Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] December 19, 2009

December 19, 2009 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Snowbound in DC: Digging Out - 20-21 inches of snow here today in MD suburbs of DC - 10 inches yesterday morning
http://bit.ly/6XiICH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psiC1JU4b_0

Newslinks:

(Pakistan) Taliban form new, smaller cells in heart of country
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\20\story_20-12-2009_pg1_7
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/18/AR2009121804334.html
-- Graphic
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2009/12/19/GR2009121900204.html?sid=ST2009121804441

(Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Foreigners photographing sensitive installations arrested in Pindi
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\20\story_20-12-2009_pg7_16

(Pakistan) Peshawar: Police van escapes blast
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\20\story_20-12-2009_pg7_2

(Pakistan) Peshawar: '3-member TTP squad formed to kill ANP leaders'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\20\story_20-12-2009_pg7_17

(Pakistan) FATA: 20 terrorists killed in FATA operation
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\20\story_20-12-2009_pg7_1

Pakistan court adjourns hearing against Mumbai attack accused
-- "A Pakistani anti-terror court on Saturday adjourned till December 24 proceedings against seven suspects, including Lashker-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the Mumbai attack"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-court-adjourns-hearing-against-Mumbai-attack-accused/articleshow/5356482.cms

(Pakistan) NATO chief calls for enhanced ties with Islamabad
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/09-nato-chief-calls-for-enhanced-ties-with-islamabad--szh-02

(Pakistan/U.S.) Washington Post: "FBI walks tightrope in outreach to Muslims, fighting terrorism"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/19/AR2009121902019.html?hpid=topnews

(Afghanistan) Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2048526&Language=en
-- British soldier killed in blast
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/british-soldier-killed-in-bomb-explosion/story-e6frfku0-1225812070253
-- Polish soldier killed in Afghanistan gun battle
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n203947

(Afghanistan) California Guard troops attacked in Afghanistan
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fgw-afghan-guard21-2009dec21,0,1235909.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28L.A.+Times+-+Most+Viewed+Stories%29

(Afghanistan) US soldier, six Taliban killed in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2048396&Language=en

(Afghanistan/Germany) Germany Defenes Minister Karl-Theodor Zu Guttenberg to talk to moderate Taliban under certain conditions
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2048580&Language=en

(Afghansitan/UK) Christmas for the troops in Afghanistan
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6962758.ece

(India J&K) Two people shot dead in Kashmir
-- "Two people were dragged from their homes and killed by suspected Muslim rebels in Indian Kashmir, police said today."
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/two-people-shot-dead-in-kashmir/story-e6frfku0-1225812058628

(India) Hindustan Times asks: "Did America keep mum on 26/11?"
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/virsanghvi/Did-America-keep-mum-on-26-11/Article1-488533.aspx

UK: Police expect Mumbai-style terror attack on City of London
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6962867.ece
-- "London in the sights of Jihadists"
-- Irish Sun: "Senior security officials in England have warned Islamist terrorists may be planning a Mumbai-style attack on London."
-- "A senior officer from SO15, the Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism command, has given the blunt warning that the attacks may take place early next year."
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/579749/cs/1/
-- Scotland Yard warns of 26/11-style attack on London
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/Scotland-Yard-warns-of-26/11-style-attack-on-London/articleshow/5357937.cms

UK/Libya: Lockerbie Bomber Had Secret Swiss Bank Account
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580666,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6962871.ece

U.S. to Make Stopping Nuclear Terror Key Aim
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/us/politics/19nuke.html?_r=1

(U.S.) NYC: Judge Is Asked to Reject Terror Defendant's Claim That He Didn’t Receive a Speedy Trial
-- Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/19/nyregion/19response.html
-- Feds in NY defend trial delay for terror suspect
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=11703830

(U.S.) Six Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay to be repatriated
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/18/AR2009121800898.html

Gaza: Explosive device detonated near Israeli army patrol in Gaza
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2048482&Language=en

Gaza: Snipers Aim as Egyptians Build Gaza's Iron Curtain
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/176836

Hamas: Report: Countries offer 'to host' prisoners in Shalit swap deal
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3822451,00.html

Algerian forces kill 11 terrorists, six surrender -- report
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2048373&Language=en

(Yemen) Suspected al-Qaida leader in Yemen escapes raid
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlU7jE2v2FvFiwS6ydhcDRTjhSZgD9CMCBJ00

(Yemen) 4 Al Qaeda suspects found in hospital
http://www.omanobserver.com/Daily/World/World4.htm

(Yemen) US backs Yemen's raids on Al-Qaeda
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/us-backs-yemens-raids-on-al-qaeda/story-e6frfku0-1225812072461
-- Obama Ordered U.S. Military Strike on Yemen Terrorists
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/cruise-missiles-strike-yemen/story?id=9375236

(Mali) Contacts to free Europeans held by Al-Qaeda in Africa
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h-R7ZE0zMeHzoCnAPAyhOyNWdrhg

(Mali/Mauritania) Italian couple kidnapped in Mauritania
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BI1K320091219

Somalia: Al Shabaab splits into two groups
http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=14650&tirsan=3

(Thailand) Suspected Muslim insurgents kill 3 Buddhists in Thai south
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BI0TD20091219

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

UK: "Tulay Goren honour killing: When tolerance is deadly" - by Eleanor Mills
-- "Officially there are a dozen 'honour killings' a year in Britain, but experts know this is the tip of an iceberg. Thousands of teenage girls go missing from schools in areas with large Asian populations such as Luton and Bradford, often sent home for arranged marriages."
-- "The suffering of women like my friend and girls like Tulay — not to mention their oppressed mothers -- is the shameful side of tolerant Britain."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6962624.ece

(U.S.) Jawa Blog: "Parents of Rifqa Bary ask court to hold her in contempt to force her to attend counseling sessions with Muslim counselor"
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/200075.php

Other News:

Israeli leaders condemn mosque attack -- additional follow-up on December 11 report
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34497324/ns/world_news-washington_post/

Malaysia: "Ward Off Western Propaganda Against Jihad, Muslims Told"
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=463372

Somalia hardliners order men to grow beards
http://www.omanobserver.com/Daily/World/World6.htm
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5irmMsFAJ25ro6w9QSthHHo9YA8GQ

Iranian troops partially withdraw from Iraqi oil well
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/579745/cs/1/

Iran's Most Senior Dissident Cleric Dies -- Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,580668,00.html

Iran accuses 12 of torturing prisoners
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2009/12/20/Iran_EXP_1220.ART_ART_12-20-09_A12_J4G27V4.html?sid=101

Oslo: Ahmadiyya mosque-guards threatened
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/12/oslo-ahmadiyya-mosque-guards-threatened.html
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/oslo/article3432223.ece

(U.S.) MSU conference to focus on 'Islam and media'
http://www.upi.com/Features/Culture_Society/2009/12/19/MSU-conference-to-focus-on-Islam-and-media/12611610573846/

(U.S.) Texas: Passengers Re-Boarding Plane After Bomb Threat
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/plane.bomb.threat.2.1378842.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Pastor Zhang Mingxuan "Bike" Visits Three Released Brothers in Henan
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1362&month=12&year=2009&_nc=8bacee2c1ebcb3b968f033f6337155c6