July 20, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

July 20, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Pakistan denies allegations over Mumbai attacks
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-pakistans-establishment-not-involved-in-mumbai-attacks-ss-01

-- (U.S./Pakistan/India) Headley reveals strong militant-official nexus: Menon
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article525021.ece
-- NSA echoes Pillai on ISI role in 26/11

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NSA-echoes-Pillai-on-ISI-role-in-26/11/articleshow/6193581.cms


(Pakistan/U.S.) Pak knows where Osama is: Hillary
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Pak-knows-where-Osama-is-Hillary/articleshow/6193558.cms


Pakistan: Three militants killed as forces foil attack in Mardan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-two-militants-killed-in-security-operation-in-mardan-zj-04


Pakistan city tense after 'blaspheming' Christians shot
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10696762

Pakistan Christian Post: "Martyr Rashid and Sajjid gunned down by Muslim extremists laid to rest"

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1642

Audio purportedly from al Qaeda No. 2 says victory coming -- Zawahiri on Afghanistan and Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/19/mideast.al.qaeda.message/index.html?hpt=T2

Afghanistan: Karzai Eyes 2014 for Afghan-Led Security

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Karzai-Outlines-Goals-for-Security-Transfer-at-Donor-Conferenc-98809424.html


Afghanistan: 2 U.S. Trainers Are Shot Dead in Afghanistan - shot by Afghan soldier
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/world/asia/21rogue.html?_r=1&ref=asia


Afghanistan: Challenges ahead for Afghan security forces
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10706705

Afghanistan: Clinton defends US strategy in Afghanistan

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-10692971

Afghanistan: For harried local Afghans, Taliban, Kabul Conference is just an exercise in futility

http://www.newkerala.com/news2/fullnews-4062.html

Afghanistan: Michael Semple: Afghan reintegration strategy is 'Taliban Talking Lite'
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/asia_pacific/michael+semple+afghan+reintegration+strategy+is+apostaliban+talking+liteapos/3717882


Afghanistan: Daily Telegraph: "We need to defeat the Taliban, not increase aid"
"Telegraph View The sacrifices of the past nine years must be proved to have been worthwhile."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7901437/We-need-to-defeat-the-Taliban-not-increase-aid.html


(Iraq) Iranian pilgrim killed, five others wounded in booby-trapped car blast in Diyala
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2101825&Language=en


Iraq car bomb kills and maims -- Car bomb kill up to 4 and injures 15 in Baquba
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?rpc=401&videoId=122311300&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=TopNews&rpc=401&videoChannel=1


(U.S.) JFK Terror Plot Defendant Opposes Fighting, Guns Were Toys, He Testifies
-- Abdul Kadir
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-20/jfk-terror-plot-defendant-opposes-fighting-guns-were-toys-he-testifies.html


(U.S.) Times Square Bomb Could Have 'Killed Thousands,' FBI Test Shows
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/07/20/times-square-bomb-killed-thousands-fbi-test-shows/


(U.S.) Al Qaeda-Linked Blogging Site Had History of Breaking the Law -- Blogetery.com
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/07/20/al-qaeda-linked-blogging-site-history-breaking-law/


(U.S.) Sudbury man accused in terror plot pleads not guilty
-- Tarek Mehanna trial date set for October 3, 2011
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20100720sudbury_man_accused_in_terror_plot_pleads_not_guilty/


(U.S.) President Obama set to grill British Prime Minister David Cameron on release of Lockerbie bomber
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/07/20/2010-07-20_bam_to_grill_brit_leader_about_freed_terrorist.html


(U.S.) Report: Tab for 'War on terrorism' tops $1 trillion
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/20/war.costs/index.html?hpt=T2


U.N. Lists U.S.-Born Muslim Cleric as Al Qaeda Member - Anwar al-Awlaki
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=11210689
-- US praises UN listing of terrorism operative -- also spelled Anwar Al-Aulaqi

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2101906&Language=en

(U.S.) N.C. Congresswoman Calls for American to Be Stripped of Citizenship Over Al Qaeda Website

-- Sue Myrick on North Carolina native Samir Khan
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/20/nc-congresswoman-calls-american-stripped-citizenship-al-qaeda-website/


(UK) Finsbury Park Mosque: Abdulmutalab-Awlaki Link?
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/07/20/finsbury-park-mosque-abdulmutalab-awlaki-link/

-- Mahmood seeks answers
http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/6153943/mahmood-seeks-answers.thtml

Israel: Report: Israel holds captured flotilla ships

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=182037

Jerusalem police warn of Muslim extremist takeover after Beit Yonatan eviction
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/j-lem-police-warn-of-muslim-extremist-takeover-after-beit-yonatan-eviction-1.303100


Fatah supports direct talks on condition
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=182055

Gaza: Islamic Jihad, PFLP claim mortar attack in Gaza

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=300630

(Saudi Arabia) Al-Qaida in the classroom
A new initiative in Saudi Arabia aims to root out extremist teachers and 'reeducate' them away from terror

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/al-qaida-in-the-classroom-1.303129

Iran to retaliate for UN sanctions

http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=182004

Somalia: Mogadishu fighting kills 52 civilians in a week-group
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MINE-87JKXE?OpenDocument


Kenya: Militia kill officer in border attack -- al-Shabaab
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Militia%20kill%20officer%20in%20border%20attack%20/-/1056/961628/-/a5vaenz/-/index.html


Kenya: Bomb pastor faces seven years in jail
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Bomb%20pastor%20faces%20seven%20years%20in%20jail%20/-/1056/960932/-/s3m3hy/-/index.html


(Libya) Obama, Cameron condemn release of Lockerbie bomber
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=182042

Turkey: Kurdish rebels kill 7 Turkish soldiers

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9VhSca_oZldvbO-XktR7l7Sa_PgD9H2SEHO0

Germany investigates report of bank aiding Iran

http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE66I2HD20100719

(Canada) Muslim extremist charged with promoting genocide
-- National Post: "Salman Hossain was charged by Ontario Provincial Police following an investigation into Internet posts that advocate the mass killing of Jews in Canada and other Western countries."

-- Bangladeshi-Canadian left Mississauga for South Asia before investigation completed
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Muslim+extremist+charged+with+promoting+genocide/3251810/story.html



Women's News:

Saudi Woman Blog: "Saudi disillusionment with the religious establishment"
http://saudiwoman.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/saudi-disillusionment-with-the-religious-establishment/


Indian police arrest five over 'honour' killing
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jWfh5HwbR3cur7ieOLYKVP52Ubhw



Other News:

(U.S.) NYC - Park Place Mosque: Mayor Has Strong Words for Palin
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703720504575377570672971874.html


(U.S.) NYC: "ACLJ Calls on NYC to Landmark Ground Zero Site for Historical Purposes, Keeping Islamic Mosque Out"
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100720007136&newsLang=en

-- ACLJ Calls for Landmark Status to Prevent Park Place Mosque
http://www.aclj.org/media/pdf/Executed-LPC-Submission_20100720.pdf


(U.S.) Tennessee: Anti-Mosque Sentiments Countered With Interfaith Walk
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=12836110

(U.S.) Tennessee: Billboard opposes Murfreesboro Islamic center

http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=12815202

(U.S.) Tennessee: Zelenik Slams Opponents For Not Stopping Muslim Center, Campaign Warns Of Sharia Law

http://bit.ly/bUhsge

Netherlands: Gov't finances 'Ground Zero mosque' organizations
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/netherlands-govt-finances-ground-zero.html


Spain: Parliament rejects general burka ban bill
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/spain-parliament-rejects-general-burka.html

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iXTeJXk6d0HDxNRKn-1F_PM0GvSgD9H3008G0

Syria: Veil ban: Why Syria joins Europe in barring the niqab

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0720/Veil-ban-Why-Syria-joins-Europe-in-barring-the-niqab


Indonesian Muslim group may ban civet coffee
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5isGTjYezyT3pZ9wqI7y1yltRdwnwD9H23LMO0


Malaysia: Muslims ban Manchester United shirts over red devil image
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/7900366/Muslims-ban-Manchester-United-shirts-over-red-devil-image.html


India: Darul says girls cycling un-Islamic, not all agree
http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/Darul-says-girls-cycling-un-Islamic-not-all-agree/Article1-575270.aspx



Against Racial Supremacism News:

Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu "appears on a white nationalist program, invites listeners to join his 'posse'"
http://mediamatters.org/blog/201007190033

-- Wikipedia on "The Political Cesspool" - also notes it is also anti-feminist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Political_Cesspool
-- Following a Four-Month Absence, White Supremacist James Edwards and the Political Cesspool Return to the Airwaves

http://www.adl.org/main_Extremism/James+Edwards.htm

Australia: Racism rife in Alice claim
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/07/20/165331_ntnews.html