Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] January 25, 2010

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(Pakistan) 'Ready for talks with reconcilable Taliban'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\26\story_26-1-2010_pg1_1
-- Pakistan 'ready' to facilitate talks with Taliban
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2010/0126/1224263121304.html

Pakistan: "On the trail of the Taliban in Quetta"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8472740.stm

Success in Afghanistan linked to Pak willingness to act: US
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Success-in-Afghanistan-linked-to-Pak-willingness-to-act-US/articleshow/5501099.cms

(Afghanistan) U.N. Seeks to Drop Some Taliban From Terror List -- Kai Eide
-- NYT: "The leader of the United Nations mission here called on Afghan officials to seek the removal of at least some senior Taliban leaders from the United Nations' list of terrorists, as a first step toward opening direct negotiations with the insurgent group."
-- "In an interview, Kai Eide, the United Nations special representative, also implored the American military to speed its review of the roughly 750 detainees in its military prisons here — another principal grievance of Taliban leaders. Until recently, the Americans were holding those prisoners at a makeshift detention center at Bagram Air Base and refusing to release their names."
-- "Together, Mr. Eide said he hoped that the two steps would eventually open the way to face-to-face talks between Afghan officials and Taliban leaders, many of whom are hiding in Pakistan. The two sides have been at an impasse for years over almost every fundamental issue, including the issue of talking itself."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/25/world/asia/25taliban.html
-- IslamOnline: "UN Wants Taliban off Terror List"
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout&cid=1264249731370&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

(Afghanistan) Karzai to seek removal of Taliban from UN blacklist
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/karzai-to-seek-removal-of-taliban-from-un-blacklist-20100126-mvge.html
-- Karzai: Taliban Reconciliation Has West's Support
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583827,00.html?test=latestnews

(Afghanistan) UK Foreign Minister David Miliband calls for talks with Taliban: Include rebels in government, he urges Kabul
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1245688/Afghanistan-parliamentary-elections-cancelled-months-security-fears.html?ITO=1490

(Afghanistan) London draft sees 2011 start to Afghan handover
-- meeting scheduled in UK for Thursday, January 28
-- Reuters: "Afghan troops may be managing some provinces as early as 2011, with NATO-led forces in a supporting role, paving the way for the start of a U.S. military draw-down in 18 months."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60N1IE20100124
-- Draft communique for London Afghanistan conference
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60N15F20100124
-- November 2006: Accept defeat by Taliban, Pakistan tells Nato
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1535524/Accept-defeat-by-Taliban-Pakistan-tells-Nato.html

(Afghanistan) "British troops face five more years in Helmand"
-- London Times: "Leaked draft of communique for this week's conference foresees bloody endgame which will see bribes paid to insurgents"
--- "Participating governments are also expected to agree to bribes totaling hundreds of millions of pounds which will be paid to leading insurgents in the hope that they will stop fighting."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7000999.ece

(Afghanistan) German foreign minister pushes to give Taliban members an opt-out plan
-- "German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle wants Taliban members to be paid for putting down their weapons. Germany is to push for the plan at a conference this week, but U.S. officials say there’s no time for debate."
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5165489,00.html
--- Westerwelle backs plan to buy off Taliban
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20100124-24787.html

(Afghanistan/Turkey) Talks with Taliban loom over Pakistani-Afghan summit
-- Reuters: "Istanbul - The leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan will seek closer cooperation in the fight against militants during a summit in Istanbul on Monday, but a plan to reach out to Taliban insurgents will likely dominate the talks."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_afghanistan_pakistan_turkey

(Afghanistan) General McChrystal sees Taliban role
-- McCrystal: 'As a soldier, my personal feeling is that there’s been enough fighting'
-- FT quotes McCrystal: "Asked if he would be content to see Taliban leaders in a future government in Kabul, he said: 'I think any Afghans can play a role if they focus on the future, and not the past.'"
-- "The remarks reveal the growing faith the US military is placing in the hope that a power-sharing arrangement can end the war, a possibility floated in Islamabad last week by Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, when he described the Taliban as part of Afghanistan's 'political fabric'"
-- "The prospect that an eight-year war could end with some Taliban leaders in power represents a remarkable turnround in a campaign launched in part to punish the movement for allowing Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, to organise the September 11 2001 attacks on the US from Afghan territory"
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/30b0c4d8-091f-11df-ba88-00144feabdc0.html
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/McChrystal_sees_Taliban_role_012410.pdf
-- NATO Commander Hopes for Peace Deal With Taliban
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/NATO-Commander-Hopes-for-Peace-Deal-With-Taliban-82584247.html
-- McChrystal hopes to force peace deal with Taliban - report
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/25/worldupdates/2010-01-25T083226Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-456494-1&sec=Worldupdates

(Afghanistan) U.S. briefing: Taliban increasingly effective
http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/25/u-s-briefing-taliban-increasingly-effective/

Afghanistan will take longer to tackle than Iraq, General David Petraeus says
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7000868.ece

(Iraq) At least 36 killed in Baghdad suicide bombings
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35056295/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

Iraqi police breaks Qaeda cell
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2056912&Language=en

Iraq: Saddam's cousin 'Chemical Ali' executed
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4239915875

(India) Pakistan tunnels near border worry government
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pak-tunnels-near-border-worry-government/articleshow/5496241.cms

(U.S.) Chicago: Arraignment set for Chicago terrorism suspect -- Tahawwur Hussain Rana
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CHICAGO_TERRORISM_CHARGES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-01-25-09-30-18

(U.S.) Additional Reports on Sunday Bin Laden Tape
-- U.S.: Bin Laden tape no need for alarm
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/25/bin-laden-tape-no-need-for-alarm-us-says/
-- London Times: "Fears of new attack as bin Laden reclaims front line of global jihad"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article7000386.ece
-- ABC: "'From Osama to Obama,' Bin Laden Delivers New Threats" - an additional report
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/osama-bin-laden-addresses-president-obama-audio-tape/story?id=9650267
-- MEMRI: "New Osama Bin Laden Tape Taking Credit for Christmas Day Plot"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3925.htm

US diplomat defends terror country watchlist
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iQ8q7xB2oL0CoPXsiTOE9LyTpQ7Q

(U.S.) Senator Charles Schumer: End terror 'tourism'
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/schumer_end_terror_tourism_eNsg2Ozg4pGcc5lbknunxJ

(U.S.) Major Hasan and the Ideological Blinders - by Walid Phares
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/major_hasan_and_the_ideologica.html

U.S. Mulls Legality of Killing American al Qaeda "Turncoat" Anwar al Awlaki
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-mulls-legality-killing-american-al-qaeda-turncoat/story?id=9651830

(UK) US intelligence and London conference trigger new MI5 terror alert
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7000874.ece
-- Terror: 'Be alert' warns UK Foreign Minister David Miliband
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/810227-terror-be-alert-warns-minister

(UK) Hamza Tzortzis: Islamist front man goes on speaking tour
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/01/24/islamist-front-man-goes-on-speaking-tour/

Gaza militants: We nearly abducted an IDF soldier
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1144520.html

Jordan: Ten suspects go on trial in Jordan terror plot
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hemh-tO0lX767M9U0yu2BoQlH8FA

(Iran) Merkel: Sanctions will be a tragedy for the Iranian people
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147976563&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Lebanon: Hezbollah's relocation of rocket sites to Lebanon's interior poses wider threat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/22/AR2010012204494.html

Lebanon rules out terrorism in Ethiopian Airlines crash
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1528146.php/Lebanon-rules-out-terrorism-in-Ethiopian-Airlines-crash-Extra

(Yemen) 43 grilled for links to Xmas bombing
Several people arrested in Yemen in connection with failed terror attack are foreigners, official says.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147977586&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Yemen) Al Qaeda did checkpoint attack, Yemen official says
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE60O0TM.htm

Somalia: Plan to integrate ex-militias into security forces
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/FBUO-822HYG?OpenDocument&rc=1&cc=som

South Africa: UK Islam Channel CEO held for questioning by SA police
-- Mohammed Ali Harrath "has been one of Interpol's most wanted for nearly 20 years"
http://bit.ly/7auynk
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7002273.ece

Nigeria: Religious Hate Explodes, Shaming Both Christians and Muslims
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/nigeria-religious-hate-explodes/

Nigeria riots: 'Our homes were razed'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8478335.stm

Nigerian Anglican Bishop Kidnapped, Held for Ransom
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100125/anglican-bishop-kidnapped-in-nigeria/index.html

Nigerian Archbishop calls on Muslims to hand back the dead
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7002320.ece

Nigeria: Frightened Residents Flee Nigerian City of Jos
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Frightened-Residents-Flee-Nigerian-City-of-Jos-82606062.html
-- We are 'messing up', says top Nigerian cleric
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hBQlp9G2VsWJY0--eZROnk1UGeiw
-- Nigeria violence said to be work of past offenders
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE60O0FE20100125
-- Uneasy calm in Nigeria following sectarian clashes
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5166118,00.html
-- Plateau Christians allege genocide by GOC
http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201001253384846
-- Activists want police probed
http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/News/National/5516955-147/activists_want_police__probed_.csp
-- Extremism source of Nigeria trouble
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/848750/-/124bbcnz/-/
-- Jos Crisis: Anxiety heightens over rumoured attack on churches
http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2010012417165521

(Norway) Shots fired at mullah's Norway apartment
-- Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad, known as Mullah Krekar
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/01/25/Shots-fired-at-mullahs-Norway-apartment/UPI-75321264427764/

Other News:

Burma: Aung San Suu Kyi 'will be released in November'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/burmamyanmar/7068391/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-will-be-released-in-November.html

Iran crackdown a 'human rights disaster,' report says
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/24/iran.human.rights/

Saudi Wahhabi extremists force Shia worshippers to pray on the street
http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=176681

"Ethnic cleansing spreading in Muslim world"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/22/islams-war-against-others/

Indonesia: Churches torched by Muslim mob in Indonesia
-- AP reports: "A Muslim mob torched unlicensed churches and priest's home in western Indonesia last week and security forces have deployed to ensure order, a government spokesman said Monday."
-- "No one was hurt when hundreds of villagers burned down two Protestant churches Friday in Sibuhuan village, North Sumatra provincial spokesman Baharuddin Djafar said. No arrests were made, but he promised authorities would 'investigate the case and bring the perpetrators to court.' "
-- "Christians say it has become increasingly difficulty to obtain licenses to operate churches and that violence is more frequent."
http://newsok.com/churches-torched-by-muslim-mob-in-indonesia/article/feed/126934?custom_click=rss

(Malaysia) High Court quashes ban on Sisters in Islam book
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100125161549/Article/index_html

(UK) University College of London: Don't blame us, says student Islamic society
-- "Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to blow up a plane, ran the UCL Islamic Society"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/dont-blame-us-says-student-islamic-society-1877859.html

(UK) The UK's world role: Great Britain's greatness fixation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/25/britain-world-role-europe-us

UK: Graffiti attack on Stoke mosque ahead of race rally
-- BBC: "A mosque in Stoke-on-Trent was sprayed with graffiti referring to the upcoming English Defence League rally."
-- "An English Defence League rally in Stoke-on-Trent on Sunday resulted in three people being charged with race offences."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/8478922.stm

Jordan to host key Islamic finance forum
http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=BANK&artid=173753

Qatar Islamic Malaysia Unit Plans $150 Million Funds in Asia
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601208&sid=aVGkeiNLGp2U

(U.S.) LA Times: "Marketing to Muslims poses a challenge for retailers"
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-muslim-consumers25-2010jan25,0,6460657.story

(U.S.) "Islam Is ... Finally Being Fixed on Google"
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/25/islam-broken-according-google/

"Pakistan Christian Congress leaders demand Justice not Money' for Christian victims of Islamic Violence"
-- "The leaders of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC International Wing have strongly condemned rape and killing of 12 years old girl Shazia Bashir in Lahore and urged government of Pakistan to ensure justice."
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1674

Rosner's Domain: 71% of Americans have "favorable" view of Judaism
http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/rosner/entry/71_of_americans_have_favorable

Against Nazi News:

Colorado: "Neo-Nazis taking act on the road"
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/colorado-neo-nazis-taking-act-on-the-road/

Greece: 4th arrest over Crete synagogue burning
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147975140&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Sweden: Extremist Swede gives anti-Islam party millions -- Patrik Brinkmann
http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100124-24791.html
--- May 14, 2009 - Swedish neo-Nazi to set up shop in Berlin -- Patrik Brinkmann
http://www.thelocal.se/19458/20090514/

Polish Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek: 'Jews exploit Holocaust as propaganda'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147976335&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China Ups the Ante in Internet Row With U.S.
-- WSJ: "China stepped up its verbal feud with the U.S. over the Internet, with a commentator in the Communist Party's main newspaper saying America is seeking to control the Internet and alleging that the U.S. used the Web to incite election protests in Iran last year"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704375604575023953019948336.html?mod=WSJ_WSJ_US_News_5

Communist China says Internet controls here to stay
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE60O01920100125?type=marketsNews

Communist China Rebukes U.S. Calls to Investigate Hacking
-- NYT: "China delivered a bristling response on Monday to the United States’ demand that it investigate recent attacks on American computers from Chinese soil, saying that any suggestion that it conducted or condoned the hackers' intrusions was 'groundless and aims to denigrate China.'"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/26/world/asia/26google.html

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