July 25, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

July 25, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Events:

DC: August 2 Conference on Attacks against Pakistan Christians
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/august-2-pakistan-conference/


Newslinks:

(Pakistan/U.S.) Osama hiding in Pak tribal belt: Mullen
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Osama-hiding-in-Pak-tribal-belt-Mullen/articleshow/6216402.cms


(Pakistan/U.S.) 8 Taliban militants killed in US drone attacks in Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/8-Taliban-militants-killed-in-US-drone-attacks-in-Pakistan/articleshow/6216310.cms


(Pakistan/U.S.) Call to rein in Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)
-- Dawn: "Admiral Mullen called for international efforts against the LeT, warning that the group has global aspirations and posed serious threat to world peace."

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/call-to-rein-in-let-570

-- Lashkar-e-Taiba has become global threat: Admiral Mullen
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Lashkar-e-Taiba-has-become-global-threat-Admiral-Mullen/articleshow/6213084.cms

-- LeT has expanded its operation to Afghan, West: Mullen
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/LeT-has-expanded-its-operation-to-Afghan-West-Mullen/articleshow/6211772.cms


(AfPak/U.S.) Karzai-Pakistani dialogue 'a good thing', says Holbrooke
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/16-karzai-pakistani+holbrooke-hs-01


Afghanistan: Taliban say they're holding U.S. soldier and second killed
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66N11420100725
-- Afghanistan officials: 1 of 2 abducted U.S. service members killed

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/sns-afghanistan-missing-americans,0,1003108.story

Afghanistan: Top U.S. officer warns Afghan war will get worse

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66O1G220100725

Afghanistan: Former Taliban minister arrested in Afghanistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2102563&Language=en


(India) Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) may target Commonwealth Games: Report
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/LeT-may-target-Commonwealth-Games-Report/articleshow/6215684.cms


(Iran) 'US more likely to attack Iran' --- former CIA chief Michael Hayden
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=182561


West Bank: IDF thwarts attempted West Bank shooting attack
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/idf-thwarts-attempted-west-bank-shooting-attack-1.304010


(Libya) 'US held talks with Libya to free Lockerbie bomber'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-held-talks-with-Libya-to-free-Lockerbie-bomber-/articleshow/6216574.cms

-- claim by Daily Express
-- Daily Express: "US Spy's secret 'desert deal' before release of Lockerbie bomber"
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/189011/US-spy-s-secret-desert-deal-before-release-of-Lockerbie-bomber

-- Compassionate release of bomber 'preferred' by US
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/7909248/US-preferred-compassionate-release-of-Lockerbie-bomber-says-Alex-Salmond.html


Algeria: Suicide attack E. Algiers kills person, injures eight
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2102655&Language=en


Uganda urges Africa to combat terrorism
http://www.borglobe.com/11.html?m7%3Apost=uganda-urges-africa-to-combat-terrorism


Mauritania: Al Qaeda says hostage killed after raid
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/al-qaeda-says-hostage-killed-after-raid-3673211

-- France cannot confirm hostage death claim
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100725/wl_nm/us_qaeda_france_hostage_2

Russia: Two militants killed in Russia's volatile North Caucasus

http://en.trend.az/regions/world/russia/1725846.html


Other News:

(UK) Hizb ut Tahrir is not a gateway to terrorism, claims Whitehall report

-- Daily Telegraph: "The Government has opened the way for official links with Muslim extremists after civil servants said radical groups could be a "safety valve" for those tempted by terrorism"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/andrew-gilligan/7908262/Hizb-ut-Tahrir-is-not-a-gateway-to-terrorism-claims-Whitehall-report.html

--- July 9, 2010: UK: July 7 Bombings Persuaded Muslim Woman to Leave Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/july-7-impact-on-ht/
--- July 21, 2010: Turkey: Hizb ut-Tahrir Member Charged in 'Honor Killing' of Sister

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/turkey-ht-honor-killing/
--- See numerous other reports on Hizb ut-Tahrir at http://bit.ly/htwatch

http://www.realcourage.org/category/hizb-ut-tahrirs-islamic-supremacism/

(UK) 'Violent' and 'Non Violent' Islamists

http://hurryupharry.org/2010/07/25/violent-and-non-violent-islamists/

(UK) Police Muslim forum headed by Islamic extremist
-- Daily Telegraph: "An Islamic extremist who has described al-Qaeda as a "myth" and justified the killing of British troops in Iraq has been chosen as the main link between the Metropolitan Police and the Muslim community."

-- "Scotland Yard will now face pressure to renounce Azad Ali, the new chair of the Muslim Safety Forum, which is recognised by the Met under a formal written agreement as "the principal body in relation to Muslim community safety and security". "

-- "The deal says that the Met will "use the MSF as a consultation body to help formulate policy or practice". Mr Ali was the founding chair of the MSF in 2006, but left that job in 2008 and resigned entirely from the group last year after publicity over his extremist comments. Last week, he was quietly reappointed as its chairman."

-- "Mr Ali is a senior official of the fundamentalist Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE), which works, in its own words, to create an Islamic state under sharia law in Europe. The IFE and the MSF share the same offices."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/andrew-gilligan/7908273/Police-Muslim-forum-headed-by-Islamic-extremist.html


(UK) Scotland: Refugees might cite Sharia Law
http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/letters/Refugees-might-cite-Sharia-Law.6438483.jp


India: Tension in Navsari after demolition of mosque's staircase
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/Tension-in-Navsari-after-demolition-of-mosques-staircase/articleshow/6216156.cms


Israeli Arab Raed Salah jailed over spitting incident
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10755531

Saudi Arabia: OK to uncover face where the burqa is banned: Saudi cleric

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/OK-to-uncover-face-where-the-burqa-is-banned-Saudi-cleric/articleshow/6212082.cms


(U.S.) Tennessee: In Public Campaign Meeting in Race for Governor, Lieutentant Governor Ron Ramsey Opposes Murfreesboro Mosque
-- questions that Islam is a religion
http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2010/07/16/ramsey-argues-freedom-of-religion-doesnt-apply-to-muslims

-- Video - discussion begins at 3:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BkdofiIm0g&feature=player_embedded

Florida: Local showing of movie on Islam stirs heated discussion

http://www.nbc-2.com/Global/story.asp?S=12865719


Against Racial Supremacism News:

(U.S.) Remembering Rutherford: KKK march protested new Catholic church

-- same area protesting Murfreesboro mosque
http://www.tennessean.com/article/D4/20100725/NEWS01/7250310/Remembering+Rutherford++KKK+march+protested+new+church


Louisiana: Downsville, La. man pleads guilty to hate crime
-- Louisiana Weekly: "The Justice Department announced recently that Robert Jackson, 37, of Downsville, Louisiana, pleaded guilty in federal court to placing a hangman’s noose in the carport of the home of a family in order “to send a message” to African-American males who had been frequently visiting the victim's home. Jackson entered a plea to violating the Fair Housing Act by intimidating and interfering with another's housing rights because of race."

http://host1.bondware.com/~Louisiana_Weekly/news.php?viewStory=3062