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NYC Times Square Terror Attempt News:

(U.S.) NYC: Times Square suspect has Pakistani residency --- in Karachi area
-- Naturalized American citizen from Pakistan Faisal Shahzad

-- CNN: "The Pakistani-American suspect in the Times Square bombing attempt has a Karachi identification card, a document that shows Pakistani residency, and the suspect's family is from northwestern Pakistan"

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/new.york.car.bomb.pakistan/index.html?hpt=T1
-- see also: Recent Reports on Karachi

http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/pakistan/karachi-reports.html

(U.S.) NYC: Photo of Faisal Shahzad
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/pakistan/Faisal-Shahzad.jpg


(U.S.) NYC: New York bomb suspect says he acted alone
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6432Q520100504

(U.S.) NYC: Car-Bomb Suspect to Appear in Court

http://wcbstv.com/local/times.square.car.2.1673206.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703866704575223671205160344.html


(U.S.) NYC: Cellphone led FBI to Times Square car bomb suspect arrest
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64327W20100504

(U.S.) NYC/Connecticut: Suspect told neighbor he worked on Wall Street

-- "Pakistani police told NBC News that Shahzad traveled from the United States to Karachi on July 3, 2009, returning to the United States on Aug. 8, 2009."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36934331/ns/us_news-security/


(U.S.) NYC/Connecticut: FBI searches home of suspected bomber
http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/FBI-searches-home-of-suspected-bomber-473341.php


(U.S.) NYC: Times Square bomb suspect arrested 'at last second'
-- CNN: "Faisal Shahzad was on board plane bound for Dubai, officials say"
-- "Shadzad's final destination was Pakistan, official says"

-- "Shahzad is believed to be the person who drove the Nissan Pathfinder to Times Square"
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/04/new.york.car.bomb/?hpt=T1


(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Car Bomb Suspect Faisal Shahzad Almost Got Away
-- FBI Says Shahzad Was on Plane That Was Taxiing to Runway
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/times-square-bomb-pakistan-migr-connecticut-arrested-times/story?id=10546387


(U.S.) NYC: NY Post: Bomb suspect busted at JFK
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/bomb_suspect_busted_at_jfk_YcdVR3kBSvjTciTXytWRKI

-- NY Daily News: Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad, suspect in foiled Times Square bomb plot, arrested at JFK
http://bit.ly/byqJ6A
-- NY Times: Arrest Made in Times Square Bomb Case

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/nyregion/05bomb.html?hp
-- Washington Post report
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050400192.html

(U.S.) NYC: Three Removed From Flight After NY Car Bomb
-- Sky News: "Three passengers were taken off a New York-Dubai flight in connection with the attempted car bombing in New York's Times Square, Emirates Airlines has said."

-- UAE's Emirates Airlines: "Emirates can confirm that its flight EK 202 (from New York to Dubai on May 3)... was called back by the local authorities prior to departure... Three passengers were removed from the flight."

http://bit.ly/97OfHN

(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Car Bomb Suspect Due In Court
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/times.square.car.2.1673206.html


(U.S.) NYC: Text: Statement on arrest in failed NY car bombing
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6430QH20100504

(U.S.) NYC: Times Square car bomb scare: We came within a 'millisecond' of 'mass casualties,' expert says

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/05/04/2010-05-04_came_close_to_disaster_says_expert.html

(U.S.) NYC: Unexploded Car Bomb Left Trove of Evidence

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/nyregion/04evidence.html

(U.S.) "Shahzad Faisal Proves We Are Still Asleep At The Wheel"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tamara-n-holder/shahzad-faisal-proves-we_b_562122.html


(U.S.) Connecticut: Teen stunned by her terror 'sell'
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/teen_stunned_by_her_terror_sell_0cu1pwPm19eB0VKHZAOU9I


(U.S.) Shahzad Faisal: Times Square car bomb suspect a Facebook problem
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail??blogid=95&entry_id=62760


(U.S./Pakistan) New York bomb puts Pakistan in spotlight
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6431H720100504
-- April 20, 2010: "Pakistan Newspaper Criticizes Pakistan as 'Becoming an Increasingly Intolerant Nation'"

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/pakistan-intolerance/
-- Other R.E.A.L. Postings on Pakistan
http://www.realcourage.org/category/pakistan/

-- Pakistan Poll Results
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/pakistan/pakistan.html

(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan says to help U.S. over New York bomb suspect

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6431MK20100504

(U.S./Pakistan) "US: Bomb plot arrest reveals 'tough approach' on Pakistanis"

-- AKI report quotes Pakistani who views that U.S. travel and immigration rules are "steps to restrict the movement of Muslims"
-- "Pakistan rights activist Syed Hafizuddi" tells AKI: "Faisal Shahzad was unfortunate enough to be traveling days after the incident, and came under the focus of suspicion."

-- Syed Hafizuddi: "The United States has started to act more actively against any Pakistani, who might be traveling out of the country"
-- Syed Hafizuddi: "The arrest comes at a time, when the US has been taking steps to restrict the movement of Muslims, especially Pakistani nationals in and out of the country with its screening process application at the airports, which has been widely condemned by Pakistan authorities."

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.340229820

(U.S.) "CAIR: Muslim Group to React to Times Square Bomb Plot Arrest" - 1 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20100504/pl_usnw/DC98432

(U.S.) N.Y. plot brings the politics of terrorism to the forefront
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050402000.html



Newslinks:

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistani militants 'planning wave of strikes on US'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7677380/Pakistani-militants-planning-wave-of-strikes-on-US.html


(Pakistan/U.S.) "We will give extremely painful blows to the fanatic America: Hakimullah Mehsud"
http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/03-May-2010/We-will-give-extremely-painful-blows-to-the-fanatic-America-Hakimullah-Mehsud


(Pakistan/U.S.) U.S. gives Pakistan $656 million under security fund
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=104153
-- Pakistan: Time is ripe to draw foreign investors, says Salmaan Taseer

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\04\story_4-5-2010_pg7_17
-- Pakistan: 'Insurgencies scaring off foreign investors'

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\04\story_4-5-2010_pg7_31

Pakistan desires strengthened economic ties with Iran: Prime Minister Gilani

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\04\story_4-5-2010_pg7_21

(Pakistan/U.S.) "500 militants, 30 civilians killed in two years of drone strikes"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\04\story_4-5-2010_pg7_43

(Pakistan) Swat Taliban leaders given until May 5 to surrender

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\04\story_4-5-2010_pg7_7

Pakistan Christian Post Reports Mob on Hundreds Attacking Christians -- in Karachi area

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/pakistan-mob-attacking-christians/
-- May 3, 2010 - Pakistan: Christians protest occupation of church

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/pakistan-christians-protest-occupation-of-church/

(Pakistan) Banned outfits eye new recruits through jihadi material -- in Karachi area

-- Pakistan Daily Times: "Sources revealed that Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Harkatul Mujahideen, 313 Brigade, Jaish-e-Muhammad and various other banned outfits have been campaigning to recruit new militants."

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\04\story_4-5-2010_pg12_1

(India/Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan Group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) - Why name Saeed, Lakhvi in 26/11 case, asks Jamaat-ud-Dawa

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Why-name-Saeed-Lakhvi-in-26/11-case-asks-Jamaat-ud-Dawa/articleshow/5888682.cms

-- March 22, 2010: Pakistan: Experts Say Pakistani Terror Group Lashkar-e Taiba (LET) Poses Greater Danger to US Than al-Qaida
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Experts-Say-Pakistani-Terror-Group-Poses-Greater-Danger-to-US-Than-al-Qaida--88860067.html


(India) Mumbai Attacks: Prosecution demands death penalty for Kasab
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Prosecution-demands-death-penalty-for-Kasab/articleshow/5889587.cms

-- Ajmal Kasab to be sentenced Thursday: judge
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-nikam-kasab-hanging-qs-07

-- May 3 - "Pakistani terrorist, Ajmal Amir Kasab, charged with the deaths of 166 Indians and foreigners, has been pronounced guilty"

(India) Grenade explosion in Srinagar
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Grenade-explosion-in-Srinagar-/articleshow/5889642.cms


(India) J&K youth admits to planning terror attacks in Delhi: Police
http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/jandk/J-amp-K-youth-admits-to-planning-terror-attacks-in-Delhi-Police/Article1-538887.aspx


(Jammu & Kashmir) 21 infiltration routes along Indo-Pak border in JK identified
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/21-infiltration-routes-along-Indo-Pak-border-in-JK-identified-/articleshow/5889278.cms


(India) Muslim groups demand fresh probe into Mecca Masjid blast
http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/hyderabad/Muslim-groups-demand-fresh-probe-into-Mecca-Masjid-blast/Article1-538748.aspx


(Afghanistan) Three NATO soldiers among 11 killed in Afghanistan
- three men also killed by Taliban in Kunduz
http://www.kazakhstannews.net/story/631022


Afghan, NATO operation kills 5 insurgents
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=174664

(Afghanistan) Canadian who defused bombs killed in blast - in Panjway District southwest of Kandahar City

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/canadian-soldier-killed-in-afghanistan/article1555826/

(Afghanistan) Kandahar mayor refuses to back down against Taliban

-- former Washington DC accountant Ghulam Haider Hamidi
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/kandahar-mayor-refuses-to-back-down-against-taliban/article1555839/


(Afghanistan) 'Seeds Of Terror: How Heroin Is Bankrolling The Taliban And Al Qaeda'
http://kuow.org/program.php?id=20155

(Iraq) Alleged bin Laden associate arrested in Iraq

-- Abu Abdullah Al Shafi'l
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/04/iraq.arrest/index.html?hpt=Sbin

(Iraq) Two dead in Iraq violence, two al-Qaeda leaders arrested

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1553087.php/Two-dead-in-Iraq-violence-two-al-Qaeda-leaders-arrested-Roundup


(U.S.) Judge Indefinitely Postpones "Jihad Jane's" Trial
-- Move made to give attorneys time to prepare on such a complex case
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Judge-Indefinitely-Postpones-Jihad-Janes-Trial-92725359.html

-- Court Wrestles with National Security Claims
http://www.kyw1060.com/--Jihad-Jane---Trial-Delayed-at-Request-of-the-Gov/6953964


(U.S.) Tracking terrorists hidden in the web
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/503-tracking-terrorists-hidden-in-the-web


(UK) Intelligence agencies can't keep Guantanamo evidence secret, judge rules
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7677114/Intelligence-agencies-cant-keep-Guantanamo-evidence-secret-judge-rules.html


(Iran) US, Iran clash at UN nuclear meet
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/articlelist/296589292.cms

Iran says plans new war games, photographed U.S. ship

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64310420100504

"Iran To Hold International Anti-Terrorism Conference Late August"
http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsworld.php?id=495529


(Iran) UN: Ban urges Iran to 'restore trust' in nuclear goals
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.340909019


(Lebanon) Hizbullah scuds 'tip of the iceberg'
Baidatz says group has an organized arms supply network.
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=174661


(Israel) Haaretz: "Suspected Jewish terrorist unfit to stand trial, evaluation says"
-- Israel's Haaretz news: "Yaakov (Jack) Teitel was charged last November with the murder of 2 Palestinians, 3 counts of attempted murder."

-- Haaretz: "Teitel, a resident of the settlement Shvut Rachel, was charged last November with murdering two Palestinians and attempting to murder three people, including Hebrew University Professor Zeev Sternhell and Ariel teenager Ami Ortiz. Ortiz, from a family of Messianic Jews, was gravely wounded by a bomb packaged inside a Purim gift in March 2008."

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/suspected-jewish-terrorist-unfit-to-stand-trial-evaluation-says-1.288172

-- Psychiatrist: Tytel unfit for trial
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=174671

West Bank: Palestinian mosque catches fire
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3884538,00.html

-- Police: Mosque fire cause inconclusive
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=174658
-- Jewish settlers blamed for West Bank mosque fire
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6431HJ20100504

-- FOX News report
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/04/fires-damage-west-bank-village-mosque-olive-grove-palestinians-blame-jewish/


West Bank: Israel mulls wider Palestinian control in West Bank
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6431UO20100504

Gaza: KUNA report on mosque in Gaza

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2080597&Language=en

(South Africa) 'Al-Qaeda search' warrant thrown out

-- Mustafa Mohamed and Omar Hartley
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20100503131948855C847540


Lithuania detains woman suspected of terrorism -- Egle Kusaite
-- AP: "Lithuanian prosecutors say they have detained a 20-year-old woman on suspicion of plotting a suicide attack against an undisclosed Russian military target."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100504/ap_on_re_eu/eu_lithuania_terrorism_suspect

(Russia) Southern Russia grenade attack wounds 11 police

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=104162

"Russia: Muslim community leader kidnapped by Dagestan authorities?"
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1439




War on Women News:

Buffalo: Pretrial Activity in Muzzammil Hassan Beheading of Wife Aasiya Zubair Hassan
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/buffalo-beheading-pretrial/

-- March 30, 2010: Buffalo News reports "Aasiya Zubair Hassan's tortured, manipulated life"
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/buffalo-news-reports-aasiya-zubair-hassans-tortured-manipulated-life/


(U.S.) Muslim TV survives founder's NY murder charges
-- Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan beheaded his wife Aasiya Zubair Hassan
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i_lLAqt_9JhyUfk51rZb7K99Z0eAD9FFKUC81


Nigeria: "A senator and his bride"
-- Vanguard reports: Ahmed Yerima's marriage to 13 year old Egyptian girl "is believed to have been contracted at the National Mosque in Abuja"
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/05/04/a-senator-and-his-bride/

--- Daily Trust editorial condemns those who are concerned about 13 year old girl's marriage to Nigeria senator as "anti-Islam bashers"
--- Daily Trust editorial states: "It is legal and accepted for him to marry the teenager he married in Islam."

http://allafrica.com/stories/201005031188.html

India: Journalist death being investigated - probing if it was "honor killing"
http://www.ptinews.com/news/636693_Scribe-s-mum-arrested--honour-killing-suspected

-- Delhi journalist murdered: Honour killing?
--- NDTV asks if woman journalist Nirupama Pathak was killed "because she dared to fall in love outside the caste?"
http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/delhi-journalist-killed-in-alleged-honour-killing-22598.php



Other News:

(Sudan) Jem Darfur rebels snub Sudan peace talks over 'attacks'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8659037.stm


Egypt: Egypt protester detained at pro-reform demo
http://www.copts.com/english/?p=4320

Egypt: "Muslim Brotherhood plan to improve relation with Copts"

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/brotherhood-plan-improve-relation-copts

Saudi Arabia's All-Out War against the Houthis

http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4122.htm

(Saudi Arabia) "King Abdullah is photographed with 40 women"
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/In-the-battle-for-women%E2%80%99s-rights,-King-Abdullah-is-photographed-with-40-women-18311.html


(U.S.) IPT News: "CAIR's Shrill Attack on the IPT"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1925/cairs-shrill-attack-on-the-ipt




Against Racial Supremacism News:

Louisiana: Alleged KKK leader killed unwilling Klan recruit, attorneys admit to jurors
-- Ku Klux Klan (KKK) leader Raymond 'Chuck' Foster admitted to killing Cynthia Foster

-- Foster decided not to join KKK and wanted to go home
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/05/alleged_kkk_leader_killed_unwi.html



Against Totalitarianism:

Communist North Korea's Kim to Meet Chinese Leaders After Touring Industrial Zone on Rare Visit
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/04/reports-nkorean-leader-kim-meet-beijing-officials-rare-trip-china/%20?test=latestnews

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