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April 27, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

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Pakistan has reportedly set free another top Taliban leader. Why does this keep happening?
-- Abdul Qayum Zakir and Abdul Ghani Baradar
http://www.newsweek.com/id/236812

-- April 10, 2010: U.S. officials say Pakistani spy agency released Afghan Taliban insurgents
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041002111.html


(Pakistan) University professor killed in act of target killing
-- "Masked gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on Nazima Talib who was an assistant professor at Balochistan University"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-university-professor-killed-in-act-of-target-killing-ss-03


(Pakistan/U.S.) CIA 'using smaller missiles against al-Qaeda to avoid civilian deaths'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7108116.ece


(Bangladesh) Hizb-ut Tahrir chief Mohiuddin Ahmed on remand again
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/04/26/news0576.htm

Afghan Suicide Bombing Kills 3, Injures 35

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/27/world/main6437196.shtml

(Afghanistan) In Kandahar, some still see Taliban as lesser of evils

http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/27/in-kandahar-some-still-see-taliban-as-lesser-of-evils/

(Afghanistan) UN shuts mission in Kandahar in sign of worsening security

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7640615/UN-shuts-mission-in-Kandahar-in-sign-of-worsening-security.html


"Afghanistan's insurgent chief yielding"
-- USA Today report on Hizb-i-Islami (Islamic Party) and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/afghanistan/2010-04-26-afghantalks_N.htm


(Afghanistan) MEMRI: "Official Taliban Website: 'Karzai Cannot Nominate a Provincial Governor, Police Chief, or Intelligence Head Without Prior Agreement and Affirmation From American Generals'; 'By Using Afghanistan As an Outpost, Washington Wants to Follow Its Policy of Expansionism, Regime Change and Disintegration in the Neighbouring Countries'"

http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4120.htm

(India) Mumbai terrorist group threaten Indian 'water jihad'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/7639449/Mumbai-terrorist-group-threaten-Indian-water-jihad.html


India investigates spy ring working for Pakistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/7639237/India-investigates-spy-ring-working-for-Pakistan.html


(U.S.) NYC: Queens man Syed Hashmi facing 15 years after pleading guilty to helping Al Qaeda
http://bit.ly/bRAjiK

(U.S.) AP sources: Paris-to-Atlanta flight is diverted

-- "U.S. officials say an American citizen on a flight from Paris to Atlanta claimed to have a fake passport and said he had explosives in his luggage."
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6978189.html

-- No Bomb Found on Diverted Delta Flight After FBI Investigation
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/flight-bomb-scare-delta-flight-273-diverted-maine/story?id=10490282


(U.S.) Pentagon to comply with only part of Fort Hood probe
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63Q30520100427

(UK) "Bin Laden had 'no clue' about Sept. 11 retaliation"

http://wtop.com/?nid=778&sid=1943289

(Lebanon) Gates says Iran, Syria providing better arms to Hezbollah
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1551466.php/Gates-says-Iran-Syria-providing-better-arms-to-Hezbollah

-- Gates: Hezbollah has more rockets than most governments in the world
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1165850.html

Iran opposition urges vote anniversary rally: website -- on June 12

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSDAH747509

Iran's Mousavi Accuses Govt. of Persecuting Opponents in Name of Islam
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Irans-Mousavi-Accuses-Govt-of-Persecuting-Opponents-in-Name-of-Islam-92098234.html


Israeli media: Al-Qaeda wants to expand to Israel
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=279456

"Gaza dismissed gov't rejects Mitchell "bribes" for resumption of negotiations"

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2079130&Language=en

Palestinian Prime Minister gives Obama hope of Middle East deal

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/bronwen_maddox/article7109947.ece

(Somalia) Witnesses: al Qaeda-linked group on edge of pirate town

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/26/witnesses-al-qaeda-linked-group-on-edge-of-pirate-town/

Somalia: Hizbul Islam Leader Says Sheik Ahmed Madobe Signed a Deal With TFG and Kenya

http://allafrica.com/stories/201004270786.html

Nigeria: World Cup And Al Qaeda's Threat
http://allafrica.com/stories/201004270078.html


Africa: Rising Threats to Minorities in Sudan, Russia, Philippines
http://allafrica.com/stories/201004271147.html

(Russia) Special operation is underway in Dagestan, there are casualties

http://www.eng.kavkaz-uzel.ru/articles/13146/

(Austria) Investigation Links Critic’s Death to Top Chechens
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/world/europe/26chechen.html?src=mv


(Switzerland) Eco-terrorists 'plot to blow up IBM headquarters' thwarted in routine traffic stop
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1268968/Eco-terrorists-plot-blow-IBM-headquarters-thwarted-routine-traffic-stop.html




War on Women News:

(Iran) Release jailed Iranian women, Mousavi's wife urges
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5A20PN20091103


(Iran) Tehran candidates itself for UN post in defense of women's rights
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Tehran-candidates-itself-for-UN-post-in-defence-of-women%27s-rights-18235.html


Iran: "Suntanned women to be arrested under Islamic dress code"
-- Daily Telegraph: "Brig Hossien Sajedinia, Tehran's police chief, said a national crackdown on opposition sympathisers would be extended to women who have been deemed to be violating the spirit of Islamic laws."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7639728/Suntanned-women-to-be-arrested-under-Islamic-dress-code.html




Other News:

Egyptian Christians Protest Judicial Ploy
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=12211&PHPSESSID=afa9a5b048899eab07f9beced260b216


(Saudi Arabia) Egypt Coptic leader calls for release of Coptic doctor held in Saudi Arabia
-- Fady Samuel Bannon Bishay
http://bikyamasr.com/?p=12049

Coptic council warns against coordination with Muslim Brotherhood

--- Copt Abdel Messieh Bassit: The MB considers us second class citizens"
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/coptic-council-warns-against-coordination-mb


Kenyan Islamic group cracks down on soccer, films
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLDE63P1F7

Nigeria: Federal Appointments - Northern CAN Alleges Marginalization

http://allafrica.com/stories/201004261141.html

(UK) Staffordshire doctor wins libel case against The Sun over terrorism article
-- Dr Mohammed Asha

http://bit.ly/9Bm9jS

"UK: Respect candidate spearheads quiet revolution to get Muslim women involved in politics"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/uk-respect-candidate-spearheads-quiet.html


(U.S.) IPT News: "ICNA's Radical Reading List"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1919/icnas-radical-reading-list


(U.S.) Malcolm X killer freed after 44 years
-- Nation of Islam's Talmadge X Hayer aka Thomas Hagan
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/26/malcolmx.killer/


(U.S.) North Carolina: J. Sean McVey released from jail
-- had loaded semi-automatic Springfield XD 40 caliber pistol and was waiting for President Obama near airport
-- Asheville Citizen-Times: "Police arrested McVey at the airport Sunday and charged him with going armed to the terror of the public, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of 120 days. He has a June 10 court date."

http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100427/NEWS01/100427037
-- initial report
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/asheville.html


(U.S.) Senators seek to allow semi-automatics in D.C.
http://wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=1944057

(U.S.) Facebook Washington DC Event

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120202591324591#!/event.php?eid=120202591324591&ref=mf



Against Totalitarianism:

Communist North Korea: American sentenced to 8 years of hard labor for entering North Korea
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/07/AR2010040701024.html



Against Racial Supremacism News:

Texas: KKK distributes fliers in Lubbock
-- "Traditional Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan" racist group
http://www.dailytoreador.com/news/kkk-distributes-fliers-in-lubbock-1.2242389

http://www.dailytoreador.com/polopoly_fs/1.2242392!/image/758522601.jpg
-- Is the KKK Growing In West Texas?
http://lubbockcountyregister.blogspot.com/2010/04/is-kkk-growing-in-west-texas.html


St. Louis: White Separatist Chased From Tea Party Political Event
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/st-louis-white-separatist/
-- Racist Groups Increasingly Using Gadsden Flag and Seeking to Infiltrate Political Events

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/the-gadsden-flag-and-those-who-promote-hate/

North Carolina: NAACP Wants State & Federal Probe Into Jacksonville Vandalism -- KKK, Swastika

http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/92113494.html

Florida: West Palm Beach activist tried to identify, embarrass those who supported son of former KKK grand wizard

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/west-palm-beach-activist-tried-to-identify-embarrass-620222.html
-- Derek Black is co-leader of "white nationalist hate group" Stormfront


Missouri: Tempers Flare In Odessa Over Club
-- Civil War based club to be owned by "Charles Juba who once led the Aryan Nations"
http://www.kmbc.com/news/23268211/detail.html

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