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September 15, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

(U.S.) Queens terror raids part of FBI probe into Denver-based cell plotting attack on 9/11 scale
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/09/15/2009-09-15_queens_terror_raids_part_of_fbi_probe_into_denverbased_cell_plotting_attack_on_9.html
-- Colorado man denies connection to New York City terrorism probe -- Najibullah Zazi
http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090915/UPDATES01/90915023/1002/NEWS01/Colorado+man+denies+connection+to+New+York+City+terrorism+probe
-- Denver man surfaces in terror probe
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6620604.html

-- Dramatic raids in search of terror: Feds move on Qaeda suspect's Queens pals
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/09/14/2009-09-14_queens_homes_raided_as_part_of_terrorism_investigation_confirms_nypd.html
-- New York homes raided in terrorism probe
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN1451768020090914

U.S. police alerted about bomb makers after NY raids
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58E7RV20090915
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=8577975

U.S. court sentences man to life over al Qaeda camp
-- "A Manhattan federal court sentenced a Lebanese-born Swedish man to life in prison on Tuesday for trying to establish an al Qaeda training camp in the United States and running websites on how to make bombs."
-- "The sentence was handed down four months after Oussama Abdullah Kassir, 43, was found guilty on 11 counts, including providing material support to al Qaeda and distributing information relating to weapons of mass destruction."
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58E6T220090915
-- Al Qaeda Supporter and Organizer of Jihad Training Camp in Oregon Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to Life in Prison
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-15-2009/0005094590&EDATE=

(U.S.) Spy Chief Says U.S. Hunting al Qaeda More Effectively -- Dennis Blair
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125305510769813787.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

(U.S.) Fox News reveals mounting Hezbollah terror threat in US
-- "The Iranian Mission to the United Nations in New York City is being kept under surveillance by federal and local intelligence officers, according to the NYPD. The New York City Police Department possesses one of the largest intelligence divisions in the world"
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2009m9d14-Fox-News-reveals-mounting-Hezbollah-terror-threat-in-US

(U.S.) Panel to recommend keeping some color-coded alerts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090915/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_color_coded_threats

(U.S.) Obama backs extending Patriot Act provisions
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32863188/ns/politics-white_house/

(Pakistan) Police says terror bid averted in Pakistani city
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2025699&Language=en
-- Karachi: Terrorists active in city: Major terror plot foiled
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\16\story_16-9-2009_pg12_1

(Pakistan) Taliban destroy medical facility in Hangu
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\16\story_16-9-2009_pg7_20

(Pakistan) Troops kill three Taliban in Swat
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\16\story_16-9-2009_pg7_11

Pakistan Army Said to Be Linked to Swat Killings
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/world/asia/15swat.html?_r=1
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pakistan-army-behind-Swat-revenge-killings/articleshow/5016378.cms

(Pakistan) 5 Taliban killed in Bajaur airstrikes
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\16\story_16-9-2009_pg7_10

Pakistan blamed for Afghan insecurity
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\16\story_16-9-2009_pg1_6

(Pakistan) Punjab: young Christian man accused of blasphemy killed in prison
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/pakistan-young-christian-man-accused-of-blasphemy-killed-in-prison/
-- Asia News reports:
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16328&size=A
-- "Fanish, 20, was arrested last Saturday. His death was 'judicial murder' according to human rights activist. The day before a Muslim mob attacked members of the dead man's Christian community, setting fire to their church. Pakistani extremists are funded by Saudi 'charities.'"
-- "The young Christian man who was arrested on 12 September in a village in Punjab accused of blasphemy was killed last night in prison. Police had Fanish, 20, remanded into their custody in order to continue their investigation. This morning prison guards in Sialkot district prison found the lifeless body of the young man with visible signs of injuries."
-- "Fanish (pictured in prison) was arrested last Saturday after accusations of blasphemy were made against him. A day earlier a Muslim mob had gathered in front of the church in the village of Jaithikey, not far from the town of Samberial, in the district of Sialkot (Punjab), to teach the local Christian community a 'lesson'"
-- "Extremists damaged the building before setting it on fire. They also pillaged two homes near the church."
-- "A relationship between the 20-year-old Christian man and a young Muslim woman appears to be the cause of the turn of events."
-- "In another incident, also last Saturday but reported only today, a Christian settlement in Ghaziabad, a neighbourhood in Orangi Town, near Karachi (Sindh), was attacked by a mob of Muslims, enraged by blasphemy charges against a 40-year-old Christian man called Lawrence."
--- Pakistan: Christian Church torched in Sialkot over 'desecration'"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/pakistan-church-torched/
--- Pakistan: Additional Report on Church Burning in Sialkot
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/pakistan-additional-report-on-church-burning-in-sialkot/
---- September 12, 2009 - Asia News reports: "According to preliminary reports, the real cause of tension is a relationship between a twenty year old Christian, whose name is Fanish, and a Muslim girl."
---- "'Muslims can not tolerate a Muslim girl falling in love with a Christian,' says father Mani, confirming the news of the young man's arrest this morning by police officers"
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16308&size=A

Bangladesh: Husband beats wife and daughter for converting to Christianity - threatens to kill wife
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/bangladesh-husband-beats-wife-and-daughter-for-converting-to-christianity-threatens-to-kill-wife/
-- Dhaka: wife and daughter tortured for converting to Christianity
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16320&theme=5&size=A

India: Bombs found on Patna University campus
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/patna/Bombs-found-on-PU-campus/articleshow/5014833.cms

(Afghanistan) Mullen says more forces needed for Afghan war
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090915/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghanistan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32859657/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

(Afghanistan) Taliban making deadlier, high-tech IEDs
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\16\story_16-9-2009_pg7_13

(Afghanistan) Recount order affects 10 pct of Afghan vote sites
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090915/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_election

(Iraq) Mortars land near US embassy as Joe Biden arrives in Baghdad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/6195160/Mortars-land-near-US-embassy-as-Joe-Biden-arrives-in-Baghdad.html
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2025937&Language=en

(Kuwait) Taleban, Qaeda exploit youths going to Afghanistan for 'Jihad'
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=37148&ccid=22

Lebanon: In South Lebanon, Tension Increases Between UNIFIL and Hizbullah-Syria-Iran Bloc
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA54709

Iran Nuclear Talks Likely to Be Held in Turkey
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,550221,00.html

Israelis, Palestinians present peace manual
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32861193/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

IDF nabs Park Hotel attack terrorist
-- "Man is head of Hamas armed wing in Tulkarm; PA officer who confessed to terror attacks also arrested."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804580101&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Gaza acts amounted to war crimes, U.N. report says
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/15/un.gaza.incursion/index.html
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3774575397
-- UN charges Israel with war crimes
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804580161&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- Israel: Biased Goldstone report gives support to terror
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804580173&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- "UN Human Rights Council Report Distorts Gaza War"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/09/15/un-human-rights-council-report-distorts-gaza-war/

Somalia: Islamists vow revenge against US for death of al-Qaeda terrorist
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/6192846/Somalia-Islamists-vow-revenge-against-US-for-death-of-al-Qaeda-terrorist.html

Spain: Terror trial wife flies to Spain
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/8256807.stm

Russia: "Moscow Battles Muslim Insurgency In South"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112854792&ft=1&f=1004

Belgium: 'Taouil is an extremist Muslim'
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/09/belgium-taouil-is-extremist-muslim.html

(Thailand) Muslim police chief says he can help South
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/23901/muslim-police-chief-says-he-can-help-south

Malaysia frees 5 untried terror suspects
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gj_eCuzxTtlECP3xGR18cl-AXf6gD9ANRB400

(Australia) Sydney terrorism suspects await verdic
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/09/15/2687012.htm

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

(U.S.) Fathima Rifqa Bary: No credible reports of threats toward Rifqa, FDLE says
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-rifqa-bary-fdle-report-091409,0,2266241.story
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/09/14/florida-ruling.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101
http://www.floridabaptistwitness.com/10777.article

Other News:

Michigan: Muslim Teen Violently Attacked in Michigan
-- NAM news reports:
-- "A 16-year-old Iraqi-American girl was violently attacked last week resulting in numerous injuries that required six stitches on her face, reports The Arab American News."
-- "According to the news report, the girl, who has requested anonymity, was returning from her first day of high school when she was grabbed and had her hijab pulled off as she was getting off the school bus. The news report says that an argument had erupted on the bus prior to the attack, but the bus driver believed it had been settled. The five-to-seven student attackers, allegedly made expletive remarks about Arabs and told her "Arabs are dirty” as they attacked her, finally dragging her near the front of her home."
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=da03cdeb7e827172fdccf57abc37882f

Ethiopia: Convert Languishing in Jail in Ethiopia for Handing Out Bibles
-- COMPASS reports: "A convert from Islam who has led a push for Muslim-Christian understanding in Ethiopia has been in jail for nearly four months since his arrest for 'malicious' distribution of Bibles."
-- "Christian sources in Ethiopia said that, contrary to Ethiopian law, 39-year-old Bashir Musa Ahmed has not been formally charged since his arrest on May 23 in Jijiga, capital of Somali Region Zone Five, a predominantly Muslim area in eastern Ethiopia. Zonal police arrested him after he was accused of providing Muslims with Somali-language Bibles bearing covers that resemble the Quran, the sources said."
-- "An Ethiopian national, Ahmed is known as a bold preacher of Christianity and is credited with opening discussion of the two faiths between Christian and Muslim leaders. He is well-known in the area as a scholar of Islam, but his case has gone largely unreported in Ethiopia."
-- "A source who requested anonymity said authorities likely are secretly planning to transfer Ahmed from his Jijiga cell to Ghagahbur jail some 200 kilometers away near the Somali border, in part to prevent other Christians from visiting him and in part because he has not been charged."
-- "'The Ethiopian constitution allows for religious tolerance,' said the source, 'but to date Ahmed has not been taken to court. He is still in the cell now, going on the fourth month, which is quite unusual for an Ethiopian nationality and the constitutional requirements.'"
-- "For providing Bibles with cover pages resembling the Quran, Ahmed is accused of “maliciously” distributing Bibles and trying to convert Muslims to Christianity, although conversion and manifesting one’s faith are not illegal in Ethiopia. At issue is whether the Bibles with covers resembling the Quran violate copyright issues and disrespect Islam."
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/ethiopia/9340/

Iran: Ahmadinejad Critiques 'Western Theory of Development' as Aimed at Liberal Democracy, Free Market Economy, and Moral Relativism – And Proposes Iranian Alternative Based on 'Divine and Idealistic Values,' 'Society of Ali and the Mahdi'
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD253509

UNHCR Syria launches "The Right to Asylum between Islamic Shari'ah and International Refugee Law"
-- "The book highlights Islam's tradition of generosity toward people fleeing persecution and says it has more influence on modern-day international refugee law than any other historical source"
http://www.un.org.sy/forms/news/viewNews.php?idField=490
--- March 2006: Afghanistan Parliament - "Asylum-seeking convert must not escape: MPs"
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=79247&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23

Phyllis Chesler: "Hijab (The Headscarf)—Yes; The Burqa—No"
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/09/14/hijab-the-headscarf-maybe-yes-burqa-no/

Against Totalitarianism News:

(U.S.) September 18 - NYC - China Support Network to Host Press Conference Calling for Rescue of Tiananmen Square Student Leader Zhou Yongjun
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/september-18-nyc-csn-press-conference/
http://chinademocracy.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-week-at-china-support-network.html
-- CSN web site
http://chinasupport.net/site.htm
-- CSN blog
http://chinademocracy.blogspot.com/

(U.S.) Former Agent Exposes Communist Regime's Methods of Infiltration in the West
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22402/

(U.S.) Epoch Times: "New York City Candidates Linked to Chinese, North Korean Regimes"
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22437/

Communist China: Report on Communist Mob of 400 Attacking Christians and Fushan House Church - Mob Reportedly included "Government Officials and Police"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/communist-china-report-on-communist-mob-of-400-attacking-christians-and-fushan-house-church-mob-reportedly-included-government-officials-and-police/
-- China Aid reports "By Dawn's Early Light: 400 Launch Violent Attack on Fushan House Church"
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1288&month=09&year=2009&_nc=50a8efe4a837c47d68de0b0fc414a3ab

Communist China: The Failure of the Rule of Law in China
http://initiativesforchina.org/the-failure-of-the-rule-of-law-in-china/

Communist China: Catholics in Hebei remember 'martyr' Bishop Han
http://www.ucanews.com/2009/09/15/catholics-in-hebei-remember-martyr-bishop-han/

Vietnam: Bloggers freed after questioning on 'national security breaches'
http://www.ucanews.com/2009/09/15/bloggers-freed-after-questioning-on-national-security-breaches/

Against Nazi News:

Seattle synagogues defaced with swastikas
-- JTA reports:
-- "Unknown vandals painted red swastikas on two Seattle-area synagogues."
-- "The swastikas and the phrase '4th Riech' (sic) were painted late Saturday night or early Sunday morning, police and synagogue members told the Seattle Times."
-- "The word Nazi and at least eight other swastikas also were painted on a sidewalk and driveway in the area, Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath member Sarah Rivkin told the newspaper."
-- "Congregants at Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath and the Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation were attending Selichot services during the incident."
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/09/14/1007826/seattle-synagogues-defaced-with-swastikas
-- Swastikas deface 2 synagogues in Seattle
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009860552_antisemitic14m.html
-- Swastika graffiti should not be treated lightly
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorials/2009865155_edit15swastika.html

Human Rights Watch suspends researcher who collected Nazi memorabilia -- Marc Garlasco
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/6194158/Human-Rights-Watch-suspends-researcher-who-collected-Nazi-memorabilia.html

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Ashland vandals tag new water tower
http://www.bocojo.com/articles/2009/09/14/news/news1.txt

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