Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] November 10, 2009 News

November 10, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

Fort Hood Attack Media Reports:

Nidal Hasan meets with defense team
-- Kileen Daily Herald: "Retired Col. John P. Galligan, a Belton-based attorney, will defend the Army psychiatrist suspected of killing 13 and injuring 38 in a mass shooting Thursday at Fort Hood."
-- "On Monday afternoon, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's new civilian and military attorneys met him for about half an hour at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, said Galligan, who was hired by Hasan's family."
-- "Galligan said Hasan asked for an attorney even though he is on sedatives and his condition is guarded."
http://kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=36996

AP Reports: "AP Sources: Defense Dept worker looked into Hasan"
http://www.wric.com/global/story.asp?s=11478890

Obama pays tribute to victims at Fort Hood memorial service
-- Dallas Morning News: "In his remarks outside III Corps Headquarters, Obama tread carefully about the motives of Maj. Nidal Hasan, alluding to his Muslim faith without directly blaming it."
-- Obama: "no faith justifies these murderous and craven acts"
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/111109dnmetforthood.2a304274b.html
-- Fort Hood killings 'incomprehensible,' Obama says
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/10/fort.hood.memorial/index.html?section=cnn_latest
-- 15 remain hospitalized after Fort Hood rampage
http://www.fox41.com/global/story.asp?s=11481200

Austin congressman wants House committee to investigate Fort Hood shooter's possible ties to radical groups
-- "U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, asked that the House Homeland Security Committee begin its own investigation into whether Army Maj. Midal Malik Hasan had ties to radical groups and whether the Army knew about them."
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/111009dntexmccaul.2a1e3c8a9.html

Nidal Malik Hasan's Application for a Concealed Weapons Permit
http://gawker.com/5401336/nidal-malik-hasans-application-for-a-concealed-weapons-permit/gallery/

Major Nidal Hasan and the "Desperation Explanation" - by Heather Robinson
http://www.heatherrobinson.net/blog/2009/11/08/major-nidal-hassan-and-the-desperation-explanation/

After Fort Hood Shooting, Some Reluctant to Cite Suspect's Muslim Faith
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/10/coverage-fort-hood-shooting-press-dodges-religious-component/

Official: Fort Hood suspect asked military to give Muslims an out
-- "The suspect in last week's deadly shooting spree at Fort Hood urged in 2007 that Muslims in the U.S. Army be allowed to claim conscientious objector status when it comes to fighting other Muslims in war, a defense official said Tuesday."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/10/fort.hood.shooting/index.html

Al Qaeda Recruiter New Focus in Fort Hood Killings Investigation
-- U.S. imam wanted in Yemen over al-Qaida ties -- Anwar al-Awlaki
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33841279/ns/us_news-tragedy_at_fort_hood/

The Taliban Statement on the Fort Hood Shooting
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD264209

NY Daily News: "Fanaticism hits home: Blame Islamic extremism for the carnage at Fort Hood"
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/11/10/2009-11-10_fanaticism_hits_home_blame_islamic_extremism_for_the_carnage_at_fort_hood.html

VOA Reports on ISNA's Statement on Fort Hood Shooting
http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2009-11-10-voa35.cfm
-- more on unindicted co-conspirator ISNA group
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf
-- July 4, 2009 - Independence Day: Defending Equality And Liberty at DC ISNA Conference
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/independence-day/
-- IPT: DC - "'Mainstream' Islamist Convention Features Hate Speech" -- ISNA Convention
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1085/mainstream-islamist-convention-features-hate
-- IPT News: "Conspiracy Theories, Terror Support Found in ISNA Convention Literature"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1397/conspiracy-theories-terror-support-found-in-isna
-- Jews Blamed for Holocaust at Islam, Jewish Conference -- Warith Deen Umar remarks
-- another report on July 4 ISNA conference
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/168053
-- IPT News: "More Anti-Semitism From an ISNA Outlet"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1484/more-anti-semitism-from-an-isna-outlet
--- see also IPT Report: "ISNA's Non-Apology Apology"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1090/isnas-non-apology-apology

Other Newslinks:

(Pakistan) NWFP: Suicide car bomb kills 32 in Charsadda
-- Dead include women, children, more than 100 injured
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\11\story_11-11-2009_pg1_1

(Pakistan) 'Nobody in Pak govt aware of Qaeda leaders' whereabouts'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\11\story_11-11-2009_pg1_6

(Pakistan/U.S.) US defense funding conditions opposed
--- "President Asif Ali Zardari has urged the United States to remove conditions placed in the Defence Authorisation Bill, and said that these would create difficulties for the joint anti-terrorism efforts"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-us+defence+funding+conditions+opposed--bi-12
-- October 29, 2009: US quietly expedites aid for Pak military operations: NYTimes
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/09-us-quietly-expedites-aid-for-pak-military-operations-nytimes--szh-08

(Pakistan/U.S.) US to forge wide-ranging ties with Pakistan: Holbrooke
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\11\story_11-11-2009_pg1_10

(Pakistan/U.S.) US State Department spokesman says Pakistan quite capable of safeguarding strategic assets
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\11\story_11-11-2009_pg1_9

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pak realises need to go beyond S. Waziristan: Hillary
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/12-pakistan+realises+need+to+go+beyond+s+waziristan+hillary--bi-09

(Pakistan) FATA: Fight in Waziristan will be tougher than Kashmir: Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\11\story_11-11-2009_pg7_8
-- Taliban jail unearthed as troops kill nine in South Waziristan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\11\story_11-11-2009_pg7_6
-- Jets bomb Taliban hideouts in Orakzai, five killed
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\11\story_11-11-2009_pg7_7

(Pakistan) Punjab: Church-run school burned down in suspected terrorist attack
-- "A historic girls' school run by the Church of Pakistan was burned to the ground Nov. 3 in what is suspected to be the latest act of terrorism against the Christian minority in the predominantly Muslim country."
-- "All three buildings at St. Denys' School in Murree were set on fire during the afternoon, causing damage estimated at one billion Pakistani rupees (US$1.2 million), according to reports. The school has about 200 students and 52 teachers and staff."
-- " 'All the children and staff were rescued and shifted to the diocesan retreat and renewal center," said Bishop Alexander John Malik of the Diocese of Lahore in a Nov. 4 email to church partners. "The reason [for] this sad and shocking incident is still to be determined but the act of terrorism cannot be ruled out.' "
http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81808_116454_ENG_HTM.htm

Pakistan Christian Congress shall file lawsuit to repeal blasphemy law in Supreme Court of Pakistan -- Nazir Bhatti
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1528

(U.S./India) 'Headley visited 5 Indian cities'
-- "US-based Lashkar terrorist David Coleman Headley, arrested by FBI in Chicago last month, had visited five cities in India including Delhi, where he along with his Pakistani handlers identified National Defence College as one of their five targets. "
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Headley-visited-5-Indian-cities/articleshow/5216927.cms
-- Intel team returns home after US snub
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Intel-team-returns-home-after-US-snub/articleshow/5217328.cms

(Afghanistan) Taliban warns U.S. of more Fort Hood-like attacks
http://www.canada.com/news/Taliban+warns+more+Fort+Hood+like+attacks/2207071/story.html
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/6457185/taliban-warns-us-of-more-base-attacks/
-- The Taliban Statement on the Fort Hood Shooting
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD264209

Afghan Insurgents Seen on TV With U.S. Ammo
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,573567,00.html?test=latestnews
-- Taliban Militants Seize Weapons and Ammunitions in Military Posts Evacuated By U.S. Forces in East Afghanistan
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD263909

(Afghanistan) CNN Video Interviews Mullah Wakil Mutawakil - "Former Taliban talks deal"
-- broadcasts Mutawakil that Taliban does not have "international" goals
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/11/10/am.lawrence.taliban.intv.cnn
--- October 7, 2008 - LongWarJournal - "Negotiators are Taliban outsiders... Mutawakil, who served as the Taliban's foreign minister in 2001, has long fallen out of favor with the Taliban, according to sources as well as reports in the press. 'He has no authority among the Taliban leaders who matter,' said one senior source."
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/10/taliban_have_not_spl.php
--- Documented Taliban Calls for International Jihad and Islamic Supremacist Caliphate
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/taliban_international.html

(Afghanistan) NATO Seizes Tons of Bomb Material in Afghan Raid
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,573589,00.html?test=latestnews
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33820786/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

(Afghanistan) White House: Obama eyeing host of Afghan choices
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091111/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan_21
-- Barack Obama narrows US Afghan strategy to four options
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\11\story_11-11-2009_pg7_45

(Afghanistan) US wants more NATO troops for new surge
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6911741.ece

(Afghanistan) UK: Huge crowds turn out to pay respects to the soldiers killed by Taliban 'police' assassin
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1226570/Bodies-soldiers-killed-Afghanistan-return-home.html

(Afghanistan) UK: Dead soldier's mother leads attacks on Brown
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/10/uk.afghanistan.brown/index.html

(U.S.) Attorneys for Enemy Combatants See Signs of Hope in Recent Trial -- Ali Al Marri
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-11-11-voa2.cfm?rss=united+states

(U.S.) Ronald Kessler states: "10 Percent of U.S. Mosques Preach Jihad, FBI Estimates"
http://www.newsmax.com/headlines/Mosques_preach_jihad/2009/11/10/284270.html

(U.S.) "Former U.S. diplomat, hostage in Tehran takes up Iran post at State" -- John Limbert
http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/1109/Former_US_diplomat_hostage_in_Tehran_takes_up_Iran_post_at_State_.html?showall
-- John Limbert has called for negotiations with Iran without conditions
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/13/us-calls-irans-bluff-on-talks/?page=3
-- USIP Press Publishes Negotiating with Iran
http://www.usip.org/newsroom/news/negotiating-iran

(UK) 'Hardcore' Islamist gets top anti-terror post at Home Office
-- "A 'hardcore' Islamist has been given a key Home Office job to tackle terrorism and divert fellow Muslims from the path of violence."
-- "The appointment of Asim Hafeez as head of intervention at the Office of Security and Counter-Terrorism has caused serious concern among more moderate Muslim advisers across Whitehall. It is seen as a sign of a shift in the government’s policy on radical Islam away from engagement with more moderate groups. There is a sharp divide of opinion within government about whether ministers should engage with Muslims at risk of radicalisation or concentrate on forging links with moderates."
-- "Mr Hafeez was described by one fellow adviser as 'hardcore Salafi.' Salafism is a strictly puritanical branch of Islam, often associated with Saudi Arabia. It does not promote violence, but does urge the creation of an Islamic state."
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/21616/hardcore-islamist-gets-top-anti-terror-post-home-office

(Iraq) Prominent member of Awakening movement arrested in Iraq
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq-arrest10-2009nov10,0,1254557.story

Al Qaeda militant incites Sunnis against Shiites, Iran
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gPrAqAseKgyxZIpg8N1lK_XteBOQ

(Iran) U.S. Accuses Iran of Sending Weapons to Syria
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,573750,00.html

(Lebanon) A Second Hizbullah Missile Explosion in South Lebanon Intensifies Lebanon's Internal Dispute over Hizbullah's Weapons
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD264009

(Lebanon) Israel violating Lebanon peace resolution - UN
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26335019-23109,00.html

(Israel) 'We must brace for rocket onslaught'
-- "Ashkenazi tells FADC Hizbullah growing stronger, says Iran "extreme" but at the same time "rational"."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1257770028551&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Hamas Proposes To Resistance Military Wings To Join Its Security Apparatuses
http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/21785.htm

Egypt blocks departure of 6 Hamas, Islamic Jihad leaders for Mecca
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3803374,00.html

Sudan-Turkey: Fear keeps Al-Bashir out of Muslim summit
-- "'No Muslim could perpetrate genocide,' says Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan "
http://en.afrik.com/article16439.html

Yemen, US sign military cooperation agreement
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2039114&Language=en

Libya: CNN report claims Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) to have new "jihad code"
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/09/libya.jihadi.code/index.html
-- CNN reporter Paul Cruickshank's previous comments for context
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/105.html
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html
---- Paul Cruickshank sought Muslim Brotherhood's Kamal Helbawy in October 2006 meeting in New York University Law SchoolCenter for Law and Security
http://www.lawandsecurity.org/muslim_brotherhood.cfm
http://www.newsweek.com/id/45335
------ "When Newsweek asked Mr. Cruickshank about why Kama el Helbawy wasn't allowed in the United States, Cruickshank was baffled, stating that '[h]e's a really respected guy... [h]e's very influential within the Muslim community in Britain and his name is recognized throughout the world.'"
---- U.S. Homeland Security denied entry to Muslim Brotherhood's Kamal Helbawy
http://www.newsweek.com/id/45335
---- in 2008 Kamal El Helbawy was praised by Paul Cruickshank and Peter Bergen as Muslim Brotherhood contact in British Finsbury mosque recruiting "moderates"
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=702bf6d5-a37a-4e3e-a491-fd72bf6a9da1
----- More on Paul Cruickshank comments on Capitol Hill in September 2008
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Cruickshank1
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Cruickshank2