Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] March 19, 2010

March 19, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Afghanistan: "Russians Give Message to U.S. Generals in Afghanistan: Bribe the Taliban"
-- Minutes of Secret Meeting Between Russian Veterans and Gen. Stanley McChrystal Also Say 'More Troops Won't Make A Difference'
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/russians-give-message-us-generals-afghanistan-bribe-taliban/story?id=10127424

(Pakistan/India) No decline in Pakistan support to terrorists: India Army chief
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-decline-in-Pak-support-to-terrorists-Army-chief/articleshow/5702136.cms

Pakistan: Islamabad protest turns violent; UN team attacked
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-bb-murder-team-attack-qs-01

Pakistan Dawn: Islamic Supremacists Strength in "Pockets of Support" in Pakistan
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/pakistan-dawn-islamic-supremacists-strength-in-pockets-of-support-in-pakistan/
-- Dawn: "The militants’ real strength does not lie in their arms, it lies in the pockets of support for them in Pakistani society."
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/14-i-a-rehman-no-respite-from-fear-830-zj-09

Pakistani forces kill 10 militants in operation
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2069403&Language=en

Pakistan: 'Uzbek group to 'free Pakistan from US control'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\19\story_19-3-2010_pg1_6

Pakistan: Taliban arrests send a 'new message' to militants
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.1.144396590

(U.S./India) Tahawwur Hussain Rana knew about 26/11 plan: David Headley to US court
-- "Contrary to Rana's claim of not being aware of the 26/11 conspiracy, Headley, who pleaded guilty to charges of plotting the Mumbai attack, has said he had told Rana about operation details of the Mumbai attack."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Rana-knew-every-detail-of-26/11-plan-Headley-to-US-court/articleshow/5702306.cms
-- Attorneys: Chicago Mumbai Siege Suspect Spills Terror Secrets
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/19/attorneys-chicago-mumbai-siege-suspect-spills-terror-secrets/

(U.S./India) India wants to question US man on Mumbai attack
-- Pakistani-American David Headley
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62I1MC20100319

(UK) Two jailed for terrorism offenses
-- Abbas Iqbal and Ilyas Iqbal
http://www.theasiannews.co.uk/news/s/1201059_two_jailed_for_terrorism_offences?rss=yes
-- Brothers from Blackburn guilty of terrorist offenses "The Blackburn Resistance"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/8577139.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7482696/Blackburn-resistance-guilty-of-terrorism.html

UK anti-militant project stirs Muslim unease -- Prevent project
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE62I2Q020100319
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100319/wl_nm/us_britain_muslims_prevent

Gaza rocket strikes south Israel for fifth time in 24 hours
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1157625.html

Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV Placed Under Sanctions By U.S. Treasury Department
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4045.htm

MEMRI: Former Palestinian Plane Hijacker Leila Khaled: 'The Ultimate Goal of the Struggle is the Establishment of a Palestinian State Within the 1967 Borders, Including Jerusalem…But This is Just One Stage'; 'We Have the Right to Return To... All [of] Palestine'; 'If You Use Force, the Enemy Withdraws'
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4047.htm

Quartet calls for Palestinian state within two years
-- "The Quartet, which comprises members Russia, the United States, the UN and the European Union"
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1157628.html

Somalia: Hizbul Islam Vows Attacks Against Ethiopian Troops in Central Somalia
http://allafrica.com/stories/201003190698.html

Somalia: Al Shabaab dismisses Muslim scholars' jihad claims
-- Daily Nation: "Aformer spokesman of Al-Shabaab on Friday dismissed a declaration by some Muslim scholars that the struggle by his organisation and other radical Islamists in Somalia was not Jihad (holy war)""
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Al%20Shabaab%20dismisses%20Muslim%20scholars%20jihad%20claims/-/1066/883046/-/145c45j/-/index.html

Yemen: Somali Al-Qaida fighter an American, Yemen says
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/03/19/Al-Qaida-fighter-an-American-Yemen-says/UPI-74531269013265/

War on Women News:

Israel: Major Palestinian Demonstration Against Palestinian Honor Killings. Never Heard About It?
-- Phyllis Chesler reports on demonstration in Nazareth, Israel by those protesting "honor killings" of Palestinian women
-- updated report with additional data
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2010/03/18/major-palestinian-demonstration-against-honor-killings-in-palestine-never-heard-about-it/

Pakistani Muslims Accused of Rape Allegedly Attack Sisters
-- additional report by COMPASS
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/16538/

Other News:

Egyptian Police Arrest 13 Copts, Victims of Attack on March 12
http://www.realcourage.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/egypt-attack-on-copts-march12.jpg

Los Angeles: Nigeria Women to Protest Killings – March 20
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/la-nigeria-protest-march-20/
-- Nigerian Women in Los Angeles To Protest Violence In Jos
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2010/s10030102.htm

UAE: Facebook row as Middle East officials ban user 'who insulted Islam'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7479439/Facebook-row-as-Middle-East-officials-ban-user-who-insulted-Islam.html

India: Muslim law board to oppose any anti-Shariat law
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/uttarpradesh/Muslim-law-board-to-oppose-any-anti-Shariat-law/Article1-521043.aspx

Iran: Leading Iranian reformist Hossein Marashi jailed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8576834.stm

Iranian couple demand 'year of resistance'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7068454.ece

(U.S.) IPT News: "The Price of CAIR's "Cooperation"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1867/the-price-of-cairs-cooperation

(U.S.) NY: "Tariq Ramadan will appear on a panel April 8 at The Cooper Union college"
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1206528&lang=eng_news

(U.S.) California: Brown calls anti-police booby traps in Riverside County 'urban terrorism'
http://www.dailypress.com/news/national/la-me-hemet-brown19-2010mar19,0,1666133.story

Germany: Request from Maldives for Sharia law assistance
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/03/germany-request-from-maldives-for.html
-- R.E.A.L. reports on Maldives
http://www.realcourage.org/?s=Maldives

(UK) Report on UK Tory Party and Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE)
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100030577/pawn-of-islamism-one-tory-has-a-big-decision-to-make/
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/03/19/tories-court-islamic-forum-europe/

UK: First Islamic exchange to be launched in London
-- Reuters: "Shariah Ummah Securities Information Exchange (Umex)"
-- "Shariah Umex will also offer the Islamic version of American and global depository receipts, the Islamic Shariah Depository Receipt (ISDR)"
http://bit.ly/aBpBQP

UK: Ahmadiyya in anti-Islamophobia campaign
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/03/uk-ahmadiyya-in-anti-islamophobia.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Google may pull out of China by April
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/google-may-pull-out-of-china-by-april/
-- London Times: Google could pull out of China as early as April 10, a Chinese newspaper reported, quoting an agent for the search engine"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article7068216.ece

Against Nazi Nes:

Polish court jails three men for Auschwitz sign theft
-- named as "Radoslaw M, Lukasz M and Pawel S"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8574343.stm

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Indiana Ku Klux Klan leader gets out of jury duty -- Railton Loy
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/indiana-ku-klux-klan-leader-gets-out-of-jury-duty/

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