August 10, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

August 10, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Newslinks:

Afghanistan: Taliban execute pregnant woman in Afghanistan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-taliban-execute-afghan-woman-in-public-police-ss-03


Afghanistan: Aid Workers Murdered – Taliban Claims Responsibility
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/08/afghanistan-aid-workers/

Afghanistan: U.N.: Taliban attacks driving up Afghan civilian casualties

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/10/1769985/un-taliban-attacks-driving-up.html

Afghanistan: Kabul wants more Taliban off UN 'blacklist'

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\08\11\story_11-8-2010_pg7_8

Afghanistan: Six policemen among 11 killed in Afghanistan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\08\11\story_11-8-2010_pg7_10

AI wants Taliban prosecuted for war crimes

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\08\11\story_11-8-2010_pg7_9
-- Afghan civilian deaths: Taleban should be prosecuted for war crimes

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18937

Pakistan: US, UN declare Harakat-ul Jihad Islami a terrorist group
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/US-UN-declare-Harakat-ul-Jihad-Islami-a-terrorist-group/articleshow/6267768.cms


Paskistan: Zardari Returns as Taliban Faults U.S. Aid
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/world/asia/11briefs-PAKISTAN.html?_r=1&ref=asia


Pakistan Taliban urge government to reject US aid
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-pakistan-taliban-urge-government-to-reject-us-aid-rs-03

-- First to move in, Islamists win hearts
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/First-to-move-in-Islamists-win-hearts/articleshow/6284474.cms


Pakistan: US raises Pakistan aid to $55 million
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/19-us-raises-aid-to-%2455-million-180-hh-05


Pakistan: Social activist shot dead in Khuzdar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\08\11\story_11-8-2010_pg7_6


(India/U.S.) Committed to combat LeT-Al Qaeda terror syndicate: US
http://www.newkerala.com/news2/fullnews-17654.html

(India/U.S.) US 'objective': Deny terrorists safe havens in Pakistan

http://www.newkerala.com/news2/fullnews-17812.html

(U.S.) Watertown man accused in terrorism probe free on bail
-- Pir D. Khan was suspected of links to Times Square bomb attempt

-- News-Telegram: "The lawyer for a Boston-area man arrested in an investigation of the botched Times Square car bombing says federal authorities don't believe his client is tied to the case."
http://www.telegram.com/article/20100810/NEWS/100819974/1052/news01


(U.S.) Two women deny aiding Al Shabab in US court
-- Amina Farah Ali and Hawo Mohammed Hassan
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/2e13590a-e480-493c-a686-3961032cd4e4.aspx


(U.S.) Landmark Gitmo trial puts White House in tight spot - Omar Khadr
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38634007/ns/us_news-security/

(U.S.) Clarifying FBI's electronic reach must be cautious

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080606111.html

(UK) Hundreds of Muslims attend anti-terror summer camp

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/hundreds-of-muslims-attend-antiterror-summer-camp-20100810-11xuw.html


Iraq: Fears of al–Qaida return in Iraq as US–backed fighters defect
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/10/al-qaida-sons-of-iraq


Palestinian Islamic Jihad 'can deal' with aggression
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/08/10/Islamic-Jihad-can-deal-with-aggression/UPI-43591281455501/


Iran stoning case lawyer seeking asylum in Norway
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/21-iran-stoning-case-lawyer-seeking-asylum-in+-norway-sk-08


Somalia: Al-Shabaab ousts Christian aid group
http://www.africanews.com/site/Somalia_AlShabaab_ousts_Christian_aid_group/list_messages/33986


Mauritania and Mali to meet on fight against al-Qaeda
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1576692.php/Mauritania-and-Mali-to-meet-on-fight-against-al-Qaeda


Norway extends four-week terror suspects' solitary confinement
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100810/world-news/norway-extends-four-week-terror-suspects-solitary-confinement


Indonesia: Ba'asyir arrest highlights terrorism challenge
-- Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (also spelled Abu Bakar Bashir) founded the hardline Islamist group Jemaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) in 2008
-- BBC report says that Ba'asyir founded new militant group in Aceh, Indonesia

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-10916145
-- NYT states Bashir was "a founder of the radical Jemaah Islamiyah" movement
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/10/world/asia/10indo.html

-- Police Links Abubakar Ba'asyir With Aceh Terror Camp
http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2010/08/09/brk,20100809-269877,uk.html

-- Indonesia to charge militant cleric with terrorism
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3933658,00.html
-- Cleric arrested in plot to kill president

http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/Cleric+arrested+plot+kill+president/3379919/story.html

Indonesia: The last sermon: Call for Islamic state

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/08/10/the-last-sermon-call-islamic-state.html

Indonesian Police Foil Plot To Blow Australian Embassy

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/131/999/Indonesian_Police_Foil_Plot_To_Blow_Australian_Embassy.html

Indonesia: Police seize VCDs on jihad from terror suspect

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/08/08/police-seize-vcds-jihad-terror-suspect.html


War on Women News:


(UK) Son flees 'honour killing bloodbath' after parents were shot dead for refusing to let daughters marry their cousins
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1301826/Son-flees-honour-killing-bloodbath-parents-shot-dead.html


Afghanistan: Taliban execute pregnant woman in Afghanistan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-taliban-execute-afghan-woman-in-public-police-ss-03


Iran stoning case lawyer seeking asylum in Norway
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/21-iran-stoning-case-lawyer-seeking-asylum-in+-norway-sk-08


Iraq: Quest For Honor: A documentary film on 'honor killing' in Iraqi Kurdistan
http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2010/8/state4105.htm



Other News:

Indonesia: Persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims, Mosque Expansion Destroyed by Local Police
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/08/indonesia-ahmadiyya-mosque/


Pakistan Hindus say looted at gunpoint in flood-hit areas
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-Hindus-say-looted-at-gunpoint-in-flood-hit-areas/articleshow/6290118.cms


(U.S.) NYC: Pakistani Christians to protest in front of United Nations offices in New York to mark "Black Day"
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1647


(U.S.) DC: Americans Remember, Condemn Attack on Gojra Christians
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/08/dc-080210-gojra/

(U.S.) Muslim Americans Condemn Attack on Pakistan Christians

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/08/muslim-americans-on-gojra/

(U.S.) Rifqa Bary Case: Judge Says Christian Convert Should Not Be Deported

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/08/rifqa-bary/

(U.S.) Texas: Mosque Reports Continuing Harassment against Children
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/08/texas-children/


(U.S.) Connecticut: Mosque Protest by Christian Group, Declaring "War" on Mosques
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/08/osa-connecticut/


(U.S.) North Carolina: Mosque Protest in Charlotte by Christian Group
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/osa-north-carolina/

(U.S.) California: Reason prevails over planned mosque in Temecula

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/04/opinion/la-ed-mosque-20100804

(U.S.) Far From Ground Zero, Opponents Fight New Mosques

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/08/08/away-raw-emotions-ground-zero-mosques-face-strong-opposition/
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/08/far-from-ground-zero-opponents-fight-new-mosques/

-- NYT: Across Nation, Mosque Projects Meet Opposition
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/us/08mosque.html

(U.S.) CNN's Fareed Zakaria Returns ADL Award in Protest to Position on Ground Zero Mosque

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/alex-fitzsimmons/2010/08/09/cnns-fareed-zakaria-returns-adl-award-protest-position-ground-zero

-- Fareed Zakaria's Letter to the ADL
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/06/fareed-zakaria-s-letter-to-the-adl.html
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/06/the-real-ground-zero.html

-- Newsweek's Zakaria Returns ADL Award in Protest, Rendering Foxman 'Speechless'
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2010/08/09/newsweek%E2%80%99s-zakaria-returns-adl-award-in-protest-rendering-foxman-%E2%80%98speechless%E2%80%99/

-- ADL Letter to Fareed Zakaria
http://www.adl.org/media_watch/tv/20100806-Fareed+Zakaria.htm
-- ADL: If mosque-builders really wanted to promote reconcilation, they'd move

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/08/adl_if_mosque-builders_really.html

(U.S.) "Raheel Raza: Muslim mischief in Manhattan"

http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/muslims-261529-mosque-understand.html

(U.S.) NYC: Simon Wiesenthal Center not opposed in principle to 'ground zero mosque'

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/08/simon-wiesenthal-center-not-opposed-in-principle-to-ground-zero-mosque.html

-- Museum of Tolerance backer: No to WTC mosque
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20100806/REAL_ESTATE/100809871

(U.S.) NYC: MTA Approves Anti-Mosque Ad with Plane Flying into WTC

http://gothamist.com/2010/08/10/mta_approves_anti-mosque_ad_with_pl.php
-- NYC Buses will Carry SIOA/FDI 9/11 Protest Ads
-- Anti Ground-Zero Mosque Ads to be Placed on New York City Buses

http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/10/anti-mosque-ads-to-be-placed-on-new-york-city-buses/
-- Pamela Geller on MSNBC Ground Zero Bus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ufsXUHfMY&feature=youtu.be
-- SIOA: NYC's MTA Drops Restrictions on Free Speech, Allows Bus Ads Linking 9/11 to Ground Zero Mosque

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/911-ground-zero-mosque,1417234.html

(U.S.) NYC: PBS - "Should Mosque, Islamic Center Be Built Near Ground Zero?"

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/africa/july-dec10/groundzero_08-10.html

(U.S.) NYDN: "Today In Near-Ground Zero Mosque News"

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/08/today-in-near-ground-zero-mosq.html
-- PPG: "Of New York mosques and moral clarity"

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10222/1078863-153.stm

(U.S.) Wilders to join SIOA Ground Zero mosque protest - NYC - September 11, 2010
http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/wilders-join-ground-zero-mosque-protest

-- SIOA plans September 11, 2010 mosque protest
http://sioaonline.com/?p=443

(U.S.) Manhattan mosque plan stokes controversy
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/08/06/mann.mosque.ground.zero/


US State Dept Sends Mosque Imam to Mideast
-- Feisal Abdul Rauf
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/08/09/us-state-dept-sends-mosque-imam-to-mideast/


(U.S.) CAIR Letter to FBI on SIOA's Spencer
http://www.cair.com/Portals/0/pdf/coalition_letter_to_FBI.pdf
--- CAIR unindicted co-conspirator in HLF terror trial

http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf

Germany: Hamburg Officials Raid Alleged Islamist Recruiting Site -- Taiba mosque

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,710845,00.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,710952,00.html

-- Jihadi Tourism and the Closed Hamburg Mosque
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2009618,00.html

Italy: Muslims in northern town to pray in church car park during Ramadan

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.1.806563642