Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] March 9, 2010

March 9, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

(U.S.) Pennsylvania: American Colleen LaRose Called Herself Jihad Jane
-- ABC: "A suburban Pennsylvania woman known by the alias 'Jihad Jane' has been arrested and charged with trying to recruit Islamic fighters and for plotting to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist who made fun of the Prophet Mohammed, according to a federal indictment unsealed today."
-- "Colleen R. LaRose, 46, of Montgomery, Pa., described by neighbors as an average "housewife," is better known to federal authorities as 'Fatima Rose' or 'Jihad Jane.'
-- "The indictment, obtained by ABC News, charges LaRose with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to kill in a foreign country"
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/TheLaw/colleen-larose-jihad-jane-indicted-charges-helping-terrorists/story?id=10055608
--- "A government official says Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks was Colleen LaRose's target."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/09/pennsylvania.terror.indictment/index.html?hpt=T2
-- Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Recruiting Violent Jihadist Fighters
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,588627,00.html
-- Department of Justice Press Release
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/March/10-ag-238.html
-- Indictment (PDF)
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_FOR%20EDIT/JihadJane.pdf

(Ireland) Seven held in Ireland over Swedish cartoonist 'plot'
-- "Police confirmed press reports that they were Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to assassinate Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who has a 100,000-dollar (74,000-euro) bounty on his head from an Al-Qaeda-linked group."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jtyawwcUBlLNlCKAKHqwcqhHW6jw
-- Muhammad cartoonist had $100,000 bounty on head
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/09/lars-vilks-muhammad-cartoon-background

(UK) Pakistani men arrested 'within days of massive Al Qaeda terror attack on Britain'
-- between April 15-20 of LAST year
-- Daily Mail: "Five men linked to a UK terror plot which would cause 'mass casualties' were arrested days before they planned to strike, a court heard today."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256721/Pakistani-men-arrested-days-massive-Al-Qaeda-terror-attack-Britain.html?ITO=1490

Afghanistan: Britain to Hamid Karzai: you must talk to Taliban now
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/mar/09/david-miliband-afghanistan-peace

Afghanistan: Two NATO soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6283NH20100309

Afghanistan: British soldier describes throwing Taliban hand grenade back toward enemy in Afghanistan
http://www.courant.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-eu-britain-afghanistan-grenade-thrower,0,1940009.story

Afghanistan: After Weekend's Fighting between Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hizb-e-Islami and Taliban in Afghanistan's Baghlan Province, Editorial in Pakistan Daily Notes: 'The Defection of... Commanders and Fighters of the Hizb-e-Islami to the Karzai Government is... the First Concrete Success of Kabul's Extension of an Olive Branch to Militants'
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4024.htm

Afghanistan: Jordan Islamists urge government to reject NATO request
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1539713.php/Jordan-Islamists-urge-government-to-reject-NATO-request#ixzz0hjLlMEH7

Afghanistan: Gates visits Afghanistan's Kandahar province
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2066879&Language=en

(AfPak) US harbors doubts over Islamabad's will to pursue all Taliban militants
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e64dcb2e-2bbb-11df-a5c7-00144feabdc0.html

(Pakistan) Taliban reintegration to be key agenda of Pak-Afghan talks
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-taliban-reintegration-to-be-key-agenda-of-pak-afghan+talks-ss-10

(Pakistan) Experts Say Arrests of Taliban Leaders to Deflate Insurgency
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/abdulhadi-hairan/experts-say-arrests-of-ta_b_491204.html

(Pakistan) Terrorists strike at 'safe house' in heart of Lahore
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/14-blast-in-model-town-area-of-lahore-zj-04
-- Attack on SIA kills 13 in Lahore
-- Dead include security personnel, woman, five-year-old girl
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\09\story_9-3-2010_pg1_1

(Pakistan) Taliban claim responsibility, vow more attacks
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\09\story_9-3-2010_pg1_2

(Pakistan) Taliban 'ready to unleash 3,000 suicide bombers in Pakistan'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7406415/Taliban-ready-to-unleash-3000-suicide-bombers-in-Pakistan.html

(Pakistan) US drone attack kills five militants in Miramshah
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/22-us-drone-strike-in-malay-khan-area-aj-02

(Pakistan) 'Suicide bomber' held in Mohmand Agency
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\09\story_9-3-2010_pg7_21

(Pakistan) Confusion over US Qaida man nabbed in Pak
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Confusion-over-US-Qaida-man-nabbed-in-Pak/articleshow/5660898.cms
-- Pakistan: U.S.-Born al Qaeda Arrest News Incorrect on California's Adam Gadahn
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/07/world/main6275953.shtml
--- Dawn: Al-Qaeda commander Abu Yahya arrested in Karachi -- U.S. citizen born in Pennsylvania
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/22-intelligence-agencies-arrested-al-qaeda-commander-abu-yahya-in-karachi-03-aj

(Iraq) Five Al-Qaeda men arrested in Iraq
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Five-Al-Qaeda-men-arrested-in-Iraq/H1-Article1-517236.aspx

CIA warns of al-Qaida threat to India, Brazil
http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2010/03/10/cia-warns-al-qaida-threat-india-brazil

Lebanon: Debate on Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV: The Language of Martyrdom Is the Marseillaise of Our Nation; the Road to Life Passes through Death
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4022.htm

(Iran) 'US determined to prevent nuclear Iran'
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=170564

Israel: Biden pledges US commitment to Israeli security
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-biden-israel10-2010mar10,0,123115.story

Nigeria: ICC - "500 Christians Slain in Muslim Jihad Attack in Nigeria" - "most of the victims are women and children"
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=11889&PHPSESSID=672b4dd124b59d5557e184a1a210706f
-- Nigerian army 'ignored warning of massacres' in Jos
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8558246.stm
-- Nigeria: US Calls for Justice in Nigeria Massacre
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/US-Calls-For-Justice-In-Nigeria-Massacre-87107737.html
-- London Times: "Nigerian Christian villagers flee threats of fresh attacks by Muslims"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7055780.ece

(Somalia) UN cuts Somalia food relief over Islamist threat
http://www.canada.com/news/cuts+Somalia+food+relief+over+Islamist+threat/2408555/story.html

(Belgium) Brussels: PKK threatens attacks
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/03/brussels-pkk-threatens-attacks.html

(Indonesia) Are Indonesian terror networks regrouping?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8557561.stm

Indonesian Police Confirm 3 Terror Suspects Killed Near Jakarta
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Indonesian-Police-Confirm-Three-Terror-Suspects-Killed-Near-Jakarta-87110057.html

Indonesia: Bali bombing mastermind 'killed' in shootout
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/03/09/indonesia.terror.raids/?hpt=Sbin

Other News:

Iranian Pastor Tortured, Threatened for 'Converting Muslims'
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/iran/16025/

Egypt: Fear Of Muslim Collective Punishment Grips Christian Villagers in Upper Egypt
http://www.aina.org/news/20100308205359.htm

(U.S.) DC: Voice of the Copts Rally At Egypt Embassy (March 11), Press Conference (March 12)
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/dc-voice-of-the-copts-events/

(U.S.) IPT: "Challenging the Islamists: The "Other Muslims" Demand Their Say"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1838/challenging-the-islamists-the-other-muslims

(UK) "The Kingdom of IFE"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/03/09/the-kingdom-of-ife/

(UK) Daily Telegraph: "Islamist Blogpost of the Day 4: Suicide bombings are not terrorism"
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100029008/islamist-blogpost-of-the-day-4-suicide-bombings-are-not-terrorism/
-- Daily Telegraph: "Islamist Blogpost of the Day 5: 'Little Miss Jewess Being a Good British Citizen'"
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100029241/islamist-blogpost-of-the-day-5-little-miss-jewess-being-a-good-british-citizen/

(UK) "Racist agitators aren't welcome in Aylesbury"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/09/english-defence-league-aylesbury

Netherlands: Muslim Brotherhood youth group
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/03/netherlands-muslim-brotherhood-youth.html

Ohio Jury: Dr. Yazeed Essa Who Fled to Lebanon Convicted in Wife's Cyanide Death
http://www.wten.com/Global/story.asp?S=12091464&nav=menu30_2_3

Other News:

WSJ Interview with Mosab Hassan Yousef (son of Hamas leader) - "The 'Son of Hamas' author on his conversion to Christianity, spying for Israel, and shaming his family."
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703915204575103481069258868.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read

Pakistan: 6 girls burnt alive as hostel catches fire in Rawalpindi - says short circuit caused fire
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\09\story_9-3-2010_pg7_1

International Women's Day News:

Global Bridge Gatherings Rally Support for Women in War Zones
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Global-Bridge-Gatherings-Rally-Support-for-Women-in-War-Zones--86967287.html

Gaza women denied inheritance rights
-- The Media Line: "Palestinian inheritance law follows Islamic law, which stipulates that women are only entitled to half the inheritance amount given to men."
-- Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development (PWWSD) says "You can say it's a matter of culture more than religion"
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=170400

War on Women News:

Nigeria/Italy: Former sex slave tells story of 'trip of no return'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.99153426

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Cyberwar declared as China hunts for the West’s intelligence secrets
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7053254.ece

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