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September 24, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

U.S. al Qaeda Cell Suspected
-- "Officials Suggest Group Is First Uncovered Here Since 9/11; Zazi in Court Thursday"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125374801698835711.html

(U.S.) Official: More questioned in NYC terror probe - Zazi
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=7028207&rss=rss-ktrk-article-7028207
-- Men tied to terror probe to appear in federal court
http://www.9news.com/rss/article.aspx?storyid=123841

(U.S.) Colorado: No more arrests expected in Colorado in terror probe
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_13406691

(U.S.) Colorado: Employer Says Zazi Hard Worker, Passed Background Checks
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/21089463/detail.html

(U.S.) NYPD terror unit official transferred
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/09/24/NYPD-terror-unit-official-transferred/UPI-66381253798578/

(Pakistan) Militants gun-down tribal elders in Pakistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2027236&Language=en
-- Militants kill anti-Taliban militiamen in Pakistan
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1502946.php/Militants-kill-anti-Taliban-militiamen-in-Pakistan-Roundup
-- Pakistan: Taliban blamed for deaths of seven tribal leaders
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3807701844

(Pakistan) Malakand: 8 extremists killed in clashes with forces
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87543
Pakistan seeks more time to probe Saeed's role in 26/11 attacks
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pak-seeks-more-time-to-probe-Saeeds-role-in-26/11-attacks/articleshow/5051610.cms
-- 26/11 mastermind Saeed files petition to end house arrest -- Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, chief of the banned JuD
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/26/11-mastermind-Saeed-files-petition-to-end-house-arrest/articleshow/5050768.cms

(Pakistan) Americans see a change in the air in Pakistan
-- "The main problem being faced by the US administration, which it may never admit publicly, is that the present set-up with Asif Ali Zardari as the de facto ruler, has no credibility at home and no ability to deliver on the promises he makes, either on the military side or on the war on terror or on governance issues."
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=199813

Pakistan's New Taliban
http://www.newsweek.com/id/215759

(Pakistan/Afghanistan) Taliban widens Afghan attacks from Pakistan
-- "NYT: Militants use their sanctuary in Quetta to push into areas in which they previously had little sway."
-- "Senior Taliban leaders, showing a surprising level of sophistication and organization, are using their sanctuary in Pakistan to stoke a widening campaign of violence in northern and western Afghanistan, senior American military and intelligence officials say"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32998293/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/

(Afghanistan) Karzai rival concerned with Afghan vote recount
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/September/international_September1245.xml&section=international

U.N. Security Council votes to scrap nuclear arms
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/security_council_votes_to_scrap_EYLHAOU8jbcyNS9FD1QmUM

(U.S.) Accused 9-11 mastermind says 'Allah' will defend him
-- Khalid Sheik Mohammed
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/75944.html

(UK) Terrorist suspect released from control order
-- "A terrorist suspect has been released from his control order just a week after the Home Office announced a wholesale review of restrictions, it was revealed."
-- "A Home Office spokesman said the decision to revoke control orders against AE - had 'nothing to do' with the Lords' decision however."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6226749/Terrorist-suspect-released-from-control-order.html

(UK) C4 orders 'Victorian' Muslim terrorist documentary - comparing Anarchists and Jihadists
http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/c4-orders-victorian-muslim-terrorist-doc/5006061.article?referrer=RSS

(Iraq) Al Qaeda-Linked Militants Escape Iraqi Prison
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,554817,00.html?test=latestnews

(Iran) U.N. Steps Up Iran Pressure
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/23/response-demanded-iran-nuclear-program

Iran offers U.S. access to its nuclear scientists
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32997109/ns/world_news-washington_post/

(Iran) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asks Barack Obama to treat him as a friend
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6223647/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-asks-Barack-Obama-to-treat-him-as-a-friend.html

(Iran) Communist China: Iran sanctions 'not the way out'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253627556144&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) 'Ahmadinejad is antithesis of moral'
-- "Peres says Iran's leader belongs in Middle Ages; FM: Walkout during UN speech shows Israel's success"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253627554053&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran must be alert to US, British 'plots': Khamenei
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090924/wl_mideast_afp/iranpoliticsusbritainkhamenei

Hamas: Mashaal off to Cairo for Fatah talks
-- "Hamas official tells 'Post' group's leader carrying movement's "final response" to Egyptian initiative"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253627551471&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(South Africa/U.S.) Al-Qaeda group threatened U.S.'s S.Africa embassy: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58N1GZ20090924

(Somalia) Islamist rebels face off in Somali port
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20090924111153369C908049

(Thailand) 1 Muslim killed, another injured in Yala
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30112891/1-Muslim-killed-another-injured-in-Yala

Other News:

Indonesia: Muslim group rejects verdict -- objects to building of church
-- "A local group opposed to the construction of a protestant church in the area of Depok, south of the capital Jakarta, has objected to a recent court verdict that overturned the mayor's decision to revoke the church's building permit."
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3803172509

(Iran) The great Iranian cover-up: mannequins told to lose curves and wear hijabs
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6223111/The-great-Iranian-cover-up-mannequins-told-to-lose-curves-and-wear-hijabs.html

(UK) Foreign Office official faces the sack for anti-Semitic gym rant -- Rowan Laxton
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1215788/Foreign-Office-official-fined-350-anti-Semitic-gym-rant.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/6226053/Civil-servant-fined-for-racist-outburst-against-Jews.html

(UK) Nine arrested after Mosque rally
-- "The Unite Against Fascism counter-protest against a planned demonstration by the Stop Islamisation Of Europe far right group drew between 1,000 and 2,000 on to the streets outside the place of worship in Station Road, Harrow"
http://www.harrowobserver.co.uk/west-london-news/local-harrow-news/2009/09/24/nine-arrested-after-mosque-rally-116451-24771082/
-- SIOE describes itself as promoting "Islamophobia," SIOE states that "Islamophobia is the height of common sense"
http://sioe.wordpress.com/about/

(U.S.) FOX News describes SIOA as "nativist"
-- "The most organized pushback so far is from a new organization of a nativist bent called Stop Islamization of America, or SIOA"
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/09/24/50-000-muslims-to-pray-on-capitol-hill-guess-whos-not-happy/
-- see also "We Are Not Afraid"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/we-are-not-afraid/

(U.S.) Will Anarchists Reign in Pittsburgh at the G-20?
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1925611,00.html?xid=rss-topstories-cnnpartner

Against Nazi News:

(U.S.) Roanoke Neo-Nazi leader to return to jail - William White
http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/220029

(U.S.) Rival rallies coming to Great Neck synagogue
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/rival-rallies-coming-to-great-neck-synagogue-1.1469217

Against Totalitarianism:

South Korea: N Korean nuke bases targeted - general
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26119400-23109,00.html

Against Racial Supremacism:

Illinois: White supremacists to rally in Illinois town over bus attack
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/illinois-white-supremacists-to-rally-in-illinois-town-over-bus-attack/
-- McClatchy: "The protest has been promoted on several supremacist Web sites, including the National Socialist Movement and Stormfront.org"
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/75934.html?storylink=omni_popular
-- BND reports:
--- "The event is 'to protest the racial double standard with hate crimes. If it had been white kids doing the beating they would have been charged with a hate crime,' stated a link on Stormfront.org, which boasts the slogan 'White pride world wide.'"
--- "On the National Socialist Movement Web site, Cpl. Jason Bonn writes, 'People in this town are rightfully angry at the double standard that we know how this would be working if the races were reversed.'"
--- "Protesters will march outside the state's attorney's office, which is inside the courthouse, because they're asking for hate crime charges to be filed, Bonn wrote."
--- "He continued, 'This event is open to all concerned citizens and white nationalists regardless of affiliation.'
http://www.bnd.com/homepage/story/936032.html

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