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(Pakistan) NWFP: Militants attack security forces -- in Nasir Bagh area of Peshawar city
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2023629&Language=en
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\05\story_5-9-2009_pg7_36

Pakistani police arrests five militants linked to Baitullah group
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2023705&Language=en

(Pakistan) Hakimullah Mehsud alive, insists Pak Taliban
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Hakimullah-Mehsud-alive-insists-Pak-Taliban/articleshow/4973129.cms

(Pakistan) Saudi Al-Qaeda Defector: There Is Widespread Dissatisfaction Among Al-Qaeda Operatives in AfPak – Many Want to Desert
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/19692.htm

Pakistan not a failed state: Gilani
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-pakistan-not-a-failed-state-gilani-rs-11
-- 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

(Afghanistan) ISAF announces death of two of its soldiers in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2023700&Language=en

(Afghanistan) France confirms death of soldier in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2023663&Language=en

(Afghanistan) Gates: AP decision 'appalling' "to transmit a photograph showing a mortally wounded 21-year-old Marine in his final moments of life"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090904/pl_politico/26759
-- "AP explains picture of dying Marine"
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/26762.html

(Afghanistan) Is Taxpayer Money Funding the Taliban?
-- "Resources Intended for Development Projects May Be Going to Protection Payments"
-- "there are new claims that U.S.-funded contractors have been spending a hefty chunk of that funding on protection payments to the Taliban - for years, reports CBS News correspondent Nancy Cordes"
-- "'The Taliban literally has an office in Kabul where it works out what percentage will be charged on these contracts,' said Charles Sennott, the executive editor of the GlobalPost."
-- "Experts say the kickbacks could have netted the Taliban tens of millions of dollars and are such an open secret on the streets that the U.S. government had to know"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/03/eveningnews/main5286651.shtml

(Afghanistan) Taliban Bomber Captured in Kandahar
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/09/04/4356044.htm

(Afghanistan) Rasmussen orders investigation into NATO air strike in Kunduz
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2023644&Language=en
-- NATO, Afghan officials investigate air strike
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2023626&Language=en
-- Dozens dead in NATO air strike in Afghanistan
--- "air strike by North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces on two fuel tankers hijacked by militants in northern Afghanistan"
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2023613&Language=en
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090904/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan
-- Nato air strike in Afghanistan 'kills scores of Taliban militants and civilians'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6137938/Nato-air-strike-in-Afghanistan-kills-scores-of-Taliban-militants-and-civilians.html

(U.S./Somalia) Al Qaeda-Linked American Terrorist Unveiled, as Charges Await Him in U.S.
-- "Abu Mansour al-Amriki -- or "The American" -- has become one of the most recognizable and outspoken voices of terrorist propaganda."
-- "A week after the 9/11 attacks, a young Muslim at the University of South Alabama told the school's newspaper it was 'difficult to believe a Muslim could have done this.'"
-- "Now, eight years later, he is professing to launch attacks himself and calling on others to join the fight, as terror-related charges await him at home in Alabama, FOX News has learned exclusively."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,546510,00.html
-- Video
http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=9114837&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/index.html

Related reports:
-- Alabama: Al-Amriki Alabama reported terrorist suspect videos, links
http://blog.al.com/live/2009/09/alamriki_alabama_reported_terr.html
-- Video Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI35rg_IvM0&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5FoI-daP24&
-- Alabama: Local man may have ties to Al-Qaeda
-- "Fox news is reporting a local man may have ties to Al-Qaeda. That person is Omar Hammami and he is now thought to be living with a Jihadist group."
-- "FOX networK reports indicate that Hammami is believed to be living in Somalia and has been indicted on providing materials to support terrorism."
-- "Sources tell us several of Hammami's friends have been interviewed in the last few weeks by the FBI."
http://www.fox10tv.com/dpp/news/local_news/baldwin_county/LocalManMayHaveTiesToAlQaeda
-- Alabama: Congressman Jo Bonner finds terror suspect report 'alarming'
http://blog.al.com/live/2009/09/congressman_jo_bonner_finds_te.html
-- Omar Hammami, while at University of South Alabama, told student newspaper it was hard to be Muslim after 9/11
---- "At the time, Hammami was president of USA's Muslim Student Association."
http://blog.al.com/live/2009/09/omar_hammami_while_at_universi.html
-- Video: USA students react to report of terror suspect with local connections
http://blog.al.com/live/2009/09/video_usa_students_react_to_re.html
-- Al-Amriki, American terrorist suspect believed in Somalia, once argued for Pakistan in student U.N.
http://blog.al.com/live/2009/09/almariki_american_terrorist_su.html
-- Press-Register previously profiled reported terror suspect Abu Mansour al-Amriki's father, local school
http://blog.al.com/live/2009/09/terror_suspect_father_omar_hammani_pressregister.html

(U.S.) North Carolina tourist-terrorist on trial for Pakistan visit
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\05\story_5-9-2009_pg7_14

(U.S.) New York City Prepares To Mark Eight Years Since 9/11
-- "Next Friday, the city will mark eight years since the terror attacks on the World Trade Center."
-- "The ceremony will be similar to years past. Family members and survivors will gather at Zuccotti Park, across the street from the site."
-- "Family members will be paired with volunteers from the five boroughs to read the names. Volunteers were chosen to highlight the fact that September 11th was officially designated the 'National Day of Service and Remembrance' this year."
http://www.ny1.com/Default.aspx?ArID=105242

Gaza: Tiny Islamist group claims attack on Gaza security HQ
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jghfSEQWXkoxob19Acz8XKzqGMgg

Iran says US nuke documents 'forged'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090904/ap_on_re_mi_ea/eu_nuclear_agency_iran
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804492497&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Lebanon) "A Meeting of Violent Minds"
-- "The Muslim World News (MWN) has provided a translation of a report by NowLebanon which covers a high level meeting in Beirut between between member of Hamas, Hizbullah, Hizb ut-Tahrir and the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood."
-- "The Islamist leaders who attended the meeting are reported to have agreed that 'the new American plan aspires to liquidate the Palestinian problem, and poses one of the most dangerous American plans in the region. Therefore it needs to be opposed in all possible forms, in particular by increasing acts of resistance [muqawama] and opposing Israeli efforts towards a normalisation of their relations with Arab countries as well as American involvement in such initiatives'"
http://standpointmag.co.uk/node/2122

Nigeria: How I Was Trained in Afghanistan for Terrorism - Boko Haram Specialist
http://allafrica.com/stories/200909030725.html

Saudi Daily: Al-Qaeda Planning To Strike Saudi Targets In Iran
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/19704.htm

(Saudi Arabia) Not the jihad I was looking for, says Al-Otaibi
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009090448797

Canadian terror suspect gets 14 years -- Saad Khalid of "Toronto 18"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g3aRkr11DvQ1aicyDl1RHv7jY5_wD9AG3K701

Canada: Imam's killer tried to destroy evidence, Calgary hearing told
-- Killing of Arizona imam Rashad Khalifa that "preached a brand of Islam based on numerology condemned as heretical by fundamentalist Muslims, and reportedly claimed that two verses of the Qur'an were written by Satan, not God"
-- "U.S. newspaper reports say Colorado prosecutors later convicted two members of an Islamic sect called Al Fuqra of conspiring to murder Khalifa, but not of actually stabbing him to death."
-- "Glen C. Francis, 52, is awaiting extradition from Canada where he will face first-degree murder charges. Khalifa was known as an Islamic scholar whose interpretation of the Quran caused controversy in the Islamic community. An associate said Khalifa had received death threats because he believed most of the Islamic world was following a satanic version of the Koran."
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Imam+killer+tried+destroy+evidence+Calgary+hearing+told/1963991/story.html

Russia: Three Russian Police Killed in Roadside Bomb Attack
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,546505,00.html

"Russia uses tough anti-terror tactics in tinderbox Ingushetia republic"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6820780.ece

(Uzbekistan) Militants killed in Uzbek shootout
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26027499-23109,00.html

(Indonesia) Terror mastermind likely hiding in Java: Indonesia anti-terror chief
-- regarding Noordin Mohammed Top
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gxat3mt5KeA_D7pRKbHi7QeldjMg

(Thailand) Car bomb in Yala kills one and injures many others
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30111516/Car-bomb-in-Yala-kills-one-and-injures-many-others

Thailand explosion kills Policeman, injures 15 people
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2023627&Language=en

(Thailand) Suspected insurgent killed in Yala
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30111292/Suspected-insurgent-killed-in-Yala

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Gaza 'Islamization' Continues, Schoolgirls Told 'Cover Up'
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2009/s09090006.htm

Saudi Woman Columnist Attacks Custom of Honor Killing in Saudi Society
-- MEMRI translation of column "[The Custom] of Burying Girls Alive is Still With Us"
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD252109

Other News:

(UK) Muslim Cleric: Sebastian Faulks should face Sharia justice
-- "Muslim firebrand Anjem Choudary caused new outrage last night after demanding author Sebastian Faulks be tried before an Islamic court where the penalty could be possible execution."
-- "He said the bestselling novelist should be hauled before a Sharia court to answer charges that he had insulted the Prophet Mohammed by describing the Koran as the 'rantings of a schizophrenic'"
-- Choudary: "Someone like this needs to be assessed in an Islamic court of law and if he’s found guilty then there would be capital punishment."
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/124847/Muslim-cleric-Sebastian-Faulks-should-face-Sharia-justice-
-- August 23, 2009: "Sebastian Faulks: Koran has 'no ethics'"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6806488.ece
-- August 24, 2009: "Sebastian Faulks moves to head off Islam row"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/24/sebastian-faulks-attacks-quran

(UK) London Mayor Boris Johnson: 'fast during Ramadan to understand Muslims'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/borisjohnson/6137842/Boris-Johnson-fast-during-Ramadan-to-understand-Muslims.html

(Netherlands) Woman gives evidence wearing niqab
http://www.cphpost.dk/component/content/46815.html?task=view

Italy: Holiday resort offers Muslim deals for Ramadan
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=3.0.3726807506

Egyptian Regime protecting drug dealers and abusers
http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/reports/egyptian_regime_protecting_drug_dealers_and_abusers.html

Yemeni Liberal Criticizes Appointment of Dalia Mogahed as Obama's Advisor on Islam
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD251809

Libya called for Switzerland to be abolished
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/6136534/Libya-called-for-Switzerland-to-be-abolished.html

Israel: 'Female bomber' exhibit sparks fury
-- "An art exhibit depicting various female Palestinian suicide bombers as the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus, which opened at the Sokolov House press center in Tel Aviv on Thursday, was quickly taken down following an outcry from the families of those killed or wounded in the attacks, as well as by organizations that represent terror victims."
-- "The exhibit, which featured the work of artists Galina Bleich and Liliah Check, consisted of a series of paintings of the women - some with halos around their heads - rendered to look like Renaissance-era portraits of Catholic saints."
-- "Sokolov House agreed to take the portraits down on Thursday afternoon, but another section of the exhibit - sand and dirt that had been taken from the scenes of the bombings and spread out across canvas - remained on the gallery's walls."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804486599&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2009/s09090014.htm
-- Galina Bleich's web site and background
http://art-summit.gala-studio.com/index_eng.htm
http://art-summit.gala-studio.com/about_us_eng.htm
-- Bleich's rationale on "Ferror" - "Female terror" exhibit: "Madonna, even without a religious connotation, is a world accepted symbol of motherhood and love and responsibility for a child. Lovingly she cradles a child in her lap, protectively holding it with her hands. In the warped world of extremism, love in the heart of a woman is replaced by such hatred that even motherhood is replaced by desire for annihilation and mayhem."
http://art-summit.gala-studio.com/program_eng.htm

India: Following Ban on Burqa and Headscarf by Colleges in Southern India, Indian Islamic Scholar Says: 'The Burqa is Not a Part of Islam – It Is a Part of Culture'
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD252209

Iranian Blogger Does About-Face -- once in prison
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR2009090303808.html

(U.S.) Virginia: Mosque Members, Frustrated, With Immigration Cases in Limbo
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/us/05religion.html?_r=1&ref=us

(U.S.) Clarksville mayor sends email urging protests over Muslim stamps
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090904/NEWS02/90904042/1022/NEWS05/Clarksville+mayor+sends+email+urging+protests+over+Muslim+stamps+
-- CAIR Sends Quran to TN Mayor Who Circulated Anti-Islam E-Mail
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090904/pl_usnw/cair_sends_quran_to_tn_mayor_who_circulated_anti_islam_e_mail

Against Totalitarian News:

Communist China: Google China chief quits suddenly after months of clashes with censors
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/communist-china-google-china-chief-quits-suddenly-after-months-of-clashes-with-censors/
-- "The head of Google in China, Kaifu Lee, has quit the company abruptly after several turbulent months of clashes with the Chinese government."
-- "'My next move is to create a platform for young Chinese. I want to be actively involved in the work and to have full control of it,' he wrote, on his popular blog."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/china-business/6137568/Google-China-chief-quits-suddenly-after-months-of-clashes-with-censors.html

Against Nazi News:

Massassachusetts: Nazi tattoo-bedecked man accused of harassing Jew in Wareham
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090903/NEWS/909030345

Idaho court won't remove pre-Nazi swastika tiles
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ifmZJYmEzjVxdVLyPbudpoUFKV4gD9AG0JF01

UK: War declaration on Nazis recalled
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8235320.stm

Against Racial Supremacism:

Alabama: 44-year-old civil rights era slaying: DA can keep witnesses secret, Alabama Supreme Court rules
http://blog.al.com/live/2009/09/44yearold_civil_rights_era_sla.html

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