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December 9, 2009 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Events:
-- December 10 - Human Rights Day
-- December 10, 2009 – Human Rights Day Remarks – Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/december-10-2009-real-usa-remarks/
-- December 10, 2009 – DC Human Rights Day News Conference
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/december-10-2009-human-rights-day-news-conference/
-- December 10, 2009 – R.E.A.L. Europe Human Rights Day Event
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/december-10-real-europe/

Newslinks:

Muslims account for 85 percent of casualties in al Qaeda attacks
http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/12/muslims_account_for_85_percent.php

(Pakistan) Retired Pakistani major charged with acting as al-Qaeda go-between
-- "Abdur Rehman Hashim has been charged in absentia by the FBI with plotting terrorist attacks in Denmark and India, and co-odinating terrorist raids with a leading al-Qaeda commander closely linked with senior Pakistani veterans"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6772056/Retired-Pakistani-major-charged-with-acting-as-al-Qaeda-go-between.html

Pakistan's Peshawar, Epicentre Of Jihad
http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-44586220091209
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/09/world/international-uk-pakistan-peshawar.html?_r=1&ref=global-home

(Pakistan) Boys' school blown up in Bara
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\10\story_10-12-2009_pg7_26

Pakistan's aid could defeat Haqqani network: McChrystal
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\10\story_10-12-2009_pg1_6

(Pakistan) FATA: Three Taliban killed in Bajaur
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\10\story_10-12-2009_pg7_22

Pakistan arrests 5 men reported missing in United States
-- "five were from Virginia... preliminary investigations suggest they had sought to link up with the Jaish-e-Mohammed and Jamaat ud Dawa militant organizations"
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/12/09/pakistan.arrests/index.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6775138/Five-Americans-arrested-in-Pakistan-over-suspected-links-to-terrorist-groups.html
-- Five men from N.Va. arrested in Pakistan in terrorism probe
--- "Two U.S. officials said one of the men left a "farewell" video behind saying Muslims must be defended, and showing images of U.S. casualties"
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/12/five-men-nva-arrested-pakistan-terrorism-probe

Pakistan Reportedly Detains Five D.C.-Area Muslims on Suspicion of Terror
-- DPO "names the five as Ahmed Abdullah, Waqar Hassan Khan, Eman Hassan, Yasir and Rami Zamzam and describes them as two Yemenis, an Egyptian, a Swede and a U.S.-born Pakistani"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1557/authorities-search-for-five-missing-dc-area
-- Jaish-e-Muhammed: A Primer
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2009/12/jaish-e-muhammed-a-primer

(U.S./India/Pakistan) Chicago: Terror suspect has roots in Pakistan, U.S. -- David Headley
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/12/09/headley.profile/index.html

(U.S./India/Pakistan) Chicago: David Headley planned attacks on Jews in India
http://expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?title=Headley%20planned%20attacks%20on%20Jews%20in%20India&artid=LdHmecibz7A=&type=
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Headley-plotted-attacks-on-Jewish-centres-in-5-cities/articleshow/5320190.cms
-- Headley's cellphone, flat in dead persons' name
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Headleys-cellphone-apartment-in-dead-persons-name/articleshow/5319416.cms

(U.S./India/Pakistan) Chicago: Terror Suspect Failed a Test -- David Headley
-- "Answers to Airport Inspector's Questions in August Led to Arrest in '08 Mumbai Case"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126031945175982795.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories

(U.S./India/Pakistan) Chicago terror suspect pleads not guilty -- David Headley
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34348236/ns/us_news-security/
-- Headley denies role in 26/11 attacks
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Headley-denies-role-in-26/11-attacks/articleshow/5320895.cms

(U.S.) Arizona: Former Holy Land Foundation representative in Arizona gets sentenced this week
-- Dallas Morning News: "Akram Musa Abdallah, 55, a U.S. citizen from Jordan, faces up to eight years in prison for lying to federal agents about his involvement with Holy Land"
http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/12/a-man-who-pleaded-guilty.html

(U.S.) Fort Hood Attack: FBI to probe panels that reviewed e-mails from alleged Fort Hood gunman
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/08/AR2009120801731.html
-- FOX: Republicans Accuse White House of Sitting on Fort Hood Review
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/09/republicans-accuse-white-house-sitting-fort-hood-review/

(U.S.) Attorney General Eric Holder in NYC for Terror Trial Summit
-- Grand Jury Has Already Begun Hearing Testimony on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/york-grand-jury-hears-evidence-911-terror-trial/story?id=9291998

(U.S.) TSA Breaches Own Security Protocol - video
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9285310
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/12/09/am.tsa.manual.leak.cnn
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/08/AR2009120803206.html
-- TSA puts 5 on leave after security manual hits Internet
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/12/09/tsa.training.manual/index.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/private-contractor-posted-secret-tsa-screening-manual-online/story?id=9291018
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/09/AR2009120901883.html

(U.S.) Congress: Passengers Can Bring Guns on Amtrak Trains
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Blotter/congress-passengers-bring-guns-amtrak-trains/story?id=9290167

(U.S.) Administration affirms Bush stance on biological threats
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/09/AR2009120900803.html

(Afghanistan) Gates says Karzai on "same page" with US regarding new strategy in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2045823&Language=en

(Afghanistan) Men behind Obama's surge, McChrystal and Eikenberry, put on united front
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6949408.ece

(Afghanistan) Petraeus Predicts That Surge Progress in Afghanistan Will Be Slow
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/09/kerry-underscores-importance-pakistan-war-strategy/?test=latestnews
-- Petraeus: Bloodshed will increase in Afghanistan
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/09/petraeus-bloodshed-will-increase-afghanistan-comin/?feat=home_cube_position1
-- Pakistani Army has 'degraded' Taliban groups: Petraeus
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\10\story_10-12-2009_pg7_25
-- October 2008: "General David Petraeus said Wednesday that attempts are being made to open talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan and that the United States should be prepared to engage with its enemies."
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Petraeus

(Afghanistan) Taliban warn Korean govt. against sending troops to Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2045767&Language=en
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/12/10/2009121000449.html

(Afghanistan) Obama to tackle Afghan war in Nobel speech
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091210/pl_nm/us_nobel_obama

(India/Pakistan) AKI: "Pakistan: Weapons trucks seized from India"
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4087231056

Iraq: Attacks do not signal return to post-Saddam era, says expert
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4087325768
-- Iraq Christians Face More Bloodshed As Bombings Kill 118
http://www.bosnewslife.com/10106-news-alert-iraq-christians-face-more-bloodshed-as-bombings-kill-118

Iraqi PM Maliki sacks security chief over bombings
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/iraqi-pm-maliki-sacks-security-chief-over-bombings/story-e6frg6so-1225808998800

Kuwaiti sent home from Guantanamo -- US Justice Dept.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2045918&Language=en

(UK) Bomb plot leader's friends convicted of terror offenses - transatlantic jet plot
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6950786.ece
-- Two found guilty of terrorism offenses - Adam Khatib and Nabeel Hussain
-- Adam Khatib "convicted of plotting mass murder by blowing up passenger jets"
-- "The factory worker also became fascinated with radical Islam as a teenager and visited Lahore in Pakistan with Ali, the trial heard"
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/4786095.WALTHAM_FOREST__Two_found_guilty_of_terrorism_offences/

(Saudi Arabia) From 'Gitmo poet' to Qaeda kingpin - Suleiman al Rubaish
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/from_gitmo_poet_to_qaeda_kingpin_aUY3mBuOh7HOdau5hBeta

(Israel) IDF thwarts potential terror attack
-- "20-year-old Palestinian man arrested at Kalandia checkpoint after troops find 6 pipe bombs in bag"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260181032140&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Hamas preparing advanced rockets and 'offensive' tunnels
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260181035814&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Hamas: Animated Feature on Hamas TV Children's Show 'Pioneers of Tomorrow': Jews Educate Children To Hate, Kill Arabs
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3826.htm

Hamas: US passes bill on media 'terrorists'
-- "singled out Hamas's Al-Aksa TV and Al-Rafidayn TV as candidates for becoming Specially Designated Global Terrorists"
-- "New legislation by House of Representatives labels certain Mideast media outlets terrorist entities."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260181035590&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Yemen: Tribal gunmen kill soldier in ambush
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2045911&Language=en

(Africa) Drug cash fueling terrorism in the Sahel region of Africa
http://en.afrik.com/news13187.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+afriken+%28Afrik.com+%3A+Africa+and+Maghreb%27s+news%29
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8402820.stm

Somali Christian Flees Refugee Camp Under Death Threat
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/somalia/12417/

(Somalia) Drones are latest weapon against Somali piracy
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6950932.ece

(Mauritania) Al Qaeda confirm hostages are "in good health" - Spanish hostages
http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/17398/al-qaeda-confirm-hostages-are-in-good-health

(Russia) Two men sentenced to jail for 1999 terrorism attacks in Moscow
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1517958.php/Two-men-sentenced-to-jail-for-1999-terrorism-attacks-in-Moscow

(Philippines) Al Qaeda-linked militants behead Philippine hostage: official
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gwCTLiSTL1J2mXIJmmA8TBi4wRUg

Philippines massacre army 'killed 200 others'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6949639.ece

Other News:

(UK) Hizb ut-Tahrir barred from London university debate
-- BBC finally gets the news on this
-- "A leaflet displayed on its website once urged Muslims to 'kill [Jews] wherever you find them'."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8403089.stm

(UK) Scotland: Anti-Muslim rally to clash with festival
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/AntiMuslim-rally-to-clash-with.5895503.jp

UK: "Devout Christians cleared of abusing Muslim hotel guests"
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/145138/Devout-Christians-cleared-of-abusing-Muslim-hotel-guest-

Kenyan bishops concerned over Sharia law
http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=5364

Plutonium stockpile poses terrorism risk, warn scientists
http://www.profeng.com/archive/archive+2009/2221/22210016.htm

California: Local Muslims Upset Over La Mesa Church Event
-- "A pastor from a traveling ministry was introduced as a guest speaker. She was an Egyptian who converted to Christianity."
http://www.10news.com/news/21901929/detail.html

"Austrians oppose minaret ban, Italians want one"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/12/austrians-oppose-minaret-ban-italians.html

"Belgium: Majority oppose mosques and minarets"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/12/belgium-majority-oppose-mosques-and.html

France: "Nicolas Sarkozy: Muslims must be discreet about faith"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6948905.ece

"France: 41% oppose more mosques, 46% oppose minarets"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/12/france-41-oppose-more-mosques-46-oppose.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

China's most prominent dissident charged after a year in custody -- Liu Xiaobo
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6949691.ece

North Korea Freedom Coalition Releases Report on North Korea and the Universal Declaration for Human Rights
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/north-korea-freedom-coalition-releases-report-on-north-korea-and-the-universal-declaration-for-human-rights/

Against Racial Supremacism News:

'Neshoba' screening examines 1964 Mississippi murders
-- regarding 1964 murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner
-- "In 'Neshoba,' Dickoff and Pagano examine how, for more than 40 years, Mississippi refused to prosecute any of the Klansmen directly responsible for the murders, even though they bragged openly about what they did."
http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Neshoba-screening-examines-1964-Mississippi-280341.php

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