June 22, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

June 22, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Afghanistan: 3 more NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\23\story_23-6-2010_pg7_28


Afghanistan: UN to remove reformed Taliban from blacklist
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\23\story_23-6-2010_pg7_10


Afghanistan: 'Significant challenges remain' in Afghanistan: NATO ministers
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Significant+challenges+remain+Afghanistan+NATO+ministers/3141144/story.html


Afghanistan: Taliban 'plotted to kill US envoy' Holbrooke
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.579333870


Afghanistan: White House summons US general to explain himself
-- AP: "to explain a magazine profile that included derogatory comments about President Barack Obama and his colleagues"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iqhOEM11_2TpZDQin6IhUPZ0DdsQD9GGEFI01

-- McChrystal to meet with Obama after deriding top civilian officials
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-fg-mcchrystal-white-house-20100623,0,1597142.story

-- MSNBC: "Stanley McChrystal: The runaway general"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37847841/ns/us_news-military/
-- Rolling Stone Interview: "The runaway general"

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/119236
-- General Stanley McChrystal offers resignation to President Barack Obama
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/7848126/General-Stanley-McChrystal-offers-resignation-to-President-Barack-Obama.html

-- McChrystal ready to resign, sources say
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37839756/ns/us_news-military/

-- Previous stories:
-- April 16, 2010: U.S. Gen McChrystal defends pullout from Afghan Taliban bastion

--- "Following this week's US withdrawal, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed claimed, 'This has been a great victory for us.'"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\17\story_17-4-2010_pg7_35

-- March 19, 2010: Stanley McChrystal Also Say 'More Troops Won't Make A Difference'
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/russians-give-message-us-generals-afghanistan-bribe-taliban/story?id=10127424

-- February 5, 2010: McChrystal: Afghanistan situation no longer deteriorating
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7166584/Afghanistan-situation-no-longer-deteriorating-says-Stanley-McChrystal.html

-- January 25, 2010: General McChrystal sees Taliban role
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/mcchrystal.html
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/McChrystal_sees_Taliban_role_012410.pdf


Afghanistan and "The Runaway War"
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/153.html

Pakistan: Taliban regrouping in Pakistan areas thought secure

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/22/taliban-regrouping-pakistan-areas-thought-secure/

Pakistan: Taliban offer prisoner swap, threaten to kill troops

http://thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=29609
-- Taliban demand prisoner swap for 33 FC men
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\23\story_23-6-2010_pg1_4


Pakistan: Taliban warns NATO suppliers of grave consequences
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\23\story_23-6-2010_pg7_11


Pakistan: 22 Taliban surrender in Bajaur Agency
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\23\story_23-6-2010_pg7_3


Pakistan: 43 Taliban killed in Orakzai clashes
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\23\story_23-6-2010_pg7_2


(Pakistan/U.S.) US lawmakers want 'Pakistani Taliban' blacklisted -- still not a Foreign Terrorist Organization
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\23\story_23-6-2010_pg7_6


(Pakistan/U.S.) Source: Alleged bin Laden hunter released by Pakistan
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/06/22/pakistan.american.detained/index.html


Pakistan not bound by US sanctions on Iran: Gilani
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\23\story_23-6-2010_pg1_1


(J&K) India: Islamist LeT 'militant leader' killed in gunbattle
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.577959371

-- Lashkar commander killed in Kashmir: Indian police
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-lashkar-commander-killed-in-kashmir-indian-police-ss-05


(U.S.) Times Square bomber warns of further terrorist attacks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/7846973/Times-Square-bomb-plot-Faisal-Shahzad-warns-of-further-attacks.html


(U.S.) Hutaree: 5 Militia Men Must Stay Locked Up Awaiting Trial
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/22/militia-men-stay-locked-awaiting-trial/


(Iraq) Five Iraqis injured in improvised car explosion near gas station in Baghdad
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2096418&Language=en


UAE: Chief Justice warns of risks over jihad websites
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100623/NATIONAL/706229855/1010/rss


Sudan: Clashes in Sudanese troubled Darfur result in 151 killed, injured
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2096402&Language=en


Sudan: Damanga Response to Opinion Piece on Sudan by George Clooney and John Prendergast
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/damanga-response/


Yemen: One soldier killed, another injured in ambush by armed men in Yemen
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2096409&Language=en


Yemen: British student held in Yemeni prison with al-Qaeda members
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/7843538/British-student-held-in-Yemeni-prison-with-al-Qaeda-members.html


Turkey: Bus carrying Turkish military bombed in Istanbul, kills 4
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/22/turkey.bombing/?hpt=T1


Swedish police arrest man on Somalia terrorism suspicions
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1565354.php/Swedish-police-arrest-man-on-Somalia-terrorism-suspicions

-- Stockholm: Man arrested on terrorism charges
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/06/stockholm-man-arrested-on-terrorism.html



Women's News:

(Turkey) Court ruling: Honor killing plan is 'freedom of thought'
-- Today's Zaman: "A Diyarbakır court has dropped the charges against eight people from a family who were planning to kill a girl in the name of honor, ruling that they cannot be sentenced for thoughts that did not turn into action."

http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-213950-100-court-ruling-honor-killing-plan-is-freedom-of-thought.html


India: Now sister of 'honour killing' suspect found murdered
http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/23/stories/2010062362200100.htm

South African doctor invents device to fight rape

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/20/south.africa.female.condom/index.html?iref=NS1


Other News:


(Pakistan) Nine people killed in Karachi firing incidents
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-four-killed-one-injured-in-korangi-firing-ss-02


Saudi Arabia convicts 15 people for mingling at party
-- "Judicial officials say a Saudi Arabian court has convicted four women and 11 men for mingling at a party and sentenced them to flogging and prison terms."

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\23\story_23-6-2010_pg7_12
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/7848077/Saudi-women-and-men-sentenced-to-flogging-and-prison-for-mingling-at-party.html


(UK) English Defence League and Muslim groups threaten summer of discontent
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jun/22/english-defence-league-muslim-clashes


(UK) BNP lecturer behind Muslim heroin leaflet cleared of inciting religious hatred
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7844429/BNP-lecturer-behind-Muslim-heroin-leaflet-cleared-of-inciting-religious-hatred.html


UK: British Muslims for Secular Democracy (BMSD) on Zakir Naik
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/bmsd-zakir-naik/
-- May 31, 2010: UK: Indian Muslim Cleric Invited to UK; Promotes Views to Deny Religious Freedom

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/uk-zakir-naik/

Canada: Banned hate preacher to speak in Canada - Zakir Naik
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/33287/banned-hate-preacher-speak-canada

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/825838--islamic-televangelist-booked-for-toronto

Indonesia: Hizb ut-Tahrir Calls for Stoning

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/indonesia-hizb-ut-tahrir-calls-for-stoning/
-- "HTI therefore calls upon all parties, especially members of parliament to break down the total current system and replace it with Islamic sharia."

http://bit.ly/9WhN3r
http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=id&tl=en&u=http://hizbut-tahrir.or.id/2010/06/23/hti-rombak-total-uu-liberal-dengan-syariah-islam/&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1&usg=ALkJrhjYaJrqzEWaslng7IUCJCPk-NbTaA

-- AFP: "About 1,000 protesters led by radical group Hizbut Tahrir shouted 'Allahu akbar' (God is greater) and brandished black flags and banners with slogans such as 'Arrest those who commit promiscuous sex'"

-- "Hizbut Tahrir spokesman Mohammed Ismail Yusanto said the Internet was a threat to Islamic values in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country. He said Islamic or sharia law should be applied across the archipelago of some 240 million people, including the stoning to death of adulterers."

-- "Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia coordinator Fadilah Karimah, 32, said she would like to see adulterers buried up to their necks in public places and pelted with stones until dead. 'Those people who have sex before marriage should be caned with a stick 100 times in public. Adulterers should be half-buried and stoned to death,' she told AFP at the rally."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hLTfgbKG9JbLUopEJ_zVM5UDbX3Q

Indonesia: Prosecutors Seek Maximum Sentence In Alleged Aceh Religious Police Rape

http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/prosecutors-seek-maximum-sentence-in-alleged-aceh-religious-police-rape/382072


Indonesia: "The Voice of Liberal Islam" -- Ulil Abshar Abdalla
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/culture/the-voice-of-liberal-islam/381937


(U.S.) Illinois: State police revoke appointment of Muslim chaplain -- Sheikh Kifah Mustapha
-- Chicago Tribune: "But shortly after Mustapha's appointment, Steve Emerson, executive director of the Washington-based Investigative Project on Terrorism, criticized Illinois law enforcement for ignoring Mustapha's history as an "unindicted co-conspirator" in the case against the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, once the nation's largest Muslim charity"

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/06/state-police-revoke-appointment-of-muslim-chaplain.html

(U.S.) Nasdaq launches two sharia indexes

http://www.risk.net/structured-products/news/1687146/nasdaq-launches-sharia-indexes

(U.S.) New Jersey: Islamic group holds groundbreaking for school

-- Noor-Ul-Iman School in South Brunswick, New Jersey
http://nbs.gmnews.com/news/2009-06-11/front_page/001.html
-- Islamic Society of Central Jersey (ISCJ) School Groundbreaking May 21st 2010

http://www.iscj.org/details.aspx?id=68

Malaysia seeks emergency UN session on Gaza-flotilla deaths
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/malaysia-seeks-emergency-un-session-on-gaza-flotilla-deaths-1.297814



Against Racial Supremacism News:

(U.S.) "Tolerance of white militias exemplifies racial double standard"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062204792.html