October 23, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com
(Pakistan) 26 killed in three blasts in Pakistan in one day
-- PTI: "A fresh wave of terror gripped Pakistan today when suspected Taliban bombers struck a key air force base and an upmarket restaurant and blew up a bus ferrying a marriage party, killing at least 26 people in an apparent reprisal of the army offensive on their stronghold of Waziristan"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/26-killed-in-three-blasts-in-Pak-in-one-day/articleshow/5153191.cms
(Pakistan) NWFP: Car bomb explodes outside restaurant in Peshawar
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3908684217
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Car-bomb-rocks-Pakistani-city-Peshawar/articleshow/5152327.cms
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/04-blast-peshawar-hayatabad-area-qs-06
(Pakistan) Suicide bomber kills eight in Pakistan -- Pakistan Aeronautical Complex in Kamra
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59M16S20091023
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/14-suicide-blast-kills-seven-in-attock-zj-01
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\24\story_24-10-2009_pg1_2
-- Suicide bomber strikes air force base in northwest
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/24/suicide-bomber-strikes-air-force-base-in-northwest/
-- Pakistani Taliban target nuclear air base in wave of bombings
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6416994/Pakistani-Taliban-target-nuclear-air-base-in-wave-of-bombings.html
(Pakistan) Baluchistan: Militants kill secret service officer in SW Pakistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2034306&Language=en
(Pakistan) Islamabad: Taliban militants on motorcycle gun down brigadier, driver in Islamabad
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Taliban-militants-on-motorcycle-gun-down-brigadier-driver-in-Islamabad/articleshow/5150757.cms
(Pakistan) Islamabad: Another 60 suspects arrested as search operation continues
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\24\story_24-10-2009_pg11_4
(Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Educational institutions asked to beef up security
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=204807
(Pakistan) Punjab warned of terrorists in guise of policemen
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\24\story_24-10-2009_pg7_25
(Pakistan) 28 Hizb ut-Tahrir members released on bail
http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/press-centre/press-release/again-government-fails-to-link-hizb-ut-tahrir-with-terrorism-the-court-releases-28-people-on-bail.html
(Pakistan) FATA: Operation close to achieving goals: Kayani
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-operation+close+to+achieving+goals+kayani--bi-08
-- 37 killed in tribal military operations
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\24\story_24-10-2009_pg1_7
(Pakistan/U.S.) FATA: US aiding South Waziristan offensive
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\24\story_24-10-2009_pg1_9
-- US drones assisting Pakistan army: report
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/12-us+drones+assisting+pakistan+army+report--bi-07
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain wants US exit from Afghanistan to end terror
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\24\story_24-10-2009_pg7_26
(Pakistan) Civil Society organization's call to discuss blasphemy law in Pakistan is positive change
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1515
(Pakistan/Iran) Drug smuggling helped rise of Jundollah militants
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLM660602
Pakistan Police Torture Christians Arrested in Islamic Attack
-- COMPASS Direct News reports: "Two Christians in Gojra, Pakistan who allegedly fired warning shots as an Islamist mob approached that burned seven Christians to death on Aug. 1 told Compass they were tortured after police arrested them."
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/10973/
(Pakistan/U.S.) Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) claims 3 million voters on Kerry-Lugar bill referendum
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=204765
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=204815
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\24\story_24-10-2009_pg7_27
-- Majority vote against KLL in JI referendum
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=204784
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\24\story_24-10-2009_pg7_28
(Pakistan/U.S.) US rejects media allegations over 'arms warehouse'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\24\story_24-10-2009_pg7_8
(Pakistan/U.S.) No condition on Pakistan in new bill: Holbrooke
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/16-no-condition-on-pakistan-in-new-bill-holbrooke-hs-07
(Pakistan/U.S.) US Congress slaps new curbs on Pak military aid
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\24\story_24-10-2009_pg1_1
(Afghanistan) ISAF soldier, several militants killed in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2034261&Language=en
(Afghanistan) NATO backs new Afghan strategy but no new troop offers
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/nato-backs-new-afghan-strategy-but-no-new-troop-offers-20091024-hdld.html
-- Afghanistan strategy not working - NATO
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,26253128-38200,00.html?from=public_rss
-- NATO envoys back U.S. general on Afghanistan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33450998/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/
-- NATO chief warns of price of inaction in Afghanistan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jOUjidsuFB253NgmuvcJeyRI2ODw
(Afghanistan) NATO members: no more troops to Afghanistan now -- Netherlands and Denmark
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091023/ap_on_re_eu/eu_nato_defense_ministers;_ylt=Aiz.LsYbMDzBfJPOYUMX7jaZsdEF;_ylu=X3oDMTJzcm9pdXM5BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDIzL2V1X25hdG9fZGVmZW5zZV9taW5pc3RlcnMEY3BvcwMzBHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDbmF0b21lbWJlcnNu
(Afghanistan) UK troops in Afghanistan could be cut by 2014 - UK General David Richards
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59L5V020091022
-- Voters need to know why we're in Afghanistan, says UK General Michael Jackson
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6888241.ece
(Afghanistan) Obama nears Afghanistan decision
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gI7C2AdfCu9cJkclLVY0-LP7JHxw
(Afghanistan) Karzai wants "better" Afghan vote, vows "inclusivity"
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSSP50491720091023
Bangladesh bans Islamic group after lawmaker attack
-- Dawn: "Bangladesh has banned Hizb ut-Tahrir, a controversial international Islamic group, for trying to destabilise the country, days after unidentified attackers bombed the car of a lawmaker from the ruling party"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/18-bangladesh-bans-islamic-group-after-lawmaker-attack-am-06
-- Bangladesh bans militant Islamic group
-- "Bangladesh has banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir, an Islamic group allegedly involved in subversive activities, on security grounds, media reports said Friday."
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1508832.php/Bangladesh-bans-militant-Islamic-group
-- See also:
-- October 8, 2009: White House Adviser Joins UK Interview with Anti-Democratic Hizb ut-Tahrir Group
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/white-house-advisor-interviewed-by-anti-democratic-hizb-ut-tahrir-group/
(India) 'Al Qaeda, Pakistani Taliban have teamed up for attacks in India'
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/557510/cs/1/
(Iraq) Two Iraqi policemen killed, one soldier injured in various parts of Mosul
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2034316&Language=en
(Iraq) Police arrest 14 al-Qaida suspects
http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091023/NEWS03/910230324/1013/NEWS03
Iraq: In Kirkuk, Christian Presence Sometimes Targeted
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/16022
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=11027
(U.S.) The Khalid Shaikh Mohammed case would put America on trial
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-cohen23-2009oct23,0,7901245.story
-- Senate Approves Plan to Transfer Gitmo Detainees to U.S. for Trial
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/20/senate-approves-plan-transfer-gitmo-detainees-trial/?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g12:r1:c0.140586:b28488771:z0
(U.S.) DHS review answers criticism over border security projects
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/23/AR2009102302651.html
(UK) Three men arrested under Terrorism Act in South Wales
-- "Three men are being held under the Terrorism Act this evening following a raid at a house in Blackwood, South Wales."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6419143/Three-men-arrested-under-Terrorism-Act-in-South-Wales.html
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/10/23/three-men-arrested-for-terrorism-offences-91466-25002582/
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Three-Held-Under-Terrorism-Act-After-Police-Raid-House-in-Blackwood-Gwent-Wales/Article/200910415414365?f=rss
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8323523.stm
Iran rejects UN plan for uranium
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/iran_rejects_un_plan_for_uranium_k0Fz4G2Nre74lm090sRldI
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6888029.ece
-- Iran nuclear: UN watchdog's draft deal 'rejected'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3910009012
-- Iran: We're still considering UN offer
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1256150034845&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- Russia accepts Iran nuclear deal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/6414883/Russia-accepts-Iran-nuclear-deal.html
(Iran) Saudi Dailies: Iran Encourages Terrorism, Sectarian Strife in Arab Countries
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD261309
Gaza: Explosions heard in Gaza Strip
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3794470,00.html
Gaza: NFLP claims responsibility for eastern Gaza attack
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2034239&Language=en
Hamas rejects call for 'illegal' Palestinian elections
http://geo.tv/10-24-2009/51556.htm
Somali forces ready to take capital, south: PM
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h-k797_0G00lGL7y8AQmIhY-9HAg
Somali Islamists threaten Uganda, Burundi attack
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091023/wl_africa_afp/somaliaunrestburundiuganda
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/6417342/Somali-Islamists-call-for-terror-attacks-on-Uganda-and-Burundi.html
-- Islamists in Somalia Threaten Other Nations
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/world/africa/24somalia.html?_r=1&ref=global-home
(Somalia) Al-Shabab Claim to Down Predator Drone in Somalia
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/21213.htm
(Algeria) Latest militant attacks in Algeria
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLM727946
(Sudan) Obama offers incentives to Sudan Government to end Darfur 'genocide'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6881586.ece
(Russia) Fails assassination attempt targets Chechen president - Russian TV
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2034313&Language=en
(Russia) Chechen 'culture centres' in Europe, a mask for fundamentalism and dictatorship
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16652&theme=5&size=A
--- March 1, 2009: Russia: Chechen President defends Islamic supremacist "honor killings" – says women deserve to die
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/russia-chechen-president-defends-islamic-supremacism-says-women-deserve-to-die/
(Thailand) Suspected insurgent leader arrested in Yala
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30114856/Suspected-insurgent-leader-arrested-in-Yala
(Thailand) Muslim man killed in Narathiwat
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30114863/Muslim-man-killed-in-Narathiwat
(Philippines) DoLE joins pleas for priest's release as rumors of his death swirl
-- "Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr., military spokesperson, said reports that Sinnott died two days ago while in the hands of his captors were unverified."
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20091023-231760/DoLE-joins-pleas-for-priests-release-as-rumors-of-his-death-swirl
-- MILF says it knows who priest's kidnappers are
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20091023-231882/MILF-says-it-knows-who-priests-kidnappers-are
Islamic Supremacist War on Women:
Florida: Judge orders Fathima Rifqa Bary to return to Ohio
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/orl-bk-fathima-rifqa-bary-ohio-102309,0,1844254.story?track=rss
-- Judge Orders Christian Convert Runaway to Return to Ohio
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569263,00.html?test=latestnews
Florida: Interview Released In Religious Runaway Case -- Rifqa Bary case
-- WESH: "Over 100 pages of an Aug. 24 interview with 17-year-old Rifqa Bary was released Thursday."
http://www.wesh.com/news/21394624/detail.html
-- PDF: Rifqa Bary Interview With FDLE
http://www.wesh.com/download/2009/1022/21395562.pdf
UK: Tulay Goren case - "'Be a man and tell the truth': Mother pleads with husband to 'admit honour killing' of daughter"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222282/Be-man-tell-truth-Mother-pleads-husband-admit-honour-killing-daughter.html
Switzerland: Tougher penalties for forced marriages
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/10/switzerland-tougher-penalties-for.html
http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/cautious-welcome-to-anti-forced-marriage-plan.shtml
Other News:
U.S.: Nation of Islam Hate Group Leader Louis Farrakhan speaks on the Taliban
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/u-s-nation-of-islam-hate-group-leader-louis-farrakhan-speaks-on-the-taliban/
http://store.finalcall.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=HLF091018DVD
-- "The Nation of Islam" listed as a "black separatist" "hate group" by the SPLC
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3
(U.S.) Illinois: Massive FBI Raid on Islamic Slaughterhouse Mystifies Tiny Illinois Town
-- First World Management butcher shop in Kinsman, IL
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,569185,00.html
U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Testimony that U.N. "Religious Defamation" Resolutions Leading to "Global Blasphemy Law"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/u-s-religious-freedom-commission-testimony-that-u-n-religious-defamation-resolutions-leading-to-global-blasphemy-law/
http://www.uscirf.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2785&Itemid=1
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/expert.un.resolutions.would.create.global.blasphemy.law/24442.htm
-- See also October 7, 2009: UNHRC: Egypt-U.S. Resolution Concerns Rights Activists Supporting Freedom to Challenge Religious Views
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/unhrc-egypt-u-s-resolution-concerns-rights-activists-supporting-freedom-to-challenge-religious-views/
(U.S.) IPT News: "More Anti-Semitism From an ISNA Outlet"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1484/more-anti-semitism-from-an-isna-outlet
(U.S.) House Republicans Ask for Inquiry Into Whether Muslim Group CAIR Is 'Security Threat'
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/23/house-republicans-ask-inquiry-muslim-group-security-threat/?test=latestnews
(U.S.) Washington Post Writers Once Again Claim Egyptian Sheik Ali Gomaa Has All The Answers
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2009/oct/24/michael-gerson-scholar-alters-radical-view-of/
(Canada) Toronto imam preaching 'hate instead of harmony'
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2130199
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/canada-toronto-imam-preaching-hate-instead-of-harmony/
(UK) Islamic scholar 'stabbed his father-in-law in respect row'
-- Asian News reports: "An Islamic scholar tried to kill his father-in-law in a row about Pakistani men who marry British brides, a court heard. Mohammed Saghir, 33, is accused of attempting to stab 55-year-old Mohammed Zaman to death."
-- "Mr Zaman said his son-in-law had become 'abusive' towards him and his daughter and Saghir's wife, Shasta Kausir, 30. Mr Zaman said: 'I said to him when you bring husbands over to this country, as soon as they get their British citizenship they become disrespectful.'"
-- "Mr Zaman also claimed that religious and family elders had urged him to write a letter and forgive Saghir."
-- "Mr Zaman said: 'The elders got involved and I was advised only criminals go to court and we don't wish to go to the courts.'"
http://www.theasiannews.co.uk//news/s/1178825_islamic_scholar_stabbed_his_fatherinlaw_in_respect_row
(UK) Tutor facing jail for abusing girl as she read Koran
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Tutor-facing-jail-abusing-girl-read-Koran/article-1447264-detail/article.html
(UK) Muslim student, 18, banned from college because she refuses to remove her burkha
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222511/Muslim-student-18-banned-college-refuses-remove-burka.html
(Denmark) Odense: Teacher attacked for shaking hands with student
-- "Danish police said on Thursday that a Palestinian father had hit a primary school teacher and bitten his ear after he had shaken the hand of the man's daughter."
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/10/odense-teacher-attacked-for-shaking.html
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20091022174321701C759364
Turkey: Rising Islamist Movements Challenge Secularism (VIDEO)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/23/turkey-rising-islamist-mo_n_332250.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjjY750wTs0&feature=player_embedded
(UAE) Newsweek: United Arab Emirates gets nuclear deal
http://www.newsweek.com/id/219233
(Saudi Arabia) Shoura member: Saudis need attitude adjustment
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=127659&d=22&m=10&y=2009
(Nigeria) Lar decries discrimination against Christians by northern govs
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/10/23/lar-decries-discrimination-against-christians-by-northern-govs/comment-page-1/
Somalia: Rapists, hunger and hyenas attack Somalia's displaced women
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/6415216/Rapists-hunger-and-hyenas-attack-Somalias-displaced-women.html
(Pakistan) Musician prays for Taliban demise
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=321931&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23
Australia: "The big chill" -- "Critics worry about the effects on free speech of recently expanded hate crime laws"
-- World Mag: "Daniel Scot fled his native Pakistan in 1986 after receiving a blasphemy conviction for converting from Islam to Christianity... only to be prosecuted again for his speech in 2002, this time by an Australian court" for criticism of Islam
http://www.worldmag.com/articles/16020
(Indonesia) Five Indonesian banks set to launch Islamic units
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKJAK48943020091023?rpc=401
(Germany) Sharia Banking Comes to Germany
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,656448,00.html
(Malta) Prime Minister confirms Malta will allow Sharia compliant banking
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=96012
Human Rights Watch accused of anti-Israel bias
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6883034.ece
Maldives warns climate change more dangerous than terrorism
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\24\story_24-10-2009_pg7_39
-- see also:
-- Maldives: Adhaalath calls for sharia law punishments in penal code
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/maldives-adhaalath-calls-for-sharia-law-punishments-in-penal-code/
-- Maldives Government Creating New Islamic Supremacist Sharia Code -- Parliament Members Decry Lack of Sharia-Based Death Penalty
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/maldives-govt-reviews-sharia-criminal-law/
-- Maldives: 150 Muslim women face adultery flogging on Maldives
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/maldives-150-muslim-women-face-adultery-flogging-on-maldives/
Against Racial Supremacism News:
UK: Nick Griffin met US head of Ku Klux Klan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6410324/Nick-Griffin-met-US-head-of-Ku-Klux-Klan.html
Against Totalitarianism News:
North Korea's 'disregard' for citizens starving eight million
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/6415461/North-Koreas-disregard-for-citizens-starving-eight-million.html
-- UN: human rights situation in North Korea "very bad
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16666&size=A
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/north-koreas-disregard-for-citizens-starving-eight-million/
Treasury Designates North Korean Bank and Banking Official
http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg330.htm
US: China cyberwarfare fear
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6411250/China-building-cyberwarfare-capability-US-report-claims.html
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