Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] December 21, 2009

December 21, 2009 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

(Pakistan) Militants attack NATO supply trucks in Pakistan
http://en.trend.az/regions/world/ocountries/1604954.html

Pakistan: Bin Laden's brother-in-law target of latest US strike in Pakistan -- Sheikh Saeed al Saudi
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/12/bin_ladens_brotherin.php
-- Pakistan The News report
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=26148

Pakistan: Bajaur clerics say ongoing militancy is not jihad
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\21\story_21-12-2009_pg7_23

(Pakistan) Strategic Balochistan becomes a target in war against Taliban
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/21/us-taliban-balochistan-strategy-pakistan

(Pakistan) Blast damages school in Peshawar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\21\story_21-12-2009_pg7_4

(Pakistan) Troops kill four Taliban at Bajaur-Malakand border
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\21\story_21-12-2009_pg7_3

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan Daily Times: "Reality bites as US pushes Pakistan to finish off terrorists"
-- "Senior US diplomat hints at separate agreement allowing Washington itself to take on 'some of the hidden war against the terrorists'"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\21\story_21-12-2009_pg7_14

Afghanistan: Taliban destroy Afghan post near border
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/11-taliban-destroy-afghan-post-near-border--il--13

Afghanistan: Taliban gunmen storm Afghan apartments
http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/200912/2777995.htm?=

Afghanistan: Taliban militants killed in clash in Paktia
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4134905519

Afghan forces kill Taliban militants
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2009/12/21/Afghan-forces-kill-Taliban-militants/UPI-34401261429200/

(Afghanistan) U.S., Taliban compete to help Afghan towns
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34513505/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

India: Mumbai Attacks: I did not kill Karkare, Kamte, Salaskar: Kasab
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/I-did-not-kill-Karkare-Kamte-Salaskar-Kasab/articleshow/5362010.cms
-- Everyone's a liar except me, claims Kasab
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Everyones-a-liar-except-me-claims-Kasab/articleshow/5353959.cms
-- Gafoor was not a leader during 26/11, says probe
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gafoor-was-not-a-leader-during-26/11-says-probe/articleshow/5363678.cms
-- Pradhan panel report on 26/11 lapses tabled in Maharashtra assembly
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pradhan-panel-report-on-26/11-lapses-tabled-in-Maharashtra-assembly/articleshow/5362649.cms

(U.S./India) Chicago: David Headley Said to Have Helped Terrorists Target Nuclear Plant
-- "Authorities Say Chicago Man Cased, Photographed Facility at Tombroy, India, that Produces Plutonium for Nuke Weapons"
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/headley-target-nuclear-plant/story?id=9375929

(U.S.) Swindler 'duped CIA in al-Qaeda TV scam'
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/swindler-duped-cia-in-alqaeda-tv-scam-20091222-lacy.html

U.S. sends 12 Guantanamo detainees to home countries
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BJ0YJ20091220

Iraq: Suicide attack kills local leader in northern Iraq - in Tal Afar
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BK0V820091221
-- Top Telafar official killed in suicide bomb attack in Mosul
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2048829&Language=en

Iraq: Pipeline sabotage halts oil exports from northern Iraq
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hKKqvFLeYOpcvwFmEEDikrZG77LQ
-- Two Iraqi policemen gunned down, oil line damaged by bomb
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1520400.php/Two-Iraqi-policemen-gunned-down-oil-line-damaged-by-bomb

Iraq: Two Qaeda militants arrested south of Iraq
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2048752&Language=en

Iran: Ahmadinejad: Report on nuclear bomb trigger is a 'fabrication'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261244344801&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran holding Osama bin Laden's family - says sister Eman in Saudi embassy
-- "Abdul Rahman bin Laden told news network Al Jazeera today that his sister Eman, one of his stepmothers and five of his brothers have been prevented from leaving by the authorities in Tehran since 1997."
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/iran-holding-bin-laden-family/story-e6frev00-1225812615229

Iran: New North Korean links to Iranian arms?
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2009/12/21/New-North-Korean-links-to-Iranian-arms/UPI-95711261429800/
-- North Korea weapons aircraft 'was heading to Iran'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6963682.ece

Iran nuclear negotiator calls for arms ban
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/21/iran-nuclear-negotiator-calls-atomic-arms-ban/?feat=home_headlines

Lebanon: One killed as unknown attackers fire at Syrian bus in north Lebanon
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2048715&Language=en

Israel: Islamic Movement head banned from entering Jerusalem
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1136632.html

Israel: Channel 1: PM will agree to Schalit prisoner swap deal
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364460430&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Hamas supporters rally on Gaza border against Egyptian barrier
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-12/21/content_12684363.htm

UK: Hamas using English law to demand arrest of Israeli leaders for war crimes
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6963473.ece

Somalia: Eight killed in mortar attack on MPs in Mogadishu
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hhtZ4B0Vz3HYrvZfBTTHtuTeyvfg

Somalia: London Times on Somali "Sharia Courts" and Human Rights Abuses
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/lt-somali-sharia-courts/
-- Somalia: West warns that Somalia is becoming a haven for international terrorists
-- London Times: "Its Sharia courts have ordered public floggings, the chopping off of hands and feet of thieves, the stoning to death of adulterers and beheadings of apostates and spies."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6963442.ece

Yemen: Blast kills two at suspected Qaeda camp in south Yemen
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20091221/twl-blast-kills-two-at-suspected-qaeda-c-3cd7efd.html

Yemen Post: "Government Fails in Abyan Al-Qaeda Attacks"
http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=1691&MainCat=2

"Yemen rebels say Saudi air raids kill 54"
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BJ1NO20091220

Mauritania: Tighter security after Al-Qaeda abductions
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4135043425

Egypt: Al-Qaeda: Jihadists mourn mother of top Al-Qaeda leader - Zawahiri's mother dies
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4135043251

Spain terror trial man 'released' -- Mohammed Fahsi
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/8423178.stm

Netherlands: Muslim Brotherhood influence
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/12/netherlands-muslim-brotherhood.html

Philippines can use massacre rage to push peace talks-ICG
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE5BK09V.htm

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Indonesia: Women Urgently Finding New Clothes to Meet Sharia Standards to Avoid Arrest
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/indonesia-women-sharia-clothing/
-- Indonesia's Jakarta Globe: "Dressing to Impress Aceh's Shariah Police"
-- Jakarta Globe: "Women are revamping their wardrobes in West Aceh to conform to the new Shariah regulation."
-- " 'I have to replace my clothes with skirts and Muslim outfits [that are long-sleeved and loose],' 20-year-old Rahma said last Tuesday. 'I don't want to be arrested by the Wilayatul Hisbah [Shariah police] when they really implement the new law.' "
--- one woman tells Jakarta Globe: "I'm not afraid of the Shariah police. I believe that a person should not be judged by what they wear. It is the heart that matters, not a piece of cloth."
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/dressing-to-impress-acehs-shariah-police/348358

UK: Columnist "Stop Tiptoeing" Around 17,000 "Honor Crimes" Per Year
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/17000-honor-crimes/
-- UK: Poorna Shetty - "Stop tiptoeing around 'honour' killings"
-- Poorna Shetty: "'Honour' killings, which tend to feature in Middle Eastern, Turkish and south-east Asian communities, derive their motivation from the idea of shame and honour within conservative and religious frameworks. The key problems are that because it's perceived as a 'cultural issue' and communities are reluctant to come forward, progress has been slow."
-- "The Association of Chief Police Officers estimate that 17,000 'honour' crimes are committed each year."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/20/honour-killings-murder

International Campaign Against Honour Killing (ICAHK) web site relaunch -- after attacks, hacking over the summer
http://stophonourkillings.com/?q=node/4037
-- R.E.A.L. and ICAHK had joint rally at U.S. Capitol against "honor killings"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/04/april-7/

Saudi Arabia: "Domestic abuse goes unreported due to sensitivity"
-- Arab News: "women and children still find it difficult to report abuse to the authorities or accept there is a problem in the first place"
-- "How can abused children and women report their cases when society accepts such behavior?"
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=129887&d=20&m=12&y=2009

India: All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Seeks to Challenge India Supreme Court Decision on Women's Right to Divorce Settlement
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/india-muslim-board-seeks-to-deny-divorce-settlements/
-- India Express:
--- "The AIMPLB believes the judgment reopens an issue that was settled during the Rajiv Gandhi regime in 1986 when Parliament enacted the Muslim Women Act after protests from Muslims against the Supreme Court verdict, which had awarded maintenance to Shah Bano in 1985."
--- "In the recent judgment, delivered on December 4, a Supreme Court Bench comprising Justices Deepak Verma and Sudarshan Reddy upheld the right of a divorced Muslim woman Shabana Babo to get maintenance from her husband."
--- Maulana Khalid Rashid of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB): "The Supreme Court judgment is a direct interference in Muslim personal law. It is also against the Shariat, which states that marriage is a contract between two individuals and it becomes null and void after divorce."
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/muslim-law-board-wants-a-shah-bano-on-shabana-bano/556279/

Other News:

70 Percent of Humanity Lives in Countries with High Religious Restrictions
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/70-percent-of-humanity-religious-oppression/
-- Pew Global Poll: "nearly 70 percent of the world's 6.8 billion people live in countries with high restrictions on religion, the brunt of which often falls on religious minorities."
http://www.pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=491
-- To see how each country scored on each question, see the Results by Country.
http://www.pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=503
--- Download the full Results by Country (48-page PDF)
http://www.pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/restrictions/restrictions-resultsbycountry.pdf
-- Download the full report PDF (72 pages, 8MB)
http://www.pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/restrictions/restrictionsfullreport.pdf
-- Download the full Summary of Results (17-page PDF)
http://www.pewforum.org/newassets/images/reports/restrictions/restrictions-summaryofresults.pdf
--- See also: World Gender Gap Worst in Islamic Nations — Survey Shows Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Yemen, Egypt, Turkey at Bottom of List
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/world-gender-gap-worst-in-islamic-nations/
--- U.S. State Dept Religious Freedom Report Critical of OIC Efforts to Restrict Freedom
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/u-s-state-dept-religious-freedom-report-condemns-oic-efforts-to-restrict-freedom/

OIC Losing Support in United Nations
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/oic-losing-support-in-united-nations/
-- OIC Slams 'Demonic' Portrayal of Islam, But Support for Religious 'Defamation' Measures Continues to Erode
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/58825

West Bank: Hizb Ut-Tahrir: PA attempts arrest of member
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=247723

U.S.: Saudi-Funded Professor Critical of NY Times Columnist on Jihad
-- John Esposito of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-l-esposito/tom-friedman-on-muslims-a_b_398642.html
-- Esposito's partner in recent book, Dalia Mogahed, appeared with Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/white-house-advisor-interviewed-by-anti-democratic-hizb-ut-tahrir-group/
-- Esposito ignores recent Pew Global Polls
--- 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/

(U.S.) NYC: Finding Allah at Ground Zero -A New Manhattan Mosque Hopes to Heal -- to be led by ASMA leader Rauf
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,667678,00.html
-- Part 2: 'The Hand of the Divine'
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,667678-2,00.html
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-49914.html
-- "Muslim Prayers and Renewal Near Ground Zero"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/nyregion/09mosque.html
-- More on ASMA:
-- Feisal Abdul Rauf compares Sharia law to the Declaration of Independence
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/feisal_abdul_rauf/2009/04/time_to_update_islamic_law.html
---- Note: Feisal Abdul Rauf founded the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feisal_Abdul_Rauf#Professional_career
---- Among the previous ASMA Programs: Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow (MLT)
http://asmasociety.org/program/mlt.html
----- Notably Feisal Abdul Rauf has no comments regarding the past year's MLT program where MLT attendees denounced freedom
----- AMSA MLT Blog: Are there Islamic values that are in fundamental conflict with Western Values? 61% - Yes
----- posted on January 17, 2009 by AMSA's Daisy Khan
http://asmasociety.typepad.com/mlt/
----- January 20, 2009 - Future Muslim leaders seek fresh path
----- Pakistan's International Islamic University Madiha Younas: "it's not an Islamic value to have absolute freedom. Islam puts boundaries on you."
----- Saudi Harvard University graduage Malik Dahlan: "It is freedom not to submit [to God's will] that gives value to submission itself."
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0120/p07s01-wogn.html

(U.S.) Chicago -- January 9, 2010 - GainPeace Has Siraj Wahhaj Speak
http://www.gainpeace.com/Pages/Dinner.aspx
http://singularvoice.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/who-invited-larry-to-the-party/
-- Siraj Wahhaj -- October 2003 Wall Street Journal: "One Imam Traces the Path Of Islam in Black America"
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/siraj_wahhaj_wsj.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB106694267937278700,00.html
-- The Danger Within: Militant Islam in America
-- Siraj Wahhaj: "If we were united and strong, we'd elect our own emir [leader] and give allegiance to him. . . . [T]ake my word, if 6-8 million Muslims unite in America, the country will come to us."
http://www.danielpipes.org/77/the-danger-within-militant-islam-in-america
-- Kashmir Telegraph on Siraj Wahaj (another spelling)
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Siraj-Wahaj-KT.pdf
-- Siraj Wahhaj was a character witness for convicted 1993 World Trade Center terrorist “blind sheik” Omar Rahman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Siraj_Wahhaj
-- Siraj Wahhaj Meeting with Nation of Islam's Akbar Muhammad [and Farrakhan associate]
http://singularvoice.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/who-invited-larry-to-the-party/
-- related article on NOI
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/chicago-hate-group-leader-louis-farrakhan-americas-time-is-up/

(U.S.) Walter Rodgers: "Terror trials will pose tough questions about Islam"
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2009/1221/Terror-trials-will-pose-tough-questions-about-Islam

(U.S.) IPT News: MPAC's Flawed Prescription for Fighting Homegrown Terror
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1583/mpacs-flawed-prescription-for-fighting-homegrown

(U.S.) IPT News: ICNA's Search for Radicalism Should Start Within
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1577/icnas-search-for-radicalism-should-start-within

UK: Jihad: The Musical is to open in London
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/6851314/Jihad-The-Musical-is-to-open-in-London.html
-- Controversial 'terrorism musical' to open in London
http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/news/controversial-terrorism-musical-to-open-in-london-19522946.html

Pakistani Muslims Gun Down Christian Friend
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/12924/

Pakistan: Muslims Allegedly Poison Christian Employees to Death
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/12585/

Turkey: Plot Targeting Turkey’s Religious Minorities Allegedly Discovered
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/turkey/12618/

Turkey: European Human Rights Court Rules in Favor of Turkish Church
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/turkey/12896/

Turkey: Turks Threaten to Kill Priest over Swiss Minaret Decision
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/turkey/12559/

Turkey's Lack of Religious Liberty
http://www.zenit.org/article-27891?l=english

Indonesia: Aceh Sharia forbids Chinese dance of the lions
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=17172&theme=5&size=A

Iran: Many Thousands Reportedly Challenge Iranian Regime, Violence After Funeral
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/iran-many-thousands-reportedly-challenge-iranian-regime-violence-after-funeral/
-- Hundreds of thousands challenge Iranian regime
--- "Mourners chant anti-government slogans at funeral of dissident cleric Ayatollah Montazeri."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6856357/Grand-Ayatollah-Montazeris-funeral-sees-hundreds-of-thousands-challenge-the-Iranian-regime.html
Fresh violence reported in Iran -- "after the funeral of dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, attended by vast crowds of mourners"
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1156857/Fresh-violence-reported-in-Iran
-- Iranian cleric's funeral draws protesters
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/12/21/iran.cleric.dies/index.html

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood conservatives win vote
-- "The Muslim Brotherhood's new governing body excludes several key members considered to be moderates, analysts said"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091221/ts_nm/us_egypt_brotherhood
-- Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood faces election rift
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BJ1XO20091220

Qatar: Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi on Christmas Celebrations in Muslim Countries: 'I Wanted To Warn My People That This Is Prohibited, Shameful, And Inappropriate… Ignorance Of What Islam Obliges Us To Do...;' '[Can] Muslims in Europe and America... Celebrate Ramadan... in the City Centers[?]'
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3854.htm

Bahraini Liberal Dhiyaa Al-Musawi & Egyptian Islamist Ibrahim Al-Khouli Spar Over Interfaith Dialogue – Al-Khouli: "Allah Has One Religion – Islam... Calling 'Divine' What Has Been Distorted By the Church and By the Jews Is a Deception"; Al-Musawi: "Down With the Claim That Allah Cursed the Jews and Christians, the Offspring Of Apes And Pigs..."
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3855.htm

"Israel Took Organs of Dead Without Permission" -- practice on Israeli soldiers, civilians, others ended decades ago - denies killing Palestinians for organs
-- "The original interview with Hiss was conducted in 2000 by American researcher Nancy Scheper-Hughes who decided to release it because of the controversy surrounding an allegation in a Swedish newspaper that Israel was killing Palestinians for their organs. Israel has strongly denied the charge."
http://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-harvested-organs-permission-families-dead/story?id=9390407

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Florida pastor writes book about experience in KKK - Rev. Richard C. Harris
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1392352.html

Against Nazi News:

Germany: Nazi Trial of John Demjanjuk Continues, Unmoved by Grief of Victims
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/germany-nazi-trial-of-john-demjanjuk-continues-unmoved-by-grief-of-victims/
-- Deutsche Welle: "Relatives of Holocaust victims tell of their grief in Demjanjuk trial"
-- Deported from Cleveland area, John Demjanjuk is alleged to have assisted in the murder of 27,900 people. Up to 250,000 Jews are thought to have died at Sobibor.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5043534,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
-- Demjanjuk unmoved as Holocaust survivors testify
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091221/ts_nm/us_germany_demjanjuk_1

(U.S.) Jury finds White guilty on 4 counts: Neo-Nazi William A. White found guilty on charges of making threats, but acquitted on 3 other counts
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/nazi-william-white-found-guilty/

Poland: Auschwitz sign thieves detained, not neo-Nazis
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BK01920091221

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