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Pakistan Won't Hand Detained Taliban No. 2 to U.S., AP Reports
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=ad2SychkICto
-- Questions swirling about arrest of Taliban mullahs
-- "Analysts discuss theories about possible links between the arrests and ongoing reconciliation talks"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/questions-swirling-about-arrest-of-taliban-mullahs/article1473615/
-- London Times: "Capture of Taleban leaders suggests $12bn US gamble is paying off"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7032873.ece

(Pakistan) Obama's blunt warning forced Pak to go after Afghan Taliban
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Obamas-blunt-warning-forced-Pak-to-go-after-Afghan-Taliban/articleshow/5591745.cms

(Pakistan) Afghan warlord's brother killed
-- Strait Times: "A brother of Afghan warlord Sirajuddin Haqqani, whose Al-Qaeda-linked network is fighting in Afghanistan, has been killed in a US missile attack in Pakistan, a senior official said Friday."
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_492320.html
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/pakistan/us-strike-kill-taliban-leader-s-brother-officials-1.585410

Pakistan: Report on violence against Christians released
-- Spero News: "Report prepared by the Christian Study Center lists incidents of violence perpetrated against Christians. Among them were nine women and children burnt alive in their homes."
http://www.speroforum.com/a/27446/Pakistan-Report-on-violence-against-Christians-released

Pakistani Christians Outraged at Release of Suspects in Girl's Death
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100217/pakistani-christians-outraged-at-release-of-suspects-in-girl-s-death/

Afghanistan: Six NATO soldiers killed in fighting
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.35325491

Afghanistan: US and Afghan officials say Taleban fighters far from defeated
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7032835.ece

Afghanistan: Up to 30 days needed to 'secure' Marjah
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.35324971

(India) Two arrested on charges of conspiring to kill minister
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Two-arrested-on-charges-of-conspiring-to-kill-minister/articleshow/5590920.cms

(U.S.) South Carolina: Mixed Reports on Soldier Poison News Story
-- FOX News reports: "The U.S. Army is investigating allegations that soldiers were attempting to poison the food supply at Fort Jackson in South Carolina."
-- "Five suspects, detained in December, were part of an Arabic translation program called "09 Lima" and use Arabic as their first language, two sources told Fox News. Another military source said they were Muslim. It wasn't clear whether they were still being held."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,586721,00.html
-- Palmetto Scoop reports: "Army officials, however, denied the allegations and said none of the men were Muslim."
-- also reports: "'In December 2009, five soldiers were investigated for potential verbal threats against fellow soldiers,' the statement said. 'While the investigation continues, there is currently no evidence to substantiate the allegations. At no time was there any danger to the fort Jackson community.'"
http://www.palmettoscoop.com/2010/02/18/5-soldiers-allegedly-arrested-in-fort-jackson-poison-plot/

(U.S.) Pilot crashes plane into tax agency office, 2 killed
http://www.ptinews.com/news/525461_Pilot-crashes-plane-into-tax-agency-office--2-killed
-- Officials: Texas plane crash targeted feds
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35475336/ns/us_news-life/
-- Joseph Stack Suicide Manifesto
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,586627,00.html
-- "federal officials emphasized that they did not consider the case to be a terrorist attack"
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2010/02/are-there-terrorists-in-texas.html
-- "Yesterday afternoon, a Facebook page appeared praising Stack as a martyr"
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/02/19/paranoia_boils_over_in_texas/

Iran dismisses UN nuclear warhead report
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jONgLkLn0Nzjw5BGbUz-E_3OyFGg

(Iran) Russia urges Iran to cooperate on nuclear issue
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61I2GH20100219

(Iran) Ahmadinejad: Israel will be destroyed if it attacks Hezbollah
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150794.html

(Canada) Crown wants Montreal man up on terrorism charges to get life term
-- another report on Said Namouh
http://www.canada.com/news/Crown+wants+Montreal+terrorism+charges+life+term/2220929/story.html

Norway: Mohyeldeen Mohammad is a security risk
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/02/norway-mohyeldeen-mohammad-is-security.html

(Philippines) Al-Qaeda-linked militant found in Manila
-- Jumadail Arad of the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf group
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/alqaedalinked-militant-found-in-manila-20100219-olgp.html

(Philippines) Two soldiers killed in bomb explosion in southern Philippines
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/310121,two-soldiers-killed-in-bomb-explosion-in-southern-philippines.html

(Philippines) Suspected militant arrested in kidnapping of 3 Americans in Philippines
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_14430268

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Arizona – Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing": Father Won't Face Death Penalty for 1st Degree Murder
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/02/arizona-noor-almaleki-trial/

Other News:

"Egyptian Government Attempts to Silence Coptic Diaspora"
http://www.aina.org/news/20100217122155.htm

"Ethiopian Authorities Concoct New Charge against Christian" -- "convert from Islam"
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/ethiopia/15414/

(U.S.) Blog: "Naive Napolitano: DHS Underestimates Muslim Resistance to Countering Domestic Terrorism"
-- Richard Pollock states: "The organizations meeting with Napolitano included the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), an unindicted co-conspirator in a 2007 federal terror funding case. Also present were the leaders of the Muslim Public Affairs Council and the Muslim American Society. All are linked to the Muslim Brotherhood...."
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/naive-napolitano-dhs-underestimates-muslim-resistance-to-countering-domestic-terrorism/

(UK) Walthamstow: Christians and Muslims to face each other at town hall debate
-- Waltham Forest Guardian: "Entitled 'Women in marriage: the Quran vs the Bible', two speakers, one Muslim, one Christian, will confront each other on the topic."
http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/5016937.WALTHAMSTOW__Christians_and_Muslims_to_face_each_other_at_town_hall_debate/

Indonesia: Bekasi: Islamic groups against the Protestant church, it promotes proselytizing
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Bekasi:-Islamic-groups-against-the-Protestant-church,-it-promotes-proselytizing-17653.html

Kenya: "Idiot clerics unleash wave of violence"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/02/19/idiot-clerics-unleash-wave-of-violence/

Islamic Supremacist War on Women News:

Arizona – Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing": Father Won't Face Death Penalty for 1st Degree Murder
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/02/arizona-noor-almaleki-trial/

Save Children Now News:

Egypt: Child Preacher Delivers a Speech on Children's Love of Martyrdom on Egyptian TV: "My Mother Has Presented Me as a Gift to Allah This Year"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3975.htm

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Cyberattacks Reportedly Traced to Computers in Chinese Schools
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/02/18/cyberattacks-reportedly-traced-computers-chinese-schools/
-- Cyber attacks on Google 'came from Chinese schools'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/7269670/Cyber-attacks-on-Google-came-from-Chinese-schools.html

Communist China summons US ambassador over Dalai Lama meeting
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/tibet/7269588/China-summons-US-ambassador-to-protest-Barack-Obamas-meeting-with-Dalai-Lama.html

N. Korea again designates "naval firing zones" along sea border with S.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2062820&Language=en

Against Racial Supremacism News:

US reaches historic $1bn settlement with African-American farmers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7267201/US-reaches-historic-1bn-settlement-with-African-American-farmers.html

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