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(Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Terror attack near Pak army HQ kills 40
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/-Terror-attack-near-Pak-army-HQ-kills-40-/articleshow/5301896.cms
-- 36 namazis killed as high-profile army officers targeted in Rawalpindi: Taliban attack masjid
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\05\story_5-12-2009_pg1_1
-- Carnage in Rawalpindi army mosque as Taliban breach security
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-blast-in--rawalpindi-qs-04
-- Pakistani army leaders killed in al-Qaeda mosque attack
-- "near the army's headquarters in Rawalpindi"
-- "A retired major and three serving ordinary soldiers were also among the dead as well as 17 children, including 11 sons of officers"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6729619/Pakistani-army-leaders-killed-in-al-Qaeda-mosque-attack.html
-- 17 children among 37 martyred in Pindi attack
http://geo.tv/12-4-2009/54096.htm
-- Pakistan: Mosque attack 'a failure' of military intelligence
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4067715358
-- 6 officers killed in mosque attack
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/05/6-officers-killed-in-mosque-attack/
-- Police release sketch of Rawalpindi bomber
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/11-police-release-sketch-of-rawalpindi-bomber--il--03

(Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Sixth terror strike in twin cities within three months : Fear grips garrison city after mosque attack
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\05\story_5-12-2009_pg11_1

(Pakistan/U.S.) Mullah Omar stays most of the time in Pakistan: Petraeus
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\05\story_5-12-2009_pg7_15

(Pakistan/U.S.) C.I.A. to Expand Use of Drones in Pakistan
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/world/asia/04drones.html?_r=1
-- Pakistan opposes expanded US drone attacks
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/12-cia+expanding+drone+assaults+in+pakistan--bi-09

(Pakistan/U.S.) US takes hunt for al-Qaeda to Pakistan
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KL05Df03.html

(Afghanistan) US Marines launch big offensive in Afghanistan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091204/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_11
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9CCLFPG2

(Afghanistan) NATO pledges 7,000 more troops for Afghanistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/6728722/Nato-pledges-7000-more-troops-for-Afghanistan.html

(Afghanistan) This is our fight together, Hillary Clinton says after troops pledge
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6945276.ece

(Afghanistan) Bob Ainsworth: 'UK can't back Obama pledge on Afghan pullout'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6945447.ece

(AfPak) White House targets mobile users in Pakistan, Afghanistan - to distribute President Obama's message
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\12\05\story_5-12-2009_pg7_8

(AfPak) Reports Fuel Speculation Over Bin Laden's Location - Doubt Cast on Rumors
http://www.rferl.org/content/Reports_Fuel_Speculation_Over_Bin_Ladens_Location/1895058.html

(India J&K) Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's aide critically injured in Srinagar shooting
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Hurriyat-leader-Mirwaiz-Umar-Farooqs-aide-critically-injured-in-Srinagar-shooting/articleshow/5300887.cms
-- "Patriarch of Jammu & Kashmir jihad turned peacemaker"
--- Fazal-ul-Haq Qureshi assassin's bullet "likely fired by a member of the Hizb ul-Mujahideen, which he helped found"
http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/05/stories/2009120561961400.htm

India wants Russia to stop terrorism from Pakistan
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=14603602&PageNum=0

(India/U.S.) Deported Indian unaware of Headley terror links
http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/04/stories/2009120459461100.htm

Iraqi counterterror officer falls to his prey
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34277838/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

(Iraq) Suicide bomb kills 5 in Hussein's hometown
http://www.necn.com/Boston/World/2009/12/04/Suicide-bomb-kills-5-in/1259953271.html

(U.S.) California: Transcript shows man claiming to be spy helped FBI -- Craig Monteilh
-- "Monteilh claims he helped the FBI glean information about Ahmadullah Niazi, the brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden's bodyguard who has been charged with lying about terrorist ties on his passport and citizenship papers. Niazi has pleaded not guilty."
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/04/transcript-shows-man-claiming-to-be-spy-helped-fbi/

(U.S.) LA Synagogue Shooting: Synagogue Shooting Tied to Mob?
http://kfi640.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=153218&article=6399583
-- LAPD Counter Terrorism Chief backs away from 'Israeli organized crime' comments
http://www.examiner.com/x-27692-LA-County-Libertarian-Examiner~y2009m12d4-LAPD-Counter-Terrorism-Chief-backs-away-from-Israeli-organized-crime-comments

(UK) Birmingham gang warn about becoming Taliban suicide bombers
http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/11/30/birmingham-gang-warn-about-becoming-taliban-suicide-bombers-66331-25276110/

(Iran) US officials: Obama looking at January for Iran sanctions
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1259831463375&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) Nuclear detector set up on Iran border
-- "Israeli diplomat to Post: 'The world is starting to understand that Iran has been lying to everybody.'"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1259831457142&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran: Minimal cooperation with IAEA
-- "Teheran official says Iran will only inform IAEA after it installs the 10 new enrichment sites."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1259831460030&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) Blog: "Iran threatens America with nuclear bomb"
http://www.examiner.com/x-28964-Anchorage-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m12d4-Iran-threatens-America-with-Nuclear-Bomb

Somali Islamists deny responsibility for deadly bombing
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gKcZOUVa0P1me-I723U5Ubw84ANQ

Algerian court sends five suspects to prison on terrorism charges
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2044461&Language=en

Netherlands: Jail term for threat against anti-Islam MP
-- "The public prosecutor in Rotterdam has demanded a 60 day jail term or 120 hours of community service for a Dutch rapper who threatened anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders. The Freedom Party leader was present as a witness in the heavily guarded courtroom."
-- "According to the prosecutor, the rapper who goes by the name of Mo$heb threatened Mr Wilders in the text of his rap Who is Next (Wie Iz De Volgende). In the track which is on the web Mo$heb says it will be 'bam, bam' if he should happen to run into Mr Wilders."
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/jail-term-threat-against-anti-islam-mp
--- Geert Wilders receives summons - trial scheduled for January 20, 2010
http://www.geertwilders.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1616&Itemid=114

Russia: Woman Rewarded For Aiding Russian Bomb Victims
http://www.rferl.org/content/Elderly_Woman_Rewarded_For_Aiding_Russian_Bomb_Victims/1894608.html

Sweden: Law against teaching, recruiting for terrorism
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/12/sweden-law-against-teaching-recruiting.html
http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/international/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?nyheter=1&programid=2054&Artikel=3285079

(Germany) Masked men attack German police stations
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=92772

(Thailand) 2 woman, 2 soldiers injured in motorcycle bomb in Pattani
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30117975/2-woman-2-soldiers-injured-in-motorcycle-bomb-in-P

Philippines imposes martial law in massacre province
http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/world/reuters/2009/12/05/philippines-imposes-martial-law-in-massacre-province.html

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Pakistan: "Art exhibition against honour killings"
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=211676

Other News:

(U.S.) IPT News: "Radical Movement's Leader Forecasts America's Demise"
-- IPT News: "As-Sabiqun, a Washington D.C.-based organization with branches in four other major American cities, released a flyer labeling shooter Nidal Malik Hasan as "victimized" and the 'target of psychological warfare.' The handout also defended convicted terrorists and suspects."
-- "As-Sabiqun has repeatedly predicted the demise of the United States and dreams of 'the Islamic State of North America no later than 2050.' "
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1553/radical-movements-leader-forecasts-americas-demise
-- As-Sabiqun views that it is "Carrying on the torch lit by El-Hajj Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X)"
http://www.sabiqun.net/

Turkey: Survey Shows Intolerance Against Non-Muslim Religious Freedom in Turkey
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/turkey-survey-shows-intolerance-against-non-muslim-religious-freedom-in-turkey/
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/turkey/12322/

(UK) A Letter from Osama Saeed
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/12/04/a-letter-from-osama-saeed/

(U.S.) Washington State Shooting: Clemmons repeatedly slipped through the cracks
-- Maurice Clemmons killed four Lakewood police officers Sunday
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010420040_shootingparole04m.html
-- Bank accounts may be sign Clemmons planned getaway
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010420061_shootinghelp04m.html
-- Clemmons' half-brother charged with helping killer elude police
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010418601_webhinton03m.html
-- Clemmons traveled to meet New York minister, citing God's instructions
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010419341_webnewyork03m.html

Russia: Nearly 100 Reportedly Killed in Russian Nightclub Explosion
-- Vladimir Markin said most of the victims were young people and that there was no suspicion of a terrorist attack, the report said.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,579408,00.html

Burmese court to hear Aung San Suu Kyi appeal
-- Daily Telegraph: "Burma's supreme court has agreed to hear the appeal of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi against the 18-month extension of her house arrest"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/burmamyanmar/6726812/Burmese-court-to-hear-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-appeal.html

Sri Lanka: Children among 11,000 Tamil 'fighters' held in rehabilitation
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6945225.ece

Against Misogyny News:

Egypt: Women learn self-defense to fight back against harassment in Cairo
-- "Eight other women were learning with The Times: five wore veils, one was a Coptic Christian, another was three months pregnant. All the women said that they faced harassment daily."
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article6945247.ece

Against Totalitarianism News:

Twitter Campaign to Free Chinese Human Rights Advocate Liu Xiaobo
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/twitter-campaign-to-free-liu-xiaobo/

Against Racial Supremacism News:

White Supremacist Pendergraft Sisters' Efforts to Promote Hate via Music
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/12/white-supremacist-pendergraft-sisters-efforts-to-promote-hate-via-music/

Against Islamophobia News:

UK: Probe continues into Muslim grave vandalism
http://www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk/news/s/1185037_probe_continues_into_muslim_grave_vandalism

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