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October 10th, 2009 World Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com

News Links compiled by Gary H. Johnson, Jr.
http://theafpakreader.wordpress.com/

(Pakistan) Terrorists assault Pakistani Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/10/terrorists_assault_p.php

(Pakistan) Pakistan launches hostages raid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8301175.stm

(Pakistan) All Terrorists Killed in GHQ Gunbattle: ISPR

--"They wore army uniforms and tried to enter the headquarters area but when they were stopped they opened fire and hurled hand grenades and later were killed following a deadly gunbattle," a security official told media.

Four terrorists were killed and two were arrested during one-hour long encounter and four army men embraced martyrdom, army sources said.”

http://www.geo.tv/10-10-2009/50666.htm

(Pakistan) Two fleeing terrorists under siege in Rawalpindi

http://www.geo.tv/10-10-2009/50686.htm

(Pakistan) Terrorists hold 10-15 people hostage in GHQ's security office

http://www.geo.tv/10-10-2009/50694.htm

(Pakistan) Terrorists hold 10-15 people hostage in GHQ's security office

--About 4 to 5 terrorists are holding 10-15 people, including security and civil personnel, hostage in a security office of GHQ, DG ISPR Maj. General Athar Abbas said on Saturday.

http://www.geo.tv/10-10-2009/50694.htm

--Security personnel taken hostage at GHQ: army

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/13+security+personnel+taken+hostage+at+ghq+army-za-05

--Terrorists hold 10-15 people hostage in GHQ’s security office

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88780

--Gunmen hold up to 15 hostages in Pakistan army HQ

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/10/10/pakistani_troops_kill_all_4_attackers_at_army_hq/

--Militants attack Pakistan army HQ, take hostages ahead of offensive close to Afghan border

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-pakistan,0,5865277.story

(Pakistan) Six Soldiers, Four Assailants Killed in attack on GHQ

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-firing-outside-ghq-qs-04

(Pakistan) Hostages Held After Deadly Siege at Pakistan Army Headquarters

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/10/AR2009101000712_pf.html

--Militants Hold Hostages at Pakistan Army Headquarters

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/world/asia/11pstan.html?ref=world

(Pakistan) Pakistan releases pro-Taliban official

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/10/pakistan_releases_protaliban_o.php

(Balochistan, Pakistan) Army chief takes CMs into confidence on operation

--Chief Minister of NWFP Amir Haider Khan Hoti and Chief Minister of Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani met Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani and discussed the prospective military operation in Waziristan and the situation in Balochistan.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/13+army+chief+takes+cms+into+confidence+on+operation-09

(Pakistan) Rs86.215bn approved for terror-hit areas

--The meeting was informed that 348 schools destroyed or damaged by terrorists would be reconstructed.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/06-rs86.215bn-approved-for-terror-hit-areas-rs-01

--Rs86.22billion approved for Swat, Malakand, FATA

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C10%5Cstory_10-10-2009_pg7_5

(Pakistan) Two Uzbeks among eight killed in Swat, Waziristan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C10%5Cstory_10-10-2009_pg7_8

(Pakistan) Peanuts! The Kerry-Lugar Authorization Bill

http://theafpakreader.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/peanuts/

(Pakistan) Pakistanis Balk at U.S. Aid Package

Criticism Threatens To Snarl Obama's Efforts in Region

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/07/AR2009100702458.html

(US/Pakistan) US govt to be asked to remove strings

--The government has decided to take up the Kerry-Lugar Bill with the US administration in a bid to avoid confrontation with other political parties and military authorities, who strongly oppose some of its clauses.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/09-us-govt-to-be-asked-to-remove-strings--szh-09

--The Sovereignty Hysteria (must see photo)

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-the-sovereignty-hysteria-zj-05

--Myths & Facts about the Kerry-Lugar Bill

---WASHINGTON: US Senator John Kerry, one of the co-authors of the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act, has issued a list of 'myths and facts' about the proposed legislation also known as the Kerry-Lugar bill.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-myths-and-facts-kerry-lugar-bill-qs-02

--No differences between army, govt over KLB: Malik

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/13+no+differences+between+army%2C+govt+over+klb+malik-za-02

--Govt, military agree to talk to US over aid bill

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/13+govt+military+agree+to+talk+to+us+over+aid+bill-za-09

--Pakistan may avail bridge financing from IMF: Tarin

---KARACHI: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has said that Pakistan can avail bridge financing from IMF to fund its development schemes in the budget, in case of delay in the signing of Kerry-Lugar bill.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/business/13+pakistan+may+avail+bridge+financing+from+imf+tarin-za-06

--Top-level meeting convened to discuss Kerry=Lugar Bill

---Consensus: The sources said the meeting also decided to address the concerns of the security establishment and said the government would create consensus on the issue as the country could not afford internal dissension. They also said Zardari was eager to end the controversy on the bill as soon as possible, as any delay would tarnish the image of the government. They said the president had put off all other engagements to focus on the issue.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C10%5Cstory_10-10-2009_pg7_1

--Pak Army consulted on aid bill: Berman

---WASHINGTON: The Kerry-Lugar bill outlines a joint strategy that was drawn up with help from Pakistan’s military, Democratic Representative Howard Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Thursday

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C10%5Cstory_10-10-2009_pg7_3

--Parliament’s decision acceptable on K-L Bill: Kaira

---LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information, Qamar Zaman Kaira said Parliament’s decision on Kerry-Lugar (K-L) Bill will be acceptable, however government will not step back in war against terrorism and that most of government’s measures have proved right with the due passage of time.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88798

--Troika meets today to resolve all issues

http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24934

--US to give Pakistan $1.5 billion a year – with strings attached

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1009/p02s05-usfp.html

--Congresswoman asks NA to accept US aid package

Washington: One of Pakistan’s strongest sympathizers in the US Congress, Sheila Jackson Lee, has urged the National Assembly [of Pakistan] to accept the aid package contained in the recently passed Kerry-Lugar bill.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-congresswoman-asks-na-to-accept-us-aid-package-rs-12

(US/Germany/Pakistan) Video: German and American Militants Training for Terror in Pakistan

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/10/video_german_and_american_mili.php

(Pakistan) NATO supplies attacked in Peshawar

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C10%5Cstory_10-10-2009_pg7_10

(Pakistan) At least 10 militants killed in Darra Adam Khel

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-10-militants-killed-darra-qs-10

(Pakistan) Death toll from Peshawar suicide car blast rises to 52

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/04-death-toll-from-peshawar-suicide-car-blast-rises-to-52-qs-07

--48 killed in Peshawar suicide bombing

---A suicide attack at Khyber Bazaar on Friday killed 48 people and injured more than 148, officials and hospital sources have said. An official at the Lady Reading Hospital said four people had succumbed to their injuries at hospital.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C10%5Cstory_10-10-2009_pg1_1

--Rawalpindi security up after Peshawar attack

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C10%5Cstory_10-10-2009_pg11_3

--49 killed, 100 hurt in Peshawar suicide blast

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88631

--40th terror attack in Peshawar since Malakand operation

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=202472

--Traumatic scenes after Peshawar blast

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=202504

--Suicide blast kills 48 in Pakistan

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/10/10/second_pakistan_suicide_car_bombing_in_week_seen_as_warning/

--Bomb in Pakistan’s Peshawar sharpens prospect of military showdown

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1009/p06s01-wosc.html

(Pakistan) Britain building FC training camp in Balochistan

--The camp will train 360 FC soldiers at a time, on 12-week courses, the official said.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C10%5Cstory_10-10-2009_pg1_5

(Pakistan) India supporting Baloch Separatists, says Salim Nawaz

--QUETTA: India and Afghanistan are supporting an insurgency in Pakistan's Balochistan province, trying to bolster the leadership of separatists fighting the Pakistani government, a top security commander said on Saturday.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/04-death-toll-from-peshawar-suicide-car-blast-rises-to-52-qs-07

(Kashmir) Five dead in Kashmir as India ‘foils infiltration bid’

--SRINAGAR: Indian troops killed five Islamic militants, three of whom were trying to sneak into Indian Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed region, the army said Saturday.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/11-remittances-rise-over-22per-cent-in-sept--il--08

(Pakistan) Racing Time and Taliban to Rebuild in Pakistan

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/world/asia/11swat.html?ref=world

(Afghanistan/US) US hints at working with ‘some’ Taliban

--WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is looking at whether it could work with some members of the Taliban as part of a review of the Afghanistan war strategy, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hinted on Thursday.

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/09-us-hints-at-working-with-some-taliban--szh-11

(Afghanistan/UN/US) U.S. offers support for U.N. envoy in Afghanistan

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-43053120091010

(Afghanistan) Senior insurgent leader reported killed in Western Afghanistan

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/10/senior_insurgent_lea.php

(Afghanistan) ISI behind attack on Indian embassy: Afghan envoy to US http://www.indianexpress.com/news/isi-behind-attack-on-indian-embassy-afghan-envoy-to-us/527445/

--Pakistan-based group suspected in Indian Embassy bombing

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/76825.html

--Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul embassy attack

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-bomb9-2009oct09,0,5600578.story

--17 Die in Kabul Bomb Attack

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/world/asia/09afghan.html

(Afghanistan) Report: Taliban quadrupled in Afghanistan

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/10/report-taliban-quadrupled-in-afghanistan//print/

(US/Afghanistan) Axelrod: Afghanistan plan deeper than troop surge

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5js9cR3SDrCX8jLWwgnEzx_aAJURgD9B8139O0

(US/Afghanistan) Obama shifting focus to Al Qaeda over Taliban

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-obama-afghan9-2009oct09,0,5266050.story

--Obama looks at Pakistan while reassessing Afghanistan strategy

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-obama-afghan8-2009oct08,0,4366954.story

-- Afghan War Debate Now Leans to Focus on Al Qaeda

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/08/world/asia/08prexy.html?_r=1

(Afghanistan) Taliban getting boost from foreigners, says minister

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091010/afghanistan_soldiers_091010/20091010?hub=TopStoriesV2

(Sweden/Afghanistan) Nordic troops kill 3 insurgents in Afghan firefight

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091009/nordic_troops_091009/20091009?hub=SEAfghanistan

(Canada/Afghanistan) MacKay says Parliament will decide on Afghan role

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091008/Afghanistan_2011_091008/20091008?hub=SEAfghanistan

(Afghanistan) Afghans take comfort in ‘holy work’ of pulling mines

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091008/afghan_mines_091008/20091008?hub=SEAfghanistan

(Afghanistan) U.S. Troops abandon remote Afghan base where 8 were killed

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghan-bases10-2009oct10,0,6767588.story

--Taliban claim US Troops abandoned base

---The departure from the base in the Kamdesh district of Nuristan Province, in northeastern Afghanistan, was part of a previously planned “repositioning’’ of troops, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said in a statement. The Taliban, in a statement, said they had driven the Americans out. http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2009/10/10/taliban_says_us_troops_abandoned_fire_base/

(Afghanistan/US) Remote Security Bubbles by Gary H. Johnson, Jr.

http://theafpakreader.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/remote-security-bubbles/

(Afghanistan) Taleban claim victory in Kamdesh after attack on US Camp Keating

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6868850.ece

(Afghanistan) US pulls out of two Nuristan outposts, hands Taliban propaganda victory

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/10/us_pulls_out_of_two_nuristan_o.php

(Afghanistan) ISAF Operational Update

http://www.dvidshub.net/?script=news/news_show.php&id=39875

(Afghanistan) Nuristan base nearly destroyed in Taliban attack

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2009/10/nuristan_base_nearly_destroyed.php

(US/Afghanistan) High end of troop request for Afghanistan: 60,000 plus http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1009/p02s16-usmi.html

(Afghanistan) 17 Killed by Blast In Afghan Capital

Bomb Detonated Outside Indian Embassy

-- The bombing marked the second time in a little more than a year that the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan has come under attack. In July 2008, a suicide bomber killed 58 people there, including the Indian defense attache. U.S. officials have accused the Taliban-linked network of Afghan militant Jalaluddin Haqqani, which is based in the tribal areas of western Pakistan, of collaborating with Pakistani intelligence officials to carry out that bombing.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/08/AR2009100800342.html

(Afghanistan) A Dogged Taliban Chief Rebounds, Vexing U.S.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/world/asia/11mullah.html?hp

(Afghanistan) Shadows in the Shuryak Valley

-- The real power in the valley wasn’t them – it was Ahmad Shah, a onetime electrician who was now the region’s “shadow” Taliban governor.

http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/shadows-in-the-shuryak-valley/

(Afghanistan) Afghan MP: US is not seriously fighting insurgents

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108328&sectionid=351020206

(Afghanistan) Taliban ‘have control of another district in eastern Afghanistan’

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/10/taliban_have_control.php

(Afghanistan) UN extends Nato’s Afghan mandate

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/10/200910903737328195.html

(Afghanistan) NATO Chief Says Focus on ‘Practical Cooperation’ With Russia

http://www.rferl.org/content/NATO_Chief_Says_Focus_On_Practical_Cooperation_With_Russia/1848435.html

(Iran) 2 get death sentences for post-election uprising in Iran

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-trials11-2009oct11,0,4667014.story

--Tehran Plans to Execute 3Protestors of Election

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/world/middleeast/11iran.html?ref=world

(Iran) Leader warns of foreign post-vote plots

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108052&sectionid=351020101

(Iran) Rafsanjani urges US policy change

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108123&sectionid=351020101

(Iran) Iran to continue enriching uranium if third party deal fails

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1120037.html

(Iran/Memri) Iranian Ayatollah Khatami in Friday Sermon: Profaning Al-Aqsa Will Lead to ‘Third Intifada’ Which Will End the ‘Dirty Existence of the Forged Zionist Regime’; Geneva Talks a ‘Great Victory’ For Iran

http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD259309

(Iran/Memri) Ahwazi Organization: Iran is Planning to Attack the Gulf Countries; Iran is Producing Chemical Weapons and Burying the Waste in Ahwaz

http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=SP257909

(Fatah) The End of Mahmud Abbas

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/articles/39/The-end-of-Mahmud-Abbas.html

--‘Abbas tells Mitchell he will push vote on Goldstone report’

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254861905625&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

--Netanyahu to have additional meeting with Mitchell on Sunday

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1120015.html

(US) Iran dominates Clinton trip to Europe, Russia

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1120016.html

(Egypt) Egypt detains 24 Muslim Brotherhood members

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/10/10/87617.html

(Hamas) Hamas stops rocket fire into Israel: Gaza Fighters

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/10/10/87592.html

(Hamas) New date proposed for Palestinian unity deal

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108349&sectionid=351020202

--Hamas sets new unity talk terms

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/10/20091010104118293581.html

(Hamas) Haniya urges support for al-Aqsa Mosque

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108305&sectionid=351020202

--Palestinians urged to defend al-Aksa

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254861905996&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Israel) Mitchell: US ‘deeply-committed’ to 2 state solution

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108278&sectionid=351020202

(Israel) Israel shuts Gaza crossings, bombs tunnels

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108261&sectionid=351020202

(Israel/Hezbollah) Major Power warn About possible Israel-Hizbullah Confrontation

http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/getstory?openform&32581190559ED58EC225764B00561C74

(Lebanon) Hezbollah, Druze leaders urge unity government

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108325&sectionid=351020203

--Nasrallah, Jumblat Welcome ‘Positive’ Results of Damascus Summit

http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/getstory?openform&32581190559ED58EC225764B00561C74

(Hezbollah) Hizbullah-Affiliated Businessman's Ponzi Scheme Causes Upheaval in Lebanon

http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD259009

(Hezbollah) Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on Al-Quds Day: 'Israel Must Be Wiped Out Of Existence'

http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=lebanon&ID=SP259109

(Turkey/Armenia) Turkey, Armenia Sign Landmark Agreement to Normalize Ties

http://www.rferl.org/content/Turkey_Armenia_To_Sign_Landmark_Agreement_To_Normalize_Ties/1848293.html

(Algeria) Militants and Algerian Army Clash in the Desert

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/world/africa/11algeria.html?ref=world

(Indonesia) 2 suspected militants killed in Indonesia

http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/10/10/two_suspected_militants_shot_dead_in_indonesian_raid/

(Yemen) In Yemen, Houthi leaders seek dialogue

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108328&sectionid=351020206

--Yemen’s rebel leader ready for truce talks

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/10/10/87607.html

(Yemen) Yemen, Saudi bureaucrats foil refugee aid shipment

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/October/middleeast_October251.xml&section=middleeast&col=

(US) Bam huddles with team on Afghan War

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/bam_huddles_with_team_on_afghan_iKzFpRtiCD4P5JTL2aM5qJ

Anti-Semitism News

(Pakistan) Masjid al Aqsa Day observed

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009%5C10%5C10%5Cstory_10-10-2009_pg12_7

Commentaries

Oped on Iran – Regime Change in Iran is off the Table by Gary H. Johnson, Jr.

http://theafpakreader.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/oped-on-iran-regime-change-is-off-the-table/

Containing a Nuclear Iran by Fareed Zakaria

http://www.newsweek.com/id/216702/page/1

Analysis: The implications of Fayad’s two-year path to Palestinian statehood

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254861906349&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

In the Afghan War, Aim for the Middle by Richard Haass

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/09/AR2009100902576.html

Peshawar Bombing

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/14-peshawar-bombing-zj-01

Obama should fulfill pledge to Muslims

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=202530

Obama says Nobel Peace Prize is ‘a call to action’

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-na-nobel-obama10-2009oct10,0,2676722.story

A reformed Islam could save Afghanistan

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1008/p09s01-coop.html

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