Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] January 14, 2010

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Newslinks:

(U.S.) Al Qaeda group in Yemen planning attacks in U.S.
-- Homeland Security Sec. Napolitano tightens air security after U.S. intel picks up new terror chatter
-- "NY Daily News: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano tightened air security Thursday afternoon amid new threat-related intelligence hinting that Al Qaeda in Yemen is readying more U.S. attacks, the Daily News has learned."
http://bit.ly/5Zwlo8
-- Officials: 'Credible Intelligence' on Terror Attack Planning Against U.S.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/14/officials-credible-intelligence-collected-terror-attack-planning/
-- Officials: al Qaeda "Ongoing Credible Threat"
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2010/01/14/world/worldwatch/entry6097896.shtml
-- CBS video
http://bit.ly/5dMToy

(U.S.) Source: Terror threat by 'viable operatives' extends beyond aviation
--- CNN: "'I have not seen people this ramped up on the terror front like this for probably two years,' the source said. 'The palpable level of angst is incredible.'"
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/01/14/us.al.qaeda.targets/index.html

U.S. to further raise airline security, official says
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34864969/ns/us_news-airliner_security/

(U.S.) TSA: Security fails to spot gun at Montana airport
http://bit.ly/4MnQc2

U.S. Department of Justice: Tahawwur Rana and David Headley Indicted for Alleged Roles in India and Denmark Terrorism Conspiracies
-- Chicago men worked with Lashkar e Tayyiba, supported India Mumbai attaksk, supported terror plots, contacts with Al-Qaeda
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/January/10-nsd-038.html
--- Rana "indicted today on three counts of providing material support to terrorism or a terrorist organization — one count of providing material support in preparation for and in carrying out the Mumbai attacks; one count of providing material support to the Denmark terrorism plot; and one count of providing material support to Lashkar e Tayyiba (Lashkar.) "
--- Headley "faces the same 12 counts that were filed against him last month — six counts of conspiracy involving bombing public places in India, murdering and maiming persons in India and Denmark, providing material support to foreign terrorist plots, and providing material support to Lashkar, and six counts of aiding and abetting the murder of U.S. citizens in India."
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2010/January/10-nsd-038.html
--- US court indicts Headley, Rana on federal terrorism charges
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/US-court-indicts-Headley-Rana-on-federal-terrorism-charges/articleshow/5446976.cms
--- January 7, 2010: I am a Pakistani army deserter: Terror suspect Rana
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/I-am-a-Pakistani-army-deserter-Terror-suspect-Rana/articleshow/5419965.cms

(U.S.) Tennessee: White Supremacist Terrorist Pleads Guilty -- Mass Murder Terror Plot -- Paul Schlesselman
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/paul-schlesselman-pleads-guilty/

(U.S.) NYC: Pakistan's Aafia Siddiqui demands no Jewish jurors at attempted murder trial
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6988777.ece
--- November 27, 2008 - Der Spiegel: 'The Most Dangerous Woman in the World'
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,593195,00.html
--- September 2, 2008 - ABC: "Aafia Siddiqui Had 'Dirty Bomb' & 'Mass Casualty Attack' Information & New York Target List in Her Possession"
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5710043&page=1
-- Siddiqui's husband on photos widely circulated about her: "He added that Dr Fowzia had similarly threatened him several years ago by taking a picture of Aafia while she was asleep after she injured her upper lip (by a milk bottle)†in an accident. Dr Fowzia warned Amjad that if he tried to divorce Aafia, she would use the picture against him alleging him to be an abusive husband. “It was made to appear in the picture that Aafia was badly injured. Today, the same picture is being circulated in the media to claim that Aafia was tortured for years in Bagram,' he revealed."
http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20404
-- FBI Seeking Information Poster
http://web.archive.org/web/20080709001726/http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/siddiqui.htm

(U.S.) NYC: 'Lady Al Qaeda' trial: Suspected terrorist Aafia Siddiqui tossed from courtroom after outburst
-- "A day after she demanded Jews be excluded from the jury, Aafia Siddiqui went to deliver more rants about Jews and the 9/11 terror attacks."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/01/14/2010-01-14_lady_al_qaeda_trial_jury_chosen_but_suspected_terrorist_aafia_siddiqui_tossed_fr.html

(U.S.) FBI issues digital mug shot of an aged Osama bin Laden
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/15/osama-bin-laden-photograph
-- Rewards for Justice
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=Bin_Laden&language=english

"Divorce, Jihadi Style"
-- "What role do women play in Al Qaeda? A few are suicide bombers; others may encourage their men to become one"
http://www.newsweek.com/id/230607

Pakistan: Two Christians Critically Wounded at Wedding in Pakistan
-- "Still in intensive care, they were shot for refusing order to convert to Islam."
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/13944/

Pakistan Taliban deny US drone strike killed top leader -- Hakimullah Mehsud
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8458354.stm
-- CIA drone strike hits Hakimullah Mehsud compound
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6987877.ece
-- Hakeemullah Mehsud targeted in latest US airstrike in Pakistan
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2010/01/hakeemullah_mehsud_t.php
-- TTP says Hakeemullah safe
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\15\story_15-1-2010_pg1_3

Pak 'bomber' on recce for 26/11-type attack nabbed
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pak-bomber-on-recce-for-26/11-type-attack-nabbed/articleshow/5446928.cms

Pakistan should negotiate with Taliban: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\15\story_15-1-2010_pg7_14
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-should-talk-to-the-Taliban-Imran-Khan-/articleshow/5446788.cms

(Pakistan) Senate passes resolution against blasphemous caricatures
-- "He said European governments always offered lame excuses of a 'free society' whenever the issue was raised."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\15\story_15-1-2010_pg7_20

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pak whining on attacks draws rebuke from US
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-whining-on-attacks-draws-rebuke-from-US/articleshow/5446599.cms
-- US steps up missile attacks on 'ally' Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/US-steps-up-missile-attacks-on-ally-Pakistan/articleshow/5445367.cms

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan Daily Times: "The unstated difference that is the subtext of all diplomatic engagements between the two sides is the contradiction at the heart of Pakistan's policy of supporting the Afghan Taliban, or at the very least turning a blind eye to their activities from Pakistani soil, while initiating military campaigns to crush their Pakistani counterparts."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\15\story_15-1-2010_pg3_1

(Pakistan/U.S.) 'No official delegation should visit US until new screening laws withdrawn'
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\15\story_15-1-2010_pg7_18

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan: Lockheed Martin Delivers 2 of 7 Upgraded P-3C Maritime Surveillance Aircraft for use by Islamic Republic of Pakistan
http://bit.ly/4TTEuq

(Pakistan/U.S.) Lack of coordination delaying Kerry-Lugar funds
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/national/lack-of-coordination-delaying-kerrylugar-funds-510

(Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan: US can't win Afghan war without Pakistan: Pakistan PM Gilani
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\15\story_15-1-2010_pg1_4

Afghanistan: At least 20 killed in Afghan suicide bomb attack
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6988822/At-least-20-killed-in-Afghan-suicide-bomb-attack.html
-- Additional reports
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/14/afghanistan.blast/

Afghanistan: NATO Failing To Win Recruits From Taliban
http://bit.ly/5yk8Lg

Afghanistan: Rebuilding Afghanistan: Will government take hold in this post-Taliban town?
http://bit.ly/6qHT2R

(India J&K) Two suspected militants, soldier killed in IHK
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\15\story_15-1-2010_pg7_33

Iraq: Triple bombing kills at least 25 in Iraq
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/14/iraq.violence/

Iraq sentences 11 men to death over Baghdad bombings
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iqbIi3R7ARJgqherriYTeGStO5BA

Iraqi MP Mithal Al-Alousi: Iraq Should Conduct Preemptive Strikes in Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia; I "Am Willing To Give the Order to Kill a Terrorist in Syria, Tehran, or Any Other City, If He So Much as Dreams of Killing a Single Iraq Citizen"
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3907.htm

Iran: Senior Iranian Official Mohammad Hassan Rahimian: Our Missiles Can Cause "Big Holocaust" in Israel
-- Mohammad Hassan Rahimian: "We have manufactured missiles that allow us, when necessary, to replace (sic) Israel in its entirety with a big holocaust."
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/2342.htm

(Jordan) Attack in Jordan Targets Israeli Embassy Convoy
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583046,00.html
-- Jordan reportedly nabs suspect in Israeli embassy convoy bomb
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147894753&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Yemen Muslim Clerics Threaten Jihad if U.S. Sends Troops
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583023,00.html
-- In Yemen, 158 clerics vow jihad if US military intervention broadens
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2010/0114/In-Yemen-158-clerics-vow-jihad-if-US-military-intervention-broadens

"Yemen in war with al Qaeda, urges citizens to help"
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60D12620100114
-- January 12, 2010: Yemen renews Al Qaeda talks offer
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100112/wl_mideast_afp/attacksyemenqaedapolitics

Somalia: Unreliable Calm Returns to Beledweyn Town
http://allafrica.com/stories/201001140486.html

Somalia: Sailors forced to let Somali pirates go free
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6989225/Sailors-forced-to-let-Somali-pirates-go-free.html

UK: Senior member of extreme Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir teaches at London School of Economics (LSE)
-- "Reza Pankhurst, a key member of the hardline Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, teaches and preaches at the London university"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6988753.ece

UK:'Hizb ut-Tahrir obsessed with radicalising students'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6988778.ece

UK: Muslim preachers who gloriﬁed suicide bombers are banned
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/26064/muslim-preachers-who-glori%EF%AC%81ed-suicide-bombers-are-banned

(Europe) Britain is wrong to freeze benefits to wives of terror suspects, says top EU lawyer
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1243252/Britain-wrong-freeze-benefits-spouses-terror-suspects-says-EU-advocate.html

Turkey: Report: Turkey warns Lebanon that Israel may be planning attack
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1142639.html

Turkey: Israel FM Livni: Turkey must choose between ME moderates and fundamental Islam
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147894941&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Russia: Moscow says Georgia harboring Islamist rebels: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60D5WX20100114

Canada "Toronto 18": Convicted bomb plotter says sorry to Canadians - Zakaria Amara
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gcrmINfwbCRBZswFLiH0pr7FV6oQ

Thailand: Man sought over mosque raid gives up
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/31020/man-sought-over-mosque-raid-gives-up

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Indonesia: Aceh's Shariah Police 'Stained Forever' by Gang Rape
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/indonesia-acehs-shariah-police-gang-rape/
-- Jakarta Globe: Indonesia "Sharia police" "gang-raped and tortured a female student at the Langsa Shariah Police station"
-- "In 2003, Aceh province opened its first Shariah court, which implements laws based on Islamic teachings. These laws cover almost all elements of life in the province, including obligating Muslim women to wear a jilbab."
http://thejakartaglobe.com/home/acehs-shariah-police-stained-forever-by-gang-rape/352556

Indonesia: Sharia Law questioned in Aceh after three officers suspected of rape
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/asiapac/stories/201001/s2792713.htm

Indonesia sharia police patrol Aceh -- Video of Sharia police still in "full force"
http://uk.reuters.com/news/video?rpc=401&videoId=27957347&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=LatestVideosUK&rpc=401&videoChannel=75

Saudi throws Kenyan maid out of top floor window
-- Daily Nation reports that Kenyan woman "Fatuma Athuman talks of slavery in Saudi Arabia"... "A Kenyan woman is accusing her Saudi employer of throwing her out of a third floor window, breaking her legs and hands. Another maid, just rescued by relatives, said she had to live on dog food because her employers neither fed her nor allowed her out of the house."
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/840238/-/vp9oc4/-/index.html

"Honor Killers: Prosecuted in Europe, Seen as Psychiatric Victims in America" - by Phyllis Chesler
http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2010/01/14/honor-killers-prosecuted-in-europe-seen-as-psychiatric-victims-in-america/

AINA: "Muslim Child Brides in Britain"
http://www.aina.org/news/20100114115811.htm

Other News:

Saudi Arabia: "Shariah colleges to 'match the market' "
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010011460117

Kenya: Muslim lobby moves to court over Jamaican cleric -- Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/841134/-/vpacup/-/

The wave of anti-Christian violence
-- "Christians in the Muslim world are becoming scapegoats as anger about the 'crusader west' takes hold"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/jan/14/anti-christian-violence-muslim-world

Egypt: Attack on Egypt Copts shows 'intolerance': US official
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iTQkpf22E2El1GQ-6KqY-CM9UWKg

"Egypt: If I Were a Copt" by Tarek Heggy
http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/08/egypt-if-i-were-a-copt.php

Egypt: Copts protest Christmas killings at Cairo cathedral
-- Reuters: "Coptic Christians protested in Cairo on Wednesday at last week's killing of six Copts in southern Egypt, accusing state officials of responding inadequately and demanding that the culprits face justice."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60C66L20100113

Egypt: Chronology: Egypt's Sectarian Violence
http://www.copts.com/english/?p=3821

Egypt Football: Observing Islam equally as important as skill for Egypt boss
-- "Egypt coach Hassan Shehata wants only players who observe Islam, and says team selection is based equally on religious piety and skill."
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/observing-islam-equally-as-important-as-skill-for-egypt-boss-20100115-mb50.html

(Malaysia) Lawyers' office in Malaysia 'Allah' case ransacked
http://www.cathnewsasia.com/2010/01/15/malaysian-church-lawyers-office-ransacked/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/13/AR2010011304519.html
-- Malaysia Minorities Fear Islamization in Allah Row
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/14/world/AP-AS-Malaysia-Feuding-Over-Allah.html
-- 'Everything still under control, Hisham?'
http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/121895

Malaysia: Sikhs target of 'Allah' attack
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/religion-and-beliefs/news/article.cfm?c_id=301&objectid=10620032

(U.S.) Muslim American Society (MAS) - US Muslim group denies promoting anti-Semitism
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147885765&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- ADL: Muslim-American Organizations' Anti-Radicalization Effort 'A Sham'
http://www.adl.org/PresRele/IslEx_61/5687_61.htm

(U.S.) Detroit: "Muslim leaders 'reserving judgment' after meeting on inmate death"
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100114/METRO/1140474/1014/rss03
-- Detroit CAIR: Muslim groups to meet with sheriff on Macomb inmate's death
http://www.detnews.com/article/20100113/METRO/1130419/1409/METRO/Muslim-groups-to-meet-with-sheriff-on-Macomb-inmate-s-death
--- Mohammed Abdul-Fazal Chowdhury "was accused of stabbing his wife, 25-year-old Suraia Miah, more than 60 times in the face, torso, head and neck, nearly beheading her, on Sept. 28, 2009."
http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2010/01-06-2010/Murder-suspect-suicide.asp

(U.S.) "Stephen Coughlin: Who's Innocent, According to Islamic Shariah Law?"
http://cicentre.net/wordpress/index.php/2010/01/13/stephen-coughlin-whos-innocent-according-to-islamic-shariah-law/

(U.S.) "Muslims sue CAIR for fraud"
http://bit.ly/83g7lj

(U.S.) "The Islamic Infiltration: Inside Our Government, Armed With Our Secrets"
http://www.pjtv.com/v/2930
http://www.pjtv.com/v/2934
-- "The suborning of American intelligence"
http://bit.ly/7lKl4A

(UK) Muslim Council of Britain split over Holocaust Day boycott
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/26063/muslim-council-britain-split-over-holocaust-day-boycott

(UK) London Times' India Knight:"No little girl comes into the world longing to be covered in a black tent when she grows up"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/india_knight/article6982292.ece

"Denmark: Criticism of Islamic ideology is not anti-Muslim"
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/denmark-criticism-of-islamic-ideology.html

Netherlands: Wilders to be tried for hate speech
http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2459165.ece/Wilders_to_be_tried_for_hate_speech

Pakistan: Anti-Democracy Hate Group Hizb ut-Tahrir to Promote Views on Facebook
-- with pages "We own Pakistan" and "We Hate Israel"
http://bit.ly/79kNAd
--- R.E.A.L. Postings on Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://www.realcourage.org/category/hizb-ut-tahrirs-islamic-supremacism/

(Pakistan/India) Islamists attack Baluch writers, activists and Pak peaceniks: Ahmar Mustikhan
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1648

Iran regime hijacks nuclear scientist's funeral
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6988037.ece

"Fr0m Th3 Cyb3r Battle L1nes: Who Should Lead the Charge?"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1660/fr0m-th3-cyb3r-battle-l1nes-who-should-lead

Against Racial Supremacism News:

(U.S.) Tennessee: White Supremacist Terrorist Pleads Guilty in Mass Murder Terror Plot - Paul Schlesselman
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/paul-schlesselman-pleads-guilty/
-- October 24, 2008 - Federal Affadavit (PDF)
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/real/102408-arrest-affidavit-white-supremacist-plot.pdf

(U.S.) Philadelphia: 'White separatist' going back to jail -- Christopher "Conan" DeMunguia
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/philadelphia-white-separatist-going-back-to-jail/
-- Philadelphia Daily News: "Gloucester City Police Chief George Berglund said DeMunguia is a member of the Aryan Nation and the most dangerous type of criminal in society."
http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/81301142.html

(U.S.) Missouri survivalist arrested in white supremacists investigation convicted on 2 weapons charges
-- AP: "Robert N. Joos Jr., 57, was arrested at his home in rural McDonald County in June, when brothers Daniel and Dennis Mahon were taken into custody in Illinois and charged in a 2004 mail bombing that injured a black city official in Scottsdale, Ariz."
-- "Joos was not charged in the bombing, but the Mahons told investigators members of the 'movement' used Joos' isolated home for training. They described Joos as a 'longtime white supremacist associate and an expert on weapons, explosives, bomb making and general survival skills.'"
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-missouri-survivalist-convicted,0,1371950.story

Canada: Transit attack linked to white supremacists
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/canada-transit-attack-linked-to-white-supremacists/

"Haitian Catastrophe: For Racists, a Good Laugh"
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/01/14/haitian-catastrophe-for-racists-a-good-laugh/

(U.S.) House panel rejects Panther resolution
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/14/house-panel-rejects-panther-resolution-15-14/

(U.S.) Wallace inaugurated as Alabama Governor, Jan. 14, 1963
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31464.html

Against Nazi News:

(UK) "Neo-Nazi on trial for soliciting murder of Jews: the BNP connection"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/01/14/neo-nazi-on-trial-for-soliciting-murder-of-jews-the-bnp-connection/
--- Four investigated over neo-Nazi links
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/01/14/four-investigated-over-neo-nazi-links-61634-25596868/

Germany: Expert testimony may boost case against Demjanjuk
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60C5BL20100113
-- Nazi camp trial session canceled, Demjanjuk ill
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/14/AR2010011401011.html

Germany: Holocaust victims seek compensation from German death camp railways
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6987045.ece

Senior officers ignored Spanish neutrality to help German war effort
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6988592.ece

Woman trying to win Nazi-looted paintings from Norton Simon Museum loses appeal
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/01/legal-precedent-set-as-woman-trying-to-win-nazilooted-paintings-from-norton-simon-museum-loses-appea.html

Against Totalitarianism:

Communist China: Google Case Is Lightning Rod for Rights Advocates
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/world/asia/15iht-china.html