germ of Talibanization in Marawi and Sulu"
-- "in Marawi City and Sulu province it is forbidden to display the cross -- the symbol of Christianity -- at the top or frontage of buildings, including church spires"
-- "Christians are also proscribed from singing religious hymns"
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/aug/24/yehey/opinion/20090824opi1.html

Malaysian Islamic party urges Ramadan ban on concert
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5judyfcQLZycnF-94mf0Y-IhQa2Hg

(Sweden) Stockholm's rabbi: Large Muslim population intimidates local Jews
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418679179&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

US Jews to rally on Schalit's birthday
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251145107199&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Tennessee: KKK Fliers Found In Nashville Yards
-- "Similar Incidents Have Occurred In Nashville This Year"
http://www.wsmv.com/news/20525488/detail.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: First Trial Held for Huang Lemin in Wenzhou
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1278&month=08&year=2009&_nc=2aa2ff3407b6349e6465a093101980b8

Communist China: Henan Christians Sentenced after Interview with Foreign Media
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1276&month=08&year=2009&_nc=2aa2ff3407b6349e6465a093101980b8

Communist China: Spies, army and tighter police controls for the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China -- October 1
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16111&geo=6&size=A~!~%20target=~!~_blank

Communist China: Tang Baiqiao Raises Profile, Campaigns Against CCP Violence In United States
http://chinademocracy.blogspot.com/2009/08/attack-victim-and-chinese-dissident.html

Communist China: UN Official Taken into Custody in China, say Reports
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/21361/

Communist China: Communist Publication Xinhua Attacks Falun Gong, Critics Call it Propaganda
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/21061/

Communist China: CSCL Asks Chinese Premier to Investigate Xu Zhiyong's Case
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1277&month=08&year=2009&_nc=6aba0c63be5086bfef577c9afba37f94

Communist China: Over 200 to face trial in China for Xinjiang unrest
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=105641

Against Misogynism News:

The Women's Crusade
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/the-womens-crusade/

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