April 17, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
(Pakistan) Burqa bombers kill 41 in Pakistan - some reports say Shia refugee camp
-- Hindustan Times: "Two suicide bombers dressed in burqas blew themselves up on Saturday in a camp for refugees fleeing military offensives in northwestern Pakistan, killing 41 people and wounding 62, officials said."
-- "The United Nations said it was temporarily suspending its programs helping displaced people in Kohat and neighbouring Hangu as a result of the bombings."
-- "The camp in the Kohat region is sometimes used by foreign humanitarian groups, including the World Food Program, to deliver aid."
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/pakistan/Burqa-bombers-kill-41-in-Pakistan/Article1-532662.aspx
-- Dozens killed in attack on Pakistan camp
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/17/pakistan.blast/index.html
-- Dawn report
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-two-explosions-take-place-in-idp-camps-in-kohat-ss-01
-- UN condemns attack on IDP camp in Kohat
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/12-un+condemns+attack+on+idp+camp+in+kohat--bi-03
(Pakistan/U.S.) American suspects linked to militants: prosecutor
-- Dawn: "Evidence showed contacts between the five detained Americans and a reputed al-Qaeda-linked militant leader."
-- "prosecutors say they made contact with Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the leader of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami militant network, which is believed to have extensive contacts with al-Qaeda and the Taliban."
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-american-suspects-linked-to-militants-prosecutor-ss-09
(Pakistan/U.S.) Mom of Virginia man charged with terrorism in Pakistan says son, others were beaten by authorities
-- DC suburb Alexandria, Virginia's Amal Khalifa - mother of Ramy Zamzam
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-pakistan-us-arrests-mother,0,6541530.story
-- 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) More than 60 alleged terrorists go underground
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\17\story_17-4-2010_pg7_15
(Afghanistan) Two NATO soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1548944.php/Two-NATO-soldiers-killed-in-southern-Afghanistan
(Afghanistan) UN bodyguard 'executed by Afghan police'
-- Daily Telegraph: "A United Nations bodyguard who saved 17 colleagues by holding back Taliban fighters who stormed a guesthouse was minutes later executed by Afghan police, according to a video which has been seen by officials."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7601596/UN-bodyguard-executed-by-Afghan-police.html
(Afghanistan) U.S. Gen McChrystal defends pullout from Afghan Taliban bastion
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\17\story_17-4-2010_pg7_35
(Afghanistan) Taliban targets U.S. contractors working on projects in Afghanistan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/16/AR2010041604521.html
India: Third explosive device defused at Bangalore cricket stadium
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Third-explosive-device-defused-at-Bangalore-cricket-stadium/articleshow/5826212.cms
-- after two explosions
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Two-blasts-before-Bangalore-IPL-match-15-injured/articleshow/5825227.cms
India: Terrorists may be planning attacks in India: US advisory
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Terrorists-may-be-planning-attacks-in-India-US-advisory/articleshow/5824221.cms
Hamas vows to kidnap more Israeli soldiers on Prisoner's Day
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1548955.php/Hamas-vows-to-kidnap-more-Israeli-soldiers-on-Prisoner-s-Day
Iran: US 'is the atomic criminal'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7600901/Iran-calls-US-the-worlds-only-atomic-criminal.html
Iran opens 'alternative' nuke summit
-- Jerusalem Post: "Iran's conference brought together representatives from 60 countries, including China, Russia, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey and France, as well as delegates from international bodies and non-governmental organizations, according to Iranian media."
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=173376
Philippines: Three suspected Islamic militants killed in southern Philippines
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1548854.php/Three-suspected-Islamic-militants-killed-in-southern-Philippines
Philippines to drop charges against massacre clan suspects
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100417/wl_asia_afp/philippinespoliticsmassacre_20100417185015
Other News:
Egypt: Report of Acid Thrown at Christian Convert Dina El-Gowhary
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/egypt-attack-on-dina/
(U.S.) Fathima Rifqa Bary: Christian convert runaway Rifqa Bary is "doing well" in foster care
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features-the-religion-world/2010/04/16/fathima-rifqa-bary-christian-convert-runaway-rifqa-bary-is-doing-well-in-foster-care/
Sudan's election flawed, say observers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/7600794/Sudans-election-flawed-say-observers.html
Bangladesh: Hizb-ut Tahrir protests against US military exercise in Chittagong District
http://hindu.theuniversalwisdom.org/hizb-ut-tahrir-protests-against-us-military-exercise-chittagong-district
(Canada) Controversy swirls around Muslim scholar's Montreal visit - Tariq Ramadan
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Controversy+swirls+around+Muslim+scholar+Montreal+visit/2912476/story.html
(UK) "Over 2 million Muslims urged to change shape of British politics"
http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=184565
Iran slaps travel ban on Opposition Leader Khatami
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=173330
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