March 11, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Spain) Fifth Anniversary of Madrid Jihad Bombings -- Spain marks fifth anniversary of Madrid train bombings http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/wl_afp/spainattacksanniversary_20090311175014 -- Pain lingers five years on from Madrid bombings http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/11/madrid.train.bombings.anniversary/index.html?section=cnn_latest (Pakistan) NWFP: Four killed in Pakistan minister assassination bid - in Peshawar http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Four-killed-in-Pakistan-minister-assassination-bid/articleshow/4253150.cms http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/three-killed-in-peshawar-in-minister-assassination-bid--zj (Pakistan) NWFP: Cop killed, doctor abducted - in Dera Ismail Khan http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=166659 (Pakistan) NWFP: Militant threat abstained minister from voting http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=166656 (Pakistan) NWFP: "NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani on Wednesday signed the draft of Nizam-e-Adl (Shariat) Regulation 2009" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\12\story_12-3-2009_pg7_2 (Pakistan) NWFP: Govt to appoint seven qazis in Swat today -- "who will start hearing cases under Sharia law" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\12\story_12-3-2009_pg7_1 (Pakistan) NWFP: 45 arrested in Hangu operation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\12\story_12-3-2009_pg7_3 (Pakistan) Punjab: Alleged terrorist held, explosives seized - in Gujrat http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=71230 (Pakistan) Punjab - Lahore attacks: 'No 3/3 attacker held so far' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\12\story_12-3-2009_pg7_29 (Pakistan) Sindh's Karachi: Al Qaeda plans to target long march -- "There is already growing concern over Talibanisation in Karachi" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\12\story_12-3-2009_pg1_5 -- Hurt globally, Al-Qaeda bets on South Asia turmoil http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/hurt-globally-al-qaeda-bets-on-south-asia-turmoil --- Comment: or on South Asian Islamic supremacism?? (Pakistan) Zardari returns from Iran, to meet Gilani http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Zardari-returns-from-Iran-to-meet-Gilani/articleshow/4253441.cms Pakistan: Islam has 'no link' with terrorism, says PM Gilani -- Gilani states that it is "resulting in recent incidents of what he called Islamophobia" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3093731433 (Pakistan) Washington must help Pakistan democracy: John Kerry http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Washington-must-help-Pakistan-democracy-John-Kerry/articleshow/4253508.cms http://www.geo.tv/3-12-2009/37088.htm --- Repeated polls show 75 percent of Pakistan public call for strict Sharia law http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/pakistan.html --- Pakistan Sharia law advocates repeatedly reject democracy http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35430.htm http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg1_8 (Afghanistan) No reconciliation with Taliban's Mullah Omar: Pentagon -- But other Islamic supremacist Taliban apparently OK... -- "Morrell said there was no inconsistency between Gates and either Obama or Vice President Joe Biden, who said in Brussels Monday that reaching out to Taliban moderates was 'worth exploring.'" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/No-reconciliation-with-Mullah-Omar-US/articleshow/4253473.cms (Afghanistan) Eight militants, seven soldiers killed in Afghan violence http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1982210&Language=en -- Bomb kills six security men http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25174948-23109,00.html (Afghanistan) NATO supplies going through Iran: US senator Webb http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/nato-supplies-going-through-iran-us--za -- For War Supply Routes, U.S. Looks Even in Iran http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/washington/12military.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Iraq: Suspected Iranian bombing kills child http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3093863280 (Iraq) 3 dead, 14 injured in Mosul blasts http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236764156730&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iraq) Al Qaeda in Iraq Claims Suicide Attack - in Baghdad on March 8 http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/196773.php Iraq's Tareq Aziz, Chemical Ali get 15 years in jail http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March225.xml§ion=middleeast (U.S.) 9/11 defendants: "We ask to be near to God, we fight you and destroy you and terrorize you. The Jihad in god's cause is a great duty in our religion." http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025198.php -- PDF of full statement: http://www.jihadwatch.org/gitmo20090310.pdf (U.S.) Congressman Wolf 'Deeply Disappointed' By FBI's Lack of Answers on CAIR's Questionable Ties http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/11/wolf-deeply-disappointed-fbis-lack-answers-cairs-questionable-ties/ (U.S.) Minneapolis Somalis tell senators of vanished youths http://www.startribune.com/politics/41082717.html -- Somali-Americans recruited as "cannon fodder": U.S. http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52A6O820090311?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews -- Officials: Terror Worries Tied To Midwest Somalis http://wcco.com/crime/terrorists.somalis.men.2.956244.html -- Panel: Somali extremists pose U.S. threat http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/11/Panel_Somali_extremists_pose_US_threat/UPI-27981236773213/ http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/terrorism.recruitment/index.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/10/AR2009031003901.html?wpisrc=newsletter -- FBI Sheds Light On Missing Somali-Americans http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101751571&ft=1&f=1003 (U.S.) Terrorist watch list hits 1 million http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-03-10-watchlist_N.htm (UK) Calls for crackdown on parade Muslim extremists -- "thought to have links with al-Muhajiroun" -- Anjem Choudary referenced -- Building Bridges organization's Akbar Dad Khan: "The best thing to do is just to ignore them" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4974031/Calls-for-crackdown-on-parade-Muslim-extremists.html (UK) 'Cowards who can't fight': Muslim hate preacher taunts grieving families of friendly-fire victims -- Anjem Choudary http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160958/Cowards-fight-Muslim-hate-preacher-taunts-grieving-families-friendly-victims.html -- Muslim Preacher Mocks Fallen British Soldiers After Homecoming Parade Protest http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508686,00.html -- Melanie Phillips: Labour's disastrous policy is radicalising a whole new generation of Muslims http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1161188/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-Labours-disastrous-policy-radicalising-new-generation-Muslims.html (UK) Muslim group pledges more protests against UK soldiers http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/11/muslim-group-anti-war-protests UK Study: "Web's Role in Terrorism May Be Overstated" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508909,00.html (UK) Northern Ireland: Omagh prosecutions 'could have prevented latest Northern Ireland attacks' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/4975295/Omagh-prosecutions-could-have-prevented-latest-Northern-Ireland-attacks.html -- Police race to stop Real IRA bomb plot http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/11/northernireland-northernireland U.K. Targets Port-Smuggling Risks After Mumbai Terror Attacks http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=acSE1WbV3D10&refer=india Iran says nuclear plant to start operating by Aug 22 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle_East/Iran_says_nuclear_plant_to_start_operating_by_Aug_22/articleshow/4250600.cms -- Iran lacks nuclear bomb fuel: US officials http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Iran-lacks-nuclear-bomb-fuel-US-officials/articleshow/4252000.cms (Iran) No sign of U.S. correcting regional 'mistakes': Iran http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March229.xml§ion=middleeast (Iran) Ahmadinejad says leaders of Islamic republics of Pakistan and Afghanistan united in "fight against" terrorism http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3093731401 -- Comment: three big exporters of Jihad in public denial (Iran) Russia may freeze S-300 sale to Iran http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236764155745&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Radicalization in Hizbullah's Positions Following the Gaza War: Hizbullah Must Be Independent of All State Institutions; 'Hizbullah Will Absorb All the Political Forces in the Country' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA50409 Hamas says it should pick next Palestinian PM http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March230.xml§ion=middleeast (Hamas) Talks to free Shalit may yield "results", says Hamas source http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3093918807 -- Hamas puts captured Israeli soldier on video tape http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4961627/Hamas-puts-captured-Israeli-soldier-on-video-tape.html (Hamas) Galloway secretly meets with Haniyeh -- "British MP receives honorary Palestinian passport from Hamas leader at undisclosed Gaza location" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236764157868&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130389 (Egypt) Islamic Jihad hails positive atmosphere at Cairo talks http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&Do=&ID=36365 (West Bank) Firebomb Attacker Shot, Killed http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130387 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1070339.html (Israel) Rockets and Mortar Continue to Rain on Southern Residents http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130384 -- Palestinian rocket fired from Gaza falls in Eshkol -- Israeli army http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1982253&Language=en -- Kassam rocket lands near a kibbutz in Sha'ar Hanegev; none wounded http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236764159831&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Police foil 2nd Jerusalem stabbing attack in week http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1070348.html (Israel/U.S.) Military aid to Israel won't be cut: US official http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March227.xml§ion=middleeast (Somalia) Somalia mayhem -- "Insurgents detonated a remote-controlled roadside bomb in Mogadishu yesterday killing a senior Somali security official and three other people" http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=278094&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21 -- Blast kills Somali security official, 3 soldiers http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/11/africa/AF-Somalia.php (Somalia) AU peacekeepers to stay in Somalia 3 more months http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LB938310.htm Somalia one step nearer to Sharia law http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236764155359&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Libya frees 136 Islamists close to Qaeda -- "Libya has freed 136 members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, an Islamist group close to Al-Qaeda, in the past two years" http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090311/world/libya_politics_islam_qaeda_1 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Libya_frees_136_members_of_Islamic_group_close_to_al-Qaida/articleshow/4253554.cms?TOI_latestnews Libya frustrated with U.S. over weapons program deal http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/11/mideast/libya.php (Canada) Tories to reintroduce anti-terrorism measures: Minister http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Tories+reintroduce+anti+terrorism+measures+Minister/1378449/story.html Philippines Jihadists Ask $1 Million Ransom for Red Cross Workers -- Pay Abu Sayyaf P50M or attack http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090311-193629/Pay-Abu-Sayyaf-P50M-or-attack Philippines to bid for observer status at OIC Islamic summit http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/259210,philippines-to-bid-for-observer-status-at-islamic-summit.html Australia is a target for al-Qaeda, says US Vice President Joe Biden -- more hand-wringing reports on why we should surrender ("negotiate") to Islamic supremacist Taliban http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25170478-26103,00.html (North Korea/U.S.) Clinton Says U.S. Has 'Options' on N. Korea Missile Launch, Reports Say http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/11/clinton-says-options-n-korea-missile-launch-reports-say/ -- NKorea accuses US government of interference http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/11/asia/AS-Koreas-Tension.php (Sri Lanka) Senior Tamil rebel killed: Sri Lanka says http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Senior_Tamil_rebel_killed_Sri_Lanka_says/articleshow/4253333.cms?TOI_latestnews Argentina bombing whistleblower allegedly tortured http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_argentina_amia_bombing Ecuador arrests FARC commander http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6211418/Ecuador-arrests-FARC-commander Islamic Supremacist War on Women: (U.S.) NY: Groups Oppose 'Honor Killing' Label On Beheading http://wcbstv.com/politics/wife.beheaded.buffalo.2.956554.html (Afghanistan) Court affirms blasphemy sentence for Afghan journalist Parwez Kambakhsh -- "after accusations that he wrote and distributed an article about the role of women in Islam" -- "Afghan Supreme Court has upheld a 20-year sentence for an Afghan university student journalist accused of blasphemy" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/11/asia/11court.php Canadian town honors Aqsa Parvez, honor killing victim! http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025197.php http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/03/the-aqsa-parvez-resolution.html Commentaries: (U.S.) Islam in America, Part Four: Lawfare - by Kathy Shaidle http://www.rightsidenews.com/200903103940/homeland-security/islam-in-america-part-four-lawfare.html (UK) Stop pandering to enemies of our way of life - by Ruth Dudley Edwards http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/4975163/Stop-pandering-to-enemies-of-our-way-of-life.html (UK) Melanie Phillips: Labour's disastrous policy is radicalising a whole new generation of Muslims http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1161188/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-Labours-disastrous-policy-radicalising-new-generation-Muslims.html (UK) Are Muslim radicals trying to provoke a civil war in Britain? http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/con_coughlin/blog/2009/03/11/are_muslim_radicals_trying_to_provoke_a_civil_war_in_britain -- Comment: Con Coughlin never imagines that Islamic supremacists simply mean to conquer UK (UK) Britain is now harbouring a menacing enemy within http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/88777 --- Comment: "now"??? (UK) Tolerance and the intolerant http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/leading_article/article5891253.ece (UK) We'll Never Surrender http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/88828/We-ll-never-surrender Other News: Meantime... while UK is worried about the "intolerant"... and "not surrendering"... (UK) Crossing over to Islamic banking -- "Sharia-compliant finance is prospering in Britain" http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article5889624.ece (Afghanistan) Court affirms blasphemy sentence for Afghan journalist Parwez Kambakhsh -- "after accusations that he wrote and distributed an article about the role of women in Islam" -- "Afghan Supreme Court has upheld a 20-year sentence for an Afghan university student journalist accused of blasphemy" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/11/asia/11court.php --- The fate of Pervez Kambaksh mirrors the destiny of his country http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-one-victim-of-the-talibans-advance-in-afghanistan-1642988.html Muslim Burns a Young Copt Alive and Murders His Father Because of a Rumor http://actdcmetro.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/muslim-burns-a-young-copt-alive-and-murders-his-father-because-of-a-rumor/ http://voiceofthecopts.org/en/breaking_news/muslim_burns_a_young_copt_alive_and_murders_his_father_because_o.html Scandinavian Islamic Groups Distance Themselves from Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi, Following MEMRI Translation of His Statements on Al-Jazeera TV Calling Holocaust "Divine Punishment" For Jews," Warning "Allah Willing, The Next Time Will Be At The Hand of the Believers" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD227709 (Germany) Strasbourg: Muslims demand bigger mosque http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/strasbourg-muslims-demand-bigger-mosque.html (Turkey) Darwin article causes flap in Muslim Turkey http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/11/europe/EU-Turkey-Darwin-Dispute.php (U.S.) Religious hack attack against Christianity seen on Facebook http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/41692/108/ (U.S.) Florida: Anti-Terrorism Group Crashes Muslim Day http://www.flanews.com/?p=4720 Facebook launches in Arabic http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/facebook/4971052/Facebook-launches-in-Arabic-and-Hebrew.html (Pakistan) Lahore: Pakistan detains hundreds, activists defy protest ban http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/414665/1/.html -- PML-N: March 17 to herald new era of justice, victory: Shahbaz http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=71215 -- Long march may take Pakistan back to the 90s http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\12\story_12-3-2009_pg7_14 -- US avoids commenting on Pakistani politics http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/us-avoids-commenting-on-pakistani-politics--za Against Nazi News: (Germany/U.S.) Alleged Nazi camp guard charged 29,000 times -- John Demjanjuk http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_demjanjuk -- German Prosecutors File Charges against Demjanjuk http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,612763,00.html Sweden cuts Auschwitz survivor's pension -- "Miriam Landau was told that compensation by Germany for working in a Hungarian ghetto counted as a pension" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5891164.ece (Czech Republic) Hundreds of neo-Nazis may meet in Czech town http://www.romea.cz/english/index.php?id=detail&detail=2007_1180 March 10, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) Bomb kills 4 civilians in southern Afghanistan - in Helmand province http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/10/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) Officials: Taliban's New Top Operations Officer Is Former Guantanamo Bay Detainee -- "Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul, formerly Guantanamo prisoner No. 008, was among 13 Afghan prisoners released to the Afghan government in December 2007. Rasoul is now known as Mullah Abdullah Zakir" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508506,00.html http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/10/america/NA-US-Guantanamo-Detainee-Taliban.php http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5888427.ece (Afghanistan/Pakistan) Talking to the Taleban 'worth exploring': Biden http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March856.xml§ion=international http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25169895-23109,00.html -- Biden calls for diplomatic approach to deal with situation in Afghanistan --- VP Biden says only "five percent of Taliban were incorrigible" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1981866&Language=en -- 70% Taliban fighting for money in Afghanistan: Biden http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=71097 -- Biden: Taliban negotiations likely http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/11/biden-us-likely-to-try-to-negotiate-with-taliban/ -- NATO plots Afghan-Pakistan strategy ---- VP Biden concerned about "extremists" -- whatever that means http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/10/nato.qaeda/index.html -- VP Biden has history of rationalizing Chechen Islamic supremacist Jihadists as fighting "war of liberation" http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0507/3850.html (Afghanistan) Taleban say Obama's call on moderates 'illogical' -- Taliban's Qari Mohammad Yousuf: "This does not require any response or reaction for this is illogical. The Taliban are united, have one leader, one aim, one policy...I do not know why they are talking about moderate Taliban and what it means?" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March829.xml§ion=international (Afghanistan) US must prevent Taliban takeover in Afghan war: Gates http://rawstory.com/news/afp/US_must_prevent_Taliban_takeover_in_03102009.html -- Comment: this is why Gates wants U.S. to "reconcile" with Islamic supremacist Taliban?? -- see also: October 17, 2008 - Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html (Afghanistan) Karzai trip may push Iran to join US-led Afghan talks http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March836.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) NWFP: NATO supply truck for Afghanistan torched in Pakistan: Police http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/NATO-supply-truck-torched-in-Pakistan-Police/articleshow/4250870.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Now, Taliban knocks on Peshawar's door http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Now-Taliban-knocks-on-Peshawars-door/articleshow/4251631.cms (Paksitan) NWFP: Qazi conference underway in Swat - on Sharia law http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=71082 --- Draft for Sharia in Swat signed; judges to be appointed in consultation with TNSM http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/16015 (Pakistan) The rise & rise of Pakistan's Taliban http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The-rise--rise-of-Pakistans-Taliban/articleshow/4251685.cms Pakistan's terrorist groups http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistans-terrorist-groups/articleshow/4251693.cms (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan's troubled Tribal belt http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistans-troubled-Tribal-belt/articleshow/4251691.cms (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan army kills over 35 militants - in Darra Adam Khel http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1981945&Language=en (Pakistan) Punjab: Pakistan tribe agrees to hand over Taliban - in Khar http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/10/asia/AS-Pakistan-Tribal-Talks.php (Pakistan) Lahore: 100 detained over Lahore attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/100_detained_over_Lahore_attack/articleshow/4247658.cms -- Pakistan bans protests, rallies in Lahore: Official http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_bans_protests_rallies_in_Lahore_Official/articleshow/4251766.cms?TOI_latestnews -- Section 144 imposed in Lahore, other Punjab cities http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/section-144-imposed-in-lahore-other-punjab-cities--zj Pakistan: Indian govt sends 'commandos' to protect Indian embassy in Pakistan http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3090322431 (Pakistan/Iran) President Zardari meets Ahmadinejad in Tehran http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=71095 (India) Mumbai Attacks: Interpol to issue red warrant against Mumbai attacks mastermind http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=71080 (Iraq) Bomber kills 33 at Iraq peace conference http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/10/iraq.bomb.reconciliation/index.html http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1981880&Language=en --- Two Iraqi TV journalists among suicide blast dead http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=71094 -- 2nd suicide bombing perils Iraqi alliances http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/10/mideast/iraq.php (U.S.) Guantanamo Detainees Say They Planned 9/11 Attacks -- claim that there were a "9/11 Shura Council" in filing entitled "The Islamic Response to the Government's Nine Accusation" -- "five detainees at Guantanamo Bay charged with planning the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have filed a document with the military commission at the United States naval base there expressing pride at their accomplishment and accepting full responsibility for the killing of nearly 3,000 people" -- "In their filing, the men describe the planning of the Sept. 11 attacks and the killing of Americans as a model of Islamic action" -- report states men include Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/us/10gitmo.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,507625,00.html --- Gitmo prisoners defend 'blessed' 9/11 attack http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/10/gitmo.terror.prisoners/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,507625,00.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29615145/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090310/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_sept11_trial (U.S.) Guantanamo cases proceed despite Obama freeze http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/03/10/africa/OUKWD-UK-GUANTANAMO-TRIALS.php (U.S.) Al-Qaeda suspect faces US court -- Ali Al-Marri http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3090957634 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,507948,00.html?sPage=fnc/us/crime (U.S.) FBI investigates Somalis in Minneapolis -- "Members of the Twin Cities' thriving Somali community say they are being questioned by the FBI as it investigates whether some young men are being "radicalized" in Minnesota and recruited to fight with terror groups in their homeland" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29620604/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090310/ap_on_re_us/twin_cities_somalis (U.S.) Florida: House Leader Calls Muslim Group Head 'Terrorist Sympathizer' -- Adam Hasner referencing "United Voices For America" Ahmed Bedier -- Bedier previously was "the executive director of the Tampa office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR" http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/mar/10/101904/house-leader-calls-muslim-group-leader-terrorist-s/ (U.S.) Chas Freeman withdraws nomination - National intel council appointee withdraws -- "after facing strong opposition.. about his objectivity and experience" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/10/National_intel_council_appointee_withdraws/UPI-58961236722788/ --- Previous related articles on Chas Freeman https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/05/foreign-ties-of-nominee-queried/ http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068359.html http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/ss_intelligence0182_03_03.asp http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p17915.xml http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3396191/just-whose-side-is-he-on.thtml http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2606/pub_detail.asp http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3380291/an-american-addition-to-the-islamists-armoury.thtml http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91288 (U.S.) A Struggle Over U.S. Cybersecurity http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/nation/nationalsecurity/index.html?sub=AR (U.S.) New York: Brooklyn: Muslim enters synagogue and starts proclaiming jihad http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025173.php http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130358 (UK) Muslim anti-war protesters abuse British soldiers as 'baby killers' during homecoming parade http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160958/Muslim-anti-war-protesters-abuse-British-soldiers-baby-killers-homecoming-parade.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4968576/Muslim-extremists-shout-abuse-at-British-soldiers-during-home-coming-march.html http://www.thelondonpaper.com/cs/Satellite/london/news/article/1157160236784?packedargs=suffix%3DArticleController --- Two held during parade protests -- BBC video and article http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7935679.stm --- YouTube Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_ygCc9qlWM& --- JihadWatch report http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025185.php (UK) Online extremism tactics "crude", report http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1981728&Language=en (UK) 'Terror abroad' retrial ruled out -- "A man accused of orchestrating terror attacks in Pakistan from his home in London will not face a retrial." -- "Hyrbyair Marri, 40, was accused of being a key supporter of the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA)." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7935991.stm (UK) Northern Ireland policeman murder: Two arrested http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/4969882/Shooting-of-Northern-Ireland-policeman-Teenager-and-37-year-old-man-arrested.html UN will scrutinize U.S. counter-terrorism under Obama -- concerned about renditions http://www.vancouversun.com/news/will+scrutinize+counter+terrorism+under+Obama/1374351/story.html -- U.S. allies blasted as collaborators in war on terrorism -- concerned about renditions http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090310/wl_mcclatchy/3185525 (Iran) Bomb explosion in Iranian mosque -- "in the south-eastern Iranian city of Zahedan" http://www.geo.tv/3-11-2009/36992.htm (Iran) 'It's going to be hard to halt Tehran' -- "US intel chief says Iran may bow to sanctions" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236676910458&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran/Syria) UN demands explanation from Iran and Syria on arms ship http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236676911098&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Syria) CNN: "Analysis: Engaging Syria carries potential risks, rewards" -- by Elise Labott http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/10/obama.syria.analysis/index.html -- Elise Labott ignores the "risks" of legitimizing a nation where men can only serve three to six months for murdering a woman http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD226809 http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3137 (Gaza) British MP gives Gaza aid through Hamas -- "George Galloway: aid convoy aims to send message to Muslim World that 'Britain is not your enemy'" http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=30876 (Gaza) 3 hurt as IAF hits Gaza rocket squad http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236676910880&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Fatah claims responsibility for shelling northern Israel http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1981679&Language=en -- Hamas, Fatah start reconciliation talks http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236676909999&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/4969532/Hamas-and-Fatah-meet-for-unity-talks.html (Gaza) Interpol reviews Iran request for Israeli arrests http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March866.xml§ion=international Hamas puts captured Israeli soldier on video tape http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4961627/Hamas-puts-captured-Israeli-soldier-on-video-tape.html (Israel) Soldier: Two Arabs tried to kidnap me http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236676910308&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Egypt: Muslims burn Christian man alive, stab his father to death http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025179.php http://christianpost.com/Intl/Persecution/2009/03/egyptian-christian-burned-alive-father-murdered-also-10/ Somali Cabinet votes to implement Islamic law http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/10/africa/AF-Somalia-Islamic-Law.php (Germany/Belgium) Police in eight cities raid premises of suspected Islamists http://www.thelocal.de/national/20090310-17931.html http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/germanybelgium-investigation-into.html Italy: Islamists are the main terrorist threat, says report -- "The Italian government investigated 216 terror threats against Italy last year, concluding that Islamist cells were the "primary threat to the public interest, both inside Italy and abroad," according to a report released on Tuesday" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3089595815 (Greece) Bomb goes off at Citibank branch in Athens -- "Revolutionary Struggle" suspected http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/10/Bomb_goes_off_at_Citibank_branch_in_Athens/UPI-20281236722318/ -- Greek anti-terrorism service expects new terrorist attack in 24 hours -- "Sect of Revolutionaries" http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n173722 (Canada) CSIS reinforces terror case against Harkat http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/599866 http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/03/10/ot-090310-harkat.html (Sri Lanka) Fifteen dead in Sri Lanka mosque attack http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25170348-5006003,00.html -- Ten Lankan civilians killed in suicide blast on Milad-un-Nabi festival http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1981693&Language=en -- Blast outside mosque kills at least 10 in southern Sri Lanka http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/10/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Islamic Supremacist War on Women News: --- see also http://groups.yahoo.com/group/waronwomen/ (Bangalore) City girl victim of honour killing http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3435 (Iraq) Amnesty warns of gender violence in Iraq http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3440 (Pakistan) Rafia Zakaria: The privatisation of Pakistani women -- by Rafia Zakaria http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3437 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\07\story_7-3-2009_pg3_3 -- Context: --- February 21, 2009: Rafia Zakaria: positively views Sharia law deal with Taliban as "calculated ceding of control could produce the political victory that is impossible to achieve through military means" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\21\story_21-2-2009_pg3_3 Other News: (Lebanon) 18 inmates injured in Lebanese prison riot http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090310.wberuit0310/BNStory/International/home Netherlands: Insulting Islam doesn't automatically insult all Muslims http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/netherlands-insulting-islam-doesnt.html -- Supreme Court clears man of insulting Muslims --- "It said the sign posted by the Valkenswaard man insulted only the Muslim faith, and that such an action was not against Dutch law" http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6209725/Supreme-Court-clears-man-of-insulting-Muslims Ethiopia's muslims observe Mawlid as Sharia court use grows http://jimmatimes.com/article.cfm?articleID=31999 Nigeria: Jaiz Islamic Bank to Start Operations http://allafrica.com/stories/200903100292.html (Nigeria) Reincarnating The Sharia Debate? http://leadershipnigeria.com/news/138/ARTICLE/7971/2009-03-10.html Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi Calls to Shut Down Starbucks in the Arab and Islamic World, Saying: Their Logo is the Jewish Queen Esther --- but says you should not be "burning [the place] down" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD227609 (UK) British musician Gilad Atzmon tells New Zealand press in non-questioning interview that "Jewish ideology and Nazi ideology were very similar" http://www.gisborneherald.co.nz/Default.aspx?s=3&s1=2&id=8879 UK: One in seven believe women should be hit for wearing sexy clothing http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025182.php Commentaries: Will Sharia Courts in the UK Sabatoge The Forced Marriage Act? by Victoria Golshani http://www.rightsidenews.com/200903093938/culture-wars/will-sharia-courts-in-the-uk-sabatoge-the-forced-marriage-act.html Anti-Racial Supremacist News: (U.S.) Texas: House Defaced with Ku Klux Klan (KKK) White Supremacist Initials --- also small fire in the house http://www.burnetbulletin.com/pages/full_story?page_label=home_burnet&id=2042374&widget=push&article-HSB%20house%20vandalized%20=&instance=highlander_news&open=& (U.S.) California: Fighting hate crimes in San Diego http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/10/lz1e10saldana211226-fighting-hate-crimes-san-diego/ Against Nazi News: (Hungary) Accused Nazi fights extradition to Hungary -- Charles Zentai http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/10/asia/AS-Australia-Hungary-Extradition.php 'Time capsules' detail Nazi horrors http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20090309/COMMUNITIES18/903090323/1005/NEWS01 Fictionalized 'Kindly' Nazi Creates A Stir http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuar/.artsmain/article/5/1338/1478425/Books/Fictionalized.%27Kindly%27.Nazi.Creates.A.Stir/ March 9, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP CM signs Nizam-e-Adl Regulation draft -- to implement sharia in Malakand http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\10\story_10-3-2009_pg1_6 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/hoti-signs-nizam-i-adl-summary--qs (Pakistan) NWFP: Militant attacks on shrines are regular occurrence http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\10\story_10-3-2009_pg7_32 (Pakistan) NWFP: After release of 12 Taliban, Swat Taliban agree to remove checkposts http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\09\story_9-3-2009_pg1_10 (Pakistan) NWFP: Peshawar no longer under threat, says commissioner http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\10\story_10-3-2009_pg7_27 (Pakistan) Punjab: One Woman Dead in Attack on Christians -- in Sangu-Wali village, near Aroop town in Gujranwala district http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5844&backpage=summaries (Pakistan) Islamabad: Terror attack feared during long march http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\09\story_9-3-2009_pg1_12 --- Islamabad and Rawalpindi: High security alert in twin cities http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=166600 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill three US 'spies' in South Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\10\story_10-3-2009_pg7_21 (Pakistan) FATA: 14 security men, 15 Taliban killed in Mohmand Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\09\story_9-3-2009_pg7_5 (Pakistan) FATA: Tribesmen sign peace deal in Bajaur: officials http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/tribesmen-sign-peace-deal-in-khar-officials--bi (Pakistan) Taliban terror forces Hindus to flee Pakistan http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=3e8d2e5d-bf29-4bf3-a63d-a7a634e666dd&Headline=Taliban+terror+forces+Hindus+to+flee+Pakistan (Pakistan) US to step up attacks on Pakistan as it forces Taliban to talk -- "to force moderate elements of the Taliban to the negotiating table" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4958601/US-to-step-up-attacks-on-Pakistan-as-it-forces-Taliban-to-talk.html Pakistan sets roadblocks in U.S. hunt for extremists, officials say -- "American efforts to find plotters of a Mumbai-style attack in the U.S. were thwarted by Islamabad, officials said. Access to members of a militant group has been denied" http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-us-terrorism9-2009mar09,0,7602427.story -- Officials worry about Lashkar-e-Tayyaba cells in US http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\09\story_9-3-2009_pg7_15 (Pakistan) Hillary Clinton pledges multifaceted efforts to stabilize Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\09\story_9-3-2009_pg7_16 (Pakistan) Lahore 'mastermind' escapes police raid -- "Mohammed Aqeel is thought to have organized the terrorist attack against Sri Lanka's cricket team in which eight died" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5875297.ece (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: U.S. Pak needs to do more on Mumbai attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak-needs-to-do-more-on-Mumbai-attack-US/articleshow/4247165.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: LHC extends detention of Lashkar-linked charity chief http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/lhc-extends-detention-of-lashkar-linked-charity-chief--bi (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: 'Pakistan's nukes stopped India from retaliating after Mumbai attacks' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\10\story_10-3-2009_pg7_30 (India) Mumbai Attacks: 26/11 trial: Kasab seeks translated copy of chargesheet http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2611-trial-Kasab-seeks-translated-copy-of-chargesheet/articleshow/4246845.cms -- Court rejects Mumbai gunman's translation request http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/09/asia/AS-India-Shooting.php -- India: 'Surviving Mumbai gunman' appears in court http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3086696019 (India) Mumbai Attacks: 26/11: India to give DNA samples to Interpol http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2611-India-to-give-DNA-samples-to-Interpol/articleshow/4246952.cms -- Mumbai attack: FBI helped decrypt GPS data http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai-attack-FBI-helped-decrypt-GPS-data/articleshow/4240100.cms (India) Official: More security coming to India http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/09/Official_More_security_coming_to_India/UPI-67401236644905/ (Afghanistan) Negotiating with Taliban no change in tactics:Obama http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Negotiating+with+Taliban+change+tactics+Obama/1371011/story.html -- Obama Ponders Outreach to Taliban Moderates http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-08-voa3.cfm -- See also: October 17, 2008: Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html Afghan leader Karzai backs Obama's call on Taliban http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/03/08/europe/OUKWD-UK-AFGHAN-KARZAI-OBAMA.php (Afghanistan) UK helps set up sharia courts in Afghanistan -- "British officials are helping to establish informal sharia courts in southern Afghanistan" -- British official Hugh Powell: "Informal justice is almost what the Taliban started by offering - it is what they continue to focus on" -- So Britons want to ensure there is FORMAL Sharia law instead.... http://archive.gulfnews.com/world/United_Kingdom/10293164.html (Afghanistan) Canada supports talks with Taliban http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n173645 (Afghanistan) Der Spiegel: 'Make an Offer the Taliban Cannot Refuse' -- "Obama has charged the former CIA official Bruce Riedel with drafting a policy review on the war in Afghanistan, which should be delivered before the president heads to the NATO summit in early April" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,612160,00.html (Afghanistan) Hizb-e-Islami claim killing 19 US troops in Afghanistan http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=71013 (Afghanistan) Bomb kills 1 Canadian soldier in Afghanistan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/09/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) Iran says U.S. failing in Afghanistan http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March174.xml§ion=middleeast (U.S.) Judge suspects feds duped defense in Al-Arian case http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090309/ap_on_re_us/attacks_professor -- Al-Arian Offered Cooperation After Unexpected Sentence http://www.investigativeproject.org/1009/al-arian-offered-cooperation-after-unexpected (U.S.) Al Qaeda suspect to finally face U.S. court -- Ali al-Marri http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5286WJ20090310?rpc=401& (U.S.) Minnesota: Somali teens share thoughts on disappearances http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/03/09/somali_teens/?refid=0 (UK) British-born Muslims supplied equipment to al-Qaeda -- "Three British-born Muslims acted as quartermasters, supplying equipment to the Taliban and al-Qaeda fighting British squaddies on the Pakistani-Afghani border" -- "The three along with a Muslim convert were part of a Birmingham terror cell whose leader was convicted of plotting to kidnap and behead a British soldier on video" -- "Using the earthquake in Pakistan in late 2005 as a cover, the three collected funds from their community on the pretext of sending out humanitarian aid" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4962802/British-born-Muslims-supplied-equipment-to-al-Qaeda.html -- Three jailed for equipping militants overseas --- "Three British Muslims were jailed on Monday for sending equipment to militants fighting on the Afghan and Pakistan border." --- all from Birmingham: Mohammed Nadim, Shabir Mohammed, and Shahid Ali --- "A fourth Birmingham man, Abdul Ishaq Raheem, 32, was jailed for failing to disclose information about an act of terrorism." http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090309/tuk-uk-britain-equipment-fa6b408.html (UK) Northern Ireland: Police officer slain in N. Ireland ambush http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/09/Police_officer_slain_in_N_Ireland_ambush/UPI-83771236645404/ U.N. Agency Needs More Funding to Tackle Extremist Groups With Nuclear Weapons http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,507444,00.html -- IAEA: Arab states crucial to resolving Iran nuclear issue http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069987.html MEMRI: Behind the Scenes of Virtual Jihad: The Anatomy of a Jihadist Forum http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA50309 (Syria) Assad: Site bombed by Israel in 2007 has been built over http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236603390162&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) Hamas official hails British MP Galloway as 'hero' in Gaza http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069774.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5876537.ece -- British MP Galloway kisses Gaza ground http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236603390290&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) Poll: Hamas more popular after Gaza offensive http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069762.html Hamas 'arrests' Islamists for Israeli attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3085263040 -- "Hamas makes Islamic Jihad vow not to fire rockets" http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5itboNyakbUQdWE9h_UrcHcjMglsg (Israel) National Security Council Issues Comprehensive Travel Advisory http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130355 (Saudi Arabia) Saudi court sentences 75-year-old woman to 40 lashes for "mingling" with unrelated men http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025157.php http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/09/saudi.arabia.lashes/index.html?eref=edition http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1157412&srvc=rss --- What the Saudi Gazette reports on International Women's Day: "The inside story: Life with an abusive wife" http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009030731348 (Sudan) Saudi 'disturbed' by Beshir arrest warrant http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=71010 Sudan frees Islamist opposition leader http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE52807I20090309 Somalia: Party of Islam Rebels Vow More Attacks On African Union Peacekeepers http://allafrica.com/stories/200903091459.html Somalia: 7,574 People Killed in 2008 - Elman Human Rights http://allafrica.com/stories/200903091460.html Somalia: Gang Rapists laugh at Sharia "justice" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29601865/ (Somalia) Islamists vow not to ease off http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/543348/-/13qn3b8z/-/ (Russia) US-Russia tensions emerge at Viktor Bout hearing http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/09/asia/AS-Thailand-US-Arms-Dealer.php (Canada) Terror suspect Mohamed Harkat admits talking with al-Qaida http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Terror+suspect+Harkat+admits+talking+with+Qaida/1371160/story.html (Thailand) Two killed in Thai south -- in Pattani -- two also shot in Yala http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=79145 (Philippines) Military troops capture suspected bomber -- captured "Ocampo told investigators he has links with the regional terror network Jemaah Islamiyah" http://www.sunstar.com.ph/network/military-troops-capture-suspected-bomber-356-pm -- "about a dozen foreign JI operatives were hiding in the Mindanao, where they have teamed up with local militants to train and recruit new members" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/259021,suspected-muslim-militant-arrested-in-southern-philippines.html Philippines: Arroyo refuses to yield to abductors' demands http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3085263357 Sri Lanka fighting surges, 150 rebels die: army http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090309/wl_nm/us_srilanka_war North Korea says on full combat readiness http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March777.xml§ion=international -- Hundreds halted at border after NKorea shuts phone lines http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March688.xml§ion=international Other News: (U.S.) Report on March 8, 2009 DC Save Women Now Rally http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/march8/ --- Join those willing to stand up for women and defy Islamic supremacism http://www.petitiononline.com/savenow/ http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/save-women-now-petition/ (U.S.) IPT News: FBI's Response on CAIR Relationship http://www.investigativeproject.org/1007/fbis-embarrassing-response-to-cair-questions http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/246.pdf (U.S.) Florida: Muslim Day at the Capitol provokes a backlash http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2009/03/muslim-day-at-the-capitol-provokes-a-backlash.html (U.S.) CAIR: Md. Muslim Objects to 'Separate But Equal' Treatment by Bank http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-09-2009/0004985357&EDATE= -- Muslim Woman Asked to Leave Line at Bank Over Head Scarf http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/09/AR2009030902387.html (U.S.) Report: "Chicago TV: Muslim Leader Says America Will Become A Muslim Country" http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2009/03/08/chicago-tv-muslim-leader-says-america-will-become-a-muslim-country/ Bloomberg Report: "Wary Muslims Seek More Than Gestures in Obama's 'Way Forward'" http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqCe9VplKqAs&refer=worldwide (UK) £90m anti-terrorism project is fanning the flames of extremism -- Report: ""some within government and the police service believe that only nonviolent radicals, otherwise known as 'political Islamists,' possess the necessary 'street cred' to control angry young Muslims" -- Report: "plausible and well-mannered radicals, often representing themselves as moderate, are welcomed with open arms, however hardline their underlying philosophy" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4957666/90m-anti-terrorism-project-is-fanning-the-flames-of-extremism.html (UK) Inquiry to check faith schools are teaching right from wrong -- "thought to be a response to recent criticism of some Muslim schools, or madrassas" -- "Some pupils 'not prepared for life in British society'" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5877732.ece (UK) 'Isn't Auschwitz the name of a beer?' -- "Survey of UK secondary school pupils reveals a quarter don't know purpose of the Nazi death camp" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236603389024&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Auschwitz is a beer, schoolchildren tell researchers http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/4957314/Auschwitz-is-a-beer-schoolchildren-tell-researchers.html (United Nations) "Jewish speaker outraged after debate cut short" -- Canadian diplomat Marius Grinius silences David Littman "as he [Littman] detailed anti-Semitism in Islamic-sourced books" http://www.dose.ca/news/story.html?id=1371164 -- UN Sets Dangerous Precedent with Defamation of Religions Resolutions http://freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=70&release=775 (Israel) Hevron: Muslim Worshipers Desecrate Holy Texts http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130353 (France) Antisemitism crowds out business in Paris http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000432535&fid=1725 (Germany) Berlin: First school for Muslim imams http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/berlin-first-school-for-muslim-imams.html http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090309-17905.html Chechnya asks newborns to be named after Mohammad http://www.financialexpress.com/news/Chechnya-asks-newborns-to-be-named-after-Mohammad/432862/ (Pakistan) PML-N's Nawaz Sharif says Pakistan cannot be left at Zardari's mercy http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\10\story_10-3-2009_pg1_1 -- Pakistan threatens Sharif with sedition charge http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/10/asia/AS-Pakistan.php China reinforces rejection of 'Western' democracy http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/10/asia/AS-China-Politics.php -- Symbolic dates have China on edge http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/10/asia/10china.php Commentaries: The Myth of the Two Talibans - by Dr. Walid Phares http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2701/pub_detail.asp Where's the Muslim Outrage Over Darfur? by Ahmet Alibasic http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123663579279876367.html?mod= Sweden's anti-Israel apartheid policy is about more than sport - by Abraham Cooper and Harold Brackman http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269377485&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Against Nazi News: (Germany) Munich's Nazi Past Gets a Future Home http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,612213,00.html (Germany) Der Spiegel Report on German Far- Right Party http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,612257,00.html March 8, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com International Womens' Day - Save Women Now (U.S.) March 8, 2009 - Save Women Now Rally -- Washington DC Capitol Reflecting Pool --- Thanks to those who attended today, to those who stopped to ask questions, to those who just stopped to listen http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/march8/ --- Sign the Save Women Now Petition demanding that U.S. government and United Nations representatives recognize the ideology of Islamic supremacism as a source of oppression and violence to women in America and around the world --- Join the over 300 willing to stand up for women and defy Islamic supremacism http://www.petitiononline.com/savenow/ http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/save-women-now-petition/ (Bangladesh) Women and children bear scars of most acid attacks -- Women speaks of husband: "He'd been violent towards me before [their daughter] Bably was born but it was not until day five, when he actually fed her acid I realised something was seriously wrong" -- "Last year 179 people -- three-quarters of those women and children -- were victims of acid violence in Bangladesh" -- Bangladesh human rights campaigners' reported concerns? Not Islamic supremacism, but "human rights campaigners say acid remains too easy to buy" http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=277431&version=1&template_id=44&parent_id=24 Bulletin of the Oppression of Women http://www.politicalislam.com/blog/bulletin-of-the-oppression-of-women/ (Israel) Peres: Arabs' problem is their treatment of women http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3683276,00.html (Afghanistan) Grim struggle continues for women in Afghanistan -- AP states: "violent incidents highlight the fact many still struggle for basic human rights eight years after the ouster of the conservative Taliban regime" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/08/asia/AS-Afghan-Womens-Day.php News Reports: (Afghanistan) Obama says US should be ready to talk to Taliban http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4956581/President-Barack-Obama-declares-America-should-be-ready-to-talk-to-the-Taliban.html -- Obama says US is losing war in Afghanistan -- Additional articles on Obama's "hints" at talks with Islamic supremacist Taliban http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5869476.ece (Afghanistan) Afghan ops 'worthless': UK ex-SAS chief -- Major Sebastian Morley http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/afghan-ops-worthless-uk-exsas-chief-20090308-8s2e.html -- UK Former SAS chief in Afghanistan slams 'worthless' war http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=United+Kingdom+%26+Europe&month=March2009&file=World_News2009030812722.xml -- SAS chief says MoD has 'blood on its hands' --- UK's Morley: "The operations that we are conducting are so worthless. It's just crazy to think we hold that ground or have any influence on what goes on beyond the bases." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4951208/SAS-commander-says-MoD-has-blood-on-its-hands-over-Snatch-Land-Rovers.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7929785.stm (Iraq) Suicide blast kills 32 in Iraq -- Baghdad http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Suicide-blast-kills-32-in-Iraq/articleshow/4242575.cms (Iraq) US to withdraw 12,000 troops by September end: Iraq http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US-to-withdraw-12000-troops-by-September-end-Iraq/articleshow/4241519.cms (Pakistan) Lashkar planning attack on US soil: report -- Juan Zarate: "We are and should be concerned about the threat LeT poses, given its global network. It doesn’t just reside in South Asia. It is an organization that has potential reach all over the world, including the US." http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/lashkar-planning-attack-on-us-soil--za -- Original Chicago Tribune report: "Militant threat from Pakistan alarms U.S" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-us-pakistan_bdmar08,0,263744.story (Pakistan) NWFP: Implementation of Swat peace deal at all costs: Hoti http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\08\story_8-3-2009_pg7_22 (Pakistan) NWFP: Dir jirga calls for Shariah enforcement --- "Hailing the agreement between the government and Tanzim Nifaze Shariat-e-Muhammadi, the Adenzai Qaumi Jirga of Dir district has called for immediate enforcement of Shariah and withdrawal of security forces from the area" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=166201 Pakistan Taliban warn govt against identity cards -- "The Pakistani Taliban in the troubled Khyber tribal region have warned authorities not to issue national identity cards to women, saying the practice is 'un-Islamic'" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak-Taliban-warn-govt-against-I-cards/articleshow/4241729.cms (Pakistan) FATA: 15 militants killed in Mohmand Agency http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=70877 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Govt knows kidnappers of UN official: Qureshi http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20805 (Pakistan) Punjab's Lahore: Probe ordered into attack on Lanka team http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Probe-ordered-into-attack-on-Lanka-team/articleshow/4242663.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan to give Interpol DNA data from Mumbai probe http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090308/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattackspakistaninterpolpolice (India J&K) Jawan absconding with 3 rifles in J&K joins LeT http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Jawan-absconding-with-3-rifles-in-JK-joins-LeT/articleshow/4241455.cms (Bangladesh) Islamists blame India for Bangladesh mutiny, as FBI agents arrive http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=98afe5dd-76e9-4a67-bd17-0433bae57e5d&Headline=Islamists+blame+India+for+B%27desh+mutiny%2c+as+FBI+agents+arrive (U.S.) The Voice of America, Silenced on Radical Islam - by Daniel Pipes -- Now Voice of America (VOA) has its own "terror lexicon" memos - by March 2 from Jennifer Janin http://www.danielpipes.org/6215/the-voice-of-america-silenced-on-radical-islam --- VOA Memo: "Urdu Language Style & Guidelines #3" http://www.danielpipes.org/6208/urdu-language-style-guidelines http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19302 UK jihadist Anjem Choudary explains how Islam will take over the UK http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025148.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXYbMcYYOT8& (UK) Northern Ireland: Real IRA claims murder of soldiers in Ulster -- additional reports http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5870376.ece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/4957277/Antrim-barracks-attack-Soldiers-killing-was-mass-murder-attempt.html (Iran) Israel Intel chief Yadlin: Iran has crossed nuclear technological threshold -- "Intel chief says Teheran's attainment of nuclear military capability now a matter of incorporating goal of producing atomic bomb into its strategy" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269373103&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069471.html -- Iran using nuclear talks to buy time for atomic bomb: Israel http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=70893 Iran tests new air-to-sea missile: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Iran-tests-new-air-to-sea-missile-Report-/articleshow/4241934.cms -- Iran test-fires new missile: media http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090308/wl_nm/us_iran_missile_test Iran Friday Sermon: Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami Tells Saudi King to Rein In Extremist Wahhabis, Says Saudi FM Spoke of 'Iranian Provocation,' Condemns ICC Arrest Warrant Against Sudanese President Al-Bashir, Praises Tehran International Conference In Support Of Palestine http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD227509 (Israel) Four Kassam rockets strike South http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269363893&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu Agree to Deprive Terrorists of Stipends http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130332 (Israel) IDF raises alert level for fear of kidnappings http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3683250,00.html (Israel) Shalit Family, Terror Victim Families Hold Opposing Protests http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130334 (Gaza/Egypt/UK) British MP Galloway's activists clash with Egyptian security at Gaza border http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069492.html (Egypt) Report: Christian Copt boy's father murdered after boy's involvement with Muslim girl http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269372230&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia/Kenya) Somalian Islamists warn Nairobi -- threatens Kenya -- Al Shabaab: "We believe that they intend to destroy the Islamic administration implemented in Somalia" http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2481903,00.html -- Al Shabaab: "We are telling (Kenya President Mwai) Kibaki that we have the mujahedin (holy warriors) who fought for the country and who dragged the bodies of Americans and Ethiopians in the streets" http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090308\ACQDJON200903081259DOWJONESDJONLINE000357.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Somalian%20Shebab%20Group%20Warns%20Kenya%20Against%20Inteference http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L8527540.htm Sudan's president warns foreigners in Darfur http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/africa/view.bg?articleid=1157159&srvc=rss (Sudan) "Isn't it insulting to 'Islamic' Iran to approve of this kind of tyranny against the people of Darfur?" http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=15990 -- Comment: of course, it isn't, because Islamic supremacism is an ideology of tyranny... (Canada) Momin Khawaja to be sentenced this week under terror lawKhawaja to be sentenced this week under terror law http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090308/khawaja_sentence_090308/20090308?hub=Canada&s_name= (Sri Lanka) Over 100 Sri Lankan rebels killed: govt http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=70878 North Korean military prepares for combat http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25158570-23109,00.html Other News: (Turkey) Obama Visit to Turkey Will Not Include Major Speech http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/washington/08turkey.html?_r=1 http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/world/11162484.asp?scr=1 (Pakistan) "Nawaz for invincible constitution, democracy" http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=70884 -- same PML-N - whose leader sought Sharia law for all of Pakistan http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=246412&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980906/24950304.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif Denmark: Fear of ethnic riots http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/denmark-fear-of-ethnic-riots.html (UAE) Demand for Shariah-compliant hotels rising http://www.business24-7.ae/articles/2009/3/pages/03082009_f4526a1e930943f49e62e65edd03dd8a.aspx UK's Prudential pulls out of auction for AIG Asia-paper http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=7206461&subject=companies&action=article (Russia) Explosion occurred in the Leningori district of South Ossetia, no terrorism theory as yet http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13657161&PageNum=0 Commentaries: Stop The Afghan Drug Trade, Stop Terrorism -- by Rachel Ehrenfeld http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/26/drug-trade-afghanistan-opinions-contributors_terrorism_mycoherbicides.html The Voice of America, Silenced on Radical Islam - by Daniel Pipes http://www.danielpipes.org/6215/the-voice-of-america-silenced-on-radical-islam Islam Needs to Prove It's a Religion of Peace -- by Tawfik Hamid http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123654552575064501.html?mod= What Next? Moderate Ku Klux Klan? by Larry Johnson http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/03/07/what-next-moderate-ku-klux-klan/ Against Nazi News: (Germany) Defectors expose plans of Germany's 'real' Nazis http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/defectors-expose-plans-of-germanys-real-nazis-1639781.html German government to appeal return of posters seized by Nazis http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2009/03/07/posters-nazis-appeal.html (UK/Germany) Anglo-German Fellowship: Women leaders meet 'perfect Nazi woman' - Mar 8, 1939 -- 1939: "Leading representatives of women's movements in Great Britain last night dined with Frau Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, the 36-year-old leader of Germany’ National Socialist Womanhood, whom Herr Hitler has described as the perfect Nazi woman.'" -- "In 1938 she addressed the Third International Congress for Social Work held in London." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/britainatwar/4944684/Women-leaders-meet-perfect-Nazi-woman---Mar-8-1939.html (U.S.) Chicago: They lived in our midst -- Area was haven for Nazi-era figures http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-chicago-nazis-08-mar08,0,4618708.story March 7, 2009 PM News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) "Obama Ponders Outreach to Elements of the Taliban" -- "President Obama declared in an interview that the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the American military would reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban, much as it did with Sunni militias in Iraq." --- Report: "he has started a review of policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan intended to find a new strategy, and he signaled that reconciliation could emerge as an important initiative, mirroring the strategy used by Gen. David H. Petraeus in Iraq" --- Obama: "If you talk to General Petraeus, I think he would argue that part of the success in Iraq involved reaching out to people that we would consider to be Islamic fundamentalists, but who were willing to work with us because they had been completely alienated by the tactics of Al Qaeda in Iraq" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/07/america/08obama.php http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/us/politics/08obama.html?_r=1&hp --- "Obama eyes reaching out to moderate Taliban" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29570313/ --- NYT also reports "European - particularly British - officials have pressed on the Americans" to negotiate with the Islamic supremacist Taliban http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/weekinreview/08COOPER.html?hp http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/08/america/assess.php --- See also: October 17, 2008 - Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html Pakistan Woman Asks: "Is it really a punishable crime to beat or scold one's wife?" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\08\story_8-3-2009_pg13_7 -- Zardari: "I want to congratulate women of the world including Pakistani women for striving hard to mark their identity." http://www.geo.tv/3-8-2009/36787.htm -- Lahore: "Candlelight solidarity expressed for ill-treated women" http://www.geo.tv/3-8-2009/36778.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban cement rule, sharia law after truce -- "Residents say Taliban call the shots now in Swat valley" -- "Analysts believe any peace deal in Swat will eventually collapse leaving the Taliban in a stronger position" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\08\story_8-3-2009_pg7_19 (Pakistan) NWFP: Nowshera: 4 suspects held, explosives seized -- destined for Punjab attacks http://www.geo.tv/3-8-2009/36773.htm (Pakistan/U.S.) "Clinton vows US support for Pak on anti-terrorism" http://www.geo.tv/3-8-2009/36779.htm (Pakistan) Lahore: Pakistan terrorist attack and its aftermath have underlined the violence and corruption at the heart of a nuclear nation http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5864842.ece (Pakistan) FATA: Govt frees 12 Taliban prisoners in Swat -- "Sharia implementation in Malakand from next week as govt-TNSM talks succeed" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\08\story_8-3-2009_pg7_13 (Pakistan) FATA: Drone down in S Waziristan? http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\08\story_8-3-2009_pg7_12 (Iraq) Newsweek: "Curse of Al Khansaa" - "Women Suicide Bombers Have a Hard Time Quitting" http://www.newsweek.com/id/188148 (U.S./Turkey) Clinton: Obama to Make First Visit to Muslim Nation -- "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said President Obama would visit Turkey soon so the two allies can discuss the safest, most effective way to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq" http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/03/07/clinton-meets-turkish-leaders/ (UK) Muslim Council of Britain leader calls for attacks on UK Navy -- "accused of advocating attacks on the Royal Navy if it tries to stop arms for Hamas being smuggled into Gaza" -- "Dr Daud Abdullah, deputy director-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, is facing calls for his resignation, after it emerged that he is one of 90 Muslim leaders from around the world who have signed a public declaration in support of Hamas and military action." -- Guardian Obserber reporter believes Abdullah "has helped counter extremism in the country's mosques" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/08/daud-abdullah-gaza-middle-east (UK) Financial Secretary to the Treasury "Stephen Timms: Provide Banking Services to Interpal!" -- "Interpal is a charity which has been proscribed by the US Treasury, which has identified it as part of the Hamas funding machinery" http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/07/stephen-timms-provide-banking-services-to-interpal/ -- U.S. Treasury: "Interpal, headquartered in the UK, has been a principal charity utilized to hide the flow of money to HAMAS. Reporting indicates it is the conduit through which money flows to HAMAS from other charities, e.g., the Al Aqsa Foundation, and that it oversees the activities of other charities. " http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/js672.htm -- July 9, 2008 - London Times: Israel bans British group over links to Hamas -- Interpal, also known as the Palestinian Relief and Development Fund http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4293935.ece (UK) Campaigners will seek arrest of Islamic radical -- "Campaigners from the Centre for Social Cohesion have pledged to seek an arrest warrant for Dr Ibrahim Moussawi, an Islamic extremist, who is due to visit Britain this March" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4953470/Campaigners-will-seek-arrest-of-Islamic-radical.html --- Comment: Good luck - while the UK Foreign Office seeks to negotiate with Hezbollah! (UK) Another report by Guantanamo Bay ex-detainee Binyam Mohamed on alleged torture by Moroccans http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160238/How-MI5-colluded-torture-Binyam-Mohamed-claims-British-agents-fed-Moroccan-torturers-questions--WORLD-EXCLUSIVE.html (UK) Northern Ireland: Two soldiers shot dead in Ulster attack http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5865799.ece -- Two soldiers shot dead by terrorists posing as pizza delivery men http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160317/Two-soldiers-shot-dead-terrorists-posing-pizza-delivery-men.html (Lebanon) Hizbullah wants new language from West -- Deputy Mahmoud Komati: "The British have been constantly trying for nearly a year to hold a dialogue with us, but they wanted a secret dialogue... If [Britain] wants a dialogue, let this dialogue be in public." -- "British Foreign Office denies pursuing secret talks" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269363400&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Shoe reportedly thrown at Iranian president Ahmadinejad http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/06/shoe-protest-iran-ahmadinejad Turkish FM: We're ready to host more indirect Israel-Syria talks http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269365852&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- January 30, 2009: Turkey hails PM Recap Tayyip Erdogan as 'Conquerer of Davos' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/wef/article5617169.ece -- Hero's welcome for Turkish leader after Davos walkout http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/30/europe/30turkey-cnddavos-419301.php -- Hamas backs Erdogan over Davos walkout http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2968265661 (Sweden) Anti-Israel protesters clash with police http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269365188&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,506775,00.html (North Korea) U.S. Wants 'Dialogue' With N. Korea, Urges End to Rhetoric http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,506764,00.html Other News: (U.S.) March 8, 2009 - Save Women Now Rally -- Washington DC Capitol Reflecting Pool - 1 PM Daylight Savings Time http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/march8/ (U.S.) NY NOW President Stands by Statement on Islamic Supremacist Killings http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/nynow/ http://www.wkbw.com/news/local/40751492.html (U.S.) California: Speaker to talk on 'Islamic Threat -- Steven Emerson - "featured speaker for Sunday's World Affairs Council of the Desert Distinguished Speakers Series" http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090307/NEWS01/903070317/1026/news12 http://www.mydesert.com/article/20090306/NEWS01/90306039 (U.S.) Muslim filmmaker: "To say that American lifestyle or society is at loggerheads with the concept of the Quran is very, very wrong" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025131.php (U.S.) Michigan: A hometown bank heeds a call to serve its Islamic clients -- "University Bank now has an entire subsidiary devoted to financial products that comply with Muslim religious law, or Shariah." -- "It has done nearly US$80 million (RM288 million) in Islamically approvable "mortgage-alternative" financing for residential and commercial real estate in 15 states." http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/business/19887-a-hometown-bank-heeds-a-call-to-serve-its-islamic-clients (U.S.) Minnesota State Agency Offering Sharia Mortgages. http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/03/minnesota-state-agency-offering-sharia-mortgages.html http://wcco.com/local/islamic.mortgages.minnesota.2.952805.html (UK) Hundreds expected at anti-sharia demo in London http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2009/03/hundreds-expected-at-antisharia-demo-in-london.html Pakistan eyes $40 billion aid from donors http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\08\story_8-3-2009_pg7_1 (Pakistan) PML-N Nawaz Sharif and President Zardari Dispute: "Military may have to step in" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5864843.ece Norway: County to adapt swimming classes for Muslim girls http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/norway-county-to-adapt-swimming-classes.html Russia: Extremist literature in mosques http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/russia-extremist-literature-in-mosques.html Russia: Halal system certified http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/russia-halal-system-certified.html Commentaries: (UK) Telegraph: "Sensitivity to religion cannot dictate the course of the law -- Consistency demands that Hizbollah's spokesman be banned from entering Britain" -- regarding Ibrahim Moussawi http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/4954427/Sensitivity-to-religion-cannot-dictate-the-course-of-the-law.html --- Comment: Ignores the larger issue that is UK is negotiating with Hezbollah, that UK has larger "consistency" problems than only Ibrahim Moussawi Islam and freedom of speech -- Boston Globe interview with Geert Wilders http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/03/08/islam_and_freedom_of_speech/ Robert Fulford: Islam and the problem of the sacred word http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/03/07/robert-fulford-islam-and-the-problem-of-the-sacred-word.aspx Propaganda: Andrew Sullivan defends Chas Freeman http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/andrew_sullivan/article5864225.ece?openComment=true March 7, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP: Fear of death stalks women in Swat -- 'Every woman fears she will be killed if she comes out of her house.' -- "Terrified, locked up at home and courting death if they go out alone, women oppressed by extremists in Swat have nothing to celebrate on International Women’s Day" -- "We have to veil ourselves and wear shuttlecock burqas. We are not safe even at home. -- "We fear the Taliban all the time. Life is becoming worse and worse for women in Swat" http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/fear-of-death-stalks-women-in-swat-ha --- AFP: "Fear of death stalks Pakistan women in Swat" http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j0bV_8nXPPqdcn0Qg479Tvf7jA_Q (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban cement rule, hard-line law after truce http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_taliban_victorious;_ylt=Ag_rRvijmjX9eVhNbZcnNkhvaA8F (Pakistan) NWFP: Artists flee Swat to escape threats http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\07\story_7-3-2009_pg7_15 (Pakistan) NWFP: Sherpao for implementation of Sharia regulation in Swat -- "Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao) leader Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao Friday urged the provincial government to ensure implementation of Sharia regulation in Swat and Malakand for permanent peace and progress" http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70134&Itemid=2 (Pakistan) NWFP: 7 security men among 8 killed in Peshawar blast http://www.geo.tv/3-7-2009/36726.htm -- "in the Badaber area, a small town on the outskirts of the main northwest city of Peshawar" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269364025&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Suicide-blast-in-Pakistan-7-policemen-killed/articleshow/4237546.cms --- Bombings kill 11 in Badaber, Darra Adam Khel http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/bomb-blast-kills-six-policemen-one-civilian-in-peshawar-ha (Pakistan) NWFP: Only some Taliban may be released, says Hoti -- "Sufi Muhammad, chief of banned Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi, had demanded the release of all Taliban prisoners arrested during military operations in Swat" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\07\story_7-3-2009_pg7_14 (Pakistan) FATA: Two killed in Darra Adam Khel bomb attack on security forces convoy http://www.geo.tv/3-7-2009/36727.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Darra Adamkhel Taliban want Polish engineer's body swapped -- for release of 4-5 Taliban http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=166017 (Pakistan) FATA: Two US 'spies' killed in North Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\07\story_7-3-2009_pg7_11 (Pakistan) Punjab: One killed in attack on church in Pakistan -- "Gunmen have attacked Christians in Pakistan, killing one woman and injuring 17, according to reports reaching Release International." -- "A gang armed with guns and wooden clubs attacked a Presbyterian church and Christian homes in Sangowali Village District, Gujranwala, in north-east Pakistan." -- "They describe attackers opening fire on a Presbyterian church and bursting into Christian homes, attacking the families" -- "18-year-old Rafaila Masih described the attack in which her mother was killed: 'We were at home. All of sudden, the doors burst open and Muslim men carrying weapons and wooden rods rushed in. One of the attackers hit my mother repeatedly with a weapon on her head. She fell to the ground. She died in my arms.'" http://www.christiantoday.com/article/one.killed.in.attack.on.church.in.pakistan/22711.htm (Pakistan) Lahore terror attack - Banned Pakistani terror group suspected in Lahore attack -- "zeroing in on the footprints of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba" http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/03/banned_pakistani_ter_1.php - Pakistani militants seen most likely behind attack http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/pakistani-militants-seen-most-likely-behind-attack-ha - Local link seen to attack on Sri Lankan cricket team http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\07\story_7-3-2009_pg1_12 'Pak govt, LeT have undeniable link' - Paul Pillar http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak-govt-LeT-have-undeniable-link/articleshow/4237031.cms Pakistan 'lacks will' to tackle terrorism: India http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\07\story_7-3-2009_pg7_1 (Pakistan) Terrorists attacking soul of South Asia: US http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists-attacking-soul-of-South-Asia-US/articleshow/4238674.cms?TOI_latestnews India questions who is in control in Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090307/ap_on_re_as/as_india_pakistan_terrorism -- Comment: 4100 terror attacks in India from 1970-2004 -- many linked to the groups supported by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan -- and India still has to ask this question? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/4100_terror_attacks_in_India_from_1970-2004/articleshow/3788135.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: India building bomb-proof tunnel for Kasab http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\07\story_7-3-2009_pg7_5 (India) Four militants killed in Manipur encounter - People United Liberation Front (PULF) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Four-militants-killed-in-Manipur-encounter/articleshow/4238747.cms -- "PULF's purported objective is to secure an Islamic country in India's northeast through an armed struggle in collaboration with other Islamist fundamentalist groups" http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/manipur/terrorist_outfits/PULF.HTM (Afghanistan) Two dead in Afghan suicide attack: official -- Nimroz province http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25153610-23109,00.html (Afghanistan) Seven militants killed, five detained in Afghanistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1981055&Language=en (Afghanistan) Daily Telegraph: "Iraq and Afghanistan wars 'being undermined by intelligence failures'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4947073/Iraq-and-Afghanistan-wars-being-undermined-by-intelligence-failures.html Afghan pres offers to rule months beyond his term http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/07/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (U.S.) California: Founder of prison-based terrorist group sentenced to 16 years -- Kevin James, founder of Jam'iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-terror-sentence7-2009mar07,0,757881.story?track=rss http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuId=2&ContentID=128729 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/nation/story/581352.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29560949/ http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269363603&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- "Orange County indictment accuses James of founding a radical Muslim group known as Jam'yyat Al-Islam Al-Saheeh, or JIS, which translates from the Arabic as 'The Association of True Islam.'" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/enemywithin/reality/james.html (U.S./Somalia) CBS Video: Breeding Terror In Minneapolis --- CBS calls Somalian Islamic supremacist war a "civil war" http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4841816n --- Online tools may have been used to recruit young Somalis http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/03/06/fbi_believe_online_tools_used_to_recruit_young_somalis/?refid=0 (U.S.) FBI's Evidence in Anthrax Attacks Case Leaves Puzzling Scientific Questions http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,506727,00.html (U.S.) Federal Courts in Va., N.Y. May Take Some Guantanamo Cases http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/06/AR2009030603088.html US 'not ready' to follow UK on Hezbollah -- "US says Britain consulted Washington before announcing contact with Lebanon's Hezbollah" http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=30819 (Israel) Kassam lands in Eshkol region http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269363788&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Islamic Jihad fires six missiles at Sderot http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1981002&Language=en (Gaza) 'Islamic Jihad member killed in Gaza' -- "Palestinians report 2 others wounded in IAF strike near Beit Lahiya; IDF: No maneuver made in area" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269363893&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- IAF strike kills terrorist firing rockets from Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269363836&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (UK) Hizbullah: UK talks can't be secret --"British Foreign Office denies pursuing closed-door talks; Miliband says UK will press disarmament" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269363400&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Algeria) Official: suicide bomber kills 2, self in Algeria http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/07/africa/AF-Algeria-Suicide-Bomber.php (Turkey) Nine wounded in Turkey bomb blast http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269364267&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/07/europe/EU-Turkey-Explosion.php -- Clinton to meet Turkish leaders in Ankara http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269364219&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Greece: Arsonists burn state power company cars -- suspected anarchists http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/06/europe/EU-Greece-Arson.php (Thailand) Two Buddhists killed in Thai Muslim south -- in Pattani province - set bodies on fire http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=RSSFeed-World&id=e2ac8bc2-2891-4d0a-af7e-be7cc6b744f4&Headline=Two+Buddhists+killed+in+Thai+Muslim+south http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30097387/2-Buddhist-brothers-short-and-burnt-in-Pattani Philippine militants reject talks to free Red Cross hostages http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=b55295ef-77f8-45dd-9b0b-986684d8acee&Headline=Philippine+militants+reject+talks+to+free+hostages Sri Lanka army kills 32 Tamil Tigers http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/4952854/Sri-Lanka-army-kills-32-Tamil-Tigers.html -- LTTE responsible for sufferings of Tamil civilians: US http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/LTTE-responsible-for-sufferings-of-Tamil-civilians-US-/articleshow/4238695.cms?TOI_latestnews (North Korea) Report: U.S. eyes talks with N. Korea http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/07/us.nkorea/index.html (Colombia) Explosion kills 5 Colombian soldiers, wounds 8 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March541.xml§ion=international Other News: (U.S.) Questions for Florida Lawmakers to Ask Ex-CAIR Leader -- "Former CAIR-Tampa director Ahmed Bedier is leading busloads of people to the Florida Capitol building Tuesday, ostensibly to bring more people into the state political process" http://www.investigativeproject.org/1006/questions-for-florida-lawmakers-to-ask-ex-cair (U.S.) Las Vegas: Four arrested in Las Vegas on federal charges -- "Anti-government group members arrested for money laundering" -- "Sovereign Movement" possessing unregistered machine guns http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/mar/05/four-arrested-las-vegas-federal-charges/ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/mar/06/anti-government-group-members-arrested-money-laund/ http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269363735&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Pakistan) World award for tolerance renamed after Benazir Bhutto http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\07\story_7-3-2009_pg7_8 -- Comment - which ignores the Bhutto administration's support of the Taliban, reinventing the meaning of "tolerance" in Pakistan http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#2.1 (India J&K) Kashmir: Women police to take on female Islamists Dukhtaran-e-Millat -- Islamic supremacist Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) "followers have thrown green dye at women who refused to wear the burka or a veil. Last month it carried out raids on restaurants on Valentine's Day to ferret out and castigate unmarried couples" -- "Its leader, Aasiya Andrabi, was a prominent supporter of the Lashkar-e-Jabbar terrorist faction, whose activists threw acid on two women in Western dress in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, in 2000" -- "She has been linked to Pakistan's powerful spy agency, which India claims cultivated scores of militant groups to fight as proxy forces in Kashmir" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5860693.ece (Norway) Sharia Researcher Encourages Norwegian Judges to Learn Sharia Law http://tundratabloid.blogspot.com/2009/03/dutch-sharia-researcher-encourages.html http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.barometern.se/nyheter/TT_utrikes/article1187697.ece&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&sl=sv&tl=en (Sweden) Israel-Sweden Fan Lockout Stirs Controversy -- "Reepalu also cited his city's large population of residents with Middle Eastern descent, saying 'I understand they are uncomfortable about this and want to demonstrate. This is not a match against just anybody. It's a match against the state of Israel.'" -- "Police estimate that up to 10,000 protesters -- from such disparate groups as far-left activists and neo-Nazis -- will gather outside the city's 4,000-seat Baltic Hall" http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,611738,00.html (UK) London Rally Against Sharia Law - Today - 3.30–8.00pm British Time Central London http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/ http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/eventPages/FLYER_OLFAMAR709_010309.pdf (UK) Wales: Library embraces Islam http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/03/07/library-embraces-islam-91466-23084886/ Commentaries: (Bulgaria) Melanie Phillips: "The return of the Ottoman yoke" http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3415636/the-return-of-the-ottoman-yoke.thtml (UK) Melanie Phillips: "Beware the new axis of evangelicals and Islamists" http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles-new/?p=649 http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/3409686/beware-the-new-axis-of-evangelicals-and-islamists.thtml http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025129.php (U.S.) 'Jihadi penetration of Pakistan's armed forces is at the center of all concerns in any new strategy' by Walid Phares http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/03/jihadi_penetration_of_pakistan.php#050390 --- See also: --- March 6, 2009: Pakistan Generals promoted religious fanaticism http://www.thehindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030656451200.htm --- 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 Kadyrov Defends Honor Killings http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=34674&tx_ttnews[backPid]=7&cHash=76538b616c Against Nazi News: (UK) Holocaust denier David Irving sets up Nazi memorabilia website http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4951684/Holocaust-denier-David-Irving-sets-up-Nazi-memorabilia-website.html March 6, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com Defending and Remembering Women Under Attack by Islamic Supremacism (Canada) Memorial to honor slain teen -- Aqsa Parvez -- in a Niagara area park in Pelham http://www.mississauganews.com/article/24647 --- Aqsa Memorial goes forward http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/03/baruch-hashem-aqsa-memorial-goes-forward.html (U.S.) Islamic honor killings take center stage -- rights group warns of beatings, executions http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90898 (U.S.) March 8, 2009 - Save Women Now Rally - 1 PM, Sunday - Daylight Savings Time begins http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/march8/ http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/03/save-the-women-now-rally.html --- Online Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/savenow/ Save Women Now - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/save-women-now/ World News Links on Violence (Pakistan) Mullah Omar Calls for a Taliban Surge http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/mullah-omar-tries-to-rein-in-pakistans-taliban/?ref=world --- BBC says Taliban "represent a more purist form of Islam" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7925867.stm (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban spread tentacles -- new Shariah regualtions include "the installation of complaint boxes for reports of anti-Islamic behavior" -- "Just days after the truce was signed, a member of a prominent anti-Taliban family returned to his mountain village, having received assurances from the government that it was safe. He was promptly kidnapped by the Taliban, tortured and murdered." http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=6cfa9220-db6a-49e5-9036-abbd20cd9d36&Headline=Taliban+spread+tentacles (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: LeT founder's wife files petition challenging Hafiz Saeed's detention http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/LeT-founder-Hafiz-Saeeds-wife-files-plea-challenging-husbands-detention/articleshow/4234577.cms (Pakistan) Lahore: Lashkar denies role in attack on Lanka team in Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lashkar-denies-role-in-attack-on-Lanka-team-in-Pak/articleshow/4235847.cms -- Lahore attack probe hints at LeT hand: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lahore-attack-probe-hints-at-LeT-hand-Report-/articleshow/4233390.cms -- Pakistan 'can't rule out foreign involvement' in attacks http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March500.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) Militants seen 'mortal' Pakistan threat - by UK David Miliband http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/06/Militants_seen_mortal_Pakistan_threat/UPI-90981236349355/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4948943/Miliband-Pakistan-facing-mortal-threat-from-internal-enemies.html --- February 24, 2009 - Miliband calls for negotiation with Taliban supporters http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/david-miliband-the-army-alone-cannot-defeat-this-taliban-insurgency-1631293.html --- January 15, 2009 - Miliband says Islamic supremacists should "channel" efforts into politics http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/15/david-miliband-war-terror (Pakistan) Senate body urges West, EU to shun Islamophobia --- "says US should give drones to Pakistan" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg7_17 Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif - "PML-N would ensure the supremacy of law and constitution" http://www.geo.tv/3-6-2009/36677.htm -- Same Nawaz Sharif who has wanted to impose Sharia throughout all of Pakistan http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=246412&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980906/24950304.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif (Pakistan) Polish engineer's killers will not go unpunished, says Zardai http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg7_7 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak hands over Mumbai attacks' report to Interpol http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=70679 (India) Mumbai Attacks: Mumbai police had little knowledge about militant strength: Former NSG chief http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Mumbai-police-had-little-knowledge-about-militant-strength-Former-NSG-chief/articleshow/4235124.cms (India J&K) Pak driver's 'jihadi' brother was killed in Kashmir: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_drivers_jihadi_brother_was_killed_in_Kashmir_Report/articleshow/4235460.cms?TOI_latestnews (Afghanistan) "As Afghanistan lacks a way to re-integrate former detainees, the newly freed fight to fit in and feel the pull to join the Taliban or al-Qaeda" http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565539531207868577 Afghan human rights worsening, threatening stability: UN http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=2&ContentID=128488 http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0903/S00121.htm -- Report: More young girls face rape in Afghanistan -- Navi Pillay: "Violence is tolerated or condoned within the family and community, within traditional and religious leadership circles, as well as the formal and informal justice system" http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/06/afghan.women/index.html "Afghan 'prince' who would be tribal president" -- Abdul Rahman --- "great-grandfather’s rule.... converted entire provinces to Islam by the sword" --- says he can "mobilize the country's tribes to throw out the Taliban and al Qaeda" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March487.xml§ion=international&col= (U.S.) Virginia: Federal judge says Sami Al-Arian plea deal does matter http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/article981644.ece (U.S.) Supreme Court dismisses accused al Qaeda agent's case -- Ali al-Marri http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090306/us_nm/us_usa_security_court (U.S.) Washington Post: "Terror Trials in U.S. Are A Worry" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030503662.html?hpid=sec-nation (UK) Daily Mail removes reference to Muslim husband telling his wife to read the Qur'an as he strangled her http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025128.php http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/03/honor-killing-using-both-hands-to-squeeze-her-windpipe-he-told-her-to-read-her-koran.html --- Family's fury at legal blunders that left husband free to stab wife to death - despite her warnings he would kill her -- Sabina Akhtar http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1159901/Familys-fury-legal-blunders-left-husband-free-stab-wife-death--despite-warnings-kill-her.html --- "Using both hands to squeeze her windpipe he told her to read her Koran adding: 'Read whatever other stuff you need to read now. This is your final hour.' The arrival of his brother stopped the attack but Mannan left shouting: 'I'm going to get a knife and when I return I'm going to slaughter you." http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U54NM9QE5VY/SbF5P8PhWMI/AAAAAAAAGVY/OnqppsFQ-SQ/s1600-h/DailyMailWhitewash.jpg http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=%22Using%20both%20hands%20to%20squeeze%20her%20windpipe%20he%20told%20her%20to%20read%20her%20Koran%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn (Iraq) Two killed in Tikrit by explosive car http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1980859&Language=en 'Iran could trigger nuclear arms race in Middle East' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069167.html (Iran) Stop supporting Taliban, U.S. tells Iran http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Stop+supporting+Taliban+tells+Iran/1361415/story.html -- same NATO General David McKiernan who seeks a "political solution" with Afghanistan's Islamic supremacists http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#McKiernan Iran to send Interpol list of over 100 Israeli 'war criminals' -- "Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said during Friday prayers that the only appropriate sentence for the Israeli war criminals should be execution" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March115.xml§ion=middleeast (Iran) Clinton says Iran-Syria outreach is 'testing waters' http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March114.xml§ion=middleeast Iran says US-Iran journalist to be freed soon http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March109.xml§ion=middleeast -- Hillary Clinton calls for Iran to release detained journalist http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Hillary-Clinton-calls-for-Iran-to-release-detained-journalist/articleshow/4231840.cms (Lebanon) Hezbollah says British dialogue offer is positive -- Hezbollah spokesman Ibrahim al-Moussawi views it as a "step in the right direction" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March110.xml§ion=middleeast (Syria) US brings Syria in from the cold http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5858608.ece (Israel) Jerusalem: Palestinian group claims Jerusalem digger attack -- Ahrar al-Jalil claims bulldozer driver, Mari al-Rdaidah, was one of its members http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3078567428 (Israel) Jerusalem: 'Divide Jerusalem for peace' -- Olmert -- "Significant part of Jerusalem must be turned over to Palestinians, be used as their future capital, Olmert says Friday; prime minister praises Rabin's, Barak's peace efforts, says concessions are inevitable" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3682276,00.html Israel on high alert during Purim eve - police http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1980884&Language=en http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236246868064&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) U.S. White House mum on Jerusalem attack http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90932 'Israel vowed not to harm Hamas No. 2' -- "'Al-Hayat' says Egyptian intel chief sought guarantees from J'lem, hoping to accelerate Schalit deal" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269360150&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Families of terror attack victims protest Shalit deal http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1069184.html (Egypt) Christian man stabbed to death over inter-religious love affair -- Muslim Yasser Ahmed "Qassem is believed to have stabbed the man after a fight in which the clothes of the elder man's son were set on fire" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/258762,christian-man-stabbed-to-death-over-inter-religious-love-affair.html Yemen to put 16 al-Qaeda suspects on trial for tourist killings http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1463219.php/Yemen_to_put_16_al-Qaeda_suspects_on_trial_for_tourist_killings_ Somalia: Fighting Kills Three in Mogadishu http://allafrica.com/stories/200903060779.html Somalia: Famous Sheik Killed in Central Part of Country http://allafrica.com/stories/200903051010.html (Ethiopia) East Africa: Fighting Kills 20 in the Regional Administration of Somalia in Ethiopia http://allafrica.com/stories/200903060634.html (Sudan) Iran, Hamas defend wanted Sudanese president -- "Iran and Hamas have been long time allies of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, whose government is dominated by Muslim fundamentalists and military officers" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/06/news/ML-Sudan-International-Court.php (Sudan) Arrest warrant against Sudan head delayed http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/06/Arrest_warrant_against_Sudan_head_delayed/UPI-25071236343924/ -- U.N.: Sudan's Ban on Aid May Be War Crime http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,505944,00.html (Spain) Judges uphold Moroccan's jail term for Madrid bombs -- Abdelilah Ahriz http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Judges-uphold-Moroccan_s-jail-term-for-Madrid-bombs_50256.html Turkey: Muslim youth vandalize Christian bookshop http://www.christiantoday.com/article/turkey.muslim.youth.vandalise.christian.bookshop/22675.htm (Turkey) 375 Kurds killed, hurt in Iraq raids since October: Turkish report http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090306/twl-375-kurds-killed-hurt-in-iraq-raids-3cd7efd.html (Russia) "Merchant of death" Viktor Bout - Alleged arms smuggler says US framed him http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/06/asia/AS-Thailand-US-Arms-Dealer.php (Canada) Judge loosens bail conditions for Mohamed Harkat http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/03/06/8654616.html China officials expect more unrest in Muslim west http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090306/tap-as-china-restive-west-bb10fb8.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090306/wl_asia_afp/chinarightsxinjiangunrest_20090306110413 http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5373564/china-official-sees-risk-of-northwest-attacks/ (Thailand) Muslim man shot dead in Yala http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/30097345/Muslim-man-shot-dead-in-Yala (Philippines) ICRC loses contact with kidnapped in Philippines http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/06/europe/EU-Red-Cross-Kidnapping.php (Australia/Singapore) Internet seen a growing weapon in Asian radicalization http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20090306/ttc-tech-us-security-internet-asia-96247d2.html Other News: (Egypt) Muslim Brotherhood Announces Movie of its Founder - Hassan al-Banna http://www.metimes.com/International/2009/03/06/muslim_brotherhood_announces_movie_of_its_founder/5804/ (Mauritania) Officials: Mauritania expels Israeli ambassador http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090306/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_mauritania_2 (India) Gulbarga Muslims burnt effigy of Srirama Sena chief -- "in protest against his demand for a ban on wearing 'Burqa' in educational institutions by Muslim Girls" http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-105833.html (U.S.) Oklahoma: Anti-scarf bill draws concern http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090306_16_A11_OKLAHO182652 (U.S.) Texas: Imam's detention unites Muslims -- Sheikh Zoubir Bouchikhi http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6296608.html --- Algerian detained for immigration violations -- Zoubir Bouchikhi frequent speaker at ISNA, MAS events -- Houston Chronicle quotes supporter that detention of Algerian for immigration violations "plays on the fears... that the U.S. government is anti-Muslim" http://www.isna.net/assets/programs/sc%20programv1.0.pdf http://www.masnet.org/takeaction.asp?id=2976 (U.S.) Michigan University Students reportedly complain about planned Walid Shoebat lecture http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/03/exterrorists_turned_peace_acti.html (U.S.) Connecticut: Fitness Retreat Gives Unique Weight Loss Alternative for Muslim Women -- Mubarakah Ibrahim: "we just find strategic ways of dealing with them that falls within Islam" http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2208434.htm http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/sep/10/she-has-it-all-covered/ http://www.womenfit4life.com/meetmubarakah.html (UK) Gym club banned from holding classes at girls school after Muslim parents complain about boy members http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1159992/Gym-club-banned-holding-classes-girls-school-Muslim-parents-complain-boy-members.html?ITO=1490 (UK) British Union promotes lobby for Gaza http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/news_and_events/news_centre/index.cfm/id/CD942B97-9961-436A-AF91E0319F22C60C (UK) Scotland: Markets need morality, Gordon Brown tells Labour conference http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/4949681/Markets-need-morality-Gordon-Brown-tells-Labour-conference.html (UK) Government Capitulating to Islamic Law if Shari'ah Finance Regulations Changed as Proposed -- "if they change the current financial regulations to accommodate Shari'ah Finance and issue sukuk bonds, following recommended changes to the Legislative Framework for the Regulation of Alternative Finance Investment Bonds (Sukuk) as proposed" http://www.earnedmedia.org/clc0306.htm (Singapore) Growth of Islamic Finance http://asia.legalbusinessonline.com/news/features/growth-of-islamic-finance/34115 (Canada) Additional report of abuses at Toronto University http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/03/pictures-live-reportage-from-toronto-university-shut-the-fck-up-or-hell-saw-the-jews-head-off-.html Anti-Racial Supremacist News: (U.S.) Louisiana: April trial date set in Klan killing case http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=9954740 (U.S.) Oregon: Cross Burning Guilty Pleas http://www.portlandobserver.com/story.asp?record=9619§ion=Law%20/%20Politics Commentaries: Save Women Now - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.realcourage.org/2009/03/save-women-now/ http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2684/pub_detail.asp http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/130.html Facebook Jihad -- by Robert Spencer http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=D64A0388-7FD9-4F8D-86B4-E25D101C7182 (U.S.) What We Don't Read in America -- IPT News http://www.investigativeproject.org/1005/what-we-dont-read-in-america Recognizing the Reality of Radical Islam -- Frank Salvato http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2683/pub_detail.asp http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/fsalvato/2009/03062009.htm (U.S.) Obama's mixed signals on terror policy http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090306/ts_csm/ayoo (Iran) Tested by Tehran: Iran shows Obama and Clinton its true terrorist face http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/03/05/2009-03-05_tested_by_tehran_iran_shows_obama_and_cl.html (UK) "Labour Goverment To Allow Hezbollah's Moussawi Into The United Kingdom" -- NOTE: this is writer's speculation based on willingness of UK to negotiate with "political" branch of terror group Hezbollah - not a press report of something that has actually happened per se http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/06/labour-goverment-to-allow-hezbollahs-moussawi-into-the-united-kingdom/ The 300 Billion Dollar Bailout of Shariah Finance http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2009/03/06/the-300-billion-dollar-bailout-of-shariah-finance/ http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/9073 Sword of Allah cuts both ways - by Lorrie Goldstein http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/2009/03/05/8633301-sun.html Against Nazi News: (Germany / U.S.) Accused Nazi guard's wife: he's unfit for trial - John Demjanjuk http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/06/europe/EU-Germany-Demjanjuk.php March 4 and 5, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) Three ISAF soldiers die in Afghanistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1980323&Language=en Afghanistan: Clinton proposes high level meeting -- proposes inviting Pakistan and Iran to meeting http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3075091607 -- Clinton-proposed Afghan parley likely to include Iran -- Kerry "we must engage Iran" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269357602&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/06/clinton-opens-big-tent-to-iran/ -- Netherlands asked to host Afghanistan conference http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6203185/Netherlands-asked-to-host-Afghanistan-conference (Paksitan) Islamabad bigger worry than Kabul: US diplomat Christopher Dell -- Christopher Dell: "It has certainly made radical Islam a part of its political life, and it now seems to be a deeply ingrained element of its political culture." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg1_2 (Pakistan) NWFP: Sufi meets Fazlullah, asks Taliban to lay down arms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg1_8 (Pakistan) NWFP: Security forces and TNSM strike 17-point accord -- "Music, vulgar CDs banned in Swat, Sharia implementation to begin on 16th" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\05\story_5-3-2009_pg1_5 -- Pakistan agrees to more Islamic rules in Swat http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/05/asia/AS-Pakistan-Peace-Deal.php -- Swat 'dancing girls' must leave http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7924232.stm -- Islamic Sharia law expands in northwest Pakistan http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan-sharia6-2009mar06,0,7090749.story (Pakistan) NWFP: Truce in Pakistan May Just Mean Leeway for Taliban http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/06/asia/06swat.php http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/06/world/asia/06swat.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss (Pakistan) NWFP: One killed, 19 injured in DI Khan mosque explosion - in Dera Ismail Khan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg7_36 (Pakistan) NWFP: 10 Taliban to be released in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg7_3 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban blow up 17th century sufi shrine in Peshawar -- "Locals said the administration had also been warned before the attack to stop women from visiting the shrine" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg7_2 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/pashtun-poet-rehman-baba-mausoleum-bombed--qs --- Militants bomb poet's shrine to protest women visitors ---- "Suspected militants have bombed the mausoleum in Pakistan of a 17th-century poet, apparently because women visited the shrine" http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2009/03/05/poetshrine-bombed.html?ref=rss (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban blow up music shops http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg7_4 -- CDs market blown up in Takhtbhai http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=165900 (Pakistan) NWFP: College principal abducted in Hangu http://www.geo.tv/3-5-2009/36586.htm (Pakistan) Punjab: Lahore Terror Attack: Investigators see LeT footprints in Lahore attack http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/investigators+see+let+footprints+in+lahore+attack--sal-up -- TV footage shows Lahore attackers fleeing past police http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/TV-footage-shows-Lahore-attackers-fleeing-past-police/articleshow/4230082.cms -- Lahore suspect investigation http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Lahore-attacks-Interrogation-of-suspects-on/articleshow/4227684.cms -- Police widen hunt for 3/3 clues http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\05\story_5-3-2009_pg1_1 -- Gunmen who attacked cricketers in Lahore 'had links to al-Qaeda' --- "Most of the two dozen detainees belonged to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), the outlawed militant groups with close links to al-Qaeda, security officials have told The Times" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5854505.ece -- Pak suspects Qaida, rules out India hand http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak-suspects-Qaida-rules-out-India-hand/articleshow/4230330.cms -- 'Living in a state of denial is Pakistan's speciality' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Living-in-a-state-of-denial-is-Pakistans-speciality/articleshow/4231570.cms -- Lanka team attack: Pak releases sketches of 4 suspects http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Lanka-team-attack-Pak-releases-sketches-of-4-suspects/articleshow/4225507.cms -- Pak TV airs new footage of Lahore attackers http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Pak-TV-airs-new-footage-of-Lahore-attackers/articleshow/4224840.cms -- Opposition leader: Pakistan security has collapsed http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/05/asia/AS-Pakistan-Cricketers-Attacked.php -- Pakistan accuses Chris Broad of 'lying' about terror attack http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4944703/Sri-Lankan-cricketers-Pakistan-accuses-Chris-Broad-of-lying-about-terror-attack.html -- The terrorists waging a jihad against joy http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/simon_barnes/article5854176.ece -- "Home-grown" terrorists behind Lahore attack: Pak media http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/05D3D72ACAE814D86525756F00549198?OpenDocument (Pakistan) Punjab: Islamabad and Rawalpindi on high alert http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/punjab/islamabad-and-rawalpindi-on-high-alert--za (Pakistan) Punjab: Govt fears terrorism on 12 Rabiul Awal http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg1_15 Pakistan Generals promoted religious fanaticism http://www.thehindu.com/2009/03/06/stories/2009030656451200.htm --- 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) Time to help Pakistan is now, says US Congressman Chris Van Hollen http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/us-lawmakers-back-economic-aid-to-combat-extremism--bi Pakistan facing serious internal threat: Hillary http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg1_1 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: 'Govt accepts BLUF demands for John Solecki's release' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg1_10 (India J&K) JeM, Hizbul hideout unearthed in Jammu and Kashmir http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/JeM-Hizbul-hideout-unearthed-in-Jammu-and-Kashmir/articleshow/4222181.cms (India J&K) '551 militants have surrendered in IHK since 2004' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\05\story_5-3-2009_pg7_15 (Iraq) Car bomb in south Iraq livestock market kills 12 -- southern Babil province http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\06\story_6-3-2009_pg7_35 (Iraq) Two killed in central Baghdad suicide bombing http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1980295&Language=en (Kuwait) Qaeda suspect admits recruiting youths for 'Jihad' in Afghanistan http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=29428&ccid=9 Kuwait on high alert after intelligence warns of plot against airlines http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/me_terror0185_03_04.asp (U.S.) Attorney releases photo of accused terrorist -- "alleged al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali al-Marri" http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=NATIONAL&ID=565539307868520565 -- US demands al-Marri Supreme Court case be dropped http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j282Pztkpb4bmrXnMMAAKG3pK6Gg -- Ali al-Marri indicted for providing material support to Al-Qaeda http://www.examiner.com/x-2684-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2009m3d4-Ali-alMarri-indicted-for-providing-material-support-to-AlQaeda (U.S.) New Jersey: Fort Dix five lose bid for new trial http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20090305_Fort_Dix_five_have_court_date_today.html -- 'Fort Dix 5' lawyers ask judge to overturn verdict http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090305/ap_on_re_us/fort_dix_plot_3 U.S. Muslim Brotherhood Reacts to California Mosque Infiltration http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/19815 (U.S.) Foreign ties of nominee questioned -- another report on Chas Freeman https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/05/foreign-ties-of-nominee-queried/ (U.S.) N.J. Hamas connected cleric seeks to uphold court order barring deportation http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/nj-hamas-connected-cleric-seeks-to-uphold-court-order-barring-deportation/ UK ready for Hezbollah talks -- "Bill Rammell, the Foreign Office minister, told MPs the government would authorize 'carefully selected' contacts with the political wing of Hezbollah" http://www.geo.tv/3-5-2009/36590.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7927025.stm http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068809.html http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/05/mideast/mideast.php --- We are all Hezbollah now in the FCO - by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3414536/we-are-all-hezbollah-now-in-the-fco.thtml Iran says its missiles could reach Israel's nuclear facilities http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/4939326/Iran-says-it-missiles-could-reach-Israels-nuclear-facilities.html (Iran) Nuclear power plant to begin operation by Sept: Iran http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Nuclear-power-plant-to-begin-operation-by-Sept-Iran/articleshow/4226109.cms Iran urges world Muslim 'resistance' against Israel http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090304/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazairanconference_20090304212220 (Iran) 'Israel seriously considering Iran military op' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236103158937&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Syria) Sen. Kerry: Assad leaning towards the West http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236103159584&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Hamas describes Israeli bombing in Gaza grave escalation http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1980716&Language=en (Israel) Palestinian Islamic Jihad hits Sderot with new salvo of rockets http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1980782&Language=en -- Gaza Terrorist Rocket Explodes next to Negev Synagogue http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130293 -- "Hezbollah Palestine" says it fired two missiles on southern Israel http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1980750&Language=en (Israel) Bulldozer terrorist hurts 2 Jerusalem cops -- "Attacker tried to smash bus full of girls in Purim costumes on their way to cheer up hospital patients" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236246868064&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068909.html -- Tractor Terrorist was Resident of Jerusalem http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130290 -- Hamas praises Jerusalem attack: Rampage a natural Palestinian response http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236246871388&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Germany commentators: 'Reconstruction Without Hamas Is Absurd' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,611084,00.html Jordan reduces prison terms of Hamas men who plotted to attack Israelis http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236269354887&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Yemen) MEMRI: "Al-Qaeda Yemen Presents Arguments Justifying Attacks on Embassies – Including in the West, Which Often House Intelligence Branches - Citing As An Example the U.S. Embassy in Yemen Which "Houses the Offices of the [Local] Branches of the CIA and FBI""http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD227309 http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD227309 (Somalia) Successful Somali pirate attacks down: US officials http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090306/twl-successful-somali-pirate-attacks-dow-2802f3e.html Somalia: Demonstrations in Favour for Clerics Take Place in Mogadishu -- "Somali clerics concluded a meeting in Mogadishu last month and called for the government to rule the country by the Islamic law" http://allafrica.com/stories/200903051030.html (Sudan) Black September terrorist deported to Sudan -- Khalid Al-Jawary http://jta.org/news/article/2009/03/05/1003469/black-september-terrorist-deported-to-suda Sudan defies Hague court, expels aid agencies http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sudan_defies_Hague_court_expels_aid_agencies/articleshow/4231550.cms?TOI_latestnews -- US urges 'restraint' in Sudan after Beshir warrant http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/US-urges-restraint-in-Sudan-after-Beshir-warrant/articleshow/4225187.cms http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,611536,00.html -- Omar Bashir calls ICC arrest warrant a 'conspiracy' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/4942470/Sudan-President-Omar-al-Bashir-calls-ICC-arrest-warrant-a-conspiracy.html -- A million face starvation as Sudan shuts down http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5854944.ece (Russia) 5 officers killed by bomb in Ingushetia http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/05/europe/05ingushetia.php (Russia) Two police officers injured in south Russian militant attacks http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090305/120427572.html Spain: extremist terror suspect arrested -- "Spanish police have arrested a Moroccan man wanted on suspicion of belonging to an Islamic terror group that had allegedly prepared attacks on government and tourism targets in the North African kingdom" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/05/europe/EU-Spain-Terror-Arrest.php http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/03/05/spain.terror.arrests/ Philippines: Manila may resume talks with Muslim rebels http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3068664753 (Philippines) Homemade bomb wounds 4 in southern Philippines - March 4 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29507164/ Sri Lanka claims Tamil Tigers cornered http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/05/Sri_Lanka_claims_Tamil_Tigers_cornered/UPI-48101236303755/ Sri Lankan civilians starving under heavy shelling http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/05/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php N. Korea's missile launch not imminent: S.Korean minister http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1980401&Language=en North Korea says it cannot ensure safety of South Korea flights http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/4943945/North-Korea-says-it-cannot-ensure-safety-of-South-Korea-flights.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/4946376/South-Korea-tells-North-Korea-to-retract-threat-against-civilian-flights.html Other News: (Pakistan) Sindh: Order an honour killing - become a minister -- "As the chief of the Balochi Jatoi tribe, Mr Abid Hussain Jatoi commanded the couple's death sentence and arranged the beating and abduction of the husband's relatives" http://www.humanrightsblog.org/2009/03/pakistan_order_an_honour_killi.html# http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2009/3118/ UN may make ban on criticizing Islam mandatory, making it a criminal offense in the U.S. http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025110.php http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90736 (U.S.) Critic Says Islamic Extremism Gets Whitewashed in American Textbooks -- Gilbert T. Sewall, director of the American Textbook Council -- "In a section discussing Islamic fundamentalism, the textbook 'World History: The Modern World,' published by Prentice Hall, omits direct mention of the 9/11 hijackers' religion, referring to the 19 Islamic fundamentalists as 'teams of terrorists.'" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504944,00.html (U.S.) Sherifa D. Zuhur, Scholar, Suspended By U.S. Army War College After Complaining Of Anti-Muslim Discrimination http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/05/sherifa-d-zuhur-scholar-s_n_172381.html http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/6995 -- January 16, 2009: U.S. Army War College defends Hamas? http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024415.php -- A faculty member publicly defends Hamas while students are not allowed to read texts on militant Islam - by Patrick Poole --- "Army War College research professor Sherifa Zuhur on Hamas and Israel that informs readers that Hamas has been misunderstood due to the misreporting by 'Israeli and Western sources that villainize the group.'" http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/strategic-collapse-at-the-army-war-college/ --- See also July 2, 2008 "Seeking to Change What America's Military Views as the War" - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#H.4.3 ---- Strategic Studies Institute of the US Army War College published study by Islamic scholar Sherifa Zuhur on "Precision in the Global War on Terror: Inciting Muslims through the War of Ideas." http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB843.pdf http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/people.cfm?q=555 ----- "Professor Zuhur is not ambiguous about her message to the American military in stating that 'the effort to pursue 'militant Islam' instead of simply opposing 'terrorism,' is too grand a project" (page 9), and that "it is time to abandon the assumptions of a clash of civilizations between Islam and the West' (page 115)" ----- "Professor Zuhur tells America's military that the 'United States (even along with Europe) cannot undo the Islamic awakening, the growth of Islamist movements and principles, and popular support for them. Work with Islamists instead of engaging them in what surely will be a very long war' (page 118)" (U.S.) Former Muslim bakery leader allegedly brags in jail about journalist killing -- Yusuf Bey IV http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11842728?source=rss (U.S.) Task Force Urges Broader Role for Nuclear Labs http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/04/AR2009030403614.html?sub=AR Kenya - Church Struggling after Islamists Destroy Building http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5843&backpage=summaries Somalia: Demonstrations in Favour for Clerics Take Place in Mogadishu http://allafrica.com/stories/200903051030.html Nigeria: Aliero Denies Planning Sharia for Abuja http://allafrica.com/stories/200903050194.html (Egypt) MEMRI: "Egyptian Expert on Israeli Studies/Head of Hebrew Studies Depart at 'Ein Shams University Ahmad Hammad: What Hitler Did to the Jews Was 'Incidents,' Not Massacres" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD227209 Saudi Arabia woman driver arrest http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7925941.stm Sharia banks may charge fees for offering guarantees http://www.arabianbusiness.com/548751-scholar-says-sharia-banks-can-charge-fees-for-guarantees Sweden: The best Muslim state http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/sweden-best-muslim-state.html http://www.skanskan.se/article/20090304/NYHETER/50908892/1056/*/*/MALMO/sverige-den-basta-islamiska-staten (Norway) Trondheim: Hijab debate leading to anti-Muslim campaign http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/trondheim-hijab-debate-leading-to-anti.html Switzerland: House of Representatives votes against minaret ban http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/switzerland-house-of-representatives.html Italy pulls out of UN racism conference http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090305/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_un_racism_conference_2 Poland embraces new effort to fight anti-Semitism http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/05/europe/EU-Poland-Anti-Semitism.php Greece: Police clash with youths at Athens protest http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/05/europe/EU-Greece-Protest-Clashes.php (Malaysia) Action if non-Muslim publications use Allah: Malaysia http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/Action-if-non-Muslim-publications-use-Allah-Malaysia/articleshow/4229173.cms (Malaysia) 15 month-old girl "converts" to Islam, sharia court grants custody to Muslim parent http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025111.php http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20090305-126458.html (Malaysia) Man, 60, wants to be declared non-Muslim --- mother was "often beaten" for not giving his Muslim father money http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/2497503/Article/index_html (Malaysia) Carpenter fights wife over baby's conversion to Islam http://www.themalaysianinsider.com.my/index.php/malaysia/19705-carpenter-fights-wife-over-babys-conversion-to-islam Malaysian bourse to launch Islamic platform in June http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSKLR45196220090305 (Pakistan) Experts say Afghan factor behind polio cases http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=165892 Commentaries: Can Jews live in Europe? For increasingly helpless European Jews Israel is the solution, not the problem - by Guy Bechor http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3682057,00.html We are all Hezbollah now in the FCO - by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3414536/we-are-all-hezbollah-now-in-the-fco.thtml Save Women Now. The Upcoming London and Washington, D.C. Rallies Mean Muslim Women -- by Phyllis Chesler http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/03/04/save-women-now-the-march-8th-washington-dc-rally-means-muslim-women/ Against Nazi News: Germany Launches Massive Crackdown on Neo-Nazi Music http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4073394,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7923921.stm Lithuania plans deal on Jews' property seized by Nazis, Soviets http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Lithuania-plans-deal-on-Jews_-property-seized-by-Nazis_-Soviets_50244.html March 3, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Punjab's Lahore: Gunmen Ambush Cricket Team in Pakistan, 7 Killed http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,503964,00.html -- "Five police are killed and six members of Sri Lanka's national cricket team and their British assistant coach are wounded when a dozen gunmen attack the team's tour bus as it drives to a stadium in the city of Lahore in eastern Pakistan" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/srilanka/4931013/Sri-Lankan-cricketers-attack-Witnesses-describe-how-terrorists-burst-onto-Lahore-streets.html -- Sri Lankan team narrowly escape terror attack http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/punjab/sri-lankan-cricket-team-convoy-attacked-eight-players-injured-ha http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5841980.ece -- All 14 gunmen escape after deadly attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5838998.ece -- Gunmen still at large in Lahore http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/4930804/Sri-Lankan-cricketers-attack-Gunmen-still-at-large-in-Lahore.html -- Witnesses describe how terrorists burst onto Lahore streets http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4930970/Sri-Lankan-cricketers-attack-Witnesses-describe-how-terrorists-burst-onto-Lahore-streets.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4932843/Sri-Lankan-cricketers-Former-England-cricketer-Chris-Broad-hailed-hero-of-Lahore-ambush.html -- "Lahore massacre: Now it's war, says Pakistan" http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/lahore-massacre-now-itrsquos-war-says-pakistan-14211882.html -- LTTE, HuM link suspected http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/ltte,-hum-link-suspected.aspx -- Pakistan: Indian expert blames local militants for Lahore attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3066947151 -- India, Pak sledge after terror attack on Sri Lankan cricketers http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March233.xml§ion=international -- Lahore strike may spell total isolation for Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lahore-strike-may-spell-total-isolation-for-Pak/articleshow/4220338.cms -- Pak hints at Indian involvement in attack on Lanka team http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak-hints-at-Indian-involvement-in-attack-on-Lanka-team/articleshow/4218557.cms -- An excuse to point fingers at India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/An-excuse-to-point-fingers-at-India/articleshow/4221063.cms -- 60 suspects nabbed amid search operations in Lahore http://www.geo.tv/3-4-2009/36469.htm (Pakistan) Punjab: Security for foreigners beefed up after Lahore attack http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=165496 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: "Pakistani Taliban have now surfaced in Balochistan by organising themselves under the banner of Tehrik-e-Taliban Balochistan" -- "committed to fighting the enemies of Islam" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=165495 (Pakistan) NWFP: Two soldiers were gunned down by militants in Swat valley http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=70352 (Pakistan) NWFP: Bodies of 4 'foreign militants' recovered http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=165497 -- Experts liken attack on Sri Lankan cricketers to Mumbai assault http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5839199.ece (Pakistan) Islamic terror groups growing in strength in Pakistan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/4930887/Sri-Lankan-cricketers-attack-Islamic-terror-groups-growing-in-strength-in-Pakistan.html -- Terrorists turn guns on cricket in Pakistan, a nation at war with itself http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5841981.ece -- Cricket attack exposes increasing chaos in Pakistan http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5837066.ece (Pakistan) US speeds up 'Save Pakistan' proposals -- "Some Pakistani TV hosts, under the benign eye of the Islamic Republic's new civilian dispensation, vigorously promote such garbage as 'kaffir' and 'dar al-harb' to foster religious hatred" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US-speeds-up-Save-Pakistan-proposals/articleshow/4221277.cms --- Bill in US Congress over development in FATA http://www.geo.tv/3-4-2009/36463.htm (India) Mumbai Attacks: FBI to assist in Mumbai attack trial http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/FBI-to-assist-in-Mumbai-attack-trial/articleshow/4220404.cms (Afghanistan/Pakistan) NATO talks on Afghan, Pak to be held in Brussels - VP Biden to attend http://www.geo.tv/3-4-2009/36464.htm (Afghanistan) Govt writ in Kandahar limited to three districts: Wafa --- "Ghorak and Miansheen districts were completely under Taliban control while the militants still hold sway in 12 other districts of the southern province" --- "security situation... has improved" http://www.e-ariana.com/ariana/eariana.nsf/allDocs/22E4CF2B889833338725756E004C0680?OpenDocument (Afghanistan) U.S. Congressman Murtha calls for "diplomatic mission" in Islamic republic of Afghanistan http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29494466/ (Afghanistan) Impossible to set date for Afghan withdrawal: Gates http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Impossible-to-set-date-for-Afghan-withdrawal-Gates/articleshow/4220801.cms Kuwait: Security stepped up at Saudi embassy amid attack fears http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3066916913 (Iraq/Kuwait) US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=NATIONAL&ID=565537864759510626 (Iraq) US soldier killed in attack on base in Iraq http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090303/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq Iraqi forces ready to handle security in Basra after UK withdrawal http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1980174&Language=en (Iran) U.S. Treasury Designates Companies Tied to Iran's Bank Melli as Proliferators http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg46.htm -- US sanctions 11 firms tied to Iran bank http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236103146931&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Six powers ready for direct nuclear talks with Iran http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/March/international_March239.xml§ion=international (Iran) Israeli PM alongside Clinton: Israel cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235898331755&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Report: "Secret letter: Obama offers Iran deal to Russia" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US-offers-secret-Iran-deal-to-Russia/articleshow/4219264.cms http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5838160.ece -- Obama: No 'quid pro quo' to Russia on missiles http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Obama_-No-_quid-pro-quo_-to-Russia-on-missiles--_50170.html -- Russia seems open to discussing US plan on Iran http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/04/europe/EU-Russia-US.php -- Medvedev denies any deal on shield for help on Iran http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/03/america/obama.php (Iran) Data About Presidential Copter Fleet Found in Iran http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/03/AR2009030301052.html?sub=AR (Syria) 2 senior US officials to travel to Syria http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236103146211&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) UN members back Lebanon terrorism tribunal http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090303/wl_mideast_afp/undiplomacylebanonusmideastterrorism (Lebanon) Report: Hizbullah now $1B richer -- "Business research facility asserts that majority of donations from Tehran in bid to shore-up terror organization ahead of elections in Lebanon. But funds also pouring in from other sources – in spite of economic crisis" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3680830,00.html (Israel) 2 Kassams hit w. Negev http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236089542361&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel files UN complaint on rocket-fire http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236089541565&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Molotov cocktail hurled at Israeli vehicle near Ni'lin http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236103147102&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel has already forfeited Jerusalem -- "Jews barred as U.S. helps Arabs fortify their presence in holy city" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90585 Israeli aircraft bomb Gaza tunnels: witnesses http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March75.xml§ion=middleeast (Palestinian Authority) Clinton pledges to press for Palestinian state http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March76.xml§ion=middleeast -- Clinton: two-state solution 'inescapable' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5840294.ece Palestinian Academic: Hamas Must Amend Its Charter http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD226609 (U.S.) FBI Watching Somali Muslims In Minneapolis -- "20 From Same Mosque Have Repatriated, One Became A Suicide Bomber; Mosque Officials Deny Radical Agenda" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/03/eveningnews/main4841761.shtml?source=RSSattr=CBSEveningNews_4841761 (U.S.) Atlanta Jihad Trial: Atlanta terrorism suspect seeks to represent himself -- Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, "and a fellow defendant, Syed Haris Ahmed, are charged with trying to join Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan-based militant group" http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/03/03/terrorism_suspect.html (U.S.) Lawyers ask Supreme Court to rule in terror case -- "for suspected al-Qaida sleeper agent Ali al-Marri" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090304/ap_on_go_su_co/enemy_combatant (U.S.) Congressmen: Probe potential intel chief's Saudi ties -- "Chas Freeman, ex-head of Saudi-funded think-tank, in line to run National Intelligence Council" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068359.html -- Report: Obama intel pick was part of 'Iran lobby' - more on Chas Freeman --- "At one meeting, the sources said, Freeman turned to Jewish staffers of Congress and questioned their loyalty to the United States" http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/ss_intelligence0182_03_03.asp -- Garbage in, garbage out - by Frank Gaffney, Jr. http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p17915.xml (U.S.) Al-Qaida Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Caribou Cafe Plot --- another report on Christopher Paul aka Abdul Malek - previously reported February 27 http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=4&id=26710 (U.S.) Is Houston a target for terrorists? http://www.kvue.com/news/state/stories/030309kvue_terrorists-houston-based-eh.1f999b3c.html (U.S.) Missouri House to feds: We don't want terror suspects http://www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp?S=9939053 (U.S.) NYC: 1993 WTC bomb victim recalls ordeal http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--1993wtcbombing0303mar03,0,3981654.story (Egypt) 29 Muslim Brothers arrested in Egypt http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=30755 Algeria: Troops kill 16 al-Qaida militants http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/03/africa/AF-Algeria-Violence.php Yemen: New terror camps as a city falls to jihadists http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/03/yemen_new_terror_cam.php (Nigeria) Shell: pipeline explosion in southern Nigeria http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/03/africa/AF-Nigeria-Pipeline-Blast.php Somalia: New 'Unity Government' Minister Declares War On Media -- Abdirahman Ibbi http://allafrica.com/stories/200903030924.html (Sudan) Aid workers fear more violence planned as Sudan prepare for war crimes ruling http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5841611.ece (Myanmar) 2 explosions strike in Myanmar's biggest city http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236103145841&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (France) Death threat, bullet mailed to French president http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236103146719&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Greece) Attack destroys Athens subway train carriages -- "A small anarchist group claimed responsibility for the firebombing late Tuesday in a statement posted on the Internet" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/03/europe/EU-Greece-Train-Attack.php Indonesia: Hundreds of terror suspects arrested since 2002 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3066891760 -- Comment: has not stopped the many thousands calling for Islamic supremacist caliphate or continuing Jihad in Indonesia http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/09/asia/09indo.php http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=99750&d=13&m=8&y=2007 http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20726085-2703,00.html North Korea Vows to Punish U.S., S. Korea 'Warmongers' http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,504005,00.html Other News: Jordan teenager kills sister over alleged affair -- yet another "honor killing" -- "Jordanian teenager was charged with premeditated murder for strangling his sister after her husband divorced her over an alleged affair" -- "16-year-old turned himself in to police and confessed on Thursday to strangling his 30-year-old sister with a wire from a mobile phone charger in Ajlun, north of the capital Amman" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090227/wl_mideast_afp/jordanwomencrime_20090227125301 http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&catid=7 (Lebanon) Former Hizbullah Member Rami 'Aleiq: We Used to Have Sex with Syrian Prostitutes after Signing Temporary Marriage Contracts With Them http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD226909 Syrian Women's Rights Activist Bassam Al-Qadhi: The Syrian Government is Lenient Towards 'Honor Crimes'; 'Do We Need 10 Million Syrian Women To Be Killed Before We Face Up to the Problem?' http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD226809 --- Bassam Al-Qadhi: "The killing of women because they are women is a worldwide phenomenon. The problem with us is not that we kill [women], while others do not. The problem is that we reward the killer. This is where the difference lies." "In Europe or America, someone might kill his wife because he suspected she was having an affair with a neighbor, for example. He might kill her, but he will stand trial as a murderer, and he will go to jail. He will not receive a legal certificate of good character, saying that he was 'defending his honor.'" "The problem with us is that we give a certificate of good character for this, that we say to him: 'Off you go. You can enjoy your life, because you killed your wife, your daughter, or your sister.'" "Because Of Articles 548 And 192 of the Penal Code, [A Man Who Perpetrates An Honor Killing] Gets Only Three Months to Three Years in Jail" Norway: Muslim girls beaten for not wearing the hijab -- "Muslim girls who don't wear the hijab all the time are beaten, says Gerd Fleischer, of Self-Help for Immigrants and Refugees (Seif)." http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/norway-muslim-girls-beaten-for-not.html -- Dutch http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2956476.ece Indonesia: Islamic supremacists object to polygamy bill http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3066842102 (Afghanistan) "Beating, torture and trafficking of women remain common and are broadly accepted" -- NYT reports that some shelters being created for women, claims problem is "culture that has been mainly governed by tribal law" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/03/asia/03shelter.php Pakistan's The News acknowledges existence of International Women's Day on March 8, refuses to acknowledge the institutionalized violence against women in Pakistan http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=165626 (Iran) 'US journalist in Iran jailed for buying wine' - Roxana Saberi http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US-scribe-in-Iran-jailed-for-buying-wine/articleshow/4221006.cms http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5835191.ece Bulgaria MP Yanev: Numerous Southern Villages Are Converted to Islam by Force http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=101658 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025084.php (UAE) Shariah-compliant Gold Securities Begin Trading http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=business&xfile=data/business/2009/March/business_March94.xml Greece: More Muslim pupils in schools http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/greece-more-muslim-pupils-in-schools.html EU step ups opposition to Muslim agenda at 'Durban II' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068537.html EU agency: Most European states fail to track anti-Semitism http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1068021.html (U.S.) CAIR: Minn. Muslims Oppose Bill Banning Hijab on Driver's Photos http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-03-2009/0004982305&EDATE= (U.S.) "NC Sen. Shaw to chair Muslim civil rights group" -- Larry Shaw "named Tuesday as the new board chairman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR" http://www.newsobserver.com/1565/story/1427236.html --- July 28, 2008: NC Dem Senator mentoring Muslim activist http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/nc-dem-senator-mentoring-muslim-activist/ (U.S./UK) Barack Obama reaffirms belief in the special relationship with Britain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/4934241/Barack-Obama-reaffirms-belief-in-the-special-relationship-with-Britain.html (UK) Call to ban Islamic meeting - Hizb ut-Tahrir http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/545/Call-to-ban-Islamic-meeting.5034541.jp (UK) One Law for All Campaign against Sharia Law in Britain -- March 7 - London's Trafalgar Square from 330-430pm http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/03/one-law-for-all-campaign-against-sharia-law-in-britain/ http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/ Commentaries: (U.S.) Garbage in, garbage out - by Frank Gaffney, Jr. -- on Chas Freeman http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p17915.xml (U.S.) Supremacism Isn't American - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/129.html (UK) One Law for All Campaign against Sharia Law in Britain -- March 7 - London's Trafalgar Square from 330-430pm http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/03/one-law-for-all-campaign-against-sharia-law-in-britain/ http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/ http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/resourcePage/placards.html http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/images/images/ShariaWomen_Placard_A2_1602.jpg Against Nazi News: (Germany) New exhibition exposes the sex slavery at Nazi camps http://www.expatica.com/de/lifestyle_leisure/arts_culture/New-exhibition-exposes-the-sex-slavery-at-Nazi-camps-_13708.html WWII - British files reveal mission to nab Nazi spy http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29469125/ March 2, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraq motorcycle bomb kills three, wounds 16 http://www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL2660126 Afghan children likely killed by Taliban IED: military http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090302.wafghankids0302/BNStory/Afghanistan/home (Pakistan) Rivals to form a united Pakistani Taliban -- "Shura Ittihad-ul-Mujahideen, or Council of United Holy Warriors" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4930216/Rivals-to-form-a-united-Pakistani-Taliban.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/mar/03/taliban-pakistan-afghanistan-us-surge (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Six killed in Pishin girls' madrassa suicide blast http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\03\story_3-3-2009_pg1_6 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/5-killed-in-Pak-suicide-bombing/articleshow/4214147.cms http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3063266082 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a2ZwUQ9bN69w (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Fears for UN official after new death threat -- John Solecki http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3063145448 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4927540/Militants-threaten-to-kill-American-UN-worker.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Police check post attacked in Peshawar http://www.geo.tv/3-3-2009/36358.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban release abducted FC officer, guards http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\03\story_3-3-2009_pg7_3 -- Taliban violates Swat truce http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/03/taliban_violates_swa.php (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat peace deal is Pakistan's internal matter: NATO secretary general http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\03\story_3-3-2009_pg7_2 (Pakistan) FATA: Shelling near security forces' checkpost in N Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\03\story_3-3-2009_pg7_37 (Pakistan) FATA: Three arrested in Jamrud for alleged links with Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\03\story_3-3-2009_pg7_36 (Pakistan) Islamic system only way out: speakers -- Hizb ut-Tahrir -- "Members of Hizbul Tahrir — Junaid Khan, Saad Jinghranvi, Taimur Butt, Imran Yousufzai and Naveed Butt addressed the seminar" -- "democracy and dictatorship were two sides of the same coin and imperialist nations used these two styles to achieve their objectives because in these systems the right of legislation was granted to mankind instead of Allah" -- "They said in view of the weakening position of the United States and inability of other states to lead, the world Muslims must not miss the opportunity to establish Khilafat" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=165471 Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi: 'Reconciliation should be part of anti-terror plan' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\03\story_3-3-2009_pg1_11 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/world/s_613963.html (Pakistan/Saudi Arabia) Al Qaeda threatens to attack Saudi installations in Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\03\story_3-3-2009_pg1_7 (U.S.) Immigrant in SoCal court on terror tie accusations -- Afghani "Ahmadullah Niazi was arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana" http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j_nPl_mbEa8AfbQwVk7XUksmD4VQD96M33KG0 -- Afghan immigrant pleads not guilty to perjury http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090302/ap_on_re_us/afghan_arrested (U.S.) New Jersey: Imam asks for appeal to be rejected -- DHS officials allege that Mohammad Qatanani linked to Hamas http://www.northjersey.com/news/aroundnj/Imam_asks_for_appeal_to_be_rejected.html (U.S.) Ninth Circuit denies government appeal in wiretapping case -- "allowing the case brought by the al-Haramain Islamic Foundation to go forward" http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/02/ninth-circuit-denies-government-appeal.php (U.S.) Obama releases secret Bush anti-terror memos http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090302/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_memos http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/DOJ/story?id=6989426&page=1 (Lebanon) Israel arrests alleged spy for Hizbullah http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=99780 (Iran) ElBaradei chides Iran and Syria --- "Says IAEA cannot exclude the possibility that Iran may be hiding atomic activities" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235898326493&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- IAEA chief urges Iran to 'unblock' nuclear stalemate http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March62.xml§ion=middleeast -- Clinton doubtful on Iran diplomacy http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235898326581&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Russian foreign minister: US should talk to Iran http://www.iht.com/indexes/ap/apsectionindex.php?section=europe -- BGU invention would help deny rogue states nuclear weapons http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235898328437&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) U.S.: Lawmakers Worry Whether U.S. Can Keep Gaza Aid Away From Hamas http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/02/lawmakers-worry-gaza-aid-away-hamas/ (Palestinian Authority) Report: Russia sends Palestinians armored vehicles http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3680166,00.html (Israel) Rocket Attack on Ashkelon Coast Region http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/161560 (Israel/U.S.) 'US-Israel ties may suffer' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3680155,00.html (Algeria) 7 militants killed in Algerian army raid http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/02/africa/AF-Algeria-Violence.php Somalia: Clan Elders Say Insurgents Agree to Take Their Fighters Out From Fighting Areas http://allafrica.com/stories/200903020283.html (Somalia) "Al Qaeda in Somalia Seeks Input" http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/196628.php Moroccan jailed for 10 years over Casablanca bombs http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jS8Cg0JoxeazNJFwAMTMfnWI3Osw (Philippines) 10 killed in Muslim clashes in Philippines http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=235651 -- AFP: 8 MILF rebs killed in S. Kabunsuan clash http://www.gmanews.tv/story/151046/AFP-8-MILF-rebs-killed-in-S-Kabunsuan-clash (Philippines) MILF rebels attack coastal villages http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090302-191891/MILF-rebels-attack-coastal-villages Other News: (Pakistan) NWFP: Minister promises girls' education in NW Pakistan -- Provincial chief minister Amir Haider Khan Hoti -- "Girls in Pakistan's Swat Valley can attend school but must wear veils that cover their heads and faces, a top official said Monday" http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD96LSR080 (Pakistan) A young couple is in hiding after a tribal court sentenced them to death http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=News&file=article&sid=3417 Yemeni Killer Ruled Unfit, Gets Off with Fine - Abdel Aziz al-Abdi -- "Al-Abdi confessed to murdering the teacher, Moshe Yaish Nahari, 'for the sake of Allah.' Abdi told police that he had warned Nahari and other Jews to convert to Islam or flee the country or they would be killed." -- "A Yemeni Muslim who murdered a Yemeni Jewish teacher last December has been ruled unfit to stand trial. Defendant Abdel Aziz al-Abdi will not be sent to jail. Instead, he has been ordered to pay a fine" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130223 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3063661435 Nigeria: Militants Demand Fee for Helping Rig 2007 Election http://allafrica.com/stories/200903020679.html (Iran) 'Hollywood's approach toward Islam and Iran not acceptable ' http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=842309 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/4903473/Iran-demands-apology-from-Hollywood-over-Wrestler.html (UK) Banned cleric Omar Bakri addresses conference at London primary school --- "Omar Bakri, the radical cleric banned from Britain, has addressed a conference at a primary school in London in which he called for the country to become an Islamic state" --- "Bakri told his followers: 'The existence of the Islamic state is a necessity for justice to be established... Islam is the future'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4903920/Banned-cleric-Omar-Bakri-addresses-conference-at-London-primary-school.html (UK) Quilliam Foundation: We want a more British Islam http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/mar/02/religion-islam-quilliam-imams http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/anya-hart-dyke (UK) 168 guns lost or stolen from Armed Forces in three years http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4927258/168-guns-lost-or-stolen-from-Armed-Forces-in-three-years.html (U.S.) 'United in Hate' author explains alliance between jihadists, self-hating American http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90215 (U.S.) Pitt professor relates Muslim identity to the African-American community -- organized by Muslim Brotherhood-linked Muslim Students Association (MSA) http://thetartan.org/2009/3/2/news/islam (U.S.) Washington Times: "Survey: U.S. Muslim women liberated" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/03/survey-us-muslim-women-find-liberation/ -- February 17, 2009 - Bridges TV CEO beheading of wife -- "'This was apparently a terroristic version of honor killing, a murder rooted in cultural notions about women's subordination to men,” said Marcia Pappas, New York State president of the National Organization for Women" -- Pappas: "Too many Muslim men are using their religious beliefs to justify violence against women" http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/northernsuburbs/story/581540.html http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/02/17/2009-02-17_muslim_tv_mogul_muzzammil_hassans_allege.html -- Febraury 13, 2009 - New York: Afghan consulate official beat his wife for 15 straight hours http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024849.php http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/02/13/2009-02-13_afghan_diplomat_mohammed_fagirad_charged.html --- January 8, 2008 - Honor Killing in Texas - Amina and Sarah Said http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=24329 (U.S.) Key demographics of Muslim-Americans -- "The significant proportion of native-born converts to Islam is a characteristic unique to the United States" http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iJncXqddPxuwU58_EHGLoztVPc8AD96LVH7O0 (U.S.) Kansas: Al-Qazwini dispels 'bigoted depiction' of Islam http://www.esubulletin.com/articles/news/2009/03/02/al-qazwini-dispels-bigoted-depiction-islam -- Additional reports on Hassan Al-Qazwini http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1011 http://www.newagecitizen.com/Dearbornistan.htm#Overview: http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/01/extremist_imamb.html http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C2617F87-ED2F-4AD4-AC51-A7366DC822EE http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2001/10/radical_islams_1.html http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2001/03/funding_islamic.html (U.S.) "New" Hampshire Support -- "Harvard University Law Professor Alan Dershowitz has rescinded his call for donors to withhold financial support for Hampshire College in Massachusetts after school leaders issued a statement insisting they have not and will not divest in companies doing business in Israel." http://www.investigativeproject.org/1003/new-hampshire-support (Canada) Islamic veil arguments delayed until March 13 http://www.canada.com/news/Islamic+veil+arguments+delayed+until+March/1345491/story.html -- Judge to hear case of Ontario woman ordered to testify without religious veil http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2009/03/02/8593241-cp.html Norway: 'Fighting radical Islam is like fighting Nazism, Communism' http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/norway-fighting-radical-islam-is-like.html EU: Watchdog reports recent rise in anti-Semitism http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3063810881 France: We'll quit UN conference if anti-Israel remarks made http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3680175,00.htm (Russia) Kiev: Mecca night club renamed -- "According to Ukrainian newspaper Segodnya, in Kiev, No Name night club will replace the night club named Mecca following the protest of the Moslem community" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/kiev-mecca-night-club-renamed.html http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=5752 Commentaries: (UK) Bernard Dineen: My fear that Britain is past point of no return http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/columnists/Bernard-Dineen-My-fear-that.5027727.jp Are Bad Ideas Coming to Your Neighborhood? by Dr. Laina Farhat-Holzman -- on "honor killings" http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2646/pub_detail.asp Propaganda: Ron Paul-Supporting "Conservative" Web Site Calls for Isolationism Regarding Islamic Supremacists in Pakistan -- by Doug Lasken http://libertymaven.com/2009/03/01/obama-has-destroyed-the-anti-war-left/4584/ --- Ron Paul Takes Over CPAC http://libertymaven.com/2009/02/27/ron-paul-takes-over-cpac/4559/ --- Michael Scheuer's support of Ron Paul http://www.antiwar.com/orig/scheuer.php?articleid=11052 Deepak Chopra: How to win Pakistan's culture war -- Chopra: "Taliban are extremists but they are not terrorists" -- Chopra: "Taliban's strict puritanism is widely hated" http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2009/03/02/chopra030209.DTL --- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia - 75% support implementation of strict Sharia law http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/pakistan.html (UK) Quilliam Foundation: We want a more British Islam http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2009/mar/02/religion-islam-quilliam-imams http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/anya-hart-dyke (U.S.) NY Foreign Policy Examiner's Aimee Kligman Defends Appeasement of Islamic Supremacism http://www.examiner.com/x-2086-NY-Foreign-Policy-Examiner~y2009m3d1-Foreign-Policy-How-do-we-deal-with-radical-Islam Anti-Racial Supremacist News: (U.S.) Louisiana: Arraignment set for suspect in KKK killing -- Raymond Foster http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=9927950 (U.S.) South Carolina: "KKK" spray painted on Aiken County church http://www.wrdw.com/crimeteam12/headlines/40511012.html (U.S.) Anthony Karen & the KKK http://discarted.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/anthony-karen-the-kkk/ (U.S.) List Of Hate Groups In Wisconsin --White and Black Supremacist Groups Listed http://christiansforequality.blogspot.com/2009/03/list-of-hate-groups-in-wisconsin.html March 1, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) US forces kill four, arrest eight militants in Afghanistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979431&Language=en (Afghanistan) Six civilians injured in suicide attack -- "outside Jalalabad, capital of the country's eastern province of Nangarhar" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979509&Language=en (Afghanistan) Blast kills coalition contractor in Afghanistan -- in Uruzgan http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/28/afghan.contractor.killed/ (Afghanistan) Canada Prime Minister Says West Alone Can't Defeat Taliban -- Harper: "What has to happen in Afghanistan is we have to have an Afghan government that is capable of managing that insurgency." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,502947,00.html -- Harper "in an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090301.wPOLharperafghan0301/BNStory/Front Afghan president moves up elections http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/01/asia/01afghan.php -- US rejects Karzai's ploy to call April poll http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5827880.ece Iran giving missiles to Taliban? -- "Iran is supplying the Taliban in Afghanistan with surface-to-air missiles capable of destroying a helicopter, according to American intelligence sources" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Iran-giving-missiles-to-Taliban/articleshow/4209975.cms --- U.S. Muslim-Engagement Project calls for America to get Iran involved "in stabilizing Afghanistan" (page 48) http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Changing_Course_-_A_New_Direction_for_US_Relations_with_the_Muslim_World.pdf --- agreed to by Dennis Ross, part of U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project - now U.S. State Dept adviser on Iran http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=44#Ross http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/127.html (Pakistan/Afghanistan) Musharraf says U.S. needs to talk with Taliban to resolve Afghan issue http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=70136 -- Comment: Musharraf has been calling for negotiations with Islamic supremacist Taliban since at least August 2007 (Pakistan) NWFP: Sufi Mohammad sets deadline for Nizam-e-Adl implementation - for Sharia law -- "TNSM chief dissatisfied with progress on enforcement of sharia" -- TNSM's Sufi Mohammad: "If the government does not appoint Qazis [Islamic judges] by March 15, and the two sides do not release prisoners in their custody, we will set up protest camps" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\02\story_2-3-2009_pg1_1 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak-cleric-sets-deadline-for-Islamic-courts-in-Swat/articleshow/4209044.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Nizam-e-Adl draft finalized - for Sharia law http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\02\story_2-3-2009_pg1_2 (Pakistan) NWFP: Five Frontier Corps personnel kidnapped in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\02\story_2-3-2009_pg1_4 -- NWFP faces dearth of seasoned cops to maintain order http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=165198 (Pakistan) NWFP govt reverses weapon distribution decision in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\01\story_1-3-2009_pg7_4 Pakistan: USCIRF Alarmed by Proposed Measures Endangering Religious Freedom and Human Rights in Swat Valley PDF Print E-mail http://www.uscirf.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2358&Itemid=1 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Pakistani kidnappers set latest deadline to kill American -- in four days http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=70154 (Pakistan/U.S.) FATA: Eight killed in US missile strikes in South Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\02\story_2-3-2009_pg1_6 (Pakistan/U.S.) FBI first probed Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) soon after 9/11 attack -- "when it busted what later came to be known as the 'Virginia Jihad Network'" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/FBI-first-probed-LeT-soon-after-911-attack/articleshow/4210068.cms (Pakistan/U.S.) On "Meet the Press," U.S. Mullen says US concerned over terrorist safe havens in Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\02\story_2-3-2009_pg1_7 -- On "Meet the Press," Gates calls Pakistan 'most worrisome' http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/01/us.afghanistan/index.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/All-terrorist-networks-have-safe-haven-in-Pakistan-Gates/articleshow/4210586.cms -- Comment - sure "real concerned" -- Admiral Mullen 'bringing US closer to Pakistan' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\02\story_2-3-2009_pg1_5 --- February 27, 2009: Swat agreement: US to adopt a policy of wait and watch -- Gates and Mullen --- Mullen: "So where I am on this is to wait; you know, to watch it clearly, pay attention to it, and to see where it evolves." http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/F710B5C9887A5AC26525756A001341BF?OpenDocument (Pakistan/U.S.) "Washington is seeking to build the Pakistani state and its economy as a way to wean the country from Islamic extremism." http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0302/p02s01-usfp.html (Iraq) Mullen: Military situation in Iraq 'better' http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/03/01/Mullen_Military_situation_in_Iraq_better/UPI-82311235958324/ --- "Democracy is firmly rooted in Iraq: British general" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/March/middleeast_March26.xml§ion=middleeast --- UK's David Miliband: Iraqi leaders 'impatient' to run own affairs http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/4860854/David-Miliband-Iraqi-leaders-are-impatient-to-run-own-affairs.html (Iran) Top Defense Officials: Iran Has Fissile Material for Nuke, but No Bomb Yet http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/01/defense-officials-iran-fissile-material-nuke-bomb/ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123593870238604043.html?mod=googlenews_wsj http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-na-gates-mullen2-2009mar02,0,3656420.story -- "Iran now has enough low-enriched uranium to make one atomic bomb—at least theoretically" http://www.newsweek.com/id/186982 (Israel) Kassam hits yard of Sderot home -- "None hurt, house slightly damaged as Palestinians in Gaza fire 7 rockets at w. Negev in evening barrage" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410742708&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Militants fire rockets into Israel http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25125586-38201,00.html Israel says it is serious about silencing Palestinian rocket launchers http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979472&Language=en http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29453804/ (Israel) Pentagon: Aid only for 'essential items' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235898318481&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Hillary Clinton to offer $1bn to Gaza in move to sideline Hamas -- to "moderate" Fatah http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4903829/Hillary-Clinton-to-offer-1bn-to-Gaza-in-move-to-sideline-Hamas.html -- "Hope for Palestinian state recedes as both sides edge towards other options" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5828517.ece (U.S.) Carlos the Jackal to Obama: Help me find terrorist pal -- "Letter: 'As your grandfather would have said, Mr. President, Allahu akbar – God is great!'" http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90398 (U.S.) L.A. area Muslims say FBI surveillance has a chilling effect --- unindicted co-conspirator group CAIR upset about FBI surveillance on Jihad plotter http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-muslim1-2009mar01,0,2228162.story -- previous report http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19270 (UK) Al Muhajiroun Holds a Segregated March http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/03/01/al-muhajiroun-holds-a-segregated-march/ -- on UK for Islam leaflet, "You'll note that the telephone number on that leaflet is the same one used by Al Muhajiroun and Anjem Choudhry’s Society of Muslim Lawyers - an Al Muhaj front - in the late 1990s" http://www.hurryupharry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/islam4ukleaflet.jpghttp://www.hurryupharry.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/islam4ukleaflet.jpg (UK) Former British resident: 'Wage Jihad against the Jews' -- Zaghloul al-Naggar http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2009/02/former-british-resident-wage-jihad-against-the-jews.html UK terror attack 'rehearsal'-- emergency services exercise http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7916756.stm (UK) Animal terrorist group foiled by informant dressed as a beagle http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5821799.ece -- Comment: most pressing terrorist story the London Times could find... (Lebanon) U.N. opens prosecution over Hariri assassination http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/01/lebanon.un.tribunal.hariri/ (Egypt) American in Egypt attacked near bomb site -- also "Saturday, two boys threw two firebombs into a crowded metro station in Cairo" http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hL5bY2-xvUDWJ1CdNvwugXB3h5RwD96KOOFO0 (Algeria) Eight gunmen down, four Algerian soldiers killed in renewed violence http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979528&Language=en (Algeria) 120 Al-Qaeda-linked militants killed in 6 months: Algeria http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/594915 (Yemen) Report: "Three Events Bringing Yemen to Forefront in War on Al-Qaeda" http://yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=295&MainCat=6 Somalia: New President to Rule Country Using Islamic Law http://allafrica.com/stories/200903010002.html (Sudan) 75 people dead, 94 injured in clashes in S. Sudan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979578&Language=en (Russia) Three policemen were wounded when they came under fire in Ingushetia http://www.itar-tass.com/txt/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13630859&PageNum=0 (Thailand) 5 suspected insurgents rounded up in Narathiwat -- "Police and soldiers Sunday rounded up five Muslim men on charges of killing and beheading two Buddhist villagers last week" http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30096902/5-suspected-insurgents-rounded-up-in-Narathiwat (Philippines) 2 wounded in fierce battle between Army, MILF http://www.gmanews.tv/story/150919/2-wounded-in-fierce-battle-between-Army-MILF Colombian army claims 10 rebel deaths http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6196354/Colombian-army-claims-10-rebel-deaths Other News: (Pakistan) Karachi: "Another woman killed over honour" -- Quratul Ain "shot thrice in the name of honour"... because she "eloped from her house six months ago, marrying the person with whom she intended to spend her entire life with" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\03\02\story_2-3-2009_pg7_22 (Afghanistan) Paween Mushtakhel is forced into hiding as Taleban return to Kabul -- "Paween Mushtakhel, once one of the most recognizable female faces on Afghan TV, dare not venture out without a burkha" -- "In December her husband was murdered by unknown gunmen outside their home after defying months of telephone warnings to stop his wife appearing on television" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5827879.ece Transcript of UN anti-blasphemy resolution interview - Lou Dobbs show http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=72&release=782 (Yemen) Religious Leaders in Yemen Announce Fatwa on Minimum Marriage Age http://womenagainstshariah.blogspot.com/2009/02/religious-leaders-in-yemen-announce.html (Indonesia) Sharia Finance: Praise for Islamic banking http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6196539/Praise-for-Islamic-banking (Nigeria) Sharia Finance: "Islamic banks resilient" http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090228/BUSINESS/962092818/1005 (Bahrain) Sharia Finance: "Nexus, Solidarity in Takaful deal " http://www.tradearabia.com/news/BANK_157250.html (Europe) Headscarf news http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/headscarf-news.html Netherlands: PVV leading in polls http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/03/netherlands-pvv-leading-in-polls.html http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6196336/Wilders-Freedom-Party-leads-polls (UK) Catholic Church slams new code of conduct forcing teachers to promote Islam http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1158406/Catholic-Church-slams-new-code-conduct-forcing-teachers-promote-Islam-gay-rights.html?ITO=1490 (U.S.) New Islamic mortgages now available in Minnesota http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/02/28/islamicfinancing/?refid=0 (U.S.) Colorado: "CU Muslim Students' Association hosting Islam Awareness Week" http://www.coloradodaily.com/news/2009/mar/01/cu-muslim-students-islam-awareness-week-boulder/ -- Reza Aslan to speak who is frustrated that Americans don't see the difference between political Islamic supremacists and Jihadists political supremacists --- "Americans do not know the difference between Islamists, who have a clear goal of creating a national Islamic state, and terrorists who call themselves jihadists." http://oudaily.com/news/2009/feb/26/author-explores-relationship-between-america-and-i/ (U.S.) Poll Finds U.S. Muslims Thriving, but Not Content http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/02/us/02muslims.html (U.S.) Report: AIG bailout to add on billions more -- to get $30 billion MORE... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29455792/ http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/finance/new-aig-bailout-structure-reportedly-set/ -- while NO DIVESTING of Sharia finance business yet!! http://www.aigmemsa.com/aig/takaful/index.jsp CPAC: A squandered opportunity http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025057.php http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/was-cpac-an-epic-fail/2/ -- "Notes from CPAC, the national conservative conference, where this week youth has been served" http://www.newsweek.com/id/187113 -- Comment: Not a WORD on Jihad or Islamic supremacism in the report -- Further Note: while personally shut out of the Geert Wilders speech, I saw plenty of Ron Paul brochures being handed out... Hmmmm Web Site Update Alert: Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) -- Defending Human Rights, Challenging Supremacism http://www.realcourage.org/ Commentaries (U.S.) 'The Factor' Investigates Muslim Beheadings http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,502085,00.html Geert Wilders, Ibn Warraq, and Islamo-Realism -- by Andrew Bostom http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2009/03/02/geert-wilders-ibn-warraq-and-islamo-realism/ Al Qaida Planners Focus On Soft Targets, Namely The U.S. Economy - by Richard Cochrane http://richardcochrane.hypocrisy.com/2009/02/28/al-qaida-planners-focus-on-soft-targets-namely-the-us-economy/ Hizbullah now threat to U. S. / Iran Orders Attacks On Israel - by Richard Cochrane http://richardcochrane.hypocrisy.com/2009/02/28/hizbullah-now-threat-ro-u-s-iran-orders-attacks-on-israel/ (UK) Which is worse - Islamic terrorism or Muslim ghettos? by Damian Thompson http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2009/03/01/which_is_worse__islamic_terrorism_or_muslim_ghettos (UK) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Why Muslims will not fight for freedom -- "They ignore campaigns for the good of all, refusing to accept that non-Muslims are equal" http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-why-muslims-will-not-fight-for-freedom-1635153.html Propaganda: NEWSWEEK Cover: Radical Islam Is A Fact Of Life. How To Live With It. http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-01-2009/0004980572&EDATE= Against Nazi News: (Canada) Montreal Neo-Nazi Gets Two Years for Armed Assault http://sketchythoughts.blogspot.com/2009/03/montreal-neo-nazi-gets-two-years-for.html (Switzerland) Secret bankers to Nazis and looters http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10559414 (UK) Nazi uniform wearing councilor suspended http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/28/nazi-uniform-wearing-councillor-suspended-91466-23030774/ History: (Poland) More anti-Nazi disturbances in Warsaw - Mar 1, 1939 -- "Anti-Nazi and anti-Government demonstrations by students are continuing in Warsaw and other university towns in Poland" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/britainatwar/4864764/More-anti-Nazi-disturbances-in-Warsaw---Mar-1-1939.html Black Islamic Supremacist News: Nation of Islam minister sees 'universal' approach http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090228/ap_on_re_us/nation_of_islam_minister -- Farrakhan Speaks At Nation Of Islam Event http://cbs2chicago.com/local/Farrakhan.To.Speak.2.947242.html -- Snoop Dogg appears at Nation of Islam convention -- says he is member of organization http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2009/03/01/entertainment/celebrity/doc49ab6ed8949bb182521301.txt -- SPLC lists Nation of Islam as "hate group" http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3 February 28, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP: Peace in province at all cost http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=cn&nid=1833 (Pakistan) NWFP: Two killed in Dera Ismael Khan firing http://www.geo.tv/2-28-2009/36198.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan General: Taliban 'Lost' Border Stronghold -- Bajaur (aka Bajur) district http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,502505,00.html http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/taliban-lost-border-region-gen-khan--qs http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/28/pakistan-taliban-lost-2-border-regions/ (Pakistan/U.S.) Obama wants US, Pak to work together for a 'more secure world' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Obama-wants-US-Pak-to-work-together-for-a-more-secure-world-/articleshow/4205353.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Stop doublespeak on 26/11 attacks: India to Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Stop-doublespeak-on-2611-India-to-Pak/articleshow/4205736.cms -- Pak navy chief retracts statement on Kasab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak-navy-chief-retracts-statement-on-Kasab/articleshow/4204724.cms (India/U.S.) Hawala money in India linked to terror funding: US http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Hawala-money-linked-to-terror-funding/articleshow/4205107.cms -- see my previous report on "Operation Cash-Out" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/055.html -- additional background on hawala http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/graphics/attack/investigation_45.html http://www.interpol.int/Public/FinancialCrime/MoneyLaundering/hawala/default.asp (Iraq) Baghdad car bomb kills Iraqi police officer, injures 10 people http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979355&Language=en (Iraq) Al Qaida 'oil minister' arrested, says Iraq -- in Diyala province http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Qaida-oil-minister-arrested-says-Iraq/articleshow/4205676.cms Iran's supreme leader: US should speed up Iraq pullout http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410739474&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Hezbollah 'ready for any confrontation with Israel' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067514.html -- Hezbollah on high alert after espionage scare http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Lebanon/10290257.html (Israel) Five Gaza rockets strike Israel: Military http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Five_Gaza_rockets_strike_Israel_Military/articleshow/4204370.cms -- Grad Rocket on Ashkelon - Shock Victims and Damage http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130185 -- Ashkelon school damaged in Grad attack http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410732719&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Grad missiles were advanced http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3678847,00.html (Israel) "Netanyahu tells 'W. Post' Hamas is 'incompatible with peace;' says Syria enables Hizbullah to arm" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410738818&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/27/AR2009022702278_2.html -- previous Washington Post editorial promoting Hamas (Israel) Clinton: 'We support 2-state solution' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3678727,00.html Hamas says no compromise http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3678809,00.html Somali leader agrees Sharia law http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7916937.stm -- "Ahmed agrees to proposal by local, foreign religious leaders for truce with hardline Islamists" http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=30693 -- Somali government, Islamic group agree to truce http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/28/africa/AF-Somalia.php Somalia: President 'Begins Talks' With Armed Opposition http://allafrica.com/stories/200902280025.html (Nigeria) Obasanjo, Danjuma Sabotaged Shariah Implementation – Yerima http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=136790 (Turkey) Bomb blast in Antalya leaves six people injured -- NTV http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979300&Language=en (Philippines) Abu Sayyaf back to terror http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/27/abu-sayyaf-back-to-terror/ (Philippines) Abu Sayyaf makes 2 demands for ICRC workers -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) "negotiating" -- MILF says Abu Sayyaf calls for "pullout of the military from Sulu" http://www.gmanews.tv/story/150821/MILF-Abu-Sayyaf-makes-2-demands-for-ICRC-workers -- Sayyaf want Jolo declared open port http://www.sunstar.com.ph/network/sayyaf-want-jolo-declared-open-port Sri Lanka military says it killed 9 rebels http://www.geo.tv/2-28-2009/36212.htm http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/28/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php North Korea Warns of 'Unpredictable Military Conflicts' -- "North Korea threatens U.S. troops, accusing them of making provocative moves along the tense border" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,502511,00.html (China) US ask China for help on Pak, Afghan issues -- David Sedney, U.S. deputy assistant secretary of defense for East Asia http://www.geo.tv/2-28-2009/36206.htm --- Comment: DoD representative seeking Communist totalitarian China's help on Islamic supremacists Other News: (UK) Hate preacher gets OK to run Sharia law demo -- London: "Anjem Choudary will march in London today calling for Britain to adopt Islamic Sharia law" --- "The demo comes 18 months after three of Choudary’s supporters were jailed for soliciting murder in a London protest against cartoons of the prophet Mohammed published in Denmark." --- "The publicity says women are welcome to join the march but they must walk at the back of the procession as 'strict segregation will be enforced.'" http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/71154/Hate-preacher-gets-OK-to-run-Sharia-law-demo/ (UK) Scotland perfectly positioned to cash in on Islamic financial products http://www.sundayherald.com/business/businessnews/display.var.2492469.0.scotland_perfectly_positioned_to_cash_in_on_islamic_financial_products.php (Russia) "Chechen leader imposes strict brand of Islam" -- "The bullnecked president of Chechnya emerged from afternoon prayers at the mosque and with chilling composure explained why seven young women who had been shot in the head deserved to die" -- "Ramzan Kadyrov said the women, whose bodies were found dumped by the roadside, had 'loose morals' and were rightfully shot by male relatives in honor killings. 'If a woman runs around and if a man runs around with her, both of them are killed,' Kadyrov told journalists in the capital of this Russian republic." http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/28/europe/EU-Russia-Ruling-Chechnya.php February 15, 2009 - Muslim women 'face crisis over violence' --- "Muslim women around the world are facing a 'growing crisis' as Islamic governments fail to honour commitments to end inequality and violence against them, a senior UN official has warned --- UN's Yakin Erturk: "In these countries, those who speak on behalf of Islam still justify things like stoning or killing a woman for this or that reason as being part of their religion. I have heard this at the most official of levels" http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25057454-5001028,00.html?from=public_rss http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25057454-23109,00.html ---- see also September 3, 2008 "Our Hope, Our Children, Our Responsibility in Fighting Jihad" on the perverted viciousness of Chechen Islamic supremacists http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/102.html Note: -- March 8 is International Women's Day http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp (Philippines) Lifting the veil of discrimination --- "In Marawi City, Philippines, images of women dressed in figure hugging outfits are spray-painted and teenaged girls are forced into early marriage." --- "a city ordinance penalizes women who do not dress 'modestly'. Women with exposed hair or those wearing clothes that outline the body's contours or have sleeves that show the elbows, are abused by 'well-meaning' citizens." http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Feb282009/she20090227121084.asp (Philippines) Trade department to develop Halal industry http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=235437 (U.S.) Wilders event last night in Washington http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025048.php (U.S.) Daniel Pearl's father: Antisemitism rising on campuses, administrators doing little or nothing http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025050.php http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/27/anti.semitism.campus/index.html (Libya) Daily Telegraph Article on Libya -- quotes lunatic Gaddafi as fearing Obama "because he is black with an inferiority complex" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/4884451/Can-Fellow-African-Barack-Obama-tempt-Libyas-Colonel-Gaddafi-in-from-the-cold.html European states consider boycotting Durban 2 summit http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067540.html (Pakistan) Political battle may make Pak army restive for power: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Political-battle-may-make-Pak-army-restive-for-power-Report/articleshow/4205146.cms?TOI_latestnews -- Pak crisis bad news for Obama http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak-crisis-bad-news-for-Obama/articleshow/4206118.cms Propaganda: Newsweek's Fareed Zakaria: "it's time to stop treating all Islamists as potential terrorists." http://www.newsweek.com/id/187093 --- My Comment: Consider if free people chose to be responsible for equality and liberty as opposed to submitting to Islamic supremacism Anti-White Supremacist News: (Nebraska) High court upholds firing of trooper in KKK case http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10574680 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g5ncf-jApLMu7vXsy3fjgOk-SEkAD96K1MF82 (Arkansas) Town named for early KKK head doesn't dwell on it http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-41/1235766257253040.xml&storylist=alabamanews http://www.reflector.com/news/state/town-named-for-early-kkk-head-doesnt-dwell-on-it-460858.html February 27, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) Report: "Western officials, Taliban engaged in secret talks" -- references Mottawakil aka Mutawakil aka Muttawakill -- "Western officials, the Afghan government and Taliban-linked mediators have been engaged in secret negotiations to bring elements of the group into Afghanistan’s political process, the Al Jazeera network is reporting." -- "The talks are reportedly taking place in Dubai, London and Afghanistan since the beginning of the year and revolve around the return of Gulbaldin Hekmatyar, the former Afghan prime minister, who has been in hiding for seven years, to Afghanistan." -- "James Bays, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Kabul is of the opinion that there is a possibility that these talks could be widened further so as to bring in elements of the Taliban" -- "Mullah Mottawakil, a former Taliban foreign minister, said the talks would fail if the plan was to split the Taliban" http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/western-officials-taliban-in-secret-negotiations--za http://www.haber27.com/news_detail.php?id=23625 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/secret-talks-with-taliban-gather-pace-as-surge-looms-1608233.html --- October 7, 2008 - LongWarJournal - "Negotiators are Taliban outsiders... Mutawakil, who served as the Taliban's foreign minister in 2001, has long fallen out of favor with the Taliban, according to sources as well as reports in the press. 'He has no authority among the Taliban leaders who matter,' said one senior source." http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/10/taliban_have_not_spl.php ---- See Also: ---- February 26, 2009: Taliban's Mullah Mutassim: "The Islamic Emirate demands to rule the country so as to establish an ... Islamic system in it, not in order to occupy high positions in the agent government" http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL41531420090226?rpc=401&&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0 (Afghanistan) Pro-Taliban chief may end exile -- another report on Gulbaldin Hekmatyar and Hezb-i-Islami http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/27/Pro-Taliban_chief_may_end_exile/UPI-41531235763858/ -- February 23, 2009: Hizb-e-Islam claims killing 12 troops in Afghanistan -- attack on NATO convoy in Kantar province http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69434 -- More background on Hekmatyar's (aka Hikmatyar) Hezb-i-Islami aka Hizb-e-Islam aka Hizb-e Islami aka Hizb-i-Islami ---- "Hikmatyar's Hizb-e-Islami, was a key ally and favorite of Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence (ISI)" http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/hizbi-islami.htm http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=32962 http://www.kashmir-information.com/afghanistan/appendix1.html (Afghanistan) U.S. President says no 'long-term' Afghan presence http://www.geo.tv/2-28-2009/36165.htm (Afghanistan) Analysts: Obama to ask for more Australian troops http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/28/asia/AS-Australia-US-Visit.php -- February 20, 2009 - Gates: "We have said all along that ultimately some sort of political reconciliation has to be part of the long-term solution in Afghanistan" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/20/europe/EU-NATO-Pakistan-Afghanistan.php (Pakistan) NWFP's ANP Chief: "Efforts on for lasting peace in Swat" -- Awami National Party (ANP) NWFP chief Afrasiyab Khattak -- says TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad to head Islamic university -- same Islamic supremacist who opposes democracy and seeks Islamic global rule -- "ANP leader said the Shariah had been fully implemented in the Malakand region and any crime committed after February 16, 2009 would de decided by the Islamic courts. He said that a bench of the high court and the Supreme Court Shariat Bench would be established in the region." http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164950 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\28\story_28-2-2009_pg7_4 (Pakistan) NWFP: TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad asks govt to resolve problems faced by people http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164951 (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan Shia children 'attacked' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7915323.stm (Pakistan) FATA: Report: TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad to negotiate peace in Bajaur and Waziristan http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/report_sufi_mohammed.php -- Sufi Muhammad offers role for peace in Waziristan, Bajaur http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?211973 (Pakistan) FATA: US aid effort under fire in Pakistan's border area --- Aid workers under attack by Islamic supremacists --- "A Taliban commander in North Waziristan Agency warned residents last month to shun the 'sweet poison' of development aid. 'Wait for the consequences, if anybody accepts anything,' Gul Bahadur warned in a leaflet." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\28\story_28-2-2009_pg7_17 (Pakistan) FATA: Two men of Khasadar Force abducted in Khyber Agency http://www.geo.tv/2-28-2009/36161.htm (Pakistan) Karachi: CID report reveals Taliban presence in Karachi http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\28\story_28-2-2009_pg7_42 (Pakistan/U.S.) Talks helped bridge trust deficit, says Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\28\story_28-2-2009_pg1_13 --- February 10, 2009: Foreign Minister Qureshi has called for U.S. to negotiate with "reconcilable" elements of Taliban http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL24406020090210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February770.xml§ion=international (Pakistan/U.S.) Obama administration seeks more aid for Pakistan http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/obama-administration-seeks-more-aid-for-pakistan--bi (Pakistan/U.S.) US, Afghanistan, Pakistan see 'common threat' -- according to Clinton who can't define the threat other than terrorism -- next talks in late April, early May http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\28\story_28-2-2009_pg1_12 Pakistan Army Chief asks US to give Pakistan Cobra helicopters --- "Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Kayani gave a list of demands to the US" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\28\story_28-2-2009_pg1_14 (Pakistan) Dialogue only with those who shun extremism: President Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\28\story_28-2-2009_pg7_2 --- Comment: like the Taliban? Or Sufi Mohammad who opposes democracy and seeks to conquer the world for Islam? --- That's the value of the term "extremism" (Pakistan) Al Qaeda Helps Pakistani Terrorists Evade U.S. Snoops http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/2/27/al-qaeda-helps-pakistani-terrorists-evade-us-snoops.html (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak's Col Sadatullah admits he works for SCO --- "Colonel R Sadatullah, chargesheeted for arranging conversations between the 26/11 attackers and LeT, admits he works for Pak's Special Communication Organization" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Paks-Col-Sadatullah-admits-he-works-for-SCO/articleshow/4202669.cms "Indian Mujahideen's (IM) top operative Sadiq Sheikh’s confession on his alleged role in the July 11, 2006 serial Mumbai train blasts" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/711-IM-mans-confession-embarrasses-ATS/articleshow/4201005.cms (India) July 11, 2006 Mumbai blasts accused refuse to accept charges http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai-blasts-accused-refuse-to-accept-charges/articleshow/2260589.cms (India) Delhi serial blasts: Police file two fresh chargesheets http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Delhi-serial-blasts-Police-file-two-fresh-chargesheets/articleshow/4201199.cms U.S. indictment of enemy combatant unsealed -- Ali al-Marri -- "The government contends that Marri is a 'sleeper agent' for Qaeda who had met with Osama Bin Laden and pledged to do his bidding in the United States; he had arrived in this country on Sept. 10, 2001" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/27/america/detain.php --- A Terrorism Test Case Obama May Not Want http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/us/politics/28web-detain.html?_r=1&ref=middleeast (U.S.) Gov't asks Supreme Court to dismiss Al-Marri case -- "The administration urged the Supreme Court Friday to dismiss al-Marri's challenge to the president's authority to detain people in the U.S. indefinitely and without charges" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090228/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/enemy_combatant (Iran) Ahmadinejad says Iran ready to help Iraq develop http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/February/middleeast_February490.xml§ion=middleeast&col= Palestinian Authority Officials Reiterate Warning of Renewed 'Armed Struggle' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130177 (Hamas) Clinton urges Hamas to end violence -- no mention of Hamas' Islamic supremacism that is the justification for their violence http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February2071.xml§ion=international (Syria) U.S.: No normal Syria ties until it stops backing Hamas, Hezbollah http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067510.html (Russia) Large bomb unarmed near trunk gas pipeline in Dagestan http://itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13630145&PageNum=0 (Russia) Bombing of bus in N Caucasus leaves 2 policemen, 1 civilian wounded http://itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13626331&PageNum=0 (Thailand) Family unhurt in salon blast -- in Narathiwat -- in Yala bombings and killings in attack on grocery store http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/12308/family-unhurt-in-salon-blast (Colombia/U.S.) Chiquita seeks dismissal of Colombia death lawsuit http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_bi_ge/bananas_terrorism Other News: (U.S.) Wilders in Washington: his speech at the US Capitol http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2009/02/wilders-in-washington-his-speech-at-the-us-capitol/ US official: We won't participate in Durban II conference -- "Senior source says draft document for UN anti-racism summit has gone from bad to worse; US to stay out unless fundamental changes made" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410736783&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410736730&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067506.html (U.S.) Clinton Bashed By Some NYC Jewish Leaders -- "Alleged Comments By U.S. Officials Critical Of Israel's Handling Of Gaza Aid Spark Outcry" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/27/national/main4833133.shtml (U.S.) AIG's woes persist despite aid http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/28/aigs-woes-persist-despite-aid/ -- but things not bad enough to divest Sharia businesses! http://www.aigmemsa.com/aig/takaful/index.jsp (Indonesia) Report: "Islamic council's fatwas divide Indonesia" http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-101774.html Commentaries: What's Behind The Enormous Denial That Beheadings Are Related To Islam? by Phyllis Chesler http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/02/27/whats-behind-the-enormous-denial-that-beheadings-are-related-to-islam/ Investigating Islamic Centers -- interview with Dave Gaubatz http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C6EAA7FC-C544-4281-A170-F67AE2C5FE5C http://dgaubatz.blogspot.com/2009/02/investigating-islamic-centers.html Are Acts of Staged Controversy an Islamist Strategic Tactic? by Madeleine Gruen and Edward Sloan http://www.investigativeproject.org/1002/are-acts-of-staged-controversy-an-islamist (UK) Liberal fascism - by Melanie Phillips -- "the now common analogy that is drawn between Israel and the Nazis, or Gaza and the Warsaw Ghetto, as used by such Israel-haters as George Galloway, Jenny Tonge, the British Muslim Initiative and others" -- "tarring it [Israel] as a Nazi state delegitimises it and thus advances the agenda of its destruction" http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3392771/liberal-fascism.thtml Propaganda: Newseek's Fareed Zakaria: "What can we realistically do" about fundamentalism in the Muslim world? -- Zakaria: "Most Taliban want Islamic rule locally, not violent jihad globally." http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/27/zakaria.gps.pakistan/index.html?section=cnn_latest (UK) "British Muslims... resent the fact that the rest of society often sees them mainly as potential extremists" http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13186100&source=hptextfeature (U.S.) Professor leads team to research Muslim identity in the U.S. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/6284810.html --- Akbar Ahmed study of Americans that team is surprised to find Americans respectful --- study addressed in CNN regarding student researchers sent to Alabama http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-201137 Against Nazi News: (UK) Holocaust-denying bishop warned -- "Holocaust-denying bishop could face legal action in many European nations if he repeats claims about Nazi gas chambers as he visits them, EU Justice Commissioner Jacques Barrot warned" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25117974-23109,00.html Anti-White Supremacism News: (U.S.) Niagara Falls: Man sentenced for 'whites only' sign http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/27/Man_sentenced_for_whites_only_sign/UPI-93091235789792/ February 27, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) ISAF soldier dies in southern Afghanistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979100&Language=en (Afghanistan) Taliban willing to work with Afghan groups -- additional report -- Taliban: "The Islamic Emirate demands to rule the country so as to establish an ... Islamic system in it, not in order to occupy high positions in the agent government" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164814 Afghanistan: Resurgent Taliban creates alarm, says Italian MP -- ignores Islamic supremacism http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3057754127 (Afghaanistan) Up To 15,000 Taliban In Afghanistan - Interior Minister http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090227\ACQDJON200902271348DOWJONESDJONLINE000889.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,502245,00.html http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25118009-23109,00.html Afghans protest alleged NATO gunshots in mosque http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/27/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Pakistan) Leading Pakistani Columnist: 'All Pakistan's Cities Are Within the Taliban's Reach – Lahore, Faisalabad, Karachi, Hyderabad, Rawalpindi, and Islamabad' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD226509 (Pakistan) NWFP's Swat: Taliban stop forces from entering Mingora http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\27\story_27-2-2009_pg7_10 (Pakistan) NWFP: Explosion occurs in CD center in Mardan http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69914 (Pakistan) NWFP: Students shot dead, others wounded in Pakistan - in Hangu http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979046&Language=en (Pakistan) NWFP: Three rockets fired at Mattani police station http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\27\story_27-2-2009_pg7_39 (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan Foreign Office - Swat peace pact our internal matter http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69792 (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat agreement: US to adopt a policy of wait and watch -- Gates and Mullen during Pentagon briefing -- Mullen: "So where I am on this is to wait; you know, to watch it clearly, pay attention to it, and to see where it evolves." http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/F710B5C9887A5AC26525756A001341BF?OpenDocument (Pakistan) US ignores Pak's plea to end drone attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/US-ignores-Paks-plea-to-end-drone-attacks/articleshow/4198020.cms (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill 'US spy' as 'gift to Obama' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\27\story_27-2-2009_pg7_32 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Zardari sacks special public prosecutor in Mumbai attack case http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Zardari-sacks-special-public-prosecutor-in-Mumbai-attack-case/articleshow/4200045.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Now, Pak navy denies Kasab used sea route http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Now-Pak-navy-denies-Kasab-used-sea-route/articleshow/4200660.cms -- India rubbishes Pak navy's claims on sea route http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India-rubbishes-Pak-navy-claims-on-sea-route/articleshow/4201223.cms (Pakistan/U.S.) US, Britain warn citizens against travel to Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\27\story_27-2-2009_pg7_6 (Pakistan/U.S.) US would change nature of its aid package to Pak: Kerry -- Kerry: "There is no military solution to what is happening in either Pakistan or Afghanistan" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/US-would-change-nature-of-its-aid-package-to-Pak-Kerry/articleshow/4199668.cms (Pakistan/U.S.) US Senator questions Pak willingness to act against Taliban -- Senator Carl Levin: "I question whether Pakistan has the political will or the capability to take on the Taliban and other militants" http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=8d5a4d39-5a4f-4fc6-816c-c0b2346265f8&Headline=US+Senator+questions+Pak+willingness+to+act+against+Taliban (Pakistan/U.S.) US senator under fire over drone facility in Pakistan remarks -- Senator Dianne Feinstein http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\27\story_27-2-2009_pg1_17 (India) Delhi serial blasts: Police file two fresh chargesheets http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Delhi-blasts-Fresh-chargesheets-filed/articleshow/4201199.cms Indian Mujahideen operative on '06 Mumbai blasts, '05 Delhi blasts http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Indian-Mujahideen-operative-on-06-Mumbai-blasts-05-Delhi-blasts/articleshow/4201005.cms India says prepared for threats, ramps up security http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090227/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattackssecurity (Iraq) US solider killed in Baghdad http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979087&Language=en (Iraq) Obama: Most troops out of Iraq in August 2010 http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/27/obama.troops/index.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5817883.ece -- Obama intends to remove US troops from Iraq by 2011 http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69917 -- Many Iraqis fear chaos resulting from 'hasty' withdrawal http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/27/1812501.aspx (Iraq) UK's Miliband: British troops will withdraw from Basra by end of next March http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979138&Language=en (U.S.) California: Reports of FBI infiltration of mosque to record Niazi jihad plans --- Craig Monteilh "says he recorded Ahmadullah Sais Niazi discussing jihad, weapons and plans to blow up abandoned buildings" --- Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) upset with reports http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/SoCal-Muslims-Informants-Mosques.html (U.S.) California: Alleged FBI Informant Claims South Coast Plaza Threatened -- "Montielh also claims Niazi threatened to blow up shopping centers like South Coast Plaza and Fashion Island, to 'fight the infidel,' meaning the United States." -- "'If malls are attacked and bombs are exploding, people won't go spend their money,' Monteilh said. 'People will remain in fear and stay home.'" http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Alleged-FBI-Informant-Claims-South-Coast-Plaza-Threatened.html Related Niazi reports: -- February 25, 2009: Bail OK'd for alleged in-law of al-Qaida official - Ahmadullah Niazi -- CAIR seeks AG Eric Holder support http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j_nPl_mbEa8AfbQwVk7XUksmD4VQD96I54100 -- February 24, 2009: CAIR, Islamic Center claim that FBI sought to pressure Ahmad Niazi to become an informant http://www.kswt.com/Global/story.asp?S=9893857&nav=menu613_2_6 -- February 20, 2009: California Man Charged With Al Qaeda Links -- Ahmadullah Sais Niazi http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/20/national/main4816449.shtml http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/02/feds-indict-afg.html http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/196466.php --- PDF of indictment http://www.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2009-02/45173982.pdf (U.S.) Terrorist in NYC bomb plot deported -- "It was unclear which country had agreed to accept the 63-year-old [Black September terrorist] Khalid Al-Jawary" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Terrorist-in-NYC-bomb-plot-deported/articleshow/4198537.cms (U.S.) Ohio: US-born Al-Qaeda member gets 20 years in prison -- Christopher Paul, also known as Abdul Malek http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gQGzjIa3FbZGA7wa7_c3i0m6oz9A US expected to charge suspected al Qaeda agent ---- Qatar native Ali al-Marri http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN26411804 --- Jailed al-Qaeda suspect off to Illinois for trial http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_11795419 --- 'Enemy Combatant' Ali al-Marri Charged for Alleged Role in Terrorist Activities http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,501788,00.html --- In shift, Al Qaeda follower faces civilian trial in U.S. http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/27/america/27detain.php (U.S.) Chicago Man Arrested for Allegedly Targeting Obama With HIV-Infected Blood -- Ethiopian Saad Hussein -- Previously arrested in 2006 - after starting a fire in Chicago... "When officers arrived on the scene, he was waiving the Koran in the air and yelling 'Allah Akbar,' or 'God is Great' in Arabic." http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/27/chicago-man-arrested-allegedly-targeting-obama-hiv-infected-blood/ (U.S.) Iraqi-Dutch Al-Delaema pleads guilty --- "Dutch suspect terrorist Wesam al-Delaema confessed to 'conspiracy to kill a US citizen' in a Washington court on Thursday" http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/local_news/Iraq_Dutch-Al_Delaema-pleads-guilty_50017.html (U.S.) Report: More agents needed to secure mass transit http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090227/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/transportation_security (U.S.) Obama's intelligence pick linked to Saudi Arabia -- more on Chas Freeman --- "Since 1997, Mr. Freeman has been president of the Middle East Policy Council (MEPC), a Washington think tank. In 2007, he accepted a $1 million donation from Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud that, according to a press release at the time, was meant for 'future projects' for the council. " http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/27/obamas-intelligence-pick-linked-to-saudi-arabia/ --- Just whose side is he on? more on Chas Freeman by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3396191/just-whose-side-is-he-on.thtml --- See also February 25, 2009: An American Added to the Islamists' Armory? - by Melanie Phillips -- on Chas Freeman http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2606/pub_detail.asp http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3380291/an-american-addition-to-the-islamists-armoury.thtml US Senate panel to review CIA anti-terror tactics http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090227/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamopoliticsintelligence (U.S.) Lawyers for Guantanamo prisoners urge release http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090227/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamojustice UK tribunal frees 4 terrorism suspects on bail -- "The Special Immigration Appeals Tribunal said Friday that three Algerian men and one Jordanian man could be released on bail. All four had previously been held pending deportation to their homelands." http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/27/europe/EU-Britain-Terror-Suspects.php -- Judges free four terror suspects as Home Secretary blasts court over fresh risk to public security http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1157382/Judges-free-terror-suspects-Home-Secretary-blasts-court-fresh-risk-public-security.html (UK) 'We gave US al-Qaida suspects' http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/we%20gave%20us%20alqaida%20suspects/3002657 (UK/Lebanon) Ibrahim Moussawi Appointed Hezbollah's Media Relations Officer http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/26/ibrahim-moussawi-appointed-hezbollahs-media-relations-officer/ http://www.iloubnan.info/politics/actualite/id/31753 -- February 26, 2009: Ibrahim Moussawi to advise UK government officials on foreign policy and security issues next month http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1155778/Civil-servants-ready-pay-2-000-cash-hear-Islamic-extremist-preach.html?ITO=1490 UK: Islamists lecturing on political Islam http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/uk-islamists-lecturing-on-political.html (Iran) Ex-Iranian leader says no room for nukes -- Rafsanjani http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/27/Ex-Iranian_leader_says_no_room_for_nukes/UPI-57401235755384/ (Iran) US says it will seek to end Iran nuclear ambition http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410729444&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Palestinian groups claim unity government is close http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/4840426/Palestinian-groups-claim-unity-government-is-close.html (Israel) Kassam strikes Sdot Negev region - "None hurt in latest Gazan attack on civilian area; comes day after Kassam damages 2 Sderot homes" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410732719&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Algeria) Al-Qaida offshoot claims Algeria attacks -- defends "its war to exhaust the capabilities of the apostates" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/26/africa/AF-Algeria-Violence.php Morocco convicts 18 in Casablanca terror trial http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410734583&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Germany: 60 terrorist training camp graduates -- "Up to 140 people from Germany have attended terrorist training camps and 60 have returned to the country, government officials told Berliner Morgenpost this week." http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/germany-60-terrorist-training-camp.html http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20090226-17683.html Denmark: The Danish Terrorists http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/denmark-danish-terrorists.html http://dr.dk/DR1/Dokumentar/2009/0209145001.htm http://dr.dk/DR1/Dokumentar/2009/0209145001.htm (Europe) US: Connections to European Al-Qaeda http://cincinnati.fbi.gov/doj/pressrel/2009/ci022609.htm http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/us-connections-to-european-al-qaeda.html (Kosovo) NATO plans Kosovo troops reduction http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/27/europe/EU-Kosovo-NATO.php (Spain) ETA slams Basque elections as anti-democratic http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/ETA-slams-Basque-elections-as-anti_democratic_50033.html (Venezuela) Jewish Center attacked in Venezuela -- "Explosive damages Caracas JCC; Jewish leader: Some people here dedicated to sowing terrorism" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410731828&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Colombia) Ingrid Betancourt was 'worse than guards', claims a fellow hostage -- American prisoners claim she "risked their lives by informing the guards that they were CIA" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/4840695/Ingrid-Betancourt-was-worse-than-guards-claims-a-fellow-hostage.html North Korea pushing ahead with preparations to launch rocket :Yonhap http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1979137&Language=en -- U.S. Prepared to Shoot Down N. Korean Missile http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,501685,00.html -- Japan: Tokyo site raided amid WMD allegations http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/27/Tokyo_site_raided_amid_WMD_allegations/UPI-67921235753902/ (Sri Lanka) Military: Sri Lankan rebels lose more land http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/27/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Petition: Declaration of Responsibility for Equality and Liberty -- Defying Islamic Supremacism http://www.petitiononline.com/declare/petition.html Other News: (Pakistan) PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif for 'jihad' against Zardari http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=94a93a9b-4c17-469b-9731-d6536868e357&Headline=Nawaz+Sharif+for+%E2%80%98jihad%E2%80%99+against+Zardari Pakistan Christians worried over Sharia law plans http://www.religiousintelligence.co.uk/news/?NewsID=3976 Pakistan - Charges Filed against Kidnappers of Young Sisters --- "13-year-old Christian girl who was kidnapped and forced to marry a Muslim" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5827&backpage=summaries Egypt - Islamic Lawyers Urge Death Sentence for Convert -- "latest hearing of a Muslim-born Egyptian's effort to officially convert to Christianity" -- "More than 20 Islamic lawyers... advocated he be convicted of 'apostasy,' or leaving Islam, and sentenced to death" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5826&backpage=summaries UN trying to pass binding resolution making it a crime to criticize Islam http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2009/02/un_trying_to_pa.php http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025021.php -- CNN interview with Christopher Hitchens: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n53-3QnhxZk&feature=related (U.S.) Geert Wilders in Washington: his speech at the US Capitol http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2009/02/wilders-in-washington-his-speech-at-the-us-capitol/ (U.S.) CAIR Asks AG Holder to Defend U.S. Muslim Rights -- calls for attack on "Islamophobia" -- unindicted co-conspirator organization CAIR in HLF terror trial demand Dept of Justice action http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/cair-asks-ag-holder-defend/story.aspx?guid={61FEB01A-E324-42A3-AFA7-FA82108E03FF}&dist=msr_3 US Lawmaker Calls for Improved US Ties With Muslim World -- John Kerry: "If we truly want to empower Muslim moderates, we must also stop tolerating the casual Islamophobia that has seeped into our political discourse since 9/11" -- Madeline Albright calls for "engagement with Muslim communities" - was part of U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project -- John Esposito co-author, Dalia Mogahed, also testifies - was part of U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-27-voa2.cfm --- more on U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project, its calls for engagement with Muslim Brotherhood, OIC, Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/127.html (U.S.) Obama seeks $42.7B for Homeland Security http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/26/Obama_seeks_427B_for_Homeland_Security/UPI-25181235687911/ (U.S.) Pennsylvania: Muslim couple dispute their place on 'terrorist watch list' -- Erich Scherfen and his wife Rubina Tareen http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles/2009/02/27/news/doc49a825283e00c055961597.txt (Iran) "Islamic Punishments... are better than" prison -- On Hizbullah TV: Iranian Attorney-General Qorban 'Ali Najaf-Abadi Explains the Different Types of Executions in Iran http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD226309 Saudi Islamic scholar condemns bioethanol -- Sheikh Mohamed Al-Najimi views biofuels as un-Islamic because ethanol is "basically made up of alcohol" http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/feb/27/islam-bioethanol Saudi Arabia: Education deters militants from more violence, says official http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3057977579 --- February 4, 2009: 11 ex-Gitmo prisoners on Saudi wanted list --- "Eleven Saudis who were released from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and then passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists are now believed to have fled the country and joined terrorist groups abroad" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/04/11_ex-Gitmo_prisoners_on_Saudi_wanted_list/UPI-59381233753504/ http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/04/africa/04saudi.php (Saudi Arabia) Liberal Saudi Journalist Turki Al-Dakhil Supports Allowing Women to Drive – And Chopping Off Thieves' Hands http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD226009 (Turkey) Film on Honor Killings "Havar" http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=167985&bolum=112 (Europe) Identity Crisis: Muslims in Europe http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/identity-crisis-muslims-in-europe.html http://jta.org/muslims-in-europe Denmark: Headscarf on mosque school trip -- "Everybody is so focused on the headscarf issue that nobody seems to care that the class is going on a school trip to what is considered an extremist mosque. The mosque on Dortheavej is the Islamic Faith Society's mosque, made famous by Abu Laban" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/denmark-headscarf-on-mosque-school-trip.html Denmark: Higher risk for infant mortality among Pakistanis, Somalis, Turks http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/denmark-higher-risk-for-infant.html German headscarf bans violates rights, group says http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/German-headscarf-bans-violates-rights_-group-says_50011.html UK - United States Human Rights Report on United Kingdom: --- "Police and NGOs estimated that approximately a dozen honor killings occurred each year, although there were no formal statistics. As of November 22, approximately 100 homicides were under investigation as possible "honor killings." Personnel of the International Campaign against Honor Killings estimated that the number of women seeking their help quadrupled between 2005 and the end of the year." http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/65498/us-human-rights-report-united-kingdom-full-and-official-text-.html UK diplomat suspended for 'hate-speech' -- "The Foreign Office's Rowan Laxton was arrested last month for an alleged anti-Semitic rant" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410736256&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (UK) Individual argue British Muslims need to create a "native British Islamic culture" -- Fail to grasp the larger issue that all free peoples need to respect equality and liberty for a functioning democracy http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article5810936.ece China tells US to stop acting as human rights guardian -- seeks U.S. State Department to end reports on human rights http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\27\story_27-2-2009_pg4_3 Commentaries: Islamists Seek Overthrow Of America http://www.aina.org/news/20090225184541.htm The Evils of Islamic Political Ideology, Suppression of Women - by Alyssa A. Lappen http://www.rightsidenews.com/200902263802/homeland-security/the-evils-of-islamic-political-ideology-suppression-of-women.html Propaganda: Mother Jones: Poll showing vast Muslim support for Islamic supremacism is U.S. problem --- "Virtually no one believes that the United States truly supports democracy in Muslim countries, and who can blame them? We don't -- and all the airy talk in the world won't change that." http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/02/democracy-middle-east Women's e-News: "U.S. Beheading Is a Crime, Not an Honor Killing" - by Soheila Vahdati http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3932/context/archive Against Nazi News: (Germany) Neo-Nazis plotting 'Fourth Reich' in Germany -- "A defector from Germany's hard-core neo-Nazi party the NPD has painted a chilling picture of the rise of new Hitler worshippers and their plans to build the 'Fourth Reich'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/4839116/Neo-Nazis-plotting-Fourth-Reich-in-Germany.html (Germany) Neo-Nazis 'exploiting financial crisis' http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25114357-5005961,00.html http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25114357-23109,00.html Vatican: Holocaust denier's apology not enough http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/27/holocaust.bishop/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,501769,00.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410734997&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Germany may arrest Holocaust-denying bishop -- "considering issuing an EU-wide warrant because the ultraconservative clergyman Richard Williamson denied the Holocaust during a Swedish television interview that was recorded in Germany" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29429153/ (UK) Oxford students mock Holocaust http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/4860847/Oxford-University-newspaper-editors-resign-over-paedophile-and-holocaust-jokes.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1156782/Outrage-Oxford-students-sick-satire-Holocaust.html (U.S.) Former Nazi Labor Camp Survivor Visits Fort Riley http://www.wibw.com/localnews/headlines/40403122.html Wiesenthal Center to combat bullying of Jews http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410729995&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Anti-White Supremacist News: (U.S.) Oregon: Two face prison for 'KKK' image http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090225/NEWS/902250315 (U.S.) Racist Music Just a Download Away on Mainstream Music Sites http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,500104,00.html (U.S.) White Supremacists: "In Their Words: Hating Barack Obama" http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=442 (U.S.) Hate Group Numbers Up By 54% Since 2000 http://www.splcenter.org/news/item.jsp?aid=366 -- The Year in Hate - Number of Hate Groups Tops 900 http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=1027 -- related CNN report: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/26/hate.groups.report/index.html?eref=ib_topstories -- Florida: Hate groups alive and well in Florida http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/022609Hate_groups -- Oklahoma: Four Hate Groups Active In Tulsa http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0209/598747.html (UK) Oxford University newspaper editors resign over racist and explicit spoof http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/feb/27/oxford-university-cherwell-spoof http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/4860847/Oxford-University-newspaper-editors-resign-over-paedophile-and-holocaust-jokes.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1156782/Outrage-Oxford-students-sick-satire-Holocaust.html Note new Yahoo group for Anti-White Supremacist News: Against White Supremacism News http://groups.yahoo.com/group/againstwhitesupremacism/ -- Volunteer help actively sought to assist! Anti-Black Supremacist News: Ex-Black Panther retells 1960s history in talk at Kutztown University http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=127215 February 26, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraqi army officer dies, six soldiers injured in blast in Baghdad http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978822&Language=en Iraqis demand Sunni return to face charges - Mohammed al-Dayni -- "Official gives authorities the slip at airport http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2009/02/26/iraqis_demand_sunni_return_to_face_charges/ (Afghanistan) Taliban say want peace with Afghans and NATO troops out -- quotes Mullah Mutassim - reports that Mutassim feels "Taliban were not for a share in power" -- Reuters claims "Mutassim is regarded as close to fugitive Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar" -- Mutassim: "The Islamic Emirate demands to rule the country so as to establish an ... Islamic system in it, not in order to occupy high positions in the agent government" -- Mutassim says "fierce war strategy which will cause the death of many of [Obama's] arrogant troops in the face of the holy Afghan jihad" http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE51P2RU20090226?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL41531420090226?rpc=401& (Afghanistan) US troops arrest six suspected militants in Afghanistan -- in Kandahar province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978815&Language=en (Afghanistan) Bomb kills civilian, injures 3 Afghan soldiers -- in Kandahar province http://www.geo.tv/2-26-2009/36001.htm (Afghanistan) UK's Star: "4,000 Muslim Brits join Taliban" -- Star: "Thousands of British-born Muslims have joined the Taliban in Afghanistan" http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/70883/4-000-Muslim-Brits-join-Taliban/ (Pakistan) NWFP: Decisions in under trial cases after enforcement of Sharia: Sufi -- chief of Tahrik-e-Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) Maulana Sufi Muhammad http://www.geo.tv/2-26-2009/36043.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: "The more you look, the less you see in Swat sharia deal" -- Reuters reports no real details on deal http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/02/26/the-more-you-look-the-less-you-see-in-swat-sharia-deal/?rpc=401& (Pakistan) FATA: Two killed, school blown up in Mohmand Agency http://www.geo.tv/2-26-2009/36039.htm (Pakistan) Six vehicles set ablaze in Islamabad http://www.geo.tv/2-26-2009/36040.htm (Pakistan) US lines up billions for Pak, ignoring terror links -- Bill Roggio: "Not only is the United States paying the Pakistani government to abdicate territory to the Taliban, we get to fund the Taliban as well" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Billions-of-US-aid-to-Pakistan-despite-terror-links/articleshow/4196591.cms (Gaza) ICRC says efforts to rebuild Gaza without political steps "not enough" -- Red Cross president calls for "organized armed groups" in "peace process" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978908&Language=en Hamas and Fatah holding talks in Cairo http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6192777/Hamas-and-Fatah-holding-talks-in-Cairo (Iran) 'Reactor highlights world's failure' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410714118&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) 'EU3 proposing increased Iran sanctions' -- "'Financial Times': France, Germany, UK compiling list of Iranian entities, individuals to face penalties" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410722545&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) 2 houses damaged in Kassam strike -- "Sha'ar Hanegev, Sderot hit as Palestinians fire two rockets from Gaza" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410720483&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (UK) Binyam Mohamed: Britain too cold after Guantanamo http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4837171/Binyam-Mohamed-the-British-resident-released-from-Guantanamo-Bay-tells-friends-UK-is-too-cold.html UK acknowledges 2 rendition cases http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_rendition (UK) Terrorism experts share knowledge http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7912133.stm Somali rebels nearing Ethiopia http://en.afrik.com/news12578.html Somalia: Renewed Fighting Could Undermine New Government http://allafrica.com/stories/200902260156.html Nigerian militants: repelled army attack on camp http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/26/africa/AF-Nigeria-Oil-Unrest.php (Germany) 'New Al-Qaeda video' targets Germany -- Abu Talha: "I am saying to you is that Islam is the only way to escape from the economic crisis" -- "urges Germany to renounce capitalism and embrace Islam to escape economic recession" -- "Abu Taba talks at length about Islamic finance" -- "video bears the logo of Al-Qaeda's Al-Sahab media arm but has yet to be authenticated" -- Abu Taba video last month threatened Germany over Afghanistan troop deployment http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3056364784 Russian police: fanatics kill bowling alley owner -- Ingushetia -- "owner was shot to death by suspected Islamic extremists who oppose games and some other forms of entertainment" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/26/europe/EU-Russia-Violent-South.php (Sweden) 3 supermarkets destroyed in arson attacks in Sweden --- "Arsonists destroyed three supermarkets in a city south of Stockholm and tried to attack a fourth in what may be an anti-American attack, Swedish police said" --- "The group 'Global Intifada' has previously claimed responsibility for smaller fires at other stores in Sodertalje and has urged people to set fire to stores selling American goods" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/26/europe/EU-Sweden-Supermarket-Fires.php Thailand: More beheadings in troubled Muslim south -- "Suspected Islamist rebels have decapitated three people in Thailand's Muslim dominated south in the past week, police said on Thursday" -- "Experts say the region's Islamic schools or 'pondok' are fomenting the Islamist rebellion" -- "Forty-seven people, often soldiers, have been beheaded in Thailand's three Muslim-majority provinces of Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani since 2004. An estimated 3,300 people have been killed in the conflict." http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3056365489 Sri Lanka says 11 LTTE rebels killed in battle http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sri-Lanka-says-11-LTTE-rebels-killed-in-battle/articleshow/4195840.cms?TOI_latestnews Sri Lanka editor held, accused aiding rebel strike http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/26/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other Reports: Malaysia to allow Christians to use 'Allah' -- "as long as they specify the material is not for Muslims" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_re_as/as_malaysia_allah_ban_1 (UK) Government Secretary Hazel Blears: "We must engage with extremists" -- "Having contact with non-violent Islamists is vital for preventing terrorism – but we must do so without sacrificing our principles" -- "engagement is not the same as endorsement" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/25/extremism-islam --- Full Lecture delivered by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears at the London School of Economics (LSE) http://www.communities.gov.uk/speeches/corporate/manyvoices (UK) Prince of Wales calls for 'bridges' to be built between faiths -- at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4837248/Prince-of-Wales-calls-for-bridges-to-be-built-between-faiths.html (UK) Polygamy UK: This special Mail investigation reveals how thousands of men are milking the benefits system to support several wives http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1154789/Polygamy-UK-This-special-Mail-investigation-reveals-thousands-men-milking-benefits-support-wives.html (U.S.) Oklahoma: Reza Aslan - Author explores relationship between America and Islam --- "Aslan said Americans do not know the difference between Islamists, who have a clear goal of creating a national Islamic state, and terrorists who call themselves jihadists." --- Aslan: "I'll give you the secret to my book, the only way to win a cosmic war is to refuse to fight in one." http://oudaily.com/news/2009/feb/25/author-explores-relationship-between-america-and-i/ --- Background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Aslan http://bigthink.com/rezaaslan (U.S.) Minneapolis: Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) invites FBI Director Robert Mueller to Abubakar As-Saddique Islamic Center --- after Mueller speech that Jihadist commiting suicide bombing in Somalia was "radicalized in his hometown in Minnesota" http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2009/02/25/mn/10minn.txt (U.S.) CNN Video Interviews Geert Wilders referring to him as the "Al-Qaeda of the Netherlands" -- CNN interviewer asks if Wilders twisted Quranic texts, asks if he is a "hate monger" -- CNN interviewer reports that Wilders uses Quranic verses in the same way terrorists do to "justify terrorism" http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/02/26/am.costello.wilders.visit.cnn (U.S.) WINEP Study says US must work more with Muslim communities to fight spread of terrorism --- more push for "engagement" from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) --- due to be released later this week http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-breaking-radical-ties,0,7446301.story--- J. Scott Carpenter http://www.startribune.com/nation/40341287.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090226/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/breaking_radical_ties --- WINEP's J. Scott Carpenter http://washingtoninstitute.org/templateC10.php?CID=25 --- J. Scott Carpenter and "Islamist Movements and the Democratic Process" ---- Carnegie Endowment reports: Carpenter "recognizing the importance of understanding Islamists' gray zones" http://www.carnegieendowment.org/events/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail&id=867 --- J. Scott Carpenter: "Overcoming 'Fitna'" ---- Carpenter views Geert Wilders as a "radical" ---- Carpenter: "it should be more than another occasion for the West to apologize for its irresponsible politicians" http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/2008/03/overcoming_fitna/ ---- But when with State Dept, Carpenter argued against DoD meeting with Muslim Brotherhood ----- Carpenter: "When you have somebody who has a controversial background, you don't want to give the impression that the United States government is standing behind them." http://www.investigativeproject.org/596/pentagon-aides-invitations-contradicted-us-policy (U.S.) U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Leader, Esposito Associate to Testify to Congress -- Engaging Muslim Communities Around World - Gallup Center for Muslim Studies' Dalia Mogahed to Testify Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-25-2009/0004978905&EDATE= ----- Dalia Mogahed - co-author with John Esposito on "Who Speaks for Islam?" http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/2008/04/who_does_speak_for_islam/ http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020117.php --- Part of U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project that calls for engagement with Muslim Brotherhood http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=44#Mogahed --- More on U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/127.html (U.S.) NYT: "A word standing in the way of peace: Terrorism" -- Michael Slackman "reports" that failure to stop calling Hamas and Hezbollah "terrorist" groups is threatening "peace" -- "People interviewed in Egypt, Gaza, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon said they saw nothing but hypocrisy in the way the West applied the terrorist label - a feeling tied very closely to a belief that the West reserved the term for Muslims" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/26/mideast/terror.php (U.S.) Illinois - Nation of Islam's Farrakhan to Deliver Annual Saviours' Day Address http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20090226/bs_prweb/prweb2188094_1 (U.S.) DHS: New Homeland Security boss calls sweeping review http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090225/pl_afp/uspoliticssecurity_20090225220840;_ylt=Akm5Dks2N1SCvWuK_kPG2c33SpZ4 (Pakistan) Thousands stage protest in cities against SC verdict http://www.geo.tv/2-26-2009/36047.htm -- Pakistanis protest against President Zardari http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6193118/Pakistanis-protest-against-President-Zardari (Pakistan) Nation not to accept undemocratic decisions: Nawaz Sharif -- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) http://www.geo.tv/2-26-2009/36031.htm -- Same Nawaz Sharif who has wanted to impose Sharia throughout all of Pakistan http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=246412&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980906/24950304.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif Germany: Human rights group against headscarf ban http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/germany-human-rights-group-against.html (France) Paris: Graffiti artist hijabizing ads http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/paris-graffiti-artist-hijabizing-ads.html http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oqXpnURgYXo/SaaQEw6ziCI/AAAAAAAAAus/lZz2YhADJ1M/s1600-h/15.jpg http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/news-articles/5856-princess-hijab-advertising-hijabist-noble-cause Austria: Calls for resignation of Muslim community head http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/austria-calls-for-resignation-of-muslim.html Commentaries: Beheading Moderate Islam - by Robert Spencer http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30856 Against Nazi News: (U.S.) Virginia: New Charges Against Neo-Nazi Bill White http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=1008 (Germany) Nazi death camp guard will be tried: prosecutor -- John Demjanjuk http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE51O5M420090225 February 25, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) Pentagon spends more to counter roadside bombs in Afghanistan http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/25/asia/military.php (Afghanistan) Armed Forces 'are fighting British Muslims with Yorkshire accents' in Afghanistan http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1154986/Armed-Forces-fighting-British-Muslims-Yorkshire-accents-Afghanistan.html?ITO=1490 --- February 24, 2009: UK Foreign Minister David Miliband on Islamic supremacist Taliban supporters: "When it comes to those who have aligned themselves with the Taliban not for safety and lack of choice, but rather for power and influence, we need incentives and sanctions. They need to know that if they renounce violence and accept the rule of law, there are legitimate opportunities for them." http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/david-miliband-the-army-alone-cannot-defeat-this-taliban-insurgency-1631293.html (Afghanistan) US thinks the unthinkable: asking Iran for help with supply routes http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5805172.ece -- Comment: if we are going to continue to legitimize Islamic supremacism - what are we fighting for? (Pakistan/Afghanistan) Taliban waging 'jihad to purge Pakistan' - Al-Qaeda deputy Zawahiri -- Long War Journal quotes Zawahiri: "'Your brothers in the Taliban are not fighting to liberate Afghanistan only, but also the Taliban in Pakistan are carrying out jihad to purge Pakistan from the United States and its agents in the Pakistani Government and army,' Zawahiri said." http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/taliban_waging_jihad.php (Pakistan) Taliban alliance only against US, says Maulvi Nazir http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\26\story_26-2-2009_pg7_29 Pakistan's Foreign Minister Qureshi: Let Pakistan carry out drone attacks -- Qureshi wants U.S. to carry out drones on those it considers "militants" -- Qureshi meeting with Hillary Clinton on Thursday http://www.geo.tv/2-26-2009/36006.htm --- Pakistan pushes US for drones http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/pakistan-pushes-us-for-drones--bi --- Hillary Clinton pledges strategic consultations with Pakistan - talks with Qureshi ---- "Hillary thanked Qureshi for his 'counsel and advice' and looked forward to further exchange of views this week" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\26\story_26-2-2009_pg7_1 ----- Clinton "I was very pleased to welcome the (foreign) minister and his delegation here to the State Department." --- February 10, 2009: Foreign Minister Qureshi has called for U.S. to negotiate with "reconcilable" elements of Taliban http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL24406020090210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February770.xml§ion=international Pakistan's Foreign Minister Quresh says won't tolerate Qaeda in sharia area --- No problems with the Taliban though, and Qureshi insists "we are not compromising with the Taliban" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090226/wl_asia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestdealus http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/411576/1/.html (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban announces support for Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) -- in Khyber Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\26\story_26-2-2009_pg7_30 Pakistan rights record poor in 2008: US State Department http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\26\story_26-2-2009_pg7_36 -- Pakistan report http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/sca/119139.htm http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/index.htm --- Hillary Clinton: "Not only will we seek to live up to our ideals on American soil, we will pursue greater respect for human rights as we engage other nations and people around the world." http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009a/02/119786.htm (Pakistan) US detects double billing by Pak Navy http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/us-detects-double-billing-by-pak-navy--bi -- Comment: "how shocking" --- and by the way, U.S. should give Pakistan $7.5 billion too... http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_7 (Pakistan) C.I.A. Pakistan Campaign Is Working, Director Says http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/washington/26intel.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss (Pakistan) Karachi: Armed men gun down 1 in Sohrab Goth http://www.geo.tv/2-26-2009/36007.htm (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Unknown gunmen kill post master general in Balochistan http://www.geo.tv/2-26-2009/36000.htm (India) Mumbai attacks: 26/11 calls traced to Pakistan serving colonel -- "it names the officer as Colonel R Sadatullah from Pak's Special Communications Organization" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2611-calls-traced-to-Pak-serving-colonel/articleshow/4190923.cms http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/pak-colonel-involved-mumbai-attacks--qs http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5806381.ece --- 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) Mumbai attacks: Mumbai gunman promised cash for terror attack -- "Azam Amir Kasab told interrrogators that he was promised 150,000 Pakistani rupees... for carrying out the terrorist attacks in November that claimed more than 170 lives" -- about $1,800 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5804295.ece (India) Mumbai attacks: 26/11 chargesheet filed; 35 of 38 accused at large http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2611-chargesheet-filed-35-of-38-accused-at-large/articleshow/4189975.cms (Iraq) After pullout some US forces still in combat http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090225/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq_residual_force (UK) Hezbollah to advise UK Government on fighting terrorism -- "Civil servants ready to pay £2,000 each (of your cash) to hear Islamic extremist preach" -- Ibrahim Moussawi lectures "are targeted at Whitehall officials who deal in foreign affairs and extremism" -- Ibrahim Moussawi to lecture at "the Political Islam event at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1155778/Civil-servants-ready-pay-2-000-cash-hear-Islamic-extremist-preach.html?ITO=1490 --- "Another speaker at the event is the UK-based extremist Dr Kamal Helbawy, a former spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1155778/Civil-servants-ready-pay-2-000-cash-hear-Islamic-extremist-preach.html?ITO=1490 ---- Comment: doesn't the Daily Mail know that Kamal Helbawy is viewed as a so-called "counterterrorist"? ----- See: "Former Muslim Brotherhood spokesman El-Helbawy speaks as 'British terrorism expert'" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19078 ----- Helbawy also viewed as "really respected" by British journalists in "counterterrorism" such as Paul Cruickshank and Peter Bergen http://www.newsweek.com/id/45335 http://www.lawandsecurity.org/muslim_brotherhood.cfm (UK) Islamic extremist exposed by Sunday Mercury set to visit UK -- Ibrahim Moussawi --- "he was allowed to travel to the UK in February 2008 and proceeded to address rallies in London, Birmingham and Bristol" http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/02/25/islamic-extremist-exposed-by-sunday-mercury-set-to-visit-uk-66331-23011453/ --- Ibrahim Moussawi was allowed to tour UK in 2008 making speeches all over the country - previous calls to prevent this fell on deaf ears http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847295423&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1569640/Ban-Hizbollah-TV-boss-from-UK,-say-Tories.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/philipjohnston/3555683/Labour%2C-extremism-and-a-friend-of-Hizbollah.html U.K. foreign secretary: Talking with Hamas 'the right thing to do' --- more appeasement of Islamic supremacism from David Miliband http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066933.html (UK) Great Britain sued by Palestinian organizations over arms sales to Israel http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/eu_palestinians0166_02_25.asp (UK) Transatlantic jet plot retrial: Air plot 'had foreign mastermind' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7910124.stm http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,23483,25108635-5014090,00.html?from=public_rss http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\26\story_26-2-2009_pg7_39 -- related story http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7895598.stm (U.S.) Kyl Press Release on Senators' Inquiry on FBI Cutting Ties to CAIR http://kyl.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=308555 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19264 (U.S.) New York Times notices how jihadists echo Nazi Jew-hatred http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025015.php -- Nazis' 'Terrible Weapon,' Aimed at Minds and Hearts http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/arts/design/24muse.html?sq=Edward%20Rothstein&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=all Iran says 6000 centrifuges working http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25108568-23109,00.html Iran's stalling tactics delay nuclear talks http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article5618908.ece (Iran) Defense minister Barak: Time running out on stopping Iranian nuke program -- "Defense minister says all options open as Iran declares 6,000 centrifuges now enriching uranium; Russian, Iranian officials test-run Bushehr plant" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410714118&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Israeli Defense officials: Iran increasing control over Hezbollah operations http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067036.html (Iran) Tehran: Ross influenced by Israel http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410714555&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Comment: Ross' support for engagement with Iran, calls for talks with Hamas and Hezbollah, support for OIC, tolerance for "Islamism," and support for Muslim Brotherhood engagement not enough appeasement for Iran http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/127.html (Iran) Jihadis Speculate on Secret Cooperation between Iran and al-Qaeda http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=34552&tx_ttnews[backPid]=7&cHash=56dab389f0 (Lebanon) 4 rockets found in southern Lebanon http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410714940&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas Promises to Keep Smuggling in Arms http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130138 Hamas, Fatah exchange promise on detainees http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/February/middleeast_February458.xml§ion=middleeast 'UNRWA offers political cover to Hamas' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410706632&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Palestinians seek $2.8 billion for rebuilding Gaza - U.S. supposed to provid $900 million http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Palestinians-seek-28bn-for-rebuilding-Gaza/articleshow/4192726.cms?TOI_latestnews (Israel) Female PA Terrorists Arrested http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130141 Somali hardline islamists capture new town -- Hodur town http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article30292 (Somalia) Artillery shell kills 2 Somali children at school http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/26/africa/AF-Somalia.php -- Death toll 35 in latest Somalia fighting http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/25/Death_toll_35_in_latest_Somalia_fighting/UPI-26311235565865/ (France) Suspected militant arrested after chase - of ETA http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25108548-23109,00.html Other News: (U.S.) Flordia: St. Petersburg Times: "House leader e-mails alert about Muslim event to Jewish lobbyists" -- Quotes former CAIR Tampa office head Ahmed Bedier -- "Bedier called the criticism ridiculous and nonsense, saying that CAIR advocates for equal rights for Muslims" http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/state/article979282.ece --- Comment: no mention of CAIR as unindicted co-conspirator in HLF terror trial... (U.S.) Pentagon, Lawmakers Step Up Call for Military Funding Ahead of Budget Announcement http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/25/pentagon-lawmakers-step-military-funding-ahead-budget-announcement/ (U.S.) Pentagon Officials Sign Pledges of Secrecy in Budget Process http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/25/pentagon-officials-pledge-secrecy-budget-process/ (U.S.) Washington Post Co. Earnings Decline 77 Percent http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/25/AR2009022500951.html?hpid%3Dmoreheadlines&sub=AR (UK) Minister opens mosque’s new Islamic library http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED25%20Feb%202009%2017%3A58%3A28%3A880 Commentaries: Barack Obama's Taliban itch -- by Brahma Chellaney --- "Less obvious is the Obama administration's interest to seek a political deal with the Taliban behind the cover of a U.S. troop "surge" in Afghanistan. Having failed to rout that Islamist militia, Washington is now preparing the ground to strike a deal with the Taliban leadership" http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20090226bc.html The Left and a Woman's Severed Head -- by Phyllis Chesler http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=9D87BA1C-7508-4919-B2D2-17CBF0C2EE00 Wilders: "Our enemies should know: we will never apologize for being free men, we will never bow for the combined forces of Mecca and the left" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025016.php Against Nazi News: German neo-Nazi convicted of Holocaust denial -- "Horst Mahler - a founder of the Red Army Faction in 1970" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/25/europe/EU-Germany-Holocaust-Denial.php http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066917.html Nazis' 'Terrible Weapon,' Aimed at Minds and Hearts http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/arts/design/24muse.html?sq=Edward%20Rothstein&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=all February 25, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Military attack kills US soldier in Mosul http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978577&Language=en (Iraq) Immunity lifted for embattled Iraqi lawmaker -- Mohammed al-Dayni "accused of directing a private terror cell" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/25/news/ML-Iraq.php (Afghanistan) 30 killed in fresh Afghan violence - in Kandahar, Helmand, and Uruzgan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978655&Language=en -- Motorcycle bomb rocks Taliban stronghold - in Kandahar http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=nw20090225121634280C101103 (Afghanistan) UK Ministry of Defense rejects claims of Taliban resurgence http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978635&Language=en (Afghanistan) 3 British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/25/europe/EU-Britain-Afghanistan.php (Pakistan) FM Qureshi vows to 'defeat terror' with Obama http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/foreign+-minister-vows-to-defeat-terror-with-obama-yn -- February 10, 2009: Foreign Minister Quershi has called for U.S. to negotiate with "reconcilable" elements of Pakistan http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL24406020090210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February770.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) NWFP: Doubts beset Pakistan's sharia deal for Swat -- "After the Swat deal, US Senator John Kerry warned of apocalyptic dangers now facing Pakistan, calling for up to five billion dollars in urgent aid to avert chaos in the country" http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/doubts-beset-pakistan-sharia-deal-swat--qs (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban remove checkpoints in Pakistan's Swat http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February1902.xml§ion=international -- Report: "Taliban end armed patrolling in Swat" http://www.geo.tv/2-25-2009/35940.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Bank refuses grants to CD shop owners -- "because of the potential threat to business by the militants" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164446 (Pakistan) NWFP: Woman shot dead - women shot when going to graveyard http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164449 (Pakistan) FATA: Letter to Pakistan's The News: "Sharia for FATA too!" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164396 (Pakistan) FATA: Two women's bodies found in Landikotal - women's faces disfigured http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_22 (Pakistan) Lahore: Mastermind behind Lahore mosque blast arrested: police http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_21 (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: FIA interrogates two men from Bahawalpur http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Mumbai-attacks-FIA-interrogates-two-men-from-Bahawalpur/articleshow/4187508.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Police charge surviving Mumbai gunman - Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab aka Kasab http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3052439786 -- 26/11 chargesheet filed; Kasab, Lakhvi named http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2611-chargesheet-filed-Kasab-Lakhvi-named/articleshow/4189975.cms -- 26/11 chargesheet has enough proof: Police http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2611-chargesheet-has-enough-proof-Police/articleshow/4190923.cms -- Mumbai gunman faces 5,000-page charge sheet http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5800374.ece US says jury in Fort Dix plot case was right http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=6677337&rss=rss-wpvi-article-6677337 (U.S.) California: Bail OK'd for alleged in-law of al-Qaida official - Ahmadullah Niazi -- "The Council of American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, announced Tuesday it would ask Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether Niazi's arrest stemmed from his refusal to help the FBI." http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j_nPl_mbEa8AfbQwVk7XUksmD4VQD96I54100 (U.S.) Napolitano: DHS to miss cargo screening deadline http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090225/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/napolitano_congress_2 (U.S.) Poll: "Majorities agree with nearly all of al Qaeda's goals to change U.S. behavior in the Muslim world, to promote Islamist governance, and to preserve and affirm Islamic identity" http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090225/pl_usnw/muslim_publics_oppose_al_qaeda_s_terrorism__but_agree_with_its_goal_of_driving_u_s__forces_out --- "Muslim Publics Oppose Al Qaeda's Terrorism, But Agree With Its Goal of Driving US Forces Out" http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/591.php?nid=&id=&pnt=591&lb= --- Full Report (PDF) http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_rpt.pdf --- Questionnaire/Methodology (PDF) http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_quaire.pdf ----- see pages 27 through 30 -- "8. Islamist Groups and Shari'a" ----- "The Islamist goal of giving Shari'a a larger role in Islamic society is viewed positively." ----- page 29: "In Egypt 81 percent said they agreed with the al Qaeda goal of "requir[ing] a strict application of Shari'a law in every Islamic country" (65% strongly); only 12 percent disagreed. Pakistanis were similar with 76 percent agreeing with this goal (52% strongly); 5 percent disagreed. Indonesians, however, agreed by only a narrow plurality: 49 percent supported the goal (just 14% strongly), while 42 percent disagreed. In Morocco in late 2006, 76 percent agreed." Iran to test first nuclear power plant -- supported by Russia - additional report http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/4803522/Iran-to-test-first-nuclear-power-plant.html -- Iran Launches Test of Nuclear Plant http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,499864,00.html -- Israel: Iranian nuclear test 'bad news' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410709198&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Lebanon frees three suspects in Hariri killing http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/February/middleeast_February454.xml§ion=middleeast (Israel/West Bank) IAF strikes hit 7 Philadelphi tunnels -- "2 Kassams hit w. Negev; none hurt attacks; three Palestinians carrying weapons arrested in W. Bank" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410711747&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Egypt: Witness claims to have seen and followed Cairo bombers http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3052037828 Mali customs seize weapons bound for Qaeda: paper http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE51O0EU20090225?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews (Somalia) Hundreds flee fighting in Somali capital http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/25/africa/AF-Somalia.php -- Somalia: 21 Killed in 'Worst Battle' Since Ethiopia Pullout - Tuesday in Mogadishu http://allafrica.com/stories/200902250001.html Uzbekistan, NATO reach Afghanistan deal http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/25/asia/AS-Uzbekistan-NATO-Afghanistan.php (Spain) Report: Spain Says It Is Ready to Accept Guantanamo Detainees - update http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,499569,00.html (Philippines) Four Muslim separatist rebels killed in southern Philippine clash http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/257182,four-muslim-separatist-rebels-killed-in-southern-philippine-clash.html (Philippines) Why the military can't crush the Abu Sayyaf http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/feb/26/yehey/opinion/20090226opi2.html (Philippines) "The Abu Sayyaf fight on in Mindanao" -- Joel D Adriano portrays vicious Islamic supremacist group as "poverty-driven rebellion" http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KB26Ae01.html (Philippines) Kidapawan blast; no injuries -- Premature bomb blast hits S. Philippine city -- Kidapawan city -- A homemade bomb planted by suspected Muslim rebels exploded prematurely Monday night at a city plaza in southern Philippines http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090224-190716/Kidapawan-blast-no-injuriespolice Other News: (U.S.) Fitna showing at Capitol -- CAIR: "Arizona Senator Asked to Invite Muslim Reps to Balance Anti-Islam Film" http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-24-2009/0004977754&EDATE= (U.S.) Video: Lasers aimed at planes -- "There have been nearly 150 reports of lasers aimed at planes since January 1" http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/02/24/meserve.laser.pilots.cnn (U.S.) Connecticut: Muslim Brotherhood's MSA Shows "Iron Wall" documentary -- "'Iron Wall' documentary sparks debate" http://media.www.dailycampus.com/media/storage/paper340/news/2009/02/25/Focus/iron-Wall.Documentary.Sparks.Debate-3647608.shtml --- praised by Jimmy Carter and Palestinians http://www.palestineonlinestore.com/films/theironwall.htm (U.S.) New Jersey: Wayne super stands his ground on Muslim prayers http://www.northjersey.com/education/educationnews/Wayne_super_stands_his_ground_on_Muslim_prayers.html (UK) Interpal's US terrorism designation blamed for Lloyd's Bank decision -- "This is because Lloyds TSB, like many other banks, has dealings with the United States, and so we have no option but to comply with US government economic sanction laws…The US has classified Interpal as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist which means that Lloyds TSB cannot provide any services to Interpal." http://www.charityfinance.co.uk/home/content.php?id=2603&pg=15&cat=58 -- Comment: Lloyds whines that it is all America's fault... not Interpal's fault for funding Hamas (UK) Islamic state conference billed for Vale Farm Sports Centre, in Wembley -- by Islamic supremacist group Islam for the UK -- "Amjem Choudary, a spokesman for the group, said the wrong venue had been deliberately advertised to stop the event being banned" -- Choudary: "What we tend to do is book two venues - one where we don't want the event to take place and one where the event is going to take place, which we don't advertise." http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/newsheadlines/4150560.Islamic_state_conference_billed_for_Wembley/ (Pakistan) "Former Pakistani Prime Minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif can no longer hold elected office, the country's Supreme Court says" -- concerns ruling will inflame Islamic supremacists -- Note: when PM, PML-N's Nawaz Sharif previously sought implementation of Sharia law for all of Pakistan http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/25/Court_bars_Pakistan_opposition_leader/UPI-20801235565407/ --- Violent protests in Pak after Sharifs barred from polls http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Violent-protests-in-Pak-after-Sharifs-barred-from-polls/articleshow/4191602.cms Yemen: Sharia law threat to Yemen's bid to outlaw child marriages http://ionglobaltrends.blogspot.com/2009/02/yemen-sharia-law-threat-to-yemens-bid.html (UK) Labour peer Lord Ahmed jailed -- for dangerous driving - killing man on Christmas http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4804702/Labour-peer-Lord-Ahmed-jailed-for-motorway-texting.html (Bosnia) The Prophet's Fifth Column: Islamists Gain Ground in Sarajevo http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,609660,00.html (Sweden/Norway) Malmo: Advice for Oslo http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/malmo-advice-for-oslo.html http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2945665.ece Russia focuses on upgrading its nuclear arsenals http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/25/europe/EU-Russia-New-Weapons.php Russia says stolen weapons heading to China found http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/25/europe/EU-Russia-China-Weapons-Smuggling.php Turkey-Links to Masterminds of Murders in Malatya Pursued http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5823&backpage=summaries Turkish plane crashes in Amsterdam Airport -- CNN: "It is too early to determine the cause of the crash" http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/25/turkish.plane.amsterdam/index.html http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/090225-turkish-plane-crash http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978651&Language=en --- Islam in Europe reports: "Jihad en Hajar Alariachi, two of the Dutch 'Halal Girls', were aboard the plane. Jihad was lightly injured." http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/netherlands-breaking-turkish-plane.html http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/3337824/__Meiden_van_Halal_in_ramptoestel__.html?cid=rss (Canada) Judge wants to bar Muslims from his scholarships http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090225/judge_scholarships_090225/20090225?hub=Canada (Australia) Muslim school director charged over $1m fraud http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25107698-29277,00.html Commentaries: An American Added to the Islamists' Armory? - by Melanie Phillips -- Regarding Chas W. Freeman Jr. to become chairman of National Intelligence Council.... http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2606/pub_detail.asp http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3380291/an-american-addition-to-the-islamists-armoury.thtml --- "The NIC is a center of strategic thinking within the US Government, reporting to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and providing the President and senior policymakers with analyses of foreign policy issues that have been reviewed and coordinated throughout the Intelligence Community." http://www.dni.gov/nic/NIC_home.html Leader in Group Seeking "Engagement" with Islamic Supremacism to Advise State Dept - by Jeffrey Imm -- on Dennis Ross http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2614/pub_detail.asp http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/127.html Will Samantha Power have a role in giving aid to Hamas? by Ed Lasky http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/02/will_samantha_power_have_a_rol.html The fifth columnist in the White House - by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3374696/the-fifth-columnist-in-the-white-house.thtml Obama Flunks First Tests On Foreign Policy - by Charles Krauthammer http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=319938016291216 Hate Speech At San Francisco State University - by Richard L. Cravatts http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/02/hate_speech_at_san_francisco_s.html John Esposito, in His Own Words - by Winfield Myers http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/6958 http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/Articles/espoinhisownwords.html (UK) We let radical groups settle in our midst – so this is no surprise - by Kim Sengupta http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/kim-sengupta-we-let-radical-groups-settle-in-our-midst-ndash-so-this-is-no-surprise-1631353.html (Philippines) To Obama, Philippines No Longer A Key US ally -- Islamic Indonesia is an "ally," but Philippines fighting a 30 year war, claiming 120,000 lives, against Islamic supremacism ignored http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090223-190460/To-Obama-RP-no-longer-a-key-US-ally Propaganda: Forbes: "My Muslim President Obama" - "Why members of the Islamic faith see him as one of the flock" -- by Asma Gull Hasan http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/24/muslim-barack-obama-opinions-contributors_islamic_president.html FOX News picks up Daily Telegraph's propaganda on Al-Sharif (Dr. Fadl) again ignoring his support for Jihad and Islamic supremacism http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,499725,00.html --- See clarifying article: July 16, 2008 - False Reports of Jihadists "Quitting" or Abandoning Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/092.html (Philippines) "The Abu Sayyaf fight on in Mindanao" -- Joel D Adriano portrays vicious Islamic supremacist group as "poverty-driven rebellion" http://atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/KB26Ae01.html Against Nazi News: (Germany) Former NPD Official Speaks Out: Hitler Salutes, Nazi Songs and Dreams of a New Reich http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,609871,00.html February 24, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) 4 US soldiers wounded in attack by Iraqi police --- "fourth such shooting in the Mosul area in just over a year purportedly involving Iraqi security forces, underscoring concerns about infiltration" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_411 Iraq accuses 12 policemen in a string of killings http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/24/africa/24iraq.php (Iraq) Report: "Iraq's waning insurgency scrambles for new sanctuary" http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0225/p07s02-wome.html (Iraq) Obama says he will end Iraq war responsibly http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/25/america/NA-US-Obama-Foreign-Policy.php (Kuwait) State security arrests Al-Qaeda 'go between' in Kuwait http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=ODk5MzI4NTAw Afghan bomb kills 4 US troops; deadliest this year -- in Zabul province http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan (Afghanistan) Troop shortages mean Taliban retake ground in Helmand http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/4798919/Troop-shortages-mean-Taliban-retake-ground-in-Helmand.html (Afghanistan) Australian defense warns of Taliban escalation http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/defence-warns-of-taliban-escalation-20090225-8hgp.html (Afghanistan) U.S. Antiwar groups want Obama to forget pledge http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/24/antiwar-groups-want-obama-to-forget-pledge/ (Afghanistan) UK Foreign Minster David Miliband: The army alone cannot defeat this Taliban insurgency --- Miliband on Islamic supremacist Taliban supporters: "When it comes to those who have aligned themselves with the Taliban not for safety and lack of choice, but rather for power and influence, we need incentives and sanctions. They need to know that if they renounce violence and accept the rule of law, there are legitimate opportunities for them." http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/david-miliband-the-army-alone-cannot-defeat-this-taliban-insurgency-1631293.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Islamists Triumph in Swat: Bowing Down to the Taliban -- Sufi Mohammed: "True Islam permits neither elections nor democracy" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,609575,00.html (Pakistan) Taliban's "Mullah Omar: 'If anybody really wants to wage Jihad, he must fight the occupation forces inside Afghanistan'" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025009.php http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/24/asia/AS-Pakistan.php --- Taliban calls ceasefire in order to concentrate on attacking NATO http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4799343/Taliban-calls-ceasefire-in-order-to-concentrate-on-attacking-Nato.html ---- Comment: after all, Pakistan has surrendered... (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban's Maulana Fazlullah declares indefinite ceasefire http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg1_1 -- more on Maulana Fazlullah http://groups.yahoo.com/group/global-anti-terror-news/message/16639 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban announce indefinite ceasefire in Swat http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/taliban-announce-indefinite-cease-fire-in-swat-ha http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20534 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25104035-23109,00.html http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/24/asia/25pstan.php (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat peace accord not a compromise: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi -- reports state he says "his government was committed to fighting extremists" http://www.geo.tv/2-24-2009/35893.htm http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69580 (Pakistan) NWFP: Two killed in bomb blast in Kohat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_11 (Pakistan) NWFP: School blown up in Darra Adam Khel http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164194 (Pakistan) NWFP: 12 men abducted in Hangu http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg7_28 (Pakistan) NWFP: Local government elections unlikely in NWFP -- "for at least next couple of years" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164189 (Pakistan) NWFP: Restoration of peace in Swat top priority, says minister -- "more important than anything else" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164190 (Pakistan) NWFP: Army supports Swat peace deal, says ISPR director general http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164351 (Pakistan) Quetta: Unidentified gunmen kill 5 in Quetta, Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Unidentified-gunmen-kill-5-in-Quetta-Pakistan/articleshow/4184748.cms http://www.geo.tv/2-24-2009/35882.htm http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69570 (Pakistan) 'Swat agreement's success to have positive impact on Tribal Areas' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_15 (Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Bomb attack on police kills two in Pakistan -- Kohat town http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978489&Language=en (Pakistan) Tribal Areas of Pakistan, Afghanistan top terror threat: FBI chief http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg1_13 (Pakistan) Attacks on Al Qaeda concentrate its threat to Pakistan -- Pakistan opposes U.S. drone attacks on Al Qaeda in Pakistan http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/25/asia/25drones.php http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/world/asia/25drones.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss (Pakistan/U.S.) 'Pakistan urgently needs $4-5 billion' -- "Kerry said he and Republican Senator Richard Lugar would soon introduce legislation aiming to provide Pakistan with $7.5 billion in non-military aid over five years." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_7 http://www.geo.tv/2-25-2009/35899.htm (Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan, US need strategic ties based on shared worldview: Haqqani --- "Emphasising the importance of the Kerry-Lugar initiative that promises Pakistan $1.5 billion annually" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_14 -- Comment: yes, they want us to share their tolerance of Islamic supremacism --- see also: American military aid for Pakistan short of money http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_13 (Pakistan/U.S.) US leaders attend reception at Pak embassy http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_40 -- Richard Holbrooke, Senator Richard Lugar, Howard Berman, chairman of the House on Foreign Affairs Committee, US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson and Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher attended the reception. US Air chief General Norton Schwartz, Naval Chief Admiral Gary Roughead, Commandant Marine Corps General James Terry Conway and Vice Admiral Jeffrey A Wieringa --- Pakistan foreign minister Qureshi assures US on terrorism http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=61fd66b3-0add-44fa-bbf5-b098b0b890d2&MatchID1=4932&TeamID1=7&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1247&PrimaryID=4932&Headline=Pakistan+foreign+minister+assures+US+on+terrorism http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/257292,pakistani-foreign-minister-assures-us-on-terrorism--summary.html -- February 10, 2009: Foreign Minister Quershi has called for U.S. to negotiate with "reconcilable" elements of Pakistan http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL24406020090210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February770.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: FBI team to visit Pakistan on Feb 27 http://www.geo.tv/2-24-2009/35826.htm -- FBI seeks access to suspects in Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg1_8 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan seeks voice recordings of handlers http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg1_10 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak-seeks-voice-recordings-of-Kasabs-handlers/articleshow/4180627.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: India releases CCTV footage of 4 attackers http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg1_9 --- Chilling Mumbai terror attack tapes released http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/4799802/Chilling-Mumbai-terror-attack-tapes-released.html (India) Mumbai Attacks: Mumbai attackers' phones traced to Italy, US -- "Italian authorities were investigating a wire transfer sent to the United States from the northern Italian city of Brescia by a Pakistani-born suspect" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2611-attackers-phones-traced-to-Italy-US/articleshow/4184368.cms -- Italy: Pakistani leader says 'no surprise' in link to terror attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3049496689 -- Italy: Pakistani money agent denies link to Mumbai attacks ----- Mohammed Yaqub Janjua: "We, the Pakistani community are peace lovers" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3048765953 (India) Mumbai Attacks: 26/11 chargesheet by tomorrow -- "Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba -- Mohammad Ajmal Amir Iman Kasab -- will face charges ranging from waging war against the country to murder, attempt to murder" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai-terror-attacks-chargesheet-tomorrow/articleshow/4183818.cms (U.S.) IPT News: Senators Praise FBI's CAIR Freeze http://www.investigativeproject.org/1001/senators-praise-fbis-cair-freeze (U.S.) California: CAIR, Islamic Center claim that FBI sought to pressure Ahmad Niazi to become an informant http://www.kswt.com/Global/story.asp?S=9893857&nav=menu613_2_6 (U.S.) No terror talk: Homeland Security head's new tone -- "Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano avoids the terms 'terrorism' or '9/11' in remarks" -- Representative Peter King: "This can't be the evil we don't speak about" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090225/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/napolitano_terrorless http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/napolitano_terrorless_glance (U.S.) Ease isolation of Guantanamo inmates: Pentagon http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Ease-isolation-of-Guantanamo-inmates-Pentagon/articleshow/4180397.cms (U.S.) New intel chief's defense of controversial NIE raises eyebrows -- Dennis Blair "continued to support the questionable 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran that reported Tehran had halted its nuclear weapon program in 2003" http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/ss_iran0161_02_24.asp (U.S.) Dennis Ross named "Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for The Gulf and Southwest Asia" -- State Department Press Release -- Dennis Ross to support on "political-military challenges that flow from the area and have an impact outside of the Gulf and Southwest Asia" http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/02/119495.htm -- See also: Leader in Group Seeking "Engagement" with Islamic Supremacism to Advise State Dept http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/127.html -- See additional reports at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19257 (UK) Will Labour allow THIS Muslim hardliner with links to Hezbollah into Britain? -- "Ibrahim Moussawi, a known hardliner with links to Hezbollah, has been invited to speak at a London university" -- "Editor for the newspaper of Lebanon-based terrorist organisation Hezbollah, he is a former political editor of the Iranian-backed group's TV station" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1154827/Will-Labour-allow-THIS-Muslim-hardliner-links-Hezbollah-Britain.html?ITO=1490 --- UK Home Office has previously allowed Hezbollah's Ibrahim Moussawi to speak throughout UK http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1196847295423&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1569640/Ban-Hizbollah-TV-boss-from-UK,-say-Tories.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/philipjohnston/3555683/Labour%2C-extremism-and-a-friend-of-Hizbollah.html (UK) Terrorist suspects claiming unemployment benefits http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4799494/Terrorist-suspects-claiming-unemployment-benefits.html (Iran) Ahmadinejad urges Muslim unity against enemy http://www.iranmania.com/news/contents/NewsContent/News.aspx?ContentID=6579 (Iran) Tehran begins test run of nuclear plant despite weapons fear http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5799150.ece (Lebanon) Tribunal on Lebanon assassination to open Sunday http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/24/europe/EU-Netherlands-Hariri-Tribunal.php -- Lebanese generals 'will go to UN Hariri tribunal' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5798127.ece Lebanon accuses 30 fundamentalists of links to al-Qaida http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-02/25/content_10888815.htm (Syria) Diplomats: Syria has put missile facility on bombed nuke site http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410705495&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Egypt) Islamist cell to blame for Cairo bombing http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Islamist-cell-to-blame-for-Cairo-bombing-_49938.html (Hamas) IPT News: Hamas Takes Advantage of U.S. Diplomacy http://www.investigativeproject.org/1000/hamas-takes-advantage-of-us-diplomacy (Israel) Officials fear US may cut military aid to Israel http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410695150&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Truce Deal Could Release Palestinian Leader From Israeli Prison -- Marwan Barghouti http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,499127,00.html (Somalia) Official: 18 killed in clashes in Somali capital -- "Dozens of others, including women and children, were seriously injured" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/24/africa/AF-Somalia.php http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3677023,00.html --- Violent clashes in Mogadishu kill 23 http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69582 (Yemen) 4 Yemenis convicted of forming al-Qaida cell -- "As the verdict was read, one of the defendants shouted that Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh was an 'agent of the Crusaders' and vowed to take revenge" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_al_qaida_trial_2 (Spain) US asks Spain to take Guantanamo detainees: foreign minister http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090224/pl_afp/usspaindiplomacyguantanamolatam (France) Paris appeals court acquits ex-Guantanamo inmates -- Ridouane Khalid, Brahim Yadel, Khaled ben Mustafa, Nizar Sassi and Mourad Benchellali http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090224/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_guantanamo_acquittal http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/24/europe/EU-France-Guantanamo-Acquittal.php (Sri Lanka) Military: Sri Lankan troops enter last rebel town http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/24/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php North Korea says it's set for satellite launch http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/24/nk-says-it-preparing-satellite-launch/ --- North Korea prepares launch: Satellite or missile? http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/25/asia/AS-NKorea-Missile.php --- Fears grow over North Korea's new rocket http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5799067.ece Other News: Egyptian Cleric Ahmad Abd Al-Salam: Jews 'Infect Food with Cancer and Ship it to Muslim Countries' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD225909 --- when in fact.... (UK) Reports of Muslims poisoning food with human waste http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025006.php http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019951.php http://www.local6.com/news/5182853/detail.html http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/gloucestershireheadlines/Man-accused-waging-spray-war/article-721336-detail/article.html U.K: Analysts find new culprit for "radicalization": Old people http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/025010.php -- UK: Islamic group slams 'out of touch' imams http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/uk-islamic-group-slams-out-of-touch.html -- Mosques 'fail to tackle radicals' ---- "97% of imams were born abroad" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7907037.stm UK: Muslims first, British second-- with BBC video links http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/uk-muslims-first-british-second.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lswFMzD_hVU& http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvAhN8iEnGo& http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YLWCgRrSgI& (UK) Discussion on Islamic finance begins in UK http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=275405&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28 (Norway) Oslo: Imam blames 9/11 on US in college lecture -- Oslo University College: "Norwegian imam Zulqarnain Sakandar Madni claimed at length that it was the American powers who were responsible for the terror attacks of September 11, 2001" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/oslo-imam-blames-911-on-us-in-college.html Norway: 'there is no sneak Islamization here' http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-there-is-no-sneak-islamization.html (Bosnia) Islamic teaching in Bosnia kindergartens causes uproar http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Islamic-teaching-in-Bosnia-kindergartens-causes-uproar-_49931.html Analysis on The Integration Of Muslims In Europe http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/integration-of-muslims-in-europe.html (Pakistan) Lahore: Police arrest 'honour killing' accused -- "murdered his 18-year-old sister Asma Bibi, in the name of honour killing" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg13_5 (U.S.) Bridges TV Beheading - ANI report: "Aasiya Hassan may have been alive before beheading" http://silverscorpio.com/aasiya-hassan-may-have-been-alive-before-beheading/ http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89824 Malaysia: Constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion "doesn't apply" to Muslims who want to leave Islam http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024998.php -- Clause doesn't cover Muslims http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/24/parliament/3330271&sec=parliament (Indonesia) Demands for Indonesian Sharia bonds overshoot target http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/02/24/4008415.htm (UAE) Shariah gold security expected in Dubai-sources http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/24022009/323/shariah-gold-security-expected-dubai-sources.html Eiger brews coffee funds to appeal to range of investors --- "Shariah-compliant Eiger Green Coffee Fund will provide Islamic investors with access to coffee as an asset class" http://www.hedgefundsreview.com/public/showPage.html?page=841623 'Iran asked Turkey to mediate with US' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410706095&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Turkish anti-Israel mini-series aired http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410704768&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Libya) Gaddafi: Foreign forces, including Israel, behind Darfur conflict http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410705964&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Libya) London Times asks: "time to pump money back into Gaddafi's Libya?" --- London Times says: "if there is one thing that keeps Gaddafi up at night it is Islamic fundamentalism" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article5796332.ece (Algeria) Islamist leader urges Algeria vote boycott -- former leader of Algeria’s Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), Abassi Madani http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February1832.xml§ion=international (India J&K) Fresh violence erupts in J&K http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Fresh_violence_erupts_in_JK_/articleshow/4181795.cms Turkey: Court opposes religious teaching in schools http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3049005943 US Congress easing restrictions on travel to Communist Cuba http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/US-Congress-easing-restrictions-on-Cuba-travel/articleshow/4180335.cms (U.S.) 'Obama wants to see Slumdog Millionaire' http://www.geo.tv/2-24-2009/35891.htm Anti-Jihad Groups Events Calendar (with details) http://anti-jihad.org/events/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/recent_events.html -- Lincroft, NJ: February 26 - 11:45 AM to 1:15 PM - Presentation: Today's Battlegrounds in the War on Terror by Ryan Mauro, Brookdale Community College -- Washington DC: February 27 - 8:30 (Security Check-In) 9:30-11 AM - Press Conference including Geert Wilders, National Press Club -- Washington DC: February 27 - 6 PM - CPAC Reception for Geert Wilders, Omni Shoreham Hotel -- Lincroft, NJ: March 12 - 11:45 AM to 1:15 PM - Screening of the documentary "Homegrown Jihad: Terrorist Camps Around the U.S" and Q&A with Ryan Mauro, Brookdale Community College Note: If you know of anyone planning an event, have them email me with the term "Event" in the subject heading to anti-jihad@earthlink.net Commentaries: Leader in Group Seeking "Engagement" with Islamic Supremacism to Advise State Dept - by Jeffrey Imm http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2009/02/dennis-ross/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/127.html Exorcising Churchill - by Frank Gaffney http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/24/exorcising-churchill/ Heads will roll-- by Barbara Simpson http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89675 Book Review: Islamic Jihad - A Legacy of Forced Conversion, Imperialism and Slavery http://blogcritics.org/archives/2009/02/24/181359.php Obama AWOL on terror war http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20090224/NEWS01/90224013 Propaganda: (Libya) London Times asks: "time to pump money back into Gaddafi's Libya?" --- London Times says: "if there is one thing that keeps Gaddafi up at night it is Islamic fundamentalism" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article5796332.ece (U.S.) Washington Times: "Terror rift to expose bin Laden?" -- by Middle East Times Claude Salhani http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/24/terror-rift-to-expose-bin-laden/ --- More total nonsense about how Al-Sharif has turned his back on terrorism, when it is well known he supports Jihad ---- See clarifying article: July 16, 2008 - False Reports of Jihadists "Quitting" or Abandoning Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/092.html Against Nazi News: (Germany/Sweden) Attack Reveals German-Swedish Neo-Nazi Alliance http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,609308,00.html (UK) Holocaust-denying bishop flies back to Britain after Argentina orders him out -- Richard Williamson http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/4800228/Holocaust-denying-bishop-flies-back-to-Britain-after-Argentina-orders-him-out.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5799457.ece --- Controversial bishop scuffles with press -- Richard Williamson ---- Williamson: "the Jews created the Holocaust so we would prostrate ourselves on our knees before them and approve of their new state of Israel" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1235410703946&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull February 23, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (U.S.) One in ten freed Guantanamo detainees goes back to terrorism, says Pentagon http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5793046.ece (U.S.) FBI Director Warns of Terror Attacks on U.S. Cities http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/23/AR2009022301850.html?hpid=topnews -- Press Release http://www.fbi.gov/page2/feb09/mumbai_022309.html -- FBI Director's prepared remarks at Council on Foreign Relations (CFRP speech --- Mueller refers to "extremists" --- Mueller: "Over the years since September 11th, we have learned of young men from communities in the United States, radicalized and recruited here to travel to countries such as Afghanistan or Iraq, Yemen or Somalia. They may be recruited to participate in the fighting, or, in the extreme case, to become suicide bombers. And it raises the question of whether these young men will one day come home, and, if so, what they might undertake here." http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/Mueller%20Prepared%20Remards%202-23-09.pdf --- DHS: Chances of Home-Grown Attack 'Very Low' http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/23/dhs-chances-home-grown-attack-low/ US to donate $900 million in aid to Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3676485,00.html (Iraq) 3 US soldiers, interpreter killed in Iraq http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090223/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_violence Iraq says 100 arrested in Qaeda stronghold -- in Nineveh http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69472 Iraq: Christian leader warns against security "vacuum" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3046101083 (Afghanistan) Karzai rival 'ready for Taliban talks' -- Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi: If I win the election, I will be more than happy to talk to them [Taliban]. As long as their demands are reasonable, we can hope to reach a political settlement. I am sure they must have some terms of their own. There is a basis for negotiation. I would be willing to accept some of their terms, but I need to know what terms they want." http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=275055&version=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26 --- February 20, 2009: US: Pakistan-style truce in Afghanistan acceptable ---- Gates: "We have said all along that ultimately some sort of political reconciliation has to be part of the long-term solution in Afghanistan" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/20/europe/EU-NATO-Pakistan-Afghanistan.php http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\21\story_21-2-2009_pg1_6 (Afghanistan) Update: NATO airstrike kills 16 Taliban - Badghis province http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg7_14 (Pakistan) NWFP: Army halts operations against Swat militants http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Army-halts-operations-against-Swat-militants/articleshow/4179811.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: "Sufi's 10-point Swat peace plan" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg1_9 --- Talks with Swat Taliban progressing: Sufi Mohammad http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/talks-with-swat-taliban-progressing-sufi--qs (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan lawyers demand Sharia law -- "District Bar Association (DBA) Swat demands early implementation of Nizam-e-Adl" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg7_17 (Pakistan) NWFP: Girls Face New Threats Since Taliban 'Peace' Deal http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20090223/wl_oneworld/world3604551235428382 -- Pakistan's Taliban Peace Deal A Set Back For Women http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/23/pakistans-taliban-peace-d_n_169237.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Abducted Canadian "journalist" appears in video -- Jihad UnSpun's pro-jihadist "journalist" Beverly Giesbrecht aka Khadija Abdul Qahaar, kidnapped by Taliban, appears in video -- Giesbrecht: "I have been in captivity now for almost three months... I wake up in the dark and I go to sleep in the dark." http://www.geo.tv/2-24-2009/35823.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistani Taliban unite against U.S. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/24/pakistani-taliban-unite-against-us/ (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban blow up five houses in Darra Adam Khel http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg7_8 (Pakistan) FATA: Gunship helicopter attack kills three in Bara - Khyber Agency http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/helicopter-attack-kills-three-in-bara-sal Pakistan wants NATO to seal off Afghan border along Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg7_37 (Pakistan) US military role in Pakistan no secret: Pentagon http://www.geo.tv/2-24-2009/35824.htm (Pakistan) Karchi: Vehicle ambushed in Karachi, 3 killed http://www.geo.tv/2-23-2009/35816.htm Pakistan Foreign Office Mukherjee's remarks - that Pakistan "in denial over cross-border terrorism" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg7_9 (India) In case of another Mumbai-like attack: 'US should tell Pakistan to absorb symbolic Indian strike' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg7_50 (India) Pakistan's Swat deal threatens regional peace: Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram --- "If Pakistan compromises with the Taliban, it will affect the security of the entire region. I think Pakistan must realize that." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg7_6 (India) Mumbai Attacks: India to respond to Pak's queries: Pranab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India-to-respond-to-Paks-queries-Pranab/articleshow/4176857.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Indian police to charge Kasab today http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg7_35 (U.S./Pakistan) Al-Qaeda Suspect Dr. Aafia Siddiqui: Photo of former Boston-based jihadist does not depict her torture by Americans, as was widely reported http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024984.php --- Al-Qaeda Suspect Dr. Aafia Siddiqui's husband breaks his silence after six years http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20404 Somali gunmen free Pakistani http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\24\story_24-2-2009_pg7_11 (Somalia) Update: Al-Shabab Group Threatens More Terror Attacks in Somalia http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-23-voa28.cfm Mali holds Islamist preacher over hostages -source http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLN641556 (Thailand) Police link RKK to beheadings - Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/12193/police-link-rkk-to-beheadings -- RKK Jihadist group profile http://www.start.umd.edu/data/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4711 -- February 22, 2009: Man suspected of helping Thai military beheaded --- "A bomb planted near his headless body later exploded, injuring one police officer" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/22/asia/AS-Thailand-Southern-Violence.php Other News: (U.S.) IFPS and Geert Wilders Call for an International First Amendment http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2009/02/ifps-and-geert-wilders-call-for-an-international-first-amendment/ US lawmaker hosts screening of Geert Wilders' Fitna -- at Capitol on Thursday --- Senator Kyl "agreed to facilitate the event because 'all too often, people who have the courage to point out the dangers of militant Islamists find themselves vilified and endangered,' said spokesman Ryan Patmintra" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3676504,00.html http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/politics/article/arizona_senator_hosts_film_screening_by_anti-islamic_dutch_lawmaker/28546/ (U.S.) AIG in talks with U.S. government for more funds http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/02/23/business/OUKBS-UK-AIG.php http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,27753,25098790-31037,00.html -- still owns Sharia Finance businesses in company partially owned by American taxpayers http://www.newhorizon-islamicbanking.com/index.cfm?section=news&action=view&id=10722 http://www.aigmemsa.com/aig/takaful/index.jsp http://www.aigmemsa.com/aig/takaful/products/pro_personal.jsp http://www.aigmemsa.com/aig/takaful/products/pro_property.jsp http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/76/76115/releases/Takaful_dec.1.2008.pdf --- December 4, 2008: AIG Defies U.S. Taxpayers by Promoting Sharia in America http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/118.html (U.S.) FedEx CEO: use of foreign oil threatens US economy http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090223/ap_on_bi_ge/fedex_ceo_energy_security (Saudi Arabia) Sheikh sees dangers in studies on Saudi women -- "Fuwad Bin Abdul Karim Al-Abdul Karim, head of the Bahithaat Center for Women's Studies, has described studies on Saudi women from foreign organizations as making demands that conflict with Islamic laws and attempting to impose foreign ways on the rest of the world." -- Karim: "these reports made and still make a block of demands rejected by Islamic Shariah" -- "demands" include "the rejection of child-marriage," "demand mixed education and full equality between males and females" -- "'The disappointing thing is,' he continued, 'that some of these demands find support among some of our own people, those who call themselves 'human rights activists.''" http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009022330140 (Saudi Arabia) Five anti-cinema protesters identified -- "arguing that it is 'prohibited' in Islam" http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009022330162 (Saudi Arabia) Leading Saudi Daily: Iran Was Once a Sunni Country http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD225609 (India) Deoband faculty member claim use of "Kafir" misunderstood --- "the word 'kafir' only means someone not belonging to Islam" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Hindus-cant-be-dubbed-kafir-says-Jamiat/rssarticleshow/4179187.cms --- September 8, 2007: "One of the world's most respected Deobandi scholars believes that aggressive military jihad should be waged by Muslims 'to establish the supremacy of Islam' worldwide." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2409833.ece Canada native leader cleared in hate trial -- "Canadian native leader who called Jews 'disease' found not guilty of promoting hatred" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3676458,00.html Commentaries: "Islamists plan to destroy the United States and Western civilization as we know it, 'because they hate!'" - by Paul Kelly http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/feb/23/letter-islamic-haters-threaten-us/ February 23, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Al-Qaeda) Zawhiri Audio Message: "From Kabul to Mogadishu" -- As Sahab -- Al-Zawahiri urges Hamas to continue fight http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/February/middleeast_February409.xml§ion=middleeast&col= http://www.3news.co.nz/News/Video-message-from-al-Qaeda-deputy-warns-Gaza-against-truce-with-Israel/tabid/209/articleID/92526/Default.aspx?ArticleID=92526 -- Latest 'al Qaeda message' focuses on Somalia http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/23/alqaeda.somalia/index.html?section=cnn_latest -- Al-Qaeda deputy: Saudi royals, Yemeni president are US agents http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/257063,al-qaeda-deputy-saudi-royals-yemeni-president-are-us-agents.html -- "Several other speakers also appear in the clip, criticizing Israel, the United States, the United Nations and the African Union" http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090222\ACQDJON200902222344DOWJONESDJONLINE000469.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Al%20Qaeda%20No%202%20Zawahiri%20Praises%20Somali -- Additional report by Laura Mansfield: --- Audio has several speakers which also state: "We are reformers, not terrorists... we are united by a common goal, which is Jihad against the enemies." --- and "Respect for the principles of the United Nations basically means ruling by other than Shari'ah" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/global-anti-terror-news/message/16629 -- Laura Mansfield provides video download at: http://www.lauramansfield.com/zawahiri20090222.rm (Al-Qaeda/U.S.) Supreme Court won't hear appeal in Bush al Qaeda plot -- denies apeal of Ahmed Abu Ali, lived in Falls Church, Virginia http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE51M4SM20090223?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=401 http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090223/pl_nm/us_usa_security_abuali_1 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-scotus-bush-plot,0,671987.story (Iraq) 2 killed, 6 injured in Iraq bombing - in Baghdad http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/23/2_killed_6_injured_in_Iraq_bombing/UPI-77291235368887/ (Afghanistan) Twin blasts kill Afghan cop; 8 militants killed in air strike - in Nimroz and Badghis provinces http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978085&Language=en (Afghanistan) Hizb-e-Islam claims killing 12 troops in Afghanistan -- attack on NATO convoy in Kantar province http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69434 -- More background on Hizb-e-Islam aka Hizb-e Islami aka Hizb-i-Islami ---- "Hikmatyar's Hizb-e-Islami, was a key ally and favorite of Pakistan's Inter Service Intelligence (ISI)" http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/para/hizbi-islami.htm http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=32962 http://www.kashmir-information.com/afghanistan/appendix1.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Peace deal will be successful, says chief of Tahrik-e-Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) Maulana Sufi Muhammad http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69426 -- AP: "Pakistan has offered to introduce a mild form of Shariah Islamic law" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February1743.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants receive compensation for peace deal -- AKI reports says that Islamic supremacists paid $6 million (480 million rupees) "through a backchannel" from Pakistan govt for indefinite ceasefire agreement http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3045993078 (Pakistan) NWFP: Suicide blast kills guard in Bannu http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69466 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban free abducted Pak official in exchange for militants -- official Kushal Khan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban-free-abducted-Pak-official-in-exchange-for-militants/articleshow/4176069.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg1_8 (Pakistan) NWFP: "Faith healers have either stopped practicing or have gone underground because of threats to their lives" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164058 (Pakistan) NWFP: Turnout low as schools reopen in Swat -- "Residents said girls attended classes veiled after militant leader Maulana Fazlullah announced on his illegal radio station that girls could take examinations, but only after covering themselves according to sharia" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/turnout-low-as-schools-reopen-in-swat-ha (Pakistan) NWFP: Hoti orders 30,000 rifles for civilian self-defense http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg1_5 -- Pakistan to set up elite police force for NWFP --- as Pakistan surrenders to Taliban in NWFP - it decides to distribute assault rifles among villagers http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_to_set_up_elite_police_force_for_NWFP/articleshow/4177343.cms?TOI_latestnews (Pakistan) NWFP: 'Other options open' if peace not restored in Swat, says Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg1_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: PML-N's Muhammad Nawaz Sharif: We are in favor of Swat peace accord http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69454 -- Nawaz Sharif previously sought to implement Sharia law throughout all of Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980906/24950304.html (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban pledges cease-fire in 2nd Pakistani region - FATA's Bajaur Agency http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25098602-12377,00.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090223/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/23/world/main4822112.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4822112 (Pakistan) FATA: Wazir Taliban rename alliance to be "Shura Ittihadi al-Mujahideen" http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ts&nid=4028 (Pakistan) FATA: Waziristan Taliban set up shura to wage jihad -- "Pamphlets call for holy war against Obama, Zardari, Karzai" -- "Pamphlets distributed in the Miranshah Bazaar and other areas of the agency headquarters said the forces led by Mullah Muhammad Omar and Osama Bin Laden were fighting against 'infidels' led by US President Barack Obama, Pakistani President Asif Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai." -- "They quoted verses of the holy Quran calling people to fight a holy war against 'infidels', who they said were killing innocent Muslims" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg7_4 (Pakistan) FATA: 8 shops razed in Khyber Agency http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164056 (Pakistan) FATA: Four killed in Bajaur operation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg7_5 (Pakistan) Quetta: US worried about 'Taliban shelters in Quetta' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg7_17 --- Blast heard in Quetta http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69458 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: US hostage in Pakistan still alive: Kidnappers -- John Solecki http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US-hostage-in-Pak-still-alive-Abductors/articleshow/4176709.cms (Pakistan) Karachi: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) rally against drone attacks http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164018 (Pakistan) Karachi: Would-be suicide bomber identified http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg7_24 (Pakistan) Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi: "We should explain the difference between Jihad and terrorism to those states who take Islam in a negative connotation." http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164016 (Pakistan/U.S.) Secret U.S. unit trains commandos in Pakistan http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/23/asia/23terror.php -- Over 70 US military advisers work in Pakistan: report http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/over-70-us-military-advisers-work-in-pakistan-report-ha (Pakistan/U.S.) Dawn: "US, Pakistan poles apart on anti-terrorism strategy" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/fm-qureshi-army-officials-in-washington-for-strategic-talks--za (Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan to allay US fears on pact with Taliban -- "Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said he will try to allay US fears about a pact with a group of Taliban in Swat" -- "Foreign minister will 'explain local situation, objectives' to remove US reservations" -- "Analysts say Pakistani officials will urge US to reach out to moderate Taliban to weaken insurgency" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg7_1 -- Qureshi to allay US fears on accord with Taliban Muhammad Tahir Khan http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ts&nid=4030 http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68938&Itemid=39 -- February 10, 2009: Foreign Minister Quershi has called for U.S. to negotiate with "reconcilable" elements of Pakistan http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL24406020090210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February770.xml§ion=international (Pakistan/U.S.) Swat deal is an effort to restore peace: Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg7_2 (Pakistan/U.S.) U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson leaves for Washington http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg7_12 Pak rejects Indian allegations on cross-border terrorism http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69438 (India) Mumbai attack probe: FBI questions Ansari, Sabbauddin http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai-attack-FBI-questions-Ansari-Sabbauddin/articleshow/4169744.cms India not to compromise with Taliban: Pranab -- External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee: Taliban produced nothing but violence. They are a terrorist organization. No compromise should be made with terrorist organizations like Taliban." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India-not-to-compromise-with-Taliban-Pranab-/articleshow/4170649.cms Indian Muslim Raziuddin Naser's 18-month, multi-location terrorist training program in Pakistan http://islamicterrorism.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/indian-muslims-18-month-multi-location-terrorist-training-programme-in-pakistan/ http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=d78c8e97-e75b-4fda-b669-764c0b21a327&MatchID1=4932&TeamID1=7&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1247&PrimaryID=4932&Headline=Our+internal+insecurity (India) "Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) has linked more than 200 financial transactions of this fiscal year to terrorism, with trails leading to foreign countries" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg7_8 (India) Unholy alliance in North-East India http://pakistanpal.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/unholy-alliance-in-north-east-india/ (U.S.) Attorney General Eric Holder embarks on Guantanamo inspection http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29347135/ (U.S.) Another Washington Post report on ex-Guantanamo detainees - further on Abdallah Saleh al-Ajmi - "A 'ticking time bomb' goes off" -- claims that it was al-Ajmi's "failure to reenter society leads to deadly attack," ignores impact of his Islamic supremacist ideology http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29341889/ (UK/U.S.) Freed Guantanamo detainee accuses U.S. of torture -- Ethiopian Binyam Mohamed with British residency http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090223/ts_nm/us_britain_guantanamo_detainee --- Released Guantanamo inmate to report regularly to police - voluntary measures http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/23/binyam-mohamed-return-uk --- Returned Guantanamo man held under anti-terror laws ---- "He was detained under Schedule 7 Port and Border Controls, contained within the Terrorism Act 2000, following the arrival of the aircraft at RAF Northolt shortly after 1300 GMT. The man has not been arrested." http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090223/wl_uk_afp/usbritainethiopiaattacksguantanamo --- Binyam Mohamed back in UK http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/cuba/4787164/Binyam-Mohamed-back-in-UK-claiming-torturers-linked-to-British-agents-Guantanamo.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5790314.ece http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1152505/Guantanamo-Briton-arrives-home-vows-expose-UKs-role-torture.html --- UK Foreign Minister Miliband: Binyam release is the 1st step towards shared goal to close Guantanamo http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978153&Language=en --- Binyam Mohamed: The false martyr - by Thomas Joscelyn http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/binyam_mohamed_the_f.php --- February 6, 2009 report on Binyam Mohamed plot for terror attacks in U.S., role with Taliban, and reports of training to develop dirty bomb http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490 Iran tells Gerhard Schroeder 'impossible' to stop nuclear plan http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Iran-tells-Gerhard-Schroeder-_impossible_-to-stop-nuclear-plan--_49866.html (Iran) Israel's new Iran policy: Sway Obama on Tehran talks http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066222.html (Syria) Assad tells Kerry US should stop 'dictating' policy http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164118 (Lebanon) Now Lebanon Weekend Roundup - 2/22/09 - by Gary Johnson, Jr. http://unitedagainstislamicsupremacism.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/now-lebanon-weekend-roundup-22209/ --- February 20, 2009: Qassem says Hezbollah's choice of resistance and development are inseparable ---- "Qassem said, 'If the Democrats wanted to deal with the region, let them know that they are not dealing with followers, and let them refrain from setting their own conditions, because we have our own [conditions on their policies]'" http://nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=80794 (Lebanon) War of the spies between Israel and Hezbollah http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5786611.ece (Gaza/Lebanon) 'Global jihad could be behind rockets' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304850889&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Congressman's aide sneaks secret terrorist rendezvous -- "Undercover meeting with Hamas called illegal by State Department" -- WND: "An aide to a member of the U.S. Congress held a secret meeting in the Gaza Strip with leaders of the Hamas terrorist organization" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89684 (Gaza) IDF foils 'large-scale terror attack' -- "Officials say attack thwarted as troops spot gunmen planting bomb near Gaza fence, IAF hits getaway car" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304854631&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- IDF Foils Kidnap Attempt at Gaza; Kassam Hits near Sderot http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130087 (Gaza) Al-Qaida No. 2 warns against Gaza truce -- "Ayman al-Zawahri urges Palestinians to be steadfast while Jewish targets are attacked around the world" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304857068&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Zawahiri warns Palestinians must fight 'Crusaders and Jews' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066363.html -- Zawahiri: "Crusader and Jewish targets are spread all over the world" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/February/middleeast_February409.xml§ion=middleeast Palestinian Authority: US okays Hamas-Fatah government http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304839598&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Palestinian Authority) Abbas: Hamas should be part of PA, honor peace process http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066366.html Israel replaces envoy to Egypt talks, Hamas irate http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Israel_replaces_envoy_to_Egypt_talks_Hamas_irate_/articleshow/4177953.cms?TOI_latestnews (Egypt) Update - Cairo bomb: Tourist killed, 23 other people wounded in Egypt bombing -- Wounded were 17 French, 1 German, 3 Saudis, 2 Egyptians -- 2 arrested http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/22/egypt.blast/index.html --- French school trip targeted by Cairo bomb http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5788519.ece http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/23/Official_says_bombers_targeted_school_trip/UPI-77841235395606/ --- Cairo bombings: Three arrested over attack on tourists http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/4785232/Cairo-bombings-Three-arrested-over-attack-on-tourists.html --- Police detain 14 over Cairo bombing http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69462 (Somalia) Latest 'al Qaeda message' focuses on Somalia -- Ayman al-Zawahiri praises Al-Shabaab fighters in Somalia -- Zawahiri says "important developments" in Somalia are "a step on the path of victory of Islam" http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/23/alqaeda.somalia/index.html?section=cnn_latest (Somalia) Update on Sunday Mogadishu attacks: Somalia: 11 African Union Peacekeepers Killed -- "Muktar Robow 'Abu Mansur,' the Al Shabaab spokesman, claimed responsibility for the suicide bombings on Mogadishu radio stations" http://allafrica.com/stories/200902230003.html -- Somalia's Shabaab vows more attacks on African troops --- "This is our land and you are non-believers" http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/02/23/africa/OUKWD-UK-SOMALIA-CONFLICT.php (Somalia) Pakistani kidnapped in Somalia; AU base attacked http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/22/africa/AF-Somalia.php Algerian Islamists kill nine security guards: residents http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090223/wl_afp/algeriaunrest_20090223165206 -- Bomb attack ripps through a tunnel in Algeria http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978099&Language=en (Mali/Niger) Al-Qaeda group wants two Mauritanians released for hostages http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Al_Qaeda-group-wants-two-Mauritanians-released-for-hostages--_49865.html Nigeria: Bauchi Religious Crisis Claims 11 - update -- "two churches, Deeper Life Church Ministry and Truth and Transformation Bible Church, both in Bayan Gari, were burnt by irate youths" http://allafrica.com/stories/200902230965.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200902231275.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200902231352.html Sudan to release 24 Darfur detainees before talks http://www.thestate.com/world/story/692214.html?RSS=untracked (Spain) 14 Islamic Terrorism Suspects Go on Trial in Spain -- charged with helping Jihadists in Iraq and in plotting March 11, 2004 attacks in Spain http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,498424,00.html (Spain) Bomb explodes outside Basque Socialist Party HQ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Spain-Bomb-explodes-outside-Basque-Socialist-Party-HQ/articleshow/4173949.cms (Thailand) Violence continues in Narathiwat as one killed -- "Suspected militants shot dead a local rubber tapper and seriously injured his wife Monday morning " http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/02/23/national/national_30096407.php http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30096410/Rubber-tapper-killed-wife-survived-police (Thailand) Beheading suspects identified -- Yala -- "savage killing has inflamed tensions among security officers who struggle to control the insurgency in the Muslim-dominated provinces" http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/136813/insurgent-suspects-identified (Australia) Melbourne Seven Jihadist Appeal: Abdul Nacer Benbrika and other terror plotters to appeal convictions -- "Seven men convicted in Australia's first major terrorism trial have lodged appeals, lawyers for the Melbourne men have confirmed" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25096042-29277,00.html (South Korea) Seoul: N. Korean missile can hit U.S. bases http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/23/northkorea.missiles/index.html Other News: (Pakistan) "Man slays sister for honour" -- "axing to death his 60-year-old sister" after alleging "that his sister had illicit relations with a landlord of Larkana" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\23\story_23-2-2009_pg12_1 (UAE) Pakistan Expatriates from Swat valley welcome Sharia http://archive.gulfnews.com/world/Pakistan/10288577.html (Zimbabwe) 'Sharia law' leaves 2 boys badly burnt http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=855&cat=1 Canada: Non-Muslim's human rights complaint against the Qur'an dismissed http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024973.php -- B.C. man who filed human rights complaint after reading Koran has case dismissed http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iiydZDz_34_04D3pWGfqYqpyUKBA (Netherlands) Shoes thrown at IDF officer -- "Captain (Res.) Ron Edelheit attacked while giving speech to Jewish community in Holland" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3676296,00.html http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6187417/Israeli-speaker-pelted-with-shoes http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/local_news/Israeli-pelted-with-shoes-in-Amsterdam_49879.html Denmark: Imam denies he's in favor of stoning -- Abdul Wahid Pedersen "had refused in the past to condemn stoning and stated he will conduct polygamous marriage ceremonies. He had said that condemning stoning would place him outside the pale of Islam." http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/denmark-imam-denies-hes-in-favor-of.html Germany: 'Muslim community must deal with antisemitism' http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/germany-muslim-community-must-deal-with.html http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090223-17609.html (U.N.) Durban II draft document 'getting worse' --- Amos Herman: "As far as we believe, Durban II is going to be the anti-Semitic event of 2009" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304850865&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Amnesty urges arms embargo on Israel -- Malcolm Smart, Amnesty's Middle East director http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304850853&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Israel Slams Amnesty Int'l Call to Embargo Military Aid --- equates Israel with terror group Hamas http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130089 German Jews oppose trip to Iran http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/22/europe/german.4-435464.php (UK) Jihad books were in library - "library service was stocking books which encouraged jihad and the murder of non-Muslims, a Government-backed report has revealed" http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Jihad-books-library/article-718981-detail/article.html (UK) Sharia Finance: HSBC targets sharia in UK -- "HSBC is making a raft of sharia-compliant funds available to UK investors for the first time by restructuring them into a single, Luxembourg-domiciled offering" http://www.ftadviser.com/InvestmentAdviser/Investments/Region/FrontierMarkets/News/article/20090223/a7001eb2-ff62-11dd-ac57-00144f2af8e8/HSBC-targets-sharia-in-UK.jsp (UK) Al Nisa report: "More criticism for Preventing Violent Extremism" (PVE) poject http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/3350 http://www.pickledpolitics.com/pictures/documents/pve_response_alnisa.pdf (UK) Home Office/RICU Letter by Stephen Rimmer - "Allegations Made in the [BBC] Panorama Programme 'Muslim First - British Second' on Monday 16 February -- "there is no hidden agenda in Prevent" organization http://www.pickledpolitics.com/pictures/documents/homeoffice_pve_response.pdf (UK) Britain faces summer of rage - police -- "Hartshorn identified April's G20 meeting of the group of leading and developing nations in London as an event that could kick-start a challenging summer." -- "Intelligence reports suggest that "known activists" are also returning to the streets, and police claim they will foment unrest." http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1978070&Language=en http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,498486,00.html --- February 21, 2009: Anarchists plan City riots for G20 leaders' arrival in London -- April 1, 2009 http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23648143-details/Anarchists+plan+City+riots+for+G20+leaders%27+arrival+in+London/article.do (UK) Farmers aim for halal meat market http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/7906109.stm Al Islami hosts Global Halal Standards Convention at Gulfood http://www.ameinfo.com/185790.html (U.S.) Indiana University: Expert on Islam and politics to speak at IU Bloomington -- Bassam Tibi http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/10024.html -- previous reports on Dr. Tibi http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014430.php http://www.freedominion.com.pa/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=871844&sid=08089e7a40d66231d57f1845bcef3ac5 --- "I asked Dr. Tibi how many of Germany's 3.2 million Muslims share his progressive, secular views. 'Maybe a few thousand,' he said." (U.S.) Secretary of State Clinton: "I don't think it should be viewed as particularly extraordinary that someone in my position would say what's obvious." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29343120/ Bahrain Enraged By Iranian Claims to the Islamic Island Country http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130095 (Philippines) Broadcaster killed in Misamis Occidental - motive not reported http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=235223 Commentaries: A nuclear Iran? Just suppose - by A nuclear Iran? Just suppose http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/23/davis-a-nuclear-iran-just-suppose/ Death Knell for Apostates http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/23/death-knell-for-apostates/ Half a solution for half of Pakistan - by Feryal Ali Gauhar -- "Is it not clear that this accord is opening the door willingly to allow -- indeed, invite -- militant fundamentalism to become the dominant ideology of the state, which, when under the control of its ideologues, shall be imposed upon the nation? Is that possibility so elusive to us that we cannot see the forest for the trees?" http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=RSSFeed-Views&id=98a2be2d-8eb7-46a4-bb81-0a146697e8c3&MatchID1=4932&TeamID1=7&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1247&PrimaryID=4932&Headline=Half+a+solution+for+half+of+Pakistan (India) Slumdog Millionaire: the prejudice continues? by Saurav Basu http://www.blogs.ivarta.com/Slumdog-Millionaire-prejudice-continues/blog-231.htm http://islamicterrorism.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/anti-hindu-film-slumdog-millionaire-wins-8-oscar/ (UK) The odious BNP is only gaining ground because voters feel so utterly betrayed - by Melanie Phillips http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1152431/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-The-odious-BNP-gaining-ground-voters-feel-utterly-betrayed.html Against Nazi News: Nazis draw up new claims to Prague - Feb 23, 1939 -- Czech Foreign Minister Chwalkowsky willing to agree to new Nazi demands - "there must remain no doubt about their readiness to come to sensible compromises" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/britainatwar/4741601/Nazis-draw-up-new-claims-to-Prague---Feb-23-1939.html "Winslet, 'Waltz,' and how Hollywood likes its Jews" -- "The narrative of Israel has become increasingly uncomfortable for the limousine left of Hollywood." http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066356.html February 22, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Egypt) Cairo bombing near Khan el-Khalili market and near the Al Hussein Mosque, multiple bombs -- Two foreigners among four dead in Cairo blast: police --- at least one bomb explodes after being thrown from motocycle - bomb disposal units seek to defuse additional device http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090222/wl_nm/us_egypt_blast http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE51L23S20090222 -- Cairo market blast: Bombers 'targeted Western tourists' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/4782345/Cairo-market-blast-Bombers-targeted-Western-tourists.html --- report of 11 French nationals, three Germans, three Saudis injured ---- conflicting reports: "explosive charge was planted under a granite staircase close to Al-Hussein Mosque and the coffee shop, other witnesses said it was thrown from a hotel overlooking the mosque" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1977919&Language=en http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1977923&Language=en -- Injuries, deaths reported in Egypt blast - bombs in Cairo http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/22/egypt.blast/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,498149,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7904731.stm http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29331958/ http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Cairo-Market-Bomb-Blast-Tourists-Killed-And-Many-Hurt-Including-French-And-German/Article/200902415227517?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15227517_Cairo_Market_Bomb_Blast%3A_Tourists_Killed_And_Many_Hurt%2C_Including_French_And_German -- Egyptian News http://www.egynews.net/wps/portal/!ut/p/c1/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hzMxMjkwAXIwMDbx8jAyNLQ8egYBNzIwsnM_1wkA6zeAMcwNFA388jPzdVvyA7rxwAG4A1aw!!/dl2/d1/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS9ZQnB3LzZfNzY0MjRQRDIwMEtMMjAyOTFBUlM0NzJTNDQ!/?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/migration/ertu/news_locals/2009022219311625200115 February 22, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) 14 Taliban militants slain in Afghanistan - in Kandahar and Helmand provinces http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/22/14_Taliban_militants_slain_in_Afghanistan/UPI-93111235304646/ (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban kidnap top Govt official in Pakistan's Swat -- kidnap government administrator Khushal Khan in Mingora -- Taliban: "We have to discuss some issues with him" http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=5570d934-ca3a-4c05-9a0e-ffe470d40221&MatchID1=4932&TeamID1=7&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1247&PrimaryID=4932&Headline=Taliban+kidnap+top+Govt+official+in+Pakistan%27s+Swat http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL46407.htm -- Swat DCO along with six bodyguards abducted http://www.geo.tv/2-22-2009/35699.htm http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban-kidnap-top-govt-official-in-Pakistans-Swat/articleshow/4170331.cms Pakistani Taliban say Swat ceasefire to be reviewed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/articlelist/30359534.cms (Pakistan) NWFP's Dera Ismail Khan: 2 shot dead during curfew in DI Khan http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163969 (Pakistan) NWFP's Lakki Marwat District: Two would-be bombers killed in car blast near Tajori http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163978 (Pakistan) "Swat Taliban have also announced that families with unmarried females should come forward in mosques so that the women/girls may be married off – to the Taliban. Or else, they are to be forcibly married (read raped)" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/dawn%20content%20library/dawn/news/pakistan/Whither-Swats-women--il (Pakistan) NWFP local men polled state "67% supporting 'honour killings'" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/21/pakistan-afghanistan (Pakistan) US launched air attack inside Pak after verifying ISI-Taliban link: Book -- "US national security agency (NSA) has intercepted messages to indicate that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence was in 'complete coordination' with the Taliban" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/US-launched-air-attack-inside-Pak-after-verifying-ISI-Taliban-link-Book/articleshow/4168699.cms --- per David E Sanger book The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the challenges to American power --- follow-up report on February 15, 16 news stories http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20378 http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20356 http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20454 (Pakistan) 'Washington talks' to influence future US strategy http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/washington-talks-to-influence-future-us-strategy--bi -- Delegation led by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi -- arriving today -- to meet with Hillary Clinton, Richard Holbrooke, and Bruce Riedel -- includes Pakistan Army Chief General Kayani and ISI Director General Ahmed Shuja Pasha http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/washington-talks-to-influence-future-us-strategy--bi -- February 10, 2009: Foreign Minister Quershi has called for U.S. to negotiate with "reconcilable" elements of Pakistan http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL24406020090210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February770.xml§ion=international -- February 19-20, 2009: reports that Bruce Riedel believes solving Israel-Palestinian conflict will end international jihad http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/02/an_obama_advisers_notsobright.asp http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024946.php http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0219/p01s01-usfp.htm Pakistan Foreign Min To Visit US For Talks On Terrorism http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090222\ACQDJON200902220821DOWJONESDJONLINE000287.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na (Pakistan) CNN: "Talking to 'good Taliban'" --- in CNN interview, Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa calls Islamic supremacist TNSM chief Sufi Mohammad "The Good Taliban" http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/02/22/grant.pak.taliban.ceasefire.cnn?iref=mpvideosview --- Background on Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa -- involved with U.S. thinktanks, visiting U.S. professor, U.S. military labs http://casi.ssc.upenn.edu/visiting/siddiqa http://sdpi.org/about_sdpi/research_staff.htm#ayesha --- Ayesha Siddiqa on Pakistan support of Kashmir Jihadists: "I question whether there is an intent to completely disband them, because how else do you talk to India?... we wouldn't be putting away all our options." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6319975.stm ----- February 18, 2009: Sufi wants Islamic rule worldwide http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009/02/18/story_18-2-2009_pg1_8 ----- February 18, 2009: 'Democracy is a system of Kufr': Sufi Mohammad http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35430.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Passenger bus attacked in Kurram Agency http://www.geo.tv/2-22-2009/35686.htm http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164060 (Pakistan) FATA: Mohmand Agency miscreants' search operation underway http://www.geo.tv/2-22-2009/35687.htm (Pakistan) Baluchistan: UN official John Solecki couldn't be recovered as yet http://www.geo.tv/2-22-2009/35695.htm (India) External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee Pakistan still in denial mode http://www.geo.tv/2-22-2009/35708.htm --- Swat deal matter of concern for India http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69332 (UK) Afghanistan and Pakistan terror chiefs to flood UK "streets with heroin in a terrifying plot to wage 'chemical jihad' on Britain" --- have $8.6 billion stash of heroin - "they have ordered their dealers to sell it only to non-Muslims" http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/70464/Asian-terror-gangs-target-UK-with-killer-heroin/ (U.S.) Oklahoma: Terrorism expert pushes steady policy -- for what? Don Hamilton doesn't say, except that he views terrorism as predominantly law enforcement issue -- recognizes threat of white supremacist KKK, but doesn't recognize Islamic supremacist threat http://newsok.com/terrorism-expert-pushes-steady-policy/article/3347691 Iraqi security indicates MP involved in terrorism operations --- "two terrorists indicated involvement of Iraqi Parliament Member Mohammad Al-Daini in several kidnapping, killing, and car-bombing operations" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1977791&Language=en -- MP accused of ordering Iraq parliament suicide bomb http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/February/middleeast_February383.xml§ion=middleeast&col= (Iraq) US, Iraq launch new bid to eradicate al-Qaeda http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3675696,00.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090222/wl_nm/us_iraq_military_3;_ylt=AqNUEDOyhOc4LHwQ6HKVhY4HS5Z4 Iran to begin operation of first nuclear power plant -- "State news agency: Pilot stage of plant to start Wednesday during a visit by senior Russian official" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1066074.html 'Iran doesn't want direct confrontation' -- "Former NSC head: Tehran prefers acting through proxies, is pushing Hamas to take over West Bank" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304845263&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Gazans fire mortar shells at IDF patrol http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304838750&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065859.html (Israel) Daily Rocket, Mortar Attacks Resume Against Israel http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130071 (Somalia) Insurgents target peacekeepers in Somalia: witnesses - in Mogadishu http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69320 (China) Al Qaeda's China Affiliate Releases First Magazine http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/196481.php (Philippines) Update on Philippine fighting with Jihadists -- "Fresh fighting erupts vs. 100 MILF rebels" http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=235124 (Philippines) 2 Communist NPA rebels killed in clash with Army http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090222-190381/2-NPA-rebels-killed-in-clash-with-Army (Philippines) Trader, daughter not free -- police http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090222-190382/Trader-daughter-not-freepolice (Philippines) Multi-sectoral group endorses most senior Muslim jurist to High Court http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/feb/23/yehey/prov/20090223pro1.html Sri Lanka kamikaze attack targeted air force http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/22/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/21/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php North Korea rejects UN envoy trip http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/feb/23/yehey/world/20090223wor5.html (Thailand) Couple beheaded in Yala - husband and wife rubber farmers -- "decapitated them and took their heads away before escaping from the area" http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/136773/couple-beheaded-in-yala -- "The militants are trying to create fear among the local community, especially among the Buddhists living in the area" http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/02/22/national/national_30096322.php -- Another beheading in south as PM promises new approach ---- "Abhisit said the problems in the South could not be solved by military force alone but required a 'complete policy package,' addressing issues such as economic development, education and culture." http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/02/22/national/national_30096322.php -- Two killed, policeman wounded in Thai south -- beheading - in Yala http://www.stuff.co.nz/4856142a12.html Other News: (Thailand) Severed foreigner's head found hanging from a bridge -- suspected attacker and motivation for murder not reported http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/02/22/national/national_30096327.php (U.S.) Bridges TV Beheading: "A history of abuse preceded Orchard Park slaying" -- "Aasiya was so fearful of her husband absconding with her children that she gave her children's passports to a classmate for safekeeping" http://www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/southernsuburbs/story/586519.html -- Quran "Chapter 4, Verse 34 -- has been widely translated to sanction physical discipline against disobedient wives" http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/WireHeadlines/2009/02/22/brutal-killing-poses-new-challenge-for-u-97.php -- ""As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them." http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/22/gruesome-killing-in-ny-poses-another-test-for-us-m/ --- February 15, 2009 - U.N.: Muslim women 'face crisis over violence' --- "Muslim women around the world are facing a 'growing crisis' as Islamic governments fail to honour commitments to end inequality and violence against them, a senior UN official has warned --- Yakin Erturk: "In these countries, those who speak on behalf of Islam still justify things like stoning or killing a woman for this or that reason as being part of their religion. I have heard this at the most official of levels" http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25057454-5001028,00.html?from=public_rss http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25057454-23109,00.html (U.S.) Wilders takes Fitna to US http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6186794/Wilders-takes-Fitna-to-US (U.S.) A rare peek at Homeland Security's files on travelers http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-24971907 Norway: FRP against 'sneak Islamization' http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-frp-against-sneak-islamization.html (Europe) Studying Islam and Europe http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/studying-islam-and-europe.html http://www.europeanvoice.com/article/imported/studying-islam-and-europe-/63961.aspx Finland: Controversy over headscarf use http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/finland-controversy-over-headscarf-use.html (U.N.) Anti-Israel Statements in Durban II Draft Unlikely to be Changed -- "likely that the American delegation would recommend that the U.S. boycott the meeting, despite a prior announcement by President Barack Obama that the U.S. would send a delegation" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130070 (China) Anti-Semitism in China too? http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3675560,00.html Propaganda: (U.S.) Washington Post report on suicide bomber Abdallah al-Ajmi -- lawyer claims that al-Ajmi Islamic supremacism is result of Guantanamo inprisonment http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/21/AR2009022101234.html?hpid=topnews (Pakistan) "Swat accord is not surrender" - by Kunwar Idris -- "Pakistan stands much to gain and its allies in the 'war on terror' have little to lose if the Sharia courts" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/swat-accord0-is-not-surrender-hs (Pakistan/U.S.) Drones vs sharia —Rafia Zakaria --- Indiana University's Rafia Zakaria mocks America's "sob stories" over economy, condemns drone attacks against Al-Qaeda and Taliban, praises potential for Sharia law deal --- Rafia Zakaria: positively views Sharia law deal with Taliban as "calculated ceding of control could produce the political victory that is impossible to achieve through military means" --- Rafia Zakaria: admits the cost to Pakistan population in NWFP "is terrible and unfortunate" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\21\story_21-2-2009_pg3_3 ---- Rafia Zakaria member of Indiana University associate faculty -- teaching "Constitutional Law" http://www.iupui.edu/~polisci/faculty.htm http://www.iupui.edu/~polisci/index.htm ---- Rafia Zakaria - Assistant Executive Director of Muslim Alliance of Indiana (MAI), working with Shariq Siddiqui http://www.muslimalliancein.com/mai/enews_brief_april18.htm ---- "also part of Amnesty International USA's Middle East Country Group where she works on human rights issues focusing on women's rights and migration" http://www.muslimalliancein.com/mai/enews_brief_april18.htm ------ co-director at MAI, Shariq Siddiqui, has worked at Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), seeks Muslims "voting as a block could sway the election" http://www.muslimalliancein.com/mai/enews_brief_november6.htm http://www.isna.net/articles/News-Briefs/FIGURES-ON-FAITH-MUSLIMS-AIM-TO-GATHER-BETTER-COUNT-OF-POPULATION.aspx (Pakistan) CNN: "Talking to 'good Taliban'" --- in CNN interview, Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa calls Islamic supremacist TNSM chief Sufi Mohammad "The Good Taliban" http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/02/22/grant.pak.taliban.ceasefire.cnn?iref=mpvideosview --- Background on Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa -- involved with U.S. thinktanks, visiting U.S. professor, U.S. military labs http://casi.ssc.upenn.edu/visiting/siddiqa http://sdpi.org/about_sdpi/research_staff.htm#ayesha --- Ayesha Siddiqa on Pakistan support of Kashmir Jihadists: "I question whether there is an intent to completely disband them, because how else do you talk to India?... we wouldn't be putting away all our options." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6319975.stm ----- February 18, 2009: Sufi wants Islamic rule worldwide http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009/02/18/story_18-2-2009_pg1_8 ----- February 18, 2009: 'Democracy is a system of Kufr': Sufi Mohammad http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35430.htm Against Nazi News: There are no "moderate" Nazis http://www.stoptheaclu.com/archives/2009/02/21/albert-speer-the-moderate-nazi/ Against White Supremacism News: (U.S.) Michigan: Employees donned KKK hoods to taunt co-worker, lawsuit says http://www.freep.com/article/20090221/NEWS06/90221029/1008/news/Employees+donned+KKK+hoods+to+taunt+co-worker++lawsuit+says February 21, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com "Pakistan taking steps in right direction: Hillary Clinton" -- "The United States has assured Pakistan of continued support for efforts to eliminate terrorism and extremism, a private TV channel reported on Saturday." -- "According to the channel, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari in China and assured him Washington would continue to help Islamabad in its efforts to eradicate terrorism. Clinton also said she was looking forward to meeting Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Washington on Monday" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\22\story_22-2-2009_pg1_12 -- U.S. to help Pakistan in time of trial: Clinton http://www.geo.tv/2-21-2009/35655.htm --- Comment: Are defending democracy, human rights, equality, and liberty expendable to the Obama administration? ----- February 18, 2009: Sufi wants Islamic rule worldwide http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009/02/18/story_18-2-2009_pg1_8 ----- February 18, 2009: 'Democracy is a system of Kufr': Sufi Mohammad http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35430.htm --- see also: February 18, 2009 - Supremacist History Repeating Again http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/126.html (Pakistan) NWFP: "Into a Taliban wasteland of blood and fear" -- "Daud Khattakis the first reporter for a British paper to enter Swat Valley, Pakistan, since the rebels who hold it agreed a ceasefire. He finds a hell-hole of bodies and ruin" -- "The Taliban have banned music and dancing, television and internet cafes. Women cannot leave home without wearing a burqa, the all-encompassing robe. Justice has been enforced with floggings and public executions. " http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5780438.ece (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban Truce Seems in Flux in Pakistan -- Regarding "permanent ceasefire"? -- "hours later, the most powerful Taliban leader in Swat, Maulana Fazlullah, said over his FM radio station that he had only agreed to a 10-day truce and would consider an extension at the end of that period" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/22/world/middleeast/22pstan.html?_r=1&ref=world http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/22/africa/22pstan.php -- Taleban consider Swat ceasefire http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7904091.stm -- Islamabad announces Taliban truce http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_4047441,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf (Pakistan) NWFP: Sharia-supporting British imam fears being a victim of its implementation -- Cambridge University's John Butt - Sharia apologist adopts Pakistan as "homeland" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4742533/The-Cambridge-chaplain-fighting-fanaticism-by-radio-in-Pakistans-Swat-valley.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Two would-be bombers killed in car blast near Tajori http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163978 (Pakistan) Lt-Gen (R) Abdul Qayyum: 'Nizam-e-Adl must be introduced in country' --- seeks strict implementation of Sharia law throughout all of Pakistan http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163980 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Kasab cannot be extradited, he can be tried in India: Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Kasab-cannot-be-extradited-he-can-be-tried-in-India-Pak/articleshow/4166860.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak awaits India's response to its 30 questions http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak-awaits-Indias-response-to-its-30-questions-/articleshow/4166877.cms (Pakistan) Karachi: Police on high alert in Karachi http://www.geo.tv/2-22-2009/35667.htm --- Riots after Shia youth shot dead in Karachi http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\22\story_22-2-2009_pg7_31 (Pakistan) 'Drones have only landing permission' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\22\story_22-2-2009_pg1_11 (Pakistan) FATA: North and South Waziristan Taliban groups form alliance http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/north_and_south_wazi.php (Khorasan) The Taliban get their first wish - by Syed Saleem Shahzad http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KB19Df01.html -- "Many Muslims believe that ancient Khorasan - which covers parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan - is the promised land from where they will secure the first victory in the end-of-time battle in which the final round, according to their beliefs, will be fought in Bilad-i-Sham (Palestine-Lebanon-Syria)." -- "The geographical borders of Bilad-i-Sham-Khorasan extend from Samarkand in Uzbekistan to the small Malakand division in the northern fringe of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) that includes the militant-dominated Swat Valley." -- "Holbrooke is said to have asked the premier [PM Gilani] how much money he would need to revive the economy. 'As much as we can get,' the premier replied, without giving specifics." http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KB19Df01.html --- more on Khorasan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Khorasan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Califate_750.jpg (Afghanistan) Karzai, Pelosi talk counter-terrorism, reconstruction -- "Ms. Pelosi during the meeting said that the process of democracy in Afghanistan was on the right track" http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/21/afghanistan.karzai.pelosi/index.html --- February 15, 2009: Afghan appeals court upholds 20-year sentences for publishers of translated Quran http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6882701 --- see also: Fighting for "Trust," Losing the War - by Diana West http://townhall.com/Columnists/DianaWest/2009/02/19/win_the_trust_of_people_who_hate_us_what "Afghanistan's president and vice-president accused each other of being US stooges during a heated recent cabinet meeting" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4742641/Karzai-is-US-stooge-says-Afghan-deputy-president.html (Afghanistan) NATO allies reluctant to increase Afghan presence http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/20/asia/nato.php (Iraq) Dozens held in north Iraq raids -- reportedly includes members of Al-Qaeda -- "Iraqi security forces have arrested 74 people in a series of raids in the northern city of Mosul, officials say" -- "One hostage was freed in the course of the operations and two car bombs were also defused." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7903492.stm 'Iran secretly accelerated A-bomb drive' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304841494&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Lebanese PM condemns rocket attack on Israel, IDF response http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304839335&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) US has given green light for Hamas-Fatah gov't, PA says http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304839598&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) Kerry: Hamas letter doesn't change policy http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304838221&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Terror victims seeking Persian relics in court -- "several survivors of a suicide bombing in Jerusalem in 1997 sued the government of Iran, accusing it of being complicit in the attack. They won a $412 million default judgment from a judge in Washington, D.C., and when their lawyer began looking for places to collect, he turned to the past" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29315707/ (UK) Guantanamo man 'can settle in UK' - Binyam Mohamed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7903330.stm --- Binyam Mohamed: The false martyr - by Thomas Joscelyn http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/binyam_mohamed_the_f.php --- February 6, 2009 report on Binyam Mohamed plot for terror attacks in U.S., role with Taliban, and reports of training to develop dirty bomb http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490 (UK) Rights Court Halts Extradition of Radical Muslim Cleric from Britain -- Abu Qatada -- "The European Court of Human Rights says it has asked Britain to halt the extradition of a radical Muslim cleric and suspected al-Qaida member, Abu Qatada, from Britain to Jordan" http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-21-voa17.cfm?rss=europe (UK) Anarchists plan City riots for G20 leaders' arrival in London -- April 1, 2009 http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23648143-details/Anarchists+plan+City+riots+for+G20+leaders%27+arrival+in+London/article.do (Philippines) Abu Sayyaf's new generation threatens Philippines http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_terror_successors Other News: (Pakistan) Punjab: Two beheaded over illicit relations in Multan http://www.geo.tv/2-22-2009/35669.htm (Pakistan) Islamic Supremacist PML-N head Nawaz Sharif applauds poet criticising Zardari, army -- "lamented the army action in the Tribal Areas, Swat and at Lal Masjid" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\22\story_22-2-2009_pg7_21 Turkey: Jihadists attack Christian bookstore, smashing windows -- second time in a week http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024963.php http://www.worthynews.com/4833-turkey-militants-attack-christian-bookshop (Iran) Report on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and "12th Imam" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304835451&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Schroder's Teheran visit kicks up storm http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304841132&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Algeria: A hostile ground for non-Islamic beliefs? -- "The gov't interprets Shari'a as banning conversion to another religion" http://en.afrik.com/article15333.html (U.S./Saudi Arabia) Arab News: Author of report on Islamic Saudi Academy (ISA) say Jihad is "defensive" -- "Al-Ahmed concurs that Jihad is an integral part of Islam, he believes the concept is misconstrued in Saudi textbooks. 'Jihad in Islam is taught as an aggressive form of violence, not a defensive form of violence'" http://www.arabnews.com/?page=9§ion=0&article=119491&d=22&m=2&y=2009 (U.S.) February 14, 2009 - Barack Obama sends bust of Winston Churchill on its way back to Britain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4623148/Barack-Obama-sends-bust-of-Winston-Churchill-on-its-way-back-to-Britain.html (UK) Exeter: Holy books to stay separated http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/education/Holy-books-stay-separated/article-714775-detail/article.html (UK) Pakistan's The News: "Blast in Eastern London" -- NOTE report has not been confirmed by any other news source "LONDON: Blast has been reported in Eastern London on Saturday." http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69278 http://www.geo.tv/2-21-2009/35658.htm (Germany) Germany: For Allah and Fatherland -- "A documentary by German broadcaster ARD: Fur Allah und Vaterland - Neue Moscheen in Deutschland (For Allah and Fatherland - New Mosques in Germany)" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/germany-for-allah-and-fatherland.html (U.S.) "Ridge: We were wrong to torture" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7903516.stm (Libya) "Gaddafi offers oil and power to people" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5776215.ece (China) Clinton's China visit blamed for detention of activists http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4742202/Hillary-Clinton-China-visit-blamed-for-the-detention-of-activists.html (U.S.) University of California: FBI: 4 animal activists arrested over UC incidents http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11750932 Commentaries: (Pakistan) Single-faith nation is an open invitation to Taliban - by MJ Akbar http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sunday-TOI/View-From-Venus/Single-faith-nation-is-an-open-invitation-to-Taliban/articleshow/4167055.cms Freedom of Speech: Wilders, Orwell, and the Koran Ban -- by Andrew Bostom http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2009/02/21/freedom-of-speech-wilders-orwell-and-the-%E2%80%9Ckoran-ban%E2%80%9D/ (UK) Joan Smith: Beyond the psychotic drivel, Qatada is serious about jihad http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/joan-smith/joan-smith-beyond-the-psychotic-drivel-qatada-is-serious-about-jihad-1628837.html (UK) Binyam Mohamed: The false martyr - by Thomas Joscelyn http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/binyam_mohamed_the_f.php (U.S.) Don't Let Terror Win in Our Courts -- by Debra Burlingame -- "The real risk is that federal judges will do what al-Qaeda cannot: order that committed jihadists be released" http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/needtoknow/2009/02/dont_let_terror_win_in_our_cou.html Propaganda: Boston Globe capitulates on democracy and human rights: -- "If the granting of Shariah really does buy peace, law, and order in Swat, it could be worthwhile." http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2009/02/21/pakistans_enemy_within/ February 21, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat Taliban empowers Sufi to negotiate Sharia based system in Swat: Spokesman http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68795&Itemid=38 --- Comment: After all, Maulana Sufi Mohammad is against democracy and wants a global Islamic supremacist caliphate 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 (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistani Taliban agree 'permanent ceasefire' in Swat -- "a senior government official said" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistani-Taliban-agree-to-permanent-ceasefire-in-Swat-/rssarticleshow/4166692.cms http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Taliban+agree+permanent+ceasefire+Swat/1315461/story.html --- Comment: that is, until the Taliban changes its mind again (Pakistan) NWFP: Despite deals, Taliban stalk Swat Valley http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Despite+deals+Taliban+stalk+Swat+Valley/1300994/story.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat deal within ambit of Pak constitution: Gilani --- Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani: "What we are doing is within the ambit of the constitution and there is nothing to worry about" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Swat-deal-within-ambit-of-Pak-constitution-Gilani/articleshow/4165607.cms --- Gilani echoes U.S. State department comments --- February 17, 2009: U.S. State Department: Islamic law is within Pakistani Constitution: US --- State Dept's Gordon Duguid: "The Islamic law is within the constitutional framework of Pakistan...I don't know that is particularly an issue for anyone outside of Pakistan to discuss" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/islamic-law-is-within-pakistani-constitution-us--bi (Pakistan) "Terms of Surrender - by Irfan Husain --- "a vocal section of the [Pakistan] establishment and the media are either in denial, or are cheering on the militants. Some have argued that the deal signed recently in Swat is actually good for the people" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/terms-of-surrender-szh (Pakistan) NWFP: Four killed in suicide attack in Pakistan - car suicide bomb near Dera Ismail Khan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Four-killed-in-suicide-attack-in-Pakistan/articleshow/4165590.cms -- Suicide bombers killed in north Pakistan blast http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1977600&Language=en (Pakistan) NWFP: 3 dead in unknown persons' firing on Hangu passenger vehicle - in Hangu http://www.geo.tv/2-21-2009/35633.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Diary of a Pakistani schoolgirl (v) --- "One of my brothers told my father he wanted to make an atomic bomb" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7889120.stm (Pakistan) FATA: Blast kills one, damages NATO tanker in Khyber -- "The bomb was planted on the main highway linking Peshawar city with the Torkham border crossing" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/blast-damages-nato-tanker-khyber--qs http://www.geo.tv/2-21-2009/35620.htm http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_98 (Pakistan) FATA: Obama Widens Missile Strikes Inside Pakistan http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/washington/21policy.html?_r=1&hp http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Obama-widening-missile-strikes-inside-Pak-Report/articleshow/4165086.cms (Pakistan) Karachi: Bid to bomb Karachi bank foiled http://www.geo.tv/2-21-2009/35622.htm Pakistan Dawn Editorial: "Pakistan is locked in a bond of servility to imperious Americans" -- comments by Pakistan Dawn newspaper editorial staff http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/unnecessary-comments--qs (Pakistan) Baluchistan: 83 year old mother of captive American issues appeal -- UN refugee office head American John Solecki held captive since February 2 -- in video released February 13, a blindfolded Solecki said he was "sick and in trouble." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Mother-of-captive-American-issues-appeal/articleshow/4166411.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: FBI to question Mumbai suspects held in Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/FBI-to-question-Mumbai-suspects-held-in-Pak-/articleshow/4162798.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak yet to decide on sending probe team to India: Gilani http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak-undecided-on-probe-team-to-India/articleshow/4165587.cms India keeps off US-Pakistan-Afghanistan meet http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India-keeps-off-US-Pakistan-Afghanistan-meet/articleshow/4162963.cms India to install radars to thwart LTTE-like terror attacks http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1977599&Language=en (Bangladesh) 4 suspected Islamic militants held in Bangladesh http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/21/asia/AS-Bangladesh-Islamic-Militants.php Iraqi officer assassinated, 11 armed men arrested S. Iraq -- "unidentified gunmen shot dead an officer in the Iraqi police in Al-Qadsiya governorate southern Iraq, at the time 11 armed men in the neighboring province of Dhi Qar were arrested" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1977620&Language=en (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Official: Pentagon report defends Guantanamo http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090221/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/pentagon_guantanamo -- Review Finds Detainees' Treatment Legal -- Pentagon Report on Guantanamo Urges More Interaction for Some, Official Says http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022002191.html?wprss=rss_nation (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Obama task force determine fate of terror detainees http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090220/pl_afp/uspoliticsjusticeobamaguantanamo (UK) Galloway seeks inquiry into convoy arrests http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/21/galloway-viva-palestina-arrests-aid --- UK Member of Parliament George Galloway has history of calling for public contributions for Interpal, linked to Hamas funding http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4293935.ece (Lebanon) Armed groups operating in south Lebanon -- "At least one rocket fired from Lebanon landed in northern Israel on Saturday, lightly wounding three people and prompting Israel to respond with a barrage of artillery shells" http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090221/tpl-uk-lebanon-israel-rockets-groups-sb-43a8d4f.html -- Katyusha hits western Galilee lightly wounding three people http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304838750&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065824.html http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3675089,00.html -- Exchanges Of Fire On Israel-Lebanon Border --- "rocket fired from Lebanon landed near the Israeli town of Maalot" http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090221/twl-exchanges-of-fire-on-israel-lebanon-3fd0ae9.html -- Israel Shells Southern Lebanon in Response to Firing of Rockets http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/getstory?openform&BE5AA46A405B6803C22575640027C035 -- "Hezbollah says not behind rocket attack on Israel" http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=4d5321f6-567a-4910-9040-1b75c12d6aad&MatchID1=4932&TeamID1=7&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1247&PrimaryID=4932&Headline=Hezbollah+says+not+behind+rocket+attack+on+Israel http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1977589&Language=en Lebanese Army reinforces positions in southern Lebanon -- command statement http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1977602&Language=en -- Lebanese Army responds to rocket fire http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/21/Lebanese_Army_responds_to_rocket_fire/UPI-20481235217716/ (Lebanon) Spy for Israel sold bugged cars to Hizbullah members - report http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=99507 (Iran) Austrian Press' Anonymous Source: "IAEA finds no weapons-grade enriched uranium in Iran" http://www.geo.tv/2-21-2009/35635.htm (Syria) US to prod Syrian envoy on terrorism, nukes -- "State Department is reaching out to Syria to discuss U.S. allegations that the Arab country supports terrorist groups and is pursuing nuclear weapons" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_syria http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065814.html http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3675079,00.html (Syria) US Senator Kerry meets Assad in Syria -- Kerry: "We want Syria to help... with the disarmament of Hezbollah" http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69258 (Syria) Hamas official: Some prisoners freed in swap deal might be settled in Syria http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065831.html (Hamas) In a Letter, a Leader of Hamas Makes an Appeal to Obama -- Ahmed Yousef: "There can be no peace without Hamas" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/world/middleeast/21gaza.html?scp=1&sq=There%20can%20be%20no%20peace%20without%20Hamas&st=cse -- Hamas to Obama: No peace without us http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3675076,00.html -- AP: "Hamas asks Obama to treat Palestinians fairly" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/February/middleeast_February356.xml§ion=middleeast (Gaza) Two militants killed in Gaza clashes: Medics http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Two_militants_killed_in_Gaza_clashes_Medics/articleshow/4166359.cms?TOI_latestnews (Nigeria) Clashes in Nigerian city kill at least 4-Red Cross -- "suburb of the eastern Nigerian city of Bauchi" -- Churches and mosques reportedly on fire http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LL535170.htm -- Three dead as churches set ablaze http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25089291-23109,00.html Yemen Admits Lying, Retracts Story of Seven Saudi Al Qaeda Captured http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/196460.php http://www.sabanews.net/en/news176597.htm (Somalia) The pirates had no fear http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5776340.ece (Canada) Court eases bail terms for alleged sleeper agent Adil Charkaoui -- "an alleged al-Qaeda sleeper agent whom the [Canadian] federal government is trying to have removed from Canada as a security risk" http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1313224 Greek militants threaten to kill journalists -- Sect of Revolutionaries http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/21/europe/EU-Greece-Terrorism.php (Thailand) Academic warns violence in deep South expected to hike -- says multiple attacks with quick beheadings shows advanced Jihadist training -- "special warriors of the insurgents had been deployed to the area to fight against the authorities, and thus the violence would definitely heighten" http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30096196/Academic-warns-violence-in-deep-South-expected-to- (Philippines) New Muslim rebel attack in Philippines -- near southern city of Zamboanga --- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) uniform found http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090221-190255/New-Muslim-rebel-attack-near-Zambo http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090221-190255/New-Muslim-rebel-attack-near-Zambo (Philippines) Suspect in beheading of Marines arrested in Zamboanga http://www.gmanews.tv/story/149820/Suspect-in-beheading-of-Marines-arrested-in-Zamboanga (Philippines) MILF "negotiator" offers ransom for Red Cross hostages http://www.gmanews.tv/story/149777/MILF-Misuari-made-bad-call-as-kidnap-negotiator (Sri Lanka) Colombo air strikes were suicide attacks: LTTE http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Colombo-air-strikes-were-suicide-attacks-LTTE/articleshow/4163124.cms (China/U.S.) Hillary Clinton: Chinese human rights 'second to economy' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/4735087/Hillary-Clinton-Chinese-human-rights-secondary-to-economic-survival.html --- "US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed not to let human rights concerns hinder cooperation with China" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090220/pl_afp/usdiplomacyasiachinarights --- Comment: Or let human rights concerns hinder cooperation with Pakistan, or Afghanistan, or Saudi Arabia, or... --- Hillary Clinton vows to expand cooperation with China http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/China/Hillary_Clinton_vows_to_expand_cooperation_with_China/articleshow/4165928.cms http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090220001&lang=e&rss=recentnews Other News: (Pakistan/China) Jamaat-e-Islami Islamic supremacist group signs deal with China's Communist party http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Paks-Jamaat-signs-deal-with-Chinas-Communist-party/articleshow/4162917.cms (Pakistan/China) President wants Chinese model of agriculture in Pakistan http://www.geo.tv/2-21-2009/35626.htm (India) 'Kashmir be given to Pakistan': Slipper thrown at Arundhati Roy http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\21\story_21-2-2009_pg7_6 (India) Muslims stage rally against alleged persecution in Lucknow http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-97752.html -- India's Muslims chafe under suspicion http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/21/indias-muslims-chafe-under-constant-suspicion/ Egypt: Law Granting Twins to Muslim to be Reviewed http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5821&backpage=summaries (Egypt) "A call to restore Islam's golden age" -- on Gamal al Banna http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090221/FOREIGN/747316439/1011/rss (UK) Muslim Baby Boom http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/70359/Muslim-baby-boom-/ (Netherlands/UK) Wilders files appeal against UK ban http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6182741/Wilders-files-appeal-against-UK-ban Somalia: Announcement of New Cabinet Welcomed By UN Envoy http://allafrica.com/stories/200902210005.html Swiss court blocks bank data disclosure http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6186235/Swiss-court-blocks-bank-data-disclosure --- UBS: The End of Swiss Banking as We Knew it? http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,608866,00.html Commentaries: (Pakistan) "Terms of Surrender - by Irfan Husain --- "a vocal section of the [Pakistan] establishment and the media are either in denial, or are cheering on the militants. Some have argued that the deal signed recently in Swat is actually good for the people" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/terms-of-surrender-szh From Islamabad to Bradford - Degrees of accommodation - by Mark Steyn http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmVhYzRmOGYzYmQ3ODRhYjBiMzllYzc2NDNhZmZjMzU= (UK) Schooling children to hate our values - by Amanda Platell http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1151301/AMANDA-PLATELL-Schooling-children-hate-values.html Iran readies for Islam messiah - by J. Grant Swank, Jr. http://www.michnews.com/J_Grant_Swank_Jr/IRAN_READIES_FOR_ISLAM_MESSIAH.shtml The Active Shooter Looking Glass -- Active Shooter Events Today & Tomorrow -- by Pete Eliadis http://www.officer.com/web/online/On-the-Street/The-Active-Shooter-Looking-Glass/21$45482 http://www.intcp.us/Courses.html Propaganda: Washington Post: "A Shift to Moderation" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022003172.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/20/AR2009022003172_Comments.html (UK) Guardian's Seumas Milne attacks draft concept to challenge Islamic supremacism in UK --- Seumas Milne: would be "most transparent folly"... "to label 'extremist' any British Muslim who supports armed resistance anywhere, including the Palestinian territories; favours sharia law; fails to condemn attacks on British occupation troops in Iraq or Aghanistan; regards gay sex as sinful; or supports the restoration of a pan-Islamic caliphate in the Muslim world" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/19/terrorism-policy-labour-stella-rimington (UK) Left-Wing Group says Civitas report of Islamic supremacism in UK schools "endorses mind control over Muslims" http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/3304 (Canada) Toronto Star's Kathy English on Bridges TV beheading reporting: "reference to sharia law was irrelevant and I fear, inflammatory" http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/590936 (Canada) "Support For Suicide Attacks Spurred By Collective Religious Rituals, Not Religious Devotion" -- calls suicide attacks "an extreme form of 'parochial altruism'" -- journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychologists Jeremy Ginges and Ian Hansen from the New School for Social Research along with psychologist Ara Norenzayan from the University of British Columbia http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/139636.php http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121633778/abstract http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/user/accessdenied?ID=121633778&Act=2138&Code=4717&Page=/cgi-bin/fulltext/121633778/PDFSTART Against Nazi News: (Germany) Rescued Auschwitz plans on show to shame deniers -- "Blueprints of the concentration camp at Auschwitz, found recently in a rubbish skip, have been put on display in a Berlin shopping centre as a public challenge to Holocaust deniers. The plans, which show gas chambers, huge storage halls for corpses, and a crematorium..." -- "This was 1941 and they were already drawing up plans for some kind of a death factory. And it looks like they wanted to make it permanent." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5776290.ece Anti-White Supremacist News: "The images that reveal the Ku Klux Klan is alive and kicking in 2009" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/america-unmasked-the-images-the-reveal-the-ku-klux-klan-is-alive-and-kicking-in-2009-1625732.html February 20, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (U.S.) California Man Charged With Al Qaeda Links -- Ahmadullah Sais Niazi -- "Afghan Man Lied About Ties To Several Terror Groups While Seeking U.S. Passport, Citizenship, Indictment Says" -- "In applying for naturalization papers in 2004, Niazi denied ever using an alias and claimed to have no connections with al Qaeda, Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's group), or the Taliban" -- "An indictment released today alleges Niazi lied on both points. The indictment claims that Niazi has used four aliases and that he has traveled to Pakistan at least twice to meet with known terrorist operatives. " -- "Niazi met face to face with the security coordinator for Osama bin Laden, a man known as Dr. Amin al-Haq or Muhammad Amin, according to the indictment" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/20/national/main4816449.shtml http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/02/feds-indict-afg.html http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/196466.php --- PDF of indictment http://www.latimes.com/media/acrobat/2009-02/45173982.pdf (Pakistan) FATA: Top Taliban join hands in Waziristan - to form alliance http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\21\story_21-2-2009_pg1_8 (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat peace talks 'almost successful' -- "Fazlullah's spokesman says good news in one or two days: -- "Sufi's spokesman says peace would be restored to Swat first and sharia enforcement will follow" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\21\story_21-2-2009_pg1_7 (Pakistan) NWFP: In Swat, Taliban may extend truce http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/In-Swat-Taliban-may-extend-truce/articleshow/4163809.cms -- Pakistan: Taliban wants amnesty for militants in exchange for peace http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3041149670 (Pakistan) NWFP: PM Gilani - 'Govt won’t allow state within state' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\21\story_21-2-2009_pg7_1 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan money used to buy VoIP card: FBI probe http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak-money-used-to-buy-VoIP-card-FBI-probe/articleshow/4163941.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Evidence against Kasab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Evidence-against-Kasab/articleshow/4163940.cms (Afghanistan) British Muslims 'providing Taliban with electronic devices for roadside bombs' -- "British Muslims are providing the Taliban with electronic devices to make roadside bombs for use in attacks against British forces serving in southern Afghanistan" -- "Brigadier Ed Butler, the former commander of UK forces in Afghanistan, told the Telegraph that there are 'British passport holders' in the Taliban ranks. Other officers believe their soldiers have killed British Muslims fighting alongside the Taliban" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4736032/British-Muslims-providing-Taliban-with-electronic-devices-for-roadside-bombs.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1151622/British-Muslims-arming-Taliban-electronic-devices-build-roadside-bombs.html (Afghanistan) An Obama Adviser's Not-So-Bright Idea for Winning in Afghanistan -- by John McCormack -- Bruce Riedel believes that ending conflict between Israelis and Palestinians will end Al-Qaeda and Taliban's Islamic supremacism http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/02/an_obama_advisers_notsobright.asp http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024946.php --- Christian Science Monitor reports on Bruce Riedel: "Ultimately, the solution in Afghanistan may involve solving the age-old conflict between the Arab states and Israel, says administration adviser Riedel in a book published by the Brookings Institution, a foreign-policy think tank, last year. Al Qaeda, and the Taliban to some extent, continue to be motivated by the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians, Riedel argues. If that conflict is resolved, Al Qaeda may go away. 'If Palestinians choose to make peace with Israel, the most fundamental point of Al Qaeda's narrative becomes irrelevant,' Riedel writes. 'In other words, making peace between Israelis and Arabs is not only wise policy in its own right, but also an extremely useful strategy for pulling the rug out from under Al Qaeda.'" http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0219/p01s01-usfp.htm (Afghanistan) US: Pakistan-style truce in Afghanistan acceptable -- Gates: "We have said all along that ultimately some sort of political reconciliation has to be part of the long-term solution in Afghanistan" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/20/europe/EU-NATO-Pakistan-Afghanistan.php http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\21\story_21-2-2009_pg1_6 -- October 17, 2008: Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html (Egypt/UK) Propaganda: "Al-Qaeda founder launches fierce attack on Osama bin Laden" -- Deluded reporter Daily Telegraph David Blair reports misinformation from Egypt that Sayyid Imam al-Sharif, aka "Dr. Fadl" is attacking Bin Laden --- never questions the "credibility of Dr Fadl" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/4736358/Al-Qaeda-founder-launches-fierce-attack-on-Osama-bin-Laden.html --- ignores that Al-Sharif is documented supporting Jihad in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Israel, supports Taliban and calls for Sharia state of Afghanistan http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/092.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/13/heretic.alqaida.part.two "Fadl [aka Al-Sharif] does not condemn all jihadist activity, however. 'Jihad in Afghanistan will lead to the creation of an Islamic state with the triumph of the Taliban, God willing,' he declares. The jihads in Iraq and Palestine are more problematic. As Fadl sees it, 'If it were not for the jihad in Palestine, the Jews would have crept toward the neighbouring countries a long time ago.' Speaking of Iraq, he [Al-Sharif] notes that without the jihad there, 'America would have moved into Syria.'" --- Same propaganda nonsense peddled by the UK Home Office http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T01 (Egypt) MEMRI: "Egyptian Cleric Zaghloul Al-Naggar: The Arab World Is Ruled By the Scum of the Earth and the Garbage of All Nations; I Am 'Absolutely' Calling to Wage Jihad Against the Jews, Who Are Devils in Human Form" http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD225409 (Hamas) Kerry Turns Over Hamas Letter to U.S. Consulate -- "his spokesman now says he has turned over the letter after learning where it came from" http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/20/kerry-acting-mailman-hamas/ Palestinians attack troops with mortars -- "No casualties reported in Kissufim attack; terrorists fire rockets at Netivot, Sha'ar Hanegev region" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304828993&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel: Iran, Syria secretly continuing nuclear projects http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304834205&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Israeli Ambassador Calls for 'Serious Action' Following Iran Nuke Report http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/20/israeli-ambassador-calls-action-following-iran-nuke-report/ UN IAEA: Military strikes against Iran no longer an option http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Military_strikes_against_Iran_no_longer_an_option_IAEA/articleshow/4163889.cms?TOI_latestnews (UK) Iran 'offered to halt attacks on UK troops' in nuclear pact -- "Iran offered to halt attacks on British soldiers deployed in Iraq in return for a secret pact that would enable it to continue its nuclear program" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/4735454/Iran-offered-to-halt-attacks-on-UK-troops-in-nuclear-pact.html (UK) Binyam Mohamed could be back in UK as early as Monday http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4736036/Binyam-Mohamed-could-be-back-in-UK-as-early-as-Monday.html --- February 6, 2009 report on Binyam Mohamed plot for terror attacks in U.S., role with Taliban, and reports of training to develop dirty bomb http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490 (UK) Ministers in U-turn over guidance that urges children to think like suicide bomber -- follow-up report by Daily Telegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4734272/Ministers-in-U-turn-over-guidance-that-urges-children-to-think-like-suicide-bomber.html Al-Qaeda group wants two Mauritanians released for hostages http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ii_aKNaxNdgXczEAnrMymaKfJr5Q Al-Qaeda's Exodus to Yemen http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=15805 Greek militants claim attack on TV station --- "far-left Sect of Revolutionaries" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/20/europe/EU-Greece-Militants-Attack.php Sri Lanka: Tamil Tiger planes target Colombo http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3041415417 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25086057-23109,00.html North Korea could be ready to test fire missile in days: analysts http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090220/ts_afp/nkoreamilitarybritainintelligencemissiles Commentaries: Freedom dies as radical Islam advances -- by Meghan Cox Gurdon http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/columns/MeghanCoxGurdon/Freedom-dies-as-radical-Islam-advances-39838867.html February 20, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) Gates: U.S. fighting 'tough test' to oust Taliban http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/20/robert.gates.nato.afghanistan/index.html?section=cnn_latest --- October 2008 - Gates "endorsed efforts to reach out to Taliban or other militants in Afghanistan who may be considered reconcilable." http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Gates (Afghanistan) Taliban: Afghanistan Will Be 'Graveyard' For U.S. http://kdka.com/national/taliban.afghanistan.united.2.938801.html (Afghanistan/Pakistan) U.S. "government is supposedly testing the 'good Taliban, bad Taliban' thesis also being considered in Afghanistan" http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/20/lz1e20rubin204910-good-taliban-and-bad-taliban/?zIndex=55670 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban refuse to disarm after peace deal in Pakistan's Swat valley -- "until Islamic sharia is completely enforced in the region" http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1460690.php/Taliban_refuse_to_disarm_after_peace_deal_in_Pakistans_Swat_valley_ "Pakistani Cleric Has 'Reservations' About Swat Peace Accord" -- that "cleric," as Bloomberg calls him, is Taliban's Maulana Fazlullah http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=a3.7b.ORjM80&refer=india --- 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 --- Who is the Taliban's "charismatic cleric Fazlullah" in Swat? http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/086.html#D --- Maulana Fazlullah - Jihadist and Trainer of Pakistan Child Suicide Bombers http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/086.html#E --- More on Maulana Fazlullah http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#mf1 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#mf2 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#mf3 (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat peace deal strengthens Taliban in Pakistan: Expert http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Swat_peace_deal_strengthens_Taliban_in_Pakistan_Expert/articleshow/4158813.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Breakthrough in Sufi-Fazlullah talks, ceasefire to extend -- "Taliban said they may extend the Swat ceasefire as TNSM reported a breakthrough in the Sufi-Fazlullah talks" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/talks-between-sufi-swat-taliban-underway--qs -- Sufi asked to play intermediary role in talks with govt http://www.geo.tv/2-20-2009/35546.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Man killed in Bannu rocket attack -- attacks near police station http://www.geo.tv/2-20-2009/35540.htm (Pakistan) NWFP's Darra Ismail Khan: Suicide blast kills 30 at Shiite funeral in Pakistan http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090220/tap-pakistan-unrest-northwest-blast-2a5be5e.html -- Curfew in Dera Ismail Khan as blast kills 33 http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/sectarian-unrest-following-blast-in-dikhan-yn (Pakistan) Two blasts heard in Rawalpindi http://www.geo.tv/2-20-2009/35574.htm --- Two blasts heard in Laki Marwat http://www.geo.tv/2-20-2009/35576.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Key commander among 4 militants killed in Bajaur http://www.geo.tv/2-20-2009/35547.htm (Pakistan) Taliban pose a danger to US, Pak, India: Zardari -- "He (Zardari) doesn't disagree that the people who are running Swat now are murderous thugs and militants and they pose a danger not only to Pakistan, but to the United States and India" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban-pose-a-danger-to-US-Pak-India-Zardari/articleshow/4159871.cms -- Comment: which is why Zardari is surrendering to them and promoting Sharia law in NWFP - once again the "double game" of telling U.S. what it wants to hear ---- "President Zardari leaves on a four-day visit to China" http://www.geo.tv/2-20-2009/35544.htm (Pakistan) "The militants involved in 9/11, the Mumbai attacks and unrest in Swat have common roots, US special envoy Richard Holbrooke told a meeting in Washington on Thursday, a private TV channel reported" --- but Holbrooke won't name Islamic supremacism... http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\20\story_20-2-2009_pg1_1 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: FBI to question Mumbai suspects held in Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/FBI-to-question-Mumbai-suspects-held-in-Pak-/articleshow/4162798.cms India ridicules Pak denial on Masood Azhar http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=c1c55327-42fc-4fa4-826c-d49bef9dcea5&&Headline=India+ridicules+Pakistan%27s+denial+on+Masood+Azhar+ (Bangladesh) 15 hurt in grenade blast at Bangladesh police station http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090220/wl_sthasia_afp/bangladeshcrimeattackarrest_20090220131556 (U.S.) Officials to commit to build Flight 93 memorial http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090220/ap_on_go_ot/flight93_memorial U.S. prison frees terrorist who plotted to kill Golda Meir - more on Al-Jawary release -- aka Khaled Mohammed El-Jassem aka Abu Walid al-Iraqi http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065709.html (U.S.) Guantanamo detention: How harsh is it? http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090220/ts_csm/aconfined (U.S./UK) Guantanamo Bay inmate to be sent to Britain -- Binyam Mohamed http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/20/europe/EU-Britain-Guantanamo-Bay.phphttp://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090220/tuk-guantanamo-brit-is-cleared-for-relea-45dbed5.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/cuba/4734821/Binyam-Mohamed-to-be-released-from-Guantanamo-Bay.html --- "In the case of Binyam Mohammed, what we're looking at is extraordinary rendition in reverse. Instead of flying terror suspects abroad to be tortured, we're flying them here to be pampered" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1150525/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Under-rule-Osama-Bin-Laden-British.html --- February 6, 2009 report on Binyam Mohamed plot for terror attacks in U.S., role with Taliban, and reports of training to develop dirty bomb http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490 --- February 5, 2009 - UK Amnesty International Blog: "We should campaign to lock up al Qaeda members not campaign for their release" -- by John Vashahi http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=2594 (UK) Britain asked to wait on Qatada deportation -- "European Court of Human Rights called Friday on Britain to postpone its deportation to Jordan of radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada until after it had heard his appeal" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090220/wl_uk_afp/britainattacksjordanqatadalebanon_20090220142055 UK withdraws controversial terrorism lesson plan --- "Britain's government apologized Thursday for endorsing a lesson plan which asked students to think like suicide bombers" --- UK spokesman "acknowledged that the lesson about the bombings was inappropriate for schoolchildren and said it had been pulled from the site" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/20/europe/EU-Britain-Terror-Lesson.php http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/7901312.stm --- Pupils taught to see 7/7 from bombers' perspective http://uk.news.yahoo.com/14/20090220/tpl-pupils-taught-to-see-7-7-from-bomber-81c5b50.html (Iran) UN - Iran has enough uranium for weapon -- UN nuclear warning after discovery of extra 209kg of uranium in Iran -- "IAEA, the UN atomic watchdog, says it has discovered 209kg of low-enriched uranium previously undeclared to inspectors" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/4706352/Irans-stores-of-uranium-are-enough-to-make-atomic-bomb.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304834205&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.latimes.com/business/energy/la-fg-iran-nuclear20-2009feb20,0,2897454.story http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-02/45163186.jpg Iran hails military ties with Russia http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304837366&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Lebanese TV Host and Terror Victim May Chidiac Calls It Quits in a Tearful Farewell, Live on TV http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD225109 (Israel) Binyamin Netanyahu to be Israel's next Prime Minister - Speaks on Iran -- Netanyahu: "Iran is seeking to obtain a nuclear weapon and constitutes the gravest threat to our existence since the war of independence" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5772433.ece Hamas: Kerry's visit 'big sign' U.S. will engage http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89491 (Hamas) AFP: "Hamas denies giving Kerry a letter to Obama" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090220/pl_afp/mideastconflictgazaus_20090220151718 Hamas tells Israel it will not surrender captured soldier http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/4733560/Hamas-tells-Israel-it-will-not-surrender-captured-soldier.html (Hamas) New Al-Aqsa TV Teddy Bear Nassur Vows to Join Military Wing of Hamas -- Teddy bear Nassur: "I have come today to the Gaza Strip. Saraa, Allah willing, I will be one of the mujahideen, one of the fighters. I will join the ranks of the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, and I will wage Jihad among them and carry a gun." http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2028.htm http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/2028.htm --- WND: "Kids, Teddy totes a gun! Children's character desires to be Islamic 'holy warrior'" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89443 (Egypt) Senior Egyptian Officials Defend Egyptian Policy, Attack Iran, Syria, and Hizbullah http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD225309 (Morocco) 6 Moroccan terror suspects on hunger strike http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/20/africa/AF-Morocco-Terrorism-Suspects.php -- Comment: it worked for Binyam Mohamed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/cuba/4734821/Binyam-Mohamed-to-be-released-from-Guantanamo-Bay.html West Africa pirate threat on rise http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7901152.stm (Somalia) Civilian Killed As Somali Islamists Attack AU Forces-Witness http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090220\ACQDJON200902200649DOWJONESDJONLINE000555.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Civilian%20Killed%20As%20Somali%20Islamists%20Attack%20AU%20Forces-Witness (Somalia) NATO warships back off Somalia http://www.fairplay.co.uk/login.aspx?reason=denied_empty&script_name=/secure/display.aspx&articlename=dn0020090220000017 Nigeria: Russians Escape From Militants http://allafrica.com/stories/200902200074.html Kyrgyzstan issues eviction notice to U.S. http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/feb/20/kyrgyzstan-issues-eviction-notice-us/ (Thailand) Teacher protection security force ambushed in Yala; two beheaded http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/02/20/national/national_30096214.php -- after gunfight, "the bodies of the two soldiers were found with their heads cut off" -- another beheading happened in Pattani on February 2 http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/02/20/attackers_behead_2_soldiers_in_southern_thailand/ http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3040520415 http://archive.gulfnews.com/world/Thailand/10287816.html (Australia) First charged with terrorism Zeky Mallah gains passport --- Zeky Mallah "once deemed at risk of being a suicide bomber, is now free to travel" --- Zeky Mallah now "studying a counter-terrorism course by correspondence with Murdoch University in Western Australia, hoping it would win him an overseas media reporting position" http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25085233-5001561,00.html --- January 20, 2007 - Zeky Mallah comments on Australian Imam calling for violent jihad: "That's something that's normal with any Islamic scholar. It's just a way of speaking about things" http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21089068-5006784,00.html --- Zeky Mallah sought jihad revenge on Australian govt: "'It was his plan to enter one of those buildings, taking a gun with him, and he proposed to take hostages,' Mr Fagan said. 'He intended to kill at least two ASIO agents.'" http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/19/1090089095020.html?from=storylhs http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/04/1070351688007.html?from=storyrhs (North Korea) Hillary Clinton sends strong warning over future of North Korea http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/4731079/Hillary-Clinton-sends-strong-warning-over-future-of-North-Korea.html --- Clinton: Nobody Knows If N. Korea Had Uranium Program http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/20/clinton-knows-north-korea-uranium-program/ Sri Lanka: Troops and Tamil rebels accused of law violations http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3040278648 Other News: Bangladesh - Pastor Threatened for Rape Accusations http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&length=short&lang=en&backpage=summaries --- "Christian and human rights advocates said doctors likely fabricated a medical report that falsely concluded there were no signs of rape in the wife of a Bangladeshi pastor whom village Muslims have now threatened for pressing charges" (India) Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind -- Muslim body protests 'Islamic terrorism' term http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Muslim+body+protests+%C3%83%C2%A2%C3%82%E2%82%AC%C3%82%CB%9CIsilamic+terrorism%C3%83%C2%A2%C3%82%E2%82%AC%C3%82%E2%84%A2+term&artid=xqyct9MjQbw= Norway drops hijab for police officers http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256712,norway-drops-hijab-for-police-officers.html (UK) Islamic fundamentalism promoted on websites at some Muslim schools in the UK, think tank finds http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/4699505/Islamic-fundamentalism-promoted-on-websites-at-some-Muslim-schools-in-the-UK-think-tank-finds.html -- Related reports: http://www.civitas.org.uk/press/prcs87.php http://www.civicsociety.co.uk/MusicChessandOtherSins17Feb09.pdf (UK) Polygamy: Muslim peer says issue has been avoided because of 'cultural sensitivity' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4733171/Polygamy-Muslim-peer-says-issue-has-been-avoided-because-of-cultural-sensitivity.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1151087/Labour-failed-polygamy-fear-offending-muslims-says-peer.html (Netherland) Utrecht: Municipal information counters in mosque -- segregated counters - "one for men and one for women" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/utrecht-municipal-information-counters.html Denmark: Muslim prayers allowed in public schools http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/denmark-muslim-prayers-allowed-in.html Bosnian Serbs told to pay for mosque destruction http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/20/europe/EU-Bosnia-Mosques.php (U.S.) Bridges TV Beheading: "He was enraged at what some retrograde Muslims, even in America, would call an affront to his 'honor.' So he beheaded her while she was on the phone with her sister." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ucgg/20090220/cm_ucgg/murderinbuffaloseemsmorelikeanhonorkilling (U.S./Indonesia) Obama eyes Indonesia as key US ally http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090220/usa/us_indonesia_diplomacy_1 (U.S.) "U.S. President Barack Obama succeeded Jesus Christ on a Harris Poll that asked American adults whom would they call heroes, poll data indicated Friday" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/20/Obama_tops_Jesus_in_heroes_poll/UPI-69841235147253/ Swiss defend Iranian gas deal http://www.upi.com/Energy_Resources/2009/02/20/Swiss_defend_Iranian_gas_deal/UPI-89021235142804/ (Switzerland) UBS pressed for 52,000 names in 2nd inquiry http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/20/business/20ubs.php Saudi Arabia: First female-run alcohol factory uncovered say religious police http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3040277952 (China) Taiwan trying to attract Muslim tourists http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256617,taiwan-trying-to-attract-muslim-tourists.html (France) Woman smuggled explosives into French prison -- aided Omar Top El Hadj and another prisoner in short-lived escape -- "Steel plates inserted in the woman's back helped her smuggle gun and explosives into the prison" http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/Woman-smuggled-explosives-into-French-prison_49772.html Commentaries: "Moderate Beheading" - interview with Abul Kasem http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=BE00813B-1F68-4DA8-9AF3-A42B7AB8515A Fighting for "Trust," Losing the War - by Diana West http://townhall.com/Columnists/DianaWest/2009/02/19/win_the_trust_of_people_who_hate_us_what Attack of the Libel Tourists: Lax Libel Laws Abroad Shouldn't Trump the First Amendment http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/19/AR2009021902726.html -- see also: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19241 http://www.acdemocracy.org/Libel_Tourism_Hearing_021209.pdf http://acdemocracy.org/article/invent_index.php?id=668 http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:s449is.txt.pdf (UK) Why we need a new Churchill to stand against Islamic extremists -- by Kevin Myers http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/why-we-need-a-new-churchill-to-stand-against-islamic-extremists-14197276.html (UK) Under this rule, even Osama Bin Laden is British -- by Richard Littlejohn http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1150525/RICHARD-LITTLEJOHN-Under-rule-Osama-Bin-Laden-British.html Propaganda: (Canada) "Chris Selley: How not to memorialize Aqsa Parvez" --- Attacks Pamela Geller's efforts to obtain memorial for Aqsa Parvez --- it was to read, "Loved, Remembered, Free" http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/02/19/chris-selley-how-not-to-memorialize-aqsa-parvez.aspx Decapitation and the Muslim World - Is there any special significance to beheading in Islam? by Nina Shen Rastogi --- Nina Rastogi: "Yes, but it's important in other cultures, too." http://www.slate.com/id/2211593/?from=rss (U.S.) NYT: Biden Says Bush Gave Al Qaeda Recruiting Tool http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/us/politics/20intel.html?_r=2&th&emc=th (U.S.) CNN's Octavia Nasr explains the origins of Sharia law and what it means to the Muslim world. --- CNN explains how Sharia law justifies acid burning in eyes of criminal in Iran http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/02/20/nasr.eye.sentence.sharia.law.cnn Against Nazi News: (U.S.) Michigan: Former neo-Nazi talks about hate groups during visit here http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/510340.html ---------------------------------------- Comment: Our Declaration of Independence calls for liberty and equality, and our Constitution demands the right of free speech and a free press. That is the basis for America's identity. We must protect American citizens from nonsense libel attacks supported by foreign nations that do not have respect for our freedom of speech and press. Such protection against lax libel laws abroad is essential. The lawsuit against Rachel Ehrenfeld is no different than if someone had a lawsuit against our news media for editorials on such threats against freedom, if 20 copies of a newspaper carry such an editorial found their way into the UK, giving a Saudi billionaire the right to SHUT IT DOWN based on a UK court's findings. That is how basic and how fundamental this freedom of speech and press issue is. All patriotic Americans must defend our freedoms and support these laws. We must not let foreign nations and foreign financiers of Islamic supremacism have the power to silence freedom of speech and freedom of the press in America. Please contact your legislator to show your support for this legislation. Attack of the Libel Tourists: Lax Libel Laws Abroad Shouldn't Trump the First Amendment -- "Ms. Ehrenfeld told her story this week on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are considering legal avenues to address the problem." -- "Saudi billionaire Khalid bin Mahfouz filed suit in Britain against American author Rachel Ehrenfeld because her book documented his role in financing terrorism. The book was published and distributed in the United States, yet a British judge allowed the case to proceed because some 20 copies of Ms. Ehrenfeld's book sold through the Internet made their way into the hands of British residents. The court entered a default judgment against Ms. Ehrenfeld. She was assessed more than $200,000 and ordered to destroy copies of her book and apologize to Mr. bin Mahfouz, who has filed dozens of such suits against other authors and publishers." -- "Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) and Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) have crafted legislation that serves as a good starting point for debate. The bill would empower U.S. judges to block enforcement of a foreign libel judgment if it does not comport with U.S. standards. It also would allow an author or publisher whose work has been vindicated in a U.S. court to sue a libel tourist for damages." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/19/AR2009021902726.html See also: -- February 12, 2009 - Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld Oral Statement: Hearing on Libel Tourism before The House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law http://www.acdemocracy.org/Libel_Tourism_Hearing_021209.pdf http://acdemocracy.org/article/invent_index.php?id=668 -- February 17, 2009: "Specter, Lieberman Introduce Free Speech Protection Act http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=856d78e1-b1b5-3aa0-51a9-258b230aba75 -- S. 449, U.S. Senate Bill Free Speech Protection Act (the "Libel Tourism" bill) --- Text of Bill (PDF) http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:s449is.txt.pdf --- Background http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:s.00449: http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s449/show -- House Bill H.R.5814 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.05814: -- House Bill H.R.6146 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.06146: -- Rachel's Law - by Jamie Glazov FrontPageMagazine.com ---- "hopefully, Congress will soon adopt a similar but more effective law, the Free Speech Protection Act, proposed by Rep. Peter King and Senators Chuck Schumer, Arlen Specter and Joseph Lieberman, with bi-partisan support in the House and Senate" ---- Interview with Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, director of the American Center for the Democracy and author of Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed -- and How to Stop It. http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=018FEC43-CD13-475E-BEC3-5D5F80451760 http://acdemocracy.org/article/invent_index.php?id=666 -- Libel Tourism, and Specter and Lieberman's Proposed Federal Law -- by Kenneth Anderson http://opiniojuris.org/2008/07/15/libel-tourism-and-specter-and-liebermans-proposed-federal-law/ -- Foreign Courts Take Aim at Our Free Speech - by Arlen Specter and Joe Lieberman http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121599561708449643.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries -- AJCongress Hails Step to Protect Free Speech Backs Reps. Cohen's and King's 'Libel Tourism' Bills in House, Lieberman/Specter Bill in Senate http://www.ajcongress.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6790 -- Specter Press Release http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=856d78e1-b1b5-3aa0-51a9-258b230aba75 -- Lieberman Press Release http://lieberman.senate.gov/newsroom/release.cfm?id=297383 -- September 30, 2008 - House passes 'libel tourism' bill http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=7052 -- "Excellent bills on this subject have been introduced in the House H.R. 6146 by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) and H.R. 5814 by Rep. Peter King (R-NY) as well as in the Senate S2997 by Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT)" http://www.ajcongress.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6790 February 19, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Report: "Pakistan-Taliban deal in limbo" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan-Taliban-deal-in-limbo/articleshow/4157715.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Govt dismisses international criticism over sharia deal -- Dawn reports that Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit views "the growing criticism as 'speculative' and warn that speculation in this matter will not be helpful" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/govt-dismisses-int-criticism-over-sharia-deal--bi http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Concerns-over-Swat-pact-speculative-Pak/articleshow/4157727.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Government writ non-existent in NWFP: Fazl http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\20\story_20-2-2009_pg7_26 (Pakistan) NWFP: USA Today gives editorial space to Islamic Republic of Pakistan Ambassador to US to Defend Sharia Law Surrender --- "We're not ceding ground" by Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani ----- on Sharia law surrender: "The arrangement in Swat is a local solution to a local problem" http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/02/opposing-view-w.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\20\story_20-2-2009_pg7_11 (Pakistan) NWFP: "Troika decides to keep Army in Swat" http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20448 (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LT) plots included "320 potential world targets" --- Mumbai attackers had hit list of 320 world targets ---- "Western intelligence agencies have accessed the computer and email account of Lashkar's communications chief, Zarar Shah, and found a list of possible targets, only 20 of which were in India" ---- "The plotters behind the Mumbai attack, which left more than 170 people dead, had placed India's financial capital on a list of 320 worldwide locations as potential targets for commando-style terror strikes" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/19/mumbai-attacks-list-targets http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\20\story_20-2-2009_pg7_37 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Religious scholar killed in Quetta -- Jamaat Ahl-e-Sunnat leader Maulana Iftikhar Habibi gunned down, supporters "chanting anti-government slogans" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/balochistan/religious-scholar-killed-in-quetta+--il (Pakistan) FATA: Security forces kill 14 Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\20\story_20-2-2009_pg7_5 India: Taliban have to be confronted and defeated -- India minister of state for external affairs Anand Sharma: "Taliban propagate the cult of violence and represents the forces of religious intolerance" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Taliban-has-to-be-confronted-and-defeated-India-/articleshow/4156975.cms (India) Mumbai attacks: Evidence stacks up against Kasab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Evidence-stacks-up-against-Kasab/articleshow/4157735.cms -- "Kasab's life under threat" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\20\story_20-2-2009_pg7_13 (India) Mumbai attacks: Mumbai police gets 26/11 evidence from FBI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai-police-gets-2611-evidence-from-FBI/articleshow/4157975.cms (India) Indian Mujahideen: 21 Indian Muslims charged with terrorism -- "charge sheet against 21 members of the Indian Mujahideen, accusing them of plotting the Mumbai attacks and carrying out bomb blasts in Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Surat" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\20\story_20-2-2009_pg7_40 (U.S.) Terrorist in 1973 NYC bomb plot to be deported -- Khalid Al-Jawary -- "Black September terrorist who served only about half his 30-year sentence for planting three car bombs in New York City in 1973 was released Thursday" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_re_us/mystery_terrorist (U.S.) Mitchell expresses support for Palestinian unity government -- "Comments by US Mideast envoy may indicate that US willing to end isolation of Hamas; says that he was not looking to 'pre-judge' settlement issue" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304832116&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (UK) Terror suspect pours scorn on 'rubbish' £3,000 EU payout for unlawful Belmarsh detention -- "Palestinian fanatic" Abu Rideh "linked to hook-handed preacher Abu Hamza" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1150302/Terror-suspect-pours-scorn-rubbish-3-000-EU-payout-unlawful-Belmarsh-detention.html (Gaza) Kerry Accepts Letter from Hamas for Obama -- "Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman detours on trip to Israel into stronghold of Hamas terrorists, where he gets a letter for President Obama delivered by U.N. officials" http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/19/kerry-goes-gaza/ (Israel) Rockets hit Netivot, Sha'ar Hanegev http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304828993&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Gaza Terrorists Fire on Netivot http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130050 (Israel) 3 Molotov Cocktails thrown at Israeli bus near Bethlehem; none hurt http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304831665&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Germany: Terror group member gets probation -- Thomas Kram http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/19/europe/EU-Germany-Terror-Trial.php --- Thomas Kram was member of Communist group Revolutionary Cells (RZ) working with Carlos the Jackal http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,464320,00.html http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21548438-2703,00.html Other News: (Netherlands) Media Watchdog: Dutch Coverage of Israel 'Beyond Belief' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130052 (U.S.) Oklahoma: Muslim woman takes Oklahoma driver's license photo with head scarf; was denied at previous attempt -- unindicted co-conspirator organization CAIR's Razi Hashmi pushed Oklahoma state on issue http://newsok.com//article/3347115 http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=9875067 (U.S.) CAIR: Calif. Synagogue Agrees to Invite Speaker on Islam http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090219/pl_usnw/cair__calif__synagogue_agrees_to_invite_speaker_on_islam (U.S.) San Francisco Campaign Aims to Educate City About Muslims -- "'Everybody thinks that somehow Muslims are connected to terrorism,' said Muhammad Hanif with the Bay Area chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America" http://www.kcbs.com/pages/3884837.php?contentType=4&contentId=3552020 --- Background on ICNA http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/printgroupProfile.asp?grpid=6380 --- IPT's Steven Emerson: "The Islamic Circle of North America (or ICNA) proclaims in writing its support for jihad, or holy war, against the 'enemies of Islam'; its U.S.-based conferences and publications are replete with the need to support the terrorist regime of the Sudan and the need to support 'Islamic movements' in which category they include Hamas and the Islamic Salvation Front among others. ICNA's hatred of Jews is so fierce that it has taunted Jews with a repetition of what Hitler did to them." http://www.investigativeproject.org/270/steven-emerson-get-ready-for-twenty-world-trade-center --- More IPT research on ICNA http://www.investigativeproject.org/search.php?cx=007811315508120065319%3Avf7yhgtccei&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=ICNA&sa=GO#914 --- "Documents show Hamas officials have participated in previous ICNA events" http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=uhf.htm --- ICNA links to Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and other groups http://www.americansagainsthate.org/ICNASE.htm --- From Pakistan With Terror -- on ICNA's links http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=8D3D4C6A-12D7-444F-B104-5B7F40AB502Ehttp://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=8D3D4C6A-12D7-444F-B104-5B7F40AB502E (India) Religious Conversion for Second Marriage Un-Islamic, Say Muslim Clerics --- man sought "conversion to Islam to escape legal complications of a second marriage" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February1482.xml§ion=international&col= (UK) Inspectors 'ignoring Muslim schools' failures' -- "Inspectors are ignoring failures in Muslim schools because they do not want to cause offence, according to a think-tank" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article5769239.ece -- Related reports: http://www.civitas.org.uk/press/prcs87.php http://www.civicsociety.co.uk/MusicChessandOtherSins17Feb09.pdf Commentaries: A Bargain with Terror - by Kathy Shaidle http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=AAB8B2E4-8436-40A0-8106-15AFCD71C3F5 Pakistan's Peace Deal Supports Al Qaeda's Recruiting Message - by Bill Roggio http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/02/pakistans_peace_deal_supports_1.asp (UK) Daily Telegraph: Double standards that mock a tolerant society - Muslims must not be singled out for special treatment -- "We report today that, as part of the Government's strategy to fight 'violent extremism,' schoolchildren are being encouraged to imagine they are terrorists plotting the July 7 atrocities." -- "it is ridiculous and dangerous to ask impressionable young people – some of them Muslim – to produce an imaginary justification for Islamist murder" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/4700609/Double-standards-that-mock-a-tolerant-society.html --- Related report http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/feb/19/july-bombers-teaching-pack --- "Tahir Alam, of the Muslim Council of Great Britain, said: 'This isn't any different from any educational tool people use all the time. Pupils imagine they're poets and write a poem, or imagine they're living in the 12th century. If children are asked what the justification of bombings might be, they might talk about foreign policy or other grievances.'" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/pupils-study-77-attacks-from-bombers-viewpoint-1627062.html (UK) We must stop Muslim schools teaching that integration is a sin -- Denis MacEoin http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/4700709/We-must-stop-Muslim-schools-teaching-that-integration-is-a-sin.html --- Related reports http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/85553/Muslim-schools-ban-our-culture http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23647399-details/Muslim+parents+unaware+of+%27hardline%27+teaching++at+some+Islamic+schools/article.do http://www.civitas.org.uk/press/prcs87.php http://www.civicsociety.co.uk/MusicChessandOtherSins17Feb09.pdf "Sharia creep" gets up and starts walking - by Roger Kimball http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2009/02/19/sharia-creep-gets-up-and-starts-walking/ Propaganda: Reuters interview with David Kilcullen - EastWest Institute security thinktank conference -- "Talk to some Taliban, but from strength-adviser" http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE51I65420090219 ---- Center for a New American Security (CNAS) adviser David Kilcullen http://www.cnas.org/node/539 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kilcullen --- NOTE: on February 18 - CNAS' Thomas Ricks said that Sharia law surrender in Pakistan might be "smart move" http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/02/17/sharia_law_in_swat http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/About_Ricks http://www.cnas.org/node/271 Huffington Post: "Islam began as a proto-feminist movement" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kamran-pasha/honor-killing-and-islam_b_168401.html Against Nazi News: (Argentina) Holocaust-denying British bishop Richard Williamson ordered to leave Argentina http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/argentina/4701401/Holocaust-denying-British-bishop-Richard-Williamson-ordered-to-leave-Argentina.html February 19, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/ (Afghanistan) Four killed in fresh Afghan violence --- gunbattle by Taliban in Khost, roadside bombing attacking Indian road construction company http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1977256&Language=en (Afghanistan) Kabul eyes control on aid, security in U.S. review http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090219/pl_nm/us_afghan_review_1 (Afghanistan) "Holbrooke said success in Afghanistan is not possible only through use of military means" http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69045 (Afghanistan) New troops in Afghanistan to try breaking 'stalemate' with Taliban -- says NATO U.S. General McKiernan http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/nationworld/110475.php -- same McKiernan who seeks a "political solution" in Afghanistan http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#McKiernan (Afghanistan) US Defense Secretary 'disappointed' over Nato response to troop call http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5767225.ece Afghanistan: Italian minister floats greater role for Iran http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.3037217632 -- Iran, Afghanistan to boost trade http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/19/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) NATO chief urges regional approach to Afghan war http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February1458.xml§ion=international Pakistan says last payment from US for fighting Taliban delayed -- Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani says U.S. needs "to pay the bill as soon as possible" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256532,pakistan-says-last-payment-from-us-for-fighting-taliban-delayed.html http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1460483.php/US_latest_payment_to_Pakistan_for_fighting_Taliban_delayed__Roundup__ (Pakistan) NWFP: Slain TV reporter Musa Khan had 32 bullet wounds -- "Geo News executive editor Hamid Mir said a lot of radicals were unhappy with Musa Khan's coverage but 'truth has to be reported.'" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Slain-TV-reporter-Musa-Khan-had-32-bullet-wounds/articleshow/4153879.cms ---- Comment: the "peace" that Islamic supremacist Sharia law brings to Pakistan's NWFP -- The News, Geo staffer killed in the line of duty http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20424 -- Geo News correspondent laid to rest http://www.geo.tv/2-19-2009/35469.htm -- Journalist killed while covering Swat peace rally http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/journalist-killed-in-swat--za (Pakistan) NWFP: "Violence still a threat in Swat Valley despite Sharia deal" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5762527.ece (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban, Nifaz-e-Shariah second round of talks ends http://www.geo.tv/2-19-2009/35494.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Talks between Maulana Sufi, Taliban underway http://www.geo.tv/2-19-2009/35466.htm -- Sufi Mohammad, Fazlullah discuss peace http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/sufi-fazlullah-discuss-peace--qs (Pakistan) NWFP: Shari'a Deal Could Give Pakistani Judges Unprecedented Power http://www.rferl.org/content/Sharia_Deal_Could_Give_Pakistani_Judges_Unprecedented_Power/1495401.html (Pakistan) NWFP: 'Swat agreement in line with parliamentary resolution' -- Parliamentary Committee on National Security chairman Mian Raza Rabbani says Sharia law deal will bring peace -- Rabbani also says: "The UK has also signed such an agreement with the Irish Republic Army (IRA). This is a continuation of the government's policy of dialogue." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg7_16 (Pakistan) NWFP: Sharia Law deal with president, PM consent: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg1_13 -- aka Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman aka Fazlur Rehman aka Fazl aka Fazal ur Rehman -- February 9, 2009: Muslim Ummah and Madrassahas are on hit list of America: JUI-F's Fazl -- "He also urged upon the international community to give the Islamic countries their due right of implementation of Islamic Shariah in their own ideological countries." http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=140523 -- Other Background on Maulana Fazlur Rehman: http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/086.html#Rehman1 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#Rehman1 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#Rehman2 (Pakistan) NWFP: Nizam-e-Adl Regulations to follow peace: Rahimdad http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg7_30 (Pakistan) NWFP: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) backs Swat peace pact http://www.geo.tv/2-20-2009/35507.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Hillary Clinton continues to stall on Islamic supremacist Sharia law deal --- "There are 'contradictory communications' emanating from Islamabad about what it intends to achieve in the peace deal with Taliban in the restive Swat valley, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said this in Tokyo." --- Hillary Clinton: "I want to get the whole picture of what it is they're attempting to achieve" http://www.geo.tv/2-19-2009/35506.htm http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69069 (Pakistan) Feminist Majority Foundation Blog reports on outrage of Taliban Sharia Law Peace Deal http://www.feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=11536 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban to halt attacks -- only in Bannu district http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg7_6 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NWFP_Bannu.svg (Pakistan) NWFP: Report - "Pakistani Accord Appears Stalled - Government, Extremists Make No Move To Formalize Their Pact on Islamic Law" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/18/AR2009021803486.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Sabotage bid thwarted as explosives-laden car seized - in Peshawar http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163317 (Pakistan) Security put on high alert at Islamabad airport http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg7_12 Pakistani officials on board for drone attacks: WSJ http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/pakistani-officials-on-board-for-drone-attacks-wsj--bi -- Pakistan Lends Support for U.S. Military Strikes http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123491516776204073.html (Pakistan) 'Bad guys' must not get hold of Pak territory: Holbrooke on Pak-Taliban deal -- Holbrooke refuses to name Islamic supremacist Taliban in Swat -- Holbrooke resorts to calling them "bad guys," like NATO's McKiernan does -- Holbrooke whines "This is what we inherited" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4153320.cms Comment: Holbrooke's use of the sophomoric term "bad guys" demonstrates the vacuum of moral fortitude in this administration. Like McKiernon, Holbrooke uses the term "bad guys" because he lacks the moral courage to define the Islamic supremacists that are being fought. How can US leaders ever hope to stop those who they fear to even name? -- Additional reports http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69045 http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/swat+treaty+not+an+encouraging+sign+holbrooke --- see also: --- October 2, 2008: NATO's US General McKiernan calls the enemy "bad guys," calls for "political solition not a military solution" http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=245357&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 --- Defense Secretary Gates confirmation hearing - worries about "bad guys in the Middle East" http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_wires/2006Dec05/0,4675,GatesPentagonQuotes,00.html Pakistan: Child poet takes on the Taliban -- 11 year old Tuba Sahaab: "If they kill me, do not worry... I want everyone in Pakistan to be equal." http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=3.0.3035581722 (Pakistan) Karachi: Taliban network developing in Karachi http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg7_22 (Pakistan) Quetta: Sunni leader gunned down in Quetta http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg7_3 (Pakistan) Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Efforts on to ensure Al-Qaeda Suspect Dr Aafia Siddiqui's return, Sindh High Court (SHC) told http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg7_33 (Pakistan) World needs to help Pakistan fight militancy: Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg7_1 Pakistan serious about fighting extremism: NATO chief de Hoop Scheffer http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69048 (Pakistan) "In the madrasa we were taught to sacrifice ourselves for Jihad in Afghanistan and were told to do suicide attacks" http://ionglobaltrends.blogspot.com/2009/02/afghanistan-in-madrasa-we-were-taught.html (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Militants holding UN official reject request for direct contact http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3034924298 (Pakistan) Baluchistan - Media: "Google Earth Exposes Secret U.S. Drones at Pakistan Base in 2006" http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/02/19/google-image-shows-base-pakistan/ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5762371.ece --- Balochistan's Shamsi airbase not in CIA use: Ahmed Mukhtar http://www.geo.tv/2-19-2009/35502.htm (Pakistan) Report: "Pakistan president 'purging' Benazir Bhutto supporters " http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4691176/Pakistan-president-purging-Benazir-Bhutto-supporters.html (Pakistan) Masood Azhar, Dawood Ibrahim not in Pakistan: Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Masood-Azhar-Dawood-Ibrahim-not-in-Pakistan-Malik/articleshow/4152437.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Director FBI due in Islamabad on March 4 http://www.geo.tv/2-19-2009/35492.htm (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: In-camera trial of Mumbai attacks accused http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg1_7 -- Ajmal Kasab extradition can be sought through Interpol: AG http://www.geo.tv/2-19-2009/35505.htm (Pakistan) UK dealing with terrorism in Pakistan: Brown --- UK PM Gordon Brown working on a "strategy" for an enemy he won't define or acknowledge http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg1_2 (India) Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) planned to black out India? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/LeT-planned-to-black-out-India-/articleshow/4156059.cms Bangladesh admits terrorists may have used its soil to target India http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg7_10 -- Bangladesh minister points to Dhaka link to 26/11 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Bangladesh_minister_points_to_Dhaka_link_to_2611/articleshow/4155682.cms (U.S.) Liberty City Six - 3rd trial starts for 6 men accused of terror plot -- "The men took an oath of allegiance to Osama bin Laden - captured by the FBI on videotape - led by an paid informant posing as a terrorism financier" http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/909620.html (U.S.) NYC: Bloomberg Lobbies Napolitano For Terror Funding http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/02/bloomberg-lobbies-napolitano-f.html (UK) Pupils asked to see bombers' point of view -- "Teaching pack says students should understand terror attacks from bombers' perspective" -- "A government-endorsed teaching pack suggests secondary schools ask pupils to do a presentation on the 7 July London terror attacks from the bombers' perspective." -- Author Sail Suleman tells Guardian: "Radicals, extremists and fundamentalists come in all different forms. Is it right? Is it wrong? Is it justified?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/feb/19/july-bombers-teaching-pack (UK) Abu Qatada awarded compensation by European judges for 'breach of human rights' -- "Radical preacher Abu Qatada has been awarded £2,500 compensation by European judges who ruled that his detention without trial breached his human rights" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4696480/Abu-Qatada-awarded-compensation-by-European-judges-for-breach-of-human-rights.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5765126.ece http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3035581675 -- Anger in Britain as radical cleric wins payout http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090219/wl_mideast_afp/britainattacksjordanqatadalebanon_20090219165915 --- more on Qatada http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/04/abu_qatada.html (UK) Police free activists arrested under terror laws -- arrested in Lancashire -- "men claimed to be driving to London to join an aid convoy to the Gaza Strip" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/19/europe/EU-Britain-Peace-Convoy.php http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/burnley/4140322.Burnley_men_arrested_in_terrorism_operation_released_without_charge/ http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Terrorism-act-suspects-released-without.4999773.jp (Israel) Qassam lands near Sderot http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3674653,00.html Gaza Terrorists Attack Negev as Cabinet Stands By Shalit http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130031 (Gaza) IAF strikes smuggling tunnels near Rafah -- "Palestinians: None hurt; 5 rockets, mortar shells hit w. Negev; IDF troops foil terror attack on Gaza border" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304828993&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) Terrorist Speaks: My 8 Years in Hamas -- "Amazi admitted that he and other members of Hamas used civilian homes during the operation, even when the homeowners objected" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130027 (Hamas) 'European MPs met with Hamas leaders' -- "'Independent' reports 2 French MPs met Mashaal in Damascus, 2 British MPs sat with Hamdan in Beirut" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304827964&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- "Europe opens covert talks with 'blacklisted' Hamas" ---- British, Sweden, Netherlands, and other European nation MPs - "They believe they made a mistake by blacklisting Hamas" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/europe-opens-covert-talks-with-8216blacklisted8217-hamas-1625948.html (Gaza) Rep. Ellison says he isn't assigning blame, but finds destruction hard to understand http://www.startribune.com/local/39851042.html -- US Legislators Visit Gaza while Hamas is Back to its Old Tricks http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130037 -- Kerry makes rare U.S. visit to Gaza Strip http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29280544/ (Syria) IAEA: Traces of uranium at Syrian site http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304830761&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- New uranium traces in Syria http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3674644,00.html (Syria) Kerry -- U.S. Plan: Ask Syria to Disarm Hizbullah http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130028 (Iran) U.N. Nuke Agency: Iran Slowing Expansion of Uranium Enrichment http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,496444,00.html (Iran) Israeli warning to Obama: Your talk gives Iran nukes http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89277 (Iran) German ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder reportedly to meet Ahmadinejad http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256562,german-ex-chancellor-reportedly-to-meet-ahmadinejad.html --- August 14, 2005: Germany rejects Iran military option http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200508/s1437072.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4149090.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4149792.stm Iran envoy calls for global nuclear disarmament http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065547.html "Saudi Arabia will never allow deviant group to use its lands -- spokesman" Mansour Al-Turki http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1977142&Language=en (Yemen) Al-Qaeda leader urges Yemeni tribes to rise up against government --- leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasser al-Wahishi --- last month in video "al-Wahishi threatened to carry out attacks against US and Western interests in the Arabian Peninsula" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256566,al-qaeda-leader-urges-yemeni-tribes-to-rise-up-against-government.html (Yemen/Israel) Rescue effort: Jewish Agency brings Yemeni Jews to Israel in secret http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065526.html (Niger) Al-Qaeda holding British hostage http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/4689764/Al-Qaeda-holding-British-hostage.html --- British tourist kidnapped by Islamic extremists in Sahara desert http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1149473/British-tourist-kidnapped-Islamic-extremists-Sahara-desert.html?ITO=1490 --- Al-Qaeda releases pictures of hostages: SITE http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090219/wl_africa_afp/malinigercanadaunkidnapqaeda_20090219095922 Somalia: Islamist Leader Blames Ethiopia http://allafrica.com/stories/200902190483.html Somalia: Italian nuns freed by kidnappers http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3035582611 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090219/wl_afp/italysomaliakidnapkenya_20090219163818 (Somalia) NATO to launch second anti-piracy mission in Somalia http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256531,nato-to-launch-second-anti-piracy-mission-in-somalia.html Somali clerics call for rule of Islamic law -- Sheikh Bashir Ahmed Salad, head of Somali Uluma Council for Correction and Reconciliation: "Within 120 days the Somali parliament must convene and announce that the country will be ruled according to Islamic law" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LJ122864.htm Somalia: Islamic Clerics Issue Prominent Articles in Mogadishu --- calls from removal of articles in charter of the transitional government that will conflict with Sharia law http://allafrica.com/stories/200902190703.html --- charter http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,,LEGISLATION,SOM,456d621e2,4795c2d22,0.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitional_Federal_Parliament#Islamic_sharia_as_basis_of_national_law (Europe) Jihadists in Europe meeting in private homes, forming "study groups" to avoid detection http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024915.php -- Europe jihadist push goes underground http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKTRE51H30Y20090218 Sweden: Israeli taekwondo team stays home after terror threats http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/sweden-israeli-taekwondo-team-stays.html (Greece) New brand of domestic terror in Greece http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_re_eu/eu_greece_terrorism_analysis -- Spate of attacks sparks Greek terrorism fears http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/19/2496462.htm?section=justin (Kosovo) Muslim with suicide bomber vest arrested in secular, moderate Kosovo, where there is no jihad http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024918.php -- Kosovo Albanian with suicide vest arrested http://www.serbianna.com/blogs/newspost/?p=1490 (Kyrgyzstan) US not ready to stay at Kyrgyz base for 'any price': Pentagon http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090219/usa/us_kyrgyzstan_afghanistan_military_1 -- Kyrgyz parliament approves US base closure http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/19/asia/AS-Kyrgyzstan-US-Base.php (Canada) Montreal: Accused had key terror propaganda role: Witness -- Said Namouh trial http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/589591 (Philippines) Businessman, 10 year old daughter abducted in southern Philippines -- "the kidnappers were believed to be headed to Kabuntalan town in nearby Maguindanao province" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256430,businessman-daughter-abducted-in-southern-philippines.html (Philippines) Muslims hold rally http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=274061&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 (Philippines) Muslims seek Supreme Court representation http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=235026 North Korea Steps Up War Rhetoric Ahead of Clinton Trip http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,496166,00.html --- North Korean disarmament stalled http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25081419-23109,00.html (North Korea) Kim Jong Il annoints next leader of North Korea - his youngest son http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5766802.ece Other News: "Jordanian man kills sister to cleanse family's honour" -- "The case is the second this month of a so-called 'honour killing' in Jordan" http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Jordan/10287173.html (Pakistan) Karachi: It's a case of honour killing, claim police http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163382 (U.S.) Bridges TV Beheading --Television Executive Accused of Beheading Wife Remains Jailed -- FOX News: "Reacting to speculation that the crime may have been an 'honor killing,' defense attorney James Harrington said 'culture, religion doesn't play a role.'" -- Unindicted co-conspirator organization ISNA offered "issued a statement of condolence to Buffalo's Muslim community" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,495945,00.html (U.S.) Bridges TV Beheading -- by The Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report Bridges TV Had Ties to Both U.S. Muslim Brotherhood And U.S. Government http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2564/pub_detail.asp (U.S.) Bridges TV Beheading - "In wake of beheading, call on Verizon to drop Islamic TV Network!" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024919.php (U.S.) Bridges TV Beheading -- NYT propaganda report -- New York Times says Sawsan Tabbaa says "This is not an honor killing, no way" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/nyregion/18behead.html?_r=1&bl&ex=1235106000&en=8b9eb32a5d94c23a&ei=5087 --- Tabbaa previously sued DHS with the support of ACLU and CAIR - because he was detained after Toronto conference http://www.nyclu.org/pdfs/tabbaa_v_chertoff_complaint.pdf http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/node/9610 (U.S.) New York - Bridges TV Beheading -- Salon propaganda -- Salon's Lynn Harris jumps on bandwagon against National Organization for Women's concerns of honor killing ---- stating "'Honor killings' are about culture, not religion" http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/02/18/murder_while_Muslim/index.html?source=rss&aim=/mwt/broadsheet/feature US festival spotlights Arab arts and humanity http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February1466.xml§ion=international (U.S.) Pittsburgh: Gateway lets Muslim students wear scarves --- had followed students wearing of a T-shirt saying "RIP Israel" http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09050/950239-56.stm http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,495804,00.html (U.S.) Florida: CAIR invokes Fairness Doctrine on Former Islamic Terrorist at Florida Synagogue http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/cair-invokes-fairness-doctrine-on-former-islamic-terrorist-at-florida-synagogue/ (U.S.) Virginia: Former President of American Muslim Brotherhood group enters race for Virginia House of Delegates seat http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024897.php (U.S.) Feds reject imams' complaint against US Airways http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/02/19/20090219imams.html http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_11739797?nclick_check=1 (U.S./Sierra Leone) Gay African calls for asylum due to fears of "honor killing" in Sierra Leone http://www.southernvoice.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=24079 (Iran) Blind woman demands acid in attacker's eyes http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/19/acid.attack.victim/index.html (UK) Muslim parents unaware of 'hardline' teaching at some Islamic schools -- "Today's Civitas report warns, however, that with more than 100 private Islamic schools, and many other state-educated pupils receiving extra tuition in weekend or evening madrassa lessons, many Muslim children are being exposed to fundamentalist teaching." http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23647399-details/Muslim+parents+unaware+of+%27hardline%27+teaching++at+some+Islamic+schools/article.do -- Civitas Press Release: Think-tank calls for vetting of Muslim schools to eliminate fundamentalists --- "'the Holy Prophet stated the person who plays chess, is like the one who dips his hands in the blood of a swine (pig)', and condemns 'the evil system of the Western culture'" http://www.civitas.org.uk/press/prcs87.php -- Civitas Full Report: "Music, Chess and Other Sins" http://www.civicsociety.co.uk/MusicChessandOtherSins17Feb09.pdf (UK) Muslim preacher Anjem Choudary calls for people who get drunk to be flogged --- "made the remarks on his website Islam4UK, which argues that Britain should become an Islamic state ruled by Sharia law" --- Choudary: ""Islam is undeniably the only real solution for Britain's problems" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4695824/Muslim-preacher-Anjem-Choudary-calls-for-people-who-get-drunk-to-be-flogged.html (UK) Wahhabism at Regent’s Park: the continuing saga --- continuing Islamic supremacism at London Central Mosque at Regent's Park http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/18/wahhabism-at-regents-park-the-continuing-saga/ -- continues to sell books by Islamic supremacists: ---- Explanation of Important Lessons (For Every Muslim) by former Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Abdul-Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz http://www.darussalam.com/product_info.php?products_id=315 ---- Among the Punishments and Remedies for Sin: Further Selections from the Illness and the Cure - by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya (aka Al-Jawziyyah) http://www.darussalam.com/product_info.php?cPath=71_5&products_id=1199 ---- An Explanation of Four Principles of Shirk -by Abu Ammar Yasir Qadhi http://www.darussalam.com/product_info.php?products_id=982 ---- read the entire article for more (UK) More criticism of proposed code that would call for British Muslims to support equality and liberty, reject Sharia, caliphate, and jihad --- "Labour's cricket test for British Muslims" by ENGAGE's Inayat Bunglawala --- Bunglawala: "One point that is becoming clearer by the day is that the 'extremists' as defined by Contest 2 are no longer a fringe element but rather those who believe in the fundamental aspects of Islam, ie the majority." http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/18/islam-labour-contest-2 ---- see additional reports on Inayat Bunglawala http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2009/02/engage_contest.html (UK) Prominent Jews accuse Royal Court play of demonizing Israelis http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/4691647/Prominent-Jews-accuse-Royal-Court-play-of-demonising-Israelis.html (UK) Christmas church attendance falls by 11% in a year http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4697940/Christmas-church-attendance-falls-by-11-in-a-year.html Greece: Europe opposes Sharia law for Muslim minority http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/greece-europe-opposes-sharia-law-for.html https://wcd.coe.int/ViewDoc.jsp?id=1409421 Norway: Islamic Council says female agents shouldn't arrest men http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-islamic-council-says-female.html Norway: The Sami, minister and minority women (+ VIDEO) --- on-going debate in Norway regarding the hijab in the police http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-sami-minister-and-minority-women.html Italy: Asylum center revolt http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/italy-asylum-center-revolt.html -- Italy migrant revolt sparks blaze http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7898773.stm (Switzerland) UBS signals the end of the secret Swiss bank account -- source of U.S. investigations http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/19/business/ubs.php --- May 14, 2008: U.S. victims of terror attacks in Israel suing UBS for $500m http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=983224 --- May 13, 2008: American Hizbollah Victims Sue Swiss Bank UBS http://yidwithlid.blogspot.com/2008/05/american-hizbollah-victims-sue-swiss.html --- Search Warrants on American Muslim Foundation's Abdurahman Alamoudi's UBS accounts - see p. 20 http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/312.pdf Jewish outposts feel fury of Muslim backlash http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10557737 Saudi Arabia: Imam forbids alcohol to be used as fuel substitute http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3035220933 (China) Hong Kong: Battling to be Asia's home of Islamic finance http://www.financialpost.com/news/story.html?id=1288697 (Canada) Sharia law a danger to women http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/589625 (Iraq) George Bush 'shoe thrower trial' adjourned http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/4696731/George-Bush-shoe-thrower-trial-adjourned.html (U.S.) Spy agency focus of shakeup - National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/19/anti-spy-officials-reassigned-after-criticism/ Commentaries: Supremacist History Repeating Again - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.realcourage.org/?p=47 http://www.anti-jihad.org/blog/2009/02/1939 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/126.html http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/02/defying-islamic-supremacism.html Sharia Law: Tearing the West in Two - by Gary Lane http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/543869.aspx Terror Training Camps On American Soil - by Robert Spencer http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30762 Catholics and Jews must stand together in the face of Islamism -- by Will Heaven http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304819996&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Islamism's accidental midwives -- by Seth J. Frantzman http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304819961&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull France: Muslim sections up scourging women -- by J. Grant Swank, Jr. http://www.michnews.com/J_Grant_Swank_Jr/684647.shtml Archive Article of Interest: September 30, 2008 - Who's Sleeping More Deeply - Europe or America? by Bruce Bawyer -- "if Europeans are, on average, more aware than Americans... it's no thanks to their media but rather because they can see with their own eyes what's going on around them... and feel powerless... fatalism has taken hold" http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/author/brucebawer/ http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/who%E2%80%99s-sleeping-more-deeply-%E2%80%94-europe-or-america/ Against White Supremacism News: (Louisiana) Grand jury indicts alleged KKK group leader in La. -- Raymond Foster, in death of Cynthia Lynch http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gTN4X0wjHOqwUq80wkQpbe8qVXlgD96EC0T83 Against Nazi News: (Norway) Controversial celebrations underway for Norway's Nazi outcast -- "Norwegian Nobel literature laureate Knut Hamsun" -- "In 1940 Mr Hamsun appealed to his fellow citizens in a newspaper piece to 'throw down your weapons and go home, the Germans are fighting for all of us and are breaking down England's tyranny over us all.'" http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/18/2495248.htm?section=entertainment Other Reports: (U.S.) Attorney General calls United States was "a nation of cowards" on matters of race http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/holder_race http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4699166/Obamas-attorney-general-claims-US-is-voluntarily-segregated.html --- Comment: apparently it does not occur to Eric Holder that a nation committed to equality and liberty can rise above racial distinctions and seek harmony as a people February 18, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Sunni Party Member Shot Dead In Baghdad - Iraqi Lawmaker - in Baghdad http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090218\ACQDJON200902180358DOWJONESDJONLINE000391.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Sunni%20Party%20Member%20Shot%20Dead%20In%20Baghdad%20-%20Iraqi%20Lawmaker (Afghanistan) Karzai to discuss war review in Pakistan Thursday http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/karzai-to-visit-pakistan-on-thursday-islamabad--il (Afghanistan) Hamid Karzai isolated as Miliband says no more troops http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4690914/Hamid-Karzai-isolated-as--Miliband-says-no-more-troops.html -- "British Foreign Secretary reiterates support for Afghanistan" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1977009&Language=en --- Comment: David Miliband who seeks Islamic supremacists to "channel" their efforts into gaining political power http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/15/david-miliband-war-terror (Pakistan) NWFP's Swat surrender: TNSM's Maulana Sufi Mohammad "leads Swat 'peace march' of thousands" -- "Police and witnesses estimated that 15,000 people marched in the crowd, waving black and white flags as they paraded through town with the cleric, who advised them to recite only verses from the Holy Quran" -- "'I have come here to establish peace and I will not leave until this mission is achieved,' Sufi Mohammad said" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/sufi-mohammad-leads-peace-march-swat--qs -- GeoTV: "Mingora heaves sigh of relief by Maulana Sufi-led Peace March" http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35403.htm -- Times of India report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Hundreds-stage-peace-march-in-Swat-valley/articleshow/4149061.cms -- Swat peace rally reporter killed http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7896974.stm -- background on Islamic flags http://islamicweb.com/resources/flags.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: TNSM delegation leaves for Matta -- to meet with Taliban's Maulana Fazlullah --- TNSM's Maulana Sufi Mohammad "said that the struggle for Shariat has taken a big leap forward and hoped that peace in the entire country would be restored with the enforcement of Sharia laws." http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35406.htm --- Islamists group to meet Taliban's Pakistan chief http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/468279/cs/1/ --- Video: Taliban influence spreads http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/02/18/grant.pak.swat.family.affair.cnn?iref=mpvideosview (Pakistan) NWFP: 'Democracy is a system of Kufr': Sufi Mohammad -- additional report by GeoTV http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35430.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Reporter shot after peace rally in NW Pakistan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/18/asia/AS-Pakistan.php -- Geo News Swat reporter Musa Khan Khel shot dead in Matta ---- had gone to area to cover talks between TNSM's Maulana Sufi Mohammad and Taliban http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Geo-TV-reporter-shot-dead-in-Swat-/articleshow/4151332.cms http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35434.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: MPs visit Swat after peace accord with militants http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3029866750 (Pakistan) NWFP: US in contact with Pakistan over Swat agreement: State Dept http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35416.htm --- AP: "Allies alarmed by Pakistan deal with Taliban" ----- "A U.S. defense official characterized the deal as a 'negative development,' but officials were more cautious in public statements" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghanistan_analysis (Pakistan) NWFP: Washington Post correspondent Thomas E. Ricks on "Sharia law in Swat": "I know it looks like a setback but I suspect this might be a smart move." http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/02/17/sharia_law_in_swat -- Thomas Ricks wrote for Washington Post on U.S. military from 2000-2008, continues coverage as a "special military correspondent" for The Washington Post" http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/About_Ricks -- Senior fellow, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) http://www.cnas.org/node/271 (Pakistan) NWFP: France Worried By Pakistan Sharia Deal Reaction http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090218\ACQDJON200902180907DOWJONESDJONLINE000637.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\19\story_19-2-2009_pg1_12 --- Belgium: NATO Objects to Pakistan Truce With Taliban http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/world/europe/18briefs-NATOOBJECTST_BRF.html?_r=1&ref=world (Pakistan) FATA: 8 militants killed in Khar jet bombing http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35408.htm (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: Pakistan may send probe team to India: Gilani http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan-may-send-probe-team-to-India-Gilani/articleshow/4151386.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: Pak says no formal request made to India for Kasab's custody http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak-says-no-formal-request-made-to-India-for-Kasabs-custody-/articleshow/4150644.cms (India) Mumbai attacks: India rubbishes Pak claim on Kasab's custody http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India-rubbishes-Pak-claim-on-Kasabs-custody-/articleshow/4151302.cms India warns of danger from resurgent Taliban http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35398.htm (India) Attacking Pakistan not a solution: Pranab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Attacking-Pakistan-not-a-solution-Pranab/articleshow/4150201.cms (India) Terrorists may smuggle in nukes via lax ports: Navy http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists-may-smuggle-in-nukes-Navy/articleshow/4152295.cms -- Indian naval chief warns of nuke attack from sea http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35404.htm (U.S.) Court reverses ruling bringing 17 detainees to US -- regarding releasing 17 Uighurs Muslims from Guantanamo Bay http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_go_ot/guantanamo_detainees http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/18/appeals-court-rules-transferring-gitmo-detainees/ (U.S.) Liberty City Six retrial: 3rd trial starts for 6 men accused of terror plot http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_us/terrorism_investigation --- Opening statements to begin in Liberty City Six terror retrial http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/909177.html (U.S.) Minnesota: Recruiting for jihad in Minneapolis? http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0209/jihad_recruit.php3 (UK) Why Somalia must rise up UK agenda http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/africa/why+somalia+must+rise+up+uk+agenda/2958407 (UK) Tranatlantic jet bomb retrial: 'Bomb plot' case jury dismissed --- British judge Henriques discharged jury for "legal reasons" --- "A new jury will be sworn in and the case re-started at a time to be fixed" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7896942.stm http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/19/europe/19briefsjurydismissebrf.php --- "judge has discharged the jury in the case of a group of British Muslims accused of plotting to blow up trans-Atlantic passenger jets in mid-air, citing legal reasons" --- "A court order restricts reporting of some details of the trial." http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2009/02/18/prosecutor_says_alleged_bomb_plotters_left_videos/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_airline_plot --- Airliner bomb trial: 'Terrorist had limitless ambitions' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4687954/Airliner-bomb-trial-Terrorist-had-limitless-ambitions.html --- British terror cell 'planned to blow up seven transatlantic airliners' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5754677.ece --- September 8, 2008: UK Jury Ruling on Jihadists Ignores Plot to Bomb Transatlantic Jets Headed to America - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/103.html (UK) Qatada to 'stay in country' despite deportation order -- "if he takes his case to the European Court of Human Rights" -- "Radical cleric Abu Qatada will stay in Britian for months despite a House of Lords ruling that he should be deported to Jordan where he faces terror charges" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4687820/Radical-preacher-Abu-Qatada-will-stay-in-country-despite-deportation-order.html -- "Abu Qatada, 48, is expected to remain in the UK for up to two years as he is likely to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights in a last attempt to avoid being deported" -- deportation proceedings can begin against Qatada, "RB," and "U" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5757962.ece http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Abu-Qatada-British-Appeal-Ruling-Radical-Muslim-Cleric-Wanted-In-Jordan-Can-Be-Deported/Article/200902315225022?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_2&lid=ARTICLE_15225022_Abu_Qatada_British_Appeal_Ruling%3A_Radical_Muslim_Cleric_Wanted_In_Jordan_Can_Be_Deported http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7896457.stm http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1148622/Radical-Muslim-cleric-Abu-Qatada-CAN-deported-Jordan-face-terror-charges-Law-Lords-rule.html --- Background on Qatada http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/04/abu_qatada.html --- Background on "U" (aka "Amar Makhlulif" aka "Abu Doha") - also some data on "RB" http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/06/case_summary_terror_suspects_u.html (UK) Cop killer Kamel Bourgass plots poison terror strike from cell -- "Osama bin Laden's "master poisoner" is planning terror outrages from his jail cell" -- "Kamel Bourgass is recruiting extremist prisoners to communicate with undercover al-Qaeda operatives" -- "Bourgass is being monitored by secret services after evidence was found of a plot involving a 'quantity of cyanide'" http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/02/17/cop-killer-kamel-bourgass-plots-poison-terror-strike-from-cell-exclusive-115875-21129824/ http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024904.php (UK) MI5 fed questions to CIA for interrogation -- more on UK press on Binyam Mohamed's interrogation without context http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/18/binyam-mohamed-mi5-detention --- February 6, 2009 report on Binyam Mohamed plot for terror attacks in U.S., role with Taliban, and reports of training to develop dirty bomb http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490 (Iran) 'Russia freezes sale of S-300 to Iran' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304818025&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iran: We've built a surveillance drone http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304815308&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065194.html Iran: Blast hits mosque in southeast -- in Sunni area http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3030178920 Iran-US relations can change: Ahmadinejad http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090217/wl_mideast_afp/iranusdiplomacy_20090217202129 'Syria building chemical weapons plant' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304811448&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065160.html Syria expects US to send ambassador soon http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/February/middleeast_February289.xml§ion=middleeast Hamas Rejects Demand to Put Shalit Before Ceasefire http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130024 Gaza Terrorists Fire Rocket Attack at Negev Kibbutz, Again http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130008 IDF bombs seven Gaza tunnels, Hamas post; Qassam hits Negev http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1065154.html (Israel) Terrorist Unrest in Judea and Samaria http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130022 (Kenya) Concerns grow over global reach of Somali militants --- "Kenya tightened security at all airports and border crossings on Tuesday as authorities warned of a potential attack" http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0218/p99s01-duts.html (North Africa) Al-Qaeda video claims foreign abductions in Niger http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3030940787 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/18/africa/AF-Al-Qaida-Sahara-Kidnappings.php -- Al-Qaeda group ready to negotiate Canadian diplomat's release http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=1302238 -- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: Who they are and what they want with Canada's diplomats http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/posted/archive/2009/02/18/al-qaeda-in-the-islamic-maghreb-who-they-are-and-what-they-want-with-canada-s-diplomats.aspx Yemen extradites al-Qaida suspect -- Mohammed al-Awfi aka Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/18/Yemen_extradites_al-Qaida_suspect/UPI-84661234979213/ Somali Leader Asks Groups to Disarm http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123489816693802261.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Sudan bombs rebels day after deal http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25076316-23109,00.html (Sudan) Editor of Sudanese Pro-Government Daily: Obama is Worse than Bush http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD224909 (Canada) Seven years for 'jihad' firebombing too little, CJC says --- Omar Bulphred plea change http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16310&Itemid=86 Europe: The changing face of Jihad recruitment http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/europe-changing-face-of-jihad.html --- Study: "Recruitment and Mobilisation for the Islamist Militant Movement in Europe" http://icsr.info/paper.php?id=9 http://icsr.info/publications/papers/1234516791ICSREUResearchReport_Proof1.pdf EU satisfied by US use of SWIFT data transfers - in anti-terror probes http://www.expatica.com/be/news/local_news/EU-satisfied-by-US-use-of-SWIFT-data-transfers-_49729.html (Turkey) Clerics urge new jihad over Gaza --- "200 [Sunni Islamic] religious scholars and clerics met senior Hamas officials to plot a new jihad centred on Gaza" --- "speaker after speaker called for jihad against Israel in support of Hamas" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7895485.stm (Greece) Police foil bomb attack at Citibank in Athens -- the bomb was "110-130 pounds (50-60 kilograms) of an ammonium nitrate fuel oil explosive mixture attached to a timer" -- "authorities suspect the device was the work of the left-wing Revolutionary Struggle" - that attacked U.S. Embassy in 2007 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090218/ap_on_re_eu/eu_greece_bomb (Greece) Militants attack Athens TV station http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/18/Militants_attack_Athens_TV_station/UPI-43671234978931/ Philippines: Police Capture Suspected Bomber -- intelligence states that Muaweya Abubakar Masabpi is part of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) -- "Police have arrested a Muslim militant who allegedly was involved in deadly bombings in the southern Philippines and planned to attack the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Manila" http://www.mysinchew.com/node/21367?tid=37 http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/feb/19/yehey/metro/20090219met1.html http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=234961 Philippine Muslims rally for resuming peace talks in south -- report states 10,000 Muslims in rally http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6595750.html --- "Filipino Muslims hold placards as they march towards the Presidential Palace in Manila Wednesday Feb. 18, 2009" http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090218/481/b439af3cd76444cdb531611923de30b3/ http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//090218/481/d111f3c7272e4c3588fe7184d5c64316/ Sri Lanka rules out truce with LTTE, 53 rebels killed in clashes http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lanka_rules_out_truce_with_LTTE_53_rebels_killed_in_clashes/articleshow/4151612.cms?TOI_latestnews (Colombia) Communist FARC group: Colombian rebels 'execute' 8 Indians as informers http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Colombian-rebels-execute-8-Indians-as-informers/articleshow/4147138.cms Other News: (Pakistan) Christian milkman murdered by Muslim employers -- Ashraf Masih -- "The police have begun an investigation but have not yet found the killers." http://www.christiantoday.com/article/christian.milkman.murdered.by.muslim.employers/22566.htm (Pakistan) Daughter Fights Muslim Teant and Police for Family Farm http://www.persecution.org/suffering/ICCnews/newsdetail.php?newscode=9541&title=daughter-fights-muslim-tenant-and-police-for-family-farm (U.S.) 2 W.Pa. students told to remove Muslim scarves --- Gateway High School in Monroeville, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh suburb) http://www.wfmj.com/Global/story.asp?S=9864340 http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/1125485.html --- CAIR: Pennsylvania Muslim Students Allowed to Wear Kaffiyehs http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090218/pl_usnw/cair__penn__muslim_students_allowed_to_wear_kaffiyehs --- CAIR-PA: Penn. Muslims Removed from School Over Kaffiyehs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUPr_27nUJY --- Same CAIR-PA that honored Bridges TV who beheaded wife http://pa.cair.com/content/image.php?Side=gallery&folder=19&img=45 (U.S.) WND's Follow-up Story on Bridges TV's Muzzammil Hassan: "CAIR feted Muslim who beheaded wife" -- additional details of PA-CAIR event http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89231 --- also: "Pak-American beheads wife, sparks debate about Sharia" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US/Honour-killing-triggers-row-in-US/articleshow/4140043.cms (U.S.) Wilders coming to U.S., Newsweek in a snit -- scheduled to make public appearance in Washington DC's National Press Club as part of February 27 press conference http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024898.php --- "The Flying Dutchman: Free-speech hero or an anti-Islamic publicity hound? Geert Wilders is coming to America" http://www.newsweek.com/id/185216?from=rss (UK) Report: "Government cracks down on college extremists" -- "crackdown" consists of skills secretary John Denham telling UK colleges to watch for graffiti and "extremist material online" http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/feb/18/crackdown-college-extremists-terrorism --- while Islam4UK promotes "Islamic Courses at the London School of Shari'ah" ---- see also Adrian Morgan's "UK: A decade of radical Islam on college campuses" http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=6569 http://www.fsmarchives.org/article.php?id=559672 http://www.fsmarchives.org/article.php?id=562994 (UK) Foreign Office minister Lord Malloch-Brown: UK failing to tackle anti-Semitism http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4681358/Foreign-Office-minister-Lord-Malloch-Brown-UK-failing-to-tackle-anti-Semitism.html (EU) Jewish leader calls for EU action on anti-Semitism http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/18/europe/EU-EU-Jewish-Leader.php Netherlands: 'Headscarf Brigade' to fight discrimination http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/netherlands-headscarf-brigade-to-fight.html Switzerland: Canton rejects minaret ban http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/switzerland-canton-rejects-minaret-ban.html Denmark: 'Muslim culture plays role in criminality' http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/denmark-muslim-culture-plays-role-in.html (Egypt) IHT views Muslim Brotherhood activists as "Egypt's critics" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/18/africa/18egypt.php (Canada/UK) Minister Kenney to Speak at an International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in London, United Kingdom http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/Citizenship-And-Immigration-Canada-950017.html --- Note: I have an email with the text of his speech if any readers are interested, let me know Jerusalem Post interview with Bernard Lewis: "Muslims view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iran's showdown with the West as essentially a religious conflict" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304811420&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Sharia Finance: Dow Jones Indexes Commemorates a Decade of Islamic Indexing Excellence http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/dow-jones-indexes-commemorates-decade/story.aspx?guid={EB3F0F3B-A2D8-4DCD-85CA-3D1651B662DD}&dist=msr_2 --- November 14, 2007: Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, and Islamist Financing http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/070.html (India) Sharia Finance: Taurus MF launches Taurus Ethical Fund http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/MF-News/Taurus-MF-launches-Taurus-Ethical-Fund/articleshow/4150288.cms Investing in Jihad: The perils of shari'a finance - by Alyssa A. Lappen http://www.terrorfinance.org/the_terror_finance_blog/2009/02/investing-in-jihad-.html U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's Visit to Indonesia and Related Links: (Indonesia) Hillary Clinton courts Muslim world with Indonesia visit -- She said it was important "to listen as well as talk to those around the world, to support a country that has demonstrated so clearly ... that Islam, democracy and modernity cannot only coexist but thrive together" -- "She will also meet President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday" -- "About 50 Muslim students protested at the presidential palace before Mrs Clinton's arrival, carrying banners reading 'America is a rubbish civilisation' and 'America is the real terrorist'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/indonesia/4688668/Hillary-Clinton-courts-Muslim-world-with-Indonesia-visit.html -- Clinton lands in Indonesia with message for Muslims http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35417.htm -- Clinton sees new role for Indonesia in US 'smart power' http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090218/pl_afp/usdiplomacyasia_20090218174311 --- "about 100 people rallied in front of the US Embassy to protest the visit, saying it was part of a US plan to 'divide and rule' Muslims around the world" http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/02/18/police-beef-security-welcome-secretary-clinton.html --- protestors opposing Clinton chanting "Allahu Akbar" http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=7176111&action=article --- Indonesian Muslim Leader Snubs Clinton http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090218\ACQDJON200902180405DOWJONESDJONLINE000400.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Indonesian%20Muslim%20Leader%20Snubs%20Clinton --- Clinton Trip Draws Protest in Indonesia ----- Clinton: "Through the centuries we have had many people who have done terrible things in the name of Christianity. They have perverted the religion." http://www.wowowow.com/post/protests-ahead-hillary-clintons-visit-indonesia-211957 --- Indonesian Muslim group says Clinton not welcome http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-94596.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/255944,indonesian-muslim-group-says-clinton-not-welcome.html (Indonesia) Bloomberg reports: "Indonesian authorities have severely weakened Jemaah Islamiyah" http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090218/pl_bloomberg/aexonsdqzwpo_1 -- Comment: that would be Jemaah Islamiyah that Indonesia's leaders claim does not exist? http://www.agonist.org/story/2004/10/26/42920/080 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2121227936 Clinton Says U.S. Seeks Unity With Muslim World -- "Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that the Obama administration will make 'a concerted effort' to restore the image of the United States in the Islamic world and will seek to 'enlist the help of Muslims around the world against the extremists.'" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021700957.html?wprss=rss_world/asia Recent Indonesia News: -- February 3, 2009: Indonesia - Sharia-Based Laws Creep into Half of Provinces http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5783&backpage=summaries -- February 6, 2009: Indonesian cleric wants boycott of Islam film on Muslim women http://64.34.254.246/article.aspx?ArticleID=19579 -- January 23, 2009: "Under Indonesian law, men can marry at 19 and women at 16, although under some Islamic laws there is no age limit" http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/024542.php -- February 9, 2009: Radical Books Raise Fears in Indonesia of Spread of Militants' Ideas http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/09/asia/09indo.php -- January 2, 2009: Indonesia fails to fight terrorists' ideology http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/02/asia/indo.php -- January 9, 2009: Indonesia: Protesters seal off synagogue amid pro-Palestinian protests http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2890011835 -- January 5, 2009: "More than 4,000 Indonesians have offered to support Hamas and fight against Israel" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2878392131 -- January 5, 2009: Indonesia - Muslim Groups Plan to Send Jihad Fighters http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/article/4957.html -- February 5, 2009: President attends inauguration of sharia economy festival http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2009/2/5/president-attends-inauguration-of-sharia-economy-festival/ -- February 3, 2009: Radicals seek ban on Rotary, Lions clubs in Indonesia http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=270469&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 -- January 18, 2009: Indonesian cleric calls for jihad in Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3658022,00.html -- January 8, 2009: Indonesian Muslims storm Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20090108-182170/Indonesian-Muslims-storm-KFC -- February 14, 2009: A "moderate" Indonesian examines the Valentine Day controversy among Muslims http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/024839.php See also: --- Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono not convinced Jemaah Islamiah exists http://www.agonist.org/story/2004/10/26/42920/080 --- Indonesia: Jemaah Islamiyah does not exist, says vice-president http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2121227936 --- Indonesia Denies Jemaah Islamiyah Faces Ban http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/005515.php Obama on Indonesia: "If I go to a Muslim leader, I can speak to them and I can say, 'I am a Christian, but I lived in the country with the largest Muslim population in the world.' And so I don't assume a clash of civilizations." http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/18/asia/AS-Obama-Indonesia-Quotes.php Commentaries: Cold, Premeditated, Ritual Murder. The Honor Killing of Aasiya Z. Hassan. Part Two - by Phyllis Chesler http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/02/17/cold-premeditated-ritual-murder-the-honor-killing-of-aasiya-z-hassan-part-two/ (UK) Maryam Namazie: "Some of us had to flee to escape sharia" http://www.thoughtfortheworld.org/2009-02-18_maryamnamazie.php http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/18/some-of-us-had-to-flee-to-escape-sharia/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/audio/2009/feb/17/maryam-namazie-sharia-law Houston Chronicle: "Sharia sham - Pakistan's decision to allow brutal law code in violent region is capitulation" http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6267962.html Shariah Finance Watch: How far do they want Shariah to go? http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2009/02/18/how-far-do-they-want-shariah-to-go/ Shariah Finance Watch: What is Al Qaeda’s goal? Shariah. http://www.shariahfinancewatch.org/blog/2009/02/18/what-is-al-qaedas-goal-shariah/ --- Quotes Pakistan Observer: "Their determination, efforts and energies are focused on just one point agenda that is the establishment of Shariat laws to bring the Muslims Ummah by adoption of this law on one common platform." http://pakobserver.net/200902/14/Articles05.asp Blogtalkradio: Audio - "message from United Against Islamic Supremacism's Gary Johnson, Jr" http://www.blogtalkradio.com/untothebreach/2009/02/13/unto-the-breach Against Nazi News: Czech Germans demand freedom to be Nazis - Feb 18, 1939 --- Dr. Kundt: "Germans must be allowed their own Nazi outlook their own Nazi laws, their own Nazi habits, and their own Nazi justice. It is high time that these things were done. History does not wait." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/britainatwar/4682875/Czech-Germans-deman-freedom-to-be-Nazis---Feb-18-1939.html (Australia) Kiwi auction site selling Nazi memorabilia http://jta.org/news/article/2009/02/17/1003035/kiwi-auction-site-sells-nazi-memorabilia Against White Supremacism News: (U.S.) Louisiana: Charges may be near in alleged KKK recruit slaying -- known as "Sons of Dixie or the Dixie Brotherhood" http://www.dailyadvance.com/news/nation/charges-may-be-near-in-alleged-kkk-recruit-slaying-439740.html http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gTN4X0wjHOqwUq80wkQpbe8qVXlgD96DSSMO0 (U.S.) Louisiana: Grand jury to hear alleged KKK initiation slaying http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gTN4X0wjHOqwUq80wkQpbe8qVXlgD96DIR6O0 February 17, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) More Than 17,000 Troops Headed to Afghanistan http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/17/troops-headed-afganistan/ -- Obama says Afghan strategy comprehensive --- "I'm absolutely convinced that you cannot solve the problem of Afghanistan, the Taliban and the spread of extremism in the region solely through military means. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg7_53 -- Promises Made: Afghanistan http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28883744/ (Afghanistan) Helmand Province: $71 Million "Drugs Raid 'Will Starve Taliban Of Cash'" http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Afghanistan-British-Forces-Seize-Heroin-And-Drug-Making-Chemicals-In-Operation-Diesel-Taliban-Raids/Article/200902315224830?f=rss (Pakistan) NWFP: Amnesty says govt handing over Swat people to Taliban http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163152 -- Pakistan: Swat peace deal threatens human rights http://www.amnesty.org/en/for-media/press-releases/pakistan-swat-peace-deal-threatens-human-rights-20090216 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban patrol Charsadda bazaar -- plans "enforcement of Shariah in other areas after implementation of Nizam-e-Adl in Malakand division" -- warn women to wear burqua or suffer consequences -- remove cassette and CD players from cars, destroy music equipment, stop barbers http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163154 (Pakistan) NWFP - ANP: "Nizam-e-Adl won't bring Taliban-styled regime" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg1_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad in Swat for talks with Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg1_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: TNSM's Maulana Sufi Mohammad urges Swatis for peace -- "Islamic system will bring revolutionary changes in the lives and businesses of locals, said the TNSM chief" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/maulana-sufi-urges-swatis-for-peace+--bi -- TNSM's Maulana Sufi Mohammad - Actions in Malakand, Afghanistan in line with sharia http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg7_39 --- June 10, 2008 - Sharia Expansion through Agreements with Taliban and TNSM - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#6.1 --- see also: Can TNSM stage a comeback with a vengeance as claimed by its cadres? http://www.cobrapost.com/documents/Sharia%20here.htm (Pakistan) TNSM's Maulana Sufi Mohammad wants Islamic rule worldwide -- "TNSM chief says Islam forbids elections, democracy" -- Sufi Mohammad: "From the very beginning, I have viewed democracy as a system imposed on us by the infidels. Islam does not allow democracy or elections." -- Sufi Mohammad: "I believe the Taliban government formed a complete Islamic state, which was an ideal example for other Muslim countries. Had this government remained intact, it could have led to the establishment of similar Islamic governments in many other countries." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg1_8 (Pakistan) UK's Guardian report on TNSM's Sufi Mohammad: "Rescue or surrender? Local hero brings sharia law to troubled region" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/18/sufi-muhammad-pakistan (Pakistan) NWFP - Report: "US privately backs Pakistan's 'Sharia law for peace' deal with Taliban" -- Daily Telegraph reports "American officials in Islamabad said they hoped it would divide Fazlullah's Swat Taliban and his father-in-law's TNSM from Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). " -- Also report: "One source suggested it reflected the 'smart power' thinking outlined by Hillary Clinton in her Senate confirmation hearing as secretary of state." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4681480/US-privately-backs-Pakistans-Sharia-law-for-peace-deal-with-Taliban.html (Pakistan) NWFP - U.S. State Department: Islamic law is within Pakistani Constitution: US --- State Dept's Gordon Duguid: "The Islamic law is within the constitutional framework of Pakistan...I don't know that is particularly an issue for anyone outside of Pakistan to discuss" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/islamic-law-is-within-pakistani-constitution-us--bi (Pakistan) NWFP - U.S. State Department: No opinion on Pakistan-Taliban pact --- State Dept's Gordon Duguid: "I'll get back to you" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/17/US_No_opinion_on_Pakistan-Taliban_pact/UPI-67681234910864/ --- "Secretary of state says US trying to understand Pakistan's intentions in Swat" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg1_1 --- India Times - Clinton seeks to see Pakistani government's "intention and the actual agreed-upon language" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US-frets-over-Paks-deal-with-Taliban/articleshow/4146371.cm (Pakistan) US must address Pakistan's security concerns through South Asia diplomacy - US Institute of Peace's Christine Fair and Seth Jones http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg7_12 (Pakistan) NWFP: Opposition not taken into confidence over sharia imposition http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg7_35 (Pakistan) NWFP: Hizb ut-Tahrir dissatisifed with Pakistan govt's Sharia law deal, demands continued push for global Islamic caliphate http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/press-centre/press-release/few-amendments-in-the-judicial-system-do-not-beget-shariah.html 'Pakistan taking slippery road in implementing sharia' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg1_10 (Pakistan) Nizam-e-Adl will not affect govt's policy on terror: Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg1_4 (Pakistan) FATA: 4 health officials kidnapped in Darra Adam Khel -- by armed Jihadists because of immunization program http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163162 (Pakistan) FATA - Report: "Secrecy and denial as Pakistan lets CIA use airbase to strike militants" -- London Times claims Pakistan Shamsi airfield used http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5755490.ece (Pakistan) Lahore: Intelligence agencies nab 3 terrorists in Lahore -- "arrested terrorists belonged to areas in North Waziristan and Peshawar" http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68886 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg7_20 (Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Witnesses record statements in suicide attack case http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163273 (Pakistan) Militancy threat to democracy: Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg7_31 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Only one of six suspects named by Pak for 26/11 produced in court http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Only-one-of-six-2611-suspects-produced-in-Pak-court/articleshow/4145430.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Status of Mumbai suspects in Pak a mystery http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Status-of-Mumbai-suspects-in-Pakistan-unknown/articleshow/4142606.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks - Report: "FBI hands over Mumbai attacks' evidence to Indian Police" http://www.geo.tv/2-18-2009/35373.htm http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\18\story_18-2-2009_pg7_3 (India) Army eliminated 1,256 militants in J&K and NE in 2008 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Army-killed-1256-militants-in-JK-NE/articleshow/4145476.cms Bangladesh - Christians Seek Justice in Church Bomb Blast http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5807&backpage=summaries (U.S.) Sami Al-Arian Contempt Charges: Prosecutor Argues Al-Arian Judge's Order Redundant and Invasive http://www.investigativeproject.org/998/prosecutor-argues-al-arian-judges-order (U.S.) Liberty City Six retrial: Fla. jury picked in Sears Tower terror plot trial http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_re_us/terrorism_investigation (UK) Retrial of transatlantic jet bomb plotters: British terror cell planned to blow up seven transatlantic airliners -- additional report from London Times: "A British terrorist cell planned to detonate suicide bombs on transatlantic airliners killing thousands of people, a court heard today" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5754677.ece (UK) London: Protest outside the American Embassy calling for the release of Binyam Mohamed from Guantanamo http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/uknews/4681668/Protest-outside-the-American-Embassy-calling-for-the-release-of-Binyam-Mohamed-from-Guantanamo.html --- February 6, 2009: Revealed: The 'truth' behind the Briton 'tortured in Guantanamo Bay' --- on Binyam Mohamed plot for terror attacks in U.S., role with Taliban, and reports of training to develop dirty bomb http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490 (UK) Secret papers on Iraq war stolen from Eversheds lawyer on train http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5755728.ece (UK) So is Britain really going to break with the Muslim Brothers? -- by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3365496/so-is-britain-really-going-to-break-with-the-muslim-brothers.thtml (Lebanon) Trial of 29 terror suspects kicks off in Beirut -- Fatah al-Islam's founder Shaker al- Abssi tried in absentia http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=99436 (Iran) 'Iran, Syria not cooperative enough on nuclear issues' -- "IAEA chief ElBaradei: But Iran hasn't added centrifuges since September; says Syria should be more open on site bombed by Israel in 2007" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304810785&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25071850-23109,00.html (Gaza) Update: IDF: Hamas seized unexploded ordnance fired during Gaza op http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064943.html -- Hamas Stole Seven Tons of Weapons from UN in Gaza http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130000 -- Five tons of bombs stolen in Gaza Strip: UN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Five_tons_of_bombs_stolen_in_Gaza_Strip_UN/articleshow/4146328.cms?TOI_latestnews (Hamas) New Hamas Demand on Shalit: Presence at Egyptian Border http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130003 (Yemen) Ex-Gitmo inmate turned Qaida commander surrenders -- Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi turned over to Saudi Arabian authorities http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_saudi_al_qaida_3 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,494784,00.html (Niger/Mail) Qaeda claims abductions of Westerners in W. Africa: TV -- claim by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb -- Islamic supremacist terrorists "reserved the right to deal with the six captives under Islamic sharia (law)" http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE51H00Y20090218?rpc=401& (Algeria) Three suspected Islamists killed in Algeria http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n171275 (Nigeria) Gunmen attack 2 oil facilities in southern Nigeria http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/17/africa/AF-Nigeria-Oil-Unrest.php (Zimbabwe) Tsvangirai aide on terrorism charge http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/tsvangirai+aide+on+terrorism+charge/2958857 (Russia) "Chechen rebel returns and denounces insurgency" -- Bukhari Barayev --- Bukhari Barayev is father of dead Jihadist Movsar Barayev who led October 2002 Russia theater siege - led to 170 deaths http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-20804826_ITM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movsar_Barayev Turkish police find 127 kgs of explosive substances http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/Categories.aspx?Language=en&id=102 Turkish Muslim Brotherhood - MEMRI: 'Kayhan': 'Turkey's Place is Alongside Iran'; The Turkish Muslim Brotherhood Model Is Influenced By, and Supportive of, The Iranian Islamic Model http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD224809 (Canada) Web campaign showed dedication to jihad: expert -- Montreal trial of Said Namouh aka Ashraf with the Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) http://www.vancouversun.com/news/campaign+showed+dedication+jihad+expert/1299153/story.html (Thailand) 5 police injured in Pattani bombing http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30095914/5-police-injured-in-Pattani-bombing (Philippines) Abducted ICRC worker scores military offensives http://www.gmanews.tv/story/149238/Abducted-ICRC-worker-scores-military-offensives Other News: (U.S.) Clinton Vows to Reach Out to Islamic World http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/17/AR2009021700957.html?wprss=rss_nation http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024887.php (U.S.) Northern Virginia - Omeish for Delegate? -- former president of Muslim American Society's Esam Omeish running as Democrat for House of Delegates http://www.nvdaily.com/blogs/politics/2009/02/omeish-for-delegate.html --- IPT Dossier: Muslim American Society (MAS) and Historical Roots in the Muslim Brotherhood http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/44.pdf (U.S.) Muslim Brotherhood-founded group and Stalinist-led ANSWER group to march on Pentagon March 21 --- "MAS Freedom, ANSWER Coalition and Hundreds of Endorsers [to] March on the Pentagon Saturday, March 21" http://www.masnet.org/takeaction.asp?id=5291 --- MAS Freedom's (MASF) Executive Director Mahdi Bray http://www.masnet.org/news.asp?id=170 --- Reports on MAS Freedom's Mahdi Bray: http://www.investigativeproject.org/profile/112 (see section II, page 5 on following link) http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/85.pdf http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2008/02/the-mendacity-of-mas.html http://www.ohioagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/02/muslim-brotherhoods-grand-jihad-in.html http://www.investigativeproject.org/760/american-brotherhood-samis-our-man --- MAS Freedom reports that it met with Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton http://www.investigativeproject.org/585/strange-bedfellows-on-the-campaign-trail -- Other MAS Freedom reports http://www.investigativeproject.org/501/when-islamists-get-caught-mas-edition (U.S.) Florida: Islamic reformer, former terrorist to speak -- Tawfik Hamid -- hosted by Temple Beth Sholom's in Sarasota, Florida and West Coast Florida AJC http://www.sunnewspapers.net/articles/llnews.aspx?articleID=11716&bnpg=0 --- West Coast Florida AJC web site - show your support! http://www.ajc.org/site/c.ffITK0OyFoG/b.843901/k.B574/West_Coast_Florida.htm --- The Trouble With Islam: Sadly, mainstream Muslim teaching accepts and promotes violence - by Tawfik Hamid http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009890 -- CAIR: Fla. Muslims Ask Synagogue to Balance Presentation on Islam --- Unindicted co-conspirator group CAIR criticizes Temple Beth Sholom's plans to have Tawfik Hamid lecture on radical Islam http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090217/pl_usnw/cair__fla__muslims_ask_synagogue_to_balance_presentation_on_islam (U.S.) Alabama: iReport Not Sitting Well with Residents of Arab, Alabama --- CNN reporting Muslims "were shocked" that they weren't discrimated against http://www.waaytv.com/global/story.asp?s=9850816 http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-201137 (U.S.) Colorado: "Islam one of most misunderstood faiths, speaker says" -- Fairouz Abu-Ghazalen says jihad means "striving in the way of God" -- coordinates with local Somali community, which includes workers at Swift Company in nearby Greeley http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/news/2009/feb/17/islam-one-most-misunderstood-faiths-speaker-says/?partner=RSS http://www.thecoloradotrust.org/repository/initiatives/pdfs/SIRFI/MorganCounty1-pager5-08.pdf (UK) Libraries told to move books in response to complaints that Quran is not on top shelf http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1148363/Libraries-Bible-shelf-sop-Muslims.html Commentaries: Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence? by Phyllis Chesler http://www.meforum.org/article/2067 Jihad TV in Europe: It's time to shut down Hezbollah and Hamas broadcasts to the Continent -- by Mark Dubowitz and Roberta Bonazzi http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123490878778903321.html?mod= Further Comments by David G. Littman, twenty years after the Rushdie Fatwa http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024888.php --- February 19, 2004 comments http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/0/795e575f36093592c1256e9700555791?Opendocument So is Britain really going to break with the Muslim Brothers? -- by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3365496/so-is-britain-really-going-to-break-with-the-muslim-brothers.thtml Propaganda: ABC: "Former Gitmo Guard Recalls Abuse, Climate of Fear" -- War resister Brandon Neely interviewed http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6879032 --- War resister Neely on "Alternet" http://www.alternet.org/story/106404/this_veterans_day%2C_u.s._soldiers_say_%27stop_the_war%27/ February 17, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Afghan reprisal feared in killing of refugee from Taliban http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25065305-5001561,00.html -- Slain Taliban leader had embarrassed Karzai http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/17/asia/afghan.php (Afghanistan) Talks with Taliban through Afghan govt only: Kabul http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68865 (Afghanistan) Karzai spokesman: Holbrooke visit reduced tensions: Kabul http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090217/pl_afp/afghanistanunrestusdiplomacy --- February 8, 2009: Afghanistan President Karzai urges non-Qaeda Taliban to return -- as part of "reconciliation" http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=c834b86f-644d-4dae-b997-41a937d5eabb&&Headline=Karzai+urges+non-Qaeda+Taliban+to+return (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan's sharia deal to embolden Taliban -- People in the scenic valley witnessed public beheadings and summary executions by Taliban fighters administering their brand of justice." http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/pakistan-sharia-deal-embolden-taliban--qs -- Rally held in Pakistan's Swat Valley in support of pro-Taliban cleric http://www.3news.co.nz/News/Rally-held-in-Pakistans-Swat-Valley-in-support-of-pro-Taliban-cleric/tabid/209/articleID/91591/Default.aspx?ArticleID=91591 (Pakistan) NWFP: Sufi Muhammad: "We will soon open dialogue with the Taliban" --- "Residents lined the route as his caravan of 300 people drove through, waving and shouting 'Long live peace! Long live Islam!'" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/NATO-cautions-Pakistan-over-talks-with-Taliban/articleshow/4145135.cms --- Talibanizing Pakistan - Militias look to create 'shariah state,' author says http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1296515 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State -- by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html Pakistan Blasted for Creating Taliban Safe Haven With Islamic Law Deal http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,494446,00.html -- U.S., allies dismayed by Pakistan deal in Swat ---- Pro-Taliban cleric heads to region to convince militants to stop fighting http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29235292/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29235707/displaymode/1176/rstry/29235292/ (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat valley locals happy to buy Sharia peace -- Swatis are happy but the West isn't http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20374 (Pakistan) NWFP: Govt-TNSM deal a high-risk affair http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20373 (Pakistan) NWFP: Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam (Sami) (JUI-S) Maulana Samiul Haq hails Swat peace deal http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=162977 (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistani woman watches Taliban take over town she loves -- Gul Bibi: "Probably your next 9/11 is going to be from Swat" http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/pakistan.taliban/index.html --- Canada's Miss Pakistan World Natasha Paracha: Stop Sharia laws, kick out Taliban nomads http://www.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Feb172009/foreign20090217119091.asp?section=updatenews (Pakistan) From Pakistan, Taliban Threats Reach New York -- Bakht Bilind Khan kidnapped when he visited Swat, but released for ransom and in U.S. http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/17/america/17swat.php http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/nyregion/17swat.html?_r=2&th&emc=th (Pakistan) NWFP: Bomb blast targets politician in northwest -- near Peshawar http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3026271637 --- "bomb exploded outside the home of a town councilor critical of militants" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/nwfp/car-blast-kills-three-near-peshawar--qs -- Four killed, 16 injured in Peshawar blast ---- car bomb "could be a suicide attack" http://www.geo.tv/2-17-2009/35338.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan denies 'concession' for militants in sharia deal --- Information Minister Sherry Rehman: "It is in no way a sign of the state's weakness" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/pakistan-denies-concession-militants-sharia-deal--qs -- Pakistan accepts legal system compatible with Shariah http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/16/asia/pakistan.php (Pakistan) NATO cautions Pakistan over talks with Taliban -- "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the Pakistani move still needed to be 'thoroughly understood.'" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_62 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/NATO-cautions-Pakistan-over-talks-with-Taliban/articleshow/4145135.cms -- "Clinton Says Extremists Pose 'Direct Threat' to Pakistan, U.S." http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=axPU0g.zKGlw&refer=india -- International criticism mounts over Sharia deal http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/international+criticism+mounts+over+sharia+deal-rs -- Australian foreign minister interviewed on Sharia law deal http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2008/s2493179.htm (Pakistan) Guns alone cannot defeat terrorism: President Zardari http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Feb09/17/06.htm -- Pakistan pursuing three-pronged strategy to counter terrorism: President Zardari http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&