Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] March 17, 2010

March 17, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

(U.S.) Purported al-Awlaki message calls for jihad against U.S.
-- CNN: "American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is calling for jihad against America, claiming "America is evil" in a new audio message obtained exclusively by CNN."
-- Anwar al-Awlaki: "To the Muslims in America, I have this to say: How can your conscience allow you to live in peaceful co-existence with a nation that is responsible for the tyranny and crimes committed against your own brother and sisters? How can you have your loyalty to a government that is leading the war against Islam and Muslims?"
-- Anwar al-Awlaki: "With the American invasion of Iraq and continued U.S. aggression against Muslims, I could not reconcile between living in the U.S and being a Muslim, and I eventually came to the conclusion that jihad against America is binding upon myself just as it is binding on every other Muslim"
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/17/al.awlaki.message/index.html?hpt=T1

Pakistan: Court charges five US terror suspects: lawyer Shahid Kamal
-- terror charges have potential penalty of life imprisonment
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-court-charges-five-us-terror-suspects-lawyer-ss-06
-- Pakistani Court Charges Five Americans With Planning Terror Attacks, Lawyers Says
-- AP: " A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has charged five young Americans with planning terrorist attacks in the South Asian country."
-- "Lawyer Hasan Dastagir says the men -- all Muslims from the Washington, D.C., area -- were also charged Wednesday with planning to wage war against countries that are in alliance with Pakistan"
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/03/17/pakistani-court-charges-americans-planning-terror-attacks-lawyers-says/
-- images of five Americans charged
-- Five-combo photo released by Sargodha Police Department on Friday, December 11, 2009, of arrested American Muslims (left to right): Waqar Hussain, Ramy Zamzam, Umar Farooq, Ahmad Minni, Aman Yemer
http://www.realcourage.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/five-arrested-in-pakistan.jpg
-- in December 2009, CBS reported: "Three of the arrested Americans are of Pakistani descent, one is of Egyptian descent and the other has Yemeni origins, police officer Tahir Gujjar said."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/10/world/main5959772.shtml
-- January 4, 2010: Ramy Zamzam (DC Howard University student): "We are not terrorists. We are jihadists, and jihad is not terrorism"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6975973.ece

Pakistan: North Warizistan Agency (NWA) "Taliban pledge adherence to accord"
http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=229661

Pakistan: Sources: Missile strike kills top al-Qaida leader
-- Hussein al-Yemeni thought to have role in bombing of CIA base in Afghanistan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35917212/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

Pakistan: NATO tanker attacked, burnt in Landikotal
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\18\story_18-3-2010_pg7_9

Pakistan: Terrorists planning attacks in major cities
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\18\story_18-3-2010_pg7_10

Pakistan's Lahore: Agencies set sights on 'militant hubs' in city's outskirts
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\18\story_18-3-2010_pg13_1

Pakistan's Lahore: 2 terrorists targeting scholars arrested in Shahdara
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\18\story_18-3-2010_pg13_2

Pakistan: Lahore sidesteps disaster
-- Pakistan Daily Times: "Iqbal Town police seize 3,000 kilogrammes of explosive material from shop" as well as suicide bomb vest and machine guns
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\17\story_17-3-2010_pg1_1

Pakistan: Baitullah Mehsud's aide arrested in city
-- Mehsud former Taliban leader killed last year
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\17\story_17-3-2010_pg7_31

(Pakistan/U.S.) Al-Qaeda crippled as leaders stay in hiding, CIA chief says
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031702558.html

Pak Hindu MPs stage walkout over terror slur
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-Hindu-MPs-stage-walkout-over-terror-slur/articleshow/5695618.cms

India says Pakistan refuses to close 42 'terror' camps
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j2a-qMKDUxSZTE6vbUvd8I81qZCQ
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-pakistan-refuses-to-close-42-terror-camps-says-india-ss-03

India: New terror strategies have cops worried
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/New-terror-strategies-have-cops-worried/articleshow/5696181.cms

Afghanistan: Burka-clad male bomb attackers shot dead in Lashkar Gah
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8571918.stm

(Afghanistan/U.S.) Soaring IED attacks in Afghanistan stymie U.S. counteroffensive
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031703649.html

(Afghanistan/U.S.) Taliban to release tape of captured U.S. soldier
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34446218/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

(Afghanistan) NYT: Retaken Afghan town reports Taliban threats
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n213494
-- Taliban Fight in Afghan Town With Fear Campaign
-- "At least one alleged government sympathizer has been beheaded."
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10125511

(Afghanistan/U.S.) Karzai, Obama discuss prospects of Taliban talks
-- Afghanistan President Karzai's office statement: "During the video call, Karzai put Obama in the picture about Afghanistan’s efforts towards the acceleration of peace and national reconciliation, which America's president welcomed"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\17\story_17-3-2010_pg7_2
-- February 17, 2010: Afghanistan Taliban 'using human shields' - general
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8519507.stm

(Afghanistan/U.S.) US wants Osama bin Laden alive, US commander in Afghanistan says
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2010/0317/US-wants-Osama-bin-Laden-alive-US-commander-in-Afghanistan-says

(Afghanistan) Countries cancel $1 billion in Afghanistan debt
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/17/afghanistan.debt/index.html?hpt=T2

(U.S./India) Chicago: Terror Suspect Likely to Change Plea - David Coleman Headley
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/us/17plea.html
-- Headley may rat on Lashkar aide to escape death
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Headley-may-rat-on-Lashkar-aide-to-escape-death/articleshow/5695634.cms
-- Headley U-turn may have been scripted way back
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Headley-U-turn-may-have-been-scripted-way-back/articleshow/5696159.cms
-- Headley is a terror jackal: Rahul Bhatt
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Headley-was-a-terror-jackal-Rahul-Bhatt/articleshow/5599826.cms
-- Did Headley try to kill a woman 'friend'?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Headley-was-a-terror-jackal-Rahul-Bhatt/articleshow/5599826.cms

(U.S.) Americans suspected of terror-related activities
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j4xaOsG2V4l7G9bS6Cv9qUAsRd-AD9EG886G4
-- Recent cases show challenge of US terrorists
-- Taliban John Walker Lindh converted to Islam after seeing movie on black separatist Malcolm X
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvogWD5bjFT7x-mkAwUu2tpIN_cgD9EG87180

(U.S.) Americans' arrests reveal new face of jihad
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/18/americans-arrests-reveal-new-face-of-jihad/

(U.S.) Al Qaeda websites present growing threat, FBI's Mueller warns
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/0317/Al-Qaeda-websites-present-growing-threat-FBI-s-Mueller-warns

(U.S.) CIA chief: Al-Qaeda crippled, leaders hiding
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35916832/ns/world_news-washington_post/

(U.S.) Intelligence chief: U.S. can kill Americans abroad
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/04/killing.americans/index.html#cnnSTCText

(U.S.) GPS Jammers Illegal, Dangerous, and Very Easy to Buy
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/03/17/gps-jammers-easily-accessible-potentially-dangerous-risk/

'Gaza police was incorporated into Hamas military wing'
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=171013

Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV Children's Puppet Show: 'We Must Rise Against the Zionist Criminals, the Enemies of Allah, and Liberate Jerusalem and All the Holy Places'
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4042.htm

Israel: Police readies for more Jerusalem riots; W. Bank closure lifted
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=171181

Iran with nukes could trigger arms race: Barack Obama
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Iran-with-nukes-could-trigger-arms-race-Barack-Obama-/articleshow/5696184.cms

Iran Tried to Buy the Pakistani Bomb. What Was China's Role?
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/03/17/gordon-g-chang-iran-pakistan-china-dr-khan/

Iran: Ahmadinejad: Islamic Revolution Reaching Beyond Iran
http://bit.ly/dtuIbC

Iran accused of arming Taleban
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7066239.ece

Nigeria: At Least 13 Killed in New Nigerian Sectarian Clash
-- Voice of America: "Nigerian officials and residents say at least 13 people were killed by Muslim herdsmen who attacked a predominantly Christian village close to the troubled central city Jos."
-- "Witnesses say the attackers, disguised as soldiers, raided the village, 30 kilometers south of Jos, at dawn. Most of the victims of the attack were women and children. Local officials said security forces were alerted about the attack, but help came too late"
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/At-Least-13-Killed-In-New-Nigerian-Sectarian-Clash-88161637.html
-- Fulani Muslim herdsmen kill 12 Christians in new Nigerian massacre
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/fulani-herdsmen-kill-12-christians-in-new-nigerian-massacre/story-e6frg6so-1225842207189

Nigeria: Archbishop Believes New Sharia Law is the Cause of Conflict
http://allafrica.com/stories/201003170222.html

Nigeria/Libya: Kadhafi: Nigeria should be partitioned to end violence
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gmnMKaxtYFda4mDFZs63DbZaC-4w

Yemen ups oil security amid Qaeda attack fears
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gx8JkcVoPsrOypKz7pCddikw4xTg

Canada: Toronto man with suspected al-Qaeda ties may have died in Somalia
-- Mohamed Elmi Ibramim
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2694754

Norway: Concern about terrorist refugees
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/03/norway-concern-about-terrorist-refugees.html

Netherlands: Wife and baby as antidote against terrorism
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/03/netherlands-wife-and-baby-as-antidote.html
--- See also previous news stories:
--- Airline plot leader 'considered taking own children'
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1080464.ece
--- Terror suspects planned family sacrifice
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1583921/Terror-suspects-planned-family-sacrifice.html
--- Mother 'offered herself and baby son as terror martyrs'
http://bit.ly/bHNRLD
--- Airline terror plot: 'Bomber hid jihad books in baby's cot'
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1082351.ece

Spanish police arrest three over Sahil Saeed abduction
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7065148.ece

French policeman killed in suspected ETA attack
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7064981.ece

Indonesian militants recruit fighters in video -- al-Qaida in Aceh
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/16/AR2010031602473.html

Indonesia: Protests planned for Obama visit
-- Islamic Defender Front (FPI) and Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.1.134875942
--- March 15, 2010: Indonesia: Anti-Democracy Group Hizb ut-Tahrir Leads Protest Against Obama, U.S. as "Enemy of Islam"
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/indonesia-ht-group-protest/

Save Children Now News:

Malaysian minister rejects child marriage reform
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5inxYecjp4rz2Di91pAw_hTlMpTYw

Other News:

DC Press Conference on Egyptian and Christian Oppression
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/dc-press-conference-on-egyptian-and-christian-oppression/
-- DC: Press conference on religious persecution of Christian minorities draws diverse panel -- Egyptian Copts and Pakistan Christians
-- Report on Visa Denial of Egyptian Copt Mohamed Hegazy
http://www.examiner.com/x-31575-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2010m3d16-Press-conference-on-religious-freedom-hampered-due-visa-denial-of-keynote-speaker

Egypt: Violence Against Copts Goes Unprosecuted -- report by United States Commission on International Religious Freedom
http://www.uscirf.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3013&Itemid=1
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/egypt-violence-against-copts-goes-unprosecuted/

Australia/Egypt: Thousands of Copts expected to gather at Martin Place vigil for Human Rights - Friday, March 19
-- Australia is home to 70,000 Australian Copts
http://au.christiantoday.com/article/thousands-expected-to-gather-at-martin-place-vigil-for-human-rights/7826.htm
Pakistan Daily Times columnist calls for end to "blasphemy laws" that create "supremacy of one religion"
-- Pakistan Daily Times: "Blasphemy in a human world"
-- Sikander Amani: "Whether you like it or not, the notion of blasphemy, or of 'defamation of religion', creates a hierarchy of beliefs which is simply incompatible with the plurality of the world, and the very right to hold a belief." "On the contrary, it seems to be the first step towards allowing for the supremacy of one religion..."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\17\story_17-3-2010_pg3_2
-- also linked at
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/end-blasphemy-law/
-- see additional reports on "blasphemy and defamation of religion" at:
http://www.realcourage.org/category/blasphemy-and-defamation-of-religion/

Australia: 'Broad support' for Australian Sharia law
-- Keysar Trad and Dr. Zachariah Matthew
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/broad-support-for-australian-sharia-law/story-e6frfku0-1225838340625

UK: Lutfur Ali resigns No 2 job at Tower Hamlets
http://bit.ly/aGlSZT
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/03/17/bye-bye-lutfur/
-- Fundamentalist-linked council official resigns
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100030373/breaking-news-fundamentalist-linked-council-official-resigns/

Iran: Report: 86 people convicted in Iran – regarding post-election protests
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/iran-report-86-people-convicted-in-iran/
--- see also
http://www.realcourage.org/category/other/iran-democracy-news/

Somalia: Half Somalia food aid is stolen, UN report says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/7417395/Half-Somalia-food-aid-is-stolen-UN-report-says.html

Israeli ambassador denies saying U.S.-Israel relations in crisis
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/17/israel.us.relations/

Israel: "Benjamin Netanyahu's brother-in-law calls Barack Obama anti-Semitic"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7468311/Benjamin-Netanyahus-brother-in-law-calls-Barack-Obama-anti-Semitic.html

(U.S.) Lawfare Conference Takes Aim at Terrorists' Efforts to Wage "Legal Jihad"
-- "The Lawfare Project, a non-profit founded by attorney Brooke Goldstein"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/heather-robinson/lawfare-conference-takes_b_501381.html

(U.S.) Report: CAIR states that authors with Jewish and Balkan sounding names should not write textbooks that address Islam
http://www.danielpipes.org/8097/cair-attacks-foreign-policy-research-institute

Arabic Facebook user by the name of 'Allah' sparks Muslim counter-campaigns
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=171213

War on Women News:

India: Girl set on fire for resisting rape attempt
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Girl-set-on-fire-for-resisting-rape-attempt/articleshow/5696150.cms

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist North Korea Has 1, 000 Missiles, South Says
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/17/world/international-us-korea-north-missiles.html

Communist North Korea: Kim Jong-il keeps $4bn 'emergency fund' in European banks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7442188/Kim-Jong-il-keeps-4bn-emergency-fund-in-European-banks.html

Against Nazi News:

Germany: Demjanjuk trial hears how Nazi guards recruited
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=171207

Latvian Nazi unit veterans march
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8570945.stm

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Detroit: Auburn Hills cops probe racist Easter egg notes
-- white nationalist neo-Nazi group Aryan Nations puts plastic Easter eggs over area with racist hate flyers - some on lawns of black Americans
http://www.freep.com/article/20100316/NEWS03/100316014/1322/Auburn-Hills-cops-probe-racist-Easter-egg-notes

New Jersey: Wal-Mart announcement tells 'all black people' to leave store
-- Telegraph: "On Sunday evening at the Washington Township store, a male voice calmly announced: 'Attention Wal-Mart customers: All black people leave the store now.'"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7464898/Walmart-announcement-tells-all-black-people-to-leave-store.html
-- AP: "This is not the first time the retailer has faced such problems. There have been several past instances of black customers claiming they were treated unfairly at Walmart stores, and the company faced lawsuits alleging that women were passed over in favor of men for pay raises and promotions."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g-CWMyOCHHqygDurAK5M6908P_TwD9EGMAB00

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