Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] March 31, 2010

March 31, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

(Pakistan/U.S.) Trial of 5 American Muslims begin in Pakistan
-- Ramy Zamzam, Waqar Hussain Khan, Ahmed Abdullah Minni, Iman Hasan Yemer, and Omar Farooq
-- Times of India: district police chief Usman Anwar "said they were not happy over the US government's policies in the Muslim world, especially in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine"
-- "'They used to post their feelings in this regard on Youtube and also developed a contact with an Arab Muslim named Qari Saifullah, believed to an Al Qaeda operative in Pakistan,' Anwar said."
-- "Anwar said Saifullah had gone to the US and met the youths in Virginia and assured them that he would help them fulfil their desire to join the jehad against US forces."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Trial-of-5-American-Muslims-begin-in-Pakistan/articleshow/5747454.cms
-- 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 military: David Headley not connected to ISI, army
-- Times of India: a "media report had contended that Headley had named three serving and one retired officers of the Pakistan Army and ISI who were allegedly involved in the Mumbai attacks"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/David-Headley-not-connected-to-ISI-army-Pak/articleshow/5747653.cms

Pakistani general: Al Qaida-Taliban haven to be cleared by June - Maj. Gen. Tariq Khan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20100331/wl_mcclatchy/3465984

Pakistan: Explosion in N.Pakistan wounds 10
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2072627&Language=en

Afghanistan: Bicycle Afghanistan: Bomb attack 'kills at least 17 in Helmand
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.192861112
-- Bomb attack kills 13 in crowded Afghan market
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-helmand-blast-qs-06

Afghanistan Has World Lead in Hashish Production, UN Reports
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a705lQFhqMtE

India: 4 militants, 3 Indian soldiers killed in gunbattle in Jammu-Kashmir
-- Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT)
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2072566&Language=en

India - Mumbai Attacks Trial: Trial of Pakistani Gunman Captured In Mumbai Terror Attacks Concludes --
-- Mohammed Ajmal Kasab
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Trial-Concludes-of-Pakistani-Gunman-Captured-In-Mumbai-Terror-Attacks-89596807.html

Bangladesh: Militant outfits in Bangladesh
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=132404

UK: Event at London Mosque Calls for Third Intifada
-- Standpoint: "Two Arabic media portals, Al Jazeera and the Palestinian News Network (PNN), have reported that on Sunday 21 March, the London Central Mosque (aka Regent's Park Mosque) held an event where leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood called for continued support for the Palestinian resistance efforts to ‘free' the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem."
http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/2900

(U.S.) Federal Judge Finds N.S.A. Wiretapping Program Illegal
-- "Al Haramain, a now-defunct Islamic charity in Oregon"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/us/01nsa.html

(U.S.) Several of the Hutaree Militia Members Entered Not Guilty Pleas
http://abcnews.go.com/US/militia-members-plead-guilty-detroit-court/story?id=10251918
-- Prosecutor: Agent infiltrated Christian militia
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hGc00FR9o4OUr36gm80mOpG00ccwD9EPS7B80
-- Prosecutor: 46 guns in militia suspect's Indiana home
http://www.freep.com/article/20100331/NEWS06/100331065/Prosecutor-46-guns-in-suspects-Indiana-home
-- Hutaree militia member charged weeks after getting hitched
http://www.freep.com/article/20100331/NEWS06/3310340/Inside-the-Hutaree-militia
-- For Hutaree, Web rumor stoked anger at Obama
http://www.freep.com/article/20100331/NEWS06/100331050/For-Hutaree-Web-rumor-stoked-anger-at-Obama
-- Militias on the rise
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/30/avlon.hatriots.militia/index.html
-- Hutaree: Why is the Midwest a hotbed of militia activity?
http://bit.ly/8Zzxkk

Iran: Six powers united on Iran sanctions talks: Clinton
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62U5Q020100331?rpc=401
-- China Agrees to Seek Iran Sanctions, Officials Say
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/03/31/officials-say-china-discuss-iran-sanctions/

Lebanon: Hezbollah leader says group members were summoned for questioning in Hariri's case
http://news.therecord.com/article/691832

Israel: Two missiles target S. Israel
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2072726&Language=en

Hamas reveals Friday attack video
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=172151
-- Hamas video shows border clash that claimed lives of two IDF soldiers
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1160337.html

Syria: Omar bin Laden speaks out
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/7528897/Omar-bin-Laden-speaks-out.html

Nigeria: Federal Govt Charges January Jos Violence Suspects with Terrorism
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/nigeria-january-jos-violence/

Nigeria: A Nigeria 'Taliban' leader tells of a desire to fight the U.S.
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/nigeria-a-nigeria-taliban-leader-tells-of-a-desire-to-fight-the-u-s/
-- LA Times: "The rebel group in Nigeria's Muslim north engaged in deadly clashes with security forces last year. It has gone underground and wants to shift its focus away from domestic targets, one of its leaders"
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-nigeria-taliban1-2010apr01,0,4426738.story

Somalia: MP backs protests against al-Shabab
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.194237549

Russia: Chechen Militant Claims Responsibility for Moscow Bombings
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Chechen-Militant-Claims-Responsibility-for-Moscow-Bombings-89617292.html
-- Chechen rebel Doku Umarov claims responsibility for Moscow blasts
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7083501.ece

Russia: Update - Suicide Bombers Strike Again In Russia, Killing At Least 12
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/03/russia_bombings_dagestan.html

Russia Seeks to Eliminate North Caucasus Terrorists
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Russia-Seeks-to-Eliminate-North-Caucasus-Terrorists--89627452.html

Canada: Case against alleged al-Qaida agent should be stayed: Lawyer
http://www.canada.com/news/Case+against+alleged+Qaida+agent+should+stayed+Lawyer/2749600/story.html
-- January 19, 2010: Mohamed Harkat was 'active jihadist,' court told
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2457327

(Thailand) Defense volunteer killed in Pattani
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/173338/volunteer-killed-in-pattani
-- Arson at Pattani health station
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/173233/arson-attack-at-pattani-sanitarium

(Thailand) Village chief shot dead at Yala wedding
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/173158/village-chief-shot-dead-at-yala-wedding

Save Women Now:

Arizona - Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing": Honor Thy Father: A Muslim man in Phoenix "honor killed" his Americanized daughter
-- Riverfront Times: "The writer obtained unreleased police records for this story. The narrative also is based on interviews, court documents and Internet comments."
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2010-03-31/news/honor-thy-father-muslim-honor-killing-in-phoenix-arizona/
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/arizona-noor-almaleki-honor-killing/

Pakistan: 25 Hindu girls abducted every month; forcibly converted to Islam
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/pakistan-25-hindu-girls-abducted-every-month/

Pakistan: 12-Year Old Hindu Girl Abducted, Missing Since December - Nandini; Members of Court Suggested Minor Should Marry Rapist and Convert to Islam
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/pakistan-nandini/

Pakistan: Police turn blind eye to rampant kidnapping and rape of Hindu girls in Pak's Sindh province
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/pakistan-oppression-hindu-girls/

UAE: Brave Saudi housewife set to win Arabic X Factor after blistering attack on hardline Muslim clerics on live TV
-- Hissa Hilal
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1262488/Hissa-Hilal-set-win-Arabic-X-Factor-TV-attack-hardline-Muslim-clerics.html

Norway: Preacher defends husband's right to beat wife
-- "Several hundred young Muslims were in attendance when the Chinese Muslim preacher Husain Yee defended the right of Muslim men to beat their wives at a Muslim conference this past weekend."
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/03/norway-preacher-defends-husbands-right.html

New York: Fear of Retribution Thwarts Justice for Fumi Bradley
http://bit.ly/9IAx89

Other News:

(U.S./Nigeria) Members of the International Religious Freedom Caucus Have Called on the Nigerian Government to 'Ensure Justice and Religious Freedom'
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2010/s10030180.htm

(U.S./Sudan) Washington DC: "In Darfur" play at Theater J in Washington D.C.
http://www.enoughproject.org/events/darfur-play-theater-j-washington-dc

(U.S./Sudan) Washington DC: Mohamed Yahya Speaks on Darfur, Sudan at Lincoln Memorial
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/dc-mohamed-yahya/
http://members.beforeitsnews.com/story/29245/Washington_DC:_Mohamed_Yahya_Speaks_on_Darfur,_Sudan_at_Lincoln_Memorial.html
http://beforeitsnews.com/news/29245/Washington_DC:_Mohamed_Yahya_Speaks_on_Darfur,_Sudan_at_Lincoln_Memorial.html

(U.S.) Washington DC: R.E.A.L. March 28 Lincoln Memorial Event on Human Rights Draws Public Support
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/march-28-event-support/

(Iran) Reverend Wilson was conditionally freed from jail after posting bail
http://www.fcnn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1022:reverend-wilson-was-conditionally-freed-from-jail-after-posting-bail&catid=127:iranian-christian

(Morocco) Colorado Christian couple deported from Morocco
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=135568&provider=top&catid=188

Belgium moves to become first European country to ban the burka
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1262545/Belgium-set-European-country-ban-burka.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7083103.ece

Turkey: "Muslim scholars issue fatwa... on jihad"
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1262522/Muslim-scholars-issue-fatwa--jihad.html

UK: George Galloway ignores East End politicians' anti-IFE boycott of anti-Muslim hate debate
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED30%20Mar%202010%2015%3A45%3A45%3A347

UK: Bradford leaders speak out in favor of report on deradicalization
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/5972278._Muslims_support_anti_extremism_bid_/?ref=mr

UK: Labour's libel law reforms to include new 'public interest' defense for journalists
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7073368.ece

Pakistan: Easter in Pakistan where an "unshakable" faith is stronger than fear
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Easter-in-Pakistan-where-an-unshakable-faith-is-stronger-than-fear-18034.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Christian Petitioner Shen Peilan Kidnapped Again
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1417&month=03&year=2010&_nc=3b29e0320e8218c533c373ff25f1b298

Communist China: Google Pulling Out of China: Timeline
http://beforeitsnews.com/story/28159/Google_Pulling_Out_of_China:_Timeline.html

Communist China: Report: Yahoo e-mail accounts hacked in China
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/2010/03/on_the_heels_of_chinas.html?hpid=sec-tech