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September 23, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

Al-Qaeda: Osama bin Laden's right-hand man says in Al Qaeda video that Muslims will ax President Obama
-- Ayman al-Zawahiri: "God willing, your end will be at the hands of the Muslim nation, so that the world and history will be free of your crimes and lies"
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/23/2009-09-23_osama_bin_ladens_righthand_man_says_muslims_will_ax_bam.html
-- Al Qaeda releases new 9/11 video showing Zawahri
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58L5TX20090922
-- New Al-Qaeda Video "The West and the Dark Tunnel": 9/11 Caused the Economic Crisis; Germany in the Crosshairs; Obama Is Continuing Bush's Policies (Part I)
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD255909

Al-Qaeda Maghreb Adopts Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi as Shari'a Authority
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/20235.htm

(U.S.) Law Enforcement Worries NY Al-Qaeda Terror Plot Is "Still Alive"
http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=nyterror9.22.09.htm

(U.S.) 24 People Reportedly Under Observation in NYC-Colorado Terror Probe
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,554220,00.html

(U.S.) Official: More questioned in NYC terrorism probe
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/official_more_questioned_in_nyc_DvsWDAinNJoNc0rraotMdI
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13401215

U.S. bomb plot probe shows greatest security fears
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE58M4OA20090923

(U.S.) Colorado: Aurora apartment managers seek to evict terror suspects
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13403601

(U.S.) Complaint suggests NYPD misstepped in terror probe
-- AP reports: "Police acting without the FBI's knowledge may have inadvertently helped blow the surveillance of a terrorism suspect and compromised a bomb plot investigation at a sensitive stage by questioning an imam about him, a criminal complaint suggests."
-- "'They came to ask me about your characters,' the Muslim religious leader, Ahmad Wais Afzali, told Najibullah Zazi in a secretly recorded Sept. 11 telephone conversation. 'They asked me about you guys.'"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090923/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_terror
-- Terror probe highlights police-Muslim tensions
--- "The arrest of a Queens imam who investigators had considered a trusted partner was a blow in more ways than one for law enforcement."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gWXyG9mjNAs9SAE8G1n3YskQtkeAD9AT6KE82

(U.S.) Police warned of high-profile terrorist targets
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/23/police-warned-of-high-profile-terrorist-targets/

(U.S.) Washington DC - IPT News: "Al-Quds Day – Celebrating Hate and Supporting Terror"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1428/al-quds-day-celebrating-hate-and-supporting-terror

(Pakistan) Top Al-Qaeda leader killed in US drone attack -- Nazimuddin alias Yahyo
http://paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=219537

Pakistan, Taliban still together: Krishna
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/americas/Pakistan-Taliban-still-together/457263/Article1-457076.aspx
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-pakistan-taliban-still-together-krishna-rs-02

(Pakistan) President Zardari seeks release of $1.6 billion for terror war
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-zardari-seeks-release-of-1.6bn-for-terror-war-funding-qs-01
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\24\story_24-9-2009_pg1_1
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pak-seeks-early-reimbursement-of-16bn-spent-on-terror-war/articleshow/5047394.cms
-- US fears aid will feed graft
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\24\story_24-9-2009_pg1_2

Pakistan police await instructions to act on Saeed
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pakistan-police-await-instructions-to-act-on-Saeed/articleshow/5046271.cms
-- Hafiz Saeed put under 'house arrest'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\24\story_24-9-2009_pg1_3

(Pakistan) NWFP: Five militants nabbed in Swat, Lower Dir
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87506

(Pakistan) 'Mastermind of suicide bombings' held in Darra
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=199737

India sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan, alleges Pakistan govt's Rehman Malik
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/India-sponsoring-terrorism-in-Pakistan-alleges-Rehman-Malik/articleshow/5048119.cms

(India J&K) Gunfights kill eight in Kashmir
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/23/kashmir.gunfights/index.html
-- Two Indian soldiers killed in encounter with militants
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2027116&Language=en

(Afghanistan) 5 Afghan Civilians Killed in Roadside Bombing
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-23-voa21.cfm
-- Civilians killed in Afghan roadside attack
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/546511/cs/1/
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87505

(Afghanistan) McChrystal to resign if not given resources for Afghanistan
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/mcchrystal_to_resign_if_not_gi.php#ixzz0Rqpjn5IV

(Afghanistan) Mixed messages from Pentagon on Afghan troop plans
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58M5FD20090923
--- Barack Obama considers shift in Afghan strategy
---- "President Barack Obama is considering sweeping changes to the US strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan with greater emphasis on targeting the worst Taliban and al-Qaeda militants"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6223601/Barack-Obama-considers-shift-in-Afghan-strategy.html
--- U.S. scrambling to come up with new Afghanistan plan?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/23/afghanistan.strategy/index.html

(Afghanistan) "Obama pledges to defeat Al Qaeda"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-obama-vows-new-era-of-us-engagement-with-world-rs-09

(Afghanistan) Long War Journal: "Counterterrorism ops alone will expand al Qaeda's reach"
-- "The assumption that the proponents of this strategy make the assumption that al Qaeda and the Taliban don't operate closely"
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/09/counterterrorism_ops_will_expa.php

(Afghanistan) Taliban grow stronger in 'safe' Afghan north, west
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL50539820090923?rpc=401&

(Afghanistan) US troops to retreat from Taliban strongholds
-- "A top US military officer in Afghanistan has ordered his commanders to pull troops out of areas where NATO fought bloody battles with the Taliban over the past months."
-- "Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal said the move was because of the realization that the areas were not going to be brought under government control anytime soon, CBS News reported on Tuesday."
http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/2450.html

(Afghanistan) US Commander in Afghanistan to send troop request to Obama - Pentagon
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2027199&Language=en

(Afghanistan) Gaddafi: "If the Taliban wants to create an Islamic emirate, who said they are the enemy?"
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1097737/Gaddafi-defends-Afghanistan

Iraq: Bombs kill 11 in Iraq's capital, northern city
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD9AT77OG1

(Iraq) Four Iraqi servicemen killed, three wounded in Mosul
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2027187&Language=en

U.S. Releases New Letter From 9/11 Conspirators
-- "Terrorist mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed calls the Sept. 11 attack a 'noble victory' and President Barack Obama a liar in a letter released by the military's war crimes court Tuesday."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,554121,00.html?test=latestnews

(U.S.) Terror warnings issued as Olympic vote approaches
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2009-09-22-1000160374_x.htm

(U.S.) Administration Won't Seek New Detention System
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092304427.html?wprss=rss_politics/congress

(U.S.) Excerpts from AP interview with Ahmadinejad
-- Ahmadinejad continues to question Holocaust
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090923/ap_on_re_mi_ea/un_un_ahmadinejad_interview_excerpts_1

United Nations: Western diplomats walk out as Ahmadinejad addresses United Nations General Assembly
-- United States delegation walks out
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253627552118&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- Britain walks out of Iran's Ahmadinejad's anti-Semetic speech at UN
--- "South American delegations also marched from the grand hall at UN headquarters when the controversial leader denounced what he said was a global Jewish conspiracy, amid a long rant against capitalism and Western hypocrisy."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6224954/Britain-walks-out-of-Irans-Ahmadinejads-anti-Semetic-speech-at-UN.html
-- US, France walk out during Ahmadinejad's UN speech
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090924/wl_mideast_afp/undiplomacyassemblyiranwalkout_20090924004227

United Nations: Iran's Ahmadinejad Assails West for 'Despicable Forms of Intimidation'
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,554704,00.html

United Nations - CNN: "Ahmadinejad at U.N.: Iran ready to work with other nations"
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/23/general.assembly.ahmadinejad/index.html?section=cnn_latest

United Nations: Protesters decry Ahmadinejad, Gadhafi
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/23/un.protests/index.html?section=cnn_latest
-- Green-clad group protests Ahmadinejad near UN
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090923/ap_on_re_us/us_ahmadinejad_protests_1

United Nations: In rambling U.N. tirade, Gadhafi slams Security Council, U.S.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/23/un.general.assembly.meet/index.html
-- Gadhafi rips up UN Charter at GA
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253627551183&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- Gaddafi compares Taliban state to Vatican
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/24/2694818.htm
-- Gaddafi: "If the Taliban wants to create an Islamic emirate, who said they are the enemy?"
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1097737/Gaddafi-defends-Afghanistan
-- Qaddafi Lauds Obama, Then Launches Into Rambling Attack on U.N.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,554327,00.html

Iran's Ahmadinejad questions Holocaust
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=106889&sectionid=351020101

Iran: Ahmadinejad Denial -- By Marvin Hier, founder and dean, Simon Wiesenthal Center
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2009/09/ahmadinejad_denial.html

(Iran) Russia leader holds out prospect of Iran sanctions
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/09/23/iran_and_us_talk_past_each_other_on_nuclear_issue/

(Iran) Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister: Iran's Policy of Exporting the Islamic Revolution Is No Different Than the Nazi Occupation of Europe
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD255809

(Iran) Israel Prime Minister: Iran Could 'Bring Terrorism Beyond Our Wildest Dreams'
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,554280,00.html

(Iran) Shirin Ebadi continues to challenge Iranian authorities
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6846612.ece

Glitch stops terror attack in Sinai
-- "Renewed Sinai travel warning issued alongside news of attempted attack against busload of Israelis"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253627550033&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Egypt: Mourners Protest Islamic Attacks on Copts in Egypt
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/egypt/9817/
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/egypt-mourners-protest-islamic-attacks-on-copts-in-egypt/

(Somalia) Eight civilians killed in Mogadishu clashes
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iWyzc2P4L86tpdnvvkjf5LBzou9A

Morocco: Al-Qaeda terrorist network linked to Sweden, Belgium
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/09/morocco-al-qaeda-terrorist-network.html
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iyHUGdwuohJ6tVTzlOit1YwPCJ7Q

Germany: U.S. warns citizens about al Qaeda threat to Germany
-- "The U.S. State Department warned American citizens on Wednesday to be aware of a threat by al Qaeda that it would attack Germany around the time of its federal election on Sunday."
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58M6O920090923

(Netherlands) Hague: Radical mosque now more moderate
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/09/hague-radical-mosque-now-more-moderate.html

Greece: Bomb explodes - four arrested
-- "Greek police on Wednesdsay detained four people suspected of taking part in bomb attacks this year."
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSLN54842220090923

(Canada) Third man in 'Toronto 18' pleads guilty to terrorism
http://www.canada.com/news/Third+Toronto+pleads+guilty+terrorism/2019147/story.html

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Florida Judge: Rifqa Bary stays with foster family for now
http://wdbo.com/localnews/2009/09/judge-rifqa-bary-stays-with-fo.html

Other News:

Malaysia Sees Increasing Political, Judicial Influence from Strict Muslims
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-23-voa13.cfm

(U.S.) San Francisco: Security on BART Stepped Up After Al Qaeda Plot in NYC
http://sfist.com/2009/09/22/security_on_bart_stepped_up_after_a.php

(U.S.) Michigan: U-M bans bags following terror arrest
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4498285

(U.S.) Maryland Teen Pleads Guilty to Felony Over Bomb-Making Materials - Collin McKenzie-Gude
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/23/AR2009092303302.html

(UAE) Daily Telegraph: "US embassy in Dubai 'is a recruiting ground for Iranian spies'"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/6218606/US-embassy-in-Dubai-is-a-recruiting-ground-for-Iranian-spies.html

(Egypt) "Death for Apostasy on The Nile" - Andrew Bostom report
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2009/09/23/death-for-apostasy-on-the-nile/

(UK) The steady rise of Islamic finance
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8270490.stm

(Spain) Muslim woman rebuked on burka by judge in Spain
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=316261&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21