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September 21-22, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

Events:

DC: September 30 DC Human Rights Rally Protesting OIC
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/september-30-rally-protesting-oic/

September 30: DC China Embassy Protest
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/protest-dc-china-embassy/

September 24 - NYC - UN Protest for Iran Freedom
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/september-24-nyc-un-protest-for-iran-freedom/

North Korea Freedom Coalition: Sept 24 Events Focus on Plight of Escapees from North Korea
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/north-korea-freedom-coalition-sept-24-events-focus-on-plight-of-escapees-from-north-korea/

Newslinks:

(U.S.) Active Terror Cell Prepared NYC Attack, Officials
-- ABC: "Authorities believe after 3 arrests in alleged plot, others still out there."
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/active-terror-cell-prepared-nyc-attack-officials/story?id=8628780
-- Feds unsure if arrest of Najibullah Zazi and two others has foiled al-Qaeda terror plot
---- "The FBI said Zazi admitted last week that Osama Bin Laden's goons trained him in
'weapons and explosives' last year at an Al Qaeda camp in Pakistan's war-torn Pashtun tribal areas, prosecutors say."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/09/20/2009-09-20_najibullah_zazi_admitted_receiving_weapons_and_explosives_training_from_alqaeda_.html

(U.S.) Terrorist probe expands to include friends, associates of Najibullah Zazi
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/09/22/2009-09-22_terrorist_probe_expands_to_include_friends_associates_of_najibullah_zazi_.html

(U.S.) NYC: More city apartments raided, as terrorist probe expands
-- NY Daily News: "Between 16 and 20 men are under surveillance - as are their city haunts"
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/09/22/2009-09-22_terrorist_probe_expands_to_include_friends_associates_of_najibullah_zazi_.html

(U.S.) NYC MTA increases security amid terror probe
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/mta_increases_security_amid_terror_fSNnfxn2FrRXMFVRre2kNP
-- NYC trains raise security after terrorism warning
http://www.examiner.com/a-2229987~NYC_trains_raise_security_after_terrorism_warning.html

(U.S.) Terror arrest sparks gov't warning on mass transit
-- AP reports: "In a bulletin issued Friday, the FBI and Homeland Security Department warned that improvised explosive devices are the most common tactic to blow up railroads and other mass transit systems overseas. And they noted incidents in which bombs were made with peroxide."
-- "In the bulletin, obtained by The Associated Press, officials recommended that transit systems conduct random sweeps at terminals and stations and that law enforcement make random patrols and board some trains and buses.
-- "The effects of the warning were not immediately clear Monday. New York's transit agency said it was in touch with an FBI-NYPD task force but wouldn't comment further.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090922/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_terror
-- Feds Warn NYC, Nation Transit Systems
http://wcbstv.com/local/transit.alert.fbi.2.1199537.html
-- Authorities Eye Stadiums, Hotels, Storage Centers in Colorado Terror Plot Probe
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553460,00.html
-- U.S. Officials Warn Of Vulnerability Of Transit Systems
http://www.wusa9.com/rss/local_article.aspx?storyid=91343
-- Metro Eying Terror Targets
--- "Metro Transit Police are closely monitoring the terror investigation out of Denver and New York."
--- "Sources tell 9NEWS NOW that there is some suspicion that one of the suspects may have been targeting Grand Central Station in Manhattan. There is no indication that he was looking at DC."
http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=91334
-- Terror Probe Puts U.S. Mass Transit Systems on Alert
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/22/AR2009092201113.html

(U.S.) Feds issue security alerts on stadiums, hotels
-- AP: "The bulletin on stadiums notes that an al-Qaida training manual specifically lists 'blasting and destroying the places of amusement, immorality, and sin... and attacking vital economic centers' as desired targets of the organization."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32967671/ns/us_news-security/
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=8636324

(U.S.) Terror probe widens in U.S.
-- "As many as a dozen people are suspected to have ties to what authorities say is an Al Qaeda-linked plot"
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-terror-arrests22-2009sep22,0,5320039.story
-- Najibullah Zazi and the New York/Colorado raids
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/najibullah_zazi_and_the_new_yo.php
-- Source: Feds seek about a dozen people in terror investigation -- Investigators expecting to make more arrests in terror probe, source says
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/22/terror.probe/index.html

(U.S.) NYC: Cops, feds ransack Queens storage sites for Qaeda bomb-making materials
-- NY Daily News: "Detectives were combing Queens storage facilities on Monday for stockpiled explosive chemicals that Al Qaeda terror thugs planned to use to bomb New York, sources said."
-- "At the same time, the Daily News has learned that prime terror suspect Najibullah Zazi has confessed he was a jihadist hell-bent on murderous mayhem, the sources said."
-- "NYPD investigators, in coordination with the FBI, hit chemical and fertilizer companies looking for customers who bought bulk and paid cash - and they were also showing up at storage centers in Long Island City"
-- "Investigators believe they were going to use the units to mix chemicals for explosives."
-- "'They're full on, and still going full bore,' a counterterror official said of the bomb hunt"
-- "The Department of Homeland Security at the same time has issued a nationwide bulletin asking cops to look at storage facilities"
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/09/22/2009-09-22_search_for_qaeda_explosives.html
-- Authorities Eye Storage Centers in Colorado Terror Plot Probe
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553460,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r1:c0.000000:b0:z5

(U.S.) Feds bring Queens 'bomb plotters' to court -- Najibullah Zazi and Mohammed Wali Zazi
-- NY Post: "In New York, Zazi's former imam, Ahmad Wais Afzali, faced lying charges in Brooklyn federal court for allegedly denying that he tipped off the suspected bomber to the investigation."
-- "Separate from the courtroom action, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued an alert to law enforcement and transit agencies around the country, urging them to beef up security on trains and subways."
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/feds_bring_qns_bomb_plotters_to_Fbey3R9shiXAbHMaEOyXyO

(U.S.) Blown terrorist case led to rushed arrests
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/22/terrorism-scholars-blown-case-sped-up-arrests/?feat=home_headlines

(U.S.) Evidence in Colorado-NYC terror investigation might be sealed
-- Denver Post: "Prosecutors say they will use classified information in the case against Najibullah Zazi"
-- "Federal prosecutors signaled Monday that they will try to keep secret key portions of their case against an Aurora shuttle driver accused of ties to international terrorists."
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13390277

(U.S.) Lawyers question decision to talk with FBI
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13390091

(U.S.) NYC imam held without bail in terrorism probe -- Ahmad Afzali
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13387171
-- New York suspect gets high-profile lawyer Ron Kuby
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13390090
-- Ron Kuby "briefly represented Omar Abdel-Rahman after the radical Egyptian sheik's 1993 arrest"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,147095,00.html
-- FBI says imam Ahmad Afzali worked both sides and tipped off suspects
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/21/2009-09-21_fbi_says_imam_ahmad_afzali_worked_both_sides__tipped_off_suspects.html

(U.S.) Chemicals a Focus of U.S. Bomb Probe
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125363106857030887.html

(U.S.) FBI: Notes on bomb-making in Zazi's handwriting
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090921/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_terror;_ylt=Aj0XHvIb05YdlJj5sMdyZBJY24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTJnY3VmZjlhBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwOTIxL3VzX255Y190ZXJyb3IEY3BvcwMyBHBvcwMyBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDZmJpbm90ZXNvbmJv

US residents arrested over alleged plot similar to London bombings
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6211756/US-residents-arrested-over-alleged-plot-similar-to-London-bombings.html

(Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban bomb Pakistan school: officials
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090922/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwesteducation
-- Girls school attacked in Pakistan
-- "Suspected Islamist militants blew up a girls school close to the main city in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, police said."
-- "Islamist militants in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan have often targeted girls' schools because they believe that women should not be educated."
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/172884/girls-school-attacked-in-pakistan
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090922/tap-as-pakistan-1st-ld-writethru-d3b07b8.html

Pakistani Columnist Irfan Husain on the Burning Alive of Seven Christians in Gojra Town: 'If Muslims in the West Were Treated as We Treat Non-Muslim Citizens of Pakistan, There Would be Loud Accusations of Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Discrimination'
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD255209

(Pakistan) A Q Khan's disclosures vindicate India's stand
-- "India's position that disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist A Q Khan could not have acted individually stands vindicated with his admission that Islamabad was involved in the proliferation activities involving China, Iran, North Korea and Libya, experts say"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/A-Q-Khans-disclosures-vindicate-Indias-stand/articleshow/5042114.cms
-- Pakistan Frees Black Market Nuke AQ Khan-"Father of Islamic Bomb"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19203

Pakistan: "TTP spokesperson Azam Tariq said the Taliban killed at least 45 security personnel during clashes"
-- Security forces kill 34 militants in South Waziristan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-security-forces-kill-34-militants-south-waziristan-qs-03

Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani terms Balochistan 'biggest challenge'
http://geo.tv/9-22-2009/49604.htm
-- April 16, 2008 - Gilani at Pakistan National Assembly mtg where it passes resolution calling for U.N. to impose death penalty internationally for blasphemy
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\16\story_16-4-2008_pg7_6

(Pakistan) Ilyas Kashmiri was a Pakistani Army commando
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/ilyas_kashmiri_was_a_pakistani.php

(Pakistan) Al Qaeda's training area in Pakistan is 'the most dangerous spot on the map'
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/21/2009-09-21_qaedas_training_area_in_pakistan_notorious.html

(Pakistan) Islamists in Pakistan Recruit Entire Families from Europe
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,650264,00.html#ref=rss

(Pakistan/U.S.) U.S. says Pakistan, Iran helping Taliban
-- LA Times: "Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, in particular cites the ISI and the Quds Force."
-- LA Times: "'Afghanistan's insurgency is clearly supported from Pakistan,' McChrystal wrote, adding that senior leaders of the major Taliban groups are 'reportedly aided by some elements of Pakistan's ISI.' The ISI has long-standing ties to the Taliban, but Pakistani officials have repeatedly claimed to have severed those relationships in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-spies22-2009sep22,0,3144734.story

(Pakistan/U.S.) "The FBI said Zazi admitted last week that Osama Bin Laden's goons trained him in 'weapons and explosives' last year at an Al Qaeda camp in Pakistan's war-torn Pashtun tribal areas, prosecutors say."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/09/20/2009-09-20_najibullah_zazi_admitted_receiving_weapons_and_explosives_training_from_alqaeda_.html

(Pakistan/U.S.) US Congress approves $2.3 billion aid package for Pakistan
-- "The approval came ahead of an important meeting between President Asif Zardari and a US economic team"
-- "The US Congress approved the $2.376 million aid for the 2008-2009 financial year, while the US administration’s request for $2.282 million for the financial year 2009-2010 is pending for approval of the US Congress"
-- "In addition, the US administration has provided $913 million cash reimbursement with regard to the Coalition Support Fund"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-us-congress-approves-2.3bn-aid-package-qs-04

(Pakistan/U.S.) Bill Clinton promises to secure investments for Pakistan
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-116881.html

(Pakistan) 83 terrorists on govt watch list
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\21\story_21-9-2009_pg7_4

(Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: FIRs against Hafiz Saeed not credible enough: India
-- India National Security adviser states "the FIRs did not add any credibility to Pakistan's commitment to act"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\21\story_21-9-2009_pg7_2
-- Saeed under 'house arrest', was Pak army's iftar guest
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Saeed-under-house-arrest-was-Pak-armys-iftar-guest/articleshow/5040239.cms
-- August 3, 2009: Pakistan court adjourns indefinitely leaving LeT/JuD's Hafiz Muhammad Saeed free
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/articlelist/30359534.cms
-- July 23, 2009: Pakistan Intelligence Service (ISI) -'Saeed deserved to be freed'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Pakistan/Saeed-deserved-to-be-freed/articleshow/4809687.cms

(India) Explosives recovered from Agartala-bound train
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-115923.html

(Afghanistan) Focused war plan key to getting Bin Laden: Obama
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\21\story_21-9-2009_pg7_19
-- June 11, 2009: CIA chief says bin Laden in Pakistan
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE55A56920090611?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

(Afghanistan) Two ISAF soldiers killed in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2026965&Language=en

(Afghanistan) Pentagon delays Afghan troop request
-- Request for Additional Forces on Hold as White House Seeks Review of Afghan Strategy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125350906414427191.html#mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories
-- Pentagon delays Afghan troop request: report
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N21325420.htm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090922/ts_nm/us_afghanistan

(Afghanistan) Army draws up plan to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6843477.ece

(Afghanistan) Washington Post: "McChrystal: More Forces or 'Mission Failure' - Top U.S. Commander For Afghan War Calls Next 12 Months Decisive"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/20/AR2009092002920.html
-- Washington Post: "McChrystal's Assessment (Unclassified) PDF"
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/Assessment_Redacted_092109.pdf
-- A D.C. whodunit: Who leaked and why?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090922/pl_politico/27414

(Afghanistan) NATO mission in Afghanistan 'risks failure' without more troops, says Stanley McChrystal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6213324/Nato-mission-in-Afghanistan-risks-failure-without-more-troops-says-Stanley-McChrystal.html
-- associated video report
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=9869622&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553100,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r2:c0.105908:b27851536:z0

(Afghanistan) 3 Insurgents Killed by Own Bomb in Afghanistan
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-22-voa28.cfm?rss=war%20and%20conflict

(Afghanistan) 'Taliban, Al-Qaeda plotting from prison'
http://www.skynews.com.au/world/article.aspx?id=375089

Afghan officials live in fear of Taliban assassins
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2009/09/22/ap/international/as_afghan_assassination_campaign.txt

Kuwaiti Liberal: Persecution of Christians in the Middle East is Tantamount to Ethnic Cleansing
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD255109

(U.S.) "Preaching Jihad In NYC"
-- "disturbing video of Yousef al-Khattab preaching jihad on the streets of New York City"
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/09/preaching_jihad_in_nyc.asp

U.S. appeals judge's order to free Yemeni from Guantanamo - Mohammed Adahi
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1245858.html

(U.S./Libya) The legal case that allows the NYPD to collar Khadafy
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/the_legal_case_that_allows_the_nypd_H2NzRw3vAwfQAo1mx8eDUL

(U.S./Libya) NYC: Libyans pretend to be Dutch to get Gaddafi a room
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6843545.ece
-- Khadafy pitches tent 'in Westchester'
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/khadafy_pitches_tent_in_westchester_ZXZLZSsETY5ernPZrCmiPO

(UK/Libya) Gordon Brown to meet Col Gaddafi amid Libya row
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/6212414/Gordon-Brown-to-meet-Col-Gaddafi-amid-Libya-row.html

(U.S.) Last Defendant in Tennessee Islamic Center Burning Pleads Guilty
-- DOJ: "During the plea hearing, Baker admitted that he, Golden and Stone assembled Molotov cocktail incendiary devices, broke into the Islamic Center, ignited the devices and used them to completely destroy the mosque. He admitted to painting swastikas and the phrase 'White Power' on the mosque in the course of the arson and that they acted because of the religious character of the property."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090922/pl_usnw/last_defendant_in_tennessee_islamic_center_burning_pleads_guilty

Iran: Amil Irani reports on the abuses of those seeking freedom of religion in Iran
http://www.amilimani.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=157&Itemid=2

Iran would cut hands of attackers
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/September/middleeast_September535.xml&section=middleeast

Iran nuke chief: New centrifuges built
-- "Ali Akbar Salehi quoted as saying Teheran has built a 'new generation' of high capacity centrifuges"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253198173755&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran welcomes nixing of Europe defense shield
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253198167698&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Israel) Arab shot trying to run over soldiers
-- "E. Jerusalem man tries to break through roadblock, is shot dead; IDF soldier lightly hurt in incident"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253198170103&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Israel) U.S. Former Secretary of State Zbigniew Brzezinski calls for "confrontation" of Israel if it attacks Iran
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-09-18/how-obama-flubbed-his-missile-message/full/
-- Russia: Israel will not attack Iran, says Kremlin
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6841728.ece

Israel makes secret offer on settlements
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/22/israel-makes-secret-settlement-offer/

(Saudi Arabia) Al-Qaeda issues new threats on KSA
http://geo.tv/9-22-2009/49596.htm

Somalia: "Muslim Militants Slay Long-Time Christian in Somalia"
-- "The faith journey of a long-time underground Christian in Somalia ended in tragedy this week when Islamic militants controlling a security checkpoint killed him after finding Bibles in his possession.
-- " Militants from the Muslim extremist al Shabaab killed 69-year-old Omar Khalafe on Tuesday (Sept. 15) at a checkpoint they controlled 10 kilometers from Merca, a Christian source told Compass. A port city on the Indian Ocean 70 kilometers (45 miles) from Mogadishu, Merca is the main city of the Lower Shabele region."
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/somalia/9494/

Somali insurgents warn schools not to use UN textbooks
-- "Somalia's hardline al Shabaab insurgents have warned schools not to use textbooks provided by UN agencies and other donors they accuse of being un-Islamic"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/6211720/Somali-insurgents-warn-schools-not-to-use-UN-textbooks.html

Somali insurgents bow to bin Laden -- Al-Shabab swears allegiance on video
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2009/09/22/somalia_0922.ART_ART_09-22-09_A7_T9F58N0.html?sid=101
-- Al-Shabab Pledges Loyalty to Bin Laden
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-22-voa31.cfm

(Somalia) At Least 17 Killed in Fresh Somalia Clashes
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-21-voa17.cfm

(Somalia) Radical Somali leader defends peacekeepers' killings
-- CNN: "Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys said Thursday's attack was meant to defend Islam"
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/20/somalia.peacekeepers.deaths/

Ethiopian rebels deny helping Somali Islamists
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2009-09-22-ethiopian-rebels-deny-helping-somali-islamists

Sudan: 100 killed in raid on Sudan village
-- London Times: "Buildings are burnt and churchgoers attacked by Lou Nuer ethnic militia after a company of soldiers flees Dinka Hol village"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6843683.ece

Italy: Algerian terror suspect arrested in Rome
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3798840123

(Germany) Well-Dressed and Ready to Kill; Face of Terror in Suit and Tie
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-threatens-attack-germany-weeks-elections/story?id=8630699
-- Germany on edge after fourth consecutive al-Qaeda bomb attack warning
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6841890.ece

Canadian pleads guilty to terrorism: reports - Ali Dirie
-- AFP reports: "A Canadian has pleaded guilty of a terrorist association with a group of alleged Islamic militants accused of plotting attacks in Toronto and Ottawa in 2006, Canadian media reported."
-- "Ali Dirie, 26, who entered the plea Monday, was the second member of the 'Toronto 18' group to plead guilty to terrorism charges, after Saad Khalid, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison earlier this month."
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/09/22/85729.html

Canada ends round-the-clock surveillance of alleged Al-Qaeda sleeper -- Algerian Mohamed Harkat
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j-DmUbRhltou5b8yT6-M7TH364pw

Russia: Roiling Chechnya Again Vexes Russia
-- NPR regarding Kadyrov: "While battling Muslim extremists, he has promoted his own version of Islam, urging women to stay at home and obey their husbands. He has endorsed honor killings — the murder of female relatives who have brought 'shame' to a family"
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112977301

Philippines kill 19 militants in rebel stronghold
-- "Philippine soldiers backed by air strikes have seized the Abu Sayyaf group's main base on the southern island of Jolo, killing 19 rebels in a complex laced with bunkers and trenches, a military commander said on Monday"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090921/wl_nm/us_philippines_violence;_ylt=AjQsbqkPpXcbAXit1EHC0M.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTM5dmtxaGQ3BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwOTIxL3VzX3BoaWxpcHBpbmVzX3Zpb2xlbmNlBGNwb3MDNARwb3MDMQRwdANob21lX2Nva2UEc2VjA3luX2hlYWRsaW5lX2xpc3QEc2xrA3BoaWxpcHBpbmVzaw--

(Indonesia) Seoul Times: "Indonesia and Islamic Terrorism"
http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=8835

(Thailand) 3 soldiers injured in ambush in Yala
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30112371/3-soldiers-injured-in-ambush-in-Yala

Thai Military Tries to Win Over Muslims in Rebellious South
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-21-voa50.cfm

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Rifqa Bary Case: Runaway Convert's Parents Want Case Moved to Ohio
-- "An Ohio judge has set a hearing for Oct. 27."
-- "The Florida judge currently supervising the case said he will consult with his Ohio counterpart to settle jurisdictional issues."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553381,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r5:c0.000000:b0:z5
-- Teen who fears 'honor killing' will stay in care
http://www.christian.org.uk/news/teen-who-fears-‘honour-killing’-will-stay-in-care/

AIFD's Zhudi Jasser on Rifqa Bary Case
http://www.aifdemocracy.org/
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.4322/pub_detail.asp
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.4323/pub_detail.asp

Afghanistan: "Behind the Veil -- An Intimate Journey Into The Lives Of Kandahar's Women"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/behind-the-veil/

UK: Police told to treat hundreds more attacks as 'honour' crimes
-- Daily Mail: "The horrific consequences of honour violence were highlighted by an attack in Leytonstone in July in which a 24-year-old Danish man of Asian origin had acid poured down his throat and was repeatedly stabbed because of his relationship with a Muslim woman"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1215241/Police-told-treat-hundreds-attacks-honour-crimes.html
-- July 23, 2009: UK: Acid 'Honor' Attack on Muslim Man... Muslim Woman in Danger
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/uk-muslim-man-honor-attack/
-- Muslim man critical after 'honour attack' with acid
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/5894521/Muslim-man-critical-after-honour-attack-with-acid.html

Other News:

(U.S.) Louis Farrakhan: "The Nation of Islam Welcomes Muammar Gadhafi"
http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/featuredFarrakhanArticle/article_6445.shtml
-- "The Nation of Islam" listed as a "black separatist" "hate group" by the SPLC
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3

(U.S.) LA Times: "Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan defends his views"
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-ramadan-qa22-2009sep22,0,2284685.story
-- August 19, 2009: Dutch university fires Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan - as "integration adviser"
--- "criticized for his views on women, gays and Israel"
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1035198&lang=eng_news
-- August 2009: Iran: Professor Ramadan on Iranian broadcaster PressTV -- guest reported as Holocaust Denier
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

(U.S.) IPT News: "Kerfuffle on Campus over Sharia Lecture"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1424/kerfuffle-on-campus-over-sharia-lecture

(U.S.) Report: "Muslim groups try to ease fears of charities funding jihad with BBB accreditation"
http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2009/09/21/muslim-groups-try-to-ease-fears-of-charities-funding-jihad-with-bbb-accreditation/

(U.S.) Press Release: "Former Muslims Call on DOJ, US Commission On Civil Rights to Investigate Hate Crimes and Discrimination Against Apostates from Islam"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/press-release-former-muslims-call-on-doj-us-commission-on-civil-rights-to-investigate-hate-crimes-and-discrimination-against-apostates-from-islam/

(U.S.) "Westboro Baptist" Hate Group to Protest New York Area Synagogues
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/nyc-westboro-baptist-hate-group-to-protest-new-york-area-synagogues/
-- The Jewish Star reports:
-- "Fringe Baptist group to bring hate to Great Neck"
-- "Protests planned next week in Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan"
http://thejewishstar.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/fringe-baptist-group-to-bring-hate-to-great-neck/#more-9218

Bangladesh: Islamic Fundamentalist destroyed Kali Temple at Rajbari
http://quandaryreflection.blogspot.com/2009/09/bangladesh-islamic-fundamentalist.html
-- background on Bangladesh
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34692667@N07/show/

(Iraq) Fatwa by Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi: Iraqis Must Not Become U.S. Citizens
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD255409

(Indonesia) More sharia in Bande Aceh, Christians concerned
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/13272

Nigeria: Sharia: Govt Okays 200 Buses for Commuters
-- "Disturbed by the shortage of buses to convey women only as required by the Shari'a legal system, Zamfara State government has awarded a contract worth N100m for the procurement of 200 new buses, which would be used by women as means of transportation within and outside the state."
-- Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Malam Tukur Sani Jangebe "said government is totally committed to the implementation of the Sharia legal code across the state"
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=154920

(Nigeria) Daily Telegraph on Nigerian Pastor Nicholas Okoh's Comments
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6213269/Muslims-mass-producing-babies-to-take-over-Africa-says-Nigerian-Anglican-leader.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6841734.ece

France opts for legislative juggling to allow Islamic finance
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/09/21/france-opts-for-legislative-juggling-to-allow-islamic-finance/

(UK) Daily Telegraph: "Christian couple face losing hotel after criminal charges for offending Muslim woman"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6211604/Christian-couple-face-losing-hotel-after-criminal-charges-for-offending-Muslim-woman.html

UK: Is far-right extremism a threat?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8266933.stm

Spain: ADL: Anti-Semitism in Spain on the rise
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253198171497&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Fair play for Messianic Jews
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/09/22/fair-play-for-messianic-jews/

Against Totalitarianism News:

China Support Network: "News conference scolds China and Hong Kong"
-- "Has the principle of 'one country, two systems' been forgotten, or abandoned?"
http://chinademocracy.blogspot.com/2009/09/news-conference-scolds-china-and-hong.html

Upcoming protests as China's President Hu visits New York this week; then next week, the PRC anniversary
http://chinademocracy.blogspot.com/2009/09/upcoming-protests-for-hu-this-week-oct.html

Communist China: Threats Continue Against Pastor of Liangren Church
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1290&month=09&year=2009&_nc=a29a219c74474fcb9a83a67211a3a2e9

Communist China: Beijing Pastor's Family Calls for His Safe Return
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1291&month=09&year=2009&_nc=a29a219c74474fcb9a83a67211a3a2e9

Communist China - Addtl Report: Police and Mobs Attack House Church Members in Shanxi
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/22675/

Vietnam: Government prevents Catholics from using former Church-run building
http://www.ucanews.com/2009/09/21/government-prevents-catholics-from-using-former-church-run-building/

Against Nazi News:

(Germany) Neo-Nazis tell immigrants to 'go home'
-- "There have been fresh calls to ban Germany's neo-Nazi NPD party after it sent letters to several ethnic minority candidates in this weekend's general election, telling them to 'go home'"
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26113595-23109,00.html

Italy agrees to extradite Serb neo-Nazi Goran Davidovic
http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/setimes/newsbriefs/2009/09/20/nb-06

World War 2: 7 Nazi leaders' £3,334,000 fortunes abroad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/6206312/World-War-2-7-Nazi-leaders-3334000-fortunes-abroad.html

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