Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] April 23, 2010

April 23, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

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Newslinks:

Iraq: Bombings Kill 69 Shiite Muslims in Targeted Attacks
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/iraq-bombings-kill-69-shiite-muslims-in-targeted-attacks/

Iraq: Bombs in Iraqi town of Khalidiya kill seven -- police
http://www.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUSLDE63M0DP20100423

(Iraq) US still holds 4,000-5,000 detainees inside Iraq - Pentagon Official
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2078097&Language=en

"Pakistan may slip over nuclear weapons to Taliban for use against India"
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/Pak-may-slip-over-N-weapons-to-Taliban-for-use-against-India/articleshow/5847266.cms

(Pakistan) Militant ambush kills 8 troops in North Waziristan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-military-convoy-ambushed-in-north-waziristan-ss-02
-- CNN reports 5 beheaded
http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/23/7-pakistani-soldiers-killed-5-beheaded/

(Pakistan) Militants kill four 'US spies' in Miramshah
-- two beheaded
-- "Two of the men were Afghans while the others were local tribesmen"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-militants-kill-four-us-spies-in-miramshah-ss-01

Pakistan: Taliban claim deadly convoy attack
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.293119697

Pakistan: Hostage says he was a 'CIA mole' -- Khalid Khawaja
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.292313961

(Pakistan) Target killings rekindle Taliban fear in Pakistan's Swat
http://www.reuters.com/article/gc05/idUSTRE63M1NR20100423

(Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) could seek alliance with the Taliban
http://gulfnews.com/news/world/pakistan/cornered-let-could-seek-alliance-with-the-taliban-1.616881

(Pakistan/U.S.) Hamid Gul's remarks on Bhutto assassination outrageous: US
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Hamid-Guls-remarks-on-Bhutto-assassination-outrageous-US/articleshow/5842654.cms

(Pakistan/U.S.) IPT News: "From Jihadi to Victim: Ramy Zamzam's Shifting Narrative"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1915/from-jihadi-to-victim-ramy-zamzams-shifting
(India) Three villagers shot dead by Maoists in Jharkhand
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Three-villagers-shot-dead-by-Maoists-in-Jharkhand/articleshow/5847299.cms

(Afghanistan) Two U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-americans-killed-20100424,0,6871922.story

(Afghanistan) Kandahar: lawless centre of Taliban resurgence
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7624943/Kandahar-lawless-centre-of-Taliban-resurgence.html

Afghanistan: US wants British troops to leave Helmand -- to Kandahar region
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7625344/Afghanistan-US-wants-British-troops-to-leave-Helmand.html

(Afghanistan) Taleban rift ignites power struggle over who controls the insurgency
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7105605.ece

(Afghanistan) NATO ministers consider Afghanistan pull-out plan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8639029.stm
-- NATO talks transfer of responsibility to Afghans
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/23/AR2010042301397.html

(Afghanistan) U.S. troops in a remote Afghan outpost: 'Is this 1910 or 2010?'
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/04/23/2278200.aspx

(U.S.) NYC - Zazi Case: N.Y. Subway Bomb Plot Figure Zarein Ahmedzay Pleads Guilty
-- Bloomberg reports that Zarein Ahmedzay told court: "I believe the real enemy of this country are the ones who are destroying this country from within -- a special group of Zionist Jews who believe in running a permanent shadow government within the United States of America."
-- also told court that he, Zazi, and a thrid man traveled to Qatar and Pakistan reach Afghanistan and "conduct jihad against the America occupier,"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/23/bloomberg1376-L1CJQ41A1I4H-1.DTL
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Suspect-in-NYC-Bomb-Plot-Pleads-Guilty-to-Terrorism-Charges-91942749.html

(U.S.) NYC - Zazi Case: Defendant in N.Y. terror plot says al-Qaeda leaders ordered attack
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/23/AR2010042302807.html
-- Zazi Case: Taxi driver pleads guilty in New York subway terror plot
-- CNN reports that Zarein Ahmedzay told court: "I strongly urge the American people to stop supporting the war against Islam"
-- ordered by Saleh al-Somali and Rashid Rauf -- Rashid Rauf alleged mastermind of UK transatlantic jet plot who "escaped" from Pakistan police
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/23/new.york.terror.plot.plea/

(U.S.) Virginia: 11 Somalis charged with piracy in attacks on U.S. Navy
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-somali-pirates-20100424,0,1310857.story

Gaza: Interview with 'Abu Al-Harith' from Jund Ansar Allah: Over 11,000 Salafi Jihadis in Gaza
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4117.htm

Gaza: "Mysterious explosion kills 18-yr-old Palestinian"
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2078088&Language=en

Mali border guards on alert after Niger kidnappings
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE63M0F120100423?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=401

Ethiopia: Eritrean Rebels Claim Killing 11 Government Soldiers
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=10456781

Northern Ireland: Car bomb explodes outside Northern Ireland police station
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63M0VH20100423
-- Real IRA may be planning UK bombing campaign
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article7106899.ece

(Thailand) Pattani: Policeman killed, 60 wounded in Thai south
-- Reuters: "More than 4,000 people, Buddhists and Muslims, have been killed in six years of unrest in the largely Muslim, rubber-rich region bordering Malaysia."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63K1J320100422

War on Women News:

(Saudi Arabia) 12-year-old bride's divorce prompts marriage age review in Saudi Arabia
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7104248.ece

(U.S.) Seattle: White Supremacist Sentenced in Hate Crime Threat to Kill Muslim Woman, Baby
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/seattle-hate-crime-eric-lee-garner/

Sweden: Court awards damages after genital mutilation test
http://www.thelocal.se/26194/20100421/

Other News:

(U.S.) Tennessee: White Supremacist Nazi Gets 4 Years in Prison for Mosque Firebombing
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/tennessee-white-supremacist-nazi-gets-4-years-prison-for-mosque-firebombing/

(U.S.) Chicago: Facebook message made references to lynching - called for "lynching" of Muslim boy
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/HS-Athletes-Trash-Talk-Becomes-Hate-Speech-91918604.html

(U.S.) 'South Park' guys: Comedy Central cut speech due to Muslim warning
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2010-04-22-south-park-censored_N.htm

(U.S.) "It's wrong to paint all Muslims with the same broad brush" by M. Zuhdi Jasser
-- Dr. Jasser is the president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD)
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/04/23/1392683/the-observer-forum.html

(U.S.) NYC: Action Alliance Reports: "Stand with Israel Rally" in NYC on Sunday, April 25 at 1 PM
http://standwithisrael.wordpress.com/

(UK) BNP under fire in Redbridge over anti-Islamic leaflet
-- Ilford recorder: "The leaflets have been sent to Jewish voters showing people dressed in Islamic clothing performing Nazi salutes and holding banners bearing anti-Semitic claims such as 'God Bless Hitler'"
http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/content/redbridge/recorder/news/story.aspx?brand=RECOnline&category=newsIlford&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsilford&itemid=WeED23+Apr+2010+15%3A43%3A59%3A007

Netherlands: No Sharia courts
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/netherlands-no-sharia-courts.html

France: Driver wearing Islamic face veil fined in France
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iP02Q9ZVPYkJY0wHdx6MbUeiao0QD9F8MFNG0

France veil ban will apply to Muslim tourists too: minister
http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/france-veil-ban-will-apply-to-muslim-tourists-too-minister_61880.html

France's Model Muslim: 'Imam for Peace' Sows Discontent - Hassen Chalghoumi
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,690303,00.html

France: Nicolas Sarkozy ally 'received death threats' over Muslim veil ban
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7624794/Nicolas-Sarkozy-ally-received-death-threats-over-Muslim-veil-ban.html

(Spain) Muslim girl's headscarf divides Spain
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1550462.php/Muslim-girl-s-headscarf-divides-Spain

(Canada) Offensive graffiti found on Pickering Islamic Center
http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2010/04/23/13697816.html

(Sudan) Opposition supporters killed in Southern Sudan protests
http://bit.ly/99yJY1

Honduras: Attack on Teacher
http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/honduras/6643.html

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