Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] April 20, 2010

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(Pakistan) Military vehicle hit road-side bomb, 3 killed
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077245&Language=en

(Pakistan) Police in Pakistan releases sketch of Peshawar suicide bomber
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077160&Language=en

(Pakistan) Taliban blow up NATO tankers in Khyber Agency
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\20\story_20-4-2010_pg7_19

Pakistan military fails to woo tribal allies under grip of Taleban
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7103260.ece

(Pakistan) Taliban release footage of captured former ISI men
-- "Taliban releasing the footage of two captured former ISI men Colonel (r) Imam and Khalid Khawaja have asked the government to swap them with some of their leaders including Mullah Brothers."
http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=161664
-- Militants kidnap filmmaker and former intel officials
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/19/pakistan.taliban.filmmaker/
-- Taleban put hostages on show as market bomb death toll rises
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7102185.ece

(Pakistan/U.S.) "CIA accused of ordering kidnap of former Pakistani spy"
-- wife of Khalid Khawaja claims
-- "Shamama Khalid, said she did not believe her husband had been captured by the Taliban"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7611189/CIA-accused-of-ordering-kidnap-of-former-Pakistani-spy.html

(Pakistan/U.S.) Jamaat-e-Islami blames US for suicide bombing
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-jamaat-e-islami-blames-us-for-suicide-bombing-ss-04
-- Terrorists attack police, JI rally in Peshawar
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-blast-in-peshawars-qissa-khwani-bazaar-ss-09
-- February 2009: Pakistan: U.S. Envoy Richard Holbrooke meets with "Jamaat-e-Islami, whom some U.S. officials compare to the banned Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, to visit the heavily guarded American embassy compound in Islamabad"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-holbrooke-meets-with-supremacist/

Pakistan: Muslim party leader blames attacks on 'US alliance'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.276738533

(Pakistan/U.S.) US hopes Pakistan will join fissile material talks
http://thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=28429
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-us-hopes-pakistan-will-join-fissile-material-talks-rs-04

(Pakistan) UN hopes to restart aid after attack in Pakistan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-un-hopes-to-restart-aid-after-attack-in-pakistan-ss-09

(Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak court reserves order on Kasab, Ansari
-- Times of India: "A Pakistani court has reserved its decision on a petition filed by authorities challenging an anti-terrorism court's order rejecting a plea to declare Ajmal Kasab and Fahim Ansari as fugitives."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-court-reserves-order-on-Kasab-Ansari/articleshow/5836608.cms

Afghanistan: NATO soldiers killed in bomb attack
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.276738215

(Afghanistan) Kandahar deputy mayor shot dead in mosque
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/798074--kandahar-deputy-mayor-shot-dead-in-mosque

Afghanistan: Taliban wants US troops out before peace talks
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.278317676

(Afghanistan) Taliban No. 2 interrogations yield useful intel - U.S.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63J65X20100420

Iraq launches operation "Leap of the Lion" to hunt down Al-Qaeda
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077301&Language=en

(Iraq) Third Al-Qaida Leader Killed in Iraq -- Ahmed al-Obeidi
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Third-Al-Qaida-Leader-Killed-in-Iraq-91618064.html

(Iraq) Identity of slain Al Qaida leader shrouded in mystery
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/iraq/identity-of-slain-al-qaida-leader-shrouded-in-mystery-1.615352

Iraqi Forces Kill 1, Arrest 9 Terror Suspects
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/72362

(Iraq) Al Qaeda safe haven now rubble
http://bit.ly/dsvcpZ

Iraqi officials: Gunmen kill family of Awakening Council leader
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.violence/index.html?hpt=T2

(Iraq) Police officer killed in bomb blast in Iraq
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077184&Language=en

(Iraq) Arrest Warrant Issued for Saddam's Daughter
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/14/arrest-warrant-issued-saddams-daughter/

(Iran) Blast in Iran kills two people
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077253&Language=en

(Iran) UNSC sanction against Iran in place by spring: White House
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/UNSC-sanction-against-Iran-in-place-by-spring-White-House/articleshow/5835355.cms

Iranian missiles may reach US by 2015
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=173528

(Iran) WSJ: "Israeli Officials Weigh Option of Attacking Iran Without U.S. Consent"
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/20/israeli-officials-weigh-option-attacking-iran-consent/

(Iran) US strike against Iran an option, says military chief
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7607800/US-top-military-official-says-strike-against-Iran-would-halt-nuclear-programme.html

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror org
Leading Europeans: Sanctions against IRGC to stop nuke development.
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=173564

(Syria/Lebanon) US summons Syrian diplomat over missile transfers to Hezbollah
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7102380.ece
-- US warns Syria over Hizbollah Scud missile 'deal'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/7611258/US-warns-Syria-over-Hizbollah-Scud-missile-deal.html
-- Lebanon dismisses Scud claims as 'weapons of mass destruction' scaremongering
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7103137.ece

(U.S.) "Presentation of 'McVeigh Tapes' on Bombing Anniversary Raises Questions of Politics, Terrorism"
http://www.globalshift.org/2010/04/mcveigh-tapes-raises-questions/

(Yemen/Somalia) As al-Qaida expands, enter Pakistani Ilyas Kashmiri
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/04/20/As-al-Qaida-expands-enter-Ilyas-Kashmiri/UPI-41711271783751/

(Canada) Terror plotters wanted to announce Canadian beheadings on air
http://sify.com/news/terror-plotters-wanted-to-announce-canadian-beheadings-on-air-news-international-keqluceicgj.html

Russia Constitutional Court upholds ban on jury trials for terrorism suspects
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/04/russia-constitutional-court-upholds-ban.php

Russia: Moscow, Chechnya See Next Stage Of War Against Terrorism Differently
http://bit.ly/bFXlBi

Indonesia: Terror chief's relative gets 8 years
-- AP: "Saefudin Zuhri, 40, was convicted under the country's anti-terror laws of harboring alleged militant mastermind Noordin Top"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jyOw-Q3TkbCc0bCpvS_hsDTjalWAD9F6O8080

(Philippines) Communist rebels kill 4, wound 5 policemen in Philippines
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Communist-rebels-kill-4-wound-5-policemen-in-Philippines/articleshow/5835125.cms

War on Women News:

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Saudi Citizen's Appeal on Sexual Abuse, False Imprisonment Conviction
-- Homaidan Ali Al-Turki
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/homaidan_ali_al-turki/

Iraq: Women's Rights researcher states "honor killing" is "major religious factor in the Middle East"
-- "'Honor killing in general is an action that is a major religious factor in the Middle East,' said women affairs researcher Mrs. Qaradaghi."
http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-04-20/iraq-kurdistan-honour-killing.html

(Northern Ireland/Pakistan) Court stops Muslim girls 'being sent abroad for marriage'
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/court-stops-muslim-girls-lsquobeing-sent-abroad-for-marriagersquo-14773163.html

Saudi cleric fired for advocating mixing of sexes
-- AP: "The head of Saudi Arabia's powerful religious police has fired the chief of the Mecca branch for advocating the mixing of the sexes, an official from the force said Tuesday."
-- "Ahmed bin Qassim al-Ghamidi's suggestion in a newspaper interview this week that men and women should be left to mingle freely directly clashed with a central preoccupation of the force."
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/20/saudi-cleric-fired-advocating-mixing-sexes/

Other News:

Egypt: ICC Report - Third Time trial of Naga Hammadi murders has been postponed
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=12152&PHPSESSID=1f287aaa39ce00874ad5656ffa7c4187

Egypt: US aid cuts hit Egypt's democracy groups
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/us-aid-cuts-hit-egypt-s-democracy-groups-1.614822

Egypt seeks UN pressure on Israel over nuke arms
http://bit.ly/a1QACv

Nigeria: Pastor, Wife Killed in Northern Nigeria
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/nigeria/17497/

Nigeria: loss of confidence in army grows as attacks continue
-- "A man and woman were killed and three people are missing after Fulani tribesmen attacked a group of miners near Rim village, Plateau State, Nigeria, yesterday at midday."
http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4411

Pakistani Brothers Threaten Family of Catholic Who Wed Muslim
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/17368/

Pakistan: Speakers stress need for religious tolerance
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\20\story_20-4-2010_pg12_9
-- Pakistan Newspaper Criticizes Pakistan as "Becoming an Increasingly Intolerant Nation"
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/pakistan-intolerance/

Indonesia: Jakarta, Constitutional Court: blasphemy law is legitimate
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Jakarta,-Constitutional-Court:-blasphemy-law-is-legitimate-18188.html

Indonesia under fire for upholding scripture over rights
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gOzktbjytGwSVCUwDrSXckH_4CjA

Indonesia: Official Orders Halt to Beleaguered Church in Indonesia
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/indonesia/17518/

Iran: Two Kurdish Political Prisoners Dead Under Torture
http://bit.ly/dn7OZq

Iran: Female converts go before Iranian judge
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/14126

Italy: Shariah friendly Italian financial instruments
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=104850

(UK) 'Forgery' mosque: new developments
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100035554/forgery-mosque-new-developments/

"U.S. Muslim groups walk fine line in efforts to confront extremism"
-- LA Times quotes MPAC, MAS, CAIR
-- no mention of extremist role of such organizations or unindicted co-conspirator roles
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf
-- see also March 12, 2010: IPT: "DOJ: CAIR's Unindicted Co-Conspirator Status Legit"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1854/doj-cairs-unindicted-co-conspirator-status-legit
-- PDF file
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/360.pdf

(Sudan) SPLM Official Denies Agreement to Accept Sudan’s Election Results
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/SPLM-Official-Denies-Agreement-to-Accept-Sudans-Election-Results-91657499.html
-- White House 'Regrets' Irregularities in Sudan's Elections
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/White-House-Regrets-Irregularities-in-Sudans-Elections-91617564.html

(Sudan) May 23, 2010: DC – Hope for Darfur – Justice in Sudan March
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/may-23-2010-dc-darfur-march/