Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] December 8, 2009

December 8, 2009 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Iraq: Coordinated Bombings in Baghdad Kill at Least 121
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/world/middleeast/09iraq.html

Pakistan: Militants attack intelligence office in central Pakistan - in Multan
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,579690,00.html
-- 12 killed as Taliban target ISI in Multan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\09\story_9-12-2009_pg1_1
-- ISI building targeted in Multan; 8 die
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/07-bomb-explosion-in-multan-cantonment-ha-10
-- Pakistan Militants Bomb Multan, 100 Dead in Five Days
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aFw3KftXN2.w&pos=9
-- Militants attacks Pakistan spy agency office, 9 dead
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B31A120091208
-- Taliban claim responsibility
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\09\story_9-12-2009_pg1_2

Pakistan: Taliban to take on army in January: Hakeemullah
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\09\story_9-12-2009_pg7_9

(Pakistan) 'Lahore blasts were suicide attacks'
-- "Police say one of the bombers was an 18-year-old boy hailing from southern Punjab"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\09\story_9-12-2009_pg7_39

(Pakistan) Crackdown on terror suspects launched in Punjab
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\09\story_9-12-2009_pg7_38

Pakistan terror attacks dent Lahore's safest city image
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1208/p06s04-wosc.html

Pakistan Daily Times Commentator: "The real threat is America"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\09\story_9-12-2009_pg3_5

Pakistan: US threatens to chase Taliban into Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\09\story_9-12-2009_pg1_7

(Afghanistan) U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal to Congress: 'We can defeat the Taliban'
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1209/p02s01-usmi.html

(Afghanistan) Bin Laden death tied to al Qaeda defeat: McChrystal
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B75N120091208

Afghan interpreter may have been killed by Taliban
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Afghan+interpreter+have+been+killed+Taliban/2318248/story.html

(U.S.) American extremists pose growing threat, U.S. say
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-terror_08nat.ART.State.Edition1.be356b.html

(Iraq) Baghdad car bombs blamed on Syria and Islamists by Iraqi government
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/08/bagdad-car-bombs-iraq

Iraq: Italian minister links Al-Qaeda to Baghdad attacks
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4083494317

(U.S.) Did US group raise funds for Hamas? - on Viva Palestine
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260181024418&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(UK) Minister warns against using funds to spy on Muslim groups - Prevent program
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/1209/1224260355751.html
-- Communities Secretary John Denham to end Government's counter-terrorism strategy - Prevent program
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/12/08/denham-to-end-muslim-terrror-plan-115875-21881144/

Lebanon: "Hizbullah Leader Nasrallah in Major Address: 'Confusion and Powerlessness' of U.S. Economy Reflects Structural Crisis in Capitalism; American Arrogance Has Left Us No Option But Resistance"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3820.htm

'Iran can now produce nuclear bomb'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260181012294&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- Iranian Uranium Sufficient for Bomb, Israeli General Says
http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20091208_5196.php

Israel arrests Islamic Jihad member in Nablus raid
http://arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=129280&d=9&m=12&y=2009&pix=world.jpg&category=World

(Mali/Mauritania) Al Qaeda Claims Kidnappings Of Frenchman And 3 Spaniards - TV
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091208-700223.html

Yemen sentences four Al-Qaeda members to 4-7 years
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2045524&Language=en

Sudan rejects war crimes warrant for leader
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/12/08/sudan.un.ambassador/index.html

(Thailand) Blast kills 2 in southern Thailand, police say
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/07/thailand.bombing/

Philippine troops hunt for 3,000 gunmen
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iwakwpIkmH2VBx7F07krsoTHBTWA

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Jordan: Father Gets Only 15 Years Prison for "Honor Killing" Murder of Daughter
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/jordan-father-gets-only-15-years-prison-for-honor-killing-murder-of-daughter/
-- AFP: "Man jailed 15 years for honour killing"
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/man-jailed-15-years-for-honour-killing/story-e6frf7jx-1225808447769
-- "A Jordanian court sentenced a man to 15 years' hard labour yesterday after convicting him of killing his daughter for allegedly having sex with her husband before their marriage in 2007."
-- " 'The man, in his sixties, knew that his daughter, 25, was involved in an affair with a man, and decided to allow her to marry him,' a judicial official said."
-- " 'But after the wedding he shot her several times. He made sure she was dead, before handing himself in to police and confessing to the crime.' "
-- "Murder is punishable by death in Jordan but in so-called 'honour' cases a court sometimes commutes or reduces sentences, particularly if the victim's family urges leniency."

UK - Tulay Goren Trial: Defense Attorney - 'No evidence' against uncle over honour killing
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jVKNGGIj0tRP0RBJL5YMqDjzkWdg
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8401548.stm
-- Judge sums up in honour kill case
-- "Jurors were told by a judge to put aside sympathy when they consider the alleged "honour killing" of a 15-year-old by her father and uncles."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8401548.stm

Other News:

Iran: 200 arrested in student protests
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260181022442&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran prosecutor vows no more "leniency" for protesters after nationwide university marches
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/breakingnews/78758247.html

East Africa: Hizb ut-Tahrir expanding in East Africa
http://bit.ly/4wn0O9

UK: Hizb ut-Tahrir speaker event on Queen Marys campus cancelled
http://www.studentrights.org.uk/2009/12/breaking-news-hizb-ut-tahrir-event-tonight-queen-mary-university/
-- "Hizb ut Tahrir: new tentacles spreading in London"
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100019185/hizb-ut-tahrir-new-tentacles-spreading-in-london/
--- My research also shows referenced December 8 meeting at Queen Mary, University of London appears to have been canceled
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=226126430852&ref=mf
http://www.qmul.ac.uk/events/index.php

UK: Islamic Supremacist Group Launches "Jesus4Shariah" Campaign
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/jesus4shariah-campaign/

(UK) Muslim woman 'abused' over dress by Christian hotelier
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8401685.stm

Swiss anti-Islam vote draws protests from Jews and Christians
http://jta.org/news/article/2009/12/07/1009563/anti-islam-vote-in-switzerland-draws-protests-from-jews-and-christians

France: Sarkozy defends Switzerland minaret ban
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/08/sarkozy-sympathises-minaret-ban-switzerland

Kuwaiti Liberals Criticize Islamist Demand That Women MPs Wear Veil
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3818.htm

Indonesian Islamic banks to expand further in 2010
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/12/08/indonesian-islamic-banks-expand-further-2010.html