Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] April 22, 2010

April 22, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

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Newslinks:

(Afghanistan) Taleban defectors 'are rejoining insurgency'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7104508.ece

(Afghanistan) Early Afghan pullout would be worse than 9/11: Germany's Merkel
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-early-afghan-pullout-would-be-worse-than-911-merkel-ss-08

(Pakistan) Suspects in 471 terror cases acquitted in Punjab
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg7_3
-- Where terrorists walk free
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg3_1

(Pakistan) "Editorials in Pakistani Media on Nuclear Security Summit: 'It is Significant That None of the 47 Countries Represented... Raised Any Concern over Pakistan's Nukes'; 'Obama Has So Far Achieved None of His Nuclear Disarmament... Goals – And We Need to Ensure that His Only 'Success' Does Not Come at Pakistan's Expense'"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4116.htm

(Pakistan) 7 terrorists enter Gujranwala to 'target Chinese'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\21\story_21-4-2010_pg7_14

(Pakistan) 26 Taliban, 2 soldiers killed in Orakzai
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg7_4
-- 48 pro-Taliban militants killed in Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/48-pro-Taliban-militants-killed-in-Pakistan/articleshow/5845825.cms

(Pakistan) Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief ready to act as intermediary between Taliban and government
-- Syed Munawar Hassan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg7_24
-- April 19, 2010: 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

(Pakistan) 'Jihadi channels' opened to secure release of former ISI spies
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg1_8

(India) Three Kashmiris get death for Delhi bombings
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg7_6

(Iraq) Arrest of Al-Qaeda boss 'led to Baghdadi strike'
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100422/twl-arrest-of-al-qaeda-boss-led-to-baghd-3cd7efd.html

Iraq: 'Al-Qaeda's foreign relations chief arrested'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.286493117

Iraqi officer escapes south Baghdad blast
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077699&Language=en

(U.S.) Nigeria - Man put on 'no-fly list' while in air to NYC
-- Gambian was detained when plane stopped to refuel in Puerto Rico
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36718880/ns/us_news-security/

(U.S.) Terror suspect's lawyers can take laptop, disks into prison
-- Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted December 25, 2009 jet terror attack on Detroit
http://www.freep.com/article/20100422/NEWS05/100422022/1318/Terror-suspects-lawyers-can-take-laptop-disks-into-prison

(U.S.) Chinese Uighur Muslims plead in court for US release
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100422/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamotrialuighurs

(Iran) Ahmadinejad condemns 'satanic pressures' on Iran and Zimbabwe
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Ahmadinejad-condemns-satanic-pressures-on-Iran-and-Zimbabwe/articleshow/5846606.cms

Syria-Hezbollah 'Scud deal' taking center stage in Arab world
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1164579.html

(Israel) Jordan confirms rocket strike in Red Sea port city - toward southern Israel city of Eilat
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1164634.html
-- Jordan: We were target of rocket
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=173665

'Palestinian 2-state support waning'
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=173710

(Yemen) Gaza extremist group calls on Al-Qaida to target Yemen's Jews
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1164820.html

Indonesia anti-terror efforts 'need work'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8636445.stm

(Thailand) Three Muslim men killed in southern Thailand - by "suspected Islamic militants"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jIYkRceqgd5uWXKeTNTX4sW7wxUA

(Thailand) Pattani leading list of attacks in South
There have been 234 violent incidents in the southern border provinces from January to March
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Pattani-leading-list-of-attacks-in-South-30127724.html
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/36467/pattani-tops-most-violent-province-list

(Thailand) Bomb terror grips Silom
- Four grenades hit business district - 3 people killed, up to 75 injured
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/36462/bomb-terror-grips-silom

War on Women News:

(Canada) Muslim woman fears reprisal
-- Pakistani woman Roohi Tabassum claims death threats for working in men's hair salon
-- Toronto Sun: "Tabassum claims family members in Pakistan are still receiving threats from ex-husband, Faisal Javed, who has threatened to kill her."
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/04/22/13684156.html

(Somalia) Report exposes religious brutality in Somalia
-- Women living in al-Shabaab-controlled areas are routinely beaten
http://bit.ly/c1WZE7

Uganda: Acholi-leader says no to gender violence
http://www.saynotoviolence.org/around-world/news/ker-kwero-acholi-leader-says-no-to-gender-violence

Other News:

Voice of Martyr's Fund Raising Letter States Middle East Christians Receiving Death Threats with Bullets
http://etools.781net.com/a/vomso/bg_vomso_wdbm_399.html

Turkey: "alleged Navy plan targeting Turkey's non-Muslim communities"
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1434

(UK) Blunkett: Change needed to oust Islamic extremists
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/30856/blunkett-change-needed-oust-islamic-extremists

(UK) Guardian: "Student Islamic societies are radical, not extremist"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/22/student-islamic-societies-radical

(Sweden) "Malmo: Anti-Islam party posters show Muhammad naked"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/malmo-anti-islam-party-posters-show.html

(U.S.) 'South Park' Mohammed issue sparks debate among Muslims
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/22/south-park-mohammed-issue-sparks-debate-among-muslims/
-- 'South Park' gets modified by Comedy Central
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/22/south-park-gets-modified-by-comedy-central/
-- No Joke: Comedy Central censors South Park episode after threat
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Joke%20Comedy%20Central%20censors%20South%20Park%20episode%20after%20threat/2939167/story.html

(U.S.) IPT News: "Keith Ellison's Muslim Brotherhood Support"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1913/keith-ellisons-mb-support

(U.S.) Oklahoma: Proposed Bill Seeks Punishment for Unauthorized Militia
http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0410/728050.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist North Korea: South Korean ship sunk by crack squad of 'human torpedoes'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/7619087/South-Korean-ship-sunk-by-crack-squad-of-human-torpedoes.html

Communist China: Christian activist Shen Peilan arrested on the heels of human rights attorney's release
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/14140

U.S.: Tiananmen Square Leader Chai Ling Embraces Christian Faith and Freedom
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1436&month=04&year=2010&_nc=e2e91bc0cf9212979f7c150af6455cc3

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