[unitedstatesaction.com news] May 8, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

May 8, 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

Newslinks:

(Afghanistan) Taliban threatens new attacks in Afghanistan

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9FIKCTO0
-- 'Taliban plan attacks on foreigners in Afghanistan'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100508/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunresttaliban
-- Taliban returns to attack mode - Militants end focus on income from Afghan poppy crop

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2010/05/08/taliban-returns-to-attack-mode.html?sid=101


(Afghanistan) Taliban 2.0: Upending America's Plans for Peace
http://www.newsweek.com/id/237575

(Afghanistan) Suspected Taliban insurgent technically a Canadian detainee: inquiry

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2010/05/07/13870731.html

Afghan jirga to discuss peace talks with Taliban
http://bit.ly/aFsBzW


(U.S./Afghanistan) Afghan president heads to Washington
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-afghanistan-karzai-20100508,0,5434886.story

-- With Karzai off to Washington, Taliban talks back in focus
http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2010/05/08/with-karzai-off-to-washington-taliban-talks-back-in-focus/

-- Afghan President Hamid Karzai will ask for billions more in aid when he travels to Washington next week on a trip aimed at improving relations with Barack Obama
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7692289/Afghanistans-Karzai-to-ask-Obama-for-billions-more-to-fight-Taliban.html


(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Times Square Bomber's Taliban Contacts Put Pressure on Pakistan
-- U.S. says Faisal Shahzad Got 'Regular' and 'Substantial' Connections to Taliban
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/International/times-square-bomber-contacts-taliban-puts-pressure-pakistan/story?id=10587014


(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Times Square bomb suspect had ties to key Pakistani militants
-- LA Times: "Faisal Shahzad, the would-be Times Square bomber, grew up in a Pakistani family whose circle of acquaintances included two future militants — a Taliban leader and one of the participants in the 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, a government source said Friday."

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bomb-motive-20100508,0,5403952.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fmostviewed+%28L.A.+Times+-+Most+Viewed+Stories%29


(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: Pakistan investigates NY bomb plot Taliban link
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6470U520100508

(U.S./Pakistan) NYC: FBI team in Pakistan to investigate Times Square bomb plot

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1554167.php/FBI-team-in-Pakistan-to-investigate-Times-Square-bomb-plot


(U.S.) NYC: Bombing Suspect's Route to Citizenship Reveals Limitations
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/nyregion/08immig.html

(U.S.) NYC: "When the Taliban emails" - Bill Roggio

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2010/05/when_the_taliban_emails.php
-- The Taliban in My Inbox

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/taliban-my-inbox

(U.S.) Cyber attack 'could fell US within 15 minutes'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7691500/Cyber-attack-could-fell-US-within-15-minutes.html


(Pakistan) Video: Escape from the Taliban - David Rohde kidnapped in Afghanistan and held by Taliban in Pakistan
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/07/video-escape-from-the-taliban/?hpt=C2


(Pakistan) 'Engagement, co-operation with Pak top priority for Obama Admin'
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/americas/Engagement-co-operation-with-Pak-top-priority-for-Obama-Admin/Article1-540854.aspx


Pakistan court adjourns Mumbai attack case till May 22
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pak-court-adjourns-Mumbai-attack-case-till-May-22-/articleshow/5906874.cms


Pakistan says nuclear safety concerns addressed
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6470H520100508

(Iraq) Bombs planted in home of policeman kill 3 in Iraq

http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/bombs-planted-in-home-522659.html

Lebanese government won't ask Hezbollah to disarm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/08/AR2010050801145.html


(Ethiopia) Two killed in Ethiopia bomb attack: official
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100507/wl_africa_afp/ethiopiabombvote

Nigeria: Jos: Military Arrests Nine Suspects with Explosives

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=172799

Turkish soldier injured in S. Turkey blast
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2081684&Language=en


(Indonesia) Terrorist group linked to Abu Bakar Baasyir
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Terrorist-group-linked-to-Abu-Bakar-Baasyir-18349.html



Other News:

Pakistani Muslims Abduct Young Christian Woman, Family Says
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/18752/


(Pakistan) Lahore: Christians accused of blasphemy forced to leave their homes
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Lahore:-Christians-accused-of-blasphemy-forced-to-leave-their-homes-18345.html


(UK) Horrific Attack on Muslim Woman
-- "'This is your Eid present': What attacker told Muslim woman as he wrapped her in a carpet and set her alight"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1273838/This-Eid-present-What-attacker-told-Muslim-woman-wrapped-carpet-set-alight.html?ITO=1490


(Iraq) Christian university students demand justice and security from Iraqi religious leaders
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Christian-university-students-demand-justice-and-security-from-Iraqi-religious-leaders-18351.html


(India) Muslim preacher: Christians have the right to preach their faith in Muslim countries
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Muslim-preacher:-Christians-have-the-right-to-preach-their-faith-in-Muslim-countries-18320.html


(New York) Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) honors Presbyterian church
http://www.buffalonews.com/2010/05/08/1044133/muslim-affairs-council-honors.html

-- IPT News: "MPAC Pursues Islamist Ideology in Guise of Civil Rights Defender"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1785/mpac-pursues-islamist-ideology-in-guise-of-civil

-- "The development of MPAC's Islamist ideology: A primer"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/355.pdf

Anti-Semitic Pub Cribs Copy from 'Elite-Controlled Big Media Monopoly'

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/05/06/anti-semitic-weekly/

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