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(U.S.) Minnesota: Terrorism charges filed against 8 in missing Somalis case
-- Star Tribune reports: "Terrorism charges were filed today in Minneapolis against eight men from Minnesota in connection with an ongoing FBI investigation into the recruitment and training of up to 20 local Somali men believed to have returned to their homeland to fight for the terrorist group, Al-Shabaab."
http://www.startribune.com/local/71853222.html?elr=KArks%3ADCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc%3A_Yyc%3AaULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr
-- Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5AM4NT20091123
-- "One of the eight named Monday is Mohamud Said Omar, who is currently being held in the Netherlands."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,576437,00.html
(U.S.) Minnesota: Somali-US youth told jihad would be 'fun'
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091124/twl-somali-us-youth-told-jihad-would-be-2802f3e.html
(U.S.) Chicago: 2 terror plot suspects probed for India attack links -- David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/11/local-feds-investigate-2-men-arrested-on-terrorism-charges.html
(U.S.) Philadelphia: 5 accused of trying to buy weapons, missiles for Hezbollah
http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=NATIONAL&ID=565689992502181919
(U.S.) Fort Hood victim 'died as she lived,' friend says
-- Lt. Col. Juanita Warman, a nurse practitioner with the Maryland National Guard
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/11/23/fort.hood.burial/index.html
(U.S.) Atty: Fort Hood suspect may seek insanity defense
-- AP: "An attorney for an Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people during an attack at Fort Hood says his client will likely plead not guilty and may pursue an insanity defense at his military trial."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_fort_hood_shooting
-- Fort Hood gunman 'to plead not guilty on grounds of insanity'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6638022/Fort-Hood-gunman-to-plead-not-guilty-on-grounds-of-insanity.html
(U.S./U.K.) Fort Hood shooting: radical Islamic preacher also inspired July 7 bombers
-- Anwar al-Awlaki
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6630555/Fort-Hood-shooting-radical-Islamic-preacher-also-inspired-July-7-bombers.html
(U.S.) "Fort Hood: terror's 'third wave'"
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/fort_hood_terror_third_wave_U2yYSxQxizDTW8VONmZc9I
(U.S.) Lawyer: 9/11 suspect to plead not guilty, argue attacks justified
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/23/terror.suspect/index.html
-- Sept. 11 Defendant Seeks a Trial, and a Platform
--- NYT: "Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, expressed the desire for a trial despite his intention to admit his role in the attacks and seek 'martyrdom' through execution"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/us/22trial.html?_r=2&scp=2&sq=khalid%20shaikh%20mohammed&st=cse
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_trial_defendants
(U.S.) NYC: Al-Qaeda Pakistani Suspect Aafia Siddiqui "tried to fire her lawyers due to their Jewish background (she once wrote to the court that Jews are "cruel, ungrateful, back-stabbing" people) and demanded to speak with President Obama for the purpose of 'making peace' with the Taliban"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/24/aafia-siddiqui-al-qaida
Pakistan Militants Bomb CD Shop For Selling "Jesus Film"
http://www.bosnewslife.com/9913-pakistan-militants-bomb-cd-shop-for-selling-jesus-film
Pakistan silent on 26/11 terror duo held in Italy
http://www.hindustantimes.com/pakistan/Pak-silent-on-26-11-terror-duo-held-in-Italy/479074/H1-Article1-478967.aspx
(Pakistan) Mullah Omar and al Qaeda: a long term relationship
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/11/omar_and_al_qaeda_a_long_term.php
(Pakistan) Terrorist attacks in Pak reflect influence of al-Qaida over Taliban
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Terrorist-attacks-in-Pak-reflect-influence-of-al-Qaida-over-Taliban/articleshow/5260017.cms
(Pakistan) Report: "Osama Bin Laden alive and well in Pakistan with new wife"
http://www.examiner.com/x-20010-NY-Economy-and-Politics-Examiner~y2009m11d23-Osama-Bin-Laden-alive-and-well-in-Pakistan-with-new-wife
(Pakistan) Terrorists plan to poison Karachi's water supply?
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\24\story_24-11-2009_pg1_6
Pakistan nuclear facilities at risk: Security expert
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-nuclear-facilities-at-risk-Security-expert/articleshow/5259683.cms
Pakistan Military says Significant Progress Made in Fight with Taliban
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/war/Pakistan-Military-says-Significant-Progress-Made-in-Fight-with-Taliban-71966887.html
-- Troops kill 13 more Taliban in Shahukhel
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\24\story_24-11-2009_pg7_4
-- 9 Taliban killed in SWA operation
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\24\story_24-11-2009_pg7_5
-- 6 killed in Taliban mortar attack
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\24\story_24-11-2009_pg7_6
(Afghanistan) U.S. talking to Taliban?
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2009/11/23/US-talking-to-Taliban/UPI-67101259021685/
-- Dawn: "US in back-channel talks with Afghan Taliban"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/11-us-involved-in-secret-talks-with-senior-taliban--il--06
-- Pakistan Daily Times: "America in secret dialogue with Afghan Taliban "
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\24\story_24-11-2009_pg1_1
-- "The Obama administration is engaging the Afghan Taliban in secret talks with the help of Britain, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a private TV channel reported on Monday."
-- "According to the channel, sources said that eight years after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the US was engaging top Afghan Taliban leaders in talks."
-- "Abdullah Ans, son-in-law of Abdullah Azaam, who is Osama Bin Ladin's mentor and the main proponent of the philosophy of jihad; a Saudi resident identified as Abul Hasan Maddi, who is also a key member of Rata Alam-e-Islami; and an Iraqi national identified as Abu Jood Mehmood Samrai have been involved in the secret talks."
-- "In addition to these people, Harkatul Mujahideen chief Fazalur Rehman Khalil is also assisting in the talks, said the channel. The channel reported that these people were engaging the Taliban in Afghanistan, and they may have crucial meeting in Afghanistan after Eidul Azha."
-- "The sources said the Saudi and Pakistani authorities were also trying to engage the Taliban in talks.
-- "Taliban leader Mullah Omar has nominated his shadow foreign minister, Agha Muhtisam, to hold negotiations on behalf of the Taliban. The channel said the Americans – who now wanted to resolve the Afghan crisis through talks – were not directly talking to the Afghan Taliban."
(Afghanistan) Pakistan Daily Times: "Holbrooke confirms talks with Taliban"
-- "The United States is not directly talking to the Afghan Taliban, US special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke said on Monday."
-- "US was not in direct contact with the Afghan Taliban. Holbrooke said US would support composite dialogue between Pakistan and India but will not act as a mediator"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\24\story_24-11-2009_pg1_2
(Afghanistan) US says it would support Saudi talks with Taliban officials
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2042443&Language=en
(Afghanistan) In Afghanistan, A Plan To Woo The Taliban
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120699695
(Afghanistan) US Cautious on Afghan Outreach to Taliban
-- VOA: "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday that the United States is open to the prospect of Afghan government peace talks with elements of the Taliban, but she advised Kabul officials to proceed cautiously."
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/US-Cautious-on-Afghan-Outreach-to-Taliban-71877342.html
(Afghanistan) Bombings, shooting kill 12 around Afghanistan - 4 US service members die in Afghan attacks
-- "Three U.S. troops were killed in southern Afghanistan on Sunday — two in a bombing and a third in a separate firefight — while another was killed in the east of the country in a bombing on Monday, NATO said in a statement"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091123/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan
(Afghanistan) Obama could lock in Afghan decision Monday night
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-11-23-Obama-Afghanistan_N.htm
-- Obama meets with advisers on Afghanistan
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5AM3E520091124
(Afghanistan) Obama finalizes Afghan troop surge plan
-- "The president is expected to promise up to 7,000 extra troops from NATO allies to stop this looking like America's war"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6927089.ece
(Afghanistan) U.S. gives millions as Afghans target poppies
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34107818/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
-- Fifteen per cent of Afghan army 'are drug addicts'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/6635393/Fifteen-per-cent-of-Afghan-army-are-drug-addicts.html
(Afghanistan) New Helmand Chief hails "significant" progress
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2042218&Language=en
-- British to train Afghan militias against Taleban
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6927604.ece
(India) Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hrcmUBjl4kjuhjx-7MFp6txpaDyQD9C4CBTO3
-- 'Army without weapons' fights back after Mumbai attacks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/6635439/Army-without-weapons-fights-back-after-Mumbai-attacks.html
-- Mumbai attack victims recall horror
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/6635064/Mumbai-attack-victims-recall-horror.html
(India) Italy: Indian govt 'eyes extradition of Mumbai-linked suspects'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4029062360
(India) Nuclear war real threat in South Asia: Gen Kapoor
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\11\24\story_24-11-2009_pg7_2
Indian Defense Minister fears N-arms may fall in terrorists hands
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2042274&Language=en
(Iraq) Eleven Iraqis wounded in five Baghdad blasts
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2042224&Language=en
(Iraq) Alleged Iraq bombers offer confessions
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq
(Iraq) Inside the mind of a female suicide bomber
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/22/female-suicide-bomber-iraq
Iraq war files: British colonel's scathing attack on 'arrogant, bureaucratic' Americans
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6634115/Iraq-war-files-British-colonels-scathing-attack-on-arrogant-bureaucratic-Americans.html
(UK) Four Manchester men remanded in custody on terror charges
-- Four men sent to the Old Bailey on violent jihad charges
-- Israr Malik, Matthew Newton, Haris Farooqi, Munir Farooqi
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/23/manchester-remand-accused-terror-charges
(UK) Terror raid protest at police HQ
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/8373040.stm
(UK) "Kill gays" preacher feted at City University -- Abu Usamah
-- "Abu Usamah was recorded on Channel Four's television documentary, Undercover Mosque"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/11/22/%E2%80%9Ckill-gays%E2%80%9D-preacher-feted-at-city-university/
-- Radical cleric praises bin Laden - Abu Usamah
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-433871/Radical-cleric-praises-bin-Laden.html
-- UK Undercover Mosques - Channel 4 Documentary
http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2007/01/uk_undercover_mosques_docu.html
-- January 18, 2007: American-Born Imam Spews Message of Hate in England
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,244263,00.html
Palestinian rocket hits S. Israel
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2042420&Language=en
Israel 'set to swap Schalit for jailed leader'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6928316.ece
Iran successfully completes first stage of air maneuvers
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2042233&Language=en
(Somalia) Aid workers in southern Somali town moved to Kenya
http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSGEE5AM1AT
(Somalia) Al-Shabab stoning men, women, children in Somalia
http://www.examiner.com/x-10853-Portland-Humanist-Examiner~y2009m11d21-AlShabab-stoning-men-women-children-in-Somalia
(Somalia) Bullet tears open Somali boy's face
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/af_somalia_face_of_war
Yemen captors of Japanese hostage insist on swap
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gzmBcNadGDFTSAgvbuMwm9A8LHIA
Al Qaeda Yemen wing poses special menace: U.N. official
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Afghanistan-Pakistan/idUSTRE5AM2ZM20091123
Northern Ireland on edge after huge car bomb found
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hcyG64qO2hSi-CqwkWcftiZomqoA
Timbuktu on travel blacklist after terror threat
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/africaandindianocean/mali/6638537/Terror-threat-pushes-Timbuktu-on-to-UK-travel-blacklist.html
(Philippines) 22 abducted, killed in 'gruesome massacre' in Philippines
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/philippines.hostages/index.html
-- "Ampatuan has been elected governor of Maguindanao three times previously, always unopposed, although he resigned from the post earlier this year, apparently to circumvent term limits on elected officials."
-- " One of his sons is the governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, an area which covers six provinces."
-- "Some of the victims were beheaded, and bodies mutilated, local officials said."
-- "Elections in the Philippines are usually marred by violence, especially in the south, where security forces are battling communist rebels, Islamic radicals and the clan rivalries."
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/four-survive-philippines-massacre-3178207
-- Ampatuans, Mangudadatus were allies for decades
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20091123-237943/Ampatuans-Mangudadatus-were-allies-for-decades
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-philippines-abductions24-2009nov24,0,6944600.story
Brazil leader attacked over Ahmadinejad visit
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6928843.ece
Islamic Supremacist War on Women:
Arizona Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing": Father Pleads "Not Guilty" in Murdering Daughter
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/almaleki-father-pleads-not-guilty/
-- Arizona Republic: "Glendale father accused in 'honor killing' pleads not guilty"
--- "An Iraqi immigrant has pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed his daughter, claiming she had become 'too Westernized.' "
--- "Faleh Hassan Almaleki, 48, is accused of running over his daughter, 20-year-old Noor Almaleki, and another woman in a Peoria parking lot in October. His daughter later died of her injuries."
--- "Almaleki was arraigned in Maricopa County Superior Court Monday morning. He previously missed two scheduled arraignment hearings because he was under suicide watch in a county jail."
--- "Prosecutors have labeled Noor Almaleki's death an 'honor killing,' saying the elder Almaleki killed his daughter because she dishonored the family by not following traditional Iraqi or Muslim values."
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/11/23/20091123almaleki1124.html
Pakistan: Horrific Violence Against Women Continues - 4,514 Cases in First Half of 2009 - "Honor Killings," Acid Attacks, Other Violence Rampant
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/pakistan-horrific-violence-against-women-continues/
-- The News: "4,514 incidents come to light in first half of 2009"
-- "Presenting the report findings, Arifa Mazhar said among the total violence cases, 691 were cases of murder, 293 cases of honour killing, 1,046 cases of abduction, 332 cases of domestic violence, 388 cases of suicide and 466 cases of rape and gang rape. There were 1,086 cases of miscellaneous nature, which included 'vanni', 'swara', custodial violence, torture, trafficking, child marriages, incest, threat to violence, attempted murder, and sexual harassment."
-- "Indicating that the tradition is still alive in our society, the list also includes 37 most horrific cases of stove burning. Research shows that major motives behind stove burning are demand of dowry and divorce and other domestic conflicts. Around 27 cases of acid throwing were also reported in the first half of the year, with 21 of them occurring in Punjab."
-- "Arifa said out of the total 3,067 incidents of violence in Punjab, there were 901 cases of abduction and kidnapping, 393 of murder, 119 of honour killing, 412 of rape and gang rape, 253 of suicide, 129 of sexual assault, 24 of stove burning, and 21 cases of acid throwing."
-- "In Sindh, out of the total 835 incidents, there were 132 cases of honour killing, 135 of murder, 79 of abduction and kidnapping, 103 of suicide, 19 of rape and gang rape, 75 of domestic violence, 18 of sexual assault, eight of stove burning and six cases of acid throwing."
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=210200
(UK) Tulay Goren "Honor Killing" Trial: Accused Uncle 'treated niece like a daughter'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gFhYOmky5e1zPAkNWWLNBB_vmTiw
Other News:
(Egypt) AINA: "Muslim Violence Ongoing in Egypt -- Christians Plead For Help"
http://www.aina.org/news/20091121211751.htm
(Egypt/Saudia Arabia) ICC Report: "Religious Freedom Not a US Priority toward Allies Egypt and Saudi Arabia"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/icc-report-religious-freedom-not-a-us-priority-toward-allies-egypt-and-saudi-arabia/
Egyptian court orders release of Muslim Brotherhood figures
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1514719.php/Egyptian-court-orders-release-of-Muslim-Brotherhood-figures
(Egypt) Zaki snubs Pompey over Israel
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/23112009/58/premier-league-zaki-snubs-pompey-israel.html
Egypt's Palestinian Reconciliation Document
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA56609
(UK) Schools warned on forced marriage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bradford/8375456.stm
UK: New law saves 86 victims from forced marriages
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/new-law-saves-86-victims-from-forced-marriages-1825392.html
UK woman victim of 'honour killing'
-- speculation that Geeta Aulak killed over Sikh "honor killing"
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/india/uk-woman-victim-of-honour-killing-1.529425
(Indonesia) "To Stone or Not to Stone: It's Matter of Interpretation, Say Aceh Authorities"
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/to-stone-or-not-to-stone-its-matter-of-interpretation-say-aceh-authorities/343240
(Malaysia) Islamic fashion fest launched in style
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/11/24/nation/5168036&sec=nation
(Hong Kong) Mideast/Asia fund eyes sharia for clean tech
http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5AM23320091123
Luxembourg is emerging as important domicile for funds, sukuk
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?storyid=1093284462
(U.S.) Florida: ACLU Sues Over 'Islam Is The Devil' T-Shirt -- defending Dove World Outreach campaign
http://www.wesh.com/news/21704160/detail.html
-- Florida Christian "Dove World Outreach" Group Attacks Islam in Columbus, Ohio
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/dove-world-outreach-center/
(U.S.) Tennessee man sentenced to 14 years in mosque firebomb
http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_13852373?source=rss&nclick_check=1
(Germany) Dresden: Algerian accused of synagogue desecration
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/11/dresden-algerian-accused-of-synagogue.html
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20091123-23465.html
Against Racial Supremacism News:
FBI Releases 2008 Hate Crime Statistics
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/fbi-releases-2008-hate-crime-statistics/
-- "An analysis of the 7,780 single-bias incidents revealed that 51.3 percent were motivated by a racial bias"
-- Anti-Black Racial Hate 2,876, Anti-Jewish Hate 1,013, Anti-Homosexual 1,200, Anti-Hispanic 561
-- Anti-Islam Incidents - 105 out of 7,780 incidents -- 1.3 percent
http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel09/hatecrimes112309.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/hc2008/incidents.html
Mississippi - Ku Klux Klan Ex-inmate: Killen boasted in prison
http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20091123/NEWS/911230309/Ex-inmate++Killen+boasted+in+prison
Mississippi - FBI wants public's help in civil rights killings
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jZMPJJQtl-pf2ENNhhbF9R74IVKAD9C54TS80
Against Nazi News:
(Germany) Report: No living witnesses left for John Demjanjuk trial
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1129971.html
-- Demjanjuk trial to hear testimony from the dead
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/6635026/Demjanjuk-trial-to-hear-testimony-from-the-dead.html
(Hungary) Riot police break up Hungarian neo-Nazi group meeting
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/22/1009338/hungarian-guard-mounts-recruitment-campaign
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