July 30-31, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

July 30-31, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Newslinks:

Pakistan: 102 Honor Killings in Punjab in 6 Months, Nearly 3,000 Women Victimized
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/pakistan-102-honor-killings/


Pakistan: Suspected Islamists Shoot Five Christians to Death in Pakistan
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/23344/


(Pakistan) Blast damages NATO oil tanker in Quetta
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\31\story_31-7-2010_pg7_5


(Pakistan) Sectarian violence tears at Pakistan's heartland
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\31\story_31-7-2010_pg7_22

http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=NDExNTcwOTY3

(Pakistan) Three policemen, two civilian wounded in firing in SW Pakistan

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2103765&Language=en

(Pakistan/U.S.) No plans to send combat troops to Pakistan: US

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\31\story_31-7-2010_pg7_2

(Pakistan/UK) Islamist protesters in Pakistan burn effigy of David Cameron as diplomatic row grows

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7920518/Islamist-protesters-in-Pakistan-burn-effigy-of-David-Cameron-as-diplomatic-row-grows.html


(Pakistan/UK) ISI chief calls off UK visit over Cameron remarks
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/ISI-chief-calls-off-UK-visit-over-Cameron-remarks/articleshow/6240653.cms


Afghanistan: Mob torches US embassy vehicles in Kabul
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\31\story_31-7-2010_pg7_3


Afghanistan: 2 U.S. Special Forces soldiers killed in Afghanistan
http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/07/31/1018099?sac=Local


Afghanistan: Three die in Afghan suicide bombing
http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/three-die-in-afghan-suicide-bombing-20100801-110xf.html


Afghanistan: Taliban say Petraeus killing more civilians
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\31\story_31-7-2010_pg7_24


Afghanistan: British troops find Taliban IED factory during Operation Tor Shezada
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/836719-british-troops-find-taliban-ied-factory-during-operation-tor-shezada


Afghanistan: UN removes five Taliban from blacklist
-- PDT: "Diplomats identified the five as former UN ambassador Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad Awrang, author of ‘My Life With The Taliban’, Abdul Salam Zaeef, Abdul Satar Paktin, and two members described as 'deceased', Abdul Samad Khaksar and Muhammad Islam Mohammadi."

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\31\story_31-7-2010_pg1_5

Afghanistan: US worried more secret documents may be released

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/14-us-worried-more-secret-documents-may-be-released-zj-01

-- Secrets, Leaks And Access
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128897916
-- Military airstrike video leak suspect in solitary confinement

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/31/wikileaks.manning/index.html?hpt=T2

Indian soldiers fire at protesters in IHK, 3 killed

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\31\story_31-7-2010_pg1_6

Iraq: 4 killed in Iraqi bombings, closing out deadliest month in 2 years

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/31/iraq.bombing.deaths/index.html?hpt=T2

Iraq arrests two over deadly Baghdad attacks

-- Dawn: "Two people including a lawyer had been arrested as a result of the footage of the attacks."
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/21-iraq-arrests-two-over-deadly-baghdad-attacks-sk-11


Iraq: Ten al-Qaeda members arrested in Iraq
http://www.examiner.com/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2010m7d31-Ten-alQaeda-members-arrested-in-Iraq


Iraq: Another Christian abducted in Kirkuk
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Another-Christian-abducted-in-Kirkuk-19076.html


US Stalls on Sept. 11 Trial For 5 at Gitmo
-- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 4 others
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/31/stalls-sept-trial-gitmo/


Gaza rocket strikes southern Israel for second time in 24 hours
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/gaza-rocket-strikes-southern-israel-for-second-time-in-24-hours-1.305191

-- Gaza rocket damages public building
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3927626,00.html

Israeli airstrike kills senior Hamas rocket maker

-- Dawn: "The cross-border violence came after weeks of relative calm and raised concerns of further escalation"
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/21-israeli-airstrike-kills-senior-hamas-rocket-maker-sk-06

-- Hamas says to avenge for killing one of its leaders
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2103779&Language=en


Yemen: Al Qaeda successful in the last attacks, expert
http://www.yobserver.com/local-news/10019301.html

Somali Jihadis Launch 'News Channel' As Officials Warn of Growing Al Qaeda Links

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-shabab-somali-jihadis-launch-news-channel-officials/story?id=11280279

http://www.newkerala.com/news2/fullnews-11235.html

Somalia: Islamist rebels vow jihad on Somalia's Puntland
http://af.reuters.com/article/ugandaNews/idAFLDE66R0HV20100728


Turkey: Al Qaeda's Surprising New Target
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-07-30/al-qaedas-ayman-zawahiri-criticizes-turkey-seeks-ottoman-restoration/


Thailand: Insurgency suspect nabbed in Pattani after home raid
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/188747/insurgency-suspect-nabbed-in-pattani-after-home-raid



Women's News:

Pakistan: 102 Honor Killings in Punjab in 6 Months, Nearly 3,000 Women Victimized
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/pakistan-102-honor-killings/

-- Pakistan Daily Times - on report from January to June 2010 "8 Out of 2,690 cases reported, 913 were abductions, 381 murders, 102 honour killings, 377 rapes and gang rapes, 166 suicides"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\30\story_30-7-2010_pg13_1


Afghanistan: The Plight of Afghan Women: A Disturbing Picture
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2007269,00.html
-- R.E.A.L reports:

--- Afghan women live in fear – CNN video
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/06/afghan-women-live-in-fear-cnn-video/
--- Afghan Constitution, Women's Rights, and the Taliban

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/afghan-constitution-and-taliban/
--- R.E.A.L.'s Jeffrey Imm Protests the Taliban
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/imm-protests-the-taliban/


Iran stoning case woman ordered to name campaigners - Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani
-- Mother interrogated in prison over photograph and children advised to stay silent or face arrest
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/22/iran-stoning-woman-campaigners


(U.S.) Arizona – Noor Almaleki "Honor Killing" Trial Starts November 29
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/arizona-noor-almaleki-trial-nov-29/

-- November 2009: R.E.A.L. Outreach to Public at CNN Washington DC on Religious Supremacist "Honor Killings"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/real_remembers_noor_almaleki/


(U.S.) Remember Women's Struggle for the Vote: Suffering Suffragettes
-- August 26 is the 90th Anniversary of 19the Amendment
-- R.E.A.L also has public gathering at White House on August 26
http://www.realcourage.org/august-26/




Other News:

(Congo) Thousands Flee Congo Clashes, Security Worsens
-- Reuters: "Almost 90,000 people have fled fighting in eastern Congo in the past month, aid agencies said, underscoring a worsening security situation despite the official end of Congo's 1998-2003 war."

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=11289086

(Sudan) Darfur's S. government issues ultimatum to UNAMID
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2103843&Language=en


Malaysia: Muslim man acquitted of torching Malaysian church during tensions over use of word 'Allah'
-- Azuwan Shah
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hdjux__No9xkhgYa5BgnxFFUVnLg


Indonesia: West Java, Ahmadi faithful targeted by Islamic extremists and local government
-- targeting Ahmadi Muslims
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/West-Java,-Ahmadi-faithful-targeted-by-Islamic-extremists-and-local-government-19084.html


Pakistan: Baptized Muslim family and Pastor under blasphemy in Pakistan
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=2180


Bangladesh's Islamist parties face ban after court rules against religion-based politics
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5gZfzaIgc4BxQNDfs8-VBX--KgzPA

-- Bangladesh court bans religion in politics
--- "'Secularism will again be the cornerstone of our constitution,' law minister Shafiq Ahmed "
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h_5T_bgbToWaGqK2gxXACMFuySog


Lebanon: Governmental protection for Christians won't stop radicals
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/14534

(Iran) Three Americans Held Captive in Iran: One Year and Counting

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/831/americans-captive-in-iran

(UK) London march protests murder of Pakistani Christians
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/london.march.protests.murder.of.pakistani.christians/26367.htm


(UK) London: English National Alliance and EDL march in London
-- UK skinheads, masked individuals, dogs, crowds, large police presence
http://www.demotix.com/news/399458/english-national-alliance-and-edl-march-london

-- ENA/EDL Protest March in London
http://www.demotix.com/news/399390/enaedl-protest-march-london
-- Arrests at march over sharia law
http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/uk_national_news/8305532.Arrests_at_march_over_sharia_law/


(UK) English Nationalist Alliance clash with police in protest through streets of London
-- Daily Mail: "Many of the demonstrators had shrouded their faces in balaclavas and scarfs. Some had brought along young children"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1299224/English-Nationalist-Alliance-clash-police-protest-streets-London.html


(UK) EDL and "Strange bedfellows"
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/07/31/strange-bedfellows/

(UK) Maajid Nawaz on "60 Minutes"

http://hurryupharry.org/2010/07/31/maajid-nawaz-on-60-minutes/

(UK) Fury as Israel president claims English are 'anti-semitic'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7920330/Fury-as-Israel-president-claims-English-are-anti-semitic.html


(U.S.) George Washington Quoted on Religious Liberty and Tolerance
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/george-washington/
http://bit.ly/what-would-george-do

-- August 1790 - George Washington: "The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship. It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent national gifts. For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support."

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Letter_to_Touro_Synagogue

(U.S.) The Big Lie of the Protocols of Elders of Zion Shows How Hate Kills
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/the-big-lie-of-the-protocols/

-- NYC: Anti-Mosque Blogger Promotes Anti-Semitic "Protocols of Elders of Zion"
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/eyes-for-you/

(U.S.) NYC: Debate Heats Up About Mosque Near Ground Zero

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/31/nyregion/31mosque.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&hp

(U.S.) NYC: Jewish group opposes ground zero mosque - Anti-Defamation League

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jIAKwCdoMt7G6zhtxk_sLnhp1xJwD9H9N4380
-- ADL: Statement On Islamic Community Center Near Ground Zero

http://www.adl.org/PresRele/CvlRt_32/5820_32.htm
-- Haaretz: Anti-Defamation League rebuked for opposition to 9/11 mosque
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/anti-defamation-league-rebuked-for-opposition-to-9-11-mosque-1.305185

-- R.E.A.L. Position
http://bit.ly/c79e1r

(U.S.) Anti-Islam Hate Pastor Promotes Qur'an Burning on CNN
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/dove-world-cnn/

-- Church plans Quran-burning event
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/07/29/florida.burn.quran.day/index.html?hpt=Sbin
-- Florida-based christian group isolated by Quran burning event

http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/666488/cs/1/

(U.S.) National Association of Evangelicals denounces church's Quran burning event

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/30/national-association-of-evangelicals-denounces-churchs-quran-burning-event/


(U.S.) California: Protestors denounce planned mosque in Temecula
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=7585147

-- related reports
http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/07/30/mosque-protest/
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_D_mosque31.6d6be41.html

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0731-mosque-protest-20100731,0,20718.story
-- Opponents, supporters of Temecula mosque square off in shouting match

http://www.swrnn.com/southwest-riverside/2010-07-30/news/dozens-gather-to-protest-temecula-mosque
-- Both sides air opinions in verbal battle over Temecula mosque proposal

http://www.swrnn.com/southwest-riverside/2010-07-30/news/both-sides-air-opinions-in-verbal-battle-over-temecula-mosque-proposal

-- Anti-mosque protest in Temecula emotional but ends peacefully
http://blogs.pe.com/news/digest/2010/07/anti-mosque-protest-in-temecul.html


Israeli rabbis clamp down on burka
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7919501/Israeli-rabbis-clamp-down-on-burka.html




Against Racial Supremacism News:

(U.S.) NYC: Hate Crime Deaths in Staten Island Decried by Family
-- Jose Sucuzhanay and group of Hispanics killed
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/40044/