Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] December 6-7, 2009

December 6-7, 2009 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

December 7 - Remember Pearl Harbor

Upcoming Public Events:
-- December 10, 2009 - Washington D.C. R.E.A.L. News Conference
http://www.realcourage.org/news-conference/
-- December 10, 2009 – R.E.A.L. Europe Human Rights Day Event
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/december-10-real-europe/
-- Why December 10 Matters
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/why-december-10-matters/
-- Human Rights Day News Conference at the National Press Club
http://www.examiner.com/x-31575-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d7-Human-Rights-Day-News-Conference-at-the-National-Press-Club

Newslinks:

Pakistani Taliban 'have not lost morale,' leader tells CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/07/pakistan.taliban.leader.phone/index.html

Pakistan: 46 dead in Pakistan bomb attacks - Lahore and Peshawar
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/46-dead-in-Pakistan-bomb-attacks/articleshow/5312296.cms
-- At least 45 killed as twin bombs hit Lahore
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-twin-blasts-take-place-in-lahore-market-rs-05
-- Lahore - Twin Bombs Kill Scores In Pakistani Market
-- "Many of victims were women and children, including a 2-year-old who was killed, a police officer said."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121162780
-- Nine killed in suicide attack in Peshawar -- attack on court
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-explosion-in-peshawar-ss-03

Pakistan's Geo News reports Punjab Law Minister "Rana Sanaullah has held India and other terrorist outfits to cause Lahore twin blasts"
http://geo.tv/12-8-2009/54295.htm

(Pakistan) Taliban bombs fan Pakistan distrust of US
-- AFP: "But rather than feeling disgust at Taliban fighters blamed for an attack that killed 125 people, Hayat holds the United States responsible, reflecting a deep-seated distrust felt throughout Pakistan."
-- " 'I appeal to America, please leave us be. Please stop this game, this war on terror. Osama (bin Laden) is just a smokescreen to attack Muslims,' Hayat said."
-- " 'Stop it. How many more lives will you take in revenge for the World Trade Centre? Do you want to destroy the whole of Pakistan?' "
-- " 'I'm sure it was a drone attack,' said Ghulam Ali, looking at his cotton shop, which was damaged in the Peshawar blast."
-- " 'We are fed up. I can't believe the Taliban are involved in these bombings. I'm sure the troika -- America, India and Israel -- is doing all this.' "
-- "The sentiments, which echo pan-Islamist radicalism, are fuelled locally by Taliban propaganda blaming America and arch-rival India for Pakistan's ills and accusing the United States of trying to occupy the region."
-- "CDs and DVDs can be bought in markets. Statements are distributed."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jEeg0e-UicFJgnbfrR1pIGTr-RBQ

(Pakistan) " 'This is the work of big powers. It is not a war against terror, it is a war against Islam, and America is leading it,' said Qazi Hussain Ahmed, leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami religious party."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/05/AR2009120503001.html

(Pakistan) 5 militants held near Peshawar
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/5-militants-held-near-Peshawar/articleshow/5307349.cms

(Pakistan) "Tahir-ul-Qadri declares suicide attacks 'un-Islamic'"
http://www.geo.tv/12-5-2009/54142.htm

(Pakistan) We won't pursue Taliban leaders in Pakistan: Gates: Troop surge to force Taliban to talks: US
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\07\story_7-12-2009_pg1_1

(Pakistan) FATA: Two anti-Taliban elders killed in Bajaur blast
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\07\story_7-12-2009_pg7_5

(Pakistan) FATA: 17 Taliban killed in military operation
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\07\story_7-12-2009_pg7_4

(AfPak) U.S. Officials Differ on Bin Laden Intel
-- "Defense Secretary Robert Gates Disagrees with National Security Adviser that Bin Laden is in Afghanistan"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/07/politics/main5922202.shtml
-- White House official: Bin Laden sometimes slips into Afghanistan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/07/us-bin-laden-sometimes-slips-afghanistan/
-- Been clueless for years on Osama Bin Laden locale, says Robert Gates
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/12/07/2009-12-07_been_clueless_for_years_on_bin_laden_locale_sez_gates.html
-- US to launch new effort to capture Bin Laden: National Security Adviser Jones
http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-to-launch-new-effort-to-capture-bin-laden-jones-20091207-kd4f.html
-- Osama escaped Pakistan: British newspaper
http://www.geo.tv/12-7-2009/54235.htm

Afghanistan: NATO airstrike 'kills dozens'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4078881631

(Afghanistan) Militants killed in Afghan action, U.S. says
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/07/afghanistan.operation/index.html

(Afghanistan) Obama is scaling back the war goals
http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/12/03/zakaria.obama.scaled.back.war/index.html

(Afghanistan) Taliban has to be 'very worried' over US surge: Pentagon
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091207/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestusmilitarytaliban

(Afghanistan) Mullen Stresses Urgent Need for Troops in Afghanistan
-- JCS Mullen: "We are not winning, which means we are losing and as we are losing, the message traffic out there to (insurgency) recruits keeps getting better and better and more keep coming"
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/07/mullen-tells-marines-expects-afghan-casualties-rise/
-- Mullen: Afghan surge will increase casualties
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34318712/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

(Afghanistan) Defense Secretary Robert Gates sees U.S. military in Afghanistan for two to four years more
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/12/06/2009-12-06_defense_secretary_robert_gates_sees_us_military_in_afghanistan_for_two_to_four_y.html

(U.S./India/Pakistan) Chicago FBI indicts David Headley for November 26, 2008 Mumbai Attacks -- David Coleman Headley aka Daood Gilani
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/FBI-indicts-Headley-for-26/11/articleshow/5312188.cms
-- Chicago terrorism suspect linked to Mumbai attacks after earlier newspaper plot charges -- David Coleman Headley
http://www.startribune.com/nation/78689612.html?elr=KArks%3ADCiUMEaPc%3AUiD3aPc%3A_Yyc%3AaULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr
-- American Charged in Mumbai Terror Attacks
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/12/07/american-charged-in-mumbai-terror-attacks/
-- Pakistan distances itself from Headley
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/Pakistan-distances-itself-from-Headley/videoshow/5311839.cms
-- FBI hand-delivers terror intelligence to India
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=7156321
-- Chicago Man Charged For Role In 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/chicago-man-david-headley-charged-role-2008-mumbai/story?id=9270072
-- New Charges Tie Chicago Man to Mumbai Terror Attacks
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1554/new-charges-tie-chicago-man-to-mumbai-terror

(U.S.) Bronx Synagogue Bomb Plot: Judge says 'no' to defense request in NY bomb plot
-- "A judge said Friday that prosecutors are not required to tell the defense before trial about any payments from a federal informant to four men accused of plotting to bomb synagogues."
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20091207/NEWS05/91207025/Judge-says--no--to-defense-request-in-NY-bomb-plot

(U.S.) Georgia: 2 convicted terror plotters to be sentenced
-- Ehsanul Islam Sadequee and Syed Haris Ahmed
-- "Sadequee was also accused of trying to aid a Pakistani-based terror group"
http://www.ajc.com/news/2-convicted-terror-plotters-230253.html

(U.S.) California: FBI responds to claim of man who said he spied on Muslims
-- Craig Monteilh
http://www.ocregister.com/news/fbi-222490-muslim-agency.html

(UK) Birmingham brothers 'fighting for Taliban'
-- Sun Mercury: "The former Midland recruiting chief of radical Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir has revealed how he recruited hundreds of Midland students – including six who went on to fight for the Taliban."
http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/12/06/birmingham-brothers-fighting-for-taliban-66331-25328873/

(UK) Al-Qaeda and a decade of terror
-- Michael Burleigh: "Islamism is an ugly form of supremacism"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/6749094/Al-Qaeda-and-a-decade-of-terror.html

(Iraq) Two separate attacks kill 7 Iraqis, including members of Sahwa
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2045100&Language=en

(Iraq) Baghdad school bombing kills five
http://geo.tv/12-7-2009/54263.htm
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2045081&Language=en

(Iraq) Chemical Ali moved to Baghdad in preparation for his execution
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6946714.ece

Kuwait: Imam jailed for collecting Al-Qaeda money
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.4079418930

Lebanon: Arrest warrants issued for Fatah al-Islam suspects
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=109540

'Iran can now produce nuclear bomb'
-- "MI research division chief says Teheran has missiles that can carry nukes and reach Israel"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260181012294&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Somalia) Time Magazine: Al-Shabab: Recruiting Americans for Somalia's Jihad
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1945855,00.html?xid=rss-world&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fworld+%28TIME%3A+Top+World+Stories%29

(Somalia) Carnage in Somalia
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/12-carnage+in+somalia--bi-03

Libya: Swiss invite jihad
http://news.iafrica.com/worldnews/2099063.htm

Egypt detains 10 senior Muslim Brotherhood members
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ibSCxAl5qhL9Fy7iVj0wfgNyuvRA

(Somalia/Yemen) US to check Al-Qaeda fallout on Yemen, Somalia
http://www.haveeru.com.mv/english/details/28646
-- Yemen teeters on brink of failure
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-yemen-failed6-2009dec06,0,1224610.story

(Sudan) Second Darfur Attack Kills 2 More UN Peacekeepers
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/Second-Darfur-Attack-Kills-2-More-UN-Peacekeepers-78602327.html

(Russia) Echo of Moscow: Three arrested over terroristic attempt against Nevsky Express train
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n202557

Northern Ireland: Pipe bomb attacks in Londonderry
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8398473.stm

Greece: 200 arrested as protesters clash with police in Athens
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/6746602/Greece-200-arrested-as-protesters-clash-with-police-in-Athens.html
-- Anarchy in Athens
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/6753496/Greece-riots-masked-youths-smash-store-windows-and-hurl-firebombs-at-riot-police-in-Athens.html

(Thailand) Bomb kills two, wounds 11 people in Thai south
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-44534720091207

Philippines: Muslim rebels attack Philippine troops after massacre
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=88917
-- Philippines feud breaks out into armed rebellion
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6947117.ece

(Sri Lanka) New Tamil militant group 'to relaunch insurgency'
-- "The People's Liberation Army, which has links to the PLO and Cuba, is threatening to target economic and military centres"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6946605.ece

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Jordan: "Honor Killing" by Brother of Pregnant Sister
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/jordan-honor-killing-by-brother-of-pregnant-sister/

Jordan: Report that Queen Rania to Give "Quiet Support" to Change Laws Giving "Impunity" on "Honor Killings"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/jordan-report-that-queen-rania-to-give-quiet-support-to-change-laws-giving-impunity-on-honor-killings/

Spain: Woman Abducted, Sentenced to Death Under Sharia, by Islamic Supremacist Kidnappers on Adultery Charge
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/spain-woman-kidnapped-by-supremacists/

UK: "Honor crime up by 40% due to rising fundamentalism"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/uk-honor-crime-up-by-40-due-to-rising-fundamentalism/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1233918/Honour-crime-40-rising-fundamentalism.html

Other News:

Iran: Police Shoot Unarmed Protesters - Students and Police Clash
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/iran-students-clash-with-riot-police-as-protests-erupt-on-iranian-campuses/
-- Iranian police shoot at unarmed protesters during Tehran demonstrations
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/middleeast/iran/6753445/Iranian-police-shoot-at-unarmed-protesters-during-Tehran-demonstrations.html
-- Iran: Students clash with riot police as protests erupt on Iranian campuses
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6947389.ece

Pakistan Daily Times: "Gojra report proposes amending blasphemy laws"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\07\story_7-12-2009_pg7_2
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/pakistan-daily-times-gojra-report-proposes-amending-blasphemy-laws/

Maldives Parliament Plans Ban on Non-Islamic Houses of Worship
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/maldives-parliament-plans-ban-on-non-islamic-houses-of-worship/

Egypt's glass house
-- "Grand Mufti Ali Goma'a has attacked the Swiss decision to ban minarets, but Christians in Egypt aren't allowed to build churches"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/dec/06/swiss-minarets-christian-churches-egypt

Egypt: Veil's spread fans Egypt's fear of hard-line Islam
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jJk3EXCAefOK4xcMfhx5nWDvJZawD9CDAK8O0

Swiss minaret ban reversal vote in pipeline
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/06/AR2009120601381.html

Indonesia - Hizb ut-Tahrir Rally: Thousands urge sharia law to stem Indonesia graft
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5it3X39h8dFoK1cKnA4ObjWlPyJGg

Iraq: Musicians silenced following attacks by Iraq's Shia militia ask: ‘Why is everything forbidden?’
-- Jasim al-Asmer: "The Ba'ath regime wanted us to glorify Saddam Hussein. We do not know what the current authorities want from us. We are terrified if we sing ."
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/musicians-silenced-following-attacks-by-iraq-s-shia-militia-ask-why-is-everything-forbidden-1.990512

(Afghanistan) "Some are upset that the Code Pink leaders are leading people to get the answers they want instead of listening without bias."
http://www.wowowow.com/politics/love-shacks-taliban-sara-davidson-414630?page=0%2C1

India: 'Hawala King' Naresh Jain arrested in India
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/6753574/Hawala-King-Naresh-Jain-arrested-in-India.html

UK: "Charge dropped in honor killing"
-- "The prosecution formerly offered no evidence against Allah Yaar, 19, of Craven Terrace, Pellon, Halifax, on a charge of murdering 29-year-old Mian Shahid Mehmood."
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/Charge-dropped-in-honour-killing.5890385.jp
-- June 2008: "Investigations revealed Mr Mehmood and his wife, Yasmin, had married in secret in Pakistan – a marriage deeply disapproved of by Yasmin's family."
http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/The-honour-killing-trial-Why.4229066.jp

(UK) "Doing the extremists' dirty work -- Ignoring Muslim intolerance plays into the racists' hands"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6946577.ece

UK: "Muslim chief blasts Islamic group for its 'Zionist support'"
-- report states that Inayat Bunglawala of Muslim Council of Britain condemns British Muslims for Secular Democracy
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/24557/muslim-chief-blasts-islamic-group-its-zionist-support
-- MPAC-UK states: "The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend"
http://bit.ly/6XjYlk

(UK) 11 arrests at anti-Islam protest in England
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jcuzzL8GAnyYdhGzZ7zvY4J_lzpA

(U.S.) Anchorage Examiner reports: "Muslims building Islamic military training camps in America"
http://www.examiner.com/x-28964-Anchorage-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m12d7-Muslims-building-Islamic-military-training-camps-in-America

(U.S.) Hundreds of protesters say 'NO' to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed 9/11 terror trial in New York City
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/12/06/2009-12-06_hundreds_say_no_to_khalid.html
-- FOX News Video: Americans Speak Out Against Eric Holder's Terror Trial Decision
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkXFpOAT5gg
-- CSPAN Report on Protest
http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/290460-1
-- CSPAN Video of Protest
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/ID/216399
-- 9/11 Families Rally Against NY Trial
http://www.wpix.com/news/local/wpix-911-trial-rally,0,7843699.story
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/05/national/main5903851.shtml
-- Angry New Yorkers Denounce Terror Trials, Demand Holder's Resignation - by Daphne Eviatar
http://washingtonindependent.com/69791/video-angry-new-yorkers-denounce-terror-trials-demand-holders-resignation
-- on Washington Independent video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egsLglUynKw&
-- Note: on video, Curtis Sliwa states "if it is death they want, then it is death that we should give them"
-- NRA promoter interviewed states that the administration is trying "embarrass the white race" (1:39)