July 27, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

July 27, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Newslinks:

(U.S.) Al Qaeda No. 2 Threatens More U.S. Attacks - Ayman Al-Zawahiri Also Mentions Times Square Attack in Audio Message
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-message-ayman-zawahiri-threatens-us-attacks/story?id=11262121

-- Qaeda's Zawahri condemns France, Yemen clerics: Web
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100727/wl_nm/us_qaeda_france_zawahri

Pakistan: Bin Laden 'spotted in village meeting'

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=iol1280212676116L352

Pakistan: Taliban says will continue 'jihad' against Awami National Party (ANP)

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\28\story_28-7-2010_pg7_12

Pakistan: US silent over Taliban 'patrons' in Pakistan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\28\story_28-7-2010_pg7_3

Pakistan: U.S. Says Pakistan Ties Have Strengthened

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703292704575392981512066138.html
-- Pakistan: No change in Pak-US ties after leak: Mullen

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\28\story_28-7-2010_pg7_39

Pakistan govt proposes stricter provisions in new anti-terror bill

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-govt-proposes-stricter-provisions-in-new-anti-terror-bill/articleshow/6224142.cms


Pakistan: U.S. must work with Pakistan despite leaked reports' picture of ties to Taliban, experts say
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan-wikileaks-20100728,0,2544477.story

-- Pakistan's ties to the Taliban: What should Obama do?
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Editorial-Board-Blog/2010/0727/Pakistan-s-ties-to-the-Taliban-What-should-Obama-do

-- Pakistan: Emerging Pak-US ties contradict war report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\28\story_28-7-2010_pg7_5


Pakistan: Afghanistan war logs: whose side is Pakistan on?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/26/afghanistan-war-logs-pakistan-military


AfPak: Col Imam seeks govt help for release
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\28\story_28-7-2010_pg1_5


Afghanistan: Missing Soldier's Body Found In Afghanistan
http://bit.ly/avQ8SR

Afghanistan: UK soldier killed in Afghanistan blast
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2102951&Language=en


Afghanistan: Leaked documents offer few glimpses of bin Laden
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/27/afghanistan.wikileaks.bin.laden/


Afghanistan war logs reveal hand of Osama bin Laden
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/26/afghanistan-war-logs-osama-bin-laden


Afghanistan: NATO denies bombing civilians in Afghanistan
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5842691,00.html

Afghanistan: US braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gG4K8KPIJNxykFgxOpbClNJYQo9gD9H7F6Q80

Afghanistan: U.S. House Approves $59 Billion for Afghan War

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703292704575393721929049554.html

India - Mumbai Attacks: US backs India, tells Pak to punish 26/11 plotters

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/US-backs-India-tells-Pak-to-punish-26/11-plotters/articleshow/6224671.cms


(U.S.) Judge orders Fairfax terror suspect to remain in jail until his trial
-- Zachary A. Chesser
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/26/AR2010072605059.html

-- "Terror suspect took his desire to belong to the extreme"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/24/AR2010072402497.html?sid=ST2010072106133


(UK) English Defence League (EDL) members arrested over Bournemouth mosque bomb plot fears
-- Daily Echo: "Armed police opened fire during an operation to arrest members of the controversial far-right English Defence League, who were feared to be masterminding an attack at a Bournemouth mosque."

-- " Marksmen shot the tyres out on a van belonging to John Broomfield, who describes himself as Dorset EDL head, as he drove alone through Corfe Castle."
-- "He and six ohttp://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/8293728.EDL_members_arrested_over_Bournemouth_mosque_bomb_plot_fears/thers were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to cause an explosion at a Bournemouth mosque."

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/8293728.EDL_members_arrested_over_Bournemouth_mosque_bomb_plot_fears/

--- Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) Promotes "Jewish" Division of English Defence League (EDL)
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/sioa-promotes-jewish-division-of-english-defence-league-edl/


Iraq: Six Iraqis killed, 33 injured in shelling on Karbala
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2103153&Language=en


Iraq: Two Iraqi women killed, 12 civilians injured in Mosul
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2103097&Language=en


Iran: U.S. will likely attack 2 Mideast countries within 3 months
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/iran-u-s-will-likely-attack-2-mideast-countries-within-3-months-1.304361


Iranian President Talks Tough About New EU Sanctions
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/-Iranian-President-Talks-Tough-About-New-EU-Sanctions--99344449.html


Somalia: AU to send 2,000 more troops to combat Al-Shabab
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.741663110

Yemen: Four troops shot dead in south Yemen

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=376814&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17


Yemen: Three injured in shooting outside British embassy
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/uk/news/article_1573402.php/Three-injured-in-shooting-outside-British-embassy-Roundup

-- Al-Qaida open fire at British embassy to Yemen
http://bit.ly/a0ds7v

Africa: France, African Countries Move to Counter al-Qaida-Linked Groups in Africa
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/France-African-Countries-Move-to-Counter-al-Qaida-Linked-Groups-in-Africa--99373634.html


Kyrgyzstan: Wary Locals Question Allegations Of Islamist Role In Kyrgyzstan's Ethnic Violence
-- Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://eng.24.kg/digest/472/
-- Hizb-ut-Tahrir member arrested in Dzhalal-Abad Oblast

http://centralasiaonline.com/cocoon/caii/xhtml/en_GB/newsbriefs/caii/newsbriefs/2010/07/24/newsbrief-03


Turkey: Militants kill three policemen in southeast Turkey
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2102957&Language=en


France: "We are at war against al-Qaida"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/france-we-are-at-war-against-al-qaida.html

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ga4XEojgZWdslYXywXNUjbZmpUTgD9H7B79O0

Thailand: Bomb injures 8 in Bangkok

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/187845/bomb-injures-8-in-bangkok

Thailand: DSI to indict 26 for terrorism
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/188115/tharit-26-to-be-sued-in-terrorist-case


Cambodia: Khmer Rouge mass murderer sentenced
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/07/28/khmer-rouge-mass-murderer-sentenced/



War on Women News:

Iran: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's Lawyer Missing, Family Arrested
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/iran-stoning-woman-lawyer-missing/


Iran stoning case woman fainted on hearing sentence, says cellmate
-- For days, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was like 'a ghost wandering in shock' after receiving death penalty
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/27/iran-stoning-case-woman-cellmate


(U.S.) Arizona - Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing:" Trial for Glendale dad in Peoria 'honor killing' to begin Nov. 29
-- Faleh Almaleki
http://www.azcentral.com/community/peoria/articles/2010/07/27/20100727glendale-dad-peoria-honor-killing-trial.html


(U.S.) "Normal" Domestic Violence in Morocco is a Crime in the United States
-- Phyllis Chesler: "on July 23, 2010, a New Jersey appellate decision overturned this lower court decision. They rejected the lower court's conclusion which allowed 'religious custom (when it) clashed with the law' and reversed and remanded the case for a new hearing"

http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/07/27/%E2%80%9Cnormal%E2%80%9D-domestic-violence-in-morocco-is-a-crime-in-the-united-states/


(U.S.) Marie Claire report on November 2009 Noor Almalaki: "An American Honor Killing"
http://www.marieclaire.com/world-reports/news/latest/honor-killings-in-america



Other News:

Pakistan: Our 'Pakistani Muslim exceptionalism' — Fahd Ali
-- "Our Muslim exceptionalism has not been enough to bridge our regional differences. Instead, the use of Islam in national politics and discourse has been a cause of further divisions in our national polity"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\28\story_28-7-2010_pg3_2

Pakistan: Petition for permanent ban on Facebook in Pakistan

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Petition-for-permanent-ban-on-Facebook-in-Pakistan/articleshow/6225099.cms


Pakistan Christian Post: "Faisalabad: July 22, 2010: Dozens of shops of Christians were destroyed by Muslim mob in an attack at Warispura and Daudnagar on night of July 19, 2010, after killing Christian brothers in court."

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/picofday/2508D_9.jpg

Indonesia: Attacks on Christian Churches in Indonesia Rising: Activists
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/attacks-on-christian-churches-in-indonesia-rising-activists/387853

-- Record number of anti-Christian attacks in 2010
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Record-number-of-anti-Christian-attacks-in-2010-19043.html


Malaysia: Protest against Hindu Temple Leads to Jail, Fine for Protesters
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/malaysia-hindu-temple-protest/


(U.S.) NYC: Gingrich defines Mosque Exclusion Zone for New York
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/07/27/newt_mosque_exclusion_zone


(U.S.) Tennessee: Ron Ramsey: Tennessee Republican politician under fire in 'Islam is a cult' row
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7913579/Ron-Ramsey-Tennessee-Republican-politician-under-fire-in-Islam-is-a-cult-row.html

-- Tenn. gov hopeful questions if Islam is a 'cult'
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iR1-szOsMUXx7TCPijVFWtWj2eQQD9H7L7H00

-- Tenn. GOP gubernatorial candidate Ramsey criticized for questioning if Islam is a religion
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/sns-ap-us-tenn-candidate-islam,0,7970553.story


(U.S.) Boston: Time to take sides
-- AIFD's Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser debated Bilal Kaleem, executive director of the Muslim American Society of Boston (MAS)
http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/27/time-to-take-sides/


(U.S.) Florida: 'Koran-burning' church leader responds
http://www.examiner.com/x-8276-Methodist-Examiner~y2010m7d26-Koranburning-church-leader-responds


(U.S.) Report on July 30 Protest against Temecula, California mosque
http://bit.ly/temecula-july-30

(UK) CNN: "UK Prime Minister Cameron calls Gaza 'prison camp'"

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/27/cameron.gaza/?hpt=Sbin


Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist Vietnam: Government-Incited Gang in Vietnam Attacks House Church

http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/vietnam/23120/