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September 30-October 1, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistanis Continue to Reject U.S. Partnership
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/world/asia/01pstan.html?_r=1
-- Most Pakistanis reject US partnership: poll
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\02\story_2-10-2009_pg1_2
-- August 13, 2009 - Pakistan: New Poll Shows 78 Percent of Pakistanis Support Death Penalty for Leaving Islam
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-78-percent-call-for-apostate-deaths/
-- Consistent with previous polls where 75 percent have called for implementation of strict Sharia law by Pakistan government
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/pakistan.html

(Pakistan/U.S.) Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan tribal belt: US diplomat
-- "Gerald M Feierstein, deputy chief of mission at the US embassy"
-- "also said that top Taliban leaders operating from the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, including Mullah Omar, are playing a key role in fomenting unrest in Afghanistan"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Osama-in-Pak-tribal-belt-US-diplomat/articleshow/5077267.cms

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan asks US for details on Taliban -- in Quetta
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-pakistan-asks-us-for-details-on-taliban-ss-10

(Pakistan/U.S.) Mullah Omar's presence in Pakistan 'mere speculation': FO
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87995
-- Pakistan Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani: 'US shared no evidence about Mulla Omar's presence in Pakistan'
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=201072
-- Quetta Shura
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24793

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan warns United States against drone attacks
-- "Pakistan has warned the United States that it will not allow drone attacks on suspected Taliban bases in its troubled Balochistan province, military sources have said"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6247905/Pakistan-warns-United-States-against-drone-attacks.html
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2028841&Language=en

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pentagon praises Pakistan's ability to sustain pressure on Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\02\story_2-10-2009_pg1_15

(Pakistan/U.S.) The News: "Kerry-Lugar: bill or document of surrender?"
-- The News: "And for this the Pakistani nation is expected to go down on its knees and thank the US for its unbounded munificence"
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=201062
-- JI to protest US interference, Kerry-Lugar bill
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\02\story_2-10-2009_pg7_26

(Pakistan/U.S.) ISI Chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha meets CIA director
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87992
-- September 27, 2009: Parts of ISI supporting Taliban, protecting Mullah Omar: Report
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Parts-of-ISI-supporting-Taliban-protecting-Mullah-Omar-Report/articleshow/5061770.cms

(Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: ISI knew of 26/11 plan, say Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) men
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/ISI-knew-of-26/11-plan-say-LeT-men/articleshow/5073873.cms
-- July 23, 2009: ISI - LeT's 'Saeed deserved to be freed'
-- "ISI officials in briefings with US media have said, 'Saeed deserved to be freed because the government had failed to convince the courts that he should be kept in custody. There would be no effort to imprison Saeed again, in part because he was just an ideologue who did not have an anti-Pakistan agenda.'"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Pakistan/Saeed-deserved-to-be-freed/articleshow/4809687.cms

(Pakistan) NWFP: 2 Taliban killed in Swat suicide blast
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\02\story_2-10-2009_pg7_9

(Pakistan) NWFP: Bomb Blast Wounds 3 in Pakistan
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-10-01-voa17.cfm

(Pakistan) Rawalpindi: 11 accused acquitted in rocket attack case
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=201070

(Pakistan) Taliban release video of Mehsud's body
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Taliban-release-video-of-Mehsuds-body/articleshow/5073006.cms
-- Pakistan: Al-Qaeda video vows to avenge Mehsud's death
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3833306332

(Pakistan) FATA: Hakimullah's brother killed in US drone attack in Pak
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Hakimullahs-brother-killed-in-US-drone-attack-in-Pak/articleshow/5071553.cms

(Pakistan) FATA: Uzbek militant leader killed in drone attack
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/uzbek-militant-chief-killed-in-drone-attack-05-sal-09

(Pakistan) FATA: Report - "Pakistan to Target Taliban 'Epicenter'"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/world/asia/02pstan.html?ref=asia

(Pakistan) Pope urges Pakistan to protect Christian minorities
-- Dawn: "The Vatican has urged Pakistan to review the Blasphemy law, which the government has promised to do."
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-pope-urges-pakistan-to-protect-christian-minorities-am-03
-- Blasphemy laws won't be misused, Pope assured
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\02\story_2-10-2009_pg1_1
-- April 16, 2008 - Pakistan Prime Minister 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

(Pakistan) Blasphemy accused not presented before court for 13 years: LHC tells counsel to file another plea for client’s release
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\02\story_2-10-2009_pg13_2

(Pakistan) Zardari quits dinner amid turf war between envoys
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=17544

(Pakistan/Afghanistan) Top U.S. security officials share Afghan-Pakistan border concerns
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/30/afghanistan.homeland.security/
-- The top 15 terrorist groups in Afghanistan & Pakistan
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/ybenjamin/detail??blogid=150&entry_id=48598

(Afghanistan) UN envoy Galbraith dismissed from Kabul post
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/09/200993010327180138.html

(Afghanistan) Report on Securing Helmand
http://www.understandingwar.org/files/SecuringHelmandPDF.pdf

(Afghanistan) Victory in Afghanistan will be similar to Iraq, Petraeus says
-- 'Humility' needed in Afghanistan, commander says
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/01/us.afghanistan/index.html
-- October 8, 2008 - "General David Petraeus said Wednesday that attempts are being made to open talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan and that the United States should be prepared to engage with its enemies."
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Petraeus

(Afghanistan) Back your general and send more troops, David Miliband urges Barack Obama
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6857563.ece

(Afghanistan) White House considers narrower war effort in Afghanistan
http://www.mercurynews.com/politics-government/ci_13465839?source=rss
-- McChrystal Now Just One of Many Leaders as Obama Rethinks Afghan Strategy
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/01/administrations-tone-mcchrystal-dims-command-shakeup/

(Afghanistan) Task force created to combat al Qaida in Afghan prisons
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091002/wl_mcclatchy/3324378

(Bangladesh) Suspected militants arrested in Bangladesh
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/09/29/Suspected-militants-arrested-in-Bangladesh/UPI-69161254226420/

India fumes as China issues loose-sheet visas to J&K residents
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/articlelist/-2128936835.cms

(Iraq) Odierno: U.S. May Never Declare Victory in Iraq
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/01/odierno-declare-victory-iraq/

(U.S.) FBI Probe Nearly Caused Rise in Terror Threat Level -- Zazi case
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-probe-caused-rise-terror-threat-level/story?id=8717399
-- Experts: Terror suspect could have killed scores
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8LCQOF6jcifwD8variZJYww7TPgD9B2H29O0
-- Rush for Clues Before Charges in Terror Case -- Zazi case
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/rush-for-clues-before-charges-in-terror-case/
-- FBI to senators: Terror case wasn't damaged
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hi_CTUf8bDxZwoYp-0F2oBYYdJXQD9B1QILO1

(U.S.) Officials: NY men being watched in terrorism probe -- Zazi case
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gT-Kwm3eHQPp5qw5B5yzpuy07XuwD9B1TF9O1

(U.S.) FBI probes bomb threats on 2 Miami-Boston flights
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jeam0RcCQEEE2KcBUViNLXGQ2hWQD9B2IJ6G5

(U.S.) FBI chief says al-Qaeda expanding its reach
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20091001_FBI_chief_says_al-Qaeda_expanding_its_reach.html

(U.S.) New York Man Pleads Guilty to Helping Finance Terror Camp -- Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=alng3WPxLpDY

(U.S.) Dallas: "Internet postings show two sides to accused terrorist" Hosam Smadi
http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090930_mo_smadiweb.1d134d754.html

(U.S.) North Carolina: Feds seize ammunition from NC terror suspect Anes Subasic
-- AP reports: "A search warrant released Wednesday shows agents searched the home of Anes Subasic, who was living in Holly Springs with his father. Investigators last Friday gathered flash storage devices, cell phones and a case of CDs, some labeled in Arabic and some labeled 'September 11, 2001.'"
-- "The warrant says Subasic had a concealed handgun permit. Agents reported taking boxes of ammunition, knives and an empty box for a 'super sniper' rifle scope."
-- "Subasic is one of eight North Carolina suspects accused of plotting international terrorism. He is in federal custody. His attorney did not immediately return a call Wednesday seeking comment."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHM9ORF1GLmgcoCTTD3i3bLRBk-wD9B1PSGO2

(U.S.) FBI disclosure stokes fears
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/27724.html

(U.S.) Judge urges new policy for terrorism victims
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g8z5z_bNSLO2rGwQ8G4xs23OJt6QD9B1V55O0

(U.S.) "Attorney says Oklahoma City bomb tapes are edited"
http://www.examiner.com/x-18953-San-Diego-Headlines-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Attorney-says-Oklahoma-City-bomb-tapes-are-edited

(U.S.) Ex-Army Muslim chaplain cleared of Guantanamo spy accusations, to speak at NC university -- James Yee
http://www.myfox8.com/news/sns-ap-nc--guantanamochaplain,0,2336515.story

(UK) Pro-Al-Qaeda London Daily on Anniversary of 9/11: "Al-Qaeda's Continued Existence Proves – War on Terror Has Failed"
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD257409

Iran: British intelligence believes Iran has resumed work on nuclear warhead
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6245819/British-intelligence-believes-Iran-has-resumed-work-on-nuclear-warhead.html
-- West gives Iran three months to prove it does not want nuclear weapons
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6247900/West-gives-Iran-three-months-to-prove-it-does-not-want-nuclear-weapons.html
-- Iran has bought time and saved face
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6857590.ece
-- Iran agrees 'in principle' to nuclear compromise
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6252385/Iran-agrees-in-principle-to-compromise-on-nuclear-programme.html
-- Obama welcomes advance in Iran talks
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/acea179e-aea6-11de-96d7-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians in West Bank
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2028835&Language=en

Saudi investigation: Would-be assassin hid bomb in underwear
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/30/saudi.arabia.attack/

(Saudi Arabia) Al-Sharq Al-Awsat Editor: Extremism Is Destroying Saudi Youth; We Must Focus Intense Efforts on Combating Extremist Ideology and Incitement
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD257209

(Saudi Arabia) Liberal Saudi Columnist: With Wahhabism as State Religion, There's No Chance of Reform for Saudi Schools
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD257109

(Saudi Arabia / U.S.) New GAO report commends Saudi Arabia's efforts to fight terrorism and terror financing
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/10/01/4402147.htm

(Yemen) Al-Qaeda focuses on Yemen as launchpad: US
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jhpGI9fTqWovEAPWJZaOvneu3K4w
-- Al-Qaida using Yemen as launchpad: US
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/Al-Qaida-using-Yemen-as-launchpad-US/articleshow/5075705.cms

(Yemen) Al-Houthi rebels receive foreign support - Yemeni minister
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2028771&Language=en

(Somalia) Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Another Church Leader
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/somalia/10010/

(Somalia) Behind Somalia's Islamist rivalry
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8284958.stm
-- Islamist factions on brink of war in Somali port
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h0mSucrb2xb6-Gtbj8zE0r73NbhQ

Germany's Oktoberfest shrugs off terror threats
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iHEEmC0L1WDh9stVh-gdT5MiI9dw

(Turkey) "Are China's Uyghurs Operating an al-Qaeda Network in Turkey?"
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=35564&tx_ttnews[backPid]=7&cHash=77b58f8c47

Turkish soldier killed, one wounded in clashes with Kurd rebels
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2028708&Language=en

(Turkey) British family awarded 1 million pounds in terrorism compensation
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-188671-100-british-family-awarded-1-million-pounds-in-terrorism-compensation.html

Finland: Newspaper petitions to give asylum to Guantanamo prisoner
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/10/finland-newspaper-petitions-to-give.html

Bulgaria: Police act against suspected radical Islam preachers (UPDATED: Monument demolished)
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/10/bulgaria-police-act-against-suspected.html
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_0_01/10/2009_111170

(Canada) Quebec court finds man guilty of bomb plot in Germany, Austria -- Said Namouh
-- "Namouh was arrested in September 2007 for engaging in more than 1,000 online conversations and producing videos praising violent attacks on US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as helping distribute ransom demands for kidnappers of a British journalist in Gaza."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jmYeUM6B47UQ8b2ioykIGXBV6CWg

(Canada) Ottawa spends $60 million in failed terrorist cases
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565660047989735459

Al-Qaeda Commander and Former Guantanamo Detainee Sa'id Al-Shihri Shows Up in Cellphone Video Fundraising Appeal
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/20446.htm

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

(Pakistan) 7 more girls escape from Women Crisis Centre
-- "The girls fled from the centre after a girl was killed by her two brothers in the premises of a sessions court in Peshawar on September 26 when the centre officials brought her to the court."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\02\story_2-10-2009_pg7_38

(Saudi Arabia) Extremists in Saudi Arabia Set Fire to Culture Club to Prevent Woman Poet's Public Appearance
http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD256909

(Malaysia) Stop the whipping of Kartika
http://www.mysinchew.com/node/29697

(Indonesia) Jakarta Post: "Questioning stoning to death as a punishment for adultery"
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/01/questioning-stoning-death-a-punishment-adultery.html

Other News:

(U.S.) Michigan: Husband Charged in Murder of Sterling Heights Woman
-- "22-year-old Mohammed Chowdhury was charged Tuesday afternoon with his wife's murder. He called 9-1-1 on Monday, saying a group broke into the apartment and killed his wife. Police say the story didn't add up."
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/local/090929_sterling_hts_murder_case

(U.S.) DC: September 30 DC Human Rights Rally Protesting OIC
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/september-30-rally-protesting-oic/
-- United States Institute of Peace's "Muslim World Initiative"
http://www.usip.org/programs/initiatives/muslim-world-initiative
-- see also April 6, 2009 - "One World"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/04/one-world/

(U.S.) OIC Secretary-General "Ihsanoglu Delivers Speeches at US Think Tanks in Washington DC and Set to Meet Secretary of State Mrs. Clinton"
http://www.oic-oci.org/topic_detail.asp?t_id=2753

(U.S.) Friday - October 2 - OIC Press Conference at National Press Club
http://npc.press.org/

(U.S.) Blog report: "CAIR lawyer tied to Islamist mosque"
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/cair-leader-tied-to-nazi-style-islamist-mosque/

(U.S.) "The Muslim Georgetown"
http://www.metafilter.com/85537/The-Muslim-Georgetown

(Europe) First Shariah compliant money market fund in Europe launched
http://www.hedgefundsreview.com/public/showPage.html?page=869449

French Mayors Fear Burqa Ban Could Not Be Enforced
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/09/30/world/international-uk-france-burqa-ban.html
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/6129379/french-mayors-fear-burqa-ban-could-not-be-enforced/

(Denmark) Muslims Not 'Free of Being Mocked,' Danish Cartoonist Says
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,558546,00.html?test=latestnews

(India) Bank on Sharia principles formed
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/jaipur/Bank-on-Sharia-principles-formed/articleshow/5074101.cms

IPT News: "The Troubling Background of Geneva Interfaith Conference Participants"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1445/the-troubling-background-of-geneva-interfaith

IPT News: "John Esposito: Reputation vs. Reality"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1443/john-esposito-reputation-vs-reality

Against Totalitarianism News:

September 30: Human Rights Protest at Washington DC PRC Embassy
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/protest-dc-china-embassy/

NYC: Empire State Building Honors China, Critics Protest
http://www.wpix.com/news/local/wpix-empire-state-honors-china,0,7348525.story?track=rss
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091001/ap_on_re_us/us_empire_state_building_china_5
http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091001/capt.cc53df9f1b23400a851d30e7d4eda606.empire_state_building_china_nyjd201.jpg?x=213&y=138&xc=1&yc=1&wc=409&hc=265&q=85&sig=ZvjLdUE6BmMDJM62YEJScw--
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local&id=7021154&rss=rss-wabc-article-7021154