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August 22, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



(Pakistan) Militants dispatch suicide bombers to avenge Pakistan's Swat operations 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2021138&Language=en

-- Taliban assign targets to 50 suicide bombers: report

http://geo.tv/8-22-2009/48073.htm



(Pakistan) Hakimullah Mehsud appointed as new Pak Taliban chief

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Hakimullah-Mehsud-appointed-as-new-Pak-Taliban-chief/articleshow/4922755.cms

http://geo.tv/8-22-2009/48059.htm



Pakistani Taliban quiz Mehsud kin over 'spying

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=international&xfile=data/international/2009/August/international_August1630.xml



(Afghanistan) Taliban cut off fingers of 2 Afghan voters

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090822/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

-- Monitors: Taliban cut off fingers of Afghan voters

-- "Election officials say results will be rolled out starting August 25"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/22/afghanistan.election/index.html?eref=ib_topstories

-- Legitimacy concerns over Afghanistan elections

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6806239.ece



(Afghanistan) Soldier, 59, is oldest U.S. service member to die in Afghanistan

-- First Sgt. Jose San Nicolas Crisostomo

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/21/afghanistan.oldest.death/index.html



Afghanistan fears ethnic unrest 

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/August/international_August1638.xml&section=international



Iraqi Official: Baghdad Bombings a Possible Inside Job

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,541626,00.html



(U.S.) Report: "CIA used mock execution to get Al-Qaeda info"

-- Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iZcyvMuB1tcqzkLqhZnExwFgHXWg

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/08/21/report-details-harsh-cia-methods-interrogation-threats-power-drill/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/22/AR2009082200045.html



(UK) Pakistani students held in anti-terror raids abandon deportation fight

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6805888.ece



(UK) Britain under pressure amid Lockerbie release

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090822/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_lockerbie

-- Lockerbie bomber: Britain denies trade deal

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/6072174/Lockerbie-bomber-Britain-denies-trade-deal.html

-- UK Government faces questions over Lockerbie bomber

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6806172.ece



(Libya) Gaddafi meets with Lockerbie bomber

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/rest-of-world/Gaddafi-meets-with-Lockerbie-bomber/articleshow/4921655.cms



(Syria) Senior al Qaeda leader leaves Pakistan, directs Iraq operations from Syria

-- Sheikh Issa al Masri

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/senior_al_qaeda_lead_5.php



Iranian boy who defied Tehran hardliners tells of prison rape ordeal

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6805885.ece



Egypt: Al-Takfir Wa Al-Jihad Helped Jund Ansar Allah

http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/19356.htm



Nigerian militants give up weapons to police

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_NIGERIA_AMNESTY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-08-22-09-00-51



Yemen seizes Iranian-made weapons in rebel caches

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=85569



Sri Lanka to train Pakistani army to fight Taliban 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/6069018/Sri-Lanka-to-train-Pakistani-army-to-fight-Taliban.html

--- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Maulana Fazlullah 'patriots'

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709



(Thailand) 3 officials killed, 4 injured in bombing ambush in Yala

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30110423/3-officials-killed-4-injured-in-bombing-ambush-in-



(Thailand) Two wounded in Pattani attacks

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/152401/police-villager-wounded-in-pattani-attacks



(Thailand) Villager shot dead in Narathiwat

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/152400/villager-shot-dead-in-narathiwat



(Thailand) 2 homemade bombs found at Klong Toey market

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30110370/2-homemade-bombs-found-at-Klong-Toey-market



"Muslim world braces for Ramadan violence"

-- MEMRI quoted: "in Muslim tradition it is also perceived as a month of jihad, a month in which Allah grants military victories to his believers"

-- National Post: "On Saturday, Islamist websites are filled with rumours of a new Ramadan message from Osama bin Laden. In the past, al-Qaeda called for Ramadan terror campaigns 'to come closer to Allah through the blood of infidels.'"

-- National Post: "This week, Maulana Noor Muhammad, a spokesman for the Pakistani religious organization Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam [JUI], told the Urdu-language newspaper Roznama Dunya the Prophet Muhammad regularly undertook battles during Ramadan."

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1917717

--- August 19, 2009: Pakistan/U.S.: U.S. Envoy Richard Holbrooke meets with Pakistan JUI-F's Fazl-ur-Rehman "the Father of the Taliban"

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-holbrooke-meets-with-supremacist/

--- August 19, 2009: Lisa Curtis of Heritage Foundation describes JUI-F "as a legitimate political force"

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57I0LO20090819?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=11611





Other News:



(U.S.) Obama greets Muslims across globe on Ramadan

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/Obama-greets-Muslims-across-globe-on-Ramadan/articleshow/4921912.cms

-- White House messages

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Ramadan-Kareem/

-- "We are also moving forward in partnering with the OIC and OIC member states to eradicate polio"

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Remarks-of-President-Barack-Obama-in-Ramadan-Message/

-- Obama pledges to resolve issues with Muslim world 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-obama-pledges-to-resolve-issues-with-muslim-world-qs-01



(U.S.) Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation leases space for Ramadan as "area mosques are bursting"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2009/08/21/GA2009082103809.html



(UK) Christians call on MP to help women held in Iranian jail

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/4558635.Christians_call_on_MP_to_help_women_held_in_Iranian_jail/



(UK) Harrow mosque protest cancelled after Sharia court denial

http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/asianspotlight/spotlight/4553713.Mosque_protest_called_off_after_Sharia_court_denial/





Against Nazi News:



Russia declassifies secret documents on Nazi-Soviet pact

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/21/russia-documents-nazi-soviet-pact

-- Russia Defends Soviet Pact With Nazis 70 Years Later

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,541602,00.html





Against Totalitarianism News:



North Korean officials hold first talks with South for two years 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/6072289/North-Korean-officials-hold-first-talks-with-South-for-two-years.html







August 21, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



(Pakistan) Efforts underway to engage Taliban leader Mullah Omar: Mushahid 

-- "Efforts are underway in Afghanistan to hold talks with Taliban leader Mullah Omar, Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid Secretary General Mushahid Hussain said on Friday."

-- "Talking to Najam Sethi during the 'Tonight with Najam Sethi' programme on Dunya News, Mushahid said he had met an Afghan intellectual last week at the residence of former Jamaat-e-Islami leader Qazi Hussain Ahmed, who said he wanted to convene a grand Afghan jirga so that negotiations could be initiated with all factions of the Taliban."

-- "Mushahid said the Afghan intellectual claimed that Saudi, German and Norwegian leadership were making efforts to constitute the jirga. Citing the intellectual, Mushahid said the process may be completed soon and the US was also expected to talk to Mullah Omar."

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\22\story_22-8-2009_pg7_32

--- U.S. Rewards for Justice: "Seeking Information Against International Terrorism: Wanted - Mullah Omar - Up to $10 Million Reward"

http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=MullahOmar



(Pakistan) Militants kill one policeman in Pakistani city, wounds another 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2021080&Language=en



(Pakistan) Bomber blows himself up in Kohat

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=85490



(Pakistan) Karachi: Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) Islamic supremacist leader killed

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=194067

-- April 21, 2009: Threat of sectarian violence looms over city

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\04\27\story_27-4-2009_pg12_7

-- Karachi has been growing center of Islamic supremacist activity, attacks on Christians

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/14-karachi-seen-as-funding-source-for-militancy-zj-03

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=184927

http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=19602&t=Pakistan%3A+Christians+ready+to+die+for+their+faith



"Pakistan must confront Wahhabism"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/aug/20/pakistan-wahhabi-islam-sufi-terrorism



Pakistan: US Predators target the Haqqanis in North Waziristan

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/us_predators_target.php



(Pakistan) 'We took out' Baitullah Mehsud: Obama

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\21\story_21-8-2009_pg1_4

--- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Maulana Fazlullah 'patriots'

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709



(Pakistan) India gives Pakistan new dossier on Hafiz Saeed's 'role' in 26/11

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\22\story_22-8-2009_pg1_9



Pakistan should invest in schools, girls: Clinton 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/12-pakistan+should+invest+in+schools+girls+clinton--bi-13



(Afghanistan) Karzai, Abdullah teams claim lead in Afghan vote

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090821/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan



(Afghanistan) ISAF says its three soldiers killed in Afghanistan 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2021030&Language=en



Afghanistan: Taliban killed in Helmand, claims police chief

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3678044050



(Afghanistan) British soldiers vulnerable to new Taliban bombing tactic 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/6068108/British-soldiers-vulnerable-to-new-Taliban-bombing-tactic.html



Iraq: Wave of bomb attacks continue 

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3677097965

-- Two Iraqis killed, 22 wounded in Baghdad market blast 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2021012&Language=en

-- Car bomb blast kills four Iraqi troops 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2021108&Language=en



Iraqi authorities nab suspected culprits of last Wednesday's fiery blasts 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2021117&Language=en



(U.S.) Virginia Cities Considered for Terror Trial Locations

http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=10934126



(U.S.) Ohio: Judge's ruling could force change in terror probes

-- "KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development"

-- "The ruling issued this week by U.S. District Judge James Carr said the government violated the Constitution when it froze the assets of an Ohio-based charity it suspected of having ties to the militant Islamic group Hamas."

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/ohio-news/judges-ruling-could-force-change-in-terror-probes-260070.html



(U.S.) Judge Orders Release of Yemeni Prisoner From Guantanamo

-- Mohammed al-Adahi

-- "A federal judge has ordered the release of a Yemeni from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling that the man's brief stint at an Al Qaeda training camp and two encounters with Osama Bin Laden were not enough to justify his confinement."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082103333.html



(U.S.) South Carolina Pipe Bomb Case: Judge dismisses deportation case against Florida Muslim immigrant

-- Case against Youssef Megahed dismissed, was on trip with Ahmed Mohamed 

-- Ahmed Mohamed previously found guilty

http://www.wave3.com/global/story.asp?s=10970163

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,541523,00.html

--- CAIR Applauds Release of Acquitted Fla. Muslim

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-21-2009/0005081381&EDATE=



(U.S.) Chicago: Terror informer made up jihad story: FBI 

-- "North Side resident Uzair Ali Hashmi informed the FBI last month that terrorists were trying to recruit him and that one of them gave him a letter stating, 'Our job here is to carry out 'the mission' of giving the nonbelievers what they deserve.'"

http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1717618,CST-NWS-NOTERROR15.article



(U.S.) Michigan: Residents Reject Idea of Housing Guantanamo Detainees at Michigan Prison

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/20/AR2009082004226.html?hpid=topnews



(U.S.) Armed to the Teeth, N.C. Terror Cell Members Talked of Jihad

http://www.investigativeproject.org/1391/armed-to-the-teeth-nc-terror-cell-members-talked



US families of Lockerbie victims plan next move -- plan NYC protest September 23

-- "Relatives of Americans killed when Pan Am Flight 103 was blown up over Lockerbie, Scotland, plan to converge on New York City in September to protest Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's speech at the United Nations"

-- "Family members agreed they wouldn't spend much time on Friday s call sharing their outrage over al-Megrahi being freed, according to Dugan, who said they ve been e-mailing and calling one another to share their anguish. He said they would focus on planning to protest, scheduled for Sept. 23." 

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/August/international_August1604.xml&section=international



(UK/Libya) Lockerbie affair linked to UK trade deals: Kadhafi's son

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090821/wl_uk_afp/britainlibyausattackslockerbietrade



Libya: Photos of "heroes welcome" to terrorist

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/global/article6805252.ece?slideshowPopup=true&articleId=6805252&sectionName=World

-- Everyone can say they're a winner - except the families of those who died

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6805929.ece

-- Libya: Lockerbie Bomber release: international reaction

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6065961/Lockerbie-Bomber-release-international-reaction.html

-- London Times: "At home with the Lockerbie bomber"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6806087.ece



(Iran) US: Iran's work with IAEA not enough

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418664374&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Iran cleric urges arrest of post-vote "riot leaders"

-- "Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, who heads the powerful Guardian Council"

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-Iran/idUSTRE57K1CN20090821

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418666505&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

-- In Public Trials in Iran, Former Iranian VP Abtahi, Others Charged with Leading 'Velvet Coup d'Etat'

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD250109



Iranian Cabinet Nominee Wanted in Argentine Attack -- Ahmad Vahidi

-- "The man Iran's president has named to be defense minister is wanted in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090821/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_49

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/21/world/AP-ML-Iran.html?_r=1

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418668123&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Gaza: Al-Qaida-style Islamism comes to Gaza

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418650349&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull



(Somalia) 40 dead in Somalia fighting, witnesses say

http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2009/08/21/40_dead_in_somalia_fighting_witnesses_say/

-- Fighting kills 22 in Somali capital Mogadishu

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLL061719



Mauritanian troops to fight Al-Qaeda in Sahara region

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mauritanian-troops-to-fight-Al-Qaeda/H1-Article1-443850.aspx



(Russia) Chechnya: Suicide Bombers Kill Five in Muslim-Dominated Chechnya

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,541333,00.html

-- Bomb blasts kill police in Chechen capital

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/21/chechnya.blasts/



Russia: Chechen rebels declare "economic war": website

-- "claiming responsibility for a recent dam disaster and a bomb in Ingushetia"

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE57K1A820090821



(Philippines) Top terrorist nabbed in Marawi City

-- "Dinno-Amor Rosalejos Pareja, also known as Khalil Pareja"

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090821-221401/Top-terrorist-nabbed-in-Marawi-City



Philippines: Are two militant groups joining forces?

-- "Philippines government alleges MILF involvement in a firefight last week with members of the militant Abu Sayyaf, calling into question a cease-fire with the rebel group."

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0817/p99s01-duts.html



(Philippines) "MILF 'more liberal' than Taliban"

-- "The Moro Islamic Liberation Front will be more liberal than the Taliban in its approach to women and education in an Islamic setup it seeks to establish for the Moro people in Mindanao, a key member of the group's peace panel said here recently."

-- "but he stated that men will have 'priority' in that field [public office] under a Islamic government"

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090821-221403/MILF-more-liberal-than-Taliban

--- June 1, 2009: Another woman abducted in Cotabato City 

http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=208226

--- July 23, 2008: Elderly woman killed, sister hurt in alleged MILF attack 

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080723-150252/Elderly-woman-killed-sister-hurt-in-alleged-MILF-attack



Philippines: Southern Catholics gather around Youth Day Cross to pray for peace

http://www.ucanews.com/2009/08/21/southern-catholics-gather-around-youth-day-cross-to-pray-for-peace/



Australia lists Al-Shabab as terror group

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\22\story_22-8-2009_pg4_3



This Week's Posts from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project: August 11-21, 2009

http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD250009





Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



Florida: Judge says 17-year-old Christian convert Rifqa Bary must stay in Florida

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/judge-rifqa-bary-stays-in-florida/

-- Justice in Florida for Rifqa Bary - by Phyllis Chesler

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/08/21/justice-in-florida-for-rifqa-bary/

-- FOX News: Runaway Christian Convert to Stay in Florida for Now, Judge Rules

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,541540,00.html

-- WFTV News: Judge Decides Runaway Convert Will Stay In Fla.

http://www.wftv.com/news/20491051/detail.html

-- WESH News: Runaway Convert To Stay In Fla. For Now

http://www.wesh.com/news/20495627/detail.html

-- Orlando Sentinel: Rifqa Bary: Judge says 17-year-old convert Rifqa Bary must stay in Florida

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/judge-rifqa-bary-stays-in-florida/

-- WDBO Local News Blog from Juvenile Court: Rifqa Bary hearing

http://wdbo.com/localnews/2009/08/blog-from-juvenile-court-rifqa.html

-- Jawa Report: CAIR formulates media strategy on Rifqa Bary

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/198547.php

-- Florida Governor s Office Replies on Rifqa Bary Case

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/florida-governors-office-rifqa-bary-case/



Afghan woman councilor faces death

-- "Ostracised, threatened with death and her relatives killed -- welcome to the life of Afghan councillor Natbibi Omary, a mother in her 40s forced to cover up on the campaign trail"

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jovKv-hSS6Esm4z2-AuuH5uHZUVQ



Afghan Politician Malalai Joya 'the Bravest Woman in Afghanistan': 'I Do Not Fear Death   I Only Fear Political Silence in the Face of Tyranny'

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD249709



Phyllis Chesler: "Freedom of Religion: A Precious American Right, An Islamic Capital Crime"

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/08/20/freedom-of-religion-a-precious-american-right-an-islamic-capital-crime/



(Malaysia) Muslim model says she deserves to be caned

-- "A Muslim model has asked human rights group Amnesty International to stop asking the Malaysian authorities not to cane her, saying she is ready to face the penalty for drinking beer"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/6067483/Muslim-model-says-she-deserves-to-be-caned.html







Other News:



(U.S.) In video message, Obama speaks to Muslims as holy month of Ramadan begins Saturday

http://www.startribune.com/politics/53952767.html



Chechnya opens first Islamic University

-- "Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov opened Russia's first Islamic University on Thursday (August 20), another move in his campaign to establish Islamic values in the North Caucasus republic"

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=85486

--- March 1, 2009 - Russia: Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov defends Islamic supremacist "honor killings' - says women deserve to die

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/russia-chechen-president-defends-islamic-supremacism-says-women-deserve-to-die/



(Somalia) Islamist Militants Restrict Somali Wedding Celebrations

-- " Music and dancing are no longer allowed. The groups say Islam forbids the mingling of women and men. Somali Islamist militants carry their weapons as they patrol the streets of northern Mogadishu."

http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/87360/-islamist-militants-restrict-somali-wedding-celebrations.html



Pakistan: "Dancing girls of Swat are out of business"

-- "still living under fear and do not meet visitors"

http://www.metransparent.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=8044&lang=en

-- Daily Telegraph: "Pakistan's dancing girls return after Taliban defeated in Swat Valley "

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6031126/Pakistans-dancing-girls-return-after-Taliban-defeated-in-Swat-Valley.html



(UK) An overdraft? That'll be £200 at Lloyds TSB (but only £15 if you're a Muslim)

-- "Sharia law does not permit the payment of interest so the 'typical' Islamic account at Lloyds TSB has been set up without an overdraft facility."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1208204/An-overdraft-Thatll-200-Lloyds-TSB-15-youre-Muslim.html



(Italy) Burqini banned in Italian town 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/6056273/Burqini-banned-in-Italian-town.html





Against Racial Supremacism News:



Mississippi making civil rights part of K-12 instruction

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1194955.html





Against Nazi News:



(U.S.) North Carolina: Police prepare for possible neo-Nazi meeting in Greensboro

-- News and Record reports:

-- "Greensboro police are preparing for the possibility that a meeting of the neo-Nazi National Socialist Movement could be held in the city later this month."

-- "The NSM, a group which describes itself as 'defending the rights of white people everywhere,' is planning its Southeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional meeting on Aug. 29, according to the group's Web site."

-- "The Detroit-based group, founded in 1974, says it is open to 'non-Semitic heterosexuals of European descent' and has core beliefs to 'preserve European culture and heritage, strengthening family values, economic self-sufficiency and reform of illegal immigration policies.'"

-- "The Anti-Defamation League describes the group as the largest neo-Nazi faction in the United States and states it has affiliations with the Ku Klux Klan, skinheads and other neo-Nazi organizations"

http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/08/15/article/police_prepare_for_possible_neo_nazi_meeting_in_greensboro



(U.S.) California: Appeals court overturns Holocaust looted-art law, but Norton Simon suit continues

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/08/federal-judges-overturn-californias-holocaust-lootedart-law-as-unconstitutional-.html





Against Misogynism News:



(U.S.) Hillary Clinton vows to 'banish sexual violence' -- in Congo

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32510028/ns/today-today_people/

--- Comment: but has consistently ignored the ideology of Islamic supremacism and its institutionalized violence against women - even in resolution on Somalia stoning case in October 2008

http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/SRes711.pdf





ERA News:



ERA would end women's second-class citizenship - by Carolyn Cook

-- "Carolyn Cook is the Washington representative for the ERA Campaign Network"

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20090412_ERA_would_end_women_s_second-class_citizenship.html







August 20, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



Pakistan seeks lawyers to defend al Qaeda suspect Aafia Siddiqui

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57I64Q20090819



Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi: Talks possible if Taliban disarm, accept govt's writ

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\21\story_21-8-2009_pg7_4

-- Same Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi who called for U.S. to negotiate with Taliban in Afghanistan

http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/125.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL24406020090210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews



(Pakistan) Bomb wounds 7 close to Pakistan capital

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD9A6PSLG0



(Pakistan) Taliban commander, over 60 others surrender in Swat 

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\21\story_21-8-2009_pg7_5

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/12-sixty+taliban+of+fazlullah+group+surrender--bi-07



(Pakistan) Pak anti-terror court declares Maulana Fazlullah fugitive

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pak-anti-terror-court-declares-Fazlullah-fugitive/articleshow/4909680.cms

-- Same Maulana Fazlullah reportedly "killed" on July 3

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/World/Pak-Taliban-chief-may-be-dead/articleshow/4729326.cms



(Afghanistan) Low turnout seen in Afghan election; 26 Afghans killed in election day attacks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090820/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan

-- Afghanistan Vote: Threats, Anger, Empty Polling Stations

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599191763600



(Afghanistan) Analysis: Afghan vote shows Taliban still potent

-- "Americans are tiring of the conflict. New polling shows a majority -- 51 percent -- of those surveyed now believe the war is not worth the fight"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090820/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan_analysis

-- Low turnout in Afghanistan as voters fear Taliban

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6062344/Afghanistan-election-low-turnout-as-voters-fear-Taliban-attacks.html

-- Afghanistan election: voters too scared or disillusioned to cast ballots

-- "Zabiullah's mother and sister were so afraid he would die in a Taliban attack as he cast his vote, they took matters into their own hands."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6062001/Afghanistan-election-voters-too-scared-or-disillusioned-to-cast-ballots.html

-- Taleban threats take toll on Afghan polls 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6804558.ece



(Afghanistan) Violence sweeps Afghanistan ahead of poll

http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/08/18/Violence-sweeps-Afghanistan-ahead-of-poll/UPI-43761250607600/



(Afghanistan) 'Indelible' ink used to mark Afghan voters may stain election success

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6804584.ece



(Afghanistan) Taliban's latest threat: cutting off noses and ears to anyone who dares voting

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16062&size=A



(Afghanistan) Taliban destroy Chinook in attempted election 'spectacular'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6062278/Taliban-destroy-Chinook-in-attempted-election-spectacular.html



(Iraq) Christian Doctor kidnapped, two killed in northern Iraq

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iZuUwxxrSS1BtxWjMgJTqUGU_PDg



(Iraq) Series of bombs in southern Iraq, four killed

http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSLK31076



Iraq attacks: al-Qaeda's perfect timing in Baghdad

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/6058117/Iraq-attacks-al-Qaedas-perfect-timing-in-Baghdad.html



Iraqis can contain surge in terrorism, says Petraeus

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iraqis-can-contain-surge-in-terrorism-says-petraeus-1775231.html



(U.S.) Source: CIA hired security firm to hunt al Qaeda

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/08/20/cia.blackwater/index.html



(UK) Lindy McDowell: How can Miliband justify his stance on Taliban terror?

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/lindy-mcdowell/lindy-mcdowell-how-can-miliband-justify-his-stance-on-taliban-terror-14457428.html



Gaza: Al-Qaida-style Islamism comes to Gaza

Al-Qaida-style Islamism comes to Gaza



Iran parliament to reject Ahmadinejad ministers: MPs

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSLJ67097620090820



Hezbollah Readies for War as UN Peacekeepers Can Only Observe 

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aeol1KbCenkM



Lebanon arrests al Qaeda militant near refugee camp

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LJ91511.htm



Saudi Arabia announces al Qaeda arrests

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/19/saudi.alqaeda.arrests/



(Libya) Lockerbie bomber freed, returns to cheers in Libya

-- "thousands of young men were on hand at a Tripoli airport where al-Megrahi's plane touched down"

http://www.wtol.com/global/story.asp?s=10966038

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_britain_lockerbie

-- Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi flies home to hero's welcome

--- "The terrorist had served less than eight years of a life sentence for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which killed 270 people"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6804745.ece

-- Boisterous welcome for Lockerbie bomber 

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/20/scotland.lockerbie.bomber/index.html

-- Lockerbie bomber returns to hero's welcome and Scottish flag waving in Libya 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/6063529/Lockerbie-bomber-returns-to-heros-welcome-and-Scottish-flag-waving-in-Libya.html



Somali government says it's taken town from Islamist fighters 

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/20/somalia.town.captured/

-- Comment: as if the Sharia-supporting Somali government was any "different"

--- Somalia's Government to Soon Sign State of Emergency Law

http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2009-08-21-voa1.cfm



Ethiopian Official Says Somali Militias Use Ethiopia to Attack Rebels

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-08-20-voa32.cfm



Germany: Killing Germans is a duty, Sauerland cell terror suspect tells court 

-- "One of the men accused of planning attacks on US military bases in Germany in 2007 told a Dusseldorf court Wednesday that the armed fight against German soldiers in Afghanistan was a 'duty.'"

-- "Adem Yilmaz, part of a group of suspected militant Islamists arrested in Germany's Sauerland region in September 2007, told the court in one of Germany's largest terrorism trials since the 1970s that it didn't matter to him whether the soldiers were American, German or Turkish."

-- "'For me they are all the same,' said Yilmaz, who is himself Turkish. 'Allah gave us the right to fight against those people who are fighting us,' he said, adding that many Muslims had been attacked in Iraq and Afghanistan."

-- "Yilmaz also said he stood by an earlier statement that he wanted to kill as many non-believers as possible."

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4582668,00.html



(Australia) Terrorist 'had six macabre videos'

-- "Victorian terrorist Shane Kent was not simply a barracker on the sidelines of a Melbourne terror cell but a man "front and centre" within the group organisation who had six graphic videos of Muslim extremists beheading Westerners."

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25954892-5006785,00.html



(Indonesia/U.S.) Militants behind Indonesia hotel bombs plotted to shoot Barack Obama

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6804565.ece



Indonesia Arrests 2 Suspects in Jakarta Bombings

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-08-19-voa19.cfm



(Indonesia) Police facing difficulties in tracing overseas financing of terrorism

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/19/police-facing-difficulties-tracing-overseas-financing-terrorism.html



Indonesia: Terror attacks 'funded from Middle East'

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3676501747





(Phillipines) Two dead, score injured in separate attacks in Philippines 

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6734801.html



(Colombia) U.S. Treasury Targets FARC Operative and Affiliated Companies

http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg265.htm





Islamic Supremacist War on Women News:



(U.S.) ICC Calls On Florida Social Services (DCF) to Not Return Christian Girl to Ohio -- Rifqa Barry

-- "May Face Honor Killing If Returned"

-- "International Christian Concern (ICC) is calling upon officials in Florida to retain custody of a Rifqa Barry, a Christian girl who has alleged that her fundamentalist Muslim Father in Ohio threatened to kill her upon finding out about her conversion to Christianity. Rifqa faces a jurisdictional hearing Friday at 3:15 pm from Florida s Department of Children and Family (DCF) to decide if she should be sent back to Ohio Social Services or her parents. ICC has extensive experience with fundamentalist Islam and is warning Florida officials that they must take these allegations seriously."

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10699

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/icc-urges-protection-of-rifqa-bary/

-- Florida: Ohio Girl Says Family Threatens to Kill Her for Converting from Islam to Christianity

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/florida-ohio-girl-convert-threatened/



(U.S.) Florida: Court Expected to Send Runaway Teen Home Despite Muslim Honor Killing Fears -- Rifqa Bary

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,541205,00.html



(U.S.) Florida: Gov. Charlie Crist Must Act to Save Muslim Girl -- Rifqa Bary

http://www.newsmax.com/frank_gaffney/crist_muslin_bary/2009/08/20/250292.html



(Iran) Stop the stoning of Sakine Ashtiani by barbaric Islamic Republic of Iran

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55479797684

-- Petition:

http://stopstonningnow.com/sakine/sakin284.php?nr=50326944



(Iran) Bishop pleads for captive female converts in Iran

-- "The case of two of them, Maryam Rustampoor, 27, and Marzieh Amirizadeh, 30, also suffering in Evin prison, has been taken up by the Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, who steps down soon as a diocesan to concentrate on helping persecuted Christians around the world."

-- "Dr Nazir-Ali told me: 'Maryam and Marzieh are being held simply because they have changed their belief. The UN Declaration on Human Rights says people everywhere should be free to do this and the Iranian Constitution guarantees freedom of religion. I appeal to the Iranian President to have mercy and to release these two young women forthwith so that they can receive the medical treatment which they so desperately need.'"

http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2009/08/bishop-pleads-for-captive-female-converts-in-iran.html



(Pakistan) Honor killing of 40 women in month of May, 2009, in Sindh

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1364

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-honor-killing-of-40-women-in-sindh/



Afghan women to miss out on vote in landmark election

-- Independent reports: "Millions of Afghan women will be denied their chance to vote in presidential elections this week because there aren't enough female officials to staff the women-only polling stations."

-- Independent reports: "Strict cultural norms mean women can't vote in male-run stations."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/afghan-women-to-miss-out-on-vote-in-landmark-election-1773091.html

--- Comment: Islamic supremacism against women is not merely "strict cultural norms"



(Germany) Muslim man sentenced to life in jail after killing his German-born wife because she was 'too independent'

-- "The 27-year-old Kurdish man, identified only as Onder B, was found guilty today of stabbing his wife in the eyes, beating her with a billiard cue and then running over her in his car."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1207931/Muslim-asylum-seeker-sentenced-life-jail-killing-wife-independent.html



Sudan's Rosa Parks

http://www.aina.org/news/20090819102812.htm





Other News:



'Saudi Arabia working on plans to build a nuclear power plant'

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418661994&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Canadian Pakistani Christians hold awareness rally on persecution in Pakistan

-- Pakistan Christian Post reports: 

-- "Scarborough: August 19, 2009. (PCP) Despite the Scorching heat of Sunday noon, temperatures rising to 32c the determined friends of Christian Minority of Pakistan held an awareness rally on August 16, 2009 to protest the Acts of Evil by the hands of Muslim Extremists in Scarborough, Canada at the doorsteps of ST. Barnabas Church which holds 3 services each Saturday and Sunday which very much get attended by 500 to 700 worshipers each service."

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1476



"Egypt - Two Copts Imprisoned after Reporting Attack"

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6074&backpage=summaries

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/egypt-two-copts-imprisoned-after-reporting-attack/



(UK) 'A man is trying to kill my mummy': Heartbreaking 999 call made by girl, 7, as she sees mother stabbed to death

-- "Rabina Bibi was stabbed repeatedly by Iranian immigrant Zakarya Rezaie"

-- "Miss Bibi, whose arranged marriage broke down six years ago, met Rezaie when he worked in a shop in Coventry and they had a brief relationship."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207591/A-man-trying-kill-mummy-Heartbreaking-999-girl-7-sees-mother-stabbed-death.html



(UK) London Times: "World's first Muslim superheroes, the 99, out to conquer the West"

-- London Times: "a Sharia-compliant version of the X-Men that has taken the Arab world by storm and has its sights set on the West"

-- London Times: "An animated series is being produced by Endemol, the Dutch company that made Big Brother internationally ubiquitous. Its mission: to instil old-fashioned Islamic values in Christian, Jewish and atheist children."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6802598.ece

-- "World's first Muslim superheroes, the 99, are headed for British television screens"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/cartoons/6059421/Worlds-first-Muslim-superheroes-the-99-are-headed-for-British-television-screens.html



UK: British Muslim youth more assimilated

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/uk-british-muslim-youth-more.html

-- Muslim youths in UK feel much more integrated than their European counterparts

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207935/Muslim-youths-UK-feel-home-European-counterparts.html?ITO=1490



Netherlands: Tariq Ramadan responds

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/netherlands-tariq-ramadan-responds.html



(U.S.) CAIR Welcomes Ruling in Support of Muslim Charity's Due Process Rights

-- "KindHearts, an Ohio-based Muslim charity that had its assets frozen by the government more than three years ago"

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-19-2009/0005080354&EDATE=







Against Racial Supremacism News:



Oklahoma: Police: Rape suspect may be KKK recruiter

http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/local/local_story_232004430.html



Virginia: Racist Graffiti Hits City

http://www.rocktownweekly.com/news_details.php?AID=40122&CHID=1



Texas: Klan distributes leaflets in Abilene

-- "The United White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan peppered some Abilene neighborhoods on Saturday night with leaflets."

-- "the local Klan group is seeking to recruit new members"

http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/aug/16/KKK-propaganda/



New Mexico's white supremacists keep the hate alive

-- Frontline Aryans group

http://www.sfreporter.com/stories/birther_of_a_nation/4937/









August 15-19, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



(Iraq) Blasts bring carnage to Baghdad

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8208976.stm

-- Wave of blasts in Iraqi capital kills at least 95 

-- "More than 300 wounded in attacks aimed at government, commercial sites"

-- "Iraqi officials blamed al-Qaida in Iraq and other Sunni insurgents, echoing U.S. military warnings that the militant group is trying to provoke new bloodshed to undermine public trust in the Shiite-led Iraqi government."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090819/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32472040/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/

-- Al-Qaeda kills almost 100 in Baghdad bomb carnage

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/6055892/Iraq-al-Qaeda-bombings-kill-almost-100-as-multiple-targets-hit-in-Baghdad.html



(Iraq) Anti-gay attacks on rise in Iraq 

-- "So-called honour killings also account for deaths where families punish their own kin in order to avoid public shame."

-- "Witnesses say vigilante groups break into homes and pick people up in the street, interrogating them to extract the names of other potential victims, before murdering them."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8204853.stm

-- Torture and execution of Iraqi gays on rise

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iuQBVd7hWah4YhnuHc52j-2oF2EA

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/08/17/iraq-stop-killings-homosexual-conduct



Pakistan: Islamic Supremacist blames Gojra massacre of Christians on "Western conspiracy"

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-supremacist-blames-gojra-on-west/



(Pakistan) Maulvi Faqeer acting Tehrik-i-Taliban chief: report 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-maulvi-faqeer-is-acting-tehrik-i-taliban-chief-qs-11

-- TTP's Maulvi Omer arrested 

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\19\story_19-8-2009_pg1_7



(Pakistan) Swat Taliban vow attacks after Ramzan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\18\story_18-8-2009_pg7_7

-- Spokesman for Taliban in Swat District: During Ramadan, 'The Taliban Will Intensify Attacks   And It Won't Be Long Until They Gain Control of Entire Swat Valley'; 'We Have a Large Number of Suicide Bombers   And Now is the Time to Use Them'

http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD249409



Pakistan/U.S.: U.S. Envoy Richard Holbrooke meets with Pakistan Islamic Supremacist Fazl-ur-Rehman "the Father of the Taliban"

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-holbrooke-meets-with-supremacist/

-- Reuters: "Obama reaches out to Islamist parties in Pakistan"

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57I0LO20090819

-- Holbrooke discusses political issues with Fazl

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\18\story_18-8-2009_pg7_11



(Pakistan) Jama'at-e-Islami (JI) stages 'Go America Go' rally

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\19\story_19-8-2009_pg11_4



(Pakistan) Sufi's sons knock at 'un-Islamic' PHC's door for release

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\19\story_19-8-2009_pg7_19



(Pakistan) Al-Qaeda has shifted bases to Pakistan

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/13+al-qaeda+has+shifted+bases+to+pakistan-za-02 



(Afghanistan) 6 US troops die in Afghanistan ahead of election

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090819/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan



(Afghanistan) Gunmen holed up in Afghan capital; blasts heard

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57I0FG20090819



(Afghanistan) Karzai says Taliban will fail to wreck Afghan vote

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE57E0D620090819



Afghanistan: Taliban launch violent attack in Kabul

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3671725237



Afghan Warlord's Warning To Nato Forces

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Afghanistan-Mujahideen-Warlord-Gulbuddin-Hekmatyars-Warning-To-Nato-Forces/Article/200908315362604?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15362604_Afghanistan%3A_Mujahideen_Warlord_Gulbuddin_Hekmatyars_Warning_To_Nato_Forces_



(U.S.) North Carolina: Feds seize guns, $14k cash from NC terror suspect Daniel Patrick Boyd

http://www.reflector.com/news/state/feds-seize-guns-14k-cash-from-nc-terror-suspect-782565.html



(U.S.) Man sentenced for role in plot to kill Jews, attack military bases

-- "Hammad Riaz Samana is the fourth member of Jami'yyat Ul-Islam Is-Shaheeh, or JIS, a prison-founded group that wanted to make a political statement that also had plans to attack the Israeli consulate in Los Angeles and El Al Israel Airlines at the Los Angeles International Airport"

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/samana-months-carney-2530952-sentenced-prison



(U.S.) 'Terrorism' barred at trial of three Yemeni men

-- Yehia Ali Ahmed Alomari, Mohamed Al Huraibi, and Saleh Mohamed Taher Saeed

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090817/NEWS01/908170319/1003



(UK) Scotland - Lockerbie bomber to be released

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090819/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_lockerbie

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6057024/Lockerbie-bomber-to-learn-if-he-will-be-freed.html

UK terror strike plot

-- "Al-Qaeda fanatics claim home-grown terrorists are plotting to attack targets in Britain."

-- "And, in an internet magazine read by thousands of Islamic extremists, they label Britain and Europe as a bigger enemy than the United States."

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2591268/UK-terror-strike-plot-claims-by-al-Qaeda.html



Iran official denies he made nuclear talks statement

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57H19G20090818



Iran's Mousavi says government agents raped detainees

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090818/wl_nm/us_iran



Lebanon catches fugitive militant

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8210009.stm

-- Lebanon: Militant Escapes From Prison 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/world/middleeast/19briefs-Lebanon.html?_r=1



(Lebanon) Head of Fatah Militia in Lebanon Munir Al-Maqdah: Fatah Does Not Recognize Israel; Israel Will Be Removed from Palestine

http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/2210.htm



Gaza: The Rise (and Fall?) of the Islamic Emirate in Gaza

http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA54209



(Mauritania) Al Qaeda claim French embassy bombing in Mauritania

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI168211.htm



(Russia) Suicide bomber kills 20,wounds 138 in Russia Ingushetia

http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSLH532762



(Spain) Majorca bomb suspects arrested

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/6054655/Eta-suspect-wanted-for-Majorca-attack-arrested-in-France.html



Indonesia: Up to 450 'recruited by Islamist terrorist'

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3668223800



Indonesian police ask suspects about al Qaeda links

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090818/indonesia_suspects_090818/20090818?hub=World



Philippines: Troops clash with gunmen in south

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3671803984





Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



Pakistan - ICC Report: "Pregnant Christian Dragged Naked through Pakistani Police Station"

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newsdetail.php?newscode=10680

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-pregnant-christian-woman/



(Afghanistan) U.N. rights body criticizes Afghan women's law

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE57I4IS20090819



(Afghanistan) YouTube video on child brides

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbtT8oHuap4&



(Malaysia) Muslim model becomes first woman in Malaysia to be caned after being caught drinking a beer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1207643/Muslim-model-woman-Malaysia-caned-caught-drinking-beer.html#ixzz0OdtuwYEr

-- Arrest warrant against woman sentenced for drinking beer

http://www.ptinews.com/news/236764_Arrest-warrant-against-woman-sentenced-for-drinking-beer



Egypt: Female Genital Mutilation on 11 year old, first charges brought

http://www.ansamed.info/en/news/ME03.@AM52233.html	





Other News:



DC: Egyptian Coptic Christians Protest for Human Rights, Equality, as President Obama Meets Mubarak

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/dc-egyptian-coptic-protest/



DC: Egyptian Copt Christian Group Holds Press Conference

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/dc-egyptian-copt-press-conference/



U.S.: Coalition of Coptic Organizations: "A Message to President Obama: Peace in the Middle-East Inseparably Linked to Peace for the Coptic Christians of Egypt"

http://www.earnedmedia.org/ccc0814.htm



Egypt: Report on Christian Copt Churches Attacked

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/egypt-report-on-christian-copt-churches-attacked/

-- WorldMag reports: "Churches attacked and Christians arrested? Egypt's ancient church faces new levels of persecution"

http://www.worldmag.com/articles/15734 



Egypt: video links on online videos regarding persecution of Christian Copts in Egypt

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/egypt-videos/

-- Persecution of Coptic Christians Egypt

http://en.sevenload.com/videos/04m8hmu-Persecution-of-Coptic-Christians-Egypt

-- Egypt: Muslim Persecution of Christians II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCjF0oYhw-0



Egypt: Arabs want Israeli concessions, says Mubarak

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3666723481



Pakistani Christians Forced into Refugee Camps 

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090815/pakistani-christians-force-to-become-refugee-in-islamabad/index.html

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistani-christians-forced-into-refugee-camps/



Pakistani Commentator Syed Jawaid Iqbal: 'All Religious Parties Should Be Given a Month's Notice to Decide... Whether They Are Religious Factions or Political Parties   Thereafter, Pakistan Should Not Be Called Either a Secular State or an Islamic One'

http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD249509



Indonesia - Christians Call for Rejection of Sharia-Inspired Bills

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6072&backpage=summaries



Sri Lanka - Rash of Attacks on Christians Reported

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6060&backpage=summaries



(Netherlands) Dutch university fires Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan - as "integration adviser"

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1035198&lang=eng_news

-- August 2009: Iran: Professor Ramadan on Iranian broadcaster PressTV  	

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/netherlands-professor-ramadan-on.html

-- July 17, 2009: "Court Reverses Decision to Bar Swiss Muslim Scholar" -- Tariq Ramadan

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/court-reverses-decision-to-bar-swiss-muslim-scholar/?hp



(UK) London drops 'burkini' swimwear for non-Muslims

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/08/london-drops-burkini-swimwear-for-nonmuslims.html

-- No Burquini, No Bathing: British Pools Impose Muslim Dress Codes on All Swimmers

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539864,00.html?test=latestnews



(France/Russia) Hijackers threatened to blow up mystery ship: reports

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090819/wl_nm/us_ship_russia;_ylt=AiZ89DawGFIrvQTTEo2DKh2MwfIE;_ylu=X3oDMTJoMzlmOWwwBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwODE5L3VzX3NoaXBfcnVzc2lhBGNwb3MDNwRwb3MDNwRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3JlcG9ydGhpamFjaw--



Bosnia: Muslim spiritual leader urges more Sharia law

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3666977693



Dow Jones to measure Shariah indices in Mena  

http://www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2009/8/Pages/18082009/08192009_76cc13ef944f4191bed4e064cc51b36b.aspx





Against Nazi News:



Germany: No letup in Nazi war crimes prosecution

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/17/still-hunting-for-justice/



Hungarian police prohibit neo-Nazi rally

http://jta.org/news/article/2009/08/16/1007274/hungarian-police-prohibit-neo-nazi-rally





Against Racial Supremacism News:



Michigan: Burning cross found in Oakland County yard

http://michiganmessenger.com/25040/burning-cross-found-in-oakland-county-yard



Virginia: Klan graffiti found in Queens Lake

http://www.vagazette.com/articles/2009/08/18/news/doc4a8976d6a60dc820828519.txt

-- Yorktown residents find 'KKK' graffiti on signs

http://hamptonroads.com/2009/08/yorktown-residents-find-kkk-graffiti-signs





Against Totalitarianism News:



(North Korea) Richardson: Talks with N. Koreans a 'hopeful sign'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090819/ap_on_re_us/us_richardson_nkorea





Women's Rights News:



Surprised by health care ruckus? Remember the ERA

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090818/COLUMNISTS10/908180305/Surprised%20by%20health%20care%20ruckus?%20Remember%20the%20ERA









August 14, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



Events: 

-- August 17 - DC: Egyptian Christian Human Rights Group Press Conference - Monday, August 17 - 9:30 AM

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/dc-egyptian-copts-press-conference/

-- August 18 - DC: August 18 White House Protest by Coptic Organizations

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/august-18-dc-protest-copts/





Newslinks: 



Pakistan: Country marks Independence Day amid tight security 

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3657711985



Pakistan Independence Does Not Include Human Rights for Many

-- Asma Jahangir, the chairperson of the Human Rights Commission: "For too long the Pakistani state has protected people with extremist views... It is not just political parties. There are radicalised individuals, and supporters of militant groups within the judiciary, the education system, the bureaucracy and police as well." 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8196013.stm



(Pakistan) Terrorism, extremism biggest national worries: PM Gilani 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-pm-gilani-felicitates-nation-independence-day-qs-07

-- Country facing terrorism due to wrong decisions of dictator: PM Gilani

http://geo.tv/8-14-2009/47587.htm

-- April 16, 2008 - Pakistan National Assembly passes resolution calling for U.N. to impose death penalty internationally for blasphemy

-- "Information Minister Sherry Rehman and Sahibzada Fazle Karim moved the two resolutions."

-- "Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani... arrived moments after the passage of the resolutions"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\16\story_16-4-2008_pg7_6



Pakistan Army Chief Kayani : We are against terrorism, not religion

-- Kayani: "Islam is the soul and spirit of Pakistan. It is our strength and we will always be an Islamic republic."

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/18-we-are-against-terrorism-not-religion-says-kayani-am-01



(Pakistan) August 14   a day to thank God for blessing us with freedom: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer

-- Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer: "Pakistan had come into existence to establish a society based on justice, tolerance and equality"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\14\story_14-8-2009_pg7_27

--- July 4, 2009 - Muslims attack Christian homes in Punjab

--- "A mob of some 600 people attacked about a hundred Christian homes in Bahmani, a village in Kasur district in Punjab"

--- "A cleric in a local mosque accused the Christians of blasphemy inciting his fellow Muslims to attack the Christians."

http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=33980

--- March 13, 2009: Punjab's Rawalpindi: Christian Faces 'Blasphemy' Abetting Charge, Dangers

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5846&backpage=summaries

--- March 7, 2009: Punjab: One killed in attack on church in Pakistan

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/one.killed.in.attack.on.church.in.pakistan/22711.htm

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5844&backpage=summaries



"Pakistan calls on Islamist militants to surrender"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pakistan-calls-on-Islamist-militants-to-surrender/articleshow/4893964.cms



(Pakistan) Baluchistan unrest threatens drive against Taliban

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62dad9ba-88ed-11de-b50f-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=4d9dd3aa-5fbd-11dc-b0fe-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1



(India) Mumbai Attacks: Mobile phones used by 26/11 attackers from China: Witness

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Mobile-phones-used-by-26/11-attackers-from-China-Witness/articleshow/4893405.cms



(India) New Delhi turned into fortress on eve of Independence Day 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019721&Language=en



(Afghanistan) Afghan victory 'in a few years'

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/47d7c222-8875-11de-82e4-00144feabdc0.html

-- General considers more Afghanistan fighters

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/14/general-considers-more-afghanistan-fighters/?feat=home_cube_position1



(Afghanistan) Potent Bombs Slow Marine Offensive

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/10/AR2009081003055.html



(UK) Pakistani Terror suspects denied bail by judge because of emails 'linking them to Al Qaeda bomb plot'

-- "The emails from the man, identified only as XC"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206563/Terror-suspects-denied-bail-judge-email-linking-Al-Qaeda-bomb-plot.html?ITO=1490

-- Judge says 'al-Qaeda emails' could refer to bomb plot

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/6030210/Judge-says-al-Qaeda-emails-could-refer-to-bomb-plot.html

-- KUNA Report

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019703&Language=en



(UK) The Muslim Council of Britain: Coming In From the Cold

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/08/14/the-muslim-council-of-britain-coming-in-from-the-cold/

-- Fun With Numbers (and with the Muslim Council of Britain)

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/08/13/fun-with-numbers-and-with-the-muslim-council-of-britain/



(UK) Lockerbie bomber drops appeal before 'release'

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6796144.ece

-- Lockerbie bomber 'should not be freed until Pc's killer handed over'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/6026469/Lockerbie-bomber-should-not-be-freed-until-Pcs-killer-handed-over.html

-- Lockerbie bomber: US says he should complete sentence 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/6024621/Lockerbie-bomber-US-says-he-should-complete-sentence.html



(UK) Britain s sustained courtship of Libya 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6795312.ece



(UK) "We'll ease up on Muslim fanatics"

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2579296/Labour-says-they-will-ease-up-on-Muslim-fanatics.html



Gaza: Pro-Qaida group declares 'Islamic emirate' in Gaza 

--  Jund Ansar Allah aka "Warriors of God"

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1107639.html

-- Hamas clash with radicals kills one, injures 20

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/08/14/81804.html



(Iran) Ignoring Iran's nuclear plan would be the West's greatest blunder 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/6023574/Ignoring-Irans-nuclear-plan-would-be-the-Wests-greatest-blunder.html



Iran: Professor Ramadan on Iranian broadcaster PressTV  	

-- "ScienceGuide reports that Ramadan is joined on his show by British parliament member George Galloway, who was kicked out of the Labour Party for his support of Saddam Hussein, as political commentator."

-- "Dr. Nicholas Kollerstrom, a former astronomer at University College London, who was fired for Holocaust denial, is also on the show. Kollerstrom wrote: 'Let us hope the schoolchildren visitors are properly taught about the elegant swimming-pool at Auschwitz, built by the inmates, who would sunbathe there on Saturday and Sunday afternoons while watching the water-polo matches; and shown the paintings from its art class, which still exist; and told about the camp library which had some 45,000 volumes for inmates to choose from, plus a range of periodicals; and the six camp orchestras at Auschwitz/Birkenau, its theatrical performances, including a children s opera, the weekly camp cinema, and even the special brothel established there.'"

-- "PressTV says: 'In his essay, Dr Nicholas Kollerstrom argues that the alleged massacre of Jewish people by gassing during World War II was scientifically impossible.'"

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/netherlands-professor-ramadan-on.html



German court upholds terror convictions of 3 men

-- "The Federal Criminal Court said Friday that it had confirmed the 2007 convictions of Ibrahim Mohamed Khalil, Yasser Abu Shaweesh, and Ismail Abu Shaweesh"

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3761945,00.html



Indonesia: Christian congregation threatened with sticks, protests - every Sunday - for praying

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/indonesia-christian-congregation-threatened/



(Thailand) Teashop attacked, one killed -- in Songkhla province

-- homemade bomb detonated in Pattani province

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/151688/villager-killed-in-sabayoi-shooting



Philippine military hunts down Muslim militants after offensive 

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1495446.php/Philippine-military-hunts-down-Muslim-militants-after-offensive



(China) Hackers Clash Over China's Rule in Muslim Province 

http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090814/tc_pcworld/hackersclashoverchinasruleinmuslimprovince



(Venezuela) Islamic Terrorists, Latin Style (Update)

http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#1381







Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



Canada: Prosecution wants father jailed for "honor crime" threats against daughter

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/canada-prosecution-on-honor-threats/

-- "Crown wants taxi union boss jailed for 'honour crime'"

-- Ottawa Citizen reports that court alleges: "Yusef Al Mezel's threat of an honour killing was designed to 'control and dominate' his then-23-year-old daughter, Eman Al Mezel"

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Crown+wants+taxi+union+boss+jailed+honour+crime/1890849/story.html



Kuwait: Female Kuwaiti MP Receives Death Threats

http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/19174.htm



Netherlands: Turkish/Moroccan girls don't seek help for sexual assault

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/netherlands-turkishmoroccan-girls-dont.html







Other News:



It is individuals who have human rights, not religions

-- Ian Harris: United Nations Human Rights Council... "would, in effect, undermine the Universal Declaration of Human Rights"

http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/69683/it-individuals-who-have-human-rights-not-religions



Radical Islamic terrorism targets Christians

http://www.examiner.com/x-11731-Boise-Christian-Living-Examiner~y2009m8d14-Radical-Islamic-terrorism-targets-Christians



Malaysia: "Complaint against inaction on Islamic magazine postponed"

-- "The May issue of the Malay-language 'Al-Islam' magazine reported that two Muslim journalists went into two Catholic churches in Kuala Lumpur, received Holy Communion, spat out the hosts, and then took photos of them."

http://www.ucanews.com/2009/08/14/complaint-against-inaction-on-islamic-magazine-postponed/



Lebanese Shi'ite Scholar Muhammad Hassan Al-Amin Calls for Separation of Religion and State, Criticizes Concept of 'Rule of the Jurisprudent'

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD249109



(UK) Government minister under fire for walking out of Muslim wedding

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/14/minister-criticised-muslim-wedding-segregation

-- "Segregation common in Islam"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6024629/Segregation-common-in-Islam.html

-- Segregated weddings? No thanks

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/aug/14/fitzpatrick-muslim-wedding-segregation



(UK) Christian pupils outnumbered by Muslims even in Roman Catholic schools -- in some parts of England

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/6028500/Christian-pupils-outnumbered-by-Muslims-even-in-Roman-Catholic-schools.html



Norway: Employ imams against prison extremism

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/norway-employ-imams-against-prison.html



Swiss move to ban minarets as 'symbols of Islamic power'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/swiss-move-to-ban-minarets-as-symbols-of-islamic-power-1771879.html



(U.S.) The Roots of Radical Islam in Prison

http://www.investigativeproject.org/1380/the-roots-of-radical-islam-in-prison



(U.S.) Woman Convicted of U.S. Presidential Assassination Attempted Released from Prison

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539378,00.html







Iran Protest News:



Iranian opposition plans new wave of resistance 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/



Iran: Reformers call for probe of Iran supreme leader

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090814/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_5

-- Reformists in Iran: Investigate if Khamenei qualified to rule

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418608677&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Iran candidate says prisoners tortured to death

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSHAF23304820090813



Allegations of torture against opponents of the president

http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14222321



Hardline cleric urges tough stance on Iran detainees

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSHAF23304820090814



Iranian opposition plans new wave of resistance

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6796583.ece



Iran delays release on bail of French student 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6795381.ece





Against Racial Supremacism News:



(U.S.) AP: "Black Man Pleads Guilty to Posing as Obama-Hating White Supremacist on Facebook" - Dyron L. Hart

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539445,00.html







Against Nazi News:



Australia: Holocaust denier begins jail term in Australia 

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418605661&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



UK: Signed copy of Mein Kampf sold in UK

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418605840&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Nazi fugitive 'Dr Death' Aribert Heim identified in Egypt by briefcase contents

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/6029689/Nazi-fugitive-Dr-Death-Aribert-Heim-identified-in-Egypt-by-briefcase-contents.html







Against Totalitarian News:



North Korea Willing to Hold Talks With U.S.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539346,00.html



US tests system to beat web censorship in China and Iran 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6026538/US-tests-system-to-beat-web-censorship-in-China-and-Iran.html





Against Misogyny News:



(Canada) Aruna Papp: Canada must come to grips with 'culturally approved violence' against women

http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=1891266&p=1







August 13, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



Pakistan: New Poll Shows 78 Percent of Pakistanis Support Death Penalty for Leaving Islam

-- 83 percent support stoning adulterers

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-78-percent-call-for-apostate-deaths/

-- Pew Global Press Release

http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=265

-- Pew Global Report

http://pewglobal.org/reports/pdf/265.pdf

--- Report page 3 -- "The new poll finds broad support for harsh punishments: 78% favor death for those who leave Islam; 80% favor whippings and cutting off hands for crimes like theft and robbery; and 83% favor stoning adulterers."

--- Questions 62b, 62c, and 62d, page 17

--- Page 18 - "only 16% of Pakistanis express a favorable view of the U.S." 

--- Consistent with previous polls where 75 percent have called for implementation of strict Sharia law by Pakistan government

http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/pakistan.html

--- How the Washington Post reports this story...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/13/AR2009081302770.html



Pakistan: Human Rights leaders expect more attacks on Christians

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-more-attacks-on-christians-expected/

-- UCAN: More attacks on Christians feared

http://www.ucanews.com/2009/08/13/more-attacks-on-christians-feared/



(Pakistan) NYC: Protest at United Nations HQ against Islamic Supremacist Religious Oppression and Blasphemy Laws

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/nyc-un-protest-against-blasphemy-laws-in-pakistan/

-- UPI: "Pakistani Christians stage U.N. protest"

-- UPI reports: "Pakistani Christians in New York demonstrated in front of the United Nations against the recent anti-Christian violence in Pakistan in which seven died."

-- "Protest leaders Wednesday condemned last week's violence in Gojra district in the Punjab Province in which a Muslim mob, irate over alleged desecration of the Koran, attacked a Christian neighborhood. The Christians have denied the allegations."

-- "Besides seven Christians, three Muslims died in police firing to disperse the mob."

-- "The U.N. protest leaders urged the Pakistani government to institute special measures to protect minorities in the country, the state-run Associated Press of Pakistan news agency reported. They called for the repeal of Pakistan's stringent blasphemy law, which can result in death for those insulting Islam."

-- "In a memorandum to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the protesters representing the Pakistan Christian Association in North America and the Christian Community in New York called for greater security for Christians and the release of those detained under the blasphemy law."

-- "The Pakistan Christian Post reported Canadians of Pakistani origin held a similar demonstration in front of the Islamic Foundation Center in Toronto, while Pakistani Christians in London held a day of mourning for those killed."

-- "The Catholic Leader reported Pope Benedict XVI deplored the killings of Christians and encouraged the minority community not be deterred by the attacks in efforts to help build a society that is marked by mutual respect among all its members."

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/08/13/Pakistani-Christians-stage-UN-protest/UPI-84471250143036/



(Pakistan) Suicide explosion in Waziristan kills five 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019565&Language=en



(Pakistan) 2,686 people killed in 1,367 terrorism incidents

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\14\story_14-8-2009_pg7_17



(Pakistan) We are fighting terrorism, not religion: Kayani

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\14\story_14-8-2009_pg1_1



(Pakistan) Gates confident Pak nukes safe

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\14\story_14-8-2009_pg7_9

-- Pakistan, seen stalling, says wants nukes banned

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pakistan-seen-stalling-says-wants-nukes-banned/articleshow/4888963.cms



(India) Mumbai Attacks: 26/11: Terrorist boat's Yamaha motor bought in Pak, says US witness

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-India/articlelist/-2128936835.cms



(Afghanistan) Bombs kill 14 civilians in Afghanistan

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gGFW-04c9sCbIsFs_o3SOPtlMu3A



(Afghanistan) Two journalists wounded in Afghanistan

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/12/afghanistan.journalists/



(Afghanistan) Three UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019622&Language=en



(Afghanistan) Taliban truce deals to ensure Afghan poll goes ahead

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0814/1224252550863.html



(Afghanistan) Karzai offers gov't jobs to presidential rivals

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090813/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_election

-- Hamid Karzai 'agrees ceasefire with Taliban' ahead of Afghan elections 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6024861/Hamid-Karzai-agrees-ceasefire-with-Taliban-ahead-of-Afghan-elections.html



(Afghanistan) Gates says Afghan security situation not requiring more US troops

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019650&Language=en



(Afghanistan) Spokesman for Taliban in Afghanistan: 'If the Crusaders Want... Afghanistan's Dogs to Gorge on Their Flesh, They Should Continue to Occupy Afghanistan'

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD248909



(Iraq) At least 20 killed in Iraq blast

-- "At least 20 people killed and 30 wounded in double suicide blast west of Mosul, Iraq"

-- "Many in town are part of Yazidi religious sect, mainly Kurdish minority"

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/iraq.violence/index.html

-- Two suicide attacks kill 25 Iraqis in Mosul 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019641&Language=en



Iraqi MP Iyad Jamal Al-Din: Hizbullah Uses 'Sacred Slogan' of Palestine for Its Political Agenda

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD248809



(U.S.) North Carolina: FBI Seeks Help In Locating Terrorism Suspect

-- suspected working out of Raleigh, NC area

-- "The feds say Jude Kenan Mohammad has been indicted on charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists."

-- "Documents say Mohammad is a U.S. citizen and North Carolina resident who went to Pakistan in October 2008 'to engage in violent jihad'"

-- "The indictment says eight North Carolina men plotted terrorism and traveled over the past three years to Jordan, Kosovo, Pakistan and Israel 'to engage in violent jihad'"

http://www.witn.com/stateregional/headlines/53145907.html

-- Authorities ask for help in finding terrorism suspect

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/13/nc.terror.suspects/index.html



(U.S.) Rejection of 'Jihadist,' 'War on Terrorism' Terms Draws Fire, Debate

http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/9760/150/1/0/



(U.S.) CNN: "Many young Muslim terrorists spurred by humiliation"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/13/generation.islam.violence/index.html



(U.S.) Virginia: Report: Trial of Sept. 11 terror suspects could come to Newport News

http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-now-terrorism-trial-courthouse.a133,0,2578165.story



(U.S.) Lawyer: U.S. hampers bid to clear Guantanamo detainee

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE57B61520090812



(U.S.) Third Minnesota Man Admits Fighting For Terror Group -- Neil H. MacBride

-- "Federal authorities in Minneapolis have unsealed charges against Kamal Said Hassan, believed to be in his early 20s."

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/08/12/3rd-u-s-man-charged-for-going-to-somalia/?test=latestnews



(U.S.) Ex-Biden Aide Picked for Alexandria U.S. Attorney

Office Handles High-Profile Terrorism, National Security Cases;Nominee Had Registered as Lobbyist

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080701562.html



(UK) US and British relatives split by prospect of Lockerbie bomber release

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6794382.ece



(Iran) Israeli Paper Says Strike on Iran Could Delay Bomb 

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/08/12/world/international-uk-israel-iran-report.html?_r=1



(Lebanon) Three people wounded in blast in N. Lebanon

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019511&Language=en



Israel taking soldier kidnap claim seriously 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019648&Language=en



'Hamas ready for Obama's ME peace plan'

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418601253&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Possible Showdown Between Al-Qaeda Supporters and Hamas at Friday Prayers in Rafah; Fatah Supporters Vow to Join in Fray

http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/19144.htm



Somalia, UK, and Killing of Christians

http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=8704



Sudan's Southern gov't confirms death toll of 1863 people, injury of 340 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019621&Language=en



(Canada/France) Report: "Terrorist in the Ivory Tower?"

-- addresses allegations against University of Ottawa professor Hassan Diab

http://www.aina.org/news/2009081392735.htm

-- June 2, 2009: Diab gets date for extradition hearing

http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2009/06/02/9656041.html

-- November 21, 2008: Hassan Diab: The French connection

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=18a26c46-f567-49f6-a933-c01ec9fac2bd

-- Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Diab



(Spain) Madrid train bomb suspect moved to Spain

-- "Suspect Said Rehou allegedly held indoctrination sessions"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/12/spain.bomb.suspect/



(Russia) Ingush minister shot dead at work

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8196689.stm



(Indonesia) Jakarta hotel florist plotted deadly bombings

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h8FL2krEjVHNTPs_oCGUoHVG3AoQD9A1GP080



Philippines: "Constant Terror" of Islamic Supremacist Violence against Christians in Zamboanga

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/philippines-christians-under-attack/

-- LA Times: "Philippine city lives in constant terror"

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-zamboanga9-2009aug09,0,2718217.story



Philippines: Muslim rebels killed in army attack

-- "At least 43 people have been killed in clashes between Muslim separatist militants and government forces on a remote island in the southern Philippines, an army commander said on Thursday."

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3653312344

 

(Australia) Al-Qaeda's surf chick -- Rabiah aka Robyn Hutchinson 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2009/08/090804_outlook_rabiah_hutchinson.shtml



Indonesia police find new bomb cache

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hkOxshkr3v3e6tQ_A5dp2v1Z5kcQ





Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



Jordan: "Honor Killing" - Man Charged with Killing Married Sister

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/jordan-honor-killing-of-married-sister/

-- Strait Times: "Man charged for killing sister"

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_416353.html

-- "A criminal prosecutor has charged a man with shooting to death of his pregnant sister to cleanse the family's honor because she got married without their approval"

-- "Jihad al-Diridi filed the charges of premeditated murder and illegal possession of weapons to the court Thursday."

-- "The prosecutor said the 23-year-old woman got married two years ago and had a baby boy."

-- "She later reconciled with her parents, who invited her to her brother's wedding Wednesday."

-- "Al-Diridi said the man shot his sister in the head and abdomen after the wedding party."

-- "He said the woman's husband was beaten by two other brothers, who were charged with assisting the crime."

-- "An average of 20 Jordanian women are murdered each year by male relatives in so-called 'honor killings.'"



Egypt - AINA Report: "Abduction and Forced Islamization of Christian Coptic Girls Continues in Egypt"

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/egypt-abduction-and-forced-islamization-of-girls/

-- "Another recent victim of abduction is 15-year old Marian Bishay, who went out on July 15, 2009 to get dinner for her mother and young brothers from a local restaurant, 50 meters away from where she lives in Omrania, Giza, but failed to return home. The local police succumbed to pressure and issued a missing person report after initially refusing."

-- "some reports said she was raped and forced to convert to Islam, while others said that she was kept in Alexandria against her will."

-- "The systematic abduction and forced Islamization of Coptic minor girls in Egypt is a frequent, dangerous and a rapidly escalating phenomenon, The problem was brought to light by the Coptic Pope Shenouda III as far back as December 17th, 1976, when he protested during a conference held in Alexandria that 'there is pressure being practiced to convert Coptic girls to embrace Islam and marry them under terror to Muslim husbands' and demanded that the abducted girls be brought back to their families."

http://www.aina.org/news/20090811125748.htm



Israel: Living Memorial in "Memory of Aqsa Parvez and All Victims of Honor Killings Worldwide"

-- "A grove of trees has been planted in Israel in Loving Memory of Aqsa Parvez and All Victims of Honor Killings Worldwide."

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/08/an-unmarked-grave-no-more-a-grove-of-trees-has-been-planted-.html



(U.S.) Florida: Honor Killing Averted: Muslim Convert to Christianity Flees For Her Life

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/602/muslim-convert-to-christianity-flees-for-her-life



(U.S.) ABC: "Muslim Parents Deny Threatening Daughter With Honor Killing Over Christianity"

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=8317155&page=1



(India) Sharia upheld in Modi's Gujarat, girl told to stay away from Hindu lover

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Sharia-upheld-in-Modis-Gujarat-girl-told-to-stay-away-from-Hindu-lover/articleshow/4892222.cms







Other News: 



(Iraq) Vatican official: Iraq's Christian community at risk of disappearing

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0903630.htm



(U.S.) Yale Press Bans Images of Muhammad in New Book 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/books/13book.html



(UK) Minister hits out over 'strange' segregation at Muslim wedding

http://www.theherald.co.uk/politics/news/display.var.2525408.0.Minister_hits_out_over_strange_segregation_at_Muslim_wedding.php







Against Nazi News:



(U.S.) Virginia: Man Linked to White Supremacist Nazi Volksfront Group Charged in Norfolk Synagogue Vandalism

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/volksfront-supremacist-synagogue-vandalism/

-- "Va. man charged in Norfolk synagogue vandalism"

http://www.norfolk.com/2009/08/virginia-man-charged-vandalism-norfolk-synagogues







Against Racial Supremacism:



(U.S.) Arizona: Accused White Supremacist Remains in Custody over 2004 Bombing -- former Ku Klux Klan leader Dennis Mahon

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/arizona-white-supremacist-custody-continues/



(U.S.) California: Police seek 2 white supremacists suspected of hate crime attack

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/california-white-supremacist-attack/



(U.S.) California: Confederate Flag Display Scars County Employees in Los Angeles

http://www.seattlemedium.com/News/article/article.asp?NewsID=98433&sID=3&ItemSource=L







Against Totalitarianism News:



U.S. Congressman Pays Tribute to Chinese Martyr Watchman Nee

-- China Aid reports:

-- "On July 30, Congressman Christopher Smith (NJ-04) spoke from the House of Representatives  floor to pay tribute to Chinese Christian martyr Watchman Nee. Congressman Smith wanted to recognize Nee, who is known around the world for his Christian witness and influence, and whose books are still banned in China today."

http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1273&month=08&year=2009&_nc=4b14263177aee14b8847a55e65a22c3b



China internet filter 'optional'

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25927417-23109,00.html







August 12, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



(Pakistan) Lahore: August 11, 2009. (PCP report) Christians took out protests and hoisted black flags to observe "Black Day"

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1471

-- Petition Calling for End of "Blasphemy Laws" in Pakistan

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/human-rights-in-pakistan/



(Pakistan) Some 20 million Christians to mark 'black day' against persecution in Pakistan

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16024&theme=8&size=A



(Pakistan) Govt may re-visit blasphemy law to prevent misuse

-- State Minister for Interior Tasneem Ahmed Qureshi to call for "inquiry"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\13\story_13-8-2009_pg7_29

-- April 21, 2009 - "Federal Shariat Court (FSC) ruling that the death penalty is the only punishment that Islamic law provides for blasphemy"

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/death+only+punishment+for+blasphemy--szh

-- April 16, 2008 - Pakistan National Assembly passes resolution calling for U.N. to impose death penalty internationally for blasphemy

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\16\story_16-4-2008_pg7_6



Pakistan: "Ahmediyya Community Murder in Pakistan"

-- "Another member of the Ahmediyya community, Rana Ata-ul Karim (36) was killed on 6 August 2009 in Multan, Pakistan. He was murdered simply for being an Ahmedi, a minority sect of Islam. Mr Karim, a well educated agriculturist, left his home for a few minutes in the afternoon and returned to find that his wife had been locked in their bedroom by three young men who had forcibly entered his house. Mr Karim was shot 3 times and died on the spot. The assailants immediately fled the scene. Mr Karim is survived by his wife and two young daughters."

http://www.examiner.com/x-16503-LA-County-Foreign-Policy-Examiner~y2009m8d11-Ahmediyya-Community-Murder-in-Pakistan



(Pakistan) Amnesty International "urges govt to amend or abolish blasphemy laws"

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-ai+urges+govt+to+amend+or+abolish+blasphemy+laws--bi-07 



(Pakistan) Quetta blast toll rises to two

http://geo.tv/8-12-2009/47510.htm

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/11-explosion--gunfire-at-quetta-checkpoint-kill-2--il--07



Pakistan Taliban Burning Schools to Face New Assault 

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aZeoL5Q54bCQ



(Pakistan) Taliban kill tribal elder in Mohmand 

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\12\story_12-8-2009_pg7_7



(Pakistan) Bomb kills two children

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25922504-23109,00.html



(Pakistan) Schoolteacher killed in Lower Orakzai 

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\13\story_13-8-2009_pg7_15



(Pakistan) Dozens die in militant battle in NW Pakistan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019373&Language=en



(Pakistan) 'Taliban won't attack forces during Ramzan' 

--- "Taliban in Orakzai Agency announced on Tuesday that they would not attack security forces during Ramzan and Taliban sharia courts would remain closed 'until the tenth day of Eid'"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\12\story_12-8-2009_pg7_6



(Pakistan) Taliban in disarray following Mehsud's death: Holbrooke

http://geo.tv/8-12-2009/47520.htm

-- "Mehsud death may split Taliban"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Mehsud-death-may-split-Taliban/articleshow/4887698.cms



Pakistan goes ballistic about report on nuclear complex attacks

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/Pak-goes-ballistic-about-report-on-nuclear-complex-attacks/articleshow/4884892.cms



(Pakistan) 'US with Pakistan for the long haul'

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\13\story_13-8-2009_pg7_3



(India) FBI agents give evidence at Mumbai attacks trial 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/07-fbi-officials-us-nationals-to-testify-in-mumbai-attack-hearing-ha-09

-- 26/11 trial: FBI confirms Pakistan link

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/26/11-trial-FBI-confirms-Pakistan-link/articleshow/4885130.cms

-- 'US to press Pakistan on Mumbai plotters'

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\13\story_13-8-2009_pg7_8



(India) Lashkar threat for Azad, Bhagwat

-- "With agencies giving inputs that Ghulam Nabi Azad and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat could be LeT targets, the Centre has asked all states to take special security precautions."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS-India/articlelist/-2128936835.cms



(India) Bomb threat in Indian plane

http://geo.tv/8-12-2009/47500.htm

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/delhi/Bomb-threat-on-Indigo-Airlines-flight/articleshow/4885975.cms



(Afghanistan) American soldier killed in S. Afghanistan 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019439&Language=en



(Afghanistan) 4 cops, 6 Taliban killed; journalists injured in Afghanistan 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019388&Language=en

-- Afghanistan: Taliban kill three police in northern attack 

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3649067542



(Afghanistan) US Marines attack Taliban town 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6015785/US-Marines-in-mass-assault-on-Taliban-town.html



(Afghanistan) U.S. mulls pulling troops from remote Afghan outposts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090812/pl_mcclatchy/3290624



(Iraq) Four dead, 8 wounded in separate incidents in Mosul, Kirkuk 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019434&Language=en

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019407&Language=en



(Iraq) Two Iraqi policemen killed in suicide blast in Ramadi 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019311&Language=en



(U.S.) Minnesota: Third man pleads guilty in Somali terror case 

-- "Kamal Hassan of Minnesota admitted in federal court today that he had been trained by and fought with al-Shabab."

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/08/3rd-somaliamerican-guilty-in-jihad-case-.html

-- Missing Somali men

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/somali_timeline/



(U.S.) Somali leader: Jihad recruiting slows

http://www.startribune.com/local/53001867.html?elr=KArks:DCiUo3PD:3D_V_qD3L:c7cQKUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU



U.S. judge sets trial date for terrorism suspect

-- Syed Hashmi "first person extradited to the United States from Britain on terrorism charges"

http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE57B5KI20090812



(U.S.) Prosecutors hail guilty verdicts in terror trial

-- "Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, 23, faces 60 years in prison"

http://www.ajc.com/news/north-fulton/prosecutors-hail-guilty-verdicts-113804.html?cxntlid=brkng_nws_bnr

--- Second Man Convicted in Georgia Lashkar Conspiracy

http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#1377



US, India to hold anti-terror talks 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019436&Language=en



(UK) Report: Lockerbie Bomber to Be Released From Jail -- Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539204,00.html



(UK) Government seeks to recast relations with British Muslims

-- "Communities secretary John Denham urges policy shift to downplay emphasis on tackling on violent extremism"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/aug/10/john-denham-uk-muslim-community



(UK) Dame Vera Lynn says Britain's Afghan campaign makes no sense to her

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6794038.ece



(UK) 'Defence league' recruiting football fans to march against Islamic extremism

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/aug/10/english-violence-militant-football-islamist



(Syria) Article in Syrian Government Daily: The Holocaust   Part of a Reciprocal Conflict between Hitler and the Jewish Capitalists; Its Real Victims Are the Germans and the Palestinians

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD248609



Lebanese Islamists Favor 'Offensive Jihad' to Conquer the World, Impose Islam 

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD248509



West Bank: Two men lightly injured in West Bank shooting attack

-- "Army says 3 young men traveling in car near Nablus when Palestinians open fire; casualties evacuated to hospital; troops comb area for perpetrators"

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418590742&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Hamas: Israel will cave in on Schalit

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418587274&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Ghana: Terror At Akwatia: As Baba Jamal Declares Jihad

-- "The attacks come on the heels of a declaration of Jihad (Holy war) by the NDC candidate, Mohammed Baba Jamal"

http://dailyguideghana.com/newd/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4827&Itemid=243



(Nigeria) Al Qaeda could seek 'foothold' in Nigeria, Clinton warns during trip

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/08/12/clinton.nigeria/index.html



(Nigeria) Washington Post: "In Nigeria, Islamic law fails to deliver"

-- "Vows of accountability, equity under moderate Sharia are unmet"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32382904/ns/world_news-washington_post/



(Somalia) Witnesses: 5 Pakistani clerics killed in Somalia mosque

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g7OaI4_kjeHA-o4UhlmP7vlWmrrwD9A1CQ480

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iEskb_DILCcLBNSaBTXYqZKyyXEA



(Germany) Suspect: Sauerland cell planned attack on German airports

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1494871.php/Suspect-Sauerland-cell-planned-attack-on-German-airports

-- Jihadists Describe Hatred Of U.S. As Reason For Terror Plot 

http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=22505



(Indonesia) Preacher groomed boys for jihad -- Syaefuddin Jaelani

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25917680-25837,00.html



(Indonesia) DNA confirms terrorist Noordin Top escaped gun battle

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/indonesia/6013545/DNA-confirms-terrorist-Noordin-Top-escaped-gun-battle.html



(Philippines) Filipino troops kill 20 Muslim extremists in raids

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090812/tap-as-philippines-abu-sayyaf-2nd-ld-wri-fe2a5de.html



(Thailand) Villagers wounded by bomb in Pattani

-- "A bomb explosion at the entrance door of Rusa Milae village school in Pattani s Muang District on Wednesday morning seriously injured two civilians, Pattani police said."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/151577/villagers-wounded-by-bomb-in-pattani



(Thailand) Assistant village head killed in drive-by shooting in Yala

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30109440/Assistant-village-head-killed-in-drive-by-shooting



(Thailand) Curfew lifted for 2 Yala districts

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30109579/Curfew-lifted-for-2-Yala-districts





Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



(Iran) "Executing Virgins, Iran Style"

-- "Iran made it illegal to execute virgins, but created a legal loophole by ordering guards to 'marry' and rape their prisoners"

http://www.aina.org/news/20090811125148.htm







Other News:



Iran - Authorities Tighten Grip on Christians as Unrest Roils

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6057&backpage=summaries



Russia Is Still Getting Away With Murder

-- "The paradox is that Mr. Putin has succeeded in creating exactly what his predecessor Boris Yeltsin first went to war in Chechnya in 1994 to prevent: a lawless quasi-autonomous region run by a gangland-style warlord who rules through a manipulation of clan rivalries, vendettas and elements of Islamic Shariah law"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/world/europe/12iht-lettereuropeweb.html?_r=1

-- ACPC Exclusive: Adam Delimkhanov threatens human rights workers on Grozny TV

http://www.peaceinthecaucasus.org/node/2767



Al-Arabiya TV Deputy Secretary-General on Palestinian Human Rights

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/al-shiryan-palestinian-human-rights/

-- MEMRI: "Al-Arabiya TV Deputy Secretary-General Calls for Resettlement of Palestinian Refugees"

-- "Objecting to Refugee Resettlement Is Objecting to Peace"

-- "Stop Treating the Palestinians Like A Plague"

-- "The Arabs Have Turned the Palestinians Into a People Defeated Both Morally and Materially"

-- Daoud Al-Shiryan, Al-Hayat columnist and deputy secretary-general of Al-Arabiya TV on Arab countries:

--- "These countries must stop treating the Palestinians like a plague, using slogans which, as we all know, have become nothing but empty utterances in a loathsome struggle. We must break the isolation of the Palestinians in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. A Palestinian should be made to feel like a welcome and dear guest - before some external intervention comes along and grants him the right to live in dignity, to everyone's consternation." 

http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP248309



(Israel/U.S.) Reports on CODEPINK's pressure on Oxfam as part of campaign against Israel-based Ahava comestics company

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418545631&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08062009/gossip/pagesix/sex_star__oxfam_part_ways_183164.htm

-- Oxfam website

http://www.oxfam.org/

-- Ahava website

http://www.ahava.com/

--- CODEPINK's boycott against Israel-based Ahava cosmetics

Code Pink protest calls for Ahava boycott

http://www.codepinkalert.org/section.php?id=415

--- Boycott campaign pays off as Oxfam suspends TV star Kristin Davis

http://mondoweiss.net/2009/08/boycott-campaign-pays-off-as-oxfam-suspends-tv-star-kristin-davis.html



Phyllis Chesler: "Open Season on Christians in the Islamic World"

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/08/12/open-season-on-christian-in-the-islamic-world/



Netherlands: Mohamed most popular name in major cities

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/netherlands-mohamed-most-popular-name.html



French ban Muslim woman from wearing 'burkini'

-- "because of France's pool hygiene standards"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090812/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_burquini_banned

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6017524/French-ban-Muslim-woman-from-pool-for-wearing-burkini-swimsuit.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6793574.ece

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,539108,00.html?test=latestnews



"U.S. policy may unknowingly aid Shariah radicalism" - Frank Gaffney

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/12/but-is-islam-at-war-with-us/



(U.S.) CNN: "Muslim women uncover myths about the hijab"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/12/generation.islam.hijab/index.html



(U.S.) Disaster plans leave disabled behind

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/12/disaster-plans-leave-disabled-behind/?feat=home_headlines







Against Nazi News:



(Germany) Demjanjuk lawyer calls for case to be closed 

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GERMANY_DEMJANJUK?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=EUROPE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-08-12-14-09-51







Against Racial Supremacism News:



Georgia: Swastika painted outside Black Congressman's office

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/david-scott-swastika/

-- Georgia: Swastika painted outside Congressman's office

http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/swastika-painted-outside-congressmans-113070.html

-- Swastika painted at Georgia congressman's office

-- "Scott, who is black, said he also has received mail in recent days that used N-word references to him, and that characterized President Barack Obama as a Marxist."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090811/ap_on_go_co/us_health_care_swastika_3

-- Congressman David Scott's Office Vandalized With Spray-Painted Swastika

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/08/rep-david-scotts-office-vandalized-with-spraypainted-swastika.html

-- FBI Makes Federal Case of Swastika

http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20090812/pl_cq_politics/politics3190787_1

http://www.hurryupharry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/nazi-graffiti.jpeg



SPLC Reports on Rise of Militia Groups with Racial Supremacist Outlook

-- states that change has been that events have "racialize[d] the Patriot movement, which in the past was not primarily motivated by race hate"

http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=392

-- PDF of report

http://www.splcenter.org/images/dynamic/main/The_Second_Wave.pdf

-- News Report

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25922502-23109,00.html







Against Totalitarianism News:



(Burma) Suu Kyi lawyers to appeal

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/burmamyanmar/6013543/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi-verdict-lawyers-to-launch-appeal.html



(North Korea) UN Chief says direct contact with DPRK possible 

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/12/content_11870078.htm





Against Misogynist News:







August 11, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



(Pakistan) Washington DC National Press Club "Black Day" Press Conference Videos Online - Calling for End to Pakistan Blasphemy Laws

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/081009-dc-press-club-videos/

-- Part 1: Introduction by Ahmar Mustikhan and Jeffrey Imm of Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AziW4mde4Xc

-- Part 2: Dr. Nazir Bhatti - Pakistan Christian Congress (PCC)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQqJ8-HshfA

-- Part 3: Jeremy Sewall, International Christian Concern

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Y4v-XhGtM

-- Part 4: Ahmar Mustikhan, AFB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1aV4Cbk3EM

-- Part 5: Ahmar Mustikhan, AFB Continued - on Baluchistan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cLSkbHiZCI

-- Petition Calling for End to "Blasphemy Laws" in Pakistan

http://www.petitiononline.com/lawslove/petition.html



(Pakistan) DC: Full Text of Dr. Nazir Bhatti Press Conference Statement on Pakistan Blasphemy Law and Attacks on Christians

-- Washington DC: August 10, 2009; (PCP report) Nazir S Bhatti, President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC appealed to US administration and EU to press upon Pakistan

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1470

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/dc-full-text-of-dr-nazir-bhatti-press-conference-statement-on-pakistan-blasphemy-law-and-attacks-on-christians/



(Pakistan) Christians rally on  black day  against Gojra killings 

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\12\story_12-8-2009_pg13_4

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-christians-rally-on-black-day/



Pakistani Christians Protest Violence with 'Black Day' 

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090811/pakistani-christians-protest-violence-with-black-day/index.html



(Pakistan) US Congress urged to expedite passage of Kerry-Lugar Bill

--- tripling aid to Pakistan to "win the hearts and minds of the Pakistani people"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\12\story_12-8-2009_pg7_26



(Pakistan) Boys detail intense days in Taliban training camp

-- 14 year old boy: "'They were always preaching jihad and telling us it was our ... duty,' the boy said. 'They said we shouldn't let anyone hinder us. And if our parents stood in the way, we were told we could kill them.'"

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tc-nw-taliban-boys-0810-0811aug11,0,2127042.story



(Pakistan) Taliban torch 7 schools in Buner 

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\12\story_12-8-2009_pg1_1



(Pakistan) Taliban kill tribal elder in Mohmand 

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\12\story_12-8-2009_pg7_7



(Pakistan) Hakeemullah's followers in Orakzai clash; 21 killed 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-militant-infighting-leaves-19-dead-orakzai-qs-13



(Pakistan) Baitullah killed while getting 'leg massage': US intel 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/09-baitullah-killed-while-getting-leg-massage-us-intelligence--szh-01

-- Prove Baitullah Mehsud is alive, Pak govt challenges Taliban

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Prove-Baitullah-Mehsud-is-alive-Pak-govt-challenges-Taliban/articleshow/4882460.cms



(Pakistan) Jamat-e-Islami Pakistan to take out 'Go America Go' rally on Aug 18

http://geo.tv/8-12-2009/47468.htm



(Pakistan) Jihadis thrice attacked Pakistan nuclear sites

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Jihadis-thrice-attacked-Pakistan-nuclear-sites/articleshow/4879235.cms

-- Pakistan's nuclear bases targeted by al-Qaeda 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6011668/Pakistans-nuclear-bases-targeted-by-al-Qaeda.html

-- Pakistan Nuclear Arms Security: FAIL

http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#1373

-- Pakistan Calls Nuke Attack Report 'Out of Context' 

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,538959,00.html

-- Pakistan nukes secure, says Pentagon

http://geo.tv/8-12-2009/47469.htm



(Pakistan) US hits Baitullah bastion, kills 14 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/US-hits-Baitullah-bastion-kills-14/articleshow/4883461.cms



Pakistan denies accepting bodies of 26/11 attackers

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pakistan-denies-accepting-bodies-of-26/11-attackers/articleshow/4881159.cms



(Afghanistan) President Karzai to invite Taliban to table if wins election

http://geo.tv/8-11-2009/47446.htm

-- Hamid Karzai 'will not' win Afghan election outright 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6010602/Hamid-Karzai-will-not-win-Afghan-election-outright.html



Afghanistan: Four NATO troops killed in attacks

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3646613300

-- (Afghanistan) Three US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=84769



(Afghanistan) Taliban Chief Writes 'Handbook' to Win Hearts and Minds of Afghans

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,538949,00.html



(Afghanistan) Taliban Statement on Sarkozy's Islamic Veil Comments: 'Anti-Islamic' Sarkozy 'Wants to Arrogantly Force Muslim Women to Lose Their Identity by Mingling in the Lascivious Western Culture'

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD248409



Iraq: Car bombs kill eight in Shi'ite Baghdad district 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LB277412.htm

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/iraq.bombings/index.html?section=cnn_latest

-- Ten people die in 3 blasts in Baghdad -- police 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019247&Language=en



(Iraq) U.S. Commander in Iraq: Al Qaeda Remains Combat Power

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,538967,00.html



Somalia: Islamic Supremacists Behead Four Christian Orphanage Workers in Somalia

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/somalia-behead-christian-orphanage-workers/

-- ICC Report: Islamic Extremists Behead Four Christian Orphanage Workers in Somalia 

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10638&PHPSESSID=be928ddf516bb53a8e99b34c9d7ad4eb



(U.S.) Georgia: Closing Arguments Begin in Terror Trial -- Ehsanul Islam Sadequee

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/Ga_Terror_Trial_Could_go_to_Jury_081109

-- Deliberations to continue in Atlanta terror trial

http://www.ajc.com/news/deliberations-to-continue-in-113222.html



(U.S.) White advisor John Brennan disputes 9/11 Commission Report description of jihad

-- White House counterterrorism advisor John Brennan defines "jihad"

-- "'jihad,' meaning to purify oneself or to wage a holy struggle for a moral goal"

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/08/06/a_new_approach_to_safeguarding_americans_0?page=0,3

-- U.S. 9/11 Commission Report references to the term "jihad"

http://clusty.com/search?input-form=simple-clusty-gov&query=Jihad&v%3Aproject=clusty-gov&v%3Apersonality=&v%3Asources=911



(U.S.) White House counterterrorism advisor John Brennan in 2008 on Hezbollah

--- "It would not be foolhardy, however, for the United States to tolerate, and even to encourage, greater assimilation of Hezbollah into Lebanon's political system, a process that is subject to Iranian influence."

http://www.rightsidenews.com/200908115906/editorial/brennan-on-hizballah-they-cant-be-terrorists-they-have-lawyers.html

http://ann.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/618/1/168



(U.S.) NYC: "Westboro Baptist Church" Hate Group Spreads Anti-Semitic Hate

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/nyc-westboro-baptist-church-hate-group/

-- Jerusalem Post: Extremist Christians: 'God hates Jews'

-- "Westboro Baptist Church members protest in front of several Jewish institutions throughout New York"

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418582622&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

-- "Westboro Baptist Church" on Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) list of hate groups

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=26



(UK) Kensington Welcomes Jihadi Preacher

-- "Anwal al-Awlaki is an American extremist based in Yemen"

-- Anwar "Awlaki to deliver a video message at Kensington Town Hall in West London on 30th August"

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/08/11/kensington-welcomes-jihadi-preacher/



Kuwait nabs al-Qaida group planning US base attack

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090811/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_kuwait_al_qaida



Hamas: We've got UNRWA's ambulances

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418573127&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Gaza: Terrorists who fought U.S. in Iraq make way to Gaza

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1106689.html



Prominent Salafi-Jihadi Scholar Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi: 'We and Hamas Share Neither Ideology Nor Doctrine'

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD248209



Yemen welcomes home cleric expelled from US -- Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5guX0pr4LGwh_uf2jZ8N8qiOdOVGw



Chechnya: Head of children's charity shot dead in Chechnya - Zarema Sadulayeva and husband Alik Dzhabrailov

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/chechnya-childrens-charity-head-killed/

-- Reuters reports:

http://www.kyivpost.com/world/46821

-- "The kidnapped head of a children's charity and her husband were found murdered in the boot of a car in Russia's Chechnya on Tuesday in the latest in a string of killings in the troubled Muslim republic."

-- "The bodies of Zarema Sadulayeva and husband Alik Dzhabrailov were found with multiple bullet wounds hours after they were seized from the office of the Save the Generations charity in the regional capital Grozny, prosecutors said in a statement."

-- "The attack comes a month after leading Chechen rights activist Natalia Estemirova was kidnapped and murdered by unknown assailants, triggering international outrage."

-- Also Gulf Times report

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=308587&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21



Spain: Islamist terrorism in Andalucia "stable and structural"

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/spain-islamist-terrorism-in-andalucia.html



Kosovo editor: Islamist hackers block Web site

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/state/kosovo-editor-islamist-hackers-block-web-site-769092.html



Belgium: Prison escape accomplice caught

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/belgium-prison-escape-accomplice-caught.html



Indonesia: President Yudhoyono warns that terrorists are planning more attacks

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=16021&size=A



(Indonesia) Radical Islam regeneration remains risk in Indonesia

http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSTRE57A1V020090811



(Australia) Pull the plug on Hezbollah TV

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25911012-7582,00.html



Thailand Won't Extradite Suspected Arms Dealer -- Viktour Bout

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/world/asia/12bangkok.html?_r=2







Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



Mali: Threats of violence greet new family code

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/mali-threats-of-violence-greet-new-family-code-offering-rights-for-women/

-- "While rights groups are celebrating a newly-adopted family code in Mali that changes marriage laws and expands girls' rights, Muslim leaders and youths have vowed, even threatening violence, to block the code from becoming law."

-- "The code   under discussion for 10 years before its adoption on 3 August   includes more than 1,100 new articles, including setting the legal minimum age for marriage at 18, abolishing the death penalty, recognizing only secular marriages and expanding inheritance rights to girls. The code must be approved by the president to become law."

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/65ee8153f8163b88ce65bd67b2e9ff34.htm



Egypt: Report on Increasing Islamic Supremacist Intolerance to Women, Christians

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/egypt-report-on-increasing-islamic-supremacist-intolerance-to-women-christians/

-- NYT report: On Beaches, Intolerance Wears a Veil 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/world/middleeast/12iht-letter.html

-- also addresses increasing violence against Christians

--- "there are sharper signs of intolerance: increasing Christian-Muslim clashes, unfamiliar to old Alexandrine eyes"

--- "On April 4, a Muslim man was allegedly stabbed by his Coptic Christian landlords in a dispute over garbage collection, according to a July 30 report by the Cairo-based Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a human rights watchdog. When the man died the next day, Muslims praying at a mosque in the city s Karmouz district chanted 'they will die' and then trashed Christian-owned stores, the report said."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/world/middleeast/12iht-letter.html



Sudanese woman in trouser case banned from travel

-- "Sudan has barred Lubna Hussein, a woman who faces 40 lashes for wearing trousers in violation of decency laws, from travelling abroad, she said on Tuesday."

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\12\story_12-8-2009_pg7_36







Other News:



If You Convert You Die - by Nonie Darwish 

http://frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=35777



(U.S.) Virginia: Experts Believe Islamic Saudi Academy Continues to Teach Islamic Supremacism

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/virginia-experts-on-isa-teachings/



(U.S.) Hide and Seek -- NPR article on Virginia's Islamic Saudi Academy

-- "A Virginia school scrubbed jihad from its textbooks, but may still preach violence"

-- Nina Shea and Ali al-Ahmed report on Virginia's Islamic Saudi Academy

-- "For nearly 25 years, the Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA), the Virginia school founded by royal decree of Saudi King Fahd in 1984, immersed students of its Islamic-studies curriculum in the same Wahhabi interpretation of Islam that is taught in Saudi Arabia and in Saudi-funded madrassas around the world. That curriculum includes praise for militant jihad to 'spread the faith  and permission for the killing of various categories of  unbelievers,' as well as other endorsements of religious intolerance."

-- "Now, as it seeks permission from Fairfax County to expand its operations, ISA claims that, over the last school year, it replaced the Saudi religious curriculum with a more moderate one."

-- "Through private channels, we were able to acquire ISA's Islamic-studies textbooks, all marked for use in the first semester of the 2008-09 school year. Compared to the original Saudi Education Ministry versions, these new Arabic-language textbooks -- one slim, single volume for each grade -- are indeed redacted and condensed."

-- "We wish we could celebrate the deletions we helped catalyze, but we are not persuaded that the problem is solved. The books contain no significant discussion of jihad and make few references to the religious 'other.' The silence is deafening. It raises the question -- a question ISA has yet to answer-- of what supplemental material the academy is using."

-- "The question is not whether ISA supplements these new textbooks with other material, but what these other materials contain. There is evidence that the school, over the past school year, did in fact continue to use some extremist supplemental resources."

-- "ISA's website for 2008-09 stated that the school 'follows the Islamic Studies curriculum which has been set forth by the Kingdom.' As the first resource on its 'Useful Links' webpage, ISA linked to the Saudi Education Ministry site, where the noxious curriculum is posted in full. Those books, according to the Ministry, are electronically formatted to facilitate copying, cutting, and pasting. This underscores the problem of a piecemeal approach to Saudi educational reform."

-- "Even the new texts themselves reference several extreme Islamic authorities. For example, the new twelfth-grade book directs students to Ibn Taymiyyah for resolving moral questions. A 14th-century author, Ibn Taymiyyah extolled the militant jihad we call 'terror.' His fatwas were found in a recent study by West Point's Combating Terrorism Center to be 'by far the most popular texts for modern Jihadis.' Renowned religion scholar Philip Jenkins wrote that Osama bin Laden cites Ibn Taymiyyah as a 'special hero.'"

-- "In addition, it's important to note that on matters besides jihad, the books still largely reflect Wahhabi orthodoxy. For example, ISA s new texts endorse marriages between adults and pre-pubescent children, teach that women should not be judges or exercise 'greater governorship,' and starkly divide the world into believers and unbelievers."

-- "Nina Shea is director of the Center for Religious Freedom of the Hudson Institute and serves on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. Ali al-Ahmed is a Saudi expert and directs the Gulf Institute, a Washington-based policy research center."

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZWIwMWQ5MTFjMjBmMDI4YjFiZmUwMzg2M2JkZmIxOWE=



-- See also:

--- Researchers Dubious that Islamic Saudi Academy Curriculum Problems Solved

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.3974/pub_detail.asp

--- July 31, 2009: R.E.A.L. Statement to Fairfax County Board of Supervisors

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/real-to-fairfax-county-073109/

--- July 13, 2009: Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) Statement to Virginia s Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on the Islamic Saudi Academy

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/islamic-saudi-academy/

--- March 18, 2009 R.E.A.L. Statement to the Fairfax County Planning Commission

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/real_fairfax/



(U.S.) Punk meets Islam for new generation in U.S.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/08/11/generation.islam.punk.rock/1



Iran: Families: American hikers entered Iran by mistake

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090811/ap_on_re_us/us_iran_missing_americans



Scotland is emerging as new hub of Islamic finance

http://www.daily.pk/scotland-is-emerging-as-new-hub-of-islamic-finance-8385/





Iran Protest News:



Iranian opposition puts election unrest toll at 69

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090811/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705322659/Iran-opposition-puts-election-unrest-toll-at-69.html?linkTrack=rss-5



Iran: UN's Ban congratulates Iran President Ahmadinejad 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N11544093.htm



(Iran) French student's 'confession' at Iran court

-- French language teaching assistant Clotilde Reiss

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6790673.ece





Against Totalitarianism News:



(Burma) Myanmar sentences Suu Kyi to more house arrest

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090811/ap_on_re_as/as_myanmar_opposition_leader



(North Korea) Treasury Designates Financial Institution Tied to North Korea's WMD Proliferation 

http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg260.htm





Against Nazi News:



German commander jailed for life in Nazi trial

-- Josef Scheungraber

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/6009145/German-commander-jailed-for-life-in-Nazi-trial.html





Against Misogyny News:



Women at Risk 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/opinion/08herbert.html?_r=1





August 9-10, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



Petition Calling for End of "Blasphemy Laws" in Pakistan

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/human-rights-in-pakistan/

http://www.petitiononline.com/lawslove/petition.html



DC: National Press Club Press Conference Announcing "Black Day," Petition Against Pakistan Blasphemy Law

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/press-conference-challenging-blasphemy-law/



Pakistan: Christians remember victims of Gojra violence

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-christians-fear-no-evil/

-- UCAN Report: Christians remember victims of Gojra violence

http://www.ucanews.com/2009/08/10/christians-remember-victims-of-gojra-violence/

-- UCAN: "More than 500 people packed the Sacred Heart Church in Gojra recently to remember those who died in anti-Christian rioting"

-- Father Hadayat: "I believe their blood will not go wasted and will bring about a revolt against the black (blasphemy) laws."

-- "According to Church sources, the death toll from the rioting has now risen to 10, including three children and three women."



"Pakistani Christians shall observe 'Black Day' on August 11, 2009, instead Independence Day of Pakistan on August 14,2009' Bishop Ijaz Inayat announced here today in Karachi."

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1469

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistani-christians-in-karachi/



Pakistan Daily Times: "Blasphemy laws once again in the limelight"

-- Pakistan "cabinet ministers have stopped short of pledging to scrap the blasphemy laws"

-- "Religious affairs minister says major amendments in blasphemy laws will benefit Taliban"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\10\story_10-8-2009_pg1_9

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-daily-times-blasphemy-laws-once-again-in-the-limelight/



Canada: Canadian Pakistani Christian staged rally to condemn Gojra massacre

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1343



Pakistan - Additional Report on 60-year-old woman charged with "blasphemy"

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/addtl-report-60-year-old-blasphemy/

-- BBC: "The women says it wasn't the Koran she flung to the ground but a register in which the shopkeeper had listed her credit"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8189209.stm

--- August 5, 2009: Pakistan: Mob attacks home of 60-year-old woman in Islamic supremacist 'blasphemy" charge

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-mob-attacks-womans-home/



(Pakistan) "Government will rehabilitate Gojra victims, says Farzana"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\10\story_10-8-2009_pg7_21



(Pakistan) Peshawar hit by 'rocket attacks' 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8194555.stm



(Pakistan) Reporter escapes Taliban death sentence

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/taliban.prisoner/



(Pakistan) Fear of militants, helicopters still haunts Swat girl students

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=192287



(Pakistan) Hakimullah debunks death claim of Baitullah Mehsud

http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=23802

-- Pakistan: Taliban leader's fate in doubt

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3642550469

-- "TTP confirms Mehsud dead, announces 15-day mourning"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\11\story_11-8-2009_pg1_6

-- "Al Qaeda may install Mehsud 'heir'"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\11\story_11-8-2009_pg1_5

-- Pakistan Taliban fight for control of dead leader's millions 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6005544/Pakistan-Taliban-fight-for-control-of-dead-leaders-millions.html



(Pakistan) 'Qaeda leaders moving into cities'

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\09\story_9-8-2009_pg7_3



(Pakistan) 12 Taliban held in Swat, Malakand

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\10\story_10-8-2009_pg7_10



(Afghanistan) Taliban attack govt compounds near Afghan capital 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018952&Language=en



(Afghanistan) Militants launch Afghan attacks 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8193092.stm



(Afghanistan) Taliban gained upper hand in Afghanistan, says US commander 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019014&Language=en

-- US general warns that Taliban is expanding aggressively in Afghanistan 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/6003976/US-general-warns-that-Taliban-is-expanding-aggressively-in-Afghanistan.html



(Afghanistan) Taliban awaiting US response on captured soldier

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\10\story_10-8-2009_pg7_30



(Afghanistan) Bomb strikes Afghan wedding party 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8186882.stm



(Iraq) Twin blasts in northern Iraq kills, wounds 240 people -- police 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018982&Language=en



(U.S.) Georgia: Judge: Enough evidence for jury in terrorism case

-- "A federal judge ruled Monday that there is enough evidence for the case against Ehsanul Islam Sadequee to proceed to a jury"

http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/sister-to-testify-on-111960.html



(U.S.) 7th NC terror suspect to remain in custody -- Anes Subasic 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHM9ORF1GLmgcoCTTD3i3bLRBk-wD9A077FO0



(U.S.) Terror suspects lose extradition case in Britain

-- "Khalid al Fawwaz, a 46-year-old Saudi businessman, and Adel Abdel Bary, an Egyptian, are wanted by the United States over their alleged role in the attacks in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people"

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gkIBVaTTnTDT_lg8TWBbbawpW0cQ



(U.S.) Yemeni cleric pleads guilty to aiding terrorists

-- Sheik Mohammed Ali Hasan Al-Moayad 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jePGhLRPq-VGmxkL7MiDODInAUwQD99U96000

UK denies role in terror suspects' torture

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\10\story_10-8-2009_pg7_5



Iran Continues Imprisonment of Christian Women for Religious Beliefs

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/iran-women-continued-prison/

--  ICC Report: "Iran Continues the Illegal Detention of Christian Converts"

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10632&PHPSESSID=1b9deb32b3a46f539de4544d772a0d14



Iran prisoners were 'savagely raped' after protests

-- "A reformist candidate defeated in the Iranian presidential election has claimed that arrested protesters have been 'savagely raped' while in custody"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6004274/Iran-prisoners-were-savagely-raped-after-protests.html

-- Karroubi Calls On Rafsanjani to Deal with Rape of Young Men and Women in Iranian Prisons

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD248009



(Iraq) String of bombings kill at least 43 in Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090810/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/iraq-attacks-kill-at-least-42-in-iraq-on-shiite-religious-holiday/



(Iraq) Al Qaeda blamed for Iraq violence wave

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/10/iraq.bombings/



Israel: Jets strike Gaza smuggling tunnel

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3641995356



Egyptian police arrest 7 Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Alexandria

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418558251&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Nigeria: Thirteen-year-old forced to watch Pastor hacked to death in Boko Haram deadly violence

http://dynamic.csw.org.uk/article.asp?t=press&id=893

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/nigeria-thirteen-year-old-forced-to-watch-pastor-hacked-to-death-in-boko-haram-deadly-violence/



Somalia: Hizbul Islam denounces US government   

http://www.somaliweyn.org/pages/news/Agos_09/8Ago19.html



(Somalia) "In a Changing Somalia, Islamist Forces See Support Wane"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080600997.html



Mauritania bomber injures 3 near French Embassy

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gdqLsnOSMWBPcFhWrKMEsNKBfxcwD99UU9MG0



Chechen Leader Denies Blame For Killings, Accuses West Of Violence -- Ramzan Kadyrov

http://www.rferl.org/content/Chechen_Leader_Kadyrov_Denies_Blame_For_Killings_Accuses_West_Of_Violence/1795686.html

-- March 1, 2009 - Russia: Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov defends Islamic supremacist "honor killings" -- says women deserve to die

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/russia-chechen-president-defends-islamic-supremacism-says-women-deserve-to-die/



Turkish army kills PKK rebel 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018921&Language=en



(Germany) Muslim Converts Confess Terror Plot Against U.S. Sites, Americans In Germany

-- Fritz Gelowicz,

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016057133?Muslim%20Converts%20Confess%20Terror%20Plot%20Against%20U.S.%20Sites,%20Americans%20In%20Germany



Bosnia: Tunisian terrorist to be deported

-- Karray Kamel bin Ali, known as Abu Hamza

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3642110570



(Spain) Three Small Bombs Explode In Mallorca, Spain  - ETA suspected

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/08/09/world/international-uk-spain-bomb.html?_r=1



(Thailand) 2 shot dead in Thai south 

-- "Suspected Islamic separatist militants have killed two villagers in separate shootings in Thailand's restive south, police said on Sunday"

http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/SE+Asia/Story/STIStory_414627.html



(Thailand) 3 paramilitary troopers injured in S Thailand bomb attack 

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTTktd.YBKDGQBaBDQtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHZkMjZyBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNzcg--/SIG=12oe6cait/EXP=1250052829/**http%3a//feeds.thailandnews.net/%3frid=26852713%26cat=7eb51d3138244bed



(Indonesia) Militant killed in raid probably not Indonesian terrorist leader

-- "Indonesian authorities now doubt that the man killed in a Saturday raid on a suspected terror hideout was local militant leader Noordin Mohammed Top"

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0810/p99s01-duts.html

-- Indonesia: Terror fugitive may have escaped 

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3641710498





Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



(U.S.) Phyllis Chesler: "Was Mandana Shojaeifard Honor Murdered in Roslyn, New York?"

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/08/09/was-mandana-shojaeifard-honor-murdered-in-roslyn-new-york/



(U.S.) Florida: "Muslim Faith, Christianity Clash In Orlando Courtroom"

-- "An Ohio runaway teenager, Christianity and the Muslim religion met head-on Monday during a custody dispute in an Orlando courtroom."

-- "The girl, 17-year-old Rifqa Bary, recently converted from her family's faith to Christianity and she is worried about her family's reaction to her change in faith"

-- "'She says her life is in danger and she could be killed in an honor killing,' Rosa Gonzalez, the teen's lawyer, said after the hearing. 'Unfortunately it happens every day in the U.S.'"

-- "The teen, a non-citizen, told Lorenz she was fearful that her father would send her to Sri Lanka."

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/8/10/muslim_faith_christianity_clash_in_orlando_courtroom.html

--- Muslim Teen Who Converted to Christianity Says Family Threatened to Kill Her

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,538960,00.html

--- Girl Says Family Wants To Kill Her For Being Christian

--- "An Ohio girl ran away to Orlando because she said her family threatened to kill her for converting to Christianity. Rifqa Bary, 17, said she was threatened by her family because she converted from Islam to Christianity."

--- "'What did your father say to you?' WFTV reporter Mary Nguyen asked."

--- "'He said he would kill me!' replied Bary.

http://www.wftv.com/news/20349388/detail.html



Pakistan: Woman shot by brother-in-law dies in hospital

-- "The accused, Wakeel, with the help of his accomplices, shot his wife Rizwana Kausar, her alleged paramour Faraz and her brother-in-law Khalid."

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\10\story_10-8-2009_pg7_45



Pakistan: 10, including 3 cops, gang rape married woman

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\10\story_10-8-2009_pg7_31



Sign Petition: End Domestic Violence in the Muslim World

http://www.care2.com/news/member/338686546/1215843



'The Stoning of Soraya M.': Cruel reality is behind powerful story

http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/story/756866.html





Other News:



(U.S.) Islamic Supremacist Hizb ut-Tahrir Promotes Videos on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AD2F7ED8B3ED6769

http://www.vcasmo.com/video/klove1934/5700

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1963789



(UK) Police arrest 33 after protests over Islam

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5772GK20090808

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/birmingham-anti-islamic-fundamentalism.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1205263/Police-arrest-31-demonstration-Islamic-fundamentalism.html



(Kenya) Christians Oppose Muslim Push for Sharia in Kenya

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/ICCnews/newsdetail.php?newscode=10619&title=christians-oppose-musim-push-for-sharia-in-kenya-

-- Daily Nation: "Muslims to educate Christians on Kadhis courts"

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/636572/-/ullwc3/-/







Against Nazi News:



(Germany) Verdict due for ex-Nazi war criminal 

-- Josef Scheungraber

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4555283,00.html







Against Racial Supremacism News:



(U.S.) Mississippi: Madison Co. Residents Not Frightened By Hateful Graffiti

http://www.wapt.com/news/20307945/detail.html



(U.S.) NY: Man fears KKK-style lynching, kills teen

http://www.sunjournal.com/node/101273





Against Misogynist News:



Congo: Voices of Grassroots Congolese Women on the Crisis in the DRC

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/congo-voices-of-grassroots-congolese-women-on-the-crisis-in-the-drc/

-- Clinton demands end to sexual violence in Congo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090811/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/af_clinton_africa





August 8, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



Pakistan's Dawn: "The incident at Gojra where seven Christian children women and men were burnt alive on the pretext of 'blasphemy' allegedly on the instigation of the banned Sipah-i-Sahaba is not an isolated incident."

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/14-nosheen-abbas-flames-of-hate-889-zj-03



Pakistan to get $3.1 billion IMF loan

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pakistan-to-get-31-billion-IMF-loan/articleshow/4869989.cms



(Pakistan) Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud is alive, claims Hakeemullah Mehsud

http://geo.tv/8-8-2009/47282.htm

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090808/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/08/08/Taliban-says-Mehsud-not-dead/UPI-89411249733390/

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6788414.ece



India concerned over increase in infiltration in Jammu, Kashmir, says DM 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018665&Language=en



(Afghanistan) Karzai family's wealth 'fueling insurgency' 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/5991447/Karzai-familys-wealth-fuelling-insurgency.html



(U.S.) FBI searches Minneapolis travel agency in Somali terrorism investigation

http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_13020039?nclick_check=1



(U.S.) Convicted Yemeni Cleric to Be Deported -- Sheik Mohammed al-Moayad

-- "Moayad Had Been Serving Prison Sentence on Terrorism-Financing Charge"

-- "In new plea deals, both defendants pleaded guilty Friday only to conspiring to provide material support to Hamas"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/07/AR2009080703415.html

--- August 6, 2009:  IPT: "U.S. Taxpayers Fund Pro-Hamas Propaganda"

http://www.investigativeproject.org/1349/us-taxpayers-fund-pro-hamas-propaganda



(Iran) US: Iranian bomb no earlier than 2013

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418551465&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Fatah: All of Jerusalem must be returned before negotiations

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418552346&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Nigeria: Boko Haram: How 3 pastors were beheaded eyewitness

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/nigeria-pastors-beheaded/

-- Daily Sun reports:

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2009/aug/06/national-06-08-2009-01.htm

-- "One of the victims of last week's attack by the Yusufiya sect in Borno State has given a shocking account of how the Islamic extremists killed three pastors who were captured along with other victims on the second day of the insurgence. The victim was among those held hostage in Yusuf's enclave."

-- "Speaking exclusively to Daily Sun in Maiduguri, the eye witness who preferred anonymity disclosed that the three pastors were beheaded on the instruction of the sect leader, Mohammed Yusuf shortly after bringing them out of his inner chamber."

-- " 'The pastors alongside one Ibo man were asked to change their faith to Islam like they did to other people taken as hostages. I think there was an argument by one of the pastors which gave the others some level of confidence to also resist accepting Islam.' "

-- " 'The Yusufiya men who were armed on that Tuesday afternoon were not comfortable with the pastors and they took one of them to the sect leader in his inner chamber. They came out later to the courtyard within the compound and cut their heads one after the other and thereafter, shouted allah akbar in wild celebration accompanied with several gun shots,' the eye witness disclosed."

-- "He said the hostages numbering about 50 within the area of the execution of the pastors and another fair complexioned man which he could not identify, were gripped with fear as non could foretell the outcome of their stay at the enclave of the fundamentalists. He was however lucky to escape as he was freed in the night with others with a warning not to mix with kafrici (infidels)."

-- "Corroborating the account of the killing, a Senior pastor with Good News Church, Wulari Maiduguri Rev. Baba Gata Ibrahim told Daily Sun in an interview that a pastor in his church, Pastor George Orjih was beheaded on the instruction of the Boko Haram leader because the clergy man refused to accept Islam."

-- " 'An eye witness who was also captured by the Islamic militants gave us details of how the pastor was killed. He told us they were persuading him to accept Islam and he said over his dead body. He was even said to have preached Christ to Mohammed Yusuf and that reportedly angered the sect leader who then as he ordered that the pastor and others be killed immediately,' he disclosed."  



Nigeria: World Council of Churches (WCC) Head Presses Nigeria to 'Ensure' Security after Muslim Attacks

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090806/wcc-head-presses-nigeria-to-ensure-security-after-muslim-attacks/index.html



(Turkey) PKK attack kills one Turkish soldier, injures another 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018646&Language=en



(Indonesia) Report: "Top terror leader reportedly killed in Indonesia"  - Noordin Mohammad Top

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090808/tap-as-indonesia-terror-suspect-4th-ld-w-64ed358.html

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/08/world/AP-AS-Indonesia-Noordin-Top.html?_r=1&hpw

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/08/indonesia.terror/index.html





Other News:



(U.S.) Colorado: Anti-Islamic law protest planned for this afternoon

-- "Coloradans Against Sharia Task Force" or CAST

http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20090808/NEWS/908089983/1002/NONE&parentprofile=1001



Canada: Muslim couple file human rights beef over Superstore salami

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Muslim+couple+file+human+rights+beef+over+Superstore+salami/1870918/story.html



Telegraph: "A fifth of European Union will be Muslim by 2050"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/5994045/A-fifth-of-European-Union-will-be-Muslim-by-2005.html



(Malaysia) Muslims Urged To Continue With Business Jihad

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsbusiness.php?id=431267





Iran Protest News:



Iran Resumes Mass Trial of Activists, Protesters

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,538400,00.html?test=latestnews



(Iran) Foreign Office anger at Hossein Rassam trial

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6788433.ece





Against Totalitarianism News:



(North Korea) Americans Free But Thousands Still Jailed, Executed In North Korea

http://www.bosnewslife.com/8528-americans-free-but-thousands-still-jailed-executed-in-north-korea







August 7, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



Pakistan: 'Black Day' shall be show of Christian power to repeal blasphemy law -- August 11

-- Pakistan Christian Post (PCP) reports: "Sources revealed PCP that government is planning to impose section 144 and to arrest leaders and activists of organizations which have openly declared to participate in 'Black Day' but Nazir S Bhatti warned administration not to block or to disturb peaceful gathering of Christians."

-- "Nazir S Bhatti said, 'By our unity and peaceful protest we have to press upon government to repeal blasphemy law because Islamic laws have been allegedly used to kill Christians by extremist Muslims'"

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1467

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-black-day-repeal-blasphemy-law/



Pakistan: 17,000 Readers of Pakistan Christian Post Plan to Participate in "Black Day" Observance

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/voting_result.php?id=78

--- Pakistan Christians to Observe "Black Day" on August 11; DC Press Conference on August 10, NYC U.N. Protest on August 12

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-christians-black-day/

--- "Black Day" Image

http://www.realcourage.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/black-day-in-pakistan.jpg



Pakistan, a Catholic activist: petition for the abolition of blasphemy law

-- "The government is more 'sensitive' than in the past to the problems caused by the blasphemy law, but change will only be possible if 'there is a mass movement' behind us. That is why we decided to launch 'a petition campaign throughout the country,' says Peter Jacob, executive secretary of the National Commission for Justice and Peace (NCJP) of the Catholic Church in Pakistan in an interview with AsiaNews."

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15990&theme=5&size=A



Pakistan PM "Gilani hints at review of 'blasphemy laws'"

-- Gilani: "A committee ... will discuss the laws detrimental to religious harmony to sort out how they could be improved"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\07\story_7-8-2009_pg1_1

--- President Zardari "announced a presidential relief package of 500,000 rupees (US$6,250) for every family which has lost a member"

http://www.ucanews.com/2009/08/05/christians-protest-against-deadly-violence/



(Pakistan) Punjab Governor: "Gojra violence conspiracy against Zardari's govt"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\07\story_7-8-2009_pg1_2



Pakistan: More "Blasphemy" Killings -- Because Calendar Taken Down

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-more-blasphemy-killings/

-- Pakistan Daily Times: 'Blasphemy' claims three more victims

-- "Factory owner killed by workers for 'desecrating holy Quran' in Sheikhupura"

-- "A worker entered Najeebullah s factory at around 2pm and saw that the owner had taken down an outdated calendar -- which had verses from the holy Quran written on it -- and put it on a table"

-- "The worker then misbehaved with the owner over -- what he thought -- was 'desecration' of the holy Quran."

-- "When a guard tried to stop him, he ran out into the working area and started gathering his colleagues, claiming the owner had committed 'blasphemy'."

-- "When an enraged mob subsequently surrounded Najeebullah, his guard tried to protect him by firing in the air, but the crowd started firing shots at the owner and his guard."

-- "The channel said a large number of workers also attacked the factory administration and beat up several employees. They also blocked the road leading to the factory for three hours and later set the unit on fire."

-- "Heavy police contingents rushed to the factory to bring the situation under control, but the angry mob seized their weapons."

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\05\story_5-8-2009_pg1_10

-- LHC CJ takes suo motu of Sheikhupura 'blasphemy' killings

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\07\story_7-8-2009_pg13_12



(Pakistan) 70 Murders, Yet Close to Going Free in Pakistan 

-- Malik Ishaq "jihadi hero and leader of the militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, could be out on bail as early as this month" 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/world/asia/06justice.html?em

-- LJ mastermind accused of 70 murders set to go free 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/09-lj-mastermind-accused-of-70-murders-set-to-go-free--szh-02

-- 70 murders, yet LJ hitman close to going free

--- "A judge did hand down a guilty verdict in one case against Ishaq, but the Supreme Court overturned it"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\07\story_7-8-2009_pg1_7



(Pakistan) Baitullah Mehsud is dead, says Pakistani Taliban deputy

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/baitullah_mehsud_is_1.php

-- W.House says can't confirm death of Taliban chief

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=84517

-- White House denies confirming Mehsud's death

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=84516

-- 'Baitullah Mehsud is alive' - US intelligence official

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/08/baitullah_mehsud_is.phphsud_is.php#ixzz0NXFTRYHu



"Pakistan: Taliban favours deputy to replace slain leader"

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3633937266

-- 'Mehsud death not to affect Afghan jihad'

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/12-mehsud+death+not+to+affect+afghan+jihad--bi-09



(Pakistan) Baitullah Mehsud had 'sympathizers' in political parties

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Mehsud-had-sympathizers-in-political-parties/articleshow/4869320.cms

--- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Maulana Fazlullah 'patriots'

http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709



(India) 2 Hizbul terrorists sent to police custody till Aug 17 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/delhi/2-Hizbul-terrorists-sent-to-police-custody-till-Aug-17-/articleshow/4864905.cms



(Iraq) Attacks kill at least 42 in Iraq on Shiite religious holiday

-- "At least 42 people were killed and 154 were wounded in five attacks on a religious holiday Friday, an Interior Ministry official said."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.violence/index.html

-- Fiery blast near Mosul claims 38 lives -- police says in updated report

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018585&Language=en

-- Six Iraqis killed, among them three policemen in motorbike bomb attack

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018614&Language=en



(Iraq) Police: bombing in northern Iraq

-- Attack near Shiite mosque near Mosul

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090807/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

-- "A series of bomb attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims and worshippers struck Iraq on Friday, killing at least 27 people and seriously damaging a mosque, police and medical officials said"



(Iraq) Terrorists kidnap, torture boy to bully Iraqi cop

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.kidnapped.boy/index.html



(Afghanistan) Three British special forces troops killed in Afghanistan 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/5988386/Three-British-special-forces-troops-killed-in-Afghanistan.html



(U.S.) Texas: American sentenced for planning to aid Taliban

-- Kobie Diallo Williams aka Abdul Kabir sentenced to 4.5 years in prison

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418551173&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



(UK) Muslim doctor cleared of London bombings will not be deported -- Mohammed Asha

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1205020/Muslim-doctor-cleared-London-bombings-deported.html?ITO=1490

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6765573.ece



(UK) Scotland considers freeing Lockerbie bomber on compassionate grounds

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/05/lockerbie-bombing-megrahi-early-release



Lebanese Islamists in Favor of 'Offensive Jihad' to Conquer the World and Impose Islam 

-- more from Hizb ut-Tahrir

http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2190.htm



(Algeria) Three Islamist militants killed in Algeria clashes

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=307780&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17



Somalia is Obama's new 'Afghanistan'

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0806/p08s01-comv.html



Canada: Reports state Mississauga-based group promotes speaker who praises suicide bombers, condemns democracy

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/mississauga-group-on-democracy/

-- National Post: "Toronto's newest speaking star: a would-be suicide bomber"

http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1810460

--- "The Mississauga, Ont.-based Al-Fauz Institute for Islamic Thought" Azzam Tamimi recently proclaimed: "I don't believe in democracy anymore," explicitly praises suicide bombers, and says he is willing to blow himself up in Israel: "It's the straight way to pleasing my God and I would do it if I had the opportunity." He distinguishes good Muslims from their adversaries this way: "We love death. They love life."

http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1810460

--- Apologizing for the Taliban

http://www.faithfreedom.org/2009/07/24/apologizing-for-the-taliban/

--- "Dr. Azzam Tamimi, a British Palestinian academic and political activist, is the Director of Institute of Islamic Political Thought in London, U.K"

http://alfauz.org/

---- See also: Canada: Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) Supremacist Group to Meet in Govt-Managed Community Center - in Mississauga

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/canada-supremacist-group-to-meet/

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/malaysia-ht-behead-liberty/



Belgium: Police fear for the life of prisoner escape accomplice

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/belgium-police-fear-for-life-of.html



Turkish Jihadists Soliciting Donations Online for Families of Martyrs in Afghanistan 

http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=1685&param=GJN



Indonesian Police Closing in on Terror Mastermind Surround House in Gunfight

-- "Noordin Mohammad Top is suspected in all of Indonesia's major terror attacks, including the suicide bombings at the J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels and blasts on the resort island of Bali in 2002."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537901,00.html?test=latestnews



(Philippines) Nine people injured in mortar blast in southern Philippines 

-- "Nine people, most of them children, were injured in a mortar explosion during a clash between Muslim separatist rebels and government militiamen"

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/280502,nine-people-injured-in-mortar-blast-in-southern-philippines.html



(Australia) Jihad stirs in Australia's suburbs 

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10589342



MEMRI: This Week's Posts from the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project: August 1-7, 2009

http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD247809



(Thailand) 94 teachers among 3,131 southern insurgency fatalities since 2004

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30109368/94-teachers-among-3131-southern-insurgency-fatalit



(Thailand) BPP officer injured in Yala ambush

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30109029/BPP-officer-injured-in-Yala-ambush



Sri Lanka: New Tamil leader arrested 

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3632967827





Other News:



(Iran) Talk of new law against apostasy being softened, but not yet

-- "Firstly the Guardian Council, made up of strict conservatives, will have the last word and they might reinstate the death penalty; secondly the code could still stipulate severe punishments, such as life imprisonment; and finally, the authorities can use other charges to persecute 'apostates' with"

http://www.iran30.org/suffering-but-growing-church/talk-of-new-law-against-apostasy-being-softened-but-not-yet/

-- Iranian Christians and the apostasy law

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/08/07/iranian-christians-and-the-apostasy-law/

-- July 21: Further Appeal For Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad

http://www.joelstrumpet.com/?p=2078

-- Still being held!

http://www.elam.com/articles/in-danger-of-being-forgotten/



UK: Hate-Mongering Saudi Cleric Draws Support in UK

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/uk-hate-mongering-saudi-cleric/

-- Saudi Cleric's London Sermon Draws Fire

-- "Abdul Rahman al-Sudais is the chief cleric at Mecca's Grand Mosque."

-- "He has disparaged Jews as 'monkeys and pigs,' Christians as 'cross worshippers' and Hindus as 'idol worshippers'"

http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#1350

-- Anti-Semitic Saudi chief imam feted in London

http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/Saudi%20Rahman%20al%20Sudais.html

-- Wikipedia on Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Rahman_Al-Sudais



DC: The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia's Photos - Peaceful Demonstration at Saudi Embassy

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Center-for-Democracy-and-Human-Rights-in-Saudi-Arabia/24834356502?ref=mf



Egyptian Government Daily 'Al-Gumhouriyya': The Palestinian People, All of It, Should Adhere to the Path of Resistance

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD247709



(Germany) Report: "Germany: Increasing influence of Islam is concerning"

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/germany-increasing-influence-of-islam.html



Sweden: 80-90% of Muslims vote for the Left -- "but do not hold Leftist views"

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/sweden-80-90-of-muslims-vote-for-left.html



(India) Bigamy is against the 'letter and spirit' of Islam, Indian judge rules 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/5990163/Bigamy-is-against-the-letter-and-spirit-of-Islam-Indian-judge-rules.html





Against Totalitarianism News:



Vietnam - Authorities Raid, Threaten House Churches 

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6055&backpage=summaries







Against Mysogyny News:



Code of Conduct for Men in the 21st Century

http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/0/EC3A16EF05E0EC398525760A004B9422/$file/CodeOfConductForMen.pdf







Against Racial Supremacism News:



Maryland: Little wonder they're not supporting Confederate Flag brochures

http://www.times-news.com/opinion/local_story_218190507.html

-- "Any presentation of the history of the Confederate flag is incomplete without a discussion of the flag's symbolism."

-- "Supporters of the flag view it as a symbol of their heritage, but others see the flag as a symbol of racial hatred and intolerance due to the history of slavery and segregation in our country and because racist hate groups such as the KKK and Neo-Nazis have used the flag to spread fear and intimidation among blacks and other minorities."

-- "The brochure includes no discussion of the divisiveness of the flag's symbolism, which is a significant part of its legacy." 



(South Africa) Hillary Clinton 'inspired by Mandela'

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25899823-23109,00.html





August 6, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



(Pakistan) Blasphemy laws, a pretext to attack Pakistan's religious minorities

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15961&theme=5&size=A



(Pakistan) Dawn: "how would one explain the participation of the common Muslims of Gojra in the attack who were neither paid thugs nor members of the accused sectarian organisation?"

http://blog.dawn.com:91/dblog/2009/08/04/today-i-too-am-a-minority/



Pakistan: Laws to be reviewed post-Christian havoc

-- AP reports: "The Ahmadis, who consider themselves a Muslim sect, are forbidden from calling themselves Muslims or engaging in Muslim practices such as reciting Islamic prayers, according to the U.S. State Department's 2008 Human Rights Report."

-- "Even Shiite Muslims, the second largest sect in Islam, face threats from extremists in the Sunni Muslim majority."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD99TCHI80

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090807/tap-as-pakistan-1st-ld-writethru-d3b07b8.html



Pakistan: Islamabad seeks $2.5 billion from international donors

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3627758198



(Pakistan) The Taliban and music

-- "Militants have led a sustained assault on Pushtun folk culture but are not averse to producing jihadi songs"

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/14-the-taliban-and-music-zj-03



(Pakistan) Baluchistan: Unknown militants kill Pakistani provincial minister 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018405&Language=en



(Pakistan) "Mumbai attacks: Pak arrests key suspect linked to LeT"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Mumbai-attacks-Pak-arrests-key-suspect-linked-to-LeT/articleshow/4863467.cms

-- August 3, 2009: Pakistan court adjourns indefinitely leaving LeT/JuD's Hafiz Muhammad Saeed free

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/articlelist/30359534.cms



(Pakistan) US and Pakistan investigating Baitullah Mehsud's 'death' 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5985889/US-and-Pakistan-investigating-Baitullah-Mehsuds-death.html

-- ISPR denies reports of Mehsud killing

http://geo.tv/8-7-2009/47199.htm

-- Report of his death in July 2009

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5769132/US-drone-kills-14-in-compound-of-Pakistani-Taliban-leader-Baitullah-Mehsud.html

-- Report of his death in October 2008

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3116485/Taliban-leader-in-Pakistan-Baitullah-Mehsud-dies-from-kidney-failure.html



(Bangladesh) Dhaka, death threats against the family of a Christian convert from Islam

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15969&theme=8&size=A

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/bangladesh-death-threats/



(India) Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants arrested in Delhi

-- "Two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants, who were allegedly planning terror strikes here ahead of Independence Day"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/delhi/Two-Hizbul-militants-arrested-in-Delhi/articleshow/4864905.cms



(India) Mumbai terrorists sentenced to death - 2003 Mumbai bombers

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=359923

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3628512042



(Afghanistan) Five US soldiers killed in Afghanistan 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018444&Language=en



Afghan officials drop bomb toll from 21 to 5

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090806/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan



(Iraq) Bombs kill five in Iraq - in Kirkuk

http://geo.tv/8-7-2009/47187.htm



Iraq: Children Taught to Kill by Islamic Supremacists for $80

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/iraq-children-to-kill-for-80-dollars/

- MEMRI: 'Cubs of Al-Qaeda' In Iraq Arrested

-- "A spokesman for the Operations Command, Major-General Qassim 'Atta, said that Al-Qaeda is currently focusing on recruiting children, single and divorced women, and the uneducated."

-- "The children carried explosive devices for a payment of the equivalent of $80."

-- "In Kirkuk, the commander of the 12th Division announced the arrest of children and young people, including four below the age of 14, who are called the 'Birds of Paradise' [tuyoor al-jannah]."

http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/18859.htm



Iraqi girl gets seven years for bombing attempt

-- "The fifteen year old claimed she was forced into the attempt to bomb a security checkpost by her in-laws"

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/11-iraqi-teen-girl-gets-seven-years-for-bombing-attempt--il--01



(U.S.) White House: 'War on terrorism' is over

-- "'Jihadists' and 'global war' no longer acceptable terms"

-- "John Brennan, head of the White House homeland security office" "lamented 'inflammatory rhetoric, hyperbole, and intellectual narrowness' surrounding the national security debate and said Mr. Obama has views that are 'nuanced, not simplistic; practical, not ideological'"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/06/white-house-war-terrorism-over/?feat=home_headlines

--- "Obama's Battle Against Terrorism To Go Beyond Bombs and Bullets"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/05/AR2009080503940.html

--- Obama's counter-terrorism advisor denounces Bush-era policies

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-terrorism-brennan7-2009aug07,0,5394795.story

--- August 2007 Barack Obama - America's enemies "seek to create a repressive caliphate. To defeat this enemy, we must understand who we are fighting against, and what we are fighting for."

http://www.barackobama.com/2007/08/01/the_war_we_need_to_win.php



(U.S.) Georgia: Accused terrorist exhanged letters in jail

-- "Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, accused of helping oversees terrorists wage a violent jihad, told a judge Thursday he and Syed Haris Ahmed exchanged numerous letters in prison -- against prison rules."

-- "They talked about jihad, terrorist groups and possible informants, Sadequee said. Ahmed was convicted in June of conspring to help terrorists."

http://www.ajc.com/news/accused-terrorist-exhanged-letters-109699.html



(U.S.) Connecticut: FBI Agent: Terror Suspect Trained in Connecticut -- Daniel Boyd

-- "FBI Special Agent Michael Sutton testified Tuesday in a Raleigh, N.C., courtroom that a terrorism suspect told him he attended a secret training camp in Connecticut in the late 1980s but did not say where the camp was, the Hartford Courant reports."

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/FBI-Agent-Suspect-Got-Terror-Training-in-Conn-52514962.html

-- FBI Agent: Suspect Said He Got Terror Training At Connecticut Shooting Range

-- "terrorism suspect told him he had attended a terror camp in Connecticut"

-- "Two men convicted of carrying out the 1993 World Trade Center attack in New York and a man later convicted of killing a militant Jewish leader in New York are known to have trained at a remote shooting range in Naugatuck called the High Rock Shooting Range, The Courant reported in 2001"

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-nc-terror-trial-0805.artaug05,0,7533440.story



(U.S.) Feds: Australia Plot Not Mirrored In U.S.

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/08/04/feds-australia-plot-not-mirrored-in-us/?test=latestnews



(U.S.) IPT: "U.S. Taxpayers Fund Pro-Hamas Propaganda"

-- "USIP has issued a new report that twists reality to argue that Hamas has moderated and Israel needs to negotiate with the terror organization"

http://www.investigativeproject.org/1349/us-taxpayers-fund-pro-hamas-propaganda

-- USIP: "Hamas: Ideological Rigidity and Political Flexibility"

--- "Hamas has, in practice, moved well beyond its charter"

--- "Hamas is not hostile to Jews because of religion"

http://www.usip.org/resources/hamas

http://www.usip.org/files/resources/Special%20Report%20224_Hamas.pdf

--- Article 7 of the Hamas Covenant - regarding killing "the Jews"

--- Article 32 of the Covenant refers to an antisemitic forgery, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#The_Hamas_Charter_.281988.29

--- In 2005, Khaled Mashaal called Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's December 14, 2005 statements on the Holocaust (that Europeans had "created a myth in the name of Holocaust") as "courageous."

--- In 2003 Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi published an article in the Hamas weekly Al-Risala in which he called the Holocaust "the false Holocaust" and "the greatest of lies"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#Statements_on_the_Holocaust



(U.S.) CNN's Christiane Amanpour: "9/11 taught the U.S. that it ignores rising Muslim resentment at its own peril"

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/generation.islam/index.html



'New Hizbullah arms may alter balance'

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418536710&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Gaza: Israeli soldier injured in Palestinian shooting in E. Gaza 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018426&Language=en



Gaza: Rights group: Hamas may have committed war crimes

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_PALESTINIANS_WAR_CRIMES?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=MIDEAST&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-08-06-09-33-39



Fatah Members: The Principle of Resistance and Armed Struggle Must Not Be Relinquished

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA53809



(Somalia) Washington Post: "Somalia is a traditionally moderate Muslim country"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/05/AR2009080503790.html?sid=ST2009080503947

-- "Somalia: Girl stoned was a child of 13"

http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200810317930&lang=e

-- Somali Islamists Amputate Teenagers' Hands, Legs

http://www.javno.com/en-world/somali-islamists-amputate-teenagers-hands-legs_267541

-- Somali justice - Islamist-style

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8057179.stm



(Somalia) Washington Post: "Clinton Promises More Support for Fragile Somali Government"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/06/AR2009080600997.html

-- Washington Post still views Sharif Ahmed as "moderate," although he calls for Sharia law for all of Somalia



Somali extremists deny link to alleged terror plot 

-- Somalia's Al-Shabaab denies link to terror plot in Australia

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AF_SOMALIA?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-08-06-11-48-17



Nigeria: Update -- Islamic Supremacists Kill Three Pastors, Raze Twenty Churches

--- ICC reports on update: 

--- ICC "has received additional details on attacks by Islamic extremists against Christians and churches in Maiduguri, Nigeria.  ICC first reported this story on July 29 ('Islamic Extremists Kill Pastor, Raze Churches in Nigeria').  We have now learned that the Islamists killed 12 Christians, including three pastors, and razed twenty churches."

--- ICC reports that group Boko Haram "opposes Western education and fights to impose Sharia law throughout Nigeria, including areas that are majority Christian."

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10605

---- ICC Petition for Nigerian Government (PDF)

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/pdfs/2009-08_Petition_for_Nigerian_Christians.pdf

---- Electronically Sign ICC Petition Online

https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/InternationalChristianConcer/OnlineSignupTwo.html

---- ICC urges Americans to call the Nigerian embassy at 202-986-8400, or fax at 202-362-6541

---- Action Alert: Petition to Nigerian Govt on Attacks on Christians

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/action-alert-nigerian-govt/



Sudan: Activists Demand More Action from UN on Darfur

http://allafrica.com/stories/200908060920.html



Turkey - Christian Held Hostage at Knife Point in Istanbul

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6054&backpage=summaries



Turkish nationalist plotters 'planned to kill Prime Minister'

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6741923.ece



(Spain) ETA most wanted arrested 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/5985662/ETA-most-wanted-arrested.html



(Australia) Melbourne terror raids spark angry local backlash

-- "Somali community leaders have branded police as terrorists in the wake of this week's anti-terror swoop."

-- "Hate-filled messages on a Muslim website claim an alleged plot to attack an Australian army base would have been justified."

-- "One posting suggested Australian soldiers were an appropriate target for the alleged Melbourne terrorist cell."

-- In addition, Somali leader Abdurahman Osman stated: "It is the police themselves that are the terrorists"

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25894152-661,00.html



(Thailand) Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya to lead envoys from OIC nations to visit deep South

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30109275/Kasit-to-lead-envoys-from-OIC-nations-to-visit-dee







Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



(Iraq) "Modern Day Harriet Tubmans Help Iraqi Women Escape Violence"

-- Judith Rich reports: 

-- "No one knows how many so called 'honor killings' have taken place since the war began, but activists in Iraq and abroad believe it's thousands"

-- "The Safe Houses project and the Underground Railroad for Iraqi Women provide emergency shelter for women in danger of 'honor killings', and other forms of domestic violence and sex trafficking."

-- "Honor killing is punishable by 3-6 months in prison. Sometimes the men are let go because Iraqi law does not protect rape victims."

-- "In 2006, women could be pulled out of their cars and executed for driving. In 2007, they could be executed for not covering themselves properly or for walking outside without a male to accompany them."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-judith-rich/modern-day-harriet-tubman_b_250499.html

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/iraq-help-women-escape/







Other News:



(U.S.) Colorado: Anti-Israel Arshad Yousufi Speaks to U.S. Military Base

--- July 3, 2009: ADL - "ADL Letter to Colorado Springs Gazette"

http://www.adl.org/media_watch/newspapers/ColoradoSpringsGazette_070309.htm

--- June 23, 2009: Arshad Yousufi denounces "invasion, occupation and enslavement" by Israel

http://www.gazette.com/opinion/israel-57143-issue-muslims.html

--- June 25, 2009: Arshad Yousufi provides cultural awareness session to Fort Carson, Colorado

http://www.gazette.com/articles/hammond-57334-leaders-cultural.html



Egypt - Economist article referencing Sayed al-Qimani

http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14179219&fsrc=rss



Saudi Man Jailed Over Alleged TV Sex Confession

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537691,00.html?test=latestnews





Iran Protest News:



Iran: Trials of reformist protesters 'postponed'

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3629061632



(Iran) 'Press association in Iran shut down'

-- "Int'l press groups condemn armed men reportedly storming offices of Association of Iranian Journalists"

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418543771&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull





Against Racial Supremacism News:



Mississippi: Church vandalized, shot, "KKK The South Will Rise Again" Graffiti

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/mississippi-church-vandalized/



Louisiana: Judge has suspect in KKK murder case tutored on guilt and innocence

http://www.examiner.com/x-15948-Homicide-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Judge-has-suspect-in-KKK-murder-case-tutored-on-guilt-and-innocence

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/louisiana-kkk-tutored-on-guilt/



Arizona: Chemical attack was racial hate crime against NW side couple, official says

http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/hourlyupdate/303345.php

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/arizona-chemical-attack-was-hate-crime-against-nw-side-couple-official-says/





Against Nazi News:



Idaho: Aryan Nations gone, but stain remains in Idaho

http://www.idahostatesman.com/531/story/853576.html

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/idaho-aryan-nations/



Minnesota: Austin mayor says no to 'Nazi'

http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=2&a=410735



(Germany) Demjanjuk lawyer calls for case to be closed 

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_GERMANY_DEMJANJUK?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=EUROPE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-08-06-12-49-15





Against Totalitarianism News:



(North Korea) Analysis: Obama lets NKorea's Kim save face

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_nkorea_analysis



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August 5, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



Pakistan: Mob attacks home of 60-year-old woman in Islamic supremacist "blasphemy" charge

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-mob-attacks-womans-home/



"Pakistan Muslim Groups Threaten More Violence"

-- ICC report: "Threaten to Hang Christian, Demand Release of Clerics Arrested for Inciting Violence"

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/anti-christian-threats-continue/



Update on Pakistan Christian Press Conference and Protests: Pakistan Christians to Observe "Black Day" on August 11; DC Press Conference on August 10, NYC U.N. Protest on August 12

-- Responsible for Equality And Liberty's Jeffrey Imm will be part of August 10 DC Press Conference

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-christians-black-day/



Pakistan Must Abolish the Blasphemy Law: By Lee Jay Walker

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1329



Pakistan: Christians protest against deadly violence

http://www.ucanews.com/2009/08/05/christians-protest-against-deadly-violence/

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-christians-protest-against-deadly-violence/



(Pakistan) Hate Engulfs Christians in Pakistan

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-hate-engulfs-christians/

-- NYT reports: "Typical of such attacks, the police, overwhelmed by the mob, did little to stand in its way."

-- "rampage that lasted about eight hours by a crowd the authorities estimate was as large as 20,000 strong"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/03/world/asia/03pstan.html?_r=1

--- Previous report:  Pakistan: Christians Burned to Death (including women and children), Mob Burns Houses, Church in Punjab's Gojra - Korian Area

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-mob-attacks-addtl-reports/



(Pakistan) Report - Punjab: 'Swat militants involved in anti-Christian violence'

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200908042140.htm



(Pakistan) 447 witnesses approach Gojra inquiry tribunal

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\06\story_6-8-2009_pg1_6



(Pakistan) Double standards in Pakistan's anti-terror campaign 

-- "We want occupation of Islam in entire world: Saeed"

-- Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD)'s / LeT's Hafiz Mohammad Saeed: "current political systems, especially democracy, are against Islam"

http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/05/stories/2009080557271000.htm



"Pakistan bans JuD, LeT, JeM"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pakistan-bans-JuD-LeT-JeM/articleshow/4860723.cms

-- August 3, 2009: Pakistan court adjourns indefinitely leaving Saeed free

-- Jamat ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/articlelist/30359534.cms



(Pakistan) Despite Zardari's mea culpa, 'Jihad' continues unabated

http://asiantribune.com/08/06/despite-zardari%E2%80%99s-mea-culpa-%E2%80%98jihad%E2%80%99-continues-unabated/



(Pakistan) Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's wife, two militants killed in US drone attack 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/07-suspected-us-drone-strike-kills-one-woman-in-s-waziristan-ha-05



(Pakistan) 17 Taliban arrested in Hangu

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\06\story_6-8-2009_pg1_9



"Al-Qaeda Second-in-Command Ayman Al-Zawahiri Threatens France, States: Obama No Different Than Bush & Obama Has No Religion; He Was Born to a Muslim Father, Then Converted to Christianity, and Recently, Prayed the Jewish Prayers"

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD247509



Al-Qaeda Will Pose a Threat for 20 Years, Top Spy Official Says 

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aKKnTMPGelvw



Indian troops kill eight 'militants' in Kashmir 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-indian-troops-kill-eight-militants-kashmir-qs-09



(India) Pota court to decide fate of 2003 blasts convicts

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Pota-court-to-decide-fate-of-2003-blasts-convicts/articleshow/4861616.cms



(Afghanistan) Secret map reveals Taliban threat to Afghan authority

http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/foreign/display.var.2524088.0.Secret_map_reveals_Taliban_threat_to_Afghan_authority.php



(Afghanistan) New NATO chief vows to uproot Taliban

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=84370



Afghanistan: NATO disputes civilian casualties 

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3624008552

-- "Afghan air strike kills 4 civilians: reports"

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/08/05/afghanistan-airstrike-civilians-killed875.html



Iraq: Armed group posts beheading video

-- "An Iraqi insurgent group calling itself The Arrows of Truth Brigades has posted to jihadist websites a 90 second video entitled 'The Decapitation of a Spy'. The video, which shows in graphic detail a hooded executioner slitting the throat of a captive 'police informer', is believed to be the first Iraqi beheading to surface on the Internet in over a year."

-- "The hostage, whose hands are bound, struggles, but his throat is quickly slit by the executioner and his assistants and is beheaded."

-- "'O apostates, this is the fate that will befall you,' the executioner warns."

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3624830693



Iraq: Police killed in Baghdad bombing 

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3623552586



(Iraq) U.S. Says Sunni Insurgent Leader Was Arrested During Raids in Northern Iraq 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/world/middleeast/05iraq.html?_r=1

http://www.montereyherald.com/ci_12995617?source=rss&nclick_check=1



(Iraq) Blackwater accused of murder in 'crusade to eliminate Muslims'

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6740735.ece



(U.S.) North Carolina terrorism suspects denied bail

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090805/us_nm/us_usa_security_northcarolina



(U.S.) North Carolina: 'Allah knows I love jihad'

-- Video Link

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/08/05/meserve.nc.terror.cnn



(U.S.) North Carolina: Feds: NC terror suspect promoted jihad in home -- Daniel Patrick Boyd

-- "'I love jihad. I love to stand there and fight for the sake of Allah,' a voice identified as Boyd said. Prosecutors didn't say how the recording was made."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHM9ORF1GLmgcoCTTD3i3bLRBk-wD99SEVRG0



(U.S.) North Carolina Jihad Suspect Talked of Domestic Attacks

-- IPT News: "'If I don't leave this country soon,' Sutton quoted Boyd saying in one, 'I am going to make jihad right here in America.'"

http://www.investigativeproject.org/1346/carolina-jihad-suspect-talked-of-domestic-attacks



(U.S.) Accused Atlanta terrorist was committed to attacks, friend said 

http://www.ajc.com/news/accused-atlanta-terrorist-was-107928.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab



(U.S.) Key witness to testify in Ga. terror trial -- Syed Haris Ahmed 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gm7LOJRC22iff_W9qNJyAGx9wXxAD99SN2G00



(U.S.) Georgia terror suspect: Jihad chatter was 'empty talk'

-- Ehsanul Islam Sadequee 

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gm7LOJRC22iff_W9qNJyAGx9wXxAD99S7TOO1

-- Key witness to testify in terror trial

http://www.wrcbtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1084961



(U.S.) Speculation Rife on PanAm 103 Bomber's Release

http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/spytalk/2009/08/speculation-rife-on-panam-103.html



(U.S.) NYPD, Coast Guard Hold Terror Drill

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/NYPD-Coast-Guard-Hold-Terror-Drill-Exercise-52465637.html



(U.S.) DC: Metro gets $9.5M for anti-terrorism teams

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/05/metro-gets-95m-anti-terrorism-teams/



(U.S.) Va., N.Y. Districts Vie for 9/11 Case - U.S. Attorneys Seek Trial of Alleged Leader Mohammed

http://counterterrorismblog.org/Va.,%20N.Y.%20Districts%20Vie%20for%209/11%20Case%20U.S.%20Attorneys%20Seek%20Trial%20of%20Alleged%20Leader%20Mohammed



(UK) Terror attack relatives criticise suicide bomber comedy series

-- "A comedy series about a gang of bungling Muslim suicide bombers, Living With The Infidels, has been criticised by relatives of one of the London terror attack victims"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/5975788/Terror-attack-relatives-criticise-suicide-bomber-comedy-series.html

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/2571734/Fury-at-martyr-comedy.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=TV



(Palestinian Authority) Speakers at a Ramallah Fatah Rally Held Under Auspices of PA President Abbas: We Are Martyrdom-Seekers; Haifa, Acre, Jaffa   Part of Palestine

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD247409



Nigeria: Boko Haram - Security Agencies Not to Blame, Says Cleric

http://allafrica.com/stories/200908050421.html



Nigeria orders probe of Islamist leader's death

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/08/05/nigeria-president-sect005.html



(Yemen) Bomb explodes, another defused in south Yemen

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=307432&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17



Yemeni Defense official denies reports of Al-Qaeda targeting republican 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2018296&Language=en



Somali Connection: A Terrorism Crackdown in Australia

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1914644,00.html?xid=rss-world



(Australia) Three men charged over 'terror plot' against Australian army base 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/5974830/Three-men-charged-over-terror-plot-against-Australian-army-base.html



Turkey: Police clash with Kurds in southeast 

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3623060642





Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



Denmark: Honor used to silence sexually abused Muslim girls

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/denmark-honor-used-to-silence-sexually.html



(Pakistan) Report: "Pakistan to outlaw domestic violence"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5978850/Pakistan-to-outlaw-domestic-violence.html

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/11-pakistan-moves-to-outlaw-domestic-violence--il--04

--- Comment: without defining the ideology the causes "honor killings"





Other News:



(U.S.) DC: August 18 White House Protest by Coptic Organizations

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/august-18-dc-protest-copts/



"Lion's Den: No to Islamic law"

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249275692072&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Helsinki: Sharia mediation courts

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/helsinki-sharia-mediation-courts.html



(U.S.) Hizb ut-Tahrir press release on its Chicago conference

-- quotes Patrick Buchanan for support of its Islamic supremacist ideology

http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/press-centre/press-release/press-release-hizb-ut-tahrir-america.html



(UK) More Hizb ut Tahrir Entryism

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/08/04/more-hizb-ut-tahrir-entryism/



(UK) Gay rights fury at East London mosque inviting Mecca imam

http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED04%20Aug%202009%2022%3A44%3A36%3A620

-- Thousands pack streets of East End to see Mecca imam at prayer

http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED05%20Aug%202009%2015%3A52%3A05%3A063



(UK) Archbishop condemns persecution of Christians while Muslims stay quiet 

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jonathanwynne-jones/100005577/archbishop-condemns-persecution-of-christians-while-muslims-stay-quiet/



Turkish parliament elects ex-Islamist as Speaker 

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=August2009&file=World_News2009080624537.xml



Kosovo: Bosnian Muslim leader's visit sparks protests 

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3623201084





Iran Protest News:



(Iran) Ahmadinejad sworn in as riot police break up protests

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/middle-east/Ahmadinejad-sworn-in-as-riot-police-break-up-protests/articleshow/4859011.cms



Latest Updates on Iran's Post-Election Crisis

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/05/latest-updates-on-irans-post-election-crisis/



(Iran) White House U-turn on Ahmadinejad as president sworn in amid protests

-- "'Let me correct a little bit what I said yesterday,' Robert Gibbs, President Obama's spokesman, said as thousands of Iranian riot police beat back protesters outside the inauguration ceremony in Tehran. 'Whether any election was fair...we'll let (the Iranian people) decide about that.'"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6740426.ece





Against Totalitarian News:



(North Korea) Freed journalists home in US after North Korea pardon - Euna Lee and Laura Ling

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_nkorea_journalists_held



(North Korea) Clinton: Don't count on North Korea breakthrough

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090805/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/af_clinton_nkorea







Against Nazi News:



(Germany) Police raid neo-Nazi occupied hotel -- Landhotel Gerhus

-- "Police commandos in Lower Saxony raided a hotel occupied by neo-Nazis on Tuesday morning after hearing shots fired on the premises."

-- "Parallel raids of apartments in Hannover and Rotenburg/Wumme"

-- "Only hours after the raid, a court ruled the neo-Nazis could be legally removed from the premises"

http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090804-21019.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/5974017/German-neo-Nazi-youth-camp-shut-down.html

-- Previous Report:

---- "Germany's pro-Hitler party triggers outrage with 'training centre' plans"

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/npd-training-center-plans/ 



Germany: Nazi hit man trial to start in October

-- "Admitted Nazi hit man Heinrich Boere will go on trial in October for the execution-style killings of three Dutch civilians during World War II, a German court spokesman said Tuesday"

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3757056,00.html



(Germany) Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' Reprint Rejected as Bavarian Ban Upheld 

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=asCgbFu9SDZI



"Norway offends by honouring Nazi sympathiser" -- Knut Hamsun

http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/norway-offend-honouring-nazi-sympathiser-2888843





Against Racial Supremacism News:



Louisiana: Ku Klux Klan member's mental competency hearing is postponed

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/kkk-competency-hearing-postponed/

-- NorthShoreNOLA reports on Louisiana trial of Shane Foster "charged with second-degree murder in the Nov. 9 shooting death of Klan recruit Cynthia Lynch"

http://www.nola.com/northshore/index.ssf/2009/08/hearing_postponed_to_determine.html

--- Previous Reports:

---- New Orleans: April 27 Trial for KKK Killing

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/04/new-orleans-april-27-trial-for-kkk-killing/

---- New Orleans: Klan member pleads guilty to obstruction

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/05/us-new-orleans-klan-member-pleads-guilty-to-obstruction/

---- Louisiana: Accessory in Ku Klux Klan killing admits guilt, gets one-year sentence

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/louisiana-accessory-kkk/

---- Louisiana: Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member can have his guns back, state judge rules in Covington

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/kkk-member-gets-guns-back/















August 4, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



Pakistan Christians to Observe "Black Day" on August 11, NYC Protest on August 12

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-christians-black-day/



(Pakistan) ICC Calls on Pakistan's President Zardari to Defend Christians

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10590



Pakistan army says Taliban training boys to fight

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_pakistan_taliban_boys



(Pakistan) LeT, Jaish helping Taliban's Mission Destabilization

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/LeT-Jaish-helping-Talibans-Mission-Destabilization-Pak/articleshow/4858133.cms



Pakistan suspects Al Qaeda allies killed Christians

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE57338520090804



(Afghanistan) Rockets strike Kabul in rare pre-election attack

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan



Afghanistan: Italian and Afghan soldiers face Taliban attack

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3618945858



(Afghanistan) Taliban Website: The U.S.'s Operation Sword Will Be 'The Mujahideen's Last Nail in the Coffin of Obama's Larger-Than-Life [Afghanistan] Strategy'

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD247309



Bangladesh - Police Torture Christian Pastor, Two Other Christians

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/bangladesh-police-torture-christians/

--- Compass Direct News reports:

---- "At the urging of local Muslim leaders, police in western Bangladesh have tortured a pastor and two other Christians for legally proclaiming Christ. Habibur Rahman, 45, pastor of Boalia Spiritual Church (Boalia Ruhani Jamat) in Boalia in Cuadanga district, 220 kilometers (136 miles) west of Dhaka, said he was about to meet with 11 others for a monthly meeting on evangelism at 8 p.m. on June 8 when local police stormed in and seized him and Zahid Hassan, 25, and a 40-year-old Christian identified only as Fazlur. Police blindfolded them and took them to Shamvunagar police camp. 'While beating us, police told us there will be no Christian in this area,' the pastor said. 'Police hurt our hands, lips, thighs and faces with burning cigarettes. They beat me in the joints of my limbs with a wooden club. They beat us for one hour, and I became senseless at some point.'"

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6052&backpage=summaries



(Iraq) Al-Qaeda-linked teen bike bombers arrested in Iraq

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gAbz4S_OI5J0IQDgxpe41-4OnfJw



(Iraq) Washington Times: "U.S. seeks to protect Iran terror group"

-- claims "United States is quietly pressing Iraq not to close a camp that holds more than 3,000 members of an Iranian opposition group" of "Mujahedeen-e Khalq, or MEK"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/04/us-seeks-protection-of-terrorist-designates/?feat=home_headlines



(U.S.) North Carolina: Accused American 'Violent Jihad' Ringleader Allegedly Told FBI He Went to Terror Camps -- Michael Sutton

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,536689,00.html

-- FBI: Terror suspects had weapons

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/08/04/FBI-Terror-suspects-had-weapons/UPI-63541249397019/



(Iran) British envoy Simon Gass to attend Ahmadinejad s swearing-in despite election turmoil

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6739457.ece



Hezbollah stockpiles 40,000 rockets near Israel border

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6739175.ece

-- Hezbollah rockets part of Iran and Israel's political game of chess

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6739216.ece



Fatah Convention Opens With Hamas-Like Platform

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/SendMail.aspx?print=print&type=0&item=132721



(Somalia) "Hillary Clinton to pledge US support for Somalia again al-Shabaab terrorists"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/5973155/Hillary-Clinton-to-pledge-US-support-for-Somalia-again-al-Shabaab-terrorists.html



Australia: Terror suspects had a desire for 'holy war'

-- "'When they couldn't get to Somalia, they thought about who they could attack in Australia,' Barton told AKI."

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3618946341

-- Terror attack would have happened within weeks

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25885310-29277,00.html

-- Somali jihadists linked to Al-Qa'ida recruited in Australia

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,,25883928-952,00.html

-- Al-Shabaab Group being considered for Australia terrorist listing

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25885285-29277,00.html



(Argentina) Bomb explodes at airline office in Argentina 

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/08/04/argentina.bomb.explosion/





Islamic Supremacist War on Women: 



(Sudan) Police beat women opposing Sudan dress code trial

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/sudan-police-beat-women/

-- AP reports: "Sudanese police fired tear gas and beat women protesting outside a Sudanese court Tuesday during the trial of a female journalist accused of violating the Islamic dress code by wearing trousers in public."

-- "Police moved in swiftly and dispersed about 50 protesters, mostly women, who were supporting Lubna Hussein, a former U.N. worker facing 40 lashes on the charge of 'indecent dressing.' Some of the women demonstrators wore trousers in solidarity with Hussein while others wore more traditional dress."

-- "In the clashes outside the courtroom, witnesses said police wielding batons beat up one of Hussein's lawyers, Manal Awad Khogali, while keeping media and cameras at bay. No injuries were immediately reported."

-- "'We are here to protest against this law that oppresses women and debases them,' said one of the protesters, Amal Habani, a female columnist for the daily Ajraas Al Hurria, or Bells of Freedom in Arabic."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_sudan_women_flogged

-- Tear gas fired at protesters outside Lubna Hussein trial

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6738594.ece



Sudanese Feminist Hero Forced into Hiding -- Phyllis Chesler report on Lubna al-Hussein

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/08/04/sudanese-feminist-hero-forced-into-hiding/

-- Phyllis Chesler: "Lubna al-Hussein, is now moving from one relative's house to another's. Why? Because she was threatened by a man on a motorcycle who told her 'she would end up like (that) Egyptian woman who was murdered in a recent notorious case.'"

--- Sudanese Women Activists' petition

http://www.wluml.org/english/newsfulltxt.shtml?cmd[157]=x-157-565042



Afghan women victims of 'widespread' rape: UN

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/afghan-women-victims-of-widespread-rape-un/

-- "Rape in Afghanistan is 'widespread' and violence against women serving in public life is on the rise, a UN report said Wednesday, nearly eight years after the fall of the Taliban."

-- "The 32-page report denounces an institutional failure to curb violence against women and a culture of impunity that leaves such crimes unpunished."

-- "The report, issued by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, warned of a 'growing trend' of violence and threats against women in public life"

-- "Women are also the victims of so-called 'honour' killings, trafficking and abduction, as well as early and forced marriages and domestic violence, it said. Girls and women are exchanged to resolve disputes over land and property."

http://www.canada.com/news/Afghan%20women%20victims%20widespread%20rape/1771057/story.html

-- UN Special Representative Eide Urges Afghans to Challenge Violence Against Women 

http://unama.unmissions.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1760&ctl=Details&mid=2002&ItemID=4610

-- "Silence is Violence: End the Abuse of Women in Afghanistan - July 8, 2009"

http://unama.unmissions.org/Portals/UNAMA/Press%20Releases/VAW%20Rpt%20FINAL%207%20July%2009.pdf



Fear of offending minorities keeps West shamefully quiet

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Fear+offending+minorities+keeps+West+shamefully+quiet/1847541/story.html







Islamic Saudi Academy News:



(U.S.) Virginia: Media Reports on Fairfax Decision to Approve Islamic Saudi Academy Expansion:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19508

-- Islamic Saudi Academy Gets OK to Expand

http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/080309_islamic_saudi_academy_gets_expansion_approval

-- Fairfax approves expansion of Islamic academy

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Fairfax-approves-expansion-of-Islamic-academy-8060970-52385857.html


http://media.washingtonexaminer.com/images/493*311/0804islamic_WEB.jpg

-- Driving hazards nearly end school expansion

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/52386372.html

-- Fairfax County Approves "School for Terrorism"

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/Fairfax-County-Approves-School-for-Terrorism-52385527.html

-- Saudi School Expansion Approved - Zoning Exemption Opposed by Some Neighbors, Activists

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/03/AR2009080302441.html?wprss=rss_metro







Other News:



Gaza: Fears in Gaza over Hamas' intention to impose Sharia

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/08/04/80764.html



Egyptian Christian Father Demands Justice for His Murdered Son

http://www.aina.org/news/20090803114206.htm



(Egypt) Hate TV: Egypt poisons the minds of its kids with anti-Semitic garbage

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/08/03/2009-08-03_hate_tv.html



(Iran) White House's Gibbs: Ahmadinejad 'elected leader' of Iran

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/white-house-ahmadinejad-leader-of-iran/

-- AP: White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is 'the elected leader' of the Islamic republic."

-- "Gibbs was asked Tuesday if the White House recognized Ahmadinejad as the country's legitimate president."

-- "'He's the elected leader,' Gibbs responded."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iZfgLuKrg3QBRltJ0qQMIzgIohdQD99S89DO0



Iran says 3 Americans arrested for illegal entry

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_detained_americans_5

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=8244874



US judge says he can't get involved in UAE trial

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249418523142&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



If You Convert You Die  By: Nonie Darwish 

http://frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=35777



Washington Post Commentator Attacks Bruce Bawyer Article in New York Times

http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/eboo_patel/2009/08/islam_in_the_new_york_times_bo.html?hpid=talkbox1







Against Racial Supremacism News:



August 28: R.E.A.L. Event Challenging Racial Supremacism - Robert E. Lee Memorial "Arlington House"

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/lee-memorial/



(U.S.) Louisiana: KKK member can have his guns back, state judge rules in Covington

http://www.nola.com/northshore/index.ssf/2009/08/kkk_member_can_have_his_guns_b.html



(U.S.) DC: Arraignment set in museum shooting

--- James W. Von Brunn "was indicted on seven counts, including first-degree murder"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/31/metro-briefs-45657468/



U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Panel blasts Panther case dismissal

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/us-commission-on-civil-rights/

-- "The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is demanding that the Justice Department explain why it recently dismissed a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place during last year's election, saying the department has offered only 'weak justifications.'"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/04/panel-demands-panther-answers/?feat=article_top10_read



(U.S.) South Carolina: Confederate Flag Causes Christian Convention to Cancel

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=76938





Against Nazi News:



(Germany) Witness at John Demjanjuk trial whose last wish is to see justice

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6739421.ece





Against Totalitarianism News:



North Korea Freedom Coalition Upcoming Events

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/north-korea-freedom-events/



North Korea: 2 US journalists pardoned

-- "North Korean leader Kim Jong Il issued a 'special pardon' freeing two jailed American journalists after talks with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, North Korea's official news agency announced Wednesday"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/ap_on_re_as/as_nkorea_journalists_held

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/nkorea.clinton/index.html

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/04/raw-data-statement-families-laura-ling-euna-lee



(North Korea) Bill Clinton in N. Korea to free newswomen Laura Ling and Euna Lee

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/04/ex-president-in-n-korea-in-bid-to-free-us-journali/

-- Bolton: Bill Clinton rewarding NKorea for bad behavior

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090804/pl_afp/nkoreausmediaclintonnuclearweaponsbolton_20090804160611





August 14 - Pakistan Independence Day

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaum_e_Azadi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partition_of_India





August 3, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



Al Qaeda No. 2 slams Obama's first months in office

-- Al-Zawahiri: "The Realities of Jihad and the Fallacies of Hypocrisy"

-- Al-Zawahiri: "Israel is a crime that needs to be wiped out"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/03/al.qaeda.video/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

-- Zawahri: Israel must be wiped off map

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1249275679968&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

--- ABC reports: "Zawahiri extended a truce offer from the terrorist group to President Obama today if the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan"

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=8242075&page=1



(Al-Qaeda) Video: Al Qaeda Under Pressure

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5205175n



Pakistan: Christians Burned to Death (including women and children), Mob Burns Houses, Church in Punjab's Gojra - Korian Area

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-mob-attacks-addtl-reports/

-- Compass reports: "Pakistan - Christians Burned to Death in Islamist Attacks"

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6039&backpage=summaries

-- Daily Telegraph reports: "Pakistan faces Christian protest after eight people 'burned alive'"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5964923/Pakistan-faces-Christian-protest-after-eight-people-burned-alive.html

-- Dawn reports: Negligence of officials blamed for Gojra riots 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/13+negligence+of+officials+blamed+for+gojra+riots-za-14

-- Pakistan Daily Times: Sipah Sahaba "used acid and petrol bombs to destroy property and kill Christian women and children, while the local government and police simply did nothing"

---- but Pakistan Daily Times does not condemn blasphemy law

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\03\story_3-8-2009_pg3_1

-- Times of India reports: 9 killed in communal violence in Pakistan's Punjab province

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/9-killed-in-communal-violence-in-Pakistans-Punjab-province/articleshow/4846044.cms

-- 'They Want to Destroy Christians'

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080202011.html



(Pakistan) Dawn: "Rampant bigotry"

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/editorial/rampant-bigotry-489



(Pakistan) Pope deplores attack on Christians in Pakistan

-- "called on the Christians 'not to be deterred in their efforts to help build a society which, with a profound sense of trust in religious and human values, is marked by mutual respect among all its members'"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/europe/Pope-deplores-attack-on-Christians-in-Pakistan/articleshow/4853129.cms



(Pakistan / Egypt) Muslims Persecute Christians -- by Robert Spencer 

http://www.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=35788



(Pakistan) CD shops bombed in Balakot

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\03\story_3-8-2009_pg1_6



Pakistan "The News" Dr Muzaffar Iqbal claims "US thirst for blood"

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=188408



(Pakistan) TNSM's "Sufi Mohammad booked for sedition" 

-- "The charges in the complaint against Sufi Mohammad stem from comments he made during an April speech in Mingora (above) in which he termed democracy and elections as un-Islamic"

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/09-police-file-charges-against-sufi-mohammad--szh-04

-- Sufi Muhammad charged with treason, terrorism

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\03\story_3-8-2009_pg1_1

-- Pak slaps terror charges on Swat peace broker Sufi

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Pak-slaps-terror-charges-on-Swat-peace-broker-Sufi/articleshow/4849909.cms

-- Comment: TNSM's Sufi Mohammad has been publicly against democracy for a LONG time... certainly before April... as shown in repeated February reports

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009/02/18/story_18-2-2009_pg1_8

http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35430.htm

---- while Sufi Mohammad was supported by Pakistan govt in negotiating with Taliban

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3029866750

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg1_9

---- and U.S. State Department looked the other way...

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Islamic-law-within-the-framework-of-Pakistan-US/articleshow/4147161.cms

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/islamic-law-is-within-pakistani-constitution-us--bi



(Pakistan) UK: 'Strategic threat of Al Qaeda has shifted to Pakistan now'

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\03\story_3-8-2009_pg7_11



(Pakistan) Swat provides model to contain extremism: President Zardari

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=191417

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\04\story_4-8-2009_pg7_6



(Pakistan) 'Army majors arrested for collaborating with terrorists'

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\04\story_4-8-2009_pg7_5



Pakistan court adjourns indefinitely leaving Saeed free

-- Jamat ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/articlelist/30359534.cms



(Pakistan) Top militant accused of killing Daniel Pearl nabbed in Pak -- Rao Shakir

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Top-militant-accused-of-killing-Daniel-Pearl-nabbed-in-Pak/articleshow/4846117.cms



Pakistan: Waziristan operation 'delayed for strategic reasons'

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3605473603



(Pakistan) Musharraf faces exile in Britain: Report

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/uk/Musharraf-faces-exile-in-Britain-Report/articleshow/4845859.cms



(Pakistan/Afghanistan) Karzai promised to strike terrorist camps: Malik 

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/pakistan-sends-list-of-afghan-terror-camps-to-kabul



(Afghanistan) Roadside bomb kills 12 in Afghanistan's west

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL237889320090803



(Afghanistan) Taliban slick propaganda confronts US

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8176259.stm



Afghanistan attacks underscore insurgents' growing reach

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0803/p06s03-wosc.html



(Iraq) Attacks against Christians in Iraq continue

-- Ankawa reports: "killing of Alaa Basheer last week and the abduction of another young man whose kidnapped four days ago and nothing known about him yet"

http://www.ankawa.com/english/?p=2977



(Iraq) Suicide bomber kills 3 west of Baghdad

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32270920/ns/world_news-conflict_in_iraq/



(U.S.) Feds name 8th NC terror suspect

-- "Jude Kenan Mohammad is charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and a conspiracy to murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons in a foreign country, according to a newly unsealed indictment."

-- "The indictment specifically mentions Mohammad's trip to Pakistan in October 2008...Authorities have said they believe he's in Pakistan."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_re_us/us_nc_terror_arrests

-- Leaders speak out about terror arrests

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6944847

-- Terror case in NC may involve classified material

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHM9ORF1GLmgcoCTTD3i3bLRBk-wD99RJD3O0



(U.S.) Jury Selection Set to Begin in 'Violent Jihad' Georgia Terror Plot Trial

-- "Ehsanul Islam Sadequee could face up to 60 years in prison on four charges that he conspired to help overseas terrorists wage 'violent jihad' on America"

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,536083,00.html

-- Ga. terror suspect to defend self against advice

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gm7LOJRC22iff_W9qNJyAGx9wXxAD99RJUG80



(U.S.) The Creeping Homegrown Terrorist Threat - Steven Emerson

http://www.investigativeproject.org/1341/the-creeping-homegrown-threat



(U.S.) Flight 11 case to lead off 9/11 trials

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1188373&format=text



(U.S.) New Detainee Site In U.S. Considered -- Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, maximum security prison in Standish, Michigan, considered

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/02/AR2009080202183.html?hpid=topnews

--- Loudly, some Kansans reject Guantanamo detainees

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090803/pl_nm/us_obama_guantanamo

--- Obama Administration Weighs Big Courtrooms Vs. Big Jails for U.S. Gitmo Trials

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/03/justice-department-refers-gitmo-cases-prosecutors-possible-trials/?test=latestnews



(U.S.) Past terror cases tried in East Coast districts

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ic1KhtdmHoVyg-L10Sk3eTZp_o5wD99RL9603



(UK) Lawmaker: Britain's MI5 may have recruited terrorist sympathizers

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/01/alleged.breach/index.html?section=cnn_latest

-- Were six al-Qaeda sympathisers "recruited" by MI5 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/08/02/mi5-terror-recruit-quiz-115875-21564669/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8179407.stm



(UK) "British Muslim hate preacher Anjem Choudary has called for prosecuting Queen Elizabeth for genocide"

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/132701



(UK/Hamas) Praying for For Hamas in East London

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/08/03/praying-for-for-hamas-in-east-london/



(UK/Iran) Britain sparks row by sending senior diplomat to Ahmadinejad ceremony 

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6737849.ece



Iran is ready to build an N-bomb - it is just waiting for the Ayatollah's order

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6736785.ece



(Iran) American journalists detained in Iran

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25879663-23109,00.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090803/ap_on_re_us/us_us_iran_missing_americans



Hamas to make feature film 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/5966842/Hamas-to-make-feature-film.html



(Palestinian Authority) Tawfiq Tirawi, Security Advisor to PA President Mahmoud 'Abbas: Jerusalem Cannot Be Regained Without Thousands of Martyrs

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD247009



Jordan rejects US call to improve ties with Israel 

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_US_MIDEAST_JORDAN?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=MIDEAST&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-08-03-15-31-57



(Israel) Gunman kills 3, injures 11 at gay club in Tel Aviv 

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_TEL_AVIV_SHOOTING?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=MIDEAST&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-08-01-23-58-47

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/03/israelis-police-searching-for-gunman-motive-after-gay-club-shooting/



Algeria: Al-Qaeda suspects killed in offensive

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3614167936



(Nigeria) Maiduguri churches burned in violence in northern Nigeria

http://www.brethren.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=8827



Nigeria: al-Qaeda presence in Nigeria has been kept under wraps

http://en.afrik.com/article15998.html



(Nigeria) Could Nigeria be the next front in war on terror?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/210236



(Somalia) Al-Qaida collaborating with Somali fighters

http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/08/03/Al-Qaida-collaborating-with-Somali-fighters/UPI-43121249341619/



Somali pirates receive ransom for German ship 

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PIRACY_GERMAN_SHIP?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-08-03-12-34-27



Somali pirates release Malaysian ship with 11 crew

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090803/wl_asia_afp/somaliapiracymalaysiaindonesia



(Sudan) "South Sudan ethnic clashes kill 185: local official"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090803/wl_africa_afp/sudansouthunrest



Sudan pleased with US envoy's remarks on terrorism

http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/213751



(Thailand) Buddhist man killed in drive-by shooting in Pattani

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30108876/Buddhist-man-killed-in-drive-by-shooting-in-Pattan



Australia 'foils suicide attack on army base'

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25879758-29277,00.html

-- "Australian police arrested four people last night who were planning a suicide attack on a military base"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/5969085/Australia-foils-suicide-attack-on-army-base.html

--- 400 Australian police arrest four Islamic extremists planning to 'kill as many soldiers as possible' in Melbourne raid

http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1204111/Australian-police-arrest-Islamic-extremists-planning-kill-soldiers-possible-massive-Melbourne-raid.html



Myanmar building nuke reactor, says media report

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/rest-of-world/Myanmar-building-nuke-reactor-says-media-report/articleshow/4846971.cms



(Sri Lanka) 'LTTE attempting to reorganize, rescue hardcore cadres'

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/south-asia/LTTE-attempting-to-reorganize-rescue-hardcore-cadres/articleshow/4851794.cms



Report: "US, Osama had close ties till 9/11?" -- "former Turkish language translator Sibel Edmonds"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/US-Osama-had-close-ties-till-9/11/articleshow/4849920.cms







Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



(Egypt) Muslims Abduct Two Christian Coptic Girls in Egypt

-- "Mrs. Samira Markos, who lives in Alexandria, sent an appeal to Egypt4Christ advocacy, pleading with them to rescue her daughter from forced Islamization. The mother said that her daughter Amira Morgan (born 9/9/1992) was abducted on 7-18-2009 on her way to work in the plastics factory near their home"

http://www.aina.org/news/20090730152320.htm



(Sudan) Journalist Lubna Hussein prepares to test Sudan's Islamic law in court

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article6737833.ece



(Pakistan) 'Over 3,000 cases of violence against women in Punjab'

-- between January and June 2009 - "119 'honour' killings took place"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\04\story_4-8-2009_pg13_4





Other News:



(U.S.) Virginia: Fairfax County Government Board of Supervisors Approves Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA) Expansion on 6 to 4 Vote

-- I was at the hearing

--- Brian Ledbetter Report

http://snappedshot.com/archives/3912-SHOCK-FAIRFAX-COUNTY-DENIES-ISA-EXPANSION.html



IPT: "Behind the Convoy, Hamas Lurks""

http://www.investigativeproject.org/1339/behind-the-convey-hamas-lurks



Aghanistan: Islamic Supremacist Taliban wars against camera cellphones

-- Reuters reports on Taliban statement: "People with camera cellphones must not have pictures of unrelated women and handsome boys in their phones, which is against Islamic sharia"

http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSISL485804._CH_.2400



Saudi man 'faces death' over TV sex boast 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/5961124/Saudi-man-faces-death-over-TV-sex-boast.html



(UK) Three policewomen spend full day dressed in full Muslim burkhas in controversial 'In Your Shoes' exercise

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1204037/Police-exercise-labelled-gimmick-officers-spend-day-dressed-burkhas.html

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/08/03/article-1204037-05EF5ADD000005DC-732_468x537.jpg

-- UK police criticized for Muslim veiling exercise 

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_VEILED_POLICE?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=EUROPE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-08-03-13-54-42

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090803/british_police_090803/20090803?hub=World

-- How about jeans and a top?

http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/08/03/how-about-jeans-and-a-top/

-- Sheffield police officers dress as Muslims

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Sheffield-police-officers-dress-as.5516818.jp



Norway: Police to drop charges against imam accused of beating students

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/norway-police-to-drop-charges-against.html



(Europe) Open Thread: "politically impossible" level of immigration

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/08/open-thread-politically-impossible.html







Against Nazi News:



(Sweden) Neo-Nazis suspected in murder of Swedish PM Olof Palme

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6736109.ece



(U.S.) Chicago: Neo-Nazi White ordered held without bond -- William A. White

http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/213751







Against Totalitarianism: 



(Communist China) Authorities Continue to Detain Christian Huang Lemin

http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1262&month=08&year=2009&_nc=ffb6182fbc7107cea9f30b65460d7c7a



(Communist China) Illegally imprisoned Christian stands trial -- Alimujiang Yimiti

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Persecution/Default.aspx?id=625384



(North Korea) US to speed up 'bunker buster' bomb amid North Korea concern

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5968615/US-to-speed-up-bunker-buster-bomb-amid-North-Korea-concern.html







Iran Election / Protest News:



Iran leader approves Ahmadinejad presidency

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090803/ts_nm/us_iran_approval

-- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gains leader's formal approval for second term 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5964341/Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad-gains-leaders-formal-approval-for-second-term.html



(Iran) Mohammad Khatami accuses Iran regime of 'extracting false confessions' 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5960826/Mohammad-Khatami-accuses-Iran-regime-of-extracting-false-confessions.html



Iran: Police release 50 mourners arrested during graveside protests

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3605744064



(Iran) Protests in Iran as Ahmadinejad endorsed

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/03/iran.ahmadinejad/index.html









July 31, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



Al Qaeda priority: Western targets

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/30/robertson.al.qaeda.threat/index.html



(Iraq) Wave of blasts near mosques kills 29 in Iraq

-- "A string of bombings targeted Shiite worshippers in the Baghdad area during Friday prayers, killing at least 29 people in an apparently coordinated attack against followers of an anti-U.S. cleric who were blamed for some of Iraq's worst sectarian violence."

-- "The blasts shattered a recent calm and underscored warnings that suspected Sunni insurgents would step up efforts to stoke sectarian violence"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090731/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090731/iraq_bombings_090731/20090731?hub=World&s_name=

-- Bombs exploded near five Shiite mosques in Baghdad

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535841,00.html?test=latestnews



(Iraq) Britain ends troop presence in Iraq after six years

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Middle-East/Britain-ends-troop-presence-in-Iraq-after-six-years/articleshow/4842249.cms



(Afgahanistan) ISAF soldier killed in southern Afghanistan 

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2017280&Language=en



(Afghanistan) UK: "Our bloodiest month in war on the Taliban: Death toll sapping public support for war, says retiring Army chief"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1203110/Humiliated-Minister-deserted-troops-finally-cuts-short-holiday-deal-MOD-storm.html



(Afghanistan) UK's Daily Telegraph: "Barack Obama courts human rights abusers in Taliban fight"

-- references leaders of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/5949217/Barack-Obama-courts-human-rights-abusers-in-Taliban-fight.html

--- July 30, 2009: UK's Daily Telegraph: "if talking to the Taliban will save lives, let's talk"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/5934383/David-Miliband-is-right---if-talking-to-the-Taliban-will-save-lives-lets-talk.html



CNN: "Translated excerpts from the Taliban code of conduct"

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/taliban.code.excerpt/index.html?iref=mpstoryview



(Pakistan) NWFP: "Holbrooke casts doubt on success of Pakistan's Swat Valley offensive"

-- "The US envoy said it was unclear if the military had defeated the Taliban in the region or simply driven them underground"

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0730/p99s01-duts.html

--- Comment: Same foreign policy tactician Holbrooke that thinks we should negotiate with Taliban in Afghanistan

-- July 29, 2009: "Holbrooke said less violent Taliban, those who had renounced extremism, should be included in the political mainstream"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\29\story_29-7-2009_pg1_8



Pakistan: Children Being Taught Hate -- Trained to be Suicide Bombers

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/pakistan-children-taught-hate/

-- Taliban using children as part of 'Jihad'

-- "14-year-old boy recruited by Taliban in Swat recalls recruitment"

-- "Intelligence reports estimate more than 5,000 children trained so far"

--- 14 year old Hazrat Ali: "They first call us to the mosques, and preach to us. Then they take us to a madrassa and they teach us things from the Quran. They teach us to use machine gun, Kalashnikov, rocket launchers, grenades, bombs. They ask us to use them only against the infidels. Then they teach us how to do a suicide attack."

--- "Ali said he longed for the day when his turn would come to be a suicide bomber. 'There are thousands of us. The Taliban now have the power to defeat the army,' he added."

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\30\story_30-7-2009_pg7_14

--- Pakistani boys recall ordeal at suicide training centre

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Pakistan/Pakistani-boys-recall-ordeal-at-suicide-training-centre/articleshow/4841805.cms



(Pakistan) NWFP: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) to hold anti-US rally on August 9 - in Peshawar 

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=190767



Pakistan - Report of Mob Burning Christian Homes for Alleged Islamic Supremacist "Blasphemy"

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/pakistan-mob-attacks-blasphemy/

-- "Pakistan: Christians flee after Muslims destroy village"

http://www.ucanews.com/2009/07/31/christians-flee-after-muslims-destroy-village/



Pakistan refuses to hand over Dawood, says Krishna

http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=23592



(U.S.) NYC: Pakistani scientist ruled fit to stand trial in US -- Aafia Siddiqui

-- "The written ruling issued on Wednesday followed expert testimony that found Siddiqui, 37, was faking insanity to avoid trial."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090730/ts_alt_afp/uspakistanafghanistanattackjustice_20090730141712

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07302009/news/regionalnews/mit_jihadi_fit_for_trial_182086.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/nyregion/30competency.html



(U.S.) North Carolina 7: Judge delays detention hearing in NC terror case

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gHM9ORF1GLmgcoCTTD3i3bLRBk-wD99OA6P80



(U.S.) North Carolina: "Walid Phares -'North Carolina: Meet Taqiyya Jihad..'"

http://www.walidphares.com/artman/publish/article_2281.shtml



(U.S.) Malaysia Hizb-ut-Tahrir Promotes Islamic Supremacist Caliphate with Image of Beheaded State of Liberty and NYC Burning

http://mykhilafah.com/seminar/1452-seminar-demokrasi-dipenghujung-hayat-khilafah-penyelamat-umaat



(U.S.) Napolitano: Outreach helps fight terrorism

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/29/napolitano-obamas-bridge-arabs-muslims-helps-fight/?feat=home_headlines



(U.S.) Revenge of the 'Shoe Bomber'

-- Special Administrative Measures (SAMs) applying to Richard Reid

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203609204574317090690242698.html



(UK) Pakistan Easter Terror Plot: "Cars and girls: email 'codewords' that put MI5 on terrorist alert"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5935416/Cars-and-girls-email-codewords-that-put-MI5-on-terrorist-alert.html



(UK) Judge revokes control order on terror suspect -- only known as "AN"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/31/judge-revokes-control-order



(Yemen) Three soldiers killed in al Qaeda clash in Yemen

http://www.reuters.com/article/africaCrisis/idUSLV725088



Somaliland: Five Somalis sentenced to death in absentia for bombs 

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LT624067.htm



Somalia: Swedish citizen killed on Jihad, four Dutch citizens arrested

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/07/somalia-swedish-citizen-killed-on-jihad.html



Nigerians battle militants, 4,000 people flee

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iNCU46VYMVf0VzhqkKJUus45PrDAD99O6OD00



Egypt: Report Christians Attacked, Building Torched for Seeking to Worship

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/egypt-christians-attacked/

-- Egypt - Violence Again Erupts over Quest for Worship Site

-- "Two Copts wounded in Minya province over plan to use building as church venue"

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6037&backpage=summaries



(Thailand) 6 soldiers injured in Narathiwat bomb ambush

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30108536/6-soldiers-injured-in-Narathiwat-bomb-ambush



(Thailand) Buddhist couple killed, 5 others injured in double attacks in Pattani

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30108528/Buddhist-couple-killed-5-others-injured-in-double-



(Philippines) Suspected Muslim bomber arrested in southern Philippines 

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/279610,suspected-muslim-bomber-arrested-in-southern-philippines.html



(Philippines) Pro-government militiaman killed in attack in Philippines 

-- "by suspected rogue Muslim secessionist rebels in the southern Philippines, a police report said Thursday"

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/279579,pro-government-militiaman-killed-in-attack-in-philippines.html



(Australia) Jihad book editor 'renounced terrorism'

-- lawyer for Belal Khazaal (author "Provisions of the Rules of Jihad") tells sentencing judge that Khazaal "completely renounced terrorism and violence"

-- "However, crown prosecutor Peter Neil SC argued Khazaal had shown no remorse whatsoever."

-- "'There is a complete failure on the part of the offender to acknowledge having done anything wrong at all,' he said."

http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/jihad-book-editor-renounced-terrorism-20090731-e43h.html



Weekly Posts from the Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor Project: July 24- 31, 2009

http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD246809







Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



Gaza father held in "honor killing" of daughter -- for "crime" of owning mobile phone -- report says Gaza "honor killing" murderers only get 6 months to 3 years in prison

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/gaza-father-in-honor-killing/

-- Gaza father held in 'honor killing' of daughter

-- "The assault was triggered by Jawdat Najjar's discovery that his daughter Fadia -- a 27-year-old divorced mother of five -- owned a cell phone, the groups said. He suspected she used it to speak to a man outside the family, according to the groups' reports."

-- "In the West Bank and Gaza, 'honor killing' assailants serve between six months and three years in prison, said Mona Shawa of PCHR."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jc1mdFQBRZEA12CAirD6rejxUOpAD99O77H02

--- Rights groups say murder was 'honour killing' 

http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1678952



Gaza: Hamas dress code aims to make Gaza more Islamic

http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Middle_East/10336313.html



(Canada) Montreal Gazette: "Canadian Muslim Forum" "condemning conjugal violence and violence against women"

-- report make no reference to ideological issues driving such violence

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Muslim+group+decries+honour+killings/1839186/story.html



(Canada) "Term 'honour killings' angers women's group"

-- "The Greater Sudbury Coalition to End Violence Against Women"

http://www.thesudburystar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1680035



Women on Web: "Syria Imposes 2-Year Prison Sentence for 'Honor Killers,' But Is That Enough?"

-- "In an Islamic country where 16 women are estimated to be killed for shaming their family each month, some wonder whether the new law is punishment enough"

http://www.wowowow.com/politics/syria-prison-sentence-honor-killers-honor-killings-middle-east-islamic-law-united-states-349722







Other News:



Islamic Supremacist Hizb ut-Tahrir Event Promoted with Beheaded Statue of Liberty

-- Same Hizb ut-Tahrir Blog promoting Canadian, U.S., global Islamic supremacist "Caliphate" events against democracy, freedom

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/malaysia-ht-behead-liberty/



UK: Press Reports of "Furious Residents" over Supremacist Hizb ut-Tahrir Conference

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/uk-press-reports-on-ht-conference/

-- East London Advertiser: "Fury over extremist Hizb ut-Tahrir meeting at East End's Troxy"

-- "Furious residents are demanding to know why a Muslim extremist organisation they say is 'peddling divisive hatred' was allowed to hold a conference for 2,000 people in London's East End.

-- "They contacted Tower Hamlets councillors about Hizb ut-Tahrir taking over Stepney's Troxy theatre for the conference last Sunday (July 26), with police being deployed outside."

http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED31 Jul 2009 15%3A16%3A01%3A070



(Pakistan) FATA: Khyber Agency Sharia Court executions

-- "LI publicly executes 'kidnappers' in Khyber"

-- Lashkar-e-Islami (LI) "announced the impending execution by mosque loudspeakers"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\31\story_31-7-2009_pg1_7



(Pakistan) As Taliban, al-Qaeda hover around, is Europe ready to baptize Sino-Paki nuke alliance

http://www.examiner.com/x-16024-Europe-Policy-Examiner~y2009m7d28-As-Taliban-alQaeda-hover-around-is-Europe-ready-to-baptize-SinoPaki-nuke-alliance



Nigeria: Niger C J Orders Arrest of Sharia Court Judge

http://allafrica.com/stories/200907290074.html



(U.S.) North Carolina Professor Speaks Out on Hate Ideologies

http://www.digtriad.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=128110&catid=57

http://www.digtriad.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=newsmaker&maven_referralPlaylistId=playlist&maven_referralObject=1199428548

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/nc-professor-on-hate/



(U.S.) NYC: Source: Bomb threats closed Long Beach bridge, LIRR station

http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/bomb-threat-closes-long-beach-bridge-1.1334193



(U.S.) IPT: Seven Congressional Representatives Ask U.S. Attorney General to Meet with CAIR, ISNA, MAS, Others

http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/282.pdf

-- "The letter was signed by California representatives Loretta Sanchez, Adam Schiff, Mike Honda and Lois Capps, along with Ohio representatives Mary Jo Kilroy and Dennis Kucinich and James Moran of Northern Virginia."

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-29-2009/0005068333&EDATE=



(U.S.) R.E.A.L. Statement to Fairfax County Board of Supervisors - July 31, 2009

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/real-to-fairfax-county-073109/



(Iran/U.S.) U.S. Senate Votes to Punish Companies Selling Gasoline to Iran

-- "sponsored by Republican Senators Jon Kyl of Arizona and Susan Collins of Maine"

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601207&sid=aGLAIFLUxh_8

-- FDD: This approach has attracted broad bipartisan support"

-- "If the Iranian regime is to halt its illegal nuclear program, support for terrorism, and human rights abuses, we must change its cost-benefit analysis"

-- "Earlier this year, FDD identified a total of over $553 million in contracts awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy to three of Iran's refined petroleum suppliers-Vitol, Shell, and Glencore-to fill the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve as one such opportunity to influence the companies' business decisions"

http://www.defenddemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11786361&Itemid=105



(Iran/U.S.) OFAC amended section 560.320 of the Iranian Transactions Regulations PDF icon by revising the definition of the term "Iranian accounts." This revision will allow U.S. banks to continue operating the accounts of U.S. persons who are temporarily in Iran.

http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/actions/20090730_22.shtml



(Syria/U.S.) US extends Syria sanctions by 1 year

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1248277939743&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



France: Burka wearing 'marginal phenomenon', popular among converts

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/07/france-burka-wearing-marginal.html



(Europe) Newsweek: "Dispelling the Myth of Eurabia" - by William Underhill

http://www.newsweek.com/id/206230

http://musliminstitute.com/article.php?id=2146



(UK) Girl, 15, 'forced to marry illegal immigrant who then raped her and assaulted her little sister'

-- "The Bangladeshi, in his 40s, is also wanted over claims that he sexually assaulted the girl's 12-year-old sister"

-- "He disappeared after the elder girl, now aged 17, contacted the Metropolitan Police on June 26 because she feared she was now being forced into a second marriage."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1203434/Girl-15-forced-marry-illegal-immigrant-raped-assaulted-little-sister.html

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/uk-forced-marriage-teenager/



UK Pentagon hacker loses appeal, will be sent to U.S. -- Gary McKinnon

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/07/31/british.hacker.mckinnon/index.html





(Liberia/U.S.) Phyllis Chesler report on history of rape in Liberia and impact on U.S. today

--- "Until 2006, rape was not even considered a crime in Liberia"

http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/07/30/child-barbarians-in-phoenix-obama-extends-their-stay/







Against Racial Supremacism News:



(U.S.) High Court to Get James Ford Seale Case - reputed Ku Klux Klan

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/james-ford-seale-high-court/

-- "The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Supreme Court should decide whether the statutes of limitations had expired on the kidnapping of two black teens in Mississippi in 1964. Reputed Ku Klux Klan member James Ford Seale is serving three life terms in those cases."

-- "Seale's defense attorneys argued that a federal law change set the statute of limitations on kidnapping at five years."

http://crime.about.com/b/2009/07/31/high-court-to-get-james-ford-seale-case.htm



(U.S.) Kentucky: KKK fliers found in northwest Bullitt

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/kentucky-ku-klux-klan/

-- "The fliers, which say they are from the United Northern & Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, were found on Raymond, West Blue Lick and Chillicoop roads, he said."

-- "The papers listed '10 Steps to a Better America,' which included stopping immigration, ending white discrimination, stopping foreign aid and defending gun rights."

-- "A request for comment submitted through the United Northern & Southern Knights' Web site was not returned."

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090730/ZONE10/907300363/KKK+fliers+found+in+northwest+Bullitt



(U.S.) Decision to Drop Suit Against Black Panthers in Poll Intimidation Approved by Associate AG

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/decision-to-drop-suit-bp/

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/30/no-3-at-justice-okd-panther-reversal/?feat=article_top10_read

--- SPLC lists Black Panthers as "black separatist" "hate group"

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3





Against Nazi News:



"Germany's pro-Hitler party triggers outrage with 'training centre' plans"

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/npd-training-center-plans/ 

-- National Democratic party (NPD) to open training center at Hotel Gerhus - led by Jurgen Rieger

http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-83191.html

-- "Mr Rieger, 61, has also tried to open Boys From Brazil-style 'breeding centres' in other locations; the plan being for all white, Ayran racists like himself to produce offspring to people the Fourth Reich, which he believes is coming one day."

-- "Mr Rieger is also trying to open a museum in Wolfsburg dedicated to the Nazi leisure organisation Strength Through Joy"

-- "The NPD has about 7,000 members and lawmakers sitting in regional parliaments, but none in the Bundestag"

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germanys-prohitler-party-plans-training-centre-1764700.html





Against Totalitarianism News:



Communist China's military machine launches website

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6734786.ece



US upbeat on North Korea sanctions enforcement

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1248277937781&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull





Iran Protest News:



Iran: West to blame for protester deaths

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1248277939171&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull



Ahmadinejad warns rivals their plans will fail

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/July/middleeast_July750.xml&section=middleeast

-- Ahmadinejad rounds on critics in Iran

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6734992.ece



London-based activists 'co-ordinating' Iranian protest movement 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5941266/London-based-activists-co-ordinating-Iranian-protest-movement.html





July 30, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



(Pakistan) Islamic supremacist "Armed mob sets fire to 20 houses, casualties feared" 

-- "Talking to the channel, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the incident took place as a reaction to rumours of blasphemy and alleged desecration of the holy Quran."

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\31\story_31-7-2009_pg7_4



(Pakistan) Sharia is still the law of reference in the districts of North-West Frontier

http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15913&theme=8&size=A



Pakistan: U.S. Unsure on Success of Pakistan's Swat Offensive 

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/20312/



(Pakistan) One million children face threat to education in NWFP

-- "where conflict with the Taliban has damaged or turned schools into civilian shelters"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\31\story_31-7-2009_pg7_14



"Pakistan opens new battleground against Taliban"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Pakistan/Pakistan-opens-new-battleground-against-Taliban/articleshow/4837149.cms

-- "22 Taliban held in search operations in Swat, Bajaur"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\31\story_31-7-2009_pg7_2



(Pakistan) "Govt has 'no proof on Osama bin Laden'"

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/13+govt+has+no+proof+on+osama+bin+laden-za-17



(Afghanistan) Taliban calls for Afghan elections boycott, jihad

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/07/30/80295.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090730/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanvoteunrest



(Afghanistan) US drones to target Taliban in Afghanistan war: Report 

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/South-Asia/US-drones-to-target-Taliban-in-Afghanistan-war-Report-/articleshow/4839979.cms



(Afghanistan) An ethics code for jihadis

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/South-Asia/An-ethics-code-for-jihadis/articleshow/4835798.cms



(Afghanistan) £20k sealed deal with Afghan Taliban?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/South-Asia/20k-sealed-deal-with-Afghan-Taliban/articleshow/4835807.cms

-- Taliban peace deal was 'bought' for £20,000

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/5926667/Taliban-peace-deal-was-bought-for-20000.html



Afghanistan: Christian Science Monitor's concerns on TACTICS of negotiating with Taliban, not the morality of negotiating with Islamic supremacists

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0728/p08s02-comv.html



(Afghanistan) UK's Daily Telegraph: "if talking to the Taliban will save lives, let's talk"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/5934383/David-Miliband-is-right---if-talking-to-the-Taliban-will-save-lives-lets-talk.html

-- UK Daily Telegraph October 1, 2007: "Afghanistan: No peace with terror"

--- Telegraph in 2007: "our main objection to the Taliban remains what it always has been: that they might rebuild the terrorist infrastructure that we have successfully demolished over the past four years."

--- Telegraph in 2007: "the Taliban themselves remain our sworn enemies, and Afghanistan will not be safe until they have been convincingly defeated."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3643041/Afghanistan-No-peace-with-terror.html



(Bangladesh) Islamic militancy in Bangladesh shows new signs of life

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0729/p99s01-duts.html



Iraq bombings kill 11

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25861078-23109,00.html



(Iraq) US adviser to Iraqi military urges early US exit

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090731/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_iraq_declare_victory

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/world/middleeast/31adviser.html?_r=1&hp



US extremists with training abroad raise concerns -- Daniel Patrick Boyd and Bryant Neal Vinas arrests

-- Regarding Boyd "Their wives told The Associated Press in an interview at the time that the couples had U.S. roots but the United States was a country of 'kafirs' -- Arabic for heathens"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090729/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_american_bred_terrorists



(U.S.) CNN: "Wife and mother of terror suspects says FBI tricked her" -- Daniel Patrick Boyd arrest

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/29/north.carolina.terrorism.wife/index.html



(U.S.) North Carolina: "The nicest terrorist ever" -- Daniel Patrick Boyd arrest

-- Sabrina Boyd "told The News & Observer of Raleigh that her men are 'completely innocent'"

-- Sabrina Boyd told "As for the weapons, she said, the family was simply exercising 'their constitutional right to bear arms.'"

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/07-the-nicest-terrorist-ever-ha-08

-- Comment: "Burying the Lead" on Islamic Supremacism:

In my opinion, the real point of such stories is that a "tactical" focus on terrorist activity alone is unproductive without defining the ideology that it is based on.  That vacuum then allows the media to focus on the tactical details of how determined a "terrorist" someone is - or even how "nice" they are -- rather than the ideology they were supporting.  In the U.S. in the 1960s, many white supremacists also argued how "nice" certain white supremacist politicians were.  Of course, the point is never how POLITELY or WHAT MANNER individuals reject our universal human rights - but that they REJECT our universal human rights.  In newspaper terms, this used to be called "burying the lead."



(U.S.) North Carolina: Terror suspect was tried in Pakistan

http://www.newsobserver.com/nation_world/story/1627138.html



U.S. Homeland Secretary to Reveal Security Plans 

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/20260/



US orders Guantanamo detainee freed

-- Mohammed Jawad

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25861088-23109,00.htmlhttp://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25861088-23109,00.html



(Fatah) Former PA Minister Hatem Abd Al-Qader: Fatah Should "Reactivate the Option of Resistance"

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD246509



(Nigeria) ICC reports: "Islamic Extremists Kill Pastor, Raze Churches in Nigeria"

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=10556&PHPSESSID=1e7e4d272ab21f03d8bd39f09ed6ab6a

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/nigeria-pastor-churches-attacked/



Nigeria troops rout 'Taliban', kill 200

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Rest-of-World/Nigeria-troops-rout-Taliban-kill-200/articleshow/4839683.cms



(Nigeria) Islamist Leader of sect blamed for Nigeria violence killed

-- "I believe he was shot while he was trying to escape."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090730/ap_on_re_af/af_nigeria_violence_42



(Sudan) UN Security Council extends Darfur mission by one year

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Rest-of-World/UN-Security-Council-extends-Darfur-mission-by-one-year/articleshow/4840070.cms



Balkans: Bosnia 'a haven for Islamist terrorists'

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3600749199



(Spain) Bomb kills 2 Spanish police officers on Mallorca

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090730/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_explosion_14

-- Fears of ETA campaign targeting Spanish resorts

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/5942019/Fears-of-ETA-terror-campaign-targeting-Spanish-resorts.html



(Canada) Junior jihadist or senior al-Qaeda leader?

-- " Abu Zubaydah has been connected to three Canadians, including Mohamed Harkat"

http://www.canada.com/news/Junior+jihadist+senior+Qaeda+leader/1804488/story.html



(Indonesia) Terrorist blames Jakarta blasts on soccer

--- "These players are Christians, so Muslims should not honor and respect these enemies of Allah"

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/07/30/Terrorist-blames-Jakarta-blasts-on-soccer/UPI-64121248967161/

-- Al-Qaeda claims suicide bombers were targeting Manchester United

--- "The [Manchester United] club consists of players who are Crusaders [Christians] and therefore they did not deserve to play in a Muslim country"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6734018.ece

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article6732844.ece



(China) Xinjiang trials to being in weeks - report

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25861777-23109,00.html



(Ecuador) Alleged rebel diary ties Ecuador leader to FARC

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/30/ecuador.farc.ties/index.html





Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



Gaza: Rights groups decry Gaza 'honor killing' 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/30/mideast.honor.killings/index.html



Jordan sets up tribunal to hear honour killing cases

http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2009/07/29/10300721.html



(Canada) Kingston deaths suspects share cell

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Kingston+deaths+suspects+share+cell/1844454/story.html



Barbara Kay: Honour killing is not 'domestic' violence

http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/07/29/barbara-kay-honour-killing-is-not-domestic-violence.aspx



(Sudan) Ex-journalist facing 40 lashes in Sudan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2009/jul/30/sudan-islam





Other News:



Spain: Moroccan tries an Honor Killing, stabs 20 times his daughter

-- "The Basque Autonomous Police (Ertzaintza) detained on Sunday night in Portugalete (Vizcaya) a 43-year-old man of Maghrebi origin, accused of stabbing his 20-year-old daughter 20 times and of hurting another two sons, according to the Basque Interior Department."

http://teaandpolitics.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/spain-moroccan-tries-an-honor-killing-stabs-20-times-his-daughter/

-- Original report (in Spanish)

http://www.publico.es/espana/actualidad/241404/detenido/asestar/navajazos/hijas



Egypt: "Antisemitism On Egypt's Al-Rahma TV   Children Memorize, Recite Antisemitic Slogans; Clerics Say Jews Are Offspring of Snakes and Vipers, Call For Reading 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion', And State: Our Hatred of The Jews is Purely on Religious Grounds   While Warning Against the Jewish-Zionist Starbucks, Domino's, Burger King & Others"

http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD246609

http://www.memri.org/downloads/2466_Al-Rahma_SD.pdf



Italy: 'Anti-Semitic' graffiti daubed on student travel agency branches

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3600411894



(Australia) Judge rejects sheik spokesman Keysar Trad's defamation claim

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25861728-601,00.html

-- Islamic spokesmam Keysar Trad loses defamation case

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,25861824-2,00.html?from=public_rss



(Canada) Attack on Vancouver Muslim a hate crime: police

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2009/07/30/bc-muslim-bus-attack-hate.html







Iran Protest News:



Iran police beat opposition sympathizers at graveside memorial

-- "Iranian police have used force at a Tehran cemetery to stop crowds rallying at the grave of a protester Neda Agha-Soltan who died in demonstrations after the disputed presidential election"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5939512/Iran-police-beat-opposition-sympathisers-at-graveside-memorial.html

-- Iran police arrest mourners in cemetery memorial

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090730/ts_nm/us_iran_unrest_opposition_7



(Iran) Arshin Adib-Moghaddam says Iranian protesters fighting for "Islamic Republic"

-- regarding Martin Amis, "He should note that the protesters are shouting Allah-u-Akbar"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/28/iran-protests-martin-amis



(Iran) Francis Fukuyama's on Iran's future: evolve towards "supreme court that could pass judgment on the consistency of legislation with Shariah"

-- states Noah Feldman's view of Sharia law is for "respected Islamic rules of justice -- Islamic rule of law"

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203946904574300374086282670.html?mod=googlenews_wsj





Against Totalitarianism News:



China carries out 13 million abortions a year

-- cites "pressure of China's one-child policy"

-- "At Beijing's Anzhen Hospital, nurses said the real total was much higher than the government statistic."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5939981/China-carries-out-13-million-abortions-a-year.html



U.S. imposes sanctions on N. Korean firm

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/30/north.korea.sanctions/index.html



DC: Falun Gong and the Freedom of China  -- Challenging Communist China

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/19833/

-- Falun Gong Suffers a Decade of Terror in China 

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/19861/

-- Falun Gong: Candles of Hope

http://epoch-archive.com/a1/en/us/was/2009/07-Jul/22/A1_EET20090722-DCUS.pdf

-- DC report of protest - PDF file - page 1

http://epoch-archive.com/a1/en/us/was/2009/07-Jul/23/A1_EET20090722-DCUS.pdf

-- DC report of protest - PDF file - page 2

http://epoch-archive.com/a1/en/us/was/2009/07-Jul/23/A3_EET20090722-DCUS.pdf

-- DC report of protest - PDF file - page 3

http://epoch-archive.com/a1/en/us/was/2009/07-Jul/23/A4_A5_EET20090722-DCUS.pdf







Against Nazi News:



(U.S.) New Jersey - Report: "Neo-Nazi Turner Was an FBI Informant, His Lawyer Confirms"

-- "He said Turner revealed information about a possible assassination plot against Obama"

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2009/07/29/yes-neo-nazi-turner-was-an-fbi-informant-his-lawyer-confirms/





July 28-29, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com



ACTION ALERT: Egyptian Editor Reports: Dr. Sayed Mahmoud El Qemany Threatened by Islamic Supremacists

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/dr-el-qemany-threatened/



Newslinks:



(Afghanistan) 9 killed as UN urges Taliban not to endanger Afghan vote

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\29\story_29-7-2009_pg7_34



(Afghanistan) UK: "How we'll win over the Taliban: Ministers claim 'incentives' will bring majority to peace table"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1202634/How-win-Taliban-Ministers-claim-incentives-bring-majority-peace-table.html



(Pakistan) Two killed in Miranshah suicide attack

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\29\story_29-7-2009_pg7_30



(Pakistan) Official: Decapitated body of Pakistani police constable found in Swat as violence persists

http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-decapitated-body-of-pakistani-police-constable-found-in-swat-as-violence-persists-122513/



(Pakistan) Three policemen injured in Peshawar attack 

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\29\story_29-7-2009_pg7_31



(Pakistan) Two Taliban killed in Swat as security forces rescue 'young bombers'

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\29\story_29-7-2009_pg7_18



(Pakistan) 12 suspected terrorists arrested in Peshawar 

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\29\story_29-7-2009_pg7_3



(Pakistan) Report: Pakistan has not yet tagged Jamaatul Daawa (JuD) a terrorist group 

http://www.metransparent.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=7750&lang=en



(Pakistan/U.S.) "US special envoy urges more EU aid for IDPs: 70% Taliban not with Qaeda"

-- "Holbrooke said less violent Taliban, those who had renounced extremism, should be included in the political mainstream"

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\07\29\story_29-7-2009_pg1_8



(U.S.) Minn. Somali pleads guilty to terrorism charge

-- "Salah Osman Ahmed (Sah-LAH' OZ'-man AH'-med) pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of providing material support to terrorists"

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h5cxkUfv5rOE2pmxgl_dkuCrJ9zwD99NMPHG0



(U.S.) From Suburban D.C. Childhood To Indictment on Terror Charges - Daniel Patrick Boyd

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/28/AR2009072803193.html



(U.S.) North Carolina: Feds: Member of NC terrorist group still at large

-- "Federal prosecutors say one member of a North Carolina group that sought to wage 'violent jihad' is still at large"

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nation/51875482.html



(U.S.) North Carolina: Conflicting portrait of NC terror suspect emerges

-- "'If he's a terrorist, he's the nicest terrorist I ever met in my life. I don't think he is,' said Charles Casale, 46, a neighbor in Willow Spring who recently got pointers on planting vegetables from the Boyds."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090729/ap_on_re_us/us_nc_terror_arrests_23

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,535085,00.html

--- Comment: Once AGAIN - another example of why we must focus more on IDEOLOGY as opposed to only on TACTICS

--- Challenging an Islamic supremacist ONLY based on alleged TACTICS will never de-legitimize the IDEOLOGY behind it



(U.S.) North Carolina: Wives of Islamic Supremacists Arrested for Terror Charges Denounce "Kufir" Nation

-- "The wives of the men said at the time they were glad the truth about their husbands had finally become known. The wives said the couples had US roots but the United States was a country of 'kafirs' Arabic for heathens." 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/5921529/Father-and-sons-among-seven-arrested-in-US-over-terror-plot.html



(U.S.) Israel stopped NC jihad suspect's family in 2007

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090729/ap_on_re_us/us_nc_terror_arrests_26



UK: Hizb ut-Tahrir Supremacist Group Claims Thousands Attend London Conference, Plans August 2 Birmingham Conference

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/uk-hizb-ut-tahrir-london/



(UK) The Jihad fanatic peddling a message of hate to 11-year-old Londoners (funded by the taxpayer)

-- "Anjem Choudary urges Britain to adopt public stonings, amputations for criminals and wants to see the flag of Islam over Downing Street"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1200442/The-Jihad-fanatic-peddling-message-hate-11-year-old-Londoners-funded-taxpayer.html



(UK) Terrorist threat to Sacha Baron Cohen -- al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article6729022.ece



(Yemen) Al Qaeda seen gaining new foothold in Yemen

http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-41364120090728



Morocco court convicts Islamist -- Belgian Abdelkader Belliraj

-- "A Moroccan-born Belgian man accused of leading an Islamist militant group and committing six murders in Belgium has been imprisoned for life in Morocco"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8171721.stm



(Nigeria) In Nigeria, an Islamist Expansion 

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124873930850985279.html



(Somalia) Somalis fleeing to Yemen to escape violence

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/07/28/somalia.yemen.flee/



Turkey: German stabbed to death by Islamic supremacist who "wanted to kill a Christian"

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/turkey-german-murdered/

-- Turkey - Christian Murdered on Busy Street in Istanbul

-- Compass reports German businessman stabbed to death "for being a Christian"

-- "Akyol, a Muslim who reportedly had been visiting area churches scouting around for a Christian victim, followed Kerkeling out of the church building and asked him for a Turkish lira"

http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=6035&backpage=summaries

-- Hurriyet reports on killer:

--- "I wanted to kill a Christian that day and was visiting churches for this reason. I saw the person and killed him,' Akyol allegedly told the prosecutor. A picture of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic, bearing the handwritten words 'I hate foreigners' was also reportedly found on Akyol."

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=suspected-tourist-killer-says-he-is-curious-for-foreigners-2009-07-26



(Spain) Car bomb injures 46 at Spain barracks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090729/wl_nm/us_spain_blast



"China puts a Uighur Christian on trial. Will that keep Al-Qaeda happy?" 

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timcollard/100004788/china-puts-a-uighur-christian-on-trial-will-that-keep-al-qaeda-happy/





Islamic Supremacist War on Women:



Gaza: Woman Killed in Jabalya to "Maintain Family Honor"

-- "On Thursday, 23 July 2009, Fadia Jawdat al-Najjar, 27, from Jabalya refugee camp was killed allegedly 'to maintain family honor.'"

http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/weapon/english/2009/report15.html

http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/gaza-woman-killed-in-jabalya-to-maintain-family-honor/







Other News:



Petition: Defending Our Human Rights and Defending Dr. El Qemany

http://www.petitiononline.com/elqemany/petition.html



(UK) Very PC police force issues its WPCs with Muslim headscarves complete with badge for mosque visits

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1202540/Very-PC-police-force-issues-WPCs-Muslim-headscarves-complete-badge.html