[unitedstatesaction.com news] January 1, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

January 1, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

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Pakistan - Ashura blast: Police arrested mastermind 10 days before Karachi blast?
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\01\story_1-1-2010_pg7_8
-- Ashura blast: Did the bomber blow himself with his head down?
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\01\story_1-1-2010_pg12_1

Pakistan: Two killed as NATO supply tankers attacked in Qalat
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\01\story_1-1-2010_pg7_7

Pakistan: US missile strike kills three in Pakistan
-- AFP: "Missiles from a US drone slammed into a car killing three militants Friday, the second such strike in two days in Pakistan's tribal region of North Waziristan, security officials said."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hob3b1MoWI6iNc0L3gcVwvgkZ3nA
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\01\story_1-1-2010_pg7_3

Pakistan Taliban Mehsud's aide held, reveals plot to attack Wagah
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Mehsuds-aide-held-reveals-plot-to-attack-Wagah-/articleshow/5401185.cms

Pakistan: Benazir murder case: UN commission denied access to military top brass
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\01\story_1-1-2010_pg1_3

(Afghanistan) CIA base attacked in Afghanistan supported airstrikes against al-Qaeda, Taliban
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR2009123100541.html?hpid=topnews
-- CIA bombing raises question about safety protocols
http://bit.ly/5XEogA
-- Suicide bomber entered US base as potential CIA informant
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Suicide-bomber-entered-US-base-as-potential-CIA-informant/articleshow/5401885.cms
-- NYT: CIA takes on expanded role on front lines
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34648242/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/

(Afghanistan) British soldier killed in Afghanistan blast
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2051298&Language=en

(Afghanistan) France Televisions journalists 'kidnapped in Afghanistan'
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/france-televisions-journalists-kidnapped-in-afghanistan/story-e6frfkui-1225815167385

(Afghanistan) London Times "analyst" Tom Coghlan describes CIA efforts as "dirty war"
-- commentor asks "Can i ask which side you are actually on?"
-- another commentor asks "Several aspects of this information seem to be sympathetic to the "Taleban", and disparaging to the defending parties. Is this a correct impression?"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6972940.ece#comment-have-your-say

(U.S.) Continuing Reports on Abdulmutallab Foiled Terror Plot
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/abdulmutallab.html

January 1 Abdulmutallab Reports

-- Obama's aides begin briefing him on homeland-security problems
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/80460127.html
-- US officials to review security measures with intl airport leaders
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2051250&Language=en

-- Official: Apparent contact between AbdulMutallab and radical cleric
--- "Terror suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab appears to have had direct contacts with radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN Thursday."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/31/abdulmutallab.terror.radical.cleric/index.html
-- U.S.-Yemeni cleric was 'very aware' of Nigerian -- (spells name differently Anwar al-Aulaqi)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34650399/ns/world_news-washington_post/
-- Focus on Internet Imams as Recruiters for Al Qaeda
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/us/01imam.html

-- Detroit bomber: suspect started journey in Ghana, Nigeria says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/nigeria/6918614/Detroit-bomber-suspect-started-journey-in-Ghana-Nigeria-says.html

-- Nigeria Failed to Use Airport Scanners Provided By The United States
http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/9866

-- Nigeria: Religious hatred simmers in terror suspect's homeland
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/12/30/Nigeria.violence/

-- UK reviews security, screening after Detroit attack
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60000B20100101
-- Gordon Brown orders airport security review
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8436758.stm

-- UK: Police search property in hunt for Detroit bomber's British network
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6917559/Police-search-property-in-hunt-for-Detroit-bombers-British-network.html

-- Double life of 'gifted and polite' terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6973007.ece

-- Somali's release is blow to Detroit-plane probe -- already freed
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/80460287.html

-- U.S. State Department changing how visa information handled, source says
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/12/31/terror.visas/

(U.S.) TSA nominee misled Congress about accessing confidential records
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR2009123102257.html?hpid=topnews
-- TSA Nominee Misled Congress; White House Defends
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/01/white-house-defends-tsa-nominee/

UK: Al-Qaeda on brink of launching new atrocity bid, warns Gordon Brown
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/01/01/al-qaeda-on-brink-of-launching-new-atrocity-bid-warns-gordon-brown-86908-21935087/

UK: You are too soft on the fanatics, US tells Britain
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/149084/You-are-too-soft-on-the-fanatics-US-tells-Britain
-- London Times Report Appears Defensive of Taliban as Condemning CIA's "Dirty War"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6972940.ece#comment-have-your-say
-- MI5: More terrorist plots from Irish Republicans than Islamic extremists
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6917871/MI5-More-terrorist-plots-from-Irish-Republicans-than-Islamic-extremists.html

UK/Iraq: Peter Moore: US 'arranged secret prisoner exchange'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/6920878/Peter-Moore-US-arranged-secret-prisoner-exchange.html
-- Freed Iraq hostage Peter Moore denies Iranian involvement in kidnapping
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6973031.ece
-- Claim and counterclaim over Iran’s involvement in Peter Moore capture
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6973018.ece

Jordan indicts 10 Islamists on terrorism charges
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1522729.php/Jordan-indicts-10-Islamists-on-terrorism-charges

West Bank: In sharp contrast with Gaza, casualties decline in West Bank
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR2009123101935.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Iran: Israel seeks 'crippling' Iran sanctions
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1261364564164&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

MEMRI: Lebanon - The Culture of Martyrdom - Lebanese Shiite Women and Babies Commemorate the Death of Imam Hussein and His Baby in the Battle of Karbala
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/2322.htm
-- Video
http://www.memri.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/2322.htm

MEMRI: Children in the Jihadi Cause - An Ansar Al-Mujahideen Video Compilation
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3875.htm

Egypt: Leading Egypt clerics back Gaza tunnel barrier
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100101/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaegyptsmugglingislam_20100101111044

Somalia's Shabab pledges to help Yemen’s Qaeda
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/01/01/95986.html

Indonesia: Confusion over Bali terror warning from US embassy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/dec/31/us-warns-terror-attack-bali

(Canada) Hizballah Flag and Nazi Salutes in Toronto
http://frontpagemag.com/2009/12/31/hizballah-flag-and-nazi-salutes-in-toronto-by-robert-spencer/

Other News:

France: Scores of cars burned, hundreds arrested over French New Year
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/scores-of-cars-burned-hundreds-arrested-over-french-new-year/story-e6frfku0-1225815367227

Iran: Opposition leader denounces Iran's crackdown
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fgw-iran-mousavi2-2010jan02,0,2347970.story

Senegal's President Apologizes for Insult to Christians
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Senegals-President-Apologizes-for-Insult-to-Christians--80424072.html

Chinese Muslim region adopts law on national unity
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/31/AR2009123100337.html

(U.S.) America's armed militia on the rise
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/6917525/Americas-armed-militia-on-the-rise.html

UK: "Glen Jenvey, man behind Sun's Sugar splash, arrested over religious hatred"
-- "Self-styled terror expert involved in Sun's fabricated story about Islamic extremist hitlist held over incitement to religious hatred" against Jews
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/dec/31/glen-jenvey-arrested

Against Nazi News:

Poland seeks Swedish help in Auschwitz theft probe
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iBZnoCrvDzRYmK6bGBtHo13gzXuQ

Against Totalitarian News:

(North Korea) Report: "NKorea calls for end of hostile relations with US"
http://bit.ly/5J4qLy

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