[unitedstatesaction.com news] May 11, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

May 11, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks


Events:

May 12 -- Washington DC White House Protest -- Human Rights in Afghanistan
-- R.E.A.L. to lead White House Protest against "reconciliation" of Taliban that reject human rights for women, minorities, other Muslims

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/no-to-taliban/
http://bit.ly/notaliban
-- To quote Demond Tutu, "Reconciliation is not about being cozy; it is not about pretending that things were other than they were. Reconciliation based on falsehood, on not facing up to reality, is not true reconciliation and will not last."

http://www.justice.gov.za/trc/report/finalreport/Volume 1.pdf
-- The "red lights" that should give policy makers pause on either "reintegration" or "reconciliation" efforts must be based on our universal human rights



Newslinks:

(Afghanistan) "Hamid Karzai is failing Afghan women"
-- Anber Raz: "The message of the women was loud and clear: they were not prepared to see their rights sacrificed and did not support the plan to give positions of power to the Taliban. The Taliban have many differing aims, but one thing has remained consistent: their opposition to women's rights and equality."

-- "when Karzai met with a leading Afghan militant group last March as part of the process leading up to reintegration, one of its main demands was for a new constitution – so you may forgive the women of Afghanistan for fearing the worst."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/10/karzai-failing-afghan-women
http://bit.ly/9cT645

-- "Anber Raz is Asia programme officer for Equality Now"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/anber-raz

Afghanistan: Gas attack targets third girls' school

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.376249283

(U.S./Afghanistan) Hamid Karzai our partner in war on terror, says US

-- White House press secretary Robert Gibbs: "Karzai is a partner of the US in the fight against terrorism"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Hamid-Karzai-our-partner-in-war-on-terror-says-US-/articleshow/5915194.cms

-- New York Times: RAND's International Security and Defense Policy Center James Dobbin: "Talking to the Taliban"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/opinion/12iht-edobbins.html?pagewanted=1

-- ABC: "Time to talk to Taliban?"
--- ABC: "When Afghan President Hamid Karzai sits down with President Obama at the White House this week, the two leaders will discuss the timing and the conditions for negotiating with the Taliban."

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Afghanistan/time-talk-taliban/story?id=10598496

(U.S./Afghanistan) Clinton, Karzai to Hold Talks

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Clinton-Karzai-to-Hold-Talks-93395009.html
-- US will not abandon Afghan people, Clinton tells Karzai

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7123346.ece


Iraq: Toll in Devastating Iraq Attacks Rises to 114 - 30 killed in attack on mosque

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/10/iraqi-officials-killed-attacks-baghdad-appearing-target-police-military/


(U.S.) NYC: Times Square bomb suspect still no-show in court -- Faisal Shahzad
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jFOVhFy6si7fR4CQDL8xaOHVHbHwD9FK8E6G0


(U.S./Pakistan) Rogue Pakistani intelligence agents 'involved in Times Square plot'
-- Daily Telegraph: "American investigators believe rogue Pakistani intelligence agents may have been involved in the Times Square bomb plot, a potentially devastating blow to the country's shaky anti-terror credentials."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7705872/Rogue-Pakistani-intelligence-agents-involved-in-Times-Square-plot.html


(U.S./Pakistan) Official: Shahzad went to Pakistan for help with attack
-- "senior U.S. official said Shahzad received training on his most recent trip by [Tehrik-e-Taliban] TTP on how to execute a bomb attack"

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/05/10/times.square.suspect.pakistan/index.html
-- Times Square suspect went to Pakistan for Taliban's help: US

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Times-Square-suspect-went-to-Pakistan-for-Talibans-help-US/articleshow/5916000.cms

-- US probing 'how deep' Shahzad's links are with Pak Taliban
http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/world/US-probing-how-deep-Shahzad-s-links-are--with-Pak-Taliban/Article1-542014.aspx


(U.S./Pakistan) Times Square Turns the Spotlight on Pakistan's Military
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1988375,00.html


(U.S./Pakistan) 'Satisfied' US now says Clinton's Pak diatribe 'misconstrued' by media
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/05/11/satisfiedus-now-says-clintons-pak-diatribemisconstrued.html

--- Hillary did not warn Pakistan of 'severe consequences': US -- P.J. Crowley, Holbrooke
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Hillary-did-not-warn-Pakistan-of-severe-consequences-US/articleshow/5915695.cms

--- Jamaat-e-Islami asks govt to protest against Hillary's statements
http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=238748

(U.S./Pakistan) Failed Times Square bombing has 'adversely' affected ties with US: Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi

http://news.oneindia.in/2010/05/11/failedtimes-square-bombing-has-adversely-affected-ties.html

(U.S./Pakistan) "American Pakistan Foundation Condemns Acts of Terrorism in the Wake of the Failed Car-Bombing in Times Square"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20100511/pl_usnw/DC03111

(U.S./Pakistan) Reports of Mullah Omar capture sweep US
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Reports-of-Mullah-Omar-capture-sweep-US/articleshow/5918087.cms



(Lebanon) Hizballah Prepares for the Next War
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1988131,00.html

(Iran) Mothers of American hikers held in Iran allowed to visit prison

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7708050/Mothers-of-American-hikers-held-in-Iran-allowed-to-visit-prison.html


(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistani officials know where Osama bin Laden hiding: Hillary Clinton
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7711099/Pakistani-officials-know-where-Osama-bin-Laden-hiding-Hillary-Clinton.html


(Pakistan/U.S.) US drone attack kills 14 in Pakistan: Officials
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/US-drone-attack-kills-14-in-Pakistan-Officials/articleshow/5915780.cms


(Pakistan/U.S.) Tehrek-e-Taliban Pakistan poses a significant threat to Pakistan: US General Steanley McChrystal
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Tehrek-e-Taliban-Pakistan-poses-a-significant-threat-to-Pakistan-US-general/articleshow/5914954.cms


(Pakistan/U.S.) Senators want Pakistani Taliban on terror list
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gcaiUlcKMskzWxl3WEOvfjoKuyUwD9FKMQ3O1

-- WSJ: "Pakistan Taliban Not Yet on U.S. Bad Guy List"
--- the fact that they have to be called "bad guys" speaks volumes about the failure to be able to communicate the problem
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/05/11/pakistan-taliban-not-yet-on-us-bad-guy-list/


(Pakistan/U.S.) US studying China-Pakistan nuclear deal
-- Communist China to build new nuclear reactors in Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-studying-China-Pakistan-nuclear-deal/articleshow/5915784.cms


(Pakistan/Chile) Pakistani with bomb residue on hands arrested in Chile
-- Mohamed Said Uf Rejaman applying for visa to United States
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/11/pakistani-with-bomb-residue-on-hands-caught-in-chile/

-- Sources Say Man Was Recently Added to U.S. Terror Watch List
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pakistani-man-found-explosives-hands-us-embassy-chile/story?id=10616525


(Pakistan) Police officer involved in Gojra Violence against Christian barred to be CCPO Lahore by LHC
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1615


(Pakistan) "So who's surprised?"
-- on Faisal Shahzad's Paksitan links
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/kamran-shafi-so-whos-surprised-150


Pakistan Daily Times: "Change of tone"
-- "Pakistan has been sleeping with the enemy for far too long now. The message emanating from Washington is getting decidedly more aggressive and unrelenting with fresh revelations about the US’s belief that some Pakistani officials know of the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omer."

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\12\story_12-5-2010_pg3_1

(Pakistan) Following Times Square Attack, Pakistani Commentators Analyze Islamic Radicalism in Pakistani Society: 'Pakistan is Experiencing Youth Bulge'; 'More than Half of Pakistan's Population is Under the Age of 30'; 'Islamic Orthodoxy and Militancy Have Seeped Deep into Pakistan's State System'; 'Even the Mighty Army... [is] Brainwashed By the Joys of Jihad'

http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4150.htm

(Pakistan) Court throws out challenge to Afghanistan Taliban Mullah Baradar's extradition

-- court challenge to extradition dismissed after petitioner Khalid Khwaja was kidnapped and killed, reportedly by Taliban
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-court-throwsout-baradar-extradition-challenge-qs-12

-- Khwaja's murder points to home truths
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/khwajas-murder-points-to-home-truths-350


(Pakistan) Power pylon blown up in Peshawar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\12\story_12-5-2010_pg7_24


Pakistan - Karachi: Alleged TTP, LJ men held
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\12\story_12-5-2010_pg12_3


Pakistan kills suspect in Iran consulate official's murder
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-kills-suspect-in-Iran-consulate-officials-murder-/articleshow/5919692.cms


Pakistan Govt asks Wazir elders to expel Mehsud Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\12\story_12-5-2010_pg7_2


(Afghanistan/Pakistan) '40 terror camps near Af-Pak border'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/40-terror-camps-near-Af-Pak-border/articleshow/5910437.cms


Afghanistan: ISAF soldiers killed in blast
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.376827157

India needs tough law against terrorism: CJI

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-needs-tough-law-against-terrorism-CJI/articleshow/5907648.cms


Iraqi forces 'negligent'
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_525227.html

(Iran) UK could be target for Tehran missiles 'in four years'

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7122339.ece

(U.S.) Analysis: The spread of homegrown terrorism

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/11/vinas.cruickshank.analysis/index.html

(U.S.) Christian Hutaree militia to remain behind bars pending appeal

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100510/METRO/5100425/1409/metro
-- Hutaree members won't be released
http://www.freep.com/article/20100511/NEWS01/5110329/Hutaree-members-won-t-be-released

-- No bond for Hutarees during appeal review
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/05/11/No-bond-for-Hutarees-during-appeal-review/UPI-26621273584372/

--- April 29, 2010: "David Stone discusses killing a police officer and then using bombs to attack the scores of officers drawn to the slain officer's funeral."
--- "'I'm thinking' IEDs, and you just blow the whole convoy up. Boom!' he says on the tape."

http://www.detnews.com/article/20100429/METRO/4290479

(U.S.) NYC: "Victims of Jihad to march at Times Square"
http://ionglobaltrends.blogspot.com/2010/05/terrorism-victims-of-jihad-to-march-at.html


(U.S.) New Orleans Man Sentenced for Making Death Threats Against Obama
-- John Turnpaugh
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/11/new-orleans-man-sentenced-making-death-threats-obama/


(Iraq) Six Iraqis killed, 16 injured in two bomb attacks S. Baghdad
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2082663&Language=en


(Somalia) American-born Shabaab commander releases recruitment tape
-- Abu Mansour al Amriki aka Omar Hammami
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/05/americanborn_shabaab.php


(Yemen) Al-Qaida group claims April attack in Yemen
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_YEMEN_EXPLOSION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-05-11-20-34-12


(Yemen) US slaps sanctions on al-Qaeda leaders
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/us-slaps-sanctions-on-alqaeda-leaders-20100512-uvar.html


Italy Police Arrest Five Suspected of Financing Islamic Terror
-- "of Afghan and Pakistani origin"
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601092&sid=aZMQZa7I3qp4

--- Italian News report
http://quotidianonet.ilsole24ore.com/cronaca/2010/05/11/330280-milano_arrestati_cinque_islamici.shtml

--- Italian News report translated into Google English: Milano, arrested five Islamic Jihad Perhaps financed
http://bit.ly/9PXuke
--- financing terrorism "through illegal immigration, the trade in fake identification documents and trafficking of 'diazepam'"


(Belgium) Eight convicted in Belgium for recruiting terrorists for al-Qaeda
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1554839.php/Eight-convicted-in-Belgium-for-recruiting-terrorists-for-al-Qaeda


(Canada) 'Toronto 18' leader pleads guilty to terrorism -- Fahim Ahmad
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=3011094


(Canada) 200 Canadians under watch for terrorism: CSIS director
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20100511/csis-terrorists-canada-fadden-100511/20100511?hub=TopStoriesV2


(Canada) Accused terrorism-financer expected to plead guilty in Vancouver court
-- Tamil Tigers Prapaharan Thambithurai
http://www.canada.com/news/Accused+terrorism+financer+expected+plead+guilty+Vancouver+court/2989907/story.html



Other News:

(UK) "Islamists are crushed in Tower Hamlets"
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100039244/islamists-are-crushed-in-tower-hamlets/


France moves to ban face-covering Muslim veil
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2010/05/11/13909061.html

(Sweden) Muhammad cartoonist 'head-butted' as protesters disrupt free-speech lecture in Sweden

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/11/swedish-artist-caricatured-prophet-muhammad-says-attacked-free-speech-talk/


(Belgium) Brussels: Islamists vs. Communists
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/brussels-islamists-vs-communists.html


Indonesia: "Bandung residents protest illegal church" -- Muslim protest
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/05/08/bandung-residents-protest-illegal-church.html


Iraq: Christians bemoan targeted killings
http://www.energypublisher.com/article.asp?id=32573

(U.S.) Florida: Mosque Firebombing Investigated as a Hate Crime

-- firebomb attack at the Islamic Center of Northeast Florida (ICNEF) in Jacksonville, Florida
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/florida-mosque-firebombing/


(U.S.) California: Mojave WWI Memorial Cross Stolen
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/california-mojave-wwi-memorial-cross-stolen/


(U.S.) Virginia: Norfolk - Man Admits Guilt to Synagogue Vandalism
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/virginia-norfolk-man-admits-guilt-to-synagogue-vandalism/

-- August 13, 2009: Virginia: Man Linked to White Supremacist Nazi Volksfront Group Charged in Norfolk Synagogue Vandalism
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/volksfront-supremacist-synagogue-vandalism/


(U.S.) Kansas: City: Westboro graffiti may stay
http://cjonline.com/news/local/2010-05-07/city_westboro_graffiti_may_stay


(U.S.) "Kagan helped shield Saudis from 9/11 lawsuits"
http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0511/kagan-helped-shield-saudis-911-lawsuits/

--- May 29, 2009: Justice Dept. Backs Saudi Royal Family on 9/11 Lawsuit
---- "Solicitor General Elena Kagan said in the brief to the Supreme Court that her office agreed with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit 'that the princes are immune from petitioners' claims'"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/30/us/politics/30families.html?_r=1

(U.S.) Mosque to go up near New York's ground zero
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/05/07/new.york.ground.zero.mosque/?hpt=C1

-- American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA)'s Daisy Khan a member of U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=44#Khan

-- Additional background on ASMA
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/asma.html


Against Totalitarianism:

Communist Vietnamese Police Torture House Church Christian

http://montagnard-foundation.org/wp/?p=320


Against Racial Supremacism:

California: Sacramento - Racial Epithets Painted In Natomas
http://www.kcra.com/news/23520656/detail.html

-- Homes, Cars Vandalized With Racist Graffi
http://cbs13.com/local/homes.cars.vandalized.2.1687589.html

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