June 14, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

June 14, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks


Newslinks:

Al-Qaeda's ranks diversify
-- AKI: "The number of women being recruited to Al-Qaeda is growing exponentially and European and American converts to Islam are swelling their ranks"

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.540245686

(Pakistan) Unknown gunmen open fire in a hospital in Pakistani city, one feared killed

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2094391&Language=en

(Pakistan) 15 militants, including Arabs, killed in Pak drone strike

http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/pakistan/15-militants-killed-in-Pak-drone-strike/Article1-557382.aspx


(Pakistan) 10 Taliban killed in Orakzai
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\15\story_15-6-2010_pg7_12


(Pakistan) Minority Shiite Muslim killings continue
-- Sectarian killings continue
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\15\story_15-6-2010_pg12_1


(Pakistan) Zardari met Taliban leaders in jail: Reports
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Zardari-met-Taliban-leaders-in-jail-Reports/articleshow/6044703.cms


(Pakistan/UK) Pakistan's ISI collaborates with Taliban, report says
http://www.financialpost.com/news/Pakistan+collaborates+with+Taliban+report+says/3153868/story.html

-- Pakistan govt, ISI still supporting Taliban: Report
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-govt-ISI-still-supporting-Taliban-Report/articleshow/6042880.cms

-- Pakistan ISI charged with supporting Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\15\story_15-6-2010_pg3_1


(Pakistan) "For the sin of love -- woman, husband, son murdered"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\15\story_15-6-2010_pg11_3


(Afghanistan) America's Difficult Ally in Kandahar
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/06/14/americas-difficult-ally-in-kandahar/?test=latestnews


(U.S.) Envelopes with white powder sent to fed buildings
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hM0NqsOg0xvSavWjiZufN9lG58cAD9GBCQJ02


(U.S.) New York Synagogue Terror Plot: New York Terror Trial Delayed Over Evidence Dispute
-- Bloomberg: "The defendants, James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen, face as much as life in prison if convicted of the most serious charges."

-- "They were arrested in May 2009 after attempting to detonate explosives near a synagogue and Jewish community center in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, in New York City, according to the indictment. The four men also plotted to shoot down military planes at the New York Air National Guard Base at Stewart Airport in Newburgh using Stinger missiles, the government said."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601127&sid=aIYJOTRYZ.yQ

(U.S.) Washington DC: DC Public Remembers Attack on U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/dc-remembers/
-- Love Wins: Volunteers Offer Love, Tolerance to White Nationalist Heckler at Holocaust Memorial Museum Remembrance

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/love-will-win/

(U.S.) Security of U.S. Passports Called Into Question
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/security-us-passports-called-question/story?id=10909092


(U.S.) New Jersey Star-Ledger: Threats of terrorism can't be ignored
-- New Jersey Star-Ledger: "The 9/11 attack stunned the world and killed thousands. Before that attack, if one of the killers had boasted, 'We're going to use box cutters to hijack jets and fly them into skyscrapers and the Pentagon,' people would have laughed. What were the chances of that?"

-- "The country avoided tragedy when a would-be bomber on a plane failed to ignite his underwear correctly, and again when a car bomb fizzled in Times Square. We were lucky those attackers, like Almonte and Alessa, weren’t the brightest bulbs in the chandelier, either. But in a world this dangerous, stupidity can’t be an excuse."

http://blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2010/06/threats_of_terrorism_cant_be_i.html

(U.S.) Targeting an anti-terror tool

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/targeting_an_anti_terror_tool_8RPuVK4jTLNfOE2hN7d1zO?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=


(Afghanistan) US commander in Pakistan with Afghan battle update
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-us-commander-in-pakistan-with-afghan-battle-update-rs-01


Iraq: Explosion in Baghdad kills two Iraqi officers, wounds nine others
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2094621&Language=en


Iraq: One civilian killed, 30 wounded in blast in Mosul
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2094516&Language=en


Iraq: At least 24 killed as gunmen storm Iraq's Central Bank
-- Sabotage believed
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq-bank-20100614,0,6370835.story


(Iran) Reuters: "Iran arrests 13 terrorist group members: report"
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65C2DD20100613

Iranian flotilla leaving for Gaza

Half will be sent through Istanbul; Iranian MPs will fly to Gaza.
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=178395

(West Bank) Police officer killed and two wounded in West Bank shooting

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/police-officer-killed-and-two-wounded-in-west-bank-shooting-1.296047


(Gaza) In boost for Hamas, top Arab diplomat visits Gaza
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gRK6_B-quHbJyWqfNVSWxFqZ_r1gD9GAKJC80


(Gaza/Germany) "Tony Blair: I hope to see Gaza blockade eased in next few days"
-- Blair tells BBC, Briefs German Government
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/tony-blair-i-hope-to-see-gaza-blockade-eased-in-next-few-days-1.295928


(Gaza) London Times: "Gaza crossing points opened as Israel bows to international pressure"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7150150.ece

-- Daily Telegraph: "Gaza blockade may be eased within days after inquiry deal"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7827933/Gaza-blockade-may-be-eased-within-days-after-inquiry-deal.html

-- Israelis have mixed feelings about flotilla inquiry
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-israel-gaza-probe-20100615,0,1870743.story


U.S.: Israel capable of conducting impartial Gaza flotilla probe
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-israel-capable-of-conducting-impartial-gaza-flotilla-probe-1.296177


Israeli policeman in Hebron attack dies in hospital
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2094418&Language=en


Al-Aqsa Brigade claims attack
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=178420

Israeli diplomat: Dozens of Al Qaeda-linked terrorists were on board Gaza-bound aid flotilla

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/06/12/2010-06-12_israeli_diplomat_dozens_of_al_qaedalinked_terrorists_were_on_board_gazabound_aid.html


(Africa) Al-Qaeda's North African chief 'backs Bin Laden'
-- Abdel Malik Droukedel aka Abu Musab Abdel Wudud
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.540245738


Yemen says thwarts al Qaeda plot in oil province
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20100614/tpl-uk-yemen-qaeda-81f3b62.html

Norway: Woman establishes Jihad-promoting forum --

-- Blog states: "Arfan Q. Bhatti has the distinction of being Norway's first terrorism suspect. His wife, Marjam Salvesen Bhatti, now runs a Jihadist website, much like Malika el-Aroud, the 'mother of al-Qaeda in Europe'"

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/06/norway-woman-establishes-jihad.html

Italy frontrunner in global terrorism fight - interior minister

http://en.trend.az/regions/world/europe/1704760.html

(Turkey) Vatican 'following' probe on bishop's murder in Turkey - beheading
http://dalje.com/en-world/vatican-following-probe-on-bishops-murder-in-turkey/309058


(Turkey) One Turkish soldier dead, four injured in PKK attack
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2094407&Language=en


(Thailand) Bangkok riots burn standalone terrorism market with $1bn bill
http://www.insuranceinsider.com/bangkok-riots-burn-standalone-terrorism-market-with-1bn-bill


Colombia rescues hostages held for nearly 12 years
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100614/wl_afp/colombiarebelshostagerescue



Other News:

Iran: More 900 people arrested in Tehran, Green Wave more mature than a year ago
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/More-900-people-arrested-in-Tehran,-Green-Wave-more-mature-than-a-year-ago-18675.html


(Pakistan) Christian Lawyers moot in Pakistan demands repeal of Blasphemy law
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=2053


(Pakistan) A Christian Minister in Balochistan PPP government, A victim of hate on religion
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1627


(U.S.) Wisconsin: Sheboygan Mosque Already Vandalized
http://www.wtaq.com/blogs/post/jbader/2010/jun/11/sheboygan-mosque-already-vandalized/


(Afghanistan) UNHCR: New report on Afghan children asylum seekers
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/06/unhcr-new-report-on-afghan-children.html


(Afghanistan) Taliban zone's mineral riches may rival Saudi Arabia, says Pentagon
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article7149696.ece


(Afghanistan) U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html?pagewanted=1

-- Afghanistan's Dangerous New Wealth
-- Newsweek: "U.S. survey discovered almost $1 trillion of mineral deposits there"
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/14/afghanistan-s-dangerous-new-wealth.html


(UK) Forced marriages roadshow 'will not reach all'
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=368158&version=1&template_id=38&parent_id=20


(UK) Preston BNP activist 'distributed anti-Muslim leaflets
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/lancashire/10312261.stm


(France) Paris: Anti-Islamisation 'pork and wine' party slammed
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/06/paris-anti-islamisation-pork-and-wine.html#more


(Spain) Barcelona: Plans to ban burka in public buildings
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/06/bercelona-plans-to-ban-burka-in-public.html


Traffickers must be brought to justice: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Traffickers-must-be-brought-to-justice-Clinton-/articleshow/6047708.cms


Death toll from Kyrgyz riots rises to 117
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2094446&Language=en



Against Totalitarianism News:

(South/North Korea) U.N. council "gravely concerned" at Korea ship sinking
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100615/ts_nm/us_korea_north_sinking