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Pakistan: Mob attacks home of 60-year-old woman in Islamic supremacist "blasphemy" charge
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-mob-attacks-womans-home/

"Pakistan Muslim Groups Threaten More Violence"
-- ICC report: "Threaten to Hang Christian, Demand Release of Clerics Arrested for Inciting Violence"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/anti-christian-threats-continue/

Update on Pakistan Christian Press Conference and Protests: Pakistan Christians to Observe "Black Day" on August 11; DC Press Conference on August 10, NYC U.N. Protest on August 12
-- Responsible for Equality And Liberty's Jeffrey Imm will be part of August 10 DC Press Conference
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-christians-black-day/

Pakistan Must Abolish the Blasphemy Law: By Lee Jay Walker
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1329

Pakistan: Christians protest against deadly violence
http://www.ucanews.com/2009/08/05/christians-protest-against-deadly-violence/
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-christians-protest-against-deadly-violence/

(Pakistan) Hate Engulfs Christians in Pakistan
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-hate-engulfs-christians/
-- NYT reports: "Typical of such attacks, the police, overwhelmed by the mob, did little to stand in its way."
-- "rampage that lasted about eight hours by a crowd the authorities estimate was as large as 20,000 strong"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/world/asia/03pstan.html?_r=1
--- Previous report: Pakistan: Christians Burned to Death (including women and children), Mob Burns Houses, Church in Punjab's Gojra - Korian Area
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-mob-attacks-addtl-reports/

(Pakistan) Report - Punjab: 'Swat militants involved in anti-Christian violence'
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200908042140.htm

(Pakistan) 447 witnesses approach Gojra inquiry tribunal
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\06\story_6-8-2009_pg1_6

(Pakistan) Double standards in Pakistan's anti-terror campaign
-- "We want occupation of Islam in entire world: Saeed"
-- Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD)'s / LeT's Hafiz Mohammad Saeed: "current political systems, especially democracy, are against Islam"
http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/05/stories/2009080557271000.htm

"Pakistan bans JuD, LeT, JeM"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pakistan-bans-JuD-LeT-JeM/articleshow/4860723.cms
-- August 3, 2009: Pakistan court adjourns indefinitely leaving Saeed free
-- Jamat ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/articlelist/30359534.cms

(Pakistan) Despite Zardari's mea culpa, 'Jihad' continues unabated
http://asiantribune.com/08/06/despite-zardari%E2%80%99s-mea-culpa-%E2%80%98jihad%E2%80%99-continues-unabated/

(Pakistan) Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's wife, two militants killed in US drone attack
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/07-suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-one-woman-in-s-waziristan-ha-05

(Pakistan) 17 Taliban arrested in Hangu
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\06\story_6-8-2009_pg1_9

"Al-Qaeda Second-in-Command Ayman Al-Zawahiri Threatens France, States: Obama No Different Than Bush …Obama Has No Religion; He Was Born to a Muslim Father, Then Converted to Christianity, and Recently, Prayed the Jewish Prayers"
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD247509

Al-Qaeda Will Pose a Threat for 20 Years, Top Spy Official Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aKKnTMPGelvw

Indian troops kill eight 'militants' in Kashmir
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-indian-troops-kill-eight-militants-kashmir-qs-09

(India) Pota court to decide fate of 2003 blasts convicts
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Pota-court-to-decide-fate-of-2003-blasts-convicts/articleshow/4861616.cms

(Afghanistan) Secret map reveals Taliban threat to Afghan authority
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/foreign/display.var.2524088.0.Secret_map_reveals_Taliban_threat_to_Afghan_authority.php

(Afghanistan) New NATO chief vows to uproot Taliban
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=84370

Afghanistan: NATO disputes civilian casualties
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3624008552
-- "Afghan air strike kills 4 civilians: reports"
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/08/05/afghanistan-airstrike-civilians-killed875.html

Iraq: Armed group posts beheading video
-- "An Iraqi insurgent group calling itself The Arrows of Truth Brigades has posted to jihadist websites a 90 second video entitled 'The Decapitation of a Spy'. The video, which shows in graphic detail a hooded executioner slitting the throat of a captive 'police informer', is believed to be the first Iraqi beheading to surface on the Internet in over a year."
-- "The hostage, whose hands are bound, struggles, but his throat is quickly slit by the executioner and his assistants and is beheaded."
-- "'O apostates, this is the fate that will befall you,' the executioner warns."
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3624830693

Iraq: Police killed in Baghdad bombing
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3623552586

(Iraq) U.S. Says Sunni Insurgent Leader Was Arrested During Raids in Northern Iraq
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/world/middleeast/05iraq.html?_r=1
http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_12995617?source=rss&nclick_check=1

(Iraq) Blackwater accused of murder in 'crusade to eliminate Muslims'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6740735.ece

(U.S.) North Carolina terrorism suspects denied bail
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090805/us_nm/us_usa_security_northcarolina

(U.S.) North Carolina: 'Allah knows I love jihad'
-- Video Link
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/08/05/meserve.nc.terror.cnn

(U.S.) North Carolina: Feds: NC terror suspect promoted jihad in home -- Daniel Patrick Boyd
-- "'I love jihad. I love to stand there and fight for the sake of Allah,' a voice identified as Boyd said. Prosecutors didn't say how the recording was made."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHM9ORF1GLmgcoCTTD3i3bLRBk-wD99SEVRG0

(U.S.) North Carolina Jihad Suspect Talked of Domestic Attacks
-- IPT News: "'If I don't leave this country soon,' Sutton quoted Boyd saying in one, 'I am going to make jihad right here in America.'"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1346/carolina-jihad-suspect-talked-of-domestic-attacks

(U.S.) Accused Atlanta terrorist was committed to attacks, friend said
http://www.ajc.com/news/accused-atlanta-terrorist-was-107928.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

(U.S.) Key witness to testify in Ga. terror trial -- Syed Haris Ahmed
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gm7LOJRC22iff_W9qNJyAGx9wXxAD99SN2G00

(U.S.) Georgia terror suspect: Jihad chatter was 'empty talk'
-- Ehsanul Islam Sadequee
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gm7LOJRC22iff_W9qNJyAGx9wXxAD99S7TOO1
-- Key witness to testify in terror trial
http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1084961

(U.S.) Speculation Rife on PanAm 103 Bomber's Release
http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/spytalk/2009/08/speculation-rife-on-panam-103.html

(U.S.) NYPD, Coast Guard Hold Terror Drill
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/NYPD-Coast-Guard-Hold-Terror-Drill-Exercise-52465637.html

(U.S.) DC: Metro gets $9.5M for anti-terrorism teams
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/05/metro-gets-95m-anti-terrorism-teams/

(U.S.) Va., N.Y. Districts Vie for 9/11 Case - U.S. Attorneys Seek Trial of Alleged Leader Mohammed
http://counterterrorismblog.org/Va.,%20N.Y.%20Districts%20Vie%20for%209/11%20Case%20U.S.%20Attorneys%20Seek%20Trial%20of%20Alleged%20Leader%20Mohammed

(UK) Terror attack relatives criticise suicide bomber comedy series
-- "A comedy series about a gang of bungling Muslim suicide bombers, Living With The Infidels, has been criticised by relatives of one of the London terror attack victims"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5975788/Terror-attack-relatives-criticise-suicide-bomber-comedy-series.html
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2571734/Fury-at-martyr-comedy.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=TV

(Palestinian Authority) Speakers at a Ramallah Fatah Rally Held Under Auspices of PA President Abbas: We Are Martyrdom-Seekers; Haifa, Acre, Jaffa – Part of Palestine
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD247409

Nigeria: Boko Haram - Security Agencies Not to Blame, Says Cleric
http://allafrica.com/stories/200908050421.html

Nigeria orders probe of Islamist leader's death
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/08/05/nigeria-president-sect005.html

(Yemen) Bomb explodes, another defused in south Yemen
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=307432&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17

Yemeni Defense official denies reports of Al-Qaeda targeting republican
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018296&Language=en

Somali Connection: A Terrorism Crackdown in Australia
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1914644,00.html?xid=rss-world

(Australia) Three men charged over 'terror plot' against Australian army base
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/5974830/Three-men-charged-over-terror-plot-against-Australian-army-base.html

Turkey: Police clash with Kurds in southeast
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3623060642

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Denmark: Honor used to silence sexually abused Muslim girls
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/denmark-honor-used-to-silence-sexually.html

(Pakistan) Report: "Pakistan to outlaw domestic violence"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5978850/Pakistan-to-outlaw-domestic-violence.html
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/11-pakistan-moves-to-outlaw-domestic-violence--il--04
--- Comment: without defining the ideology the causes "honor killings"

Other News:

(U.S.) DC: August 18 White House Protest by Coptic Organizations
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/august-18-dc-protest-copts/

"Lion's Den: No to Islamic law"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249275692072&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Helsinki: Sharia mediation courts
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/helsinki-sharia-mediation-courts.html

(U.S.) Hizb ut-Tahrir press release on its Chicago conference
-- quotes Patrick Buchanan for support of its Islamic supremacist ideology
http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/press-centre/press-release/press-release-hizb-ut-tahrir-america.html

(UK) More Hizb ut Tahrir Entryism
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/08/04/more-hizb-ut-tahrir-entryism/

(UK) Gay rights fury at East London mosque inviting Mecca imam
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED04%20Aug%202009%2022%3A44%3A36%3A620
-- Thousands pack streets of East End to see Mecca imam at prayer
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED05%20Aug%202009%2015%3A52%3A05%3A063

(UK) Archbishop condemns persecution of Christians while Muslims stay quiet
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jonathanwynne-jones/100005577/archbishop-condemns-persecution-of-christians-while-muslims-stay-quiet/

Turkish parliament elects ex-Islamist as Speaker
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=August2009&file=World_News2009080624537.xml

Kosovo: Bosnian Muslim leader's visit sparks protests
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3623201084

Iran Protest News:

(Iran) Ahmadinejad sworn in as riot police break up protests
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/middle-east/Ahmadinejad-sworn-in-as-riot-police-break-up-protests/articleshow/4859011.cms

Latest Updates on Iran's Post-Election Crisis
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/latest-updates-on-irans-post-election-crisis/

(Iran) White House U-turn on Ahmadinejad as president sworn in amid protests
-- "'Let me correct a little bit what I said yesterday,' Robert Gibbs, President Obama's spokesman, said as thousands of Iranian riot police beat back protesters outside the inauguration ceremony in Tehran. 'Whether any election was fair...we'll let (the Iranian people) decide about that.'"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6740426.ece

Against Totalitarian News:

(North Korea) Freed journalists home in US after North Korea pardon - Euna Lee and Laura Ling
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_nkorea_journalists_held

(North Korea) Clinton: Don't count on North Korea breakthrough
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/af_clinton_nkorea

Against Nazi News:

(Germany) Police raid neo-Nazi occupied hotel -- Landhotel Gerhus
-- "Police commandos in Lower Saxony raided a hotel occupied by neo-Nazis on Tuesday morning after hearing shots fired on the premises."
-- "Parallel raids of apartments in Hannover and Rotenburg/Wumme"
-- "Only hours after the raid, a court ruled the neo-Nazis could be legally removed from the premises"
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090804-21019.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/5974017/German-neo-Nazi-youth-camp-shut-down.html
-- Previous Report:
---- "Germany's pro-Hitler party triggers outrage with 'training centre' plans"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/npd-training-center-plans/

Germany: Nazi hit man trial to start in October
-- "Admitted Nazi hit man Heinrich Boere will go on trial in October for the execution-style killings of three Dutch civilians during World War II, a German court spokesman said Tuesday"
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3757056,00.html

(Germany) Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' Reprint Rejected as Bavarian Ban Upheld
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=asCgbFu9SDZI

"Norway offends by honouring Nazi sympathiser" -- Knut Hamsun
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/norway-offend-honouring-nazi-sympathiser-2888843

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Louisiana: Ku Klux Klan member's mental competency hearing is postponed
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/kkk-competency-hearing-postponed/
-- NorthShoreNOLA reports on Louisiana trial of Shane Foster "charged with second-degree murder in the Nov. 9 shooting death of Klan recruit Cynthia Lynch"
http://www.nola.com/northshore/index.ssf/2009/08/hearing_postponed_to_determine.html
--- Previous Reports:
---- New Orleans: April 27 Trial for KKK Killing
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/04/new-orleans-april-27-trial-for-kkk-killing/
---- New Orleans: Klan member pleads guilty to obstruction
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/05/us-new-orleans-klan-member-pleads-guilty-to-obstruction/
---- Louisiana: Accessory in Ku Klux Klan killing admits guilt, gets one-year sentence
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/louisiana-accessory-kkk/
---- Louisiana: Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member can have his guns back, state judge rules in Covington
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/kkk-member-gets-guns-back/

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