July 15, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

July 15, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Pakistan: Death toll of suicide blast in Pakistan's Mingora jumps to 6, 45 wounded
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2100927&Language=en

-- Five killed, 44 injured in Pak blast
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Five-killed-44-injured-in-Pak-blast/articleshow/6172029.cms

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-five-killed-18-injured-in-mingora-blast-ss-03


Pakistan: Mosque, shrine destroyed in Khyber blast
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-khyber-blast-qs-01

-- Powerful blast rips apart 100-year-old mosque, shrines in FATA
http://sify.com/news/powerful-blast-rips-apart-100-year-old-mosque-shrines-in-fata-news-international-khpmOghegbd.html


Pakistan: India accuses ISI of planning and executing Mumbai attacks
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\15\story_15-7-2010_pg1_6


Pakistan: 26/11 trial being speeded up, Qureshi tells Krishna
http://www.hindu.com/2010/07/16/stories/2010071655980100.htm

(Pakistan/U.S.): Hillary Clinton to visit Pakistan for security talks: Holbrooke

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Hillary-Clinton-to-visit-Pakistan-for-security-talks-Holbrooke/articleshow/6171683.cms


(Pakistan/U.S.) US drone attack kills 10 in North Waziristan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/us-drone-strikes-kill-5-in-north-waziristan-jd-02


Afghanistan: US mulls blacklisting Haqqani network
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\15\story_15-7-2010_pg1_2


(U.S.) NYC: Video: Times Square Bomb Suspect Discusses Jihad With AK-47
-- Faisal Shahzad
http://gothamist.com/2010/07/14/times_square_bomb_suspect_needs_pre.php

-- Times Square Bomber Vows Revenge in Al-Arabiya Video
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/14/AR2010071404860.html


(U.S.) Lawyer with Staten Island ties gets 10-year term in terrorism case
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/07/lawyer_with_staten_island_ties.html

-- Government seeks tough sentence against NY lawyer Lynne Stewart
-- AP: "Stewart, facing up to 30 years in prison, was sentenced to two years and four months after her conviction on charges that she let blind Egyptian Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman communicate with a man who relayed messages to senior members of an Egyptian-based terrorist organization."

-- "Abdel-Rahman is serving a life sentence for conspiracies to blow up New York City landmarks and assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Stewart represented him at his 1995 trial."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iqFFRaxZKfmO7QApHCKcMjydegTgD9GVB6GO0


(U.S.) Terror list suggested for Pakistan-based Taliban
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJ8GnQJGCLyzTBwTuvkoQ3nWJSWgD9GV2J0O1


US may list Turkish IHH as terror group
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=181502

(U.S.) Obama Departs from Revised Policy, Links 'Radical Islam' to Terror Groups

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/14/diverging-revised-policy-obama-links-radical-islam-terror-groups/

-- President Obama, White House: Al Qaeda Is Racist
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/07/president-obama-white-house-al-qaeda-is-racist.html

-- Obama: Al-Qaeda and al-Shabaab attacks in Africa "tragic and ironic"
http://www.afrik-news.com/article17958.html

(U.S.) "The true language of counter-terrorism" - Ronald Rychlak

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/ronald_rychlak/2010/07/the_language_of_counter-terrorism.html


(U.S.) Daniel Cowart asks court for tattoo alteration - was convicted of plot to kill 100 black Americans
-- white supremacist Daniel Cowart convicted of eight federal chrges, faces sentencing on August 13
http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20100709/NEWS01/7090308/Daniel-Cowart-asks-court-for-tattoo-alteration

-- March 29, 2010: Stormfront Forum Member Daniel Cowart Pleads Guilty to Terrorist Plot Against Black Americans
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/daniel-cowart-pleads-guilty/


(U.S.) Court rules against detainee in habeas case - Mohammed Al-Adahi
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkpoint-washington/2010/07/court_rules_against_detainee_i.html


(U.S.) Michigan: Hillsdale man claims link to Hutaree -- John M. Stephenson
http://www.hillsdale.net/news/camden/x909207652/Hillsdale-man-claims-link-to-Hutaree


Osama bin Laden's son says his father is still alive
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/7891544/Osama-bin-Ladens-son-says-his-father-is-still-alive.html


(Iraq) 9 dead in 3 Iraq attacks
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/15/iraq.violence/?fbid=AY1wgJx0efT
-- Five killed in blasts in Baghdad, Tikrit

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2100903&Language=en

Gaza: 7 flotilla victims wanted to be martyrs, report says

http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=181358

Israel: Memorial held for 8 railway workers killed by Hizbullah
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=181585


Iran Shia mosque attack leaves dozens dead
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7893316/Iran-Shia-mosque-attack-leaves-dozens-dead.html

-- Iran: 20 killed in twin bomb blasts in S.E. Iran
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=181576

Iran: Nuclear-site attack would spark 'protracted conflict'

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.686964755

Iran Nuke Defector Left Behind $5 Million In CIA Cash
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/shahram-amiri-iran-nuke-defector-left-million-cia/story?id=11171171


Iran hopes to become largest gasoline exporter in 2-3 years
http://en.rian.ru/world/20100715/159829016.html

(Somalia) After Kampala attack, Somali militants promise more operations

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/07/15/somalia.uganda.threat/?fbid=AY1wgJx0efT

Nigeria: 8 killed in clashes; mosques, church burned

-- Washington Times: "A Christian mob opposed to the construction of the mosque razed it.... Muslims responded by attacking a nearby church"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/14/briefly-933215958/

-- Nigeria: Taraba - Eight Die, 40 Injured in Wukari Religious Riot
http://allafrica.com/stories/201007140324.html
-- Nigeria: Attack on a Mosque Results in at Least 5 Deaths

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/world/africa/15briefs-Nigeria.html
-- Nigeria: Northern Christians and Muslims in renewed violence

http://www.afrik-news.com/article17960.html

(Sudan/DC) DC: White House Protesters Call for Action on Sudan's Omar Al-Bashir for Genocide
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/dc-white-house-sudan/


(Sudan/DC) Armenian Americans Rally for Decisive U.S. Action on Darfur
-- Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
http://www.armenianweekly.com/2010/07/14/armenian-americans-rally-for-decisive-u-s-action-on-darfur/

-- video
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1490819321077&ref=mf

(Sudan/DC) U.S. Holocaust Museum hails Al-Bashir genocide warrant

http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/u-s-holocaust-museum-hails-al-bashir-genocide-warrant-1.301769


(Sudan/DC) U.S. special envoy unhappy about ICC genocide ruling against Sudanese president
-- Scott Gration: "The decision by the ICC to accuse Sudanese president Omer Al-Bashir of genocide will make my mission more difficult and challenging..."

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article35657
-- Obama says no peace in Sudan without justice, urges cooperation with ICC
-- Sudan Tribune: "The U.S. president suggested that his administration is treading carefully to ensure that the political process in Sudan does not collapse"

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article35670

(Sudan) Why long-term ceasefires will not lead to peace and security in Sudan
http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/07/14/why_long_term_ceasefires_will_not_lead_to_peace_and_security_in_sudan?sms_ss=email


(Sudan) Promises, Promises: US fails to punish Sudan
http://www.centredaily.com/2010/07/13/2089974/promises-promises-us-fails-to.html


McClatchy Newspaper Websites
http://www.mcclatchy.com/2006/06/12/381/newspaper-websites.html

France: Three Chechens arrested on terrorism charges in France

http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=181581

Turk extradited to Germany over terror links
-- PDT: "Salih S, is accused of working for the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) since November 2006"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\15\story_15-7-2010_pg7_6

Norway: More information about the terror suspects

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/norwegian-more-information-about-terror.html

Thailand: Suspected insurgent killed after shootout with Thai forces in country's restive south

http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hRGfcOsNMH31t9AqzJhjER0EzFzA

Philippines: 2 killed, 8 hurt in southern Philippine violence

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=593826&publicationSubCategoryId=200

Philippine leader to resume Muslim rebels talk

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iu4-e8Ur3TqD6MryXTvhIS8KlvRA


War on Women News:

Pakistan: Woman gunned down by son over 'honour' - Karachi area

-- Pakistan Daily Times: "A man shot his mother dead allegedly over honour at their house in Shershah police precincts on Tuesday."
-- "According to SHO Fida Hussain, Haleema Basheer, 40, lived in a house in lane No 13 on Muhammadi Road, and was killed by her son Muneer."

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\14\story_14-7-2010_pg12_3

Pakistan: Couple found dead in flat

-- Aziz Bhatti police station DSP Fakharul Islam: "I am sure someone from their relatives is behind the incident."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\14\story_14-7-2010_pg12_9


Pakistan: Muslim Doctor rapes Christian student Nurse and attempts to murder her
-- Magdalene Ashraf
-- Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=2123


Pakistan: Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) nurses hold protest demonstration against medico-legal officer (MLO) Dr Abdul Jabbar Memon who allegedly attempted to rape and kill a trainee nurse
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\15\story_15-7-2010_pg12_3


Pakistan: Christian rally against rape of Christian Student Nurse by Muslim doctor in Karachi
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1639


India: After honour killing, 'honour selling' emerges
-- OneIndia: "After several cases of 'honour killing', now a case of 'honour selling' has emerged. An Agra girl, who was in love with a boy from a different caste, was married against her wishes not once but twice by her mother in exchange of money."

http://news.oneindia.in/2010/07/15/after-honour-killing-honour-selling-emerges.html

Canada - Toronto Star: "Multiculturalism muffles 'honour killing' criticism"

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/835996--multiculturalism-muffles-honour-killing-criticism


Indonesia: Two Shariah Police Officers Receive 8-Year Sentences for Rape of Student
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/two-shariah-police-officers-receive-8-year-sentences-for-rape-of-student/386108


Afghanistan: "Will We Again Abandon Afghan Women?" - by Thea Garland
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/opinion/15iht-edgarland.html?_r=1




Other News:

Pakistan: Christians Narrowly Escape Flying Bullets in Pakistan
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/22721/


Pakistani Christians fear for their lives under Muslim law
http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=122&id=36564&t=Pakistani+Christians+fear+for+their+lives+under+Muslim+law


Pakistani Christian Children Urge the Government to Ensure Equal Citizenship Rights for Minorities
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2010/s10070068.htm


Iran Pastor Facing Execution, Church Official
http://www.bosnewslife.com/13355-breaking-news-iran-pastor-facing-execution-church-official


Egypt: Nagla al-Imam, convert to Christianity, sings about religious persecution
http://markdurie.blogspot.com/2010/07/nagla-al-imam-convert-to-christianity.html


(U.S.) Tennessee: Rutherford mosque supporters, opponents face off
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100715/NEWS01/7150325
-- Murfreesboro Mosque Draws Equal Numbers For and Against

http://wpln.org/?p=19270
-- Mosque leads to Square off
http://www.tennessean.com/article/D4/20100715/NEWS01/7150342/Mosque+leads+to+Square+off

-- Counter protesters turn out in force too
http://www.dnj.com/article/20100715/NEWS01/7150343
-- Hundreds for, against mosque crowd Murfreesboro square

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100714/NEWS01/100714033/1002/NEWS01/Hundreds+for++against+mosque+crowd+Murfreesboro+square

-- County mayor: Mosque issue 'healthy debate'
http://www.dnj.com/article/20100715/NEWS01/7150340

(U.S.) NYC: "Cordoba House mosque near Ground Zero slaps new name on itself with Park51"

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/14/2010-07-14_new_name_doesnt_mosque_their_ire_tense_hearing_on_park51_near_ground_zero.html

-- Islamic Center Near Ground Zero Sparks Anger
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128544392

(U.S.) NYC: "NBC, CBS decline to run mosque-bashing ad from conservative group"

-- by group "National Republican Trust"
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/07/15/2010-07-15_network_jihad_on_mosquebashing_ad.html

-- group led by Scott Wheeler
http://nationalrepublicantrust.com/staff.html
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Scott_L._Wheeler

-- Politico report
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0710/NBC_CBS_refuse_Ground_Zero_mosque_ad.html?showall

-- BBC report: TV networks reject controversial '9/11 mosque' ad
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us+canada-10641970
-- AJC report
http://bit.ly/c9qMEn

-- New York Daily News report
http://bit.ly/aU9GV2

(U.S.) Wisconsin: Open house to be held Saturday at mosque
http://www.sheboyganpress.com/article/20100715/SHE0101/7150412/1973/SHE04/Open-house-to-be-held-Saturday-at-mosque


(U.S.) Fort Wayne, Indiana: Graffiti vandals target 2 churches
http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20100715/LOCAL07/307159902/1043/LOCAL07


(U.S.) Anti-Islamic Group Promotes "Burn A Koran Day" Hate
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/dove-hate/

(U.S.) "Hizb ut Tahrir in America" by Shiraz Maher

http://www.hudson-ny.org/1413/hizb-ut-tahrir-in-america

France: Caen police probe mosque vandalism
-- Swastikas and "Islam get out of Europe"

http://www.heralddeparis.com/france-caen-police-probe-mosque-vandalism/98509

Germany's Anonymous Mosque Watchers
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,706201,00.html


(UK) Blog: "Azad Ali, report thyself"
-- quotes Azad Ali "Democracy, if it means at the expense of not implementing the sharia, of course no one agrees with that"
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/07/15/azad-ali-report-thyself/


Malaysia's women Sharia judges barred from criminal cases
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g5srme70zchEAzxgZQ8FYlH97dlA


Malaysia: Sultan's decree on using 'Allah' poses new risk
http://www.ucanews.com/2010/07/15/obedience-to-sultans-raises-allah-concern/


Sharia Finance: Takaful insurance sector to grow in 2010: Report
http://www.businessinsurance.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100714/NEWS/100719975



Against Totalitarianism News;

Communist North Korea: US says it is ready to engage N. Korea in talks
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=181579