Solsticewitch13's BOS: unitedstatesaction.com news] December 24, 2009

December 24, 2009 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Major Stories:

Iraq Christians mark Christmas under threat
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/christians-mark-christmas-under-threat/story-e6frfku0-1225813543687

Pakistan: Christians Celebrate Christmas Under Threat of Attack
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/pakistan-christians-celebrate-christmas-under-threat-of-attack/

Communist China Sentences Liu Xiaobo on Christmas Day
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/communist-china-sentences-liu-xiaobo-on-christmas-day/

Report: Communist China Mass Murderer's Image on White House Christmas Tree Ornament - Mao Zedong
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/mao-on-wh-tree/

Newslinks:

Pakistan: Suicide Bomber Strikes Peshawar
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Suicide-Bomber-Strikes-Peshawar-80050012.html
-- Five killed in suicide blast in Peshawar
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-blast-near-pia-building-in-peshawar-ss-01
-- Officials: Suicide Bomber Kills 4 in NW Pakistan
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9414599
-- Two suicide bombers carried out the attack : Pakistani Minister
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2049677&Language=en

Pakistan: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi men have entered Karachi
-- officer: "They plan to carry out suicide bombings and target killings"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\24\story_24-12-2009_pg7_16

Pakistan: Taliban blow up Pakistan girls' school, says official
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=December2009&file=World_News200912241438.xml

Pakistan: Forces kill 10 Taliban in Bajaur
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\24\story_24-12-2009_pg7_9

Pakistan: Taliban chief asks group to desist from abductions, crime in North Waziristan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\24\story_24-12-2009_pg7_24

Pakistan: Terrorists cannot deter media: PPC president
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\24\story_24-12-2009_pg13_7

India: Lucky to foil 12-13 terror strikes: Chidambaram
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lucky-to-foil-12-13-terror-strikes-Chidambaram/articleshow/5371586.cms

(Afghanistan) Pakistani Taliban sends reinforcements to Afghanistan -- another report
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6872897/Pakistani-Taliban-sends-reinforcements-to-Afghanistan.html

(Afghanistan) Canada: Roadside bomb kills 134th Canadian in Afghanistan
http://www.canada.com/news/Roadside+bomb+kills+134th+Canadian+Afghanistan/2378108/story.html

Afghan town reborn after U.S. routs Taliban - Now Zad
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/24/afghan-town-reborn-after-us-routs-taliban/

(Iraq) Booby trapped car attack foiled in Iraq
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2049707&Language=en

(U.S.) Fort Hood: Hasan Asked Awlaki If It Was Okay to Kill American Soldiers
-- al-Qaeda Recruiter Mocks U.S. Intelligence, Says Accused Shooter Asked for Guidance About Shooting In 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/FtHoodInvestigation/fort-hood-hasan-asked-awlaki-kill-american-soldiers/story?id=9410718

(U.S./Yemen) Imam Tied to Fort Hood Shooter "Killed"
-- " 'Anwar al Awlaki is suspected to be dead (in the air raid),' said the Yemeni official, who asked not to be identified."
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9414764
-- Yemen Says Warplanes Raided al-Qaida Meeting, Killing 30
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Yemen-Says-Warplanes-Raided-al-Qaida-Meeting-Killing-30-80050057.html
-- On Al-Jazeera.net - First Interview with U.S.-Born Yemen-Based Imam Anwar Al-'Awlaki on Major Hasan and the Fort Hood Shooting: Nidal [Hasan] Contacted Me a Year Ago
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3859.htm

(U.S.) Closure of Gitmo prison postponed
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/24/closure-of-gitmo-prison-postponed/?feat=home_headlines
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/23/guantanamo-close/?test=latestnews

U.S. agencies faulted by GAO for leak of nuclear data
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/23/AR2009122302970.html

Iraq's changing insurgent threat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8428078.stm

Iran: Report: Iranian police shoot dead 2 relatives of convicts in melee at public execution
http://www.courant.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-ml-iran-executions,0,645499.story

Iran: Osama bin Laden's son tells of life in secret lair and claims his brothers are in Iran with knowledge of the regime
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/12/24/we-ve-found-bin-laden-s-family-hiding-in-iran-115875-21920095/

Lebanon Says Hizbullah Will Defend Country from Israel
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/135162

Hamas: Year after Gaza war, Hamas says ready to fight Israel again
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1137451.html

Israel: Route 43 bomb was targeting motorists
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364492649&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Mali/Nigeria) Travel warning issued to Israelis in countries south of Sahara
-- "This comes on the backdrop of a strengthening al-Qaeda presence in the Maghreb and on information received that terrorist organizations are seeking to kidnap Israelis in the region."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3824218,00.html

(Eritrea) UN sanctions turn Eritrea into pariah state
-- "Security Council imposes arms embargo and other sanctions on Eritrea for supporting Islamic rebels in neighbouring Somalia"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6966873.ece

Belgium: Turkish suspects aquitted of terrorism -- DHKP-C
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/12/belgium-turkish-suspects-aquitted-of.html
http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/news/091223_DHKPC_English

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

CSM: "Runaway convert case: family issue or test of sharia law in US?"
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2009/1223/Runaway-convert-case-family-issue-or-test-of-sharia-law-in-US

Other News:

Iran: Court in Iran refuses to release French student Clotilde Reiss
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/iran-court-in-iran-refuses-to-release-french-student-clotilde-reiss/

US: Iran Increasingly a 'Police State'
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/US-Iran-Increasingly-a-Police-State-80050167.html

(U.S.) CAIR: US group uses Times Square to promote Islam
-- "The ad is expected to run on New Year's Eve when at least one million will gather for celebrations"
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/12/23/95052.html

UK: MCB upset at law change following Livni arrest warrant
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/12/uk-mcb-upset-at-law-change-following.html
-- Miliband attacked by Muslim leaders
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/25334/miliband-attacked-muslim-leaders

Belgium: Pro-Israeli lobby sues Hamas in Belgium
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364489391&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Denmark: Iran's Copenhagen: Ahmadinejad meets with Danish Muslims
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/12/copenhagen-ahmadinejad-meets-with.html

Sweden: Threats Against Jews Increase 400 Percent
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/sweden-hate-against-jews-increase-400-percent/

Sweden/Poland: Auschwitz sign 'stolen to fund Swedish terror attacks' - Nazi Gang
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/auschwitz-sign-stolen-to-fund-swedish-terror-attacks-nazi-gang/

Sweden: Parents refused right to name son Allah - to avoid offense to others
http://www.thelocal.se/24024/20091223/

Israel: Haredim stone police tending to woman attacked by 'modesty squad' in J'lem
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364490363&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- Jewish women arrested and insulted for praying at holy site
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatnews/6872448/Jewish-women-arrested-and-insulted-for-praying-at-holy-site.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China Sentences Liu Xiaobo on Christmas Day
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/communist-china-sentences-liu-xiaobo-on-christmas-day/

Report: Communist China Mass Murderer's Image on White House Christmas Tree Ornament - Mao Zedong
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/mao-on-wh-tree/

Russia: Medvedev: Russia to Build New Nuclear Missiles
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581058,00.html?test=latestnews

Against Nazi News: