Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] October 5, 2009 News

October 5, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

Al-Qaeda number two vows to kill Westerners: monitor
-- AFP reports: "Al-Qaeda's second-ranking leader has vowed in a new video message to kill more Westerners to avenge 'crimes' against Muslims, a US group that monitors Islamist websites said on Monday."

-- "Ayman al-Zawahiri dedicated his new video message, released Sunday, to Al-Qaeda operative Sheikh Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi, who died in a Libyan prison earlier this year, according to US-based IntelCenter."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hLccRH-UOtVNSgQ4an66HPWO5Zhg

-- Zawahiri: Obama 'a criminal like Bush' says Al-Qaeda no. 2
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3845430423

(Pakistan) Five dead in suicide attack inside UN Islamabad office
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-blast--islamabad-qs-07

-- UN says offices closed across Pakistan after suicide attack
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-un-says-offices-closed-after-blast-qs-11

-- Geo TV obtains CCTV footage of UN office blast
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88265
-- Suicide bomber kills five as top UK ministers visit Pakistan

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6861466.ece

Pakistan Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik fears more attacks
-- Dawn: "Malik said the suicide bomber was wearing the uniform of an FC personnel and entered the building by duping the security guards on duty."

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/rehman-malik-fears-more-attacks-05-sal-02

(Pakistan) Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud alive, meets reporters
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-hakimullahmehsud-reporters-qs-08

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/media-gallery/i-am-alive-says-hakeemullah-mehsud-05-sal-01

-- New chief of Taliban militants is alive, confirm Pakistani tribal journalists
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2029648&Language=en

-- Pakistan's new Taliban chief threatens revenge
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pakistans-new-Taliban-chief-threatens-revenge/articleshow/5089766.cms

(Pakistan) Renamed terror outfits face the heat in Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Renamed-terror-outfits-face-the-heat-in-Pak/articleshow/5087850.cms

(Pakistan) NWFP: Troops kill nine Taliban in Swat
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\05\story_5-10-2009_pg7_6

(Pakistan) FATA: Elders warn of offensive if drone attacks continue
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\05\story_5-10-2009_pg7_5

(Pakistan) FATA: Taliban confirm Uzbek commander's death in drone attack
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=201636

(Pakistan/U.S.) Obama's UN envoy applauds Pak progress against Taliban -- Susan Rice
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\05\story_5-10-2009_pg7_36

(Pakistan) JUI-F to quit govt if Shariah not enforced: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman
--- "JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has again assured the former colleagues in the defunct MMA that his party would quit the ruling alliance if the government did not take concrete steps for the enforcement of Islamic Shariah in the country."

--- "Fazl rejected the Kerry Lugar Bill, saying it authorized Washington for unabated interference in Pakistan’s internal affairs."
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=201456

--- August 19, 2009: Pakistan/U.S.: U.S. Envoy Richard Holbrooke meets with Pakistan JUI-F's Fazl-ur-Rehman "the Father of the Taliban"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-holbrooke-meets-with-supremacist/

--- August 19, 2009: Lisa Curtis of Heritage Foundation describes JUI-F "as a legitimate political force"
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57I0LO20090819?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=11611

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57I0LO20090819?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=11611

--- On November 20, 2007, U.S. Ambassador Patterson met with Taliban promoter Maulana Fazlur Rehman, as part of promoting "free and fair elections."
http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/21/top8.htm

Pakistan National Assembly (NA) to discuss Kerry-Lugar bill
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\05\story_5-10-2009_pg7_4

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88276

Pakistan not bound to fulfill conditions attached to Kerry-Lugar Bill: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Qamar Zaman Kaira
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88280

(Pakistan) Greek man with gun arrested at Karachi airport
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\10\05\story_5-10-2009_pg7_8

(Afghanistan) Taliban under attack in area where U.S. soldiers killed
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59413E20091005

(Afghanistan) Worst losses for a year as Taleban storm NATO outpost
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6860616.ece

(Afghanistan) White House rifts surface over Afghanistan
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/05/afghanistan.debate/index.html

(Afghanistan) Taliban return to power unlikely - White House aide
-- White House national security adviser James Jones told CNN - Al-Qaeda role "diminished," and "I don't foresee the return of the Taliban"

http://www.reuters.com/article/joeBiden/idUSN04399269
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/04/us.afghanistan/index.html

(Afghanistan) Al Qaeda's Diminished Role Stirs Afghan Troop Debate
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125469118585462615.html
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/05/al-qaedas-diminished-role-stirs-afghan-debate/

(Afghanistan) CSM: "Deadly Afghanistan attack: It wasn't just the Taliban"
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1005/p06s13-wosc.html
-- Deadly Attack By Taliban Tests New Strategy

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/04/AR2009100400778.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

Afghan defeat would embolden al Qaeda-UK army chief
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L4360972.htm

(Afghanistan) New Afghan vote rules may ensure Karzai victory
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL51222220091005

(Afghanistan) I was ordered to cover up President Karzai election fraud, sacked UN envoy says
-- "In an attack on the role of the UN in the elections on August 20, Peter Galbraith, who was sacked as Deputy Special Representative to the UN mission in Kabul last week, says that Kai Eide ordered him not to reveal evidence of fraud or to pass it to the authorities"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6861064.ece

(Iraq) Suicide attack kills 6 in funeral in Iraq's Al-Anbar
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2029727&Language=en

(Iraq) Kirkuk, a Christian nurse killed. Archbishop Sako: the situation is "worrying"
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16496&theme=5&size=A

Iraq Christian Leader Denounces Latest Attacks
http://www.aina.org/news/20091005125055.htm

(Iraq) Body of Kidnapped Assyrian Businessman Discovered in Iraq
http://www.aina.org/news/20091005120855.htm

(Iraq) Awakening Councils kill al-Qaeda prison escapee, capture another
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1504960.php/Awakening-Councils-kill-al-Qaeda-prison-escapee-capture-another

(Kuwait) Former Kuwaiti Salafi Movement Leader on Al-Jazeera: Jihad - The Only Option Against Occupiers; No Violence Against Arab Regimes; Resistance is Legitimate "When There Is a Foreign Plan Being Implemented By Means of a Puppet like [Afghan President] Karzai"

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD257709

(U.S.) Jordan teen to have hearing in Dallas bomb plot
-- Dallas Morning News: "A teenager from Jordan who is accused of trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper returns to federal court Monday for a hearing to decide if there is enough evidence to move ahead with his prosecution"

-- "The probable-cause hearing for Hosam Maher Smadi allows prosecutors to lay out their case against the 19-year-old, who is charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction"
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9B4G1SO0.html

(U.S.) Concern Grows Over Recruitment of Somali Americans by Islamists
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/03/AR2009100302901.html

(U.S.) Washington Post: "Probes Test Trust That Authorities Strove to Win From U.S. Muslims" - references Zazi case
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/04/AR2009100402783.html

(U.S.) Washington Post: "Detainees Face Severe Conditions if Moved to U.S."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/03/AR2009100303028.html

(UK) Britain's Spy Service Says Islamist Terrorism Severe, but Not Growing
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,560220,00.html

(UK) MI5 chief reveals fears sparked by 2005 bombings
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2029563&Language=en

(UK/Pakistan) Gilani urges UK to ease up visa policy for Pakistanis
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-gilani-urges-uk-to-ease-up-visa-policy-for-pakistanis-zj-05

Iran could make an atom bomb, according to UN report's 'secret annexe'
-- "The 'secret annexe' to this year's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran summarises information submitted by intelligence agencies about the country’s work on warheads, detonators and nuclear fuel enrichment. It is based partly on evidence thought to have been smuggled out of Iran by the wife of a spy recruited by German intelligence."

-- "The papers conclude that Iran already “has sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable implosion nuclear device,' or atom bomb."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6860719.ece

(Iran/U.S.) US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says US concerned that Iran may be financing terror
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iran/10354534.html

(Iran) UN lauds Tehran's 'nuclear shift'
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24854

Iran: Ministry spokesman says country has 'no nuclear weapons'
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3844194939

'Iran enrichment deal needs finalizing'
-- "Lavrov: According to preliminary agreement, Russia will enrich uranium for Iranian research reactor"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254673323958&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Israel) Fresh clashes at Jerusalem shrine
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8289555.stm

Yemen the "New Big Magnet" for al Qaeda
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/10/05/world/worldwatch/entry5364480.shtml

(Algeria) Death of four militants in Southern Algeria
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2029670&Language=en

(Somalia) Eight killed as Somali Islamist foes clash
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jL7DYjLSajlXhmtk8P0QEM10w8Ag

Somalia president condemns Minnesota terror recruiting
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iBWPN0O0ChGYFaNz2aVl95pxNg5QD9B4G5HO1

-- May 14, 2009: Somali president signs Sharia bill into law
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/somali-president-signs-sharia-bill-into-law_100192148.html

-- November 4, 2008: Stoning victim 'begged for mercy' -- 13 year old raped girl convicted of "adultery before a Sharia court"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7708169.stm

(Somalia) Hizbul Islam Official Killed in Beledweyn Town
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/10/05/4406714.htm

(Azerbaijan) Lebanese militants jailed in Baku over Israel plot
http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/6145623/lebanese-militants-jailed-in-baku-over-israel-plot/

-- "2 Arabs found guilty of Baku attack plot"
--- "Hizbullah-linked men planned to attack Israeli and American embassies in Azerbaijani capital"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1254749524745&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Canada) Abdullah Khadr takes stand to fight extradition
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/abdullah-khadr-takes-stand-to-fight-extradition/article1312409/

-- Khadr family tree
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/khadr-family-tree/article1312037/

(Thailand) Motorcycle bomb injures 17 in Thai south
-- "celebrating a Buddhist festival, police said"
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B95346.htm

One killed, 11 injured by bomb in Thai south
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=88266

(Thailand) Villager shot dead and torched in Narathiwat
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30113713/Villager-shot-dead-and-torched-in-Narathiwat

Other News:

(UK) Sharia online business in UK promoted as way to alleviate poverty
http://www.pressreleasenetwork.com/newsroom/news_view.phtml?news_id=2982

(UK) Fears raised over 40 madrassas operating in Birmingham without checks
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/10/05/fears-raised-over-40-madrassas-operating-in-birmingham-without-checks-97319-24852591/

-- MP calls for regulation of Islamic schools caught in loophole
http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-education-news/2009/10/05/mp-calls-for-regulation-of-islamic-schools-caught-in-loophole-65233-24852580/

(Turkey) Overlooking religious minorities: 'Watch List' status belies nation's rich history - USCIRF
http://www.uscirf.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2751&Itemid=1

(Germany) Additional Report: "Muslim honour killing book cancelled over safety fears"
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100012437/muslim-honour-killing-book-cancelled-over-safety-fears/

(Germany) Bundesbank official under police investigation after blasting Turks for 'conquering Germany'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/6259427/Bundesbank-official-under-police-investigation-after-blasting-Turks-for-conquering-Germany.html

-- Germany: Police investigate 'Turks are conquering Germany' comment
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/10/germany-police-investigate-turks-are.html

(Saudi Arabia) Reuters: "King Abdullah slaps down Saudi cleric criticial of co-ed university"
-- Reuters view of Saudi prison state is merely that "Saudi Arabia follows an austere version of Islam and religious police patrol the streets ensuring that the country's strict segregation laws are implemented"

http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/10/05/king-abdullah-slaps-down-saudi-cleric-criticial-of-co-ed-university/

(Egypt) Top Egypt imam orders student to remove face veil
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/091005/world/egypt_islam_education_women_1

(Egypt) Egyptian lawmakers want to ban fake hymen -- protest led by Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/africa/view.bg?articleid=1202377&srvc=rss

(Iran) Guardian: "Ahmadinejad has no Jewish roots"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/05/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-jewish-family

(U.S.) Chicago: Fired Muslim instructor sues Columbia for discrimination
-- "aiming she was terminated after a student falsely reported she made an anti-Semitic comment in class"
http://www.wbbm780.com/pages/5368133.php?contentType=4&contentId=4811846

US Institute of Peace Scholar Lorenzo Vidino: "the United States needs to make long-term plans to stem the ideas that lead people to resort to terrorism in the first place"
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/10/05/keeping_a_lid_on_homegrown_terror/?page=2

-- September 30, 2009: US Institute of Peace Meets with Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC)
http://www.usip.org/events/the-road-ahead-strategies-improving-us-islamic-relations

-- DC: September 30 DC Human Rights Rally Protesting OIC
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/09/september-30-rally-protesting-oic/
-- August 2008: the Sentinel published "A Preliminary Assessment of Counter-Radicalization in the Netherlands" by Lorenzo Vidino. Mr. Vidino's article in the Sentinel states: "Can Western offshoots of the Muslim Brotherhood or political Salafists like those active in the Netherlands become partners against the appeal of jihadists? The Dutch seem to address these questions by drawing a clear line between engaging and empowering. All sorts of voices, as long as they do not advocate violence, should be engaged, since pushing non-violent Islamists at the margins could have negative repercussions."

http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel_Vol1Iss9.pdf
-- August 27, 2008: At Counterterrorism Blog, Mr. Vidino also praises another American counterterrorist's calls for engagement with "political Salafists," and states that "[g]iven the situation in most European countries, some form of cooperation with political Salafists/non-violent Islamists is necessary."

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/08/counterradicalization_in_the_n.php

Amnesty on Dangerous Ground
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/10/05/amnesty-on-dangerous-ground/

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Barack Obama cancels meeting with Dalai Lama 'to keep China happy'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6262938/Barack-Obama-cancels-meeting-with-Dalai-Lama-to-keep-China-happy.html

North Korea has 100 sites linked to nuclear program: SKorea
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/rest-of-world/NKorea-has-100-sites-linked-to-nuclear-programme-SKorea/articleshow/5089764.cms

Communist China vows to stand by isolated North Korea
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSSP48900020091005

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Virginia: Cold Case: Family seeks closure in shooting death of Arlington teenager
-- Ku Klux Klan suspected in death of James Dial
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/Cold-Case-Family-seeks-closure-in-shooting-death-of-Arlington-teenager-63487222.html

Against Nazi News:

Germany court rules accused Nazi guard can be tried as accessory to murder - John Demjanjuk
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/10/germany-court-rules-accused-nazi-guard.php

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