Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] January 17, 2010

January 17, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Newslinks:

Pakistani Taliban release 2nd tape, say voice is that of leader Hakimullah Mehsud
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/01/16/pakistan.taliban.mehsud/index.html
-- New audio of Hakeemullah claims he's alive
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\17\story_17-1-2010_pg1_3

Pakistan: 'Jihadis at gates of Pak nuclear bases'
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Jihadis-at-gates-of-Pak-nuclear-bases/articleshow/5460525.cms

Pakistan: Elite US troops ready to combat Pakistani nuclear hijacks
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6991056.ece

Pakistan: Suspected US drone kills 20 in Pakistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7012697/Suspected-US-drone-kills-20-in-Pakistan.html

Pakistan: Troops kill five terrorists in Bara
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\17\story_17-1-2010_pg7_9

(Pakistan/U.S.) US to spend $200m in Pakistan to revamp education
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/articlelist/30359534.cms

(AfPak) CIA bomber video shows militant links-Holbrooke
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINN1714145920100117?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=401

(AfPak/Iran) Islamabad, Kabul and Tehran against "foreign solutions" to the Afghan conflict
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Islamabad,-Kabul-and-Tehran-against-foreign-solutions-to-the-Afghan-conflict-17367.html

Afghanistan: Taliban kidnap two Chinese engineers, four Afghans
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100117/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestchinakidnap
http://www.news.com.au/world/taliban-kidnap-two-chinese-engineers-four-afghans/story-e6frfkyr-1225820650180

Afghanistan: Taliban claim killing 6 US soldiers
http://www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/3064.html

Afghan president to offer Taliban new peace plan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100117/ts_afp/afghanistanunrestreconciliationtaliban
-- "Karzai Closing in on Taliban Reconciliation Plan"
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/18/world/asia/18afghan.html?ref=world

Afghanistan: Holbrooke - US supports Taliban reintegration plan
-- Pakistan Daily Times: "The US is ready to support a new Afghan plan to reintegrate thousands of Taliban fighters, US special envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke said on Saturday."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\17\story_17-1-2010_pg1_5

Afghanistan: Washington Post article critical of Sharia, but not focused on human rights
-- "Gant and his men were soon fighting alongside tribesmen in local disputes and against insurgents, at the same time learning ancient tribal codes of honor, loyalty and revenge -- codes that often conflicted with the sharia law that the insurgents sought to impose"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/15/AR2010011502203.html

Afghanistan: UK Army chief calls for more troops and fewer ships to fight wars against insurgents
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/7011209/Army-chief-calls-for-more-troops-and-fewer-ships-to-fight-wars-against-insurgents.html

India: More Mumbai-style attacks on India 'imminent': US think tank -- another report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\17\story_17-1-2010_pg1_7

India: Maoists develop technology to clone AK series rifles
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maoists-develop-tech-to-clone-AK-series-rifles/articleshow/5460469.cms

Iraq arrests Qaeda chief tied to 2003 blast at UN HQ
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hB4hWCThePIoN5vrwwavFgJACONg
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/iraq-captures-al-qaeda-suspect/story-e6frfku0-1225820453652

Iraq: Chemical Ali to hang for Halabja massacre
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article6991410.ece

Iran: Iranian dissident Masoud Ali Mohammadi 'killed by Arab hitman'
-- London Times: "opposition groups who monitor Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese movement, in Tehran, claim that a member of the group, known by his pseudonym 'Abu Nasser', was photographed at the scene of the explosion in Tehran's affluent Gheytarih suburb. "
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6991081.ece

Iran says its "nuclear rights" must be recognized
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1143163.html

US agencies ill-equipped to fight domestic terrorists: US Defense Secretary Gates
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\17\story_17-1-2010_pg7_7

(U.S.) Calls for surveillance rise with jump in U.S. terrorism cases: Internet lets radical leaders quickly galvanize young extremists
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/01/17/4576052.htm

(U.S.) Bin Laden mock-up gone from Web site
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/01/17/Bin-Laden-mock-up-gone-from-Web-site/UPI-32911263748051/
-- FBI admits Photofit of Osama Bin Laden had Spanish features
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6991299.ece

(U.S.) Training of Airport Screeners Varies Greatly Worldwide
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583219,00.html

UK: Terrorist network in Britain is a security threat
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6990825.ece

UK: Islamists in bid to be removed from terror list
-- ITN: "A spokesman for the Foreign Office has confirmed that they were in favour of the delisting, but insisted that the action would in no way compromise the safety of the UK or any other country."
http://itn.co.uk/a8562768d3df6bbcc0bd40e9585835a3.html
-- UK Foreign Office lobbying U.N. to remove names of non-British citizens off terror list
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/7005864/Justice-in-the-war-against-terrorism.html

UK: Inside Islam4UK: How Birmingham boys turn to terror
http://www.military-world.net/Europe-Affairs/3055.html

UK: "Anjem Choudary: I'm smiling because sharia is coming"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6990857.ece

UK: Why the Islam4UK Ban Misses the Point
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/why-the-islam4uk-ban-misses-the-point/
-- January 12, 2010: Home Secretary bans Islam4UK group that threatened Wootton Bassett rally
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6984668.ece

UK: Sufi Muslim group Minhaj-ul-Quran issues fatwa against terrorists
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6991483.ece

UK: Airport body scanners could 'breach human rights'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7012699/Airport-body-scanners-could-breach-human-rights.html

Libya Finally Places Bin Laden on Entry Watch List
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19549

Nigeria: At Least 12 Dead in Clashes in Nigerian City of Jos
-- Reuters: "At least 12 Nigerians on Sunday were killed in clashes in the central city of Jos as tensions reignited between Muslims and Christian gangs, a year after similar fighting killed hundreds of its residents."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=9586330
-- Muslims and Christians clash in Nigeria
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1173687/Muslims-and-Christians-clash-in-Nigeria
-- Jos boils again, 20 killed
http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art2010011717123834

Nigeria is not a breeding groundfor terrorists - Ita-Giwa
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/01/17/nigeria-is-not-a-breeding-groundfor-terrorists-%E2%80%94-ita-giwa/

Somalia: Explosions Rock Galkayo, Somaliland Officer Killed in Las Anod
http://allafrica.com/stories/201001170010.html

Scandinavia: Somalis concerned about al-Shabaab recruitment
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/scandinavia-somalis-concerned-about-al.html

Turkish Group Calls for Israeli Minister's Prosecution
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Turkish-Group-Calls-for-Israeli-Ministers-Prosecution-81788317.html

Philippines: Gunmen shoot Philippine passenger bus, wound 11
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/17/apworld/20100117135327&sec=apworld

Islamic Supremacist War on Women:

Turkey: Women's rights marred by violence in the Southeast
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=woman-fighting-marred-by-violence-in-the-southeast-2010-01-15

Other News:

Haitians praise God after apocalyptic quake
http://bit.ly/4puY1h
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/17/haitians-praise-god-after-apocalyptic-quake/

Malaysia: Another church vandalised in Malaysia -- 11th church attacked
--- Grace Global Prayer Church
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\01\17\story_17-1-2010_pg7_4

Malaysia assures security forces ready to face threats
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2054834&Language=en
-- Security increased at Christian churches as Allah row divides Malaysia
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6990454.ece

Greece: Arsonists attack Crete synagogue
-- "The Etz-Hayyim Synagogue in the Greek city of Hania on the island of Crete has been targeted by arsonists for the second time in three weeks, police said on Sunday."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147912840&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Egypt security court to try suspects in Copt killings
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gDmUxojUTo2rJcfRpkJP9mbQxM0A

Egypt: US State Dept: US concerned at Coptic Christian arrests in Egypt
-- Acting US State Dept Spokesman Mark Toner: "The United States is deeply concerned by today's arrests of individuals traveling to the Egyptian town of Naga Hammadi to express support for those tragically killed and injured during' the celebrations"
-- "According to publicly available evidence, those arrested included bloggers, democracy and religious freedom advocates"
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jXIQ9JvnslGT10QTKUHdgEFW562Q
-- "Egypt: Bloggers detained for showing Solidarity!"
http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2010/01/16/egypt-bloggers-detained-for-showing-solidarity/

Egypt: Voice of the Copts - "due to the gravity of Egyptian instability, Voice of the Copts advises anyone planning to visit Egypt to cancel his/her trip."
http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/press_release/christmas_eve_massacre_in_egypt.html

UK: "Double standards row as Ed Balls refuses to ban smacking at mosque schools to avoid 'upsetting Muslim sensitivities'"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243871/Double-standards-row-Ed-Balls-refuses-ban-smacking-mosque-schools-avoid-upsetting-Muslim-sensitivities.html?ITO=1490

(UK) "Muslim peer: rising immigration is 'damaging race relations'"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/7004493/Muslim-peer-rising-immigration-is-damaging-race-relations.html

UKIP: "Banning veils 'is not radical'"
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/banning+veils+is+not+radical/3505062

(U.S.) Chicago: Following religion into finance: Bank finds market for Islamic financing
-- "in 2003, Devon Bank started its Islamic finance division"
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=153581

France: "Sarkozy party chief: France must ban full Muslim veil"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147913355&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

France seeks Islamic financial system
http://www.sabanews.net/en/news203317.htm

Austria: Majority of Turks want Sharia personal law incorporated into legal system
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/01/austria-majority-of-turks-want-sharia.html

Iran: French academic's trial ends in Iran -- Clotilde Reiss
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/01/16/iran.french.academic.trial/index.html?iref=allsearch

Pakistan: Anti-Democracy Group Hizb ut-Tahrir holds nationwide demonstrations
http://bit.ly/73jfHI

(Saudi Arabia) Obaikan seeks ban on under-18 marriage
-- "with exceptions to be granted only by judges or on royal approval"
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2010011660330

(Malawi/Uganda) West turns Africa into gay battlefield
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6991023.ece

Islamic games canceled in Arab-Iran row over Persian Gulf name
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7012219/Islamic-games-cancelled-in-Arab-Iran-row-over-Persian-Gulf-name.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China: Google denies leaving China, seeks negotiations
-- "The company has said it is no longer willing to filter content on its Chinese language google.cn engine, and will try to negotiate a legal unfiltered search engine, or exit the market."
-- "Playing down the concerns raised by Google, rival Microsoft Corp said it had no plan to pull out of China."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60E0BC20100117

Communist China: Yahoo criticized by Alibaba for 'reckless' China stance
-- "Yahoo said it was 'aligned' with Google's position that the violation of internet privacy was deeply disturbing and something that had to be opposed."
-- Alibaba Group: "Alibaba doesn't share this view"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8463413.stm
-- Yahoo "sold its stake in Alibaba.com late last year"
http://arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=131337&d=17&m=1&y=2010&pix=world.jpg&category=World

German government warns against using Microsoft Internet Explorer
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8463516.stm

Against Nazi News:

Germany: Pope: End of Nazism Made Me Happy
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/01/16/world/AP-EU-Vatican-Pope-Nazis.html

Against Racial Supremacism News:

UK: "The Deceptions and Distortions of BNP activist Beverley Kerry"
http://www.hurryupharry.org/2010/01/17/the-deceptions-and-distortions-of-bnp-activist-beverley-kerry/

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