June 9, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

June 9, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

(Afghanistan) 4 U.S. troops among 5 killed in Afghanistan
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/06/09/afghanistan.violence/index.html?hpt=T3


(Afghanistan) 39 killed in Afghan wedding explosion
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7815977/39-killed-in-Afghan-wedding-explosion.html


Afghanistan: Protesters, Parliament Members Threaten Christians
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/afghanistan-right-to-believe/


Afghanistan: Tribal politician 'talking with Taliban'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.515360490

Afghanistan: Taliban 'hang 7-year-old boy for spying'

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.516892787

Afghanistan: Taliban burying needles infected with HIV with bombs
http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/3905.html


Afghanistan: Taliban Step Up Assassinations in Afghan Region
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/asia/10taliban.html?partner=rss&emc=rss


Afghanistan: More schoolgirls 'poisoned' in north
-- AKI: "At least 20 schoolgirls and teachers fell ill after a suspected poison attack on a school in northern Sar-i-Pul province, officials said on Wednesday, cited by Afghan news agency Pajhwok."

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.516063746

(Afghanistan) Canadian outpost offers illustration of the Taliban's grinding insurgency

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canadian-outpost-offers-illustration-of-the-talibans-grinding-insurgency/article1597916/


(Afghanistan) Officers' mess: military chiefs blamed for blundering into Helmand with 'eyes shut and fingers crossed'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7146449.ece


(Afghanistan) Robert Gates: public support for Afghan war is limited
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7814564/Robert-Gates-public-support-for-Afghan-war-is-limited.html


Pakistan: Five suicide attacks' suspects acquitted
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\10\story_10-6-2010_pg7_10


Pakistan: Two soldiers, 20 Taliban killed in FATA
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\10\story_10-6-2010_pg7_8


Pakistan: 'Attack on Ahmedis conspiracy to repeal laws against them'
-- Pakistan clerics and religious leaders view that terrorist attacks against Muslim minority Ahmadis are nothing more than "a conspiracy was in place to debate the laws against Ahmedis"

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-ahmedis-laws-religious-groups-qs-08


Pakistan: Classified data stolen from PM Gilani's office
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Classified-data-stolen-from-Gilanis-office/articleshow/6030040.cms


Pak Punjab Govt. has 'woken up' to terror threat: Qureshi
http://sify.com/news/pak-punjab-govt-has-woken-up-to-terror-threat-qureshi-news-international-kgjrudgbbhh.html


Kashmiri separatists reject PM's talks offer
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kashmiri-separatists-reject-pms-talks-offer/123516-3.html?from=tn


(Iraq) Nine killed in series of Iraq attacks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100609/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest

(Iran) UN hits Iran with new sanctions over nuclear program

-- Daily Telegraph: "The vote in the 15-member council was 12 in favour, with Lebanon abstaining and Brazil and Turkey voting against"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7814613/UN-hits-Iran-with-new-sanctions-over-nuclear-programme.html


Iran: Sanctions are trash
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=177972
-- Iran defiant after toughest UN sanctions

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7146766.ece
-- Ahmadinejad: New sanctions like a 'used handkerchief'

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/06/09/un.iran.sanctions.pass/index.html?hpt=T1

Israel: Iran sanctions a good start

http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=177983

(Iran) Islamic Republic Implementing Mass Executions in Advance of the One-Year Anniversary of the Iranian Uprising

http://missionfreeiran.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/june-executions/

(Iran) "Tell the UN Human Rights Council to Condemn Iran"

http://hurryupharry.org/2010/06/09/tell-the-un-human-rights-council-to-condemn-iran/

Iranian nuclear scientist in video riddle -- Shahram Amiri

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7812442/Iranian-nuclear-scientist-in-video-riddle.html


(U.S.) New Jersey: Faces of Terror? Officials Release Mug Shots of N.J. Terror Suspects
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/09/faces-terror-officials-release-mug-shots-nj-terror-suspects/

-- Photos of Mohamed Alessa and Carlos Almonte (Department of Justice)
http://www.realcourage.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/alessa-almonte.jpg

-- June 6, 2010: NYC: Two New Jersey Men Arrested at JFK Airport Sought to Kill Non-Muslims
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/alessa-almonte/
-- FBI Press Release

http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel10/nk060610.htm

(U.S.) Ohio: Toledo wife facing terror charges to be released -- Amera Akl
http://www.toledoonthemove.com/news/story.aspx?id=468117


(U.S.) Ohio - Hutaree: Court weighs whether to release militia members
-- appeals court in Cincinnati
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jhK5VTvnp2Kc1AwCg9DlHUh3xnfAD9G7FEU00

-- Govt: Alleged Midwest militia members a threat
http://www.wsbt.com/news/regional/95912589.html
-- Militia members seeking release to go before court

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jhK5VTvnp2Kc1AwCg9DlHUh3xnfAD9G755O83

(U.S.) Houston: Al-Qaeda plot to unravel in Texas court -- Barry Walter Bujol

http://story.birminghamstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/645193/cs/1/

(U.S./Gaza) $400m for Gaza as US asks Israel to reconsider 'unsustainable' blockade

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7147026.ece

(UK) New Yorker in London gets prison for al-Qaida help

-- Pakistani-American Syed Hashmi
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TERRORISM_EXTRADITION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2010-06-09-19-11-42

-- Former NY student gets 15-years for aiding al Qaeda
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6586SQ20100609?rpc=401

(Yemen/U.S.) Arrests in US, Yemen sharpen focus on 'homegrown terrorism'

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2010/0608/Arrests-in-US-Yemen-sharpen-focus-on-homegrown-terrorism


(Yemen) Clashes between Yemeni soldiers and Al-Qaeda gunmen
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2093431&Language=en


(Somalia) Fighting kills at least 12 in Somali capital
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35721768/ns/world_news-africa/

(Somalia) EU to extend anti-piracy naval mission off Somalia

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2093557&Language=en

Somali militia claims win over al Qaeda-linked force

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/06/09/somalia.fighting/index.html

Nigeria: Residents demand probe of alleged killing of 16 women in Jos

http://thenationonlineng.net/web2/articles/49398/1/Residents-demand-probe-of-alleged-killing-of-16-women-in-Jos/Page1.html


Nigeria: Two Out of Four Killed Men Buried in Jos
http://allafrica.com/stories/201006090774.html

Turkish police arrests 17 suspects for Al-Qaeda links

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2093443&Language=en

Russia captures top Muslim fighter in Caucasus region

http://www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=59727

Canadian police seek man who bought enough fertilizer to make bomb -- in Lincoln, Ontario

-- CNN: "Lincoln is just over an hour from Toronto, where U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders are expected in less than two weeks for the G-20 summit"
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/09/canada.fertilizer.search/


Thailand: 22 wounded by Yala bomb blast
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/180651/22-wounded-by-yala-bomb-blast
-- Thai girl, 5, killed in grenade attack - by "suspected Islamic militants"

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jKKFexkl1MsFQFWt9rzp1EDvuFbg
-- 23 hurt by bomb near mosque in southern Thailand

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5guauYLE276BD0kT3niXlvoHEqYawD9G7P8302


Women's News:


Afghanistan: More schoolgirls 'poisoned' in north
-- AKI: "At least 20 schoolgirls and teachers fell ill after a suspected poison attack on a school in northern Sar-i-Pul province, officials said on Wednesday, cited by Afghan news agency Pajhwok."

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.516063746

India: Parents beat teenaged daughter to death for love affair
-- does not appear related to Islamist justification

http://www.ndtv.com/news/cities/parents-beat-teenaged-daughter-to-death-for-love-affair-30780.php



Other News:

Afghanistan: Protesters, Parliament Members Threaten Christians
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/afghanistan-right-to-believe/


(Pakistan) ICC Report: "Employer Holds Pakistani Christian Family Captive for a Year"
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=12517&PHPSESSID=38c7183675eca15acdbd9f104b399889


(Pakistan) ICC: Report on Assault of Pastor and His Pregnant Wife
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=12509&PHPSESSID=38c7183675eca15acdbd9f104b399889


(Pakistan/UK) British Pakistani Christian Association announces protest - on July 31, 2010 - the anniversary of Korian incident and 1 day before the anniversary of the Gojra attack
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=2033


Egyptian Couple Shot by Muslim Extremists Undaunted in Ministry
-- pastor Ephraim Shehata and his wife Rasha Samir
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/egypt/21405/


(Sweden) Stockholm - Reports on Continued Riots
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/06/stockholm-it-is-raining-stones.html


(Europe) Anti-Semitism Keeps Rising in Europe. Why?
http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/anti-semitism-keeps-rising-in-europe-why-17165/


Belgian school sacks teacher for wearing headscarf
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\06\10\story_10-6-2010_pg7_9


(Netherlands) Anti-Islam Freedom Party makes strong showing in Dutch elections
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/06/09/netherlands.elections/index.html?hpt=Sbin

-- Geert Wilders could be kingmaker in Dutch parliament
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/7815699/Geert-Wilders-could-be-kingmaker-in-Dutch-parliament-after-coming-third.html


(Netherlands) Muslim teens enraged by pop star's name
http://jp.dk/uknews/article2092659.ece

(U.S.) Heroic, Wounded Israeli Soldiers Honored in New York City - by Phyllis Chesler

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2010/06/08/heroic-wounded-israeli-soldiers-honored-in-new-york-city/


(U.S.) Rhode Island: Two arrested in Synagogue vandalism
-- WPRI reports that Ryan N. Johnson and juvenile arrested for swastika and racial slur vandalism at Temple Am David
http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/two-arrested-in-vandalism-of-temple-am-david

http://bit.ly/aIlfIl
-- June 4, 2010: Rhode Island Synagogue Vandalized with Swastika, Racial Slurs
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/temple-am-david/


(U.S.) Florida: Malabar church victim of vandalism -- bullet holes in church's sign
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/florida-malabar-church-victim-of-vandalism/


(U.S.) Maryland: Racially-Charged Vandalism of Baptist Church
-- Cokesbury First Baptist Church, Perryville, MD
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/cokesbury-church/

--- WBAL Video Report
http://www.brownbook.net/business/13278955/cokesbury-first-baptist-church

(U.S.) North Carolina: Deputies investigate church vandalism as hate crime

-- Lighthouse Baptist Church, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=7483129

(U.S.) California: Hate crime at Chico's Second Baptist church alleged

-- swastikas spray painted
http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_15233539

(U.S.) New York Legislators Seek to Make Vandalism Outside House of Worship a Felony
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/new-york-state-bill/


(U.S.) Texas: Church vandals sentenced to eight years in prison
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2010/jun/07/er_holy_cross_sentencing060810_99081/?news


Israel: Omar Bin Khattab Mosque Vandalized -- graffiti calls for "demolition"
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/ibtin-mosque-vandalized/

-- Police arrest 4 Yeshiva students on suspicion of mosque vandalism
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3902997,00.html

Israel: Teens suspected of planning Molotov cocktail attack over raid

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/israel-teens-suspected-of-planning-molotov-cocktail-attack-over-raid/

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3902741,00.html

(UK) Muslim community leader 'made up story he was kidnapped by BNP', court told

-- Noor Ramjanally
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/bnp/7811805/Muslim-community-leader-made-up-story-he-was-kidnapped-by-BNP-court-told.html


(UK) Council urges ban on East End Islamic meeting in face of EDL demo -- Tower Hamlets confrence
-- East London Advertiser: "TOWN Hall leaders tonight have called for an Islamic conference to be scrapped in London's East End on June 20, in the wake of a demo planned outside by the English Defence League."

-- "Activists have set up a 'United East End' campaign to oppose the EDL's presence with a peaceful protest to send the message that they are 'not welcome in the East End.'"
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED09%20Jun%202010%2015%3A29%3A52%3A607


(UK) 100 most 'women-friendly' mosques revealed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7812310/Directory-lists-100-most-women-friendly-mosques.html


(UK) 'Follow the Islamic way to save the world,' Prince Charles urges environmentalists
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1285332/Follow-Islamic-way-save-world-Charles-urges-environmentalists.html#ixzz0qNhquh8o


(U.S.) CNN: "A year after 'Muslim speech,' American Muslims press Obama to deliver"
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/04/a-year-after-muslim-speech-american-muslims-press-obama-to-deliver/?hpt=Sbin


(U.S.) Illinois: Squad car vandalized in front of officer's home - swastikas and KKK vandalism
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/niles/news/2368660,park-ridge-squadgraffiti-061010-s1.article


U.A.E. Central Bank to Offer First Islamic Deposits
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-06-09/u-a-e-central-bank-to-offer-first-islamic-deposits-update1-.html



Against Totalitarianism News:

North Korea denies sinking South ship in letter to U.N.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6581TW20100609


Mongolia: Authorities raze city's only Catholic church
http://www.ucanews.com/2010/06/09/authorities-raze-chinese-citys-only-catholic-church




Flotilla News:

Israel: 'Flotilla probe after Iran vote'
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=177970

Israel: Netanyahu says ready to testify in flotilla inquiry

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65838V20100609

(U.S.) Congress shows Israel support
Rep. Barney Frank: If Canada were Hamas our blockade would be tougher

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=177917

(U.S.) Gates: Turkey-Israel rift a concern for U.S.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/gates-turkey-israel-rift-a-concern-for-u-s-1.295126


(U.S.) Obama to meet with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas at tense time
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/09/obama.abbas.meeting/?hpt=Sbin


Israel allows some once-banned products into Gaza
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gXp6fvvgQLELYgmlMBK-EaQ8A1WQD9G7ND601

-- Reuters: "Israel eases Gaza embargo, allows snack food in"
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65820E20100609

(UK) Britain: No quid pro quo deal on Gaza blockade

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/britain-no-quid-pro-quo-deal-on-gaza-blockade-1.294978


(Netherlands) "Wilders hails Israel 'fighting jihad'"
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=177901

Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC): 'Turkish gov't backed extremists'

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=177960

CNN: "Gaza convoy tapes edited, Israel acknowledges"
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/06/06/gaza.flotilla.recordings/index.html