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March 23, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Upcoming Event:
-- Washington DC: March 28 – Lincoln Memorial Event: Supporting Racial Equality, Gender Equality, and Religious Freedom
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/lincoln-memorial-2010-rally/

Newslinks:

Afghanistan: Taliban say not involved in Kabul peace talks
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62L0PT20100323

Afghanistan: Ex-spies still agitated over CIA's Afghan losses
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/spy-talk/2010/03/nearly_four_months_after_an.html

Afghanistan: Taleban seize Shah Karez, home of the British-backed Mullah Abdul Salaam
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7073313.ece

Pakistan foils plot to bomb Western targets
-- the Serena Hotel and the French Club restaurant
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62L3D320100322

"Pakistan student dies after Islamic radicals beat him"
-- Anan Khan reportedly beaten "by members of a student wing of the hard-line Jamiat-e Islami party" for playing music
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=614464

(Pakistan/U.S.) Kayani, Petraeus reaffirm Pak-US strategic partnership
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\23\story_23-3-2010_pg1_3
-- Pakistan: General begins strategic talks with US
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.159813854

(Pakistan/U.S.) US willing to consider nuke cooperation with Pakistan: Hillary Clinton
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-willing-to-consider-nuke-cooperation-with-Pak-Hillary-Clinton/articleshow/5716448.cms
-- US to unwrap range of actions for Pakistan: Richard Holbrooke
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/US-to-unwrap-range-of-actions-for-Pakistan-Richard-Holbrooke/articleshow/5716049.cms
-- US lining up billions more to reward Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-lining-up-billions-more-to-reward-Pak/articleshow/5717402.cms
-- Pakistan comes with specific wish list for US
-- Dawn: "Pakistan is also interested in a civilian nuclear arrangement with Washington"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-pakistan+comes+with+specific+wishlist+for+us--bi-05
-- The Nuclear Islamic Republic of Pakistan - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#8

(Pakistan/U.S.) US missile strike kills six in North Waziristan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/16-drone+strike+kills+four+militants+in+north+waziristan-hs-05

Pakistan: Ex-ISI official Khalid Khawaja says he arranged 5 meetings between former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\21\story_21-3-2010_pg1_6

Iraq: Al Qaeda Leader in Iraq Calls for Continued Jihad Against U.S. 'Occupiers'
-- Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/03/23/al-qaeda-leader-iraq-calls-continued-jihad-occupiers/

(U.S.) TSA nominee wants to move airport screening closer to 'Israeli model' - Robert Harding
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/03/23/tsa.nominee.senate/index.html?hpt=T2

(U.S.) Want to Fly Through a Loophole in the No-Fly List? Buy a Plane
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/terrorism-loophole-fly-list/story?id=10149211

(U.S.) IPT News: "Judge Brinkema's Pocket Veto"
-- Palestinian Islamic Jihad supporter Sami Al-Arian case
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1869/judge-brinkemas-pocket-veto

(UK) Reports warn of increased "dirty bomb" risk
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2070262&Language=en

(Iran) Reports on Iran training Taliban militants concerning -- Pentagon
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2070506&Language=en

Lebanon jails 20 linked to Qaeda in attacks plot
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=350664&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17

Nigeria: 41 to be charged with murder, 121 with other offenses in Jos massacre
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/jos-massacre-arrests/
-- regarding attacks on Christians on March 7 and March 17
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/nigeria-500-christians-butchered-in-jos/
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/new-nigeria-killings-in-jos/
-- see also R.E.A.L. postings on Nigeria
http://www.realcourage.org/category/nigeria/

Nigeria: "Persecution Watchdogs Contest Media Reports on Nigeria Violence"
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100320/persecution-watchdogs-contest-media-reports-on-nigeria-violence/

(Yemen) US, Yemen discuss anti-terrorism efforts
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=37991

(Somalia) Al-Shabaab Commander Gunned Down at Close Range in Somalia
http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/11386

Somali pirates hijack ships outside patrol area as they move further east
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/7508479/Somali-pirates-hijack-ships-outside-patrol-area-as-they-move-further-east.html

Libya frees 214 Islamists
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_505822.html
-- Libya frees Islamist leaders -- Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20100323223334794C595963

Belgium: Prosecutor in Belgium demands jail for al-Qaeda suspect -- Malika El Aroud
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2070523&Language=en

Russian prosecutors say priest's killer slain
-- regarding November killing of Daniil Sysoyev
-- Reuters: "The slain gunman was identified as Beksultan Karybekov, a native of mostly Muslim Kyrgyzstan"
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62F46020100316

Spain tries 2 over 'praising terrorism' cartoons
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3866875,00.html

Spain raises terrorism alert - after Basque killing of police officer
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iR3KES7vjcV1wBOSPFHZxqzlZDLgD9EK7RQG0

Greece: Leftist Guerrilla Group Claims Athens Bomb Attacks
-- "Fire Conspiracy Cells"
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/03/22/world/international-uk-greece-bomb-claim.html?_r=1

Indonesia - Jawa Report: "The Facebook Jihad Targets President Obama"
-- Indonesia Jihad bloggers reportedly praise American terror suspects, plot against President Obama
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/201673.php

Philippine police warn of election attacks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100323/wl_asia_afp/philippinesvoteunrest

War on Women News:

Saudi Woman Criticizes Muslim Clerics in TV Poetry Contest – Gets Death Threats
-- Hissal Hilal
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/hissa-hilal/

Pakistan: 647 women killed in the name of 'honor' last year
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\23\story_23-3-2010_pg1_7

Turkey: 17 women killed, 26 commit suicide in 2 months
-- Report also references "honor killings," stating "More than one thousand one hundred women were killed in this way during the five-year period 2003-2007"
http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME03.XAM17362.html

Save Children Now News:

Yemen: Ban on Child Brides Is Imperiled
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/yemen-ban-on-child-brides-is-imperiled/
-- AP reports: "Some of Yemen's most influential Muslim leaders have declared supporters of a ban on child brides to be apostates"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/world/middleeast/23briefs-Yemenbf.html
-- Yemen: "Women oppose child marriage ban"
-- Straits Times reports: "The protesters held up banners proclaiming 'don't ban what Allah made permissible,' or 'stop violating Islamic sharia law in the name of rights and freedoms,' an AFP correspondent said. Answering calls by Muslim clerics who oppose the proposal on grounds it goes against Islamic sharia law, the protesters arrived in organised buses."
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_504831.html

Other News:

Pakistan - Five Sihks Kidnapped - Oppression of Pakistan Minorities
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/pakistan-five-sihks-kidnapped-oppression-of-pakistan-minorities/

Pakistan: Christians fear further Islamic violence before Easter
-- Arshed Masih dies
http://bit.ly/dq6t3i
-- Pakistan Report: Christian Couple Burned, Raped – Protests Denied
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/pakistan-christian-couple-burned-raped-protests-denied/

Egypt: Trial Delayed to April 14 for Accused of Murdering Copts in Nag Hammadi
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/egypt-trial-delayed-to-april-14/

Egypt: Skype questions Egypt ban on Net calls
http://www.egyptiangazette.net/news-5363-Skype%20questions%20Egypt%20ban%20on%20Net%20calls.html

Sudan: ICC prosecutor: April Sudan vote like 'Hitler election'
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/sudan-icc-prosecutor-april-sudan-vote-like-hitler-election/

Sudan: VOA - "UN: Clashes on Rise in South Sudan as Polls Near"
-- VOA: "A U.N. official says incidents of inter-tribal violence have escalated in South Sudan before key elections, killing 450 and displacing nearly 60,000 since the beginning of this year. The April vote is to be Sudan's first multi-party polls in 24 years"
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/UN-Clashes-on-Rise-in-South-Sudan-as-Polls-Near-88938697.html

(UK) "Mr Begg's Guests"
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/03/23/mr-beggs-guests/

(UK) Islamic social worker 'told Muslim mother to move to Bangladesh or lose children to Christianity'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7504530/Islamic-social-worker-told-Muslim-mother-to-move-to-Bangladesh-or-lose-children-to-Christianity.html

UK: Chaplains answer to Muslim extremism, says minister
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/03/uk-chaplains-answer-to-muslim-extremism.html

UK: Daily Telegraph Report on Baroness Deech Comments regarding inter-family marriage
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7497906/Baroness-Deech-Risks-of-cousin-marriage-not-discussed-for-fear-of-offending-Muslims.html

Iranians Boost Efforts to Arouse the Palestinian Masses
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4052.htm

Syria: Osama Bin Laden's Daughter Flees Into Syria: Living With Mom
-- Iman Bin Laden
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20100323/NEWS01/100323038/1006/news01/Bin-Laden-s-daughter-safely-in-Syria--brother-says

UK: Government names most influential 'pro-Islamic' bloggers
-- RICU
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/23/government-names-pro-islamic-bloggers

ADL report: "Louis Farrakhan Puts His Anti-Semitism On Full Display; Deepens Conspiracy Theories About Jewish Control"
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/NatIsl_81/5722_81.htm

(Israel/U.S.) London Times: "Israel threatens to block peace talks for year as links with US hit new low"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7073332.ece

(U.S.) Oklahoma: Group plans session on Islam council at at Trinity Baptist Church -- opposes CAIR
http://bit.ly/aKCXKW

(U.S.) Malcolm X Killer Gets Parole
-- Thomas Hagan aka Talmadge X. Hayer was an "active Nation of Islam member"
http://thecelebritycafe.com/feature/malcolm-x-killer-gets-parole-03-21-2010
-- "decided to kill Malcolm X because he was a 'hypocrite' who had 'gone against the leader of the Nation of Islam'"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/nyregion/20parole.html

(Russia) "F18News: Russia - Lutheran extremists?"
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1425

Indonesia's BNI sharia unit to contest tax charge
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSJAK34524420100323

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China thwarts Google's detour around censorship
-- AP reports: "Google's attempted detour around China's Internet censorship rules was met with countermeasures Tuesday by the communist government, which blocked people on the mainland from seeing search results dealing with such forbidden topics as the pro-democracy movement."
-- "On Tuesday, a search request from within mainland China about the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests returned a notice that the "page cannot be displayed." It also caused the Web browser to disconnect for several seconds. Under the old google.cn, a similar query usually returned a list of sanitized sites about Tiananmen Square."

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Connecticut White Wolves White Supremacist, Nazi Group Members Indicted
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/ct-white-wolves-indicted/

"Michelle McGee, dumped from Angry White Girl for being too white supremacist"
http://bit.ly/9UW35y

Against Nazi News:

Oregon - Eugene: Jewish hate crimes turn violent
http://www.katu.com/news/local/88776302.html

German court convicts former Nazi hitman Heinrich Boere
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/23/germany.nazi.conviction/index.html

German intelligence service reveals spies' Nazi past
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5378586,00.html

Germany: Dr. Joseph Mengele Documents Found
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978122615

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