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September 3, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

Al-Qaeda: Osama 'gift' to Muslims?
-- "Website often used by Al-Qaeda supporters said on Thursday it would soon carry a 'present' to Muslims from Osama bin Laden" for Ramadan
-- "The Islamist website gave no further details, but messages by the Al-Qaeda leader have usually appeared within about 48 hours of being announced on the Internet"
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_425305.html
-- Al-Qaeda website promises Ramadan 'present'
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3771996,00.html
-- Website says to carry bin Laden "present" to Muslims
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5825W420090903?rpc=401&

(Pakistan) Al Qaida sought N-help from AQ Khan: US report
-- "Amid concerns that terrorist could obtain material related to nuclear weapons from Pakistan, a latest Congressional report has said al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden had 'sent emissaries to establish contact' with the maligned A Q Khan network"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Qaida-sought-N-help-from-AQ-US-report/articleshow/4969623.cms
--- "a man former CIA director George Tenet has described as being at least as dangerous as Osama Bin Laden"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4118939.stm
--- March 16, 2009: A Q Khan network not totally closed down yet: Congresswoman
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/A-Q-Khan-network-not-totally-closed-down-yet-US/articleshow/4274657.cms
--- February 6, 2009: Pakistan Frees Black Market Nuke AQ Khan-"Father of Islamic Bomb"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19203
--- February 17, 2007: Iran n-plant has links with A Q Khan: US
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1630212.cms

(Pakistan) US fears on AQ Khan's release baseless: Pakistan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-us-fears-on-aq-khans-release-baseless-fo-rs-04

Pakistan 'developing' advanced nuclear technology
-- "The report concluded that Pakistan has an arsenal of 70 to 90 nuclear weapons 'and is busily enhancing its capabilities across the board'"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6128927/Pakistan-developing-advanced-nuclear-technology.html
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\04\story_4-9-2009_pg7_10
-- See also:
-- The Nuclear Islamic Republic of Pakistan - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#8

(Pakistan) 'Militants planning attacks from prisons'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\04\story_4-9-2009_pg7_7

(Pakistan) Church dissatisfied over slow prosecution of rioters
http://www.ucanews.com/2009/09/02/church-dissatisfied-with-gojra-case-proceedings/
-- World church body urges Pakistan to repeal blasphemy law
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_114299_ENG_HTM.htm
-- Pakistani Christians 'live in fear': WCC
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\04\story_4-9-2009_pg7_5

Pakistan: At least 16 militants killed in tribal areas
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3726164682

(Pakistan/UK) Two Pakistanis arrested in UK return home
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\04\story_4-9-2009_pg7_9

(Afghanistan) Gates says it's not time to leave Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090903/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_afghanistan
-- October 6, 2008 - AP reported that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates "endorsed efforts to reach out to members of the Taliban or other militants in Afghanistan"
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Gates

(Afghanistan) August 13, 2009 - The Economist: "Mr Karzai has also enlisted as an adviser Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, an Islamist militant who welcomed Osama bin Laden to Afghanistan in 1996"
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14214938
-- "As a campaign adviser, Mr Karzai enlisted Abdul Rasul Sayyaf"
http://media.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14274478&source=features_box_main

(Afghanistan) US starts surveillance of its own security guards in Kabul
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6134199/US-starts-surveillance-of-its-own-security-guards-in-Kabul.html

New Blog:
http://theafpakreader.wordpress.com/

(Afghanistan/UK) Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth's aide Eric Joyce resigns over Afghanistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6134772/Defence-Secretary-Bob-Ainsworths-aide-Eric-Joyce-resigns-over-Afghanistan.html

(U.S.) Americans warned to keep up guard against potential terrorism
-- Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano's "comments came after the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that two security guards on the George Washington Bridge had been fired after being photographed sleeping at work"
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/03/terror.complacency/index.html
-- February 24, 2009: Napolitano Avoids Terror Terminology
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/24/national/main4826437.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/02/26/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4830824.shtml

(U.S.) Al-Qaida conspirator's lawyers can't see documents -- Ali al-Marri
http://www.thesouthern.com/articles/2009/09/03/ap-state-il/il_enemy_combatant.txt

(U.S.) Cross-country motorcycle ride honors Flight 93
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32679573/ns/us_news-life/

(U.S./Libya) 'Gaddafi must have personally okayed Lockerbie bombing'
-- "Comments to 'Jerusalem Post' by Top US investigator, who led the US probe, bring new twist to transatlantic dispute over 1988 terror attack."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804486646&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(UK) BP lobbied Jack Straw before he changed mind over Lockerbie bomber
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6820931.ece

Fatah: We Never Relinquished the Right to Armed Struggle
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA54509

(Iran) Ahmadinejad Wins Approval of Key Cabinet Slots
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/04/world/middleeast/04iran.html
-- Iran defense minister's appointment 'slap to Israel'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6132521/Iran-defence-ministers-appointment-is-a-decisive-slap-to-Israel.html

Iran's defense minister warns Israel
-- "Newly appointed Ahmad Vahidi says move against Iran 'will be met with harsh and powerful response.'"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804486590&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

EU: Islamist terror still serious threat
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/284096,islamist-terror-still-serious-threat-to-europe-eu-expert.html

Kyrgyz clampdown on radical Islam may fail - ICG
http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL3532583

(France) Nicolas Sarkozy bullet death threat: 11 men arrested
-- "The ex-legionnaire, who runs a tobacco shop, shouted: 'Red revolution, long live the social republic,' when leaving his shop flanked by police."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6134200/Nicolas-Sarkozy-bullet-death-threat-11-men-arrested.html

Germany angered over legal ruling to allow Islamist to name son Jihad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/6128905/Germany-angered-over-legal-ruling-to-allow-Islamist-to-name-son-Jihad.html

(Germany) Scars of German terrorism survive
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-baader-meinhof4-2009sep04,0,5871981.story

(Indonesia) Jakarta Post: "Do we witness the formation of an Indonesian al-Qaeda?"
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/09/03/do-we-witness-formation-indonesian-alqaeda.html

(Philippines) US troops deployed to Mindanao to 'support' peace talks
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/sept/04/yehey/top_stories/20090904top5.html

(Philippines) Libya foundation to invest in Mindanao - Qaddafi Foundation
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/sept/04/yehey/top_stories/20090904top9.html

Other News:

Syrian-Produced 'Al-Shatat' Series on Iranian TV For Ramadan: 'Rothschild Legacy' of Controlling World
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD251709

(UK) The Bishop of Rochester farewell interview
-- "The question is whether any aspect of Sharia ought to be recognised in public law. My own view is that it shouldn't be"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5976473/The-Bishop-of-Rochester-farewell-interview.html

(UK) Louis Susman reaches out to Muslims on 9/11
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6134084/Louis-Susman-reaches-out-to-Muslims-on-911.html

(UK) Ramjanally charged with making false report
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211011/Muslim-community-leader-arrested-making-BNP-story.html
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/09/03/ramjanally-charged-with-making-false-report/

(Netherlands) Sharia: government to act if Dutch law broken
-- "Attempts to practise aspects of sharia (Islamic) law in the Netherlands which involve compulsion, pressure and a misuse of power will be clamped down hard on by the government, justice minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin told MPs on Tuesday."
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2009/09/sharia_government_to_act_if_du.php

(Indonesia) Food stalls, cafes 'for non-Muslims' remain open in sharia-ruled Aceh
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/09/02/food-stalls-cafes-039for-nonmuslims039-remain-open-shariaruled-aceh.html

ICC's 2009 Annual Hall of Shame - PDF
http://persecution.org/suffering/pdfs/ICC_Hall_of_Shame_2009.pdf

(U.S.) "How the Exchange Between CAIR and ACT! For America Highlights the Importance of Free Speech and Conservative Values." -- by Shireen Qudosi
http://qudosi.com/2009/09/03/caliphate-or-republic/

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

(U.S.) Florida: Fathima Rifqa Bary Case - Judge keeps girl in Florida, orders mediation
-- MyFOXOrlandao: "Judge seals police report for runaway"
-- "The judge signed the order Thursday sealing the report for at least ten days until lawyers for 17-year-old Rifqa Bary, her parents and child welfare officials can read it. The hearing was to determine whether the teen should return to Ohio or stay in Florida."
-- "The teen ran away to Florida in July, saying she feared being killed for changing religions."
-- "The judge said two weeks ago that he would postpone deciding whether Bary should return to Ohio until after the investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was completed."
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/local/090309_Judge_seals_police_report_for_runaway
-- Orlando Sentinel: "After sealing findings of a state investigation into Fathima Rifqa Bary, Circuit Judge Daniel Dawson on Thursday decided to keep the 17-year-old girl in Florida while putting the case into mediation"
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-fathima-rifqa-bary-update-090309,0,4434694.story
-- CNN: "Muslim teen fears for life after changing religion"
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/03/muslim.convert/index.html?eref=ib_topstories

(U.S.) MyFOXOrlando: "Honor killings on the rise"
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/faith_news/090209_Honor_killings_on_the_rise

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Syringe attacks spark new protest in Chinese city
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090903/ap_on_re_as/as_china_protest
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6131874/Xinjiang-protests-Han-Chinese-demand-better-security-after-syringe-attacks-in-Urumqi.html

Against Racial Supremacism News:

New York: Report Cites Culture of Ethnic Hatred in Suffolk County
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/nyregion/03suffolk.html?_r=1

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