Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] December 13-14, 2009

December 13-14, 2009 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Al-Qaeda: Obama in 'crusade against Islam', says Al-Qaeda no.2
-- Al-Zawahiri: "What American president Barack Obama is doing is nothing more than a new episode of his crusader war against Islam"
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4106399394
-- Al-Qaeda's al-Zawahiri slams Egypt over clampdown on Gaza tunnels
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/299248,al-qaedas-al-zawahiri-slams-egypt-over-clampdown-on-gaza-tunnels.html
-- Al Qaeda's No. 2 condemns Obama's Mid East policy after terror ring smashed in Lebanon
http://bit.ly/8BA38P

Al-Qaeda Warns 'Traitors' With Execution Tape
-- Post Chronicle: "Al-Qaida is currently circulating a gruesome videotape showing the interrogation and execution of a senior Yemeni intelligence officer, Col. Suleiman Tarbush, kidnapped in June, as a warning to Muslims who collaborate with the United States and Israel."
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212273313.shtml?ref=rss

Al-Qaeda - CNN: "Al Qaeda offers 'condolences' for innocent victims" -- Muslims only
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/12/afghanistan.alqaeda/index.html

Report: Islamic terror rising as al-Qaida fades
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091215/ap_on_re_us/us_terror_report

(Pakistan) Hardline madrassas a draw for foreigners
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg7_31

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan probes U.S. men in terror case
-- AP: "Pakistani police Monday seized luggage and a cell phone from a hotel where three of five Americans arrested on suspicion of militant links stayed, while a court ruled the men cannot be deported until judges review the case."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/14/pakistan-police-probe-americans-terror-case/
-- Pakistan seeks clues on jailed Americans
-- Reuters: "Pakistani police raided on Monday a hotel where some of the Americans held on possible links to terrorism stayed, in a case that has highlighted how easily anyone can use the Internet to pursue dreams of waging holy war"
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BD17920091214
-- Five-combo photo released by Sargodha Police Department on Friday, December 11, 2009, of arrested American Muslims (left to right): Waqar Hussain, Ramy Zamzam, Umar Farooq, Ahmad Minni, Aman Yemer
http://www.realcourage.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/five-arrested-in-pakistan.jpg
http://bit.ly/8kkmwR
-- Items seized from Americans with suspected militant links
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4107221777
-- Probe of Americans focuses on recruiter - "suspected Pakistani militant they knew only as 'Saifullah.' Investigators believe that Saifullah recruited the Americans, some of whom were students, through an exchange of e-mails in late summer and fall"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tc-nw-pak-virginia-1212-1213dec13,0,694428.story
-- Terror probe leads FBI to India, Pakistan
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-terror-threat13-2009dec13,0,6733096.story

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan Bars Deportation of Detained Americans
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/world/asia/15pstan.html?ref=asia
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistani-court-halts-deportation-of-five-American-Muslims-on-jihad-quest/articleshow/5336310.cms

(Pakistan/U.S.) Hizb ut-Tahrir to Hold Chicago Event December 20 to Incite Americans on Pakistan
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/chicago-ht-event-in-lombard/

(Pakistan/U.S./India) Mumbai Attacks: Chicago terror suspect said 'good job' on Mumbai attacks: prosecutors
-- Chicago Sun Times: "In a court filing this afternoon, prosecutors said a Sept. 7, 2009 intercepted recording between the businessman, Tahawwur Rana, 48, and his friend David Headley, shows Rana met with a retired Pakistani military major last year in Dubai. The major, Abdur Rehman -- referred to as "Pasha" in the recording — told Rana and Headley of the planned assaults days before dozens of buildings in Mumbai were blown up in a series of coordinated attacks, prosecutors allege."
-- "After the Mumbai attacks, Rana asks Headley to pass on his compliments to a leader of a Pakistani terror group, prosecutors allege in the filing."
-- " 'In the world, if there had been... a medal for command, top class,' Rana begins to say on the recording, according to prosecutors. 'Very good. Good job.' "
http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1938577,terror-suspect-rana-mumbai-attacks-121409.article

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pak officers working with jihadis, Headley confirms to FBI
-- TOI: The FBI interrogation of David Coleman Headley alias Daood Gilani has, for the first time, confirmed what India has always known: "A section of serving Pakistan army officers" are working in collaboration with India-specific jihadi groups like LeT and JeM"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pak-officers-working-with-jihadis-Headley-confirms-to-FBI/articleshow/5334632.cms

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan Attorney for Federal Government says U.S. CIA Threat to Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg1_1

(Pakistan/U.S.) US will respect Pak sovereignty: Obama
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg7_38
-- 'Obama resisting drone strikes in Quetta'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg1_2
-- War on Al Qaeda inflames Afghanistan, Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg7_37

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan rejects US demands for crackdown on Haqqani Taliban network
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg7_39
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/world/asia/15haqqani.html?ref=asia
-- Mullen concerned over collusion between Pak-Afghan militants
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg1_3
-- Pakistan's fight against terrorism "impressive, exemplary" -- Petraeus
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2047156&Language=en
-- Petraeus in Islamabad amid reviewed US Afghan policy
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2046973&Language=en

(Pakistan) Taliban warn clerics on issuing edicts against suicide attacks
-- demand they lend an ear to the "jihadi point of view"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg7_11

(Pakistan) 17 Taliban killed in army action
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg7_7

(Afghanistan) Islamist ambushes kill 16 Afghan police
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Islamist-ambushes-kill-16-Afghan-police/H1-Article1-486396.aspx

(Afghanistan) Militants Kill Afghan Police Officers in Two Attacks
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/15/world/asia/15afghan.html?ref=asia

(Afghanistan) "Osama Bin Laden's new base?"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/6807476/Osama-Bin-Ladens-new-base.html

(Afghanistan) Huffington Post's William K. Barth: "President Obama Should Negotiate with the Taliban"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-k-barth/president-obama-should-ne_b_391870.html

Afghan vows to Taliban turncoats often empty
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34411671/ns/world_news-washington_post/

(India) Terror alert after suicide bombers enter India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Terror-alert-after-suicide-bombers-enter-India/articleshow/5336480.cms
-- Central alert on Taliban attack
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1091215/jsp/calcutta/story_11864066.jsp

(U.S.) Homegrown Terror on the Rise in 2009
-- FOX News: "Not including the Pakistan case, the Rand Corporation says that of the nearly 30 homegrown terror plots uncovered in the U.S. since Sept. 11, 2001, 10 surfaced in this year alone, including two actual attacks — in Little Rock, Ark. and Fort Hood, Texas"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580173,00.html
-- Arrests Raise Fears of American Jihad
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580071,00.html?sPage=fnc/us/crime

(U.S.) Atlanta: 2nd Georgia man sentenced in terror case
-- Syed Haris Ahmed gets 13 years in prison
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iXSGRO7dNZb23DzwJlpjyKWWZa_gD9CJBEDG0
-- Pakistan-born US man gets 17 years for conspiracy to support terrorism
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg7_42

(U.S.) Atlanta: Feds weigh public risk, evidence in terror probes
-- why FBI agents held off on arresting Syed Haris Ahmed, when he bought bomb making materials
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jjLhKf1OLgo5jgYGKoEKZ00gPfTgD9CIIG204

(U.S.) AP Source: Feds Eye NY Trial For Gitmo Suspect
-- "Majid Khan -- who grew up in Maryland before allegedly enlisting with al-Qaida"
http://www.wtov9.com/news/21964857/detail.html

(U.S.) Al-Qaida trials may be held in Brooklyn
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/12/14/Al-Qaida-trials-may-be-held-in-Brooklyn/UPI-49861260829181/
-- U.S. Says Manhattan Al Qaeda Trial Venue Not Final
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aAErTR3aUIaU

(U.S.) Chicago Tribune: Thomson prision: Leaked memo hints U.S. will buy correctional center - for Guantanamo Bay prisoners
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-thomson-memo_bddec13,0,3578108.story

(U.S.) Supreme Court rejects Guantanamo torture case
-- four UK citiizens Shafiq Rasul, Asif Iqbal, Rhuhel Ahmed and Jamal al-Harith
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BD31N20091214?virtualBrandChannel=11625

(UK/Pakistan) Terror suspects got British guard licenses
-- "Ten Pakistani students suspected of terror links who obtained security clearances to work as guards showed flaws in Britain's vetting system, critics say."
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2009/12/13/Terror-suspects-got-British-guard-licenses/UPI-81621260722011/

(UK) Taliban can be admired for loyalty: British army bishop
-- PDT: "Church of England's Right Reverend Stephen Venner said it would be harder to reach a peaceful solution in Afghanistan if the Taliban were all portrayed as “pure evil”. Venner, recently inducted by the head of the Church of England, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg7_12
-- Bishop Venner is cowardly to blame the Telegraph for his comments about the Taliban
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jonathanwynne-jones/100019844/bishop-venner-is-cowardly-to-blame-the-telegraph-for-his-comments-about-the-taliban/

Iraq: 13 suspects arrested in Baghdad blasts
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD9CIHP881

Iraq's Islamic Party Aims to Remake Image
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126074421940089817.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond

(Iraq) Car bomb kills 2 in western Iraq
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD9CIA70O0

(Iraq) Petraeus sees shift in Al Qaeda's Iraq tactics
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BC0WV20091213

Iran: Tough sanctions against Iran are needed urgently, Washington says
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6956623.ece

Iran: Secret document exposes Iran's nuclear trigger
-- London Times: "Confidential intelligence documents obtained by The Times show that Iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6955351.ece
-- Leaked memo identifies man at head of Iran's nuclear program – Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6955236.ece
-- Discovery of UD3 raises fears over Iran’s nuclear intentions
-- "Critically, while other neutron sources have possible civilian uses, UD3 has only one application – to be the metaphorical match that lights a nuclear bomb."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6955238.ece
-- Leaked 'memo' suggests Iran's nuclear secrets
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8412733.stm
-- Iran worked on atom bomb part in 2007: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BD3JU20091214

Gaza: "Hamas celebrates 22nd anniversary in Gaza"
http://bit.ly/53li9g

Somalia: Islamic Supremacists Stone Man to Death, Publicly Whip 15 Year Old Girl
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/somalia-islamic-supremacists-stone-man-to-death-publicly-whip-15-year-old-girl/

(Somalia) Islamist Rebels Fight Over Executions In Somalia
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/14/world/international-uk-somalia-executions.html

Yemeni government forces tighten noose around rebels -- source
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2047106&Language=en

Spain sentences Barcelona subway terror cell men
-- "The group of men - 10 from Pakistan and one from India - were accused of conspiring to blow up part of the city's transport network."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8413025.stm

Canadian court says jail reformed terror suspect - Syrian Hassan Almrei
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hL1ekXwBAyKhKBaoFVXwpcHfUgjg

Canada: Court rulings jeopardizing fight against terrorism: minister
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Court+rulings+jeopardizing+fight+against+terrorism+minister/2039656/story.html

Russia: Reign Of Fear Grips Russia's Chechnya
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/12/world/international-uk-russia-chechnya.html

(Philippines) Islamists flee Philippines prison after militants' raid
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8410364.stm

Israel - "Judicial jihad: Engaging a new battlefront"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260447441017&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Pakistan: Taliban blow up girls' school in NW Pakistan: official
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h1T_6wIygeZcvhY_waE7u1KWS3LQ
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg7_13

Ohio - Rifqa Bary Case - Jawa Blog: "Pics reveal CAIR backstage coordination of media in Rifqa Bary case and how the media kept silent"
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/199982.php

Buffalo News writer Nadi a Shahram: "'Honor killings' exposed"
-- "Although there are several differences between domestic violence and honor killings, perhaps the most important difference is that Muslims who commit or assist in the commission of honor killings view these killings as heroic and even view the murder as the fulfillment of a religious obligation."
--- Phyllis Chesler referenced
http://www.buffalonews.com/149/story/892709.html

Pakistan: Nine years for cricket bat killer -- of wife
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/nine-years-cricket-bat-killer

Other News:

American Copts Protest in NYC and LA on Anti-Christian Sectarian Violence in Egypt
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/american-copts-protest-anti-christian-sectarian-violence-in-egypt/

Uganda: Christian Pastor Survives Assassination Attempts "by Muslim extremists"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/uganda-christian-pastor-survives-assassination-attempts-by-muslim-extremists/

Sudan/Egypt: Sudanese Convert to Christian Fears Islamic Supremacists Who Hunt for Her, Son
-- "Ali said her brother and ex-husband sought to kill her for apostasy, or leaving Islam"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/sudanese-convert-fears-supremacists/
-- CDN Report: "Muslim Relatives of Sudanese Christian Woman Pursue Her, Son"
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/sudan/12443/

Pakistan Christian in Hiding from Islamic Supremacist Death Threats for "Blasphemy"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/pakistan-christian-in-hiding-from-islamic-supremacist-death-threats-for-blasphemy/

India: Reports of Attacks on Hindu Temples in Past Months in Kolkata
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/india-reports-of-attacks-on-hindu-temples-in-past-months-in-kolkata/

Austria: Rabbi Attacked, Finger Mutilated in Vienna Hanukkah Ceremony
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/austria-rabbi-attacked-finger-mutilated-in-vienna-hanukkah-ceremony/
-- Palestinian attacker bites off half of Rabbi's finger
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/12/vienna-rabbi-attacked-during-chanukah.html

Iran: Khamenei says election protests "anti-Islam," as Iran State TV forgery and Iranian nuclear bomb plots reported
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/iran-khamenei-says-election-protests-anti-islam-as-iran-state-tv-forgery-and-iranian-nuclear-bomb-plots-reported/
Iran leader says opposition protests "anti-Islam"
-- Al Arabiya News Channel reports that:
-- "Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned opposition leaders on Sunday to distance themselves from protesters whom he accused of acting "against Islam" as he labeled the June presidential election legal and said the case was closed."
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/12/13/94045.html
-- Iran: Burned ayatollah photo sparks new Iranian protests
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixeFBxfLzaSjs8Mb8cuFmtPOT6-wD9CIH3T00
-- Iranian state TV accused of faking burning of Khomeini portrait
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/13/iranian-television-burning-khomeini

Iran to put on trial 3 Americans caught hiking across border
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/iran-to-put-on-trial-3-americans-caught-hiking-across-border/
-- "Iran said Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, it would try Americans Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Josh Fattal, 27 who were detained by Iranian authorities after crossing an unmarked border from northern Iraq in July."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/14/AR2009121400578.html?hpid=moreheadlines
-- American hikers to go on trial in Iran
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article6955755.ece
-- Clinton Rejects Iranian Spy Charges Against American Hikers
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Clinton-Rejects-Iranian-Spy-Charges-Against-American-Hikers-79250402.html
-- Three Americans to face trial for 'spying'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4107220957

Chicago: Anti-Democracy Hizb ut-Tahrir Group Event in Lombard, IL on December 20
-- to meet in government-managed Community Center
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/chicago-ht-event-in-lombard/

UK: "The Government Has Completely Dropped The Ball on Hizb ut Tahrir"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/12/12/the-government-has-completely-dropped-the-ball-on-hizb-ut-tahrir/
-- Daily Telegraph: "When tolerance is taken too far"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/6798250/When-tolerance-is-taken-too-far.html

UK: Birmingham councilor shares platform with member of Hizb ut Tahrir
http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/12/13/birmingham-councillor-shares-platform-with-member-of-hizb-ut-tahrir-66331-25377439/

UK: 'No evidence' of Islamic extremism at Tottenham school -- Islamic Shakhsiyah Foundation
-- Haringey Independent: "It was alleged the school's curriculum contained elements of Hizb ut-Tahrir's version of Islam which calls for a union of all Muslim states into one global empire — the caliphate. It also rejects democracy as well as assimilation into Western culture."
-- "Haringey Council will continue funding the Islamic Shaksiyah Foundation in St Ann's Road, Tottenham"
http://www.haringeyindependent.co.uk/news/4792735._No_evidence__of_Islamic_extremism_at_Tottenham_school/

UK: Bury Park businesses want extremists out
http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/541/Bury-Park-businesses-want-extremists.5905183.jp

Islamic finance in the Mediterranean gains momentum
http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2721243/

Pakistan Robbery in Karachi of Foreign Currency: Is there a Taliban connection?
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\15\story_15-12-2009_pg12_2

Saudi Arabia: 10,000 prisoners to enjoy amnesty - unless Sharia offenses
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009121456992

Iran: New protest statement builds in Iran -- men in head scarves
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/14/iran.headscarf.protest/

Behind the veil: Why Islam's most visible symbol is spreading
-- Ms. Ashraf Zahedi: in Qur'an - "There is no reference to covering female hair or to the head veil."
http://www.minnpost.com/worldcsm/2009/12/14/14264/behind_the_veil_why_islams_most_visible_symbol_is_spreading
-- Wearing the Muslim veil in America: What it's like
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2009/1213/Wearing-the-Muslim-veil-in-America-What-it-s-like

M. Zuhdi Jasser: "When it Comes to Islamic Terror, An Islamic Problem Needs an Islamic Solution"
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.5005/pub_detail.asp
http://www.aifdemocracy.org/

Swiss refuse entry to Islamic preacher Pierre Vogel
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\13\story_13-12-2009_pg4_4

France: Anti-Muslim graffiti found on French mosque -- Nazi swastika and "white power"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/france-anti-muslim-graffiti-found-on-french-mosque-nazi-swastika-and-white-power/

Against Nazi News:

Connecticut: Masked Nazis disrupt Hanukkah ceremony with Nazi flags, obscenities
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/connecticut-nazis-disrupt-hanukkah/

Florida: Jury deadlocks in tattooed neo-Nazi's murder trial - John Allen Ditullio
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1378848.html