January 26-28, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
-- January 27 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/january-27-international-holocaust-remembrance-day/
http://www.un.org/holocaustremembrance/
-- Auschwitz liberation marked on Holocaust Memorial Day
--- "More than a million people died in Auschwitz"
--- "Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp survivors have been among those marking the 65th anniversary of its liberation at UK Holocaust Memorial Day events.
--- "Many attended a national commemoration at London's Guildhall, with other survivors of genocide and politicians."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8482760.stm
Newslinks:
(Afghanistan) Taliban fighters to be 'bought off' with $500 million
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7005445.ece
-- Afghanistan: Millions of dollars offered to wean away Taliban militants
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/europe/Huge-money-offered-to-wean-away-Taliban-militants/Article1-502753.aspx
-- Trust fund for Taliban to quit fight
http://bit.ly/aTGQb4
-- Paying off the Taliban - Incentive or Bribe?
http://bit.ly/b20nzx
-- Graphic showing billions of dollars of aid pledged
http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/pdfs/talebanx.pdf
Afghanistan: US Tsy Cohen: Working To Cripple Taliban Financing
-- WSJ: "Treasury is leading an inter-agency effort to develop new initiatives to disrupt financing for extremist groups operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan, he said"
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100128-711004.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
-- U.S. Treasury targets Taliban cash funding
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/29/worldupdates/2010-01-28T201337Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-457774-1&sec=Worldupdates
Afghan Loya Jirga to promote Taliban reconciliation
-- Telegraph: "The draft communique also welcomed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's plans to 'offer an honourable place in society to those willing to renounce violence' by wooing Taliban moderates with offers of money and jobs."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7093344/Afghan-Loya-Jirga-to-promote-Taliban-reconciliation.html
Afghanistan: Security transition may begin at year end
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4248991224
-- Afghanistan 'to take over security operations'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/7093723/Afghanistan-to-take-over-security-operations-within-five-years-Nato-says.html
(Afghanistan) Karzai says Afghans will need '15 years of help'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7006138.ece
-- 'British troops in Afghanistan for 10 years'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7095012/British-troops-in-Afghanistan-for-another-decade.html
(Afghanistan) Karzai reaches out to Taliban at Afghanistan conference
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/83260.html
-- London conference lays the path to Afghan exit
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1529320.php/London-conference-lays-the-path-to-Afghan-exit-2nd-Roundup
(Afghanistan) Taliban reject peace talks
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/01/taliban_reject_peace.php
-- Taliban issues statement on London conference
http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/28/taliban-issues-statement-on-london-conference/
(Afghanistan) In Advance of January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan, Senior Taliban Affairs Expert Rahimullah Yusufzai Says: 'It Would Be Naïve to Assume That the Taliban Would Cut a Deal with the U.S.... On Terms More Favorable to Islamabad than to Their Leader Mullah Omar'
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3930.htm
(Afghanistan) UN eases sanctions on five Taliban leaders
-- Abdul Wakil Mutawakil, who was a foreign minister when the Taliban were in power in Afghanistan
-- Faiz Mohammad Faizan, a former deputy commerce minister
-- Shams-us-Safa, a former foreign ministry official
-- Mohammad Musa, a deputy planning minister
-- Abdul Hakim, a former deputy frontier affairs minister.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8482264.stm
-- Russia won't block removal of former Taliban members from U.N. terrorism list
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/26/AR2010012602557.html?hpid=topnews
(Afghanistan) U.S. to back reintegration of Taliban fighters
-- Envoy Holbrooke: 'Overwhelming majority' are not ideological supporters of al-Qaida
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35098937/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\28\story_28-1-2010_pg1_5
(Afghanistan) West backs Afghan security pledges, Taliban plan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-afg-london-conf-qs-05
-- NATO, Russia, Pakistan top brass back new Afghan approach
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\28\story_28-1-2010_pg1_6
"Afghanistan, allies to launch new effort to return Taliban to society"
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-afghan-taliban27-2010jan27,0,4404811.story
-- Afghanistan Set to Push a New Reconciliation Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/world/asia/28afghan.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Afghanistan - CNN: "Your view: Negotiating with the Taliban"
http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/27/your-view-negotiating-with-the-taliban/?hpt=Mid
Afghanistan: UK Prime Minister Brown supports offer of Taliban talks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8484140.stm
Afghanistan: minister insists British troops have not died in vain
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7086075/Afghanistan-minister-insists-British-troops-have-not-died-in-vain.html
(Afghanistan) Saudi Arabia sets conditions for peace talks with Taliban
http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/260211
(Afghanistan) Aims of the London conference on Afghanistan
-- but BBC states: "Nobody thinks the Taliban leadership is ready to talk. Quite the reverse."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8480368.stm
(Afghanistan) Shadow Taliban government rules Afghans' lives
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gWl9u3ZojrsONNK4l9tiX5TViJyA
(Afghanistan) Washington Post's David Ignatius: "Military partnerships may be the nation's best path to peace"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/27/AR2010012703905_Comments.html
-- but David Ignatius assumes that "peace" can be obtained without a commitment to our unqualified universal human rights
-- The "peace" being sought is simply another way to view "surrender" on standing for our universal human rights against supremacists who oppose them.
(Afghanistan) "London meeting to launch decisive year in Afghan war"
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE60Q2TB20100127?type=usDollarRpt
(Afghanistan) Asia Times Report on Taliban and Al-Qaeda
--- Asia Times reports on U.S. Major General Michael Flynn report that states "al-Qaeda 'provides facilitation, training and some funding' to the Taliban and predicts that 'perceived insurgent success will draw foreign fighters' into Afghanistan."
--- "A former Arab mujahid who fought in Afghanistan and who claims to have been in direct communication with senior al-Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden, has told Asia Times Online that the relationship between al-Qaeda and the Taliban is much deeper."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/LA27Df02.html
(Afghanistan/Pakistan) Al Qaeda, Pakistan ISI blamed for Quran burning
-- CNN: "The Afghan government is blaming Pakistani intelligence agents and al Qaeda for burned Qurans found in Helmand Province last week"
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/28/afghanistan.qurans/
(Afghanistan/Pakistan) Internationalizing the Jihadist Threat from Pakistan-Afghanistan
American terror arrests show reach of al Qaeda-affiliated jihadi groups along Pakistan-Afghanistan border
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1749/internationalizing-the-jihadist-threat-from
Pakistan offers to help in talks between western alliance & Taliban
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-offers-to-help-in-talks-between-western-alliance-Taliban/articleshow/5509539.cms
(Pakistan) US will fail to split Taliban: ex-ISI official
-- "Brigadier (r) Sultan Amir Tarar says Taliban will not break with Mullah Omar, as he is 'symbol of resistance'"
-- "Taliban may accommodate international concerns on militancy, but won’t hand over old Al Qaeda friends as matter of principle"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\28\story_28-1-2010_pg7_15
(Pakistan) The gun markets of Pakistan
-- # Massive shop manufactures up to 1,000 guns a day, most by hand
-- # Area has been home base for the Taliban since the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/26/vbs.gun.markets.pakistan/index.html?hpt=Sbin
--- Video: Pakistan ready to explode
http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/01/26/vbs.pakistan.vbstv.vbstv
Pakistan: Bomb kills three children in wave of Pakistan unrest
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jNVFhQHEcLa4t49DpareeGwutY2w
Pakistan: Militants attack Nato trucks on the outskirts of Karachi
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-militants-attack-nato-trucks-on-the-outskirts-of-karachi-ss-01
Pakistan: NWFP expels 55 employees for links with extremists
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\27\story_27-1-2010_pg7_2
Pakistan: US asks Pakistan to stop blocking nuclear talks
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\27\story_27-1-2010_pg7_3
Pakistan: Taliban commander killed in Swat
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\27\story_27-1-2010_pg7_28
Pakistan: Sindh High Court (SHC) asks for verification of 9/11 suspect’s nationality
-- PDT: "The Sindh High Court Tuesday ordered petitioner Mariam, sister of the alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks in the US Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to submit a copy of the national identity card or any other document to establish the nationality of her brother."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\27\story_27-1-2010_pg7_17
Pakistan: 12 Taliban killed in Bajaur skirmishes
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\28\story_28-1-2010_pg7_7
Pakistan: Taliban kill lashkar leader in Bajaur
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\28\story_28-1-2010_pg7_8
Pakistan shielding 26/11 conspirators: Chidambaram
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lakhvi-is-not-the-only-mastermind-there-are-others-Chidambaram/articleshow/5509158.cms
Explosion damages CD shops in Pakistan, six wounded
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2057692&Language=en
(Pakistan) Communist China mulls setting up military base in Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/China-mulls-setting-up-military-base-in-Pakistan/articleshow/5510235.cms
India: Al Qaeda planning to dress up suicide bombers as Sikhs
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Al-Qaeda-planning-to-dress-up-suicide-bombers-as-Sikhs/572043
(U.S.) NYC Pakistani Aafia Siddiqui: 'Lady Al Qaeda' must take the stand -- she's not crazy, she's cunning, say prosecutors
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/01/27/2010-01-27_lady_al_qaeda_must_take_the_stand__shes_not_crazy_shes_cunning_say_prosecutors.html
-- Pakistani Terror Suspect Asks to Testify at Trial
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584171,00.html
-- Defense team wants 'Lady al Qaeda' Aafia Siddiqui barred from taking stand
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/01/26/2010-01-26_defense_team_wants_lady_al_qaeda_aafia_siddiqui_barred_from_taking_stand.html
-- Two jurors released from 'Lady Al Qaeda' Aafia Siddiqui trial; Wounded soldier relives day of attack
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/01/25/2010-01-25_two_jurors_released_from_lady_al_qaeda_aafia_siddiqui_trial_wounded_soldier_reli.html
(U.S.) NYC Terror Plot Suspect Zazi's Uncle Indicted -- Naqib Jaji
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584067,00.html
(U.S.) Chicago: Mumbai Terror Suspect Pleads Not Guilty -- David Coleman Headley
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,584068,00.html
(U.S.) Chicago: 'Case of the forgotten suitcase' in Chicago terror probe -- David Coleman Headley
-- "During Headley's frequent trips to Mumbai, for the purpose of scouting terrorist targets according to federal prosecutors, Headley reportedly befriended a 28-year old woman who worked at one of the hotels later attacked by heavily armed radical Islamists."
-- "Investigators in Mumbai linked Headley to the woman through a suitcase that he left behind, according to a report in Wednesday's Indian Express newspaper"
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7241657
(U.S.) Ft Hood's Terror: The US failed by its own experts - by Walid Phares
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2010/01/ft_hoods_terror_the_us_failed.php
U.S. gets 'F' on bioterror response
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/26/security.report.card/index.html?hpt=Sbin
-- Read the report card (PDF)
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2010/images/01/26/report.card.pdf
-- US not ready to cope with biological terror attack, report warns
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/26/us-biological-terror-attack-threat
(U.S.) Al Qaeda terror leaders have eye on chemical, biological or nuclear attack on U.S. soil: report
http://bit.ly/a3yvG5
(U.S.) Al-Qaeda seeks WMD, US unprepared: reports
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5glAajt6TxV5B4jBdUh_epRS8CKBg
(U.S.) "Retired longtime intelligence officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen states that a Nuclear attack is the probable goal of Al Qaeda and the they most likely are patiently waiting to finalize a nuclear capability."
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/13999/Bin_Laden_Al_Qaeda_Terror_Attack_To_Be_Nuclear_Report.html
(U.S./Malaysia) Abdulmutallab Attack: Terrorism suspects held in Malaysia
-- "Terrorism suspects from Jordan, Nigeria, Syria and Yemen have been detained in Malaysia, activists say, as a report linked them to the Nigerian behind the botched Christmas plane bombing."
-- "The government-linked New Straits Times reported the 10 were believed to be associated with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian student accused of trying to detonate explosives on a Northwest Airlines plane approaching Detroit"
http://www.theage.com.au/world/terrorism-suspects-held-in-malaysia-20100128-n1p0.html
-- Terror suspects 'linked' to Detroit bomber arrested
--- The men, aged between 20 and 50 years old, were attending a religious meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/7092494/Terror-suspects-linked-to-Detroit-bomber-arrested.html
---- See also: January 20, 2010: Malaysia: Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad says 9/11 attacks staged to hit Muslim world
http://www.heraldmalaysia.com/news/storydetails.php/Dr-M-says-9-11-attacks-staged-to-hit-Muslim-world/3867-1-1
(U.S.) Abdulmutallab Attack: Former 9/11 Chairs Criticize Handling of Detroit Christmas Day Bomber Case
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/911-chairs-criticize-handling-detroit-christmas-day-bomber/story?id=9667640
-- Senators Urge Administration to Transfer Alleged Bomber to Military Custody
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/25/senators-urge-administration-transfer-christmas-bomber-military-custody/
(U.S.) Abdulmutallab Attack: Intelligence Community to Congress: Failed Christmas Day Bombing a "Systematic Failure"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1757/intelligence-community-to-congress-failed
(U.S.) Gitmo Fades As 'Recruiting Tool For Al Qaeda'
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2010/01/gitmo-fades-as-recruiting-tool.html
(U.S.) Deadly shot: Botox toxin is new tool in bio-terror
-- TOI: "Terrorists are exploiting a surging black market for the popular anti-wrinkle drug botox to develop bioterrorism weapons, experts say."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Deadly-shot-Botox-toxin-is-new-tool-in-bio-terror/articleshow/5500721.cms
(UK) British Court Rules Freezing Terror Suspects' Assets 'Unlawful'
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/British-Court-Rules-Freezing-Terror--Suspects-Assets-Unlawful-82816487.html
(UK) University College London (UCL) head: London colleges must let extremists speak
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23798970-university-head-colleges-must-let-extremists-speak.do
(UK) London Times: "Al-Qaeda is losing. Prepare for a daring hit"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7002256.ece
(Iraq) 16 Iraqis wounded in separate incidents including police officers
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2057829&Language=en
(Iraq) Al-Qaida group claims Iraq hotel bombings
-- Warns on Web site of 'fourth thunderous wave' of attacks to come
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35102916/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
-- Al-Qaeda-linked group that claimed Bagdhdad hotel blasts calls hotels 'legit' targets
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/hotelcheckin/post/2010/01/baghdad-al-qaeda-iraq-sheraton-hotels-bombing-1/1
(Iraq) Key Iraqi al Qaeda leader killed in Mosul
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100128/iraq_smuggler_100128/20100128?hub=World
(Iraq) Car bomb kills at least 18 in Baghdad
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/01/news-roundup-car-bomb-kills-at-least-18-in-baghdad/1
(Iraq) Obama says Iraq troops coming home - President Obama: "This war is ending"
http://www.adn.com/uspolitics/story/1113379.html
(Iran) US readies new Iran sanctions at UN
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=167143
HAMAS reaffirms ties to the Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#1758
-- al Masry-al Youm Report Translated into English
http://bit.ly/cjPh6i
Gaza: Human Rights Watch rejects Hamas' claims on rockets
-- BBC News: "Human Rights Watch has rejected claims by the Palestinian militant group Hamas that it did not target civilians during the war in Gaza a year ago."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8484947.stm
Somalia: Islamic Militants in Somalia Murder Christian Leader
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/somalia/14479/
-- COMPASS reports: " Islamic extremists shot the leader of an underground church to death outside the capital city of Somalia this month and have threatened to kill his wife, his tearful widow told Compass."
-- "Having learned that he had left Islam to become a Christian, Somali militants from the Islamic extremist al Shabaab murdered 41-year-old Mohammed Ahmed Ali at about noon on Jan. 1, Amina Ibrahim Hassan said."
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/somalia/14479/
Somalia: Fighting in central Somalia kills at least 16
http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/news/story.html?id=2489955
Nigeria: Al-Qaeda in Nigeria: Grazing in the Sahara
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ademola-bello/al-qaeda-in-nigeria-grazi_b_439137.html?&just_reloaded=1
-- see also Nigeria reports below in "Other News"
Yemen: US gives Yemen key intelligence to strike al Qaeda
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60Q5KA20100127
Yemeni official accuses Iran, al-Qaeda of funding Houthi rebels
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/305882,yemeni-official-accuses-iran-al-qaeda-of-funding-houthi-rebels.html
Yemen court jails seven Qaeda militants
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gSrj2PDRAVN90l5tHIsWL-Y77EHA
(South Africa) UK: Muslim TV chief freed after arrest in Johannesburg for alleged terrorism
-- Mohamed Ali Harrath wanted by Interpol for terrorism in Tunisia: "I was fighting for justice and I am proud of what I did"
-- "Mohamed Ali Harrath, a native Tunisian who came to Britain as a refugee, is still wanted by Interpol for alleged terrorism"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7003860.ece
(Libya) "Al Qaeda members to stay in jail- Libya's Gaddafi"
http://af.reuters.com/article/libyaNews/idAFLDE60R1L620100128?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=libyaNews&rpc=401
Canada: 'Toronto 18' plotter says jihad different from terrorism -- Shareef Abdelhaleem
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2010/01/27/toronto-18-plotter-says-jihad-different-from-terrorism.aspx
Russia: Medvedev announces thwarting 80 terrorist operations in Russia last year
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2057812&Language=en
-- August 31, 2009: Russia: Medvedev meets with North Caucus leaders on fighting radicalism
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/russia-medvedev-meets-with-north-caucus.html
--- August 25, 2009: Russian Prime Minster Putin Supports Chechen Islamic Supremacist Kadyrov Who Defends "Honor Killings"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/russian-pm-supports-kadyrov/
(Malaysia) Terrorism suspects held in Malaysia
-- "Terrorism suspects from Jordan, Nigeria, Syria and Yemen have been detained in Malaysia, activists say, as a report linked them to the Nigerian behind the botched Christmas plane bombing."
-- "The government-linked New Straits Times reported the 10 were believed to be associated with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian student accused of trying to detonate explosives on a Northwest Airlines plane approaching Detroit"
http://www.theage.com.au/world/terrorism-suspects-held-in-malaysia-20100128-n1p0.html
Philippines in talks with Muslim rebels
http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201001/2804281.htm?desktop
MEMRI: "Post on Al-Falluja: How To Tell If Your Jihad Recruiter's An FBI Agent"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3933.htm
Islamic Supremacist War on Women:
(Spain) Imam in Spain charged for menacing woman over veil -- Mohamed Benbrahim
-- AP: "Charges have been filed against an imam in northeastern Spain accusing him of threatening a woman who refused to wear an Islamic headscarf or abide by certain Islamic customs, prosecutors said Thursday."
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_SPAIN_IMAM_CHARGED?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-01-28-10-57-51
Group raps Lebanon, Jordan for mistreating Palestinians
-- Haaretz: "The governments of Jordan and Lebanon failed to adequately protect the rights of Palestinians, a new report by the group Human Rights Watch charged on Tuesday."
-- "Perpetrators of 'honor killing' in Jordan and Syria still benefit from legal provisions that mitigate their punishments."
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1145270.html
UK: Tory MP claims "barbaric and medieval" views about women have been imported into Britain
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/7093843/Tory-MP-claims-barbaric-and-medieval-views-about-women-have-been-imported-into-Britain.html
UK: The secret diary of the Saudi princess who would be stoned to death if she returned home
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1217959/The-secret-diary-Saudi-princess-stoned-death-returned-home.html
Pakistan: Violence against women increases by 27 pc: official
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=221094
Other News:
Saudi Arabia: Christian Filipino migrants forced to convert to Islam
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Christian-Filipino-migrants-forced-to-convert-to-Islam-17478.html
Pakistan: Violent Death of Girl in Pakistan Spurs Push for Justice
-- Rare protest by family of tortured child puts spotlight on abuse of Christian working poor.
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/14532/
Pakistan: Shahbaz Bhatti kept silent on ruling of Deputy Speaker "no Christian prayer for victim Shazia in National Assembly"
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1567
-- "Pakistani Muslim Lawyer Rapes, Tortures a Christian Girl to Death" - Shazia Bashir Masih
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=11611&PHPSESSID=857b7fdb8594b751e719ccfd5236ca04
Pakistan: "Article in Urdu-Language Women's Magazine of Pakistan-Based Jihadist Group, Titled 'Polio: Disease or Dangerous Jewish Conspiracy?' States: 'The Jews, Who Dream of Ruling the World, Have Invented... Vaccines, Drugs, and Injections... to Weaken Muslims'"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3928.htm
Egypt: US aid diverted towards 'minority rights'
-- Al masry al youm.com: "The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has decided to redirect funds earmarked for Egyptian NGOs... to financing 'awareness programs' highlighting minorities' rights.
-- "Agency officials did not state overtly that the 'minorities' in question referred to Egypt's Coptic Christian community."
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/us-aid-diverted-towards-minority-rights
Egypt rights groups call on government to address sectarianism, workers rights
http://bikyamasr.com/?p=7858
Egypt: Christian in Egypt: 'They Try to Kill Us'
-- FOX News reports: "Egyptian Maher El-Gowhary and his 15 year old daughter Dina never pray twice at the same church, never stay longer than a month in any one apartment. They are constantly under threat, always on the run because they converted to Christianity in a largely Muslim country."
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/01/26/christian-in-egypt-they-try-to-kill-us/
-- Dina and Maher El-Gohary, Persecuted Coptic Christians Ask Obama for Help
http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=35294&cb300=vocations
Egypt's anxious Copts 'await next catastrophe'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8478397.stm
Egypt: Court overturns Egypt's Islamic schools' niqab ban
http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE60R24N20100128?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=egyptNews&rpc=401
Egypt at risk of militant flow from Gaza -analysts
http://af.reuters.com/article/egyptNews/idAFLDE60Q2AG20100128?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=egyptNews&rpc=401
Indonesia: Hundreds dressed down by sharia officers during raid on clothing
-- 100 women detained for wearing pants in Indonesia's Aceh by "Sharia officers"
-- Jakarta Post: "The women targeted by the officers were allegedly wearing un-Islamic clothing and several of them did not wear headscarves, now compulsory in Aceh."
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/26/hundreds-dressed-down-sharia-officers-during-raid-clothing.html
Indonesia: Tsunami 'punishment' for breaking Islamic law
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8483186.stm
Somali Islamists ban video games
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1182397/Somali-Islamists-ban-video-games
Nigeria: 2011: Sharia Council Rules Out Woman Governor in Kwara State
http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=165152
Nigeria: "Zamfara 'relaunches' Sharia, burns pornographic films"
-- The Sun reports: "On Thursday, January 21, 2010, Gusau, the Zamfara State capital witnessed another historical event when the state Censorship Board burnt pornographic and blasphemous films that were confiscated from various film shops and vendors in the state. It is believed that pornographic and blasphemous films can trigger religious unrest in the state because they are against the Sharia injuctions."
http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/jan/28/national-28-01-2010-04.htm
Nigeria Jos Conflict: "Taking Sides"
http://carmenmccain.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/taking-sides/
(UAE) Dubai- DMCC to settle $200m Sukuk in Q2
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093299647
India: Govt may allow Islamic banking, eyes $1 trillion funds
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/biz/india-business/Govt-may-allow-Islamic-banking-eyes-1tn-funds/articleshow/5507005.cms
Canada: "Islamic financing in Canada legal, but still poses hurdles"
http://www.mortgagebrokernews.ca/news/islamic-financing-in-canada-legal-but-still-poses-hurdles/43540
Canada: No legal hurdles to Islamic financing, mortgages in Canada, says CMHC report
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5h3Noa3L5tn5B_HCvPNBUnFHxTMeQ
Nigeria Police Arrest 300 People over Sectarian Clashes
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100127/nigeria-police-arrest-300-people-over-sectarian-clashes/
Malaysian Churches Face Violence
Religious Groups Attacked Following Recent Court Ruling
-- VOA quotes Voice of the Martyrs Todd Nettleton: "If there is no freedom to change your religion—to change from being a Muslim to being a Christian—then there really isn't freedom of religion."
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/religion/Malaysian-Churches-Face-Violence-82780992.html
(Malaysia) Pig heads left at Malaysia mosques after Allah row
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8482267.stm
(U.S.) New Jersey: US police arrest heavily armed man with military map -- Lloyd Woodson
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\27\story_27-1-2010_pg7_9
(U.S.) February 3 - DC Rally and March to White House - Free All Sudanese People
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/february-3-sudan-dc-rally/
(U.S.) "Political correctness on Fort Hood at Pentagon"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/25/EDV91BN8CP.DTL
(U.S.) NYT: "Givin' It to the Man, Islamic Style"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/us/28iht-letter.html
(U.S.) Ellison, McCollum and Oberstar urge Obama to lift Gaza blockade
http://minnesotaindependent.com/54474/ellison-oberstar-and-mccollum-urge-lifting-of-gaza-blockade
(U.S.) Oklahoma: Group protests Muslim event, attendees blame prejudice
http://www.oudaily.com/news/2010/jan/25/group-protests-muslim-event-attendees-blame-prejud/
(U.S.) Rifqa Bary Case: Pastors who aided teen file complaint
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/01/27/Pastors-who-aided-teen-file-complaint/UPI-37031264611009/
Indonesian Officials Consider Tearing Down Obama Statue
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/26/indonesian-officials-consider-tearing-obama-statue/
Tajikistan: Hizb ut-Tahrir supporters sentenced in Tajikistan
http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=6867
UK: Media and politicians 'fuel rise in hate crimes against Muslims'
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/uk-media-and-politicians-fuel-rise-in.html
UK: Conservatives discuss Sharia with law students
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/uk-conservatives-discuss-sharia-with.html
France: "Liberal imam risks death by backing ban on burkas" - Hassen Chalghoumi
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/58915,news-comment,news-politics,mob-of-80-muslims-attack-hassen-chalghoumis-mosque-in-paris-suburb-burka
Italy: Hate graffiti defaces anti-Nazi museum -- with graffiti that calls the Holocaust "zionist propaganda."
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.4248651360
Italy: New mosque 'attacked by vandals ' in Tuscany
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.4248504345
Italy: Dissidents protest at Iranian concert
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4248651862
Netherlands: Integration should not be confused with assimilation
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/netherlands-integration-should-not-be.html
(Turkey) "Ex-boyfriend's blackmail leads to twins' deaths"
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-199665-101-ex-boyfriends-blackmail-leads-to-twins-deaths.html
Saudis to Regulate 'Chaotic Fatwas'
http://www.jpost.com/Cooperations/Google/Default.aspx?q=%20Remembering%20accurately%20on%20Int%27l%20Holocaust%20Remembrance%20Day
Malawi court denies gay couple bail for second time
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE60R0Q620100128
Iranian activists hanged at dawn -- convicted of being "enemies of God"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7006047.ece
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1246749/Iran-executes-men-arrested-presidential-election-unrest-waging-war-God.html
Sameh Habeeb's Holocaust Memorial Day
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/01/27/sameh-habeeb%e2%80%99s-holocaust-memorial-day/
Against Totalitarianism News:
Human Rights Blog: Learning about human rights plight in China through Chinese classical music and dance
http://www.thehumanrightsblog.com/?p=329
North Korea: NKorea says American man detained at China border
http://bit.ly/b9zaPw
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7088956/North-Korea-arrests-US-citizen-for-tresspassing.html
Against Nazi News:
Colorado: Nazi Group Reassigned New Area in "Adopt-A-Highway" Contract
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/colorado-nazi-group-reassigned-new-area-in-adopt-a-highway-contract/
-- KUSA-TV reports: "Nazi group bumped from adopted highway by Baptists"
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=131598&catid=339
-- see also: "Colorado: 'Neo-Nazis taking act on the road'"
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/colorado-neo-nazis-taking-act-on-the-road/
We are still in the shadow of the Holocaust
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/7068693/We-are-still-in-the-shadow-of-the-Holocaust.html
Nazi Camp Survivors Dwindle to a Few
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703410004575029341567958912.html
The success and regrets of Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8481343.stm
Study: Holocaust survivors battle depression
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/26/AR2010012602070.html
Remembering accurately on Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day
http://www.jpost.com/Cooperations/Google/Default.aspx?q=%20Remembering%20accurately%20on%20Int%27l%20Holocaust%20Remembrance%20Day
Against Racial Supremacism News:
Buffalo, New York: "Police probe cross found on front lawn" -- "KKK" Etched in Wood
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/buffalo-new-york-police-probe-cross-found-on-front-lawn-kkk-etched-in-wood/
http://www.buffalonews.com/437/story/935376.html
-- WIVB reports:
--- "It was certainly a shock to see a cross in his front yard. The man, whose identity we are concealing, said he didn't actually realize what it was at first. The man, from south Buffalo, tells News 4 he saw it laying in his yard a few days ago, but thought it was just scraps of wood. It wasn't until this morning that he saw what it really was."
--- "'I noticed that it was in the shape of a cross. So I picked it up and didn't really realize what was written on the other side, but when I flipped it over I noticed it was a KKK symbol,' said the victim"
http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/crime/Man-finds-cross-with-KKK-on-his-lawn-2
New Jersey: Suspended Hoboken cop caused disturbance in security area at Tampa Airport
-- suspended police officer Angelo Andriani sought to obtain photos of TSA security officer's badges
-- Angelo Andriani "show him posing in a Confederate cap and pretending to be a Ku Klux Klan member at a restaurant"
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/hoboken/index.ssf?/base/news-2/126466357070450.xml&coll=3
California: Santa Clarita councilman calls himself 'proud racist'
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_14254846
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