Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] January 12, 2010

January 12, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Pakistan seen becoming more Islamist, anti-US: Report
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-seen-becoming-more-Islamist-anti-US-Report/articleshow/5436323.cms
-- Prospects for Pakistan, Legatum Institute, Jonathan Paris,
http://www.legatum.com/newsdisplay.aspx?id=2926
-- Full 64 page report in PDF format (1MB)
http://www.li.com/attachments/ProspectsForPakistan.pdf

(Pakistan) The Taliban of Pakistan's Swat District Releases Video Showing Children And Teenagers Training for Jihad And the "Lovers of Houris" (the Women of Paradise) Who Carried Out Martyrdom Missions
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3901.htm

(Pakistan) Alleged TTP commander arrested
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\12\story_12-1-2010_pg12_9

(Pakistan) Bomber video publicity coup for Taliban
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=336874&version=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26

Afghan govt to lure Taliban to switch sides
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/afghan-govt-to-lure-273387.html

(Afghanistan) We can broker peace with Taleban, says Turkey
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6985590.ece

Afghan soil being used for terrorism: ISI chief
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-afghan-soil-being-used-against-pakistan-am-01

Afghanistan: U.S. forces fight Taliban in Afghan south
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/forces+fight+Taliban+Afghan+south/2432668/story.html

Afghanistan: US drone attacks kill 16 militants in south
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4188779608

Afghanistan: U.S. general: Taliban beaten in Helmand province
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-01-11-Helmand-Taliban_N.htm

(Afghanistan) CNN: "Quran desecration claims spur protests"
http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/12/quran-desecration-claims-spur-protests/

Iraq: Baghdad streets sealed due to bomb threat
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4189533273

Iraqi Forces Seize Explosives in Baghdad Raid
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Iraqi-Security-Forces-Lock-Down-Parts-of-Baghdad-81216077.html

Iraqi security forces arrest three suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq members
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/iraqi-security-forces-arrest-three-suspected-al-qaeda-in-iraq-members_100302295.html

(U.S.) Nidal Hasan Terrorism: Pentagon review of Fort Hood attacks urges focusing on service members who may pose threat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/12/AR2010011201976.html?hpid=moreheadlines

(U.S.) NYC: "Time to drop charges against accused Al Qaeda embassy bomber Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, attorney says"
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/01/12/2010-01-12_time_to_drop_charges_free_terror_suspect_atty_sez.html

(U.S.) Georgia: Terror conspirator Jose Padilla asks Ga. federal panel to toss out conviction
-- Jose Padilla aka Abdullah al-Muhajir
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-padilla-terror-charges,0,7015065.story

(U.S.) Boston: Anti-Terrorism Robot to Stand Guard at Logan Airport
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/12/anti-terrorism-robot-stands-guard-logan-airport/

(U.S.) Pakistan's Aafia Siddiqui Trial to begin on January 19th
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/12-aafia+trial+to+begin+on+19th++jan+in+new+york--bi-10

(U.S.) IPT News: "Little to Learn from Duke/UNC Study of Anti-Terror Lessons"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1632/little-to-learn-from-duke-unc-study-of-anti

(U.S.) Code Pink Looking for Support on Muslim Brotherhood's Website
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/200359.php
-- Code Pink Invites Muslim Brotherhood: 'Join Us in Cleansing Our Country'
http://bit.ly/5KU40z
--- PDF of web page - see page 2
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Code-Pink-Ad-on-Muslim-Brotherhood.pdf

(U.S.) Chicago: "Jewish group rips Islamic summit" -- ADL on MAS and ICNA
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/12/jewish-group-rips-islamic-summit-as-anti-semitic/
-- Muslim-American Organizations' Anti-Radicalization Effort 'A Sham'
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/IslEx_61/5687_61.htm

(U.S.) ABC: "Hunt for Osama Over? Obama Steers Clear of Bin Laden References"
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hunt-osama-bin-laden-president-obama-skirts-issue/story?id=9535210

(UK) Library ban on sermons of hate -- Anwar al-Awlaki
--- 258 audio book tapes in Tower Hamlets Council library by al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki "available to borrow from the council’s main library in Whitechapel, a few hundred yards from where Detroit bomber Umar Abdulmutallab worshipped at the controversial East London Mosque" -- half out for loan
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/150772/Library-ban-on-sermons-of-hate
-- Al-Qaeda audio tapes withdrawn from East End public library
-- "A Counter-extremism think tank has called for an investigation into an East London public library after 200 cassette tapes of sermons by al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki were found to be stocked on its shelves."
-- "The Whitechapel Ideas Store removed 285 audio books after a Sunday newspaper report that they were available to borrowers."
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED12+Jan+2010+17%3A24%3A12%3A387

UK: Islam4UK to be banned under UK terror laws, says Home Secretary
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/151309/Islam4UK-to-be-banned-under-UK-terror-laws-says-Home-Secretary
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582868,00.html
-- "Islam4UK says it'll just change its name and keep agitating"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34825945/ns/world_news-europe/
-- Wootton Bassett protest group Islam4UK to be banned
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6972109/Wootton-Bassett-protest-group-Islam4UK-to-be-banned.html
-- Telegraph: "A ban is not enough"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/6976794/A-ban-is-not-enough.html
-- Ban on radical Islamist group attacked
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/879bae8a-ff69-11de-8f53-00144feabdc0.html
-- Muslim4UK's Inayat Bunglawala - "Islam4UK: bad, but not worth banning"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/jan/12/islam4uk-ban-johnson
-- "Islamic Outlaws Threaten Brit Terror Revenge"
---- "ISLAMIC extremists warned last night that banning their group could lead to terror attacks in Britain."
---- "Members of Islam4UK said there would be 7/7-style outrages if stopped from venting their frustrations."
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/116845/Islamic-outlaws-threatn-Brit-terror-revenge/

(UK) Anti-terror stop and search policy ruled illegal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/12/terrorism-stop-and-search-illegal

(UK) Asian News: "Muslim convert head to stop schoolkids being groomed for terrorism" -- Ian Fenn
http://www.theasiannews.co.uk//news/s/1188765_muslim_convert_head_to_stop_schoolkids_being_groomed_for_terrorism

(UK) 'Burn in hell' Muslim protesters guilty - of a public order offense
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/aposburn+in+hellapos+muslim+protesters+guilty/3496537

(UK) More on Moazzam Begg, Jihadism and Amnesty International
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/01/12/more-on-moazzam-begg-jihadism-and-amnesty-international/

(UK) Radicals at East London Mosque Again
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/01/12/radicals-at-east-london-mosque-again/

Hamas: Dr. Kifah Al-Ramali on Hamas TV: The Real Palestinian Beauty Queen Is the Jihad-Fighting Mother
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3900.htm

Iran Media: Nuclear Scientist Assassinated -- Masoud Ali Mohammadi
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126328769321225939.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories
-- Iranian scientist killed by bomb had opposition links
--- Telegraph: "ties to the reformist movement led by the opposition leader, Mir Hossein Moussavi"
--- Telegraph: "Dr Ali-Mohammadi's academic work was highly theoretical and the body responsible for the country's nuclear research programme, which has brought Iran into conflict with the West, said he had no connection with it."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6975520/Iranian-scientist-killed-by-bomb-had-opposition-links.html
-- CNN - "Iranian media: Iran suspects Israel, U.S. behind scientist's killing"
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/12/iran.professor/

(UAE) Barack Obama criticised for nuclear deal with UAE
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6985544.ece

Somalia: New Clashes in Somalia Kill at Least 14
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/New-Clashes-Somalia-Kill-12Jan10--81227212.html

Yemen renews Al Qaeda talks offer
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100112/wl_mideast_afp/attacksyemenqaedapolitics
-- Yemen denies claims it offered al-Qaeda deal to leave
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/6970428/Yemen-denies-claims-it-offered-al-Qaeda-deal-to-leave.html

Yemeni forces arrest four Al-Qaeda militants
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2053861&Language=en

(Yemen) Al-Awlaki, the Translator of Jihad - How Influential Is Yemen's Mystery Man?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,671188,00.html#ref=rss

Yemen: Shia rebels killed in northern offensive
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.4188898689

Nigeria: Three British workers kidnapped in Nigeria
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6984709.ece

(Russia) "Islamist Radicalism in Central Asia and North Caucasus Reinforcing Each Other, New Study Says"
--- Hizb ut-Tahrir referenced
http://bit.ly/8MX87C
-- Study in Russian
http://www.i-r-p.ru/page/stream-library/index-25289.html

Osama sought weapons from Yugoslavia
http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/international/osama-sought-weapons-from-yugoslavia.aspx

(Spain) New evidence of Qaeda tie to Madrid blast - expert
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-45343020100112?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=401

(South East Asia) "Rising Extremism in South East Asia: Dangerous Repurcussions"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/saad-khan/rising-extremism-in-south_b_418274.html

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

(Austria) Graz: Family sentenced for death threats
-- Parents, Sister get probation for death threats against 20 year old Muslim woman
-- "'We are not extreme Muslims,' says Dad"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/graz-family-sentenced-for-death-threats.html
-- German report
http://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/2263855/tuerkische-familie-drohung-vor-gericht.story
-- German report with Google translation to English
http://bit.ly/8eN5mA

(Pakistan) Stop exposing 7 years rape victim Pakistan girl for vested interests. Anges Massey
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1643

Indonesia: Sharia police arrested for 'rape'
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/01/12/sharia-police-arrested-%E2%80%98rape%E2%80%99.html

Other News:

"Egypt Arrests 42 Muslims, Christians Following Sectarian Riots" -- report actual states mostly Coptic Christians arrested
-- "Egypt's state-run MENA news agency quotes the police chief of Qena province as saying his forces have detained 28 Coptic Christians and 14 Muslims since Friday's unrest."
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Egypt-Arrests-42-Muslims-Christians-Following-Sectarian-Riots-81094282.html
http://wwrn.org/articles/32368/

(U.S.) Los Angeles: Coptic Christians in West L.A. protest killings in Egypt
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/01/coptic-christians-in-west-la-protest-killings-in-egypt.html

(U.S.) Detroit: Muslim rally organizer claims death threats
-- Detroit Free Press Reports: "The Muslim organizer of a rally last week in Detroit against terrorism said he received a death threat over the phone from a man with an Arabic accent who was upset that he spoke out against other Muslims."
-- "Majed Moughni, a Dearborn attorney who led the rally, told the Free Press he received the threat at about 6 a.m. Saturday from a man who said he was from France.
-- "Dearborn Police Detective James Isaacs confirmed Monday that Moughni filed a police report and said the department is investigating the incident."
-- "Moughni said he was able to record part of the call, which he played for the Free Press."
-- "'I want to congratulate you for your place in hellfire, Inshallah,' the caller said, using an Arabic phrase that means 'God willing.' 'If you're in front of me, I will shoot you. I will put a bullet in your head. This is the consequence of a hypocrite.'"
http://www.freep.com/article/20100112/NEWS05/100112009/1322/Muslim-rally-organizer-claims-death-threats

(U.S.) DC: MLK Service Event – Annual Blanket Drive Distribution Day
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/dc-blanket-drive-mlk/

(U.S.) Florida: Statement from Publix about calendar
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/sfl-publix-statement,0,6362021.story

Malaysia: Use of 'Allah' forbidden by 1988 enactment
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/13/nation/5462128&sec=nation

Malaysia: 'Allah' CD seizure disputed
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_476336.html

Israel-Turkey relations deteriorate as FM seeks to recall envoy in Ankara
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1142050.html
-- Turkey demands Israeli apology on eve of Barak visit
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60B42320100112

Germany - Strasbourg: Graffiti against minarets, Muslims
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/strasbourg-graffiti-against-minarets.html

Sharia Finance: Dow Jones Indexes Named Best Islamic Index Provider in IFN Award Poll
http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/g83772/dow-jones-indexes-named-best-islamic-index-provider-in-ifn-award-poll

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Google hints at quitting China over cyber attack on e-mail accounts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/12/AR2010011203024.html

Chinese leaders detained, whereabouts unknown
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/13737

Communist China: With Defense Test, China Shows Displeasure of U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/world/asia/13china.html

Against Misogyny News: