September 29, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(U.S.) The most important questions about the Zazi case, answered
http://www.tnr.com/article/world/the-plot-thins
(U.S.) Accused al Qaeda Bomb Maker Held Without Bail
-- Najibullah Zazi Pleads Not Guilty In Terror Case
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/zazi-held-prison-suspected-al-qaeda-terrorist-denied/story?id=8701880
-- Terrorism Suspect Pleads Not Guilty
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/nyregion/30terror.html?_r=1&hp
-- Terror Suspect Zazi Pleads Not Guilty to Conspiracy Charges
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,557104,00.html?test=latestnews
-- NYC terrorism suspect to be arraigned Tuesday
-- AP: "Najibullah Zazi is to be arraigned in a Brooklyn courtroom on charges he conspired to use weapons of mass destruction. The 24-year-old airport van driver and former coffee cart vendor has denied any wrongdoing"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_terror_17
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=8698399
(U.S.) Officials: NYC Plot Operational, Not Just Aspirational
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113290720
(U.S.) Stadiums, Hotels Warned To Watch For Terrorists
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/28/ap/government/main5347086.shtml
(U.S.) AP source: NYC terror probe focuses on accomplices
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gT-Kwm3eHQPp5qw5B5yzpuy07XuwD9B0J5600
-- AP source: Accomplices in NYC terror plot known
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gT-Kwm3eHQPp5qw5B5yzpuy07XuwD9B0HLJ80
(U.S.) Dallas: Undercover terror stings prompt cries of 'entrapment'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jBSevj7TRT9WIwHzjafRPSTrrUQQ
(U.S.) Dallas: Teen attended high school, baby-sat, got married before arrest on terror charges -- Hosam Maher Husein Smadi
http://www.star-telegram.com/crime/story/1644686.html
-- Christian Science Monitor: "Dallas terror plot: Troubled Jordanian teen or jihadist?"
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0930/p06s01-wome.html
(Pakistan) Balochistan: 'Taliban have new havens around Quetta'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\30\story_30-9-2009_pg1_4
-- Taliban has a new haven in Pakistan: US
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-taliban-has-a-new-haven-in-pakistan-us-rs-03
-- No drone strikes in Balochistan, Kayani tells US
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\30\story_30-9-2009_pg1_6
(Pakistan) Balochistan: Patterson says Quetta Shura high on US list
-- Patterson: "You cannot tolerate vipers in your bosom… Our concern is whether Pakistan really controls its territory."
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/11-patterson-says-quetta-shura-high-on-us-list--il--09
--- Anne Patterson previously met with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI)'s Maulana Fazl ur-Rehman - "defender of the interests of the Taliban" to promote "democracy"
http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/21/top8.htm
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/mma.htm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/086.html#G
(Pakistan) FATA: Over 10,000 Taliban in FATA: DG ISPR
-- "There are more than 10,000 Taliban present in Waziristan, including Uzbeks and other foreign militants, a private TV channel quoted Inter-Services Public Relations Director General Major General Athar Abbas as saying on Tuesday"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\30\story_30-9-2009_pg1_5
(Pakistan) FATA: Drone strikes, jets kill 16 in Waziristan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\30\story_30-9-2009_pg1_1
-- US missile strike in Pakistan kills 5, wounds 3
--- "An unmanned US drone fired a missile at a suspected militants' hideout in Darogha area of South Waziristan tribal agency, bordering Afghanistan"
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2028157&Language=en
-- Pakistan: Taliban militants targeted in drone attack
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3824743208
(Pakistan) FATA: 5 militants killed in Khyber infighting
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\30\story_30-9-2009_pg7_18
(Pakistan) NWFP: 28 Taliban held in Swat
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\30\story_30-9-2009_pg1_2
(Pakistan) Blog report on "The Kerry-Lugar Pakistan Authorization Bill"
http://theafpakreader.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/peanuts/
(Pakistan/U.S.) Kerry-Lugar bill imposes restrictions on US, not Pakistan: Haqqani
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\30\story_30-9-2009_pg7_34
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=200840
(Pakistan/U.S.) US imposes tough 'no terror' conditions on aid to Pak
-- Times of India reports: "Effectively implicating Pakistan in acts of terrorism in the region and across the world, including against India, US lawmakers have imposed stringent conditions on Pakistan (requiring monitoring of compliance by Washington) while okaying a five-year, $ 7.5 billion dole for Islamabad till 2014."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/US-imposes-tough-no-terror-conditions-on-aid-to-Pak/articleshow/5069952.cms
(India J&K) Militants kill three Indian soldiers in IHK
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\30\story_30-9-2009_pg7_33
(India J&K) Farmer's daughter disarms terrorist and shoots him dead with AK47
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6244076/Farmers-daughter-disarms-terrorist-and-shoots-him-dead-with-AK47.html
(Afghanistan) 30 Afghan civilians killed in roadside bomb blast
-- "A bus packed with Afghan civilians hit a roadside bomb near the southern city of Kandahar Tuesday, killing 30 people and wounding 39, underscoring the dangers civilians face as the eight-year war turns increasingly violent"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan
--- Roadside bomb kills 12 Afghan civilians
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2028171&Language=en
Afghanistan: Taliban blamed for deadly bus attack in south
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3824426653
(Afghanistan) NATO chief assures Obama on Afghan war support
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58P0Y120090929
-- NATO is in Afghanistan for the long haul, says Anders Fogh Rasmussen
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6854507.ece
-- NATO chief tells US to stop attacking European allies
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6244032/Nato-chief-tells-US-to-stop-attacking-European-allies.html
(Afghanistan) Time running out in Afghanistan to defeat insurgency: United Nations
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/south-asia/Time-running-out-in-Afghanistan-to-defeat-insurgency-United-Nations/articleshow/5070309.cms
Afghan war is winnable with local support - McChrystal
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2028138&Language=en
(U.S.) Washington DC: Bin Laden becomes camp fashion icon
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/bin-laden-gets-camp-fashion-makeover/story-e6frev00-1225781001226
-- Bin Laden sports 'I love Guantanamo' T-shirt
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26145444-23109,00.html
(U.S.) More Saudi help needed on terror finance: U.S. report
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58S69R20090929
(U.S.) Ex-U.S. military officials press to close Guantanamo
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58S6V120090929
(U.S.) Seven Algerians to be among batch of inmates to be freed from Guantanamo
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2028298&Language=en
(U.S.) Bush officials face liability for terror policies
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hRh2OMc1xO2GJ2_AXd8y0PJ6iuHAD9B0IBOG0
(Iraq) 4,000 more troops to come home from Iraq
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33079855/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/
(Iran) US eyes energy, financial sanctions on Iran
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_iran_sanctions_6
Iran says will not discuss second nuclear plant
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSLT56449320090929
Iran MPs tell world powers not to repeat "mistakes"
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58S1IP20090929
Iran nuke chief: IAEA inspection soon
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254163539684&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- For China, Iran uranium plant no game changer
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE58R2MU20090928
Iran to Allow Swiss Access to Detained U.S. Hikers
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,557143,00.html?test=latestnews
Palestinian gunmen fire 2 rockets at S. Israel, no casualties -- Israel
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2028359&Language=en
Hamas accepts Egypt's unity initiative
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254163537493&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Gaza: "Analysis: The Islamic republic of Gaza"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254163537553&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Hamas Clamps Down in Gaza
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#1441
(Israel) 50 Palestinians arrested in Jerusalem
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2028169&Language=en
(Somalia) 13 civilians killed as mortars hit Somali capital
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g7OaI4_kjeHA-o4UhlmP7vlWmrrwD9B0DUF00
(Somalia) Tension Mounting in Kismayo as Somali Islamists Jostle for Power
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-28-voa23.cfm
Somali govt troops re-take Baladwayne town
http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSLS241856._CH_.2400
(Yemen) Al Qaeda in Yemen Worries the West
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125417307132347371.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_world
(Libya/Venezuela) Gaddafi, Chavez sign anti-terror treaty
-- "On Venezuela visit, Libyan leader slams West, suggests forming 'NATO for the South' - 'SATO'"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254163539299&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(Turkey) Al-Qaeda threatens Turkey
http://en.trend.az/regions/met/turkey/1548943.html
(Russia) "Kadyrov: Representatives of 50 states helped Chechens in Jihad against Russia"
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6490
(Canada) Third security certificate amounts to double jeopardy, Jaballah's lawyers say -- Mahmoud Jaballah
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5htu-EHoDymxYIfJZipql2W5y1JfA
(Canada) Terror suspect wants apology from Ottawa -- Adil Charkaoui
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/09/29/11194691-sun.html
(Philippines) Two U.S. soldiers killed by bomb in Philippines
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN489084.htm
Arab Liberals Eight Years After 9/11: Obama's Overtures Towards Iran, Extremists Seen as a Sign of Weakness
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA55109
Al Qaeda takes multiple hits from US forces
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0929/p99s01-duts.html
Al Qaeda Bombers Learn from Drug Smugglers
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/28/eveningnews/main5347847.shtml
Islamic Supremacist War on Women:
"Tolerance=Racism: Newspeak vs TruthSpeak about FGM" by Phyllis Chesler
http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/624/tolerance-racism-newspeak-vs-truthspeak-about-fgm
Pakistan's The News: "Honour killing cases"
-- reports that Sindh police department workshop "aims to sensitise the trainees on the issue of violence against women thereby providing them an in-depth knowledge of the human rights’ concept while making them familiar with the international Human Rights standards for law enforcement officers."
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=200684
Other News:
Iraq: Is nowhere safe for Christians?
http://members4.boardhost.com/acnaus/msg/1254187996.html
Egypt: "Muslim Convert to Christianity Prevented From Leaving Egypt"
-- "Egyptian authorities have prevented Maher El-Gowhary, a Muslim-born Christian convert, from leaving the country. He was detained at Cairo Airport. His passport confiscated and he was advised that he is barred from traveling on orders from a 'higher authority'."
-- "Maher and his 15-year-old daughter, Dina, who also embraced Christianity, were traveling to China on 17th September 2009, on a two-week holiday."
http://www.aina.org/news/20090925191939.htm
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10903
(Indonesia) Church in Indonesia Wins Legal Battle to Worship in Building
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/indonesia/9921/
Nigeria: Islamic Group Urges Establishment of Zakat Body
http://allafrica.com/stories/200909290369.html
(UK) Islamic Bank of Britain loses £4.6 million over six months
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/09/29/islamic-bank-of-britain-loses-4-6-million-over-six-months-97319-24806193/
(U.S.) Texas congressional candidate wants to ban Muslim immigrants
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=NATIONAL&ID=565657848966479904
(U.S.) Muslim Capitol Hill Rally Falls Short of Attendance Goal
-- "Among those present were around 50 protesters, who -- though few in number -- were audible enough to prompt organizers at one point in time to ask for respect."
-- "'We would never come to a prayer meeting that you have to make a disturbance,' Hamad Chebli, imam of the Islamic Society of Central Jersey, said from the speaking stand. 'Please show us some respect.'"
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090927/muslim-capitol-hill-rally-falls-short-in-attendance/index.html
(India) Pastor in India Seriously Wounded by Suspected Hindu Extremists
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/india/9888/
UN says caste system is a human rights abuse
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6239842/UN-says-caste-system-is-a-human-rights-abuse.html
France: New threat letter sent to Sarkozy
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/europe/New-threat-letter-sent-to-Sarkozy-/articleshow/5069558.cms
Against Totalitarianism News:
Communist China: AP reports on "Six decades of change in China"
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/files/specials/interactives/_international/china60_timeline/index.html?SITE=YAHOO&SECTION=HOME
-- AP report does not discuss human rights or human freedom
Communist China / NYC: Epoch Times Reports on John Liu
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/t/john-liu-china-connection/
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/communist-china-nyc-epoch-times-reports-on-john-liu/
Communist China: Capitalism finds a home in the village where Chairman Mao was born
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6854433.ece
Against Misogyny News:
Guinea junta troops 'killed and raped hundreds at democracy rally'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6853982.ece
U.S Senate Committee on Foreign Relations - "Violence: Global Costs and Consequences" - October 1 - 2:30 PM - 216 Hart Senate Office
http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2009/hrg091001p.html
Because I Am A Girl Human Rights Report
http://www.becauseiamagirl.com.au/pdf/State-of-the-worlds-girls_2009_Full.pdf
Against Racial Supremacism News:
(Bulgaria) Ku Klux Klan Meeting Took Place in Bulgaria's Asenovgrad
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=108275
Facebook Poll Asks if Obama Should be Killed
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/28/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5347004.shtml
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