July 1, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

July 1, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

(Al-Qaeda) American Cleric Tied to Times Square and Christmas Day Bombing Attempts Gets New Website
-- Anwar Al Awlaki
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/30/american-cleric-tied-times-square-christmas-day-bombing-attempts-gets-new/


Al-Qaeda to release online English magazine "Inspire"
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/al-qaeda-to-release-online-english-magazine/story-fn3dxity-1225886518863

-- Terror Magazine Aims At Western Jihadists
--- Sky News: "Online magazine Inspire is written in English and includes a how-to guide for making home-made bombs entitled Make A Bomb In The Kitchen Of Your Mom."

http://bit.ly/a7hfRk
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/7865978/Al-Qaeda-newspaper-Make-a-bomb-in-the-kitchen-of-your-mom.html

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2010/Jul/Week1/15657772.jpg


(Al-Qaeda) U.S.-born cleric called legitimate target -- Anwar Al Awlaki

-- Official says Yemeni had direct role in Christmas bomb plot
-- according to Michael E. Leiter, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/30/us-born-cleric-called-legitimate-target/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/30/AR2010063005343.html

Pakistan: Muslim Shrine Attacked by Twin Bomb Blasts

-- Police say twin bomb blasts at a Sufi shrine in the Pakistani city of Lahore
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/01/pakistan.explosions/index.html

-- At least 40 die in attack on Data shrine in Lahore -- two alleged suicide bombers
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/06-terrorists-tear-into-heart-of-lahore-40-die-in-attack-on-data-shrine-270-rs-01


Pakistan: Taliban Militants Prime Suspects in Triple Pakistan Suicide Bombings
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20009484-503543.html


Pakistan: Four killed in Hub explosion
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\01\story_1-7-2010_pg7_11


(Pakistan) Lal Masjid raid gave birth to vengeful militant group
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Lal-Masjid-raid-gave-birth-to-vengeful-militant-group/articleshow/6116968.cms

-- Vengeful New Militant Group Emerges in Pakistan -- Ghazi Force
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/01/vengeful-new-militant-group-emerges-pakistan/?test=latestnews


(Pakistan) Islamabad's new law to gag media on terror images
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Islamabads-new-law-to-gag-media-on-terror-images/articleshow/6116985.cms


(Pakistan/U.S.) US striving to regain Pakistan's trust: Mullen
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\01\story_1-7-2010_pg1_2


(Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) harbours ambitions beyond India: Adm Mullen
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/LeT-harbours-ambitions-beyond-India-Adm-Mullen/articleshow/6116975.cms

-- Pakistani Terror Group Lashkar-e Tayyiba Extends Tentacles in United States
http://www.investigativeproject.org/2037/pakistani-terror-group-lashkar-e-tayyiba-extends


Afghanistan: Children, aged 5, used to plant Taliban bombs in Afghanistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7863554/Children-aged-5-used-to-plant-Taliban-bombs-in-Afghanistan.html


Afghanistan: Taliban attack NATO airbase in Jalalabad
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\01\story_1-7-2010_pg7_8


Afghanistan: NATO intensifies attacks on Taliban leaders in hopes of dismantling midlevel leadership
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/01/nato-says-troops-capture-district-afghan-taliban-chief-helmand-province/?test=latestnews


Afghanistan: Taliban rule out negotiations with NATO
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=145028
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/01/taliban-refuses-to-enter_n_632878.html


Afghanistan: U.N. official: Taliban knows they can't win war
-- U.N. special representative in Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/1/the-uns-top-official-in-afghanistan-says-the-talib/


Afghanistan: UK's William Hague: Troops will be out of Afghanistan by 2014
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/184367/William-Hague-Troops-will-be-out-of-Afghanistan-by-2014


Afghanistan: US lawmakers block $4 bln in aid
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.621758645

(AfPak) New Estimate of Strength of Al Qaeda Is Offered

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/world/asia/01qaeda.html

(AfPak) Kayani says he did not broker Karzai's talks with Haqqani
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/kayani-says-he-did-not-broker-karzais-talks-with-haqqani-270


(AfPak) Pakistan and Iran 'back attacks on British troops'
-- Daily Telegraph: "Bomb attacks killing British troops in Afghanistan are funded and supplied from Iran and Pakistan, a senior British officer has said."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7865973/Pakistan-and-Iran-backing-Afghan-attacks-on-British-troops.html


(Jammu and Kashmir) Pakistan Foreign Office: No terror training camps in AJK
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\01\story_1-7-2010_pg7_34


India: Lashker-e-Tayyaba (LeT) behind protests, says Chidambaram
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\01\story_1-7-2010_pg7_4

-- also spelled Lashkar-e-Taiba

India: Mecca Masjid bombs in 2007 a cocktail of RDX, TNT
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City-Hyderabad/Mecca-bombs-a-cocktail-of-RDX-TNT/articleshow/6117381.cms


(U.S.) NYC: Prosecutors at NY trial accuse 2, including ex-Guyana official, of plot to blow up JFK Airport
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/30/prosecutors-ny-trial-accuse-including-ex-guyana-official-plot-blow-jfk-airport/


(UK) Embarrassment for British security services after convicted Al Qaeda member allowed to appeal
-- Rangzieb Ahmed
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1290942/Convicted-British-Al-Qaeda-member-Rangzieb-Ahmed-allowed-appeal.html


(UK) Abu Hamza's son jailed for riot
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/33638/abu-hamzas-son-jailed-riot

(Iraq) Bombs and gunmen kill three Iraqi civilians

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hDF5KKMLb9MFJ-_60WyluReAsisw
-- Three Iraqis killed, Al-Qaeda leader arrested in Mosul

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2098332&Language=en

Israel's new export: an Islamic Jihad terror cell

http://www.thejc.com/news/israel-news/33660/analysis-israels-new-export-islamic-jihad-terror-cell

Saudi-US Alliance - An Obstacle Against War On Terrorism?

http://www.eurasiareview.com/201006294043/saudi-us-alliance-an-obstacle-against-war-on-terrorism.html


Gaza: IAF strikes three terror targets in Gaza
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3913483,00.html

Iran Arms Syria With Radar

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/01/iran-arms-syria-radar/

(Iran) UN: Iran refuses to bow to sanctions
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.622520439


(UAE) Dubai admits nuclear material being shipped through its ports
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7863884/Dubai-admits-nuclear-material-being-shipped-through-its-ports.html


Nigeria: Sect leader threatens retaliation -- Boko Haram issued a videotaped threat calling for new violence
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iNCU46VYMVf0VzhqkKJUus45PrDAD9GM96C82


Algeria: Ambush in Sahara kills 11 Algerian police - report
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE6600AD20100701

Russia: Bomber in Russia's Chechnya strikes near leader

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE65T3C420100630

Turkey: Several killed in violent clashes with militants
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.622872712


Turkish separatist clashes increase
http://uk.reuters.com/news/video?rpc=401&videoId=111280182&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=LatestVideosUK&rpc=401&videoChannel=75


Australia: Indian doctor sues Australia over terror arrest -- Mohamed Haneef
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jxrQBsqEKJQSU2weGOStGp0PtkTA


Thailand: Student killed in restive south
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.622127997


Women's News:


UAE: Murdered woman may be honour killing victim -- in Abu Dhabi
-- Gulf News: "on June 27, a Sudanese man allegedly stabbed his wife to death in their apartment in Shabiya Khalifa in Musaffah. The husband was arrested shortly after on charges of murder."

-- "A woman who was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband might be a victim of honour killing, according to a police official close to the investigation"
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/crime/murdered-woman-may-be-honour-killing-victim-1.649086


Jordanian jailed for killing sister over sex images
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5giKDbP2yplUvUldeGKIshh0-1TKw


India: "Hindu Honor Killings"
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/india-hindu-honor-killings/

India - Delhi: Honour killing suspects sent to judicial custody

-- Mandeep Nagar, Ankit Chaudhury, and Nakul Khari
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Honour-killing-suspects-sent-to-judicial-custody/Article1-566019.aspx


India arrests Belgian for 'honour killing'
-- Sify News: "Mehtab Singh, 55, from Brussels, is accused of strangling 17-year-old Amritpal Kaur to death in Amritsar in northern Punjab state and then attempting to disguise the murder as a suicide"

http://sify.com/news/india-arrests-belgian-for-honour-killing-news-national-khbokdfbgib.html

(UK) Brit MPs watch film on honour killing

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Brit-MPs-watch-film-on-honour-killing/articleshow/6114631.cms


(UK) Muslim Harry Potter actress death threats from dad and bro
-- Daily Star: "Afshan Azad, who has appeared in four of the films as one of the wizard’s screen girlfriends Padma Patil, hails from a strict Muslim family."

-- "Her dad Abdul, 54, has appeared in court accused of threatening to kill her."
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/142452/Muslim-Harry-Potter-actress-death-threats-from-dad-and-bro/


(India) Against divorce: Muslim women assault three Koranic scholars
-- AsiaNews: "On June 29 Three Indian women stormed a seminary in Madrassa-e-Sultan Madara in Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh in India, and assaulted three Muslim religious. Mumtaz, Nishat Fatima Arshi, all Shiite Muslims, wanted to give a "life lesson" to the three Koranic scholars who had been bribed by their husbands with 2,500 rupees (44 Euros) to emit sentences of divorce (talaq), leaving their wives in the dark."

-- "In a video that has taken during the women's raid on the seminary, one of the women is seen pulling the hair of one of the religious experts as another hit them several times with a slipper. Nishat Fatima has since declared that 'beating the men was of great comfort' and appealed to all Muslim women 'who suffer in silence to come out and speak out before it's too late.'"

http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Against-divorce:-Muslim-women-assault-three-Koranic-scholars-18814.html

-- YouTube Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-_lQ2Bmqpw


Other News:

Indonesia: Sharia-based policies could 'disintegrate' Indonesia: NU

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/06/30/shariabased-policies-could-%E2%80%98disintegrate%E2%80%99-indonesia-nu.html


Indonesia: Opposition grows to Indonesia's hardline FPI Islamists
http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-49777620100630

Indonesia: Bekasi NU says no official role at Islamic congress

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/06/29/bekasi-nu-says-no-official-role-islamic-congress.html


Bangladesh: Dhaka, Islamic leaders accused of blasphemy: protests and more than 100 arrests
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Dhaka,-Islamic-leaders-accused-of-blasphemy:-protests-and-more-than-100-arrests-18819.html


Pakistani Christian vow to foil conspiracy against Church and clergy. Anwar Lal Dean
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1632


(Iraq) Christians calls for more rights in Iraq
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/06/29/Christians-calls-for-more-rights-in-Iraq/UPI-23631277828154/


Morocco Continues to Purge Nation of Foreign Christians
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/morocco/22151/

(U.S.) NYC: City to Host Controversial Ground Zero Mosque Hearings July 13

http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/city-host-controversial-ground-zero-mosque-hearings-larger-venue-accomodate-angry-crow

-- Poll shows NY resistance to mosque -- stark division between Manhatan and Staten Island
http://www.downtownexpress.com/de_375/pollshows.html


(U.S.) Tennessee: State law backs up religious land use - Murfreesboro mosque
http://www.dnj.com/article/20100630/NEWS01/6300324
-- News article on Tennessee Religious Freedom Protection Act

http://www.dnj.com/article/20100701/NEWS01/7010324/Religious+Act+in+TN+may+get+tweaked
-- Mosque support rallies on Facebook

http://www.dnj.com/article/20100701/NEWS01/100701014

(U.S.) Tennessee: Newspaper, Businesses Feud in Tennessee Over Claims of 'Hate Rhetoric'

--- Distributech drops the Rutherford Reader after it publishes article referring to to Islam as "evil"
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/30/tennessee-businesses-face-backlash-banning-conservative-paper-hate-rhetoric/


(U.S.) Tennessee: Tea Party Group issues statement on Murfreesboro, TN mosque
http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/At-Tea-Party-HD-Sharia-Law-Expert-Opens-Pandoras-Box-as-Both-Conservatives-Liberals-1284443.htm


(U.S.) NYC: Staten Island Muslims take part in City Hall rally asking schools to recognize 2 holidays
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/06/staten_island_muslims_take_par.html


(U.S.) Indiana: Democrats Criticizing Republican Candidate For Alleged Anti-Muslim Writing
http://wcsi.whiterivernews.com/templates/localnews_temp.asp?id=2548&storyno=3


(U.S.) Liberty U. removing Ergun Caner as seminary dean over contradictory statements
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/29/AR2010062905331.html


UN petitioned over West's "Islamophobia"
http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2010/06/16/14412011.html#/news/world/2010/06/16/pf-14412011.html


(UK) Muslim women will honor British soldiers
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/07/01/muslim-women-will-honor-british-soldiers/


(UK) Muslim pupils taken out of music lessons 'because Islam forbids playing an instrument'
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23851512-muslim-pupils-taken-out-of-music-lessons-because-islam-forbids-playing-an-instrument.do

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7866176/Muslim-pupils-withdrawn-from-music-lessons.html


(UK) Man 'was asked to swear on Koran over affair'
http://www.wigantoday.net/news/regional/man_was_asked_to_swear_on_koran_over_affair_1_794956


(UK) St Albans man who stole cash to escape his 'strict Muslim parents' spared jail
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/8248833.Man_who_stole_cash_to_escape_his__strict_Muslim_parents__spared_jail/


UK: Rise in men reporting forced marriages
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/uk-rise-in-men-reporting-forced.html


UK: Tory MP bids to 'ban the burka'
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/06/uk-tory-mp-bids-to-ban-burka.html
-- Daily Telegraph: "A burqa ban would be anti-British"

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100045642/a-burqa-ban-would-be-anti-british/

Norway: 'We want a Taliban-free Norway'

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/norway-we-want-taliban-free-norway.html

(Germany) Strasbourg: Muslim tombs desecrated

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/06/strasbourg-muslim-tombs-desecrated.html

(Germany) Deutsche platform to allocate to Shariah fund

http://www.hfmweek.com/news/573837/deutsche-platform-to-allocate-to-shariah-fund.thtml

(Saudi Arabia) Shariah courts in Saudi to oversee state security cases

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2010/July/middleeast_July1.xml&section=middleeast&col=


Saudi clerics battle over music, adult-breastfeeding fatwas
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\01\story_1-7-2010_pg7_10


(Saudi Arabia) Foreign Policy: "King Abdullah wants to wipe Israel and Iran off the map"
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/29/king_abdullah_wants_to_wipe_israel_and_iran_off_the_map




Against Nazi News:

Canada: Nazi slur painted on church wall -- swastika
http://www.albertalocalnews.com/reddeeradvocate/news/local/Nazi_slur_on_church_wall_97590889.html


Latvia: Neo Nazi march denied in Latvia
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=180041
-- ADL Condemns Parade Commemorating Nazi Invasion of Latvia

http://www.adl.org/PresRele/HolNa_52/5802_52.htm

French Nazi collaborators to be exposed
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=179989


Germany: Ex-prosecutor says Demjanjuk story inconsistent
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hIH0N3mJ1HhKJrBMWn3uUa8WpghAD9GLKSFG0



Against Racial Supremacism News:

(U.S.) South Carolina: White Nationalist Group Promotes Confederate and Gadsden Flags
-- uses event to promote racial hatred
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/south-carolina-wn-group-event/


(U.S.) Top Justice Dept. Official Lied Under Oath About Dismissal of New Black Panther Case, Ex-DOJ Lawyer Says
-- J. Christian Adams
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/01/justice-dept-official-lied-oath-dismissal-new-black-panther-case-ex-doj-lawyer/