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) Ł90m 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 Ł2,000 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' Ł3,000 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 Ł2,500 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&task=view&id=68305&Itemid=39 (Pakistan) Dawn editorialist calls for Swat to be center of Pakistan's government - "Is Sharia the answer?" -- Shaheen Sardar Ali: "can we please move all government operations to Swat?" -- Shaheen Sardar Ali: "If we are all God-fearing Muslims and if Sharia as defined by Sufi Mohammad et al, is the only way forward for peace and prosperity, then ought we not, as a country, embrace it?" -- British author Shaheen Sardar Ali is "a professor of law at the University of Warwick, UK" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/the-paper/editorial/is+sharia+the+answer -- biography for British university professor Shaheen Sardar Ali -- consults for NORAD, UNICEF http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/staff/academic/ali/ (Pakistan) U.S. left-wing website on Sharia law in Swat: "why not, the religious nuts have been running that place for a while anyway" http://wonkette.com/406313/wal-mart-now-under-sharia-law (Pakistan) Poland: Warsaw presses Pakistan over Pole's murder --- "slammed Islamabad's 'apathy' over tackling terrorism.... body has still not been recovered" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg7_10 (Pakistan) UN seeks direct contact with Solecki kidnappers http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/un-seeks-direct-contact-with-solecki-kidnappers-ha (Pakistan) FATA: Osama bin Laden may well be in Parachinar: Report -- FATA's Parachinar "12 miles from the Pakistan border" http://www.geo.tv/2-17-2009/35326.htm --- Osama most likely hiding in Pakistan, says scientific study http://ia.rediff.com/news/2009/feb/17osama-may-be-hiding-in-pak-study.htm http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Osama-bin-Laden-may-be-hiding-in-Pakistan-Report/rssarticleshow/4145512.cms http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2009-02-17-osama-geography_N.htm?csp=34 (India) "All 21 alleged Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorists have been chargesheeted for hatching the conspiracy to set off blasts in various cities including Delhi, Bangalore and Surat" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Chargesheet-against-IM-terrorists/articleshow/4140381.cms (U.S.) Ohio man faces sentencing in alleged terror plot -- Christopher Paul - convert to Islam -- "An Ohio man accused of joining al-Qaida in the early 1990s and helping teach fellow Muslim extremists how to bomb U.S. and European targets will be sentenced next week" http://www.wchstv.com/newsroom/oh/news1.shtml http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=107536 -- Christopher Paul aka Abdulmalek Kenyatta aka Paul Kenyatta Laws http://www.dodig.osd.mil/IGInformation/IGInformationReleases/Paul_plea_local.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Paul (U.S.) Homeland Security Dept. Gave Information to State Police -- DC Anti-War Network (DAWN) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601131.html?wprss=rss_metro -- associated with Stalinist-led ANSWER group http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Anti-War_Network (UK) Retrial of Transatlantic Jet Bomb Plot by British Jihadists -- Eight men 'tried to blow up flights with liquid bombs' ---- Prosecutor Peter Wright states group intended to cause civilian deaths on an "unprecedented scale" ---- Abdulla Ahmed Ali (aka Ahmed Ali Khan), Assad Sarwar, Tanvir Hussain, Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Waheed Khan, Waheed Zaman, Umar Islam (aka Brian Young), and Donald Stewart-Whyte http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4679863/Airliner-bomb-trial-Eight-men-tried-to-blow-flights-with-liquid-bombs-planes.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7894755.stm http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/17/airline.plot.trial/index.html --- Jury set for terror trial - scheduled to last at least until July 2009 http://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/content/hackney/gazette/news/story.aspx?brand=HKYGOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshkyg&itemid=WeED17%20Feb%202009%2010%3A16%3A51%3A463 See also: --- September 8, 2008: UK Jury Ruling on Jihadists Ignores Plot to Bomb Transatlantic Jets Headed to America - by Jeffrey Imm ---- British jury ignores transatlantic jet plot, concerned only about threats to British utility, airport, and internet facilities ---- British Jihadists sought bombs on tranatlantic jets headed to U.S. cities ---- British Jihadists made videos of calls for Jihadist attacks on America http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/103.html ---- Text of their videos calling for Jihad and attacks on America http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#transatlantic_jihadists ---- August 16, 2006: How The Road To Terror Leads Back To London - by Jeffrey Imm ----- on tranatlantic jet British Jihadist bomb plot http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2006/08/how_the_road_to_terror_leads_b.html http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/006.html (UK) Daily Mail: "Plot to 'blow up transatlantic planes with liquid bombs was directed from Pakistan'" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1147902/Plot-blow-transatlantic-planes-liquid-bombs-directed-Pakistan.html?ITO=1490 (UK) Britain Probing Muslim 'Aid for Gaza' Group for Terror Links http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129966 US-Somali youth join Jihad in Somalia http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304803715&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Republicans try to block Guantanamo detainees from state prisons http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/16/guantanamo-republicans-prisons (Lebanon) 1 injured in Beirut-area attack -- "attackers threw two bombs in the al-Tayona and al-Janah areas of Beirut around midnight" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/17/1_injured_in_Beirut-area_attack/UPI-28471234886477/ (Lebanon) Hezbollah keen on unity government -- "Nasrallah calls for huge turnout in Lebanon's polls, says Hezbollah has right to anti-aircraft weapons" http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=30439 (Iran) Tehran presses Moscow to sell S-300 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304807169&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064914.html Iran denies holding missing US ex-agent Robert Levinson http://www.geo.tv/2-17-2009/35333.htm (Iran) Report: 'Israel assassinating Iranian officials' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304802253&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064852.html (Hamas) Mashaal: Schalit issue can't be linked to Gaza cease-fire deal http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304805586&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (West Bank) "Obama promises Palestinians he'll protect 'biblical heartland'" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89138 (Gaza) Explosives haul missing in Gaza http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7895123.stm (Gaza) France says there is Gaza truce, expresses hope for progress http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1976727&Language=en Somali insurgents tell agencies to hand out food -- Islamic supremacists al Shabaab rebels tell aid agencies "to hand out all the food aid in their warehouses, or leave the Horn of Africa nation" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LH378224.htm Yemen: Saudis arrested for 'link' to Al-Qaeda link -- "part of the Al-Qaeda cell recently formed by Yemeni Naser al-Wahshi, who is said to have recruited several former detainees released from the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3025759396 Sudan signs accord with Darfur rebels http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=30436 Spain: Couple held for promoting jihad --- "identifies the man as Christian Peso Ruiz Coello and his Russian girlfriend as Maria Choubin" --- "the statement says both are Muslims. Police say the videos praise mujahedeen fighters and call for the recovery of Andalucia" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Spain-Couple-held-for-promoting-jihad/articleshow/4144832.cms http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/17/europe/EU-Spain-Jihad-Videos.php ---- Spain: Soldier arrested for inciting Jihad http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/spain-soldier-arrested-for-inciting.html http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/17/spain.arrests.videos/ (Sweden) Malmo: Al-Aqsa foundation acquitted of financing terrorism http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/malmo-al-aqsa-foundation-acquitted-of.html http://www.thelocal.se/17642/20090217/ (Russia) Al-Qaeda gains strength, active in North Caucasus - envoy http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090217/120183833.html Kyrgyzstan moves to evict US troops http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163038 (Philippines) Soldiers kill kidnapper, rescue hostage in Philippines --- "Government troops rescued a kidnapped 7-year-old boy" --- in search of five other kidnap victims held by Muslim Abu Sayyaf," which includes "a Sri Lankan peace advocate, three Filipino teachers and a 9-year-old boy" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/256080,soldiers-kill-kidnapper-rescue-hostage-in-philippines.html Philippines: Peace Deal Seen As Unlikely -- "in southern Mindanao region, where a Muslim separatist war has raged for decades" http://www.mysinchew.com/node/21317?tid=37 (North Korea) Clinton adopts softer line with North Korea http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5750959.ece (Sri Lanka) LTTE taking child soldiers: UNICEF http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/LTTE-taking-child-soldiers-UNICEF/articleshow/4144714.cms http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1976639&Language=en Other News: (U.S.) New York: Possibility of 'honor killing' mulled in Orchard Park slaying -- Muzzammil Hassan - CEO of Bridges TV -- "'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 (U.S.) CAIR gave award to moderate Muslim who beheaded his wife - Muzzammil Hassan - CEO of Bridges TV http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024885.php --- CAIR website: "Muzzammil Hassan receives award from CAIR-PA Chairman Iftekhar Hussain and CAIR National Chairman Parvez Ahmed" http://pa.cair.com/content/image.php?Side=gallery&folder=19&img=45 (U.S.) Florida: Co-Conspirator on Campus -- by Joe Kaufman --- "unindicted co-conspirator" of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Siraj Wahhaj - invited to Muslim Students Association (MSA) event at University of Florida (UF) Gainesville http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=FCE2E0F1-8FC1-4A3A-A775-86EC512525B6 --- Siraj Wahhaj also called for and a man who reportedly called for replacing the American government with a caliphate http://www.kashmirtelegraph.com/jagan.htm --- in July 2008, Siraj Wahhaj led NY subway ad campaign to "educate" NYers on Islam http://www.nypost.com/seven/07212008/news/regionalnews/train_ing_day_for_jihadists_120839.htm (U.S.) Frontpagemag.com: "radical Muslims and their organizations use the courts to silence Joe Kaufman's investigative reporting" -- seeking donations https://www.frontpagemag.com/secure/contribute.aspx?sc=37 (U.S.) Montana: Muslim Student Association (MSA) to hold panel discussions and lectures - "Understanding Islam: Moving Towards Truth and Tolerance" http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/02/17/news/30muslims.txt -- Investigative Project on Terrorism Profile on MSA and Roots in the Muslim Brotherhood http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/84.pdf -- The Muslim Students Association and the Jihad Network - by Terrorism Awareness Project http://media1.terrorismawareness.org/files/MSA%20and%20Jihad%20Network%20v5b.pdf (U.S.) Tennessee: Islamic subversion alleged by speaker -- "former FBI agent John Guandolo briefed members about groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, which he claims is working with other Islamic groups to slowly implement Shariah, also known as Islamic law, which encompasses all areas of life" -- "now works with Stephen Coughlin" -- "also presented was a viewing of the documentary 'Homegrown Jihad: The Terrorist Camps Around the U.S.,' produced by the group Christian Action Network (CAN)" http://www.t-g.com/story/1502537.html (U.S.) Scientists uncover secrets of potential bioterror virus --- Rift Valley fever virus http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-02/uotm-sus021609.php Canada's immigration minister is considering cutting funding to a Canadian-Arabic group --- Canadian Arab Federation's president, Khaled Mouammar "alleged that Kenney was promoting Islamophobia after the Conservative minister criticized the presence of Hamas and Hezbollah flags at anti-Israeli protests in Toronto: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/17/Canada_to_cut_Arabic_groups_funding/UPI-63491234882970/ http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2009/02/17/8414636-sun.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Arab_Federation Kosovo Seeks Calm as it Celebrates First Year http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,608197,00.html (UK) Muslim Engage organization leader condemns report of plans to consider new draft "Contest 2" code -- Engage's Inayat Bunglawala (former spokesman for the Muslim Council of Great Britain) says that calling for British Muslims to respect equality, reject caliphate, reject jihad, and not promote Sharia "would be counterproductive and class most Muslims as extremists" http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/17/counterterrorism-strategy-muslims http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/17/who-is-an-extremist/ -- Engage web site http://www.iengage.org.uk/ -- Inayat Bunglawala also a writer for UK's Guardian ---- "In August 2005, Inayat was appointed by the Home Office as the Convenor of a working group on Tackling Extremism" http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2007/jun/03/inayatbunglawala http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news/tacklilng-extremism?version=2 -- August 20, 2005: "Top job fighting extremism for Muslim who praised bomber" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1496621/Top-job-fighting-extremism-for-Muslim-who-praised-bomber.html -- Inayat Bunglawala states Osama Bin Laden "was a freedom fighter" http://www.ft.com/cms/s/01f7156e-12a9-11da-8cc3-00000e2511c8,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F01f7156e-12a9-11da-8cc3-00000e2511c8.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3B_ylt%3DA0geu8cu8ppJAGgBFydXNyoA%3Fp%3DUK%2BHome%2BOffice%2B%2522Inayat%2BBunglawala%2522%26y%3DSearch%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501&nclick_check=1 -- Inayat Bunglawala: "Calling for establishing a state with Islamic values should not be a crime" http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2006-07/18/05.shtml -- Hizb ut-Tahrir complains of fears that "UK Government to Compel Muslims to adopt secular liberal values" http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/press-centre/press-release/leaked-uk-government-proposals-label-core-aspects-of-islam-as-extremist.html -- British Muslims who object to homosexuality could be classed as extremists http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-11206.html --- Pakistan Daily: "Leaked UK Government Proposals Label Core Aspects Of Islam as 'Extremist'" http://www.daily.pk/world/europe/9473-leaked-uk-government-proposals-label-core-aspects-of-islam-as-extremist.html (UK) Asim Siddiqui: "How to categorise every Muslim as an extremist" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/17/terrorism-islam --- Siddiqui trustee of UK's City Cirle group on British Muslim issues http://www.thecitycircle.com/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/asimsiddiqui http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asim_Siddiqui --- City Circle event this week in UK on February 20: "Resistance - the Essence of Islamic Revolution" http://www.thecitycircle.com/more.php?ann_id=143 (UK) Islamic finance is booming in face of Western credit crunch http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/legal-business/2009/02/18/islamic-finance-is-booming-in-face-of-western-credit-crunch-65233-22949964/ (UK) Scotland: Imams to join police in fighting gangs http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/scotland-imams-to-join-police-in.html (Netherlands) Wilders' party to take part in European elections http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/local_news/Wilders_-party-to-take-part-in-European-elections_49724.html Indonesian Muslim group says Clinton not welcome -- Hizb ut-Tahrir denounces Clinton as "Zionist agent" http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-94596.html Indonesia Viewed As A Potential Bridge Between Islam, U.S. http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43639 (Jordan) Pope to meet Muslim leaders in Jordan -- in May http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=30452 --- Pope to visit Jordan mosque during Holy Land tour http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090217/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_mideast_pope_2 (Qatar) Obama government is keen to reach Muslim world: Panel --- includes US Congressman Keith Ellison and Jackson Diehl, Deputy Editorial Page Editor at The Washington Post http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&month=February2009&file=Local_News2009021765631.xml (Malaysia) "Islam does not discriminate" http://www.nst.com.my/Sunday/National/2480189/Article/index_html (Malaysia) "In Quest for Equal Rights, Muslim Women's Meeting Turns to Islam's Tenets" -- forms Quran reading group to solve Islamic supremacist abuse of women -- NYT: "Some scholars argued that the effort sounded unrealistic and would have no impact, mainly because it appeared to ignore more than a thousand years of Islamic legal scholarship and practice" -- NYT: "'This kind of argument is being made at the margins of the Islamic world,' said Bernard Haykel, an expert on Islamic law at Princeton University. 'It has shape and form, but no substantive content. There's no real way of actually bringing about these changes.'" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/16/world/asia/16women.html?em Iran may limit execution of minors http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Iran-may-limit-execution-of-minors/articleshow/4145061.cms Iraqi shoe-thrower to be tried Thursday -- Muntazer al-Zaidi http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=30449 Commentaries: The end of hope in Swat Valley- by Dean Nelson --- "Benazir Bhutto herself had agreed such a deal with Maulana Sufi Muhammad, and several National Assembly members from the PPP and other democratic parties support Sharia Law for Swat to speed up the slow judicial system" http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/dean_nelson/blog/2009/02/16/the_end_of_hope_in_swat_valley The Plight of Women under Islamism: Time for Muslims to Shed the Denial -- by M. Zuhdi Jasser http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2543/pub_detail.asp Accountability and Defying Islamic Supremacism - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2541/pub_detail.asp England's Muslim Spleen - Brits ban a foe of Islamism -- by John O'Sullivan http://www.nypost.com/seven/02162009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/englands_muslim_spleen_155468.htm A Chamberlain Moment -- by Stephen Brown http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=F4BF2126-0D78-48E0-B463-5F7D645E19B6 Obama pursuing Homeland Security Lite -- by James Jay Carafano http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/Obama-pursuing-Homeland-Security-Lite-39673467.html The Evils of Islamic Political Ideology -- by Alyssa A. Lappen http://www.rightsidenews.com/200902163686/homeland-security/the-evils-of-islamic-political-ideology.html Gov't can't shut down terrorist training camps in U.S. -- by Chad Groening http://www.onenewsnow.com/Security/Default.aspx?id=418566 Rehab for Jihadists -- by Stephen F. Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=9543BF90-8D08-464E-BBA2-0384705061F7 Will Obama institute a new kind of preventive detention for terrorist suspects? by Jane Mayer http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/02/23/090223fa_fact_mayer Against Nazi News: German Police Seek Swedish Nationals After Neo-Nazi Attack http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4033641,00.html (Germany) 'Counter-Marches Don't Impress the Nazis a Bit' http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,607856,00.html (Germany) Neo-Nazis co-opt Dresden bombing date http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/16/Neo-Nazis_co-opt_Dresden_bombing_date/UPI-36231234811796/ Anti-White Supremacist News: (U.S.) Indiana: Vandals spray "KKK" on cars http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=9853015 http://www.courierpress.com/news/2009/feb/16/police-kkk-spray-painted-vehicles-north-side/ February 16, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Bomb blast kills 8 in Baghdad as Shiite pilgrimage ends -- in Karbala http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Eight-killed-in-Iraq-bomb-blasts/articleshow/4139595.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle_East/Roadside_bombs_kill_8_injures_24_Iraqi_officials/articleshow/4138251.cms (Iraq) Four civilians killed, 13 injured eastern Iraq http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1976310&Language=en (Iraq) Al-Qaida leader arrested -- Saadi Naef Ali Rikhait http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/15/Al-Qaida_leader_arrested/UPI-60381234740586/ (Iraq) Suspected al-Qaeda rapist held http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2470365,00.html (Afghanistan) US troops kill Taliban's shadow governor for Badghis province http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/us_troops_kill_talib.php -- Commander among nine Taliban killed in Afghanistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1976271&Language=en -- Taliban seethe over a leader's death http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/16/asia/afghan.php (Afghanistan) Newest US troops in dangerous region near Kabul http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090216/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_surge_begins --- Santorum warns against withdrawal http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2009/02/16/news/local/doc4999e4f49c045075958567.txt (Afghanistan) Danish soldiers negotiating with Afghan Taliban: report http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Danish_soldiers_negotiating_with_Afghan_Taliban_report_999.html (Pakistan) NWFP chief minister says President Zardari approved Shari Nizam-e-Adl Regulations --- which will implement Sharia law in NWFP http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg1_1 (Pakistan) Taliban welcomes Malakand pact - to implement Sharia law http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg1_4 -- Taliban leaders welcome Sharia regulation 2009 http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68270&Itemid=38 -- Why Taliban is happy with the Pakistan government http://ia.rediff.com/news/2009/feb/17pak-taliban-happy-with-pakistan-government.htm -- Taliban Rules Swat http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/16/opinion/smith/main4804722.shtml ---- 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) Malakand people welcome decision http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg7_37 -- Religio-political parties back Nizam-e-Adl http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163051 -- TNSM endorses accord on Nizam-e-Adl Regulation http://www.geo.tv/2-17-2009/35287.htm -- Govt had no choice but to enforce Nizam-e-Adl in Malakand: Bilour http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg7_32 -- "Peace pact signed in consultation with president" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg7_38 -- President will not endorse Malakand pact until peace restored: Sherry http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg1_2 -- Army to obey deal between NWFP govt, TNSM: ISPR http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg1_3 -- Some sections of law ultra constitution: experts http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163052 -- Deal beneficial for country: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg1_5 (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan signs pact with Taliban, enforces Sharia law - Sharia to be law 80km from Islamabad ---- "United States has said the deals merely give insurgents time to regroup" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US-frowns-as-Pak-signs-pact-with-Taliban/articleshow/4136694.cms -- Pakistan agrees to Islamic law in violent region --- "'The government is ceding a great deal of space' to Pakistani militants, said Shuja Nawaz, the author of "Crossed Swords," a book on the Pakistani military. 'If you are doing that in the settled areas,' he said, 'you have lost the tribal areas.'" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/17/asia/17pstan.php -- Sharia imposed on northwest Pakistan in deal with Taleban http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5745194.ece -- Islamic Law to Be Imposed in Parts of Pakistan http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,493564,00.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29207954/ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/16/asia/AS-Pakistan.php http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February1224.xml§ion=international -- Related video: Losing ground to the Taliban http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/29226980#29226980 -- Sharia law endorsed in deal with tribal leaders http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3020547082 (Pakistan) India concerned over Sharia law in Malakand http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India-concerned-over-Sharia-law-in-Paks-Malakand/articleshow/4139080.cms -- Sharia law deal in Pakistan worries West http://www.euronews.net/en/article/16/02/2009/sharia-law-deal-in-pakistan/ -- "Sharia law is the price of peace in Pakistan" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/sharia-law-is-the-price-of-peace-in-pakistan-1623810.html -- Shariah Zone: One Solution for Pakistan? ---- "The odds are heavily stacked against Pakistan's survival as a democracy" http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/Shariah-Zone-One-Solution-for-Pakistan--il -- Pakistan to end military operation and implement sharia in Malakand Division http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/pakistan_to_end_mili.php (Pakistan) Australia welcomes Swat deal, urges political dialogue - Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg1_7 -- Pakistan accepts Australian offer to train its forces http://www.geo.tv/2-17-2009/35298.htm http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/australia-sees-sharia-deal-as-positive-development-rs (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban threats chill NWFP entertainers --- fled, kidnapped, killed, or threatened http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg7_39 (Pakistan) FATA: Jets kill five militants in Bajaur http://www.geo.tv/2-17-2009/35289.htm Pakistan accused of secretly supporting Taleban -- Perves Musharraf was playing 'double game' with US http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5747696.ece -- Former President Musharraf: Army, ISI being maligned to weaken Pakistan --- "He denied allegations regarding his 'double game' of supporting the Taliban while receiving US funding" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\17\story_17-2-2009_pg1_12 --- Comment: what was so "secret" about it? --- see also: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/30/asia/30pstan.php http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/09/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Pakistan.php http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/095.html http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/040.html Pak links Mumbai to Samjhauta blasts: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak-links-Mumbai-to-Samjhauta-blasts-Report/articleshow/4138778.cms -- more from FM Qureshi who seeks negotiations with Taliban (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak yet to confirm arrest of Lakhvi, Zarar Shah http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pak-yet-to-confirm-LeT-mens-arrest/articleshow/4138826.cms --- No Mumbai suspect, except one, remanded so far http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=163104 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Report - "CIA Helped India, Pakistan Share Secrets in Probe of Mumbai Siege" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/15/AR2009021501957.html -- Officials Acknowledge CIA Aid to India, Pakistan in Wake of Mumbai Attacks http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/16/officials-acknowledge-cia-aid-india-pakistan-wake-mumbai-attacks/ (India) Report: "Taliban a common threat, says Holbrooke" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Taliban-a-common-threat-says-Holbrooke/articleshow/4138165.cms -- Holbrooke tells India what it wants to hear... -- last week Holbrooke listened to Pakistan call for negotiations with "reconcilable elements" of Pakistan without protest http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February770.xml§ion=international http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/10/pakistan-hails-holbrookes_n_165700.html (U.S.) Gitmo detainee: 'I do pose a threat' -- Yemeni Abdul al Rahman al Zahri -- al Zahri: "I do pose a threat to the United States and its allies. I admit to you it's my honor to be an enemy of the United States. I am a Muslim jihadist, and I'm defending my family and my honor." http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090216/NEWS11/90216041 -- 4 Cases Illustrate Guantanamo Quandaries http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/15/AR2009021501955.html U.S. won't press allies on Guantanamo inmates - Pelosi http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/17/worldupdates/2009-02-17T052417Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-380519-1&sec=Worldupdates (U.S.) Philadelphia: Jailhouse Islam Behind Cop Killing? Rasheed Scrugs aka Rasheed Abdulghaffer -- "Rasheed Scrugs allegedly announced he was going to kill a cop and then shot Philadelphia Police Officer John Pawlowski with a gun hidden inside his coat pocket" -- "Rasheed Abdulghaffer -- may have converted to a radical form of 'jailhouse Islam' during his years in prison" http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/021609_Pawlowski_Slaying_Investigation (U.S.) On Al-Jazeera TV, Kuwaiti Prof [Abdallah Al-Nafisi] Suggests a Biological Attack on White House, Prays for Bombing of Nuclear Plant on Lake Michigan --- Abdallah Al-Nafisi calls for anthrax attack on United States to kill 330,000 Americans --- "One person, with the courage to carry four pounds of anthrax, will go to the White House lawn, and will spread this 'confetti' all over them, and then will do these cries of joy. It will turn into a real 'celebration.'" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD224709 (U.S.) NYPD reloads after Mumbai with training program http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jtb1_2xxvsOFdPSB-nQ5w7hFYU7AD96C8A180 (U.S.) Justice Department seeks to hold back lawsuits as FOIA rules rewritten http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29225492/ (U.S.) Reuters: "U.S. 'war on terror' eroded rights worldwide: experts" -- former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090216/ts_nm/us_counterterrorism -- See background on Mary Robinson's role at UNHRC http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-rubin052002.asp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1158160/posts (Israel) Livni: Give up half of 'Land of Israel' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3672896,00.html http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064591.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4642371/Tzipi-Livni-give-up-half-of-Land-of-Israel.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024875.php --- Netanyahu: Palestinians should have sovereignty, but not at our expense http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064610.html Israel Defense Minister Barak tells IDF: Iran nukes are an existential threat to Israel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064617.html Israel May Demand Deportation if Terrorists are Freed http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129981 (Israel) US Senator: Obama's Iran policy similar to Bush's -- Senator Cardin visiting Israel tells locals http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304799524&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Explosion hits media offices in Gaza http://www.canada.com/Entertainment/story.html?id=1179932 (Iran) Daily Telegraph: "Israel launches covert war against Iran" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4640052/Israel-launches-covert-war-against-Iran.html (Iran) Video: Report: "Iran may send child suicide bombers to Gaza" http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/17859/ (Lebanon) Hizbullah claims the right to possess air defenses http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304799163&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Al-Akhbar: Man suspected of spying for Israel arrested in Lebanon http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304794157&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Belgium to take over UNIFIL command in Lebanon http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1976449&Language=en (UK) 'No Day This Year without a Terror Trial' -- UK Home Secretary asked: "British government members stopped using the terms 'war on terror' or 'Islamic terrorists.' You tend to speak of 'anti-Islamic activists.' Why?" -- Replies: "we are talking about criminal acts that have nothing to do with the principles of Islam" http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,607801,00.html (UK) Report: "UK to shift anti-terror strategy" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1976234&Language=en -- BBC: "A senior Whitehall source said that Muslim leaders who urge separation will be isolated and publicly rejected" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7889631.stm -- "Extremist Muslim preachers targeted in new counter-terrorism strategy" ---- Abdurraheem Green, who views "Islam is not compatible with democracy," calls for wife-beating sought by UK police for "advice" ---- "the Metropolitan Police has sought Abdurraheem Green's advice recently... the preacher insists that in spite of his conservative views about life in Britain he is 'part of the solution' to extremism because young people listen to him" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4639626/Extremist-Muslim-preachers-targeted-in-new-counter-terrorism-strategy.html (UK) Guardian: "Anti-terror code 'would alienate most Muslims'" -- Guardian says new anti-terror code would alienate those calling for caliphate, Sharia, support Jihad, etc. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/17/counterterrorism-strategy-muslims (UK) Spy chief: We risk a police state -- "Dame Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5, has warned that the fear of terrorism is being exploited by the Government to erode civil liberties and risks creating a police state" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4643415/Spy-chief-We-risk-a-police-state.html --- Comment: remember this is the same MI5 that views more Islam as the solution to Jihadist terrorism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T04 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/20/uksecurity.terrorism1 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3561662/How-to-target-the-extremists.html (Somalia/UK) UK: 60 British youth fighting Jihad in Somalia http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/uk-60-british-youth-fighting-jihad-in.html -- UK: Jihadis to Somalia http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/uk-jihadis-to-somalia.html (Somalia/UK) British Muslim student killed 20 in suicide bomb attack in Somalia http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1146290/Revealed-British-Muslim-student-killed-20-suicide-bomb-attack-Somalia.html?ITO=1490 --- Growing number of British men joining Islamic radicals in Somalia http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4638987/Growing-number-of-British-men-joining-Islamic-radicals-in-Somalia.html --- Suicide bomber from Ealing is first in a new wave of Islamic terror http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23643466-details/article.do?ito=newsnow& (Somalia/UK) Somalia's terror recruits return to UK http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/somalias+terror+recruits+return+to+uk/2954747 -- Somalia-trained terrorists back in Britain http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/16/Somalia-trained_terrorists_back_in_Britain/UPI-83721234804431/ -- Somali radicals 'importing terror to UK' say intelligence analysts http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5741300.ece (Somalia/UK) Somalia, the 'new Pakistan'? -- "A young man blows himself up in Somalia, killing several people, but he is from Ealing in west London. He is just one of scores of Muslims believed to have travelled from the UK to join Islamist militants in one of the world's worst failed states." http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/somalia+the+new+pakistan/2956057 --- Comment: unfortunately when UK's Channel 4 refers to "failed states," it doesn't acknowledge UK's responsibility Somalia's new PM wants to talk to insurgents http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/17/worldupdates/2009-02-16T201455Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-380483-1&sec=Worldupdates -- Somalia: U.S. Welcomes Nomination of New Prime Minister Omar Abdirahsid Sharmarke http://allafrica.com/stories/200902160794.html Algerian forces kill senior Al Qaeda member -- Mourad Bouzid, aka Ami Slimane http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/02/16/12459e31c7b0 http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE51E23Y20090215 (Algeria) Eight Algerian soldiers killed in terrorist attacks http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1976289&Language=en -- Algeria: Soldiers killed by Islamic militants in two attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3021857170 (Kenya) US warning on terror threat to Kenya http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/530750/-/u2f27e/-/ -- Kenya 'at risk of terror attacks' http://www.nation.co.ke/News/-/1056/530862/-/u2f30s/-/ Yemen prosecutor seeks death penalty for Jew's killer http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=273577&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 (Egypt) Gadhafi up to old tricks in new way http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/16/africa/AF-Libya-Deconstructing-Gadhafi.php (Russia) Odessa policeman injured in car bomb explosion http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13586620&PageNum=0 (Thailand) 1 soldier, 4 civilians injured in Narathiwat bombing -- "time bomb planed by Muslim insurgents to attack a Buddhist monk protection unit" http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30095807/1-soldier,-4-civilians-injured-in-Narathiwat-bombing (Philippines) Defense chief: Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) feeling pressure from security forces http://www.gmanews.tv/story/149014/Defense-chief-ASG-feeling-pressure-from-security-forces (Philippines) MILF denies buildup of forces in Maguindanao http://www.gmanews.tv/story/148874/MILF-denies-buildup-of-forces-in-Maguindanao North Korea 'to test missile capable of reaching US territory' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/4640660/North-Korea-to-test-missile-capapble-of-reaching-US-territory.html (North Korea) Clinton warns N. Korea on nuclear programs http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29220283/ Other News: (UK) Archbishop of Canterbury: Society is coming round to my views on sharia -- Rowan Williams claims "a number of fairly senior people" in UK now support institutionalizing Sharia law in UK http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4631128/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-Society-is-coming-round-to-my-views-on-sharia.html ---- A drift of misunderstanding in Londonistan - by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3363346/a-drift-of-misunderstanding-in-londonistan.thtml ---- Rowan Williams is right to say the public supports him over Sharia. (The Saudi Arabian public, that is.) -- by Damian Thompson http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2009/02/16/rowan_williams_is_right_to_say_the_public_supports_him_over_sharia_the_saudi_arabian_public_that_is Muslim comic superheroes a hit in Arab world -- killing French soldiers in Syria http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304796552&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull US Muslim TV network founder charged with murder -- Muzzammil Hassan founder of Bridges TV --- charged with "second degree murder" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/US-Muslim-TV-network-founder-charged-with-murder/rssarticleshow/4140043.cms http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4643814/Muslim-TV-channel-founder-charged-with-beheading-wife.html (U.S.) Explosive goes off in California prison http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/14/prison.explosion/ (U.S.) NYC: MTA Investigates Brooklyn Subway Station Explosion http://wcbstv.com/topstories/mta.subway.explosion.2.935708.html Nigeria: PLSG Accused of Sponsoring Anti-Muslim Campaign http://allafrica.com/stories/200902160168.html Saudi body pushes for Islamic finance norms http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=273493&version=1&template_id=48&parent_id=28 (UAE) British author says she is banned from Dubai event http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-sports/ci_11716269 (Australia) Brendan Sokaluk charged with arson terrorism http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/4636450/Australian-bush-fire-arsonist-suspect-was-volunteer-firefighter.html Commentaries: The Discarded Women of Islam - by Pamela Geller http://europenews.dk/en/node/19798 -- So many, I did not think death had undone so many http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024864.php http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/02/losing-our-heads-.html -- Islam's systematic murder of our girls http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/01/islam-killing-o.html Beheaded in Buffalo: The Honor Killing of Asiya Z. Hassan - by Phyllis Chesler http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2009/02/14/be-headed-in-buffalo-the-honor-killing-of-asiya-z-hassan/ Headless Body in Gutless Press - by Mark Steyn http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YWVlZDFkN2RmOGE1YWMzMmY5YjBiZThkYTIxN2Q5ZDU= Accountability and Defying Islamic Supremacism - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.realcourage.org/?p=43 http://www.anti-jihad.org/blog/2009/02/accountability http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/125.html Wafa Sultan and Ayaan Hirsi Ali Confront Sleeping Americans http://avideditor.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/wafa-sultan-and-ayaan-hirsi-ali-confront-sleeping-americans/ Geert Wilders and the Fight for Europe - Does defending Western values constitute "inciting hatred"? -- by Bat Yeor http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZGVhOWZlNjk4N2E0NDk1NDgwYWRhNzlhMTdmNWZlNjI= Hizballah Gets Away with Murder, Again -- by Maj. W. Thomas Smith, Jr. http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2538/pub_detail.asp (UK) A drift of misunderstanding in Londonistan - by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3363346/a-drift-of-misunderstanding-in-londonistan.thtml (UK) Rowan Williams is right to say the public supports him over Sharia. (The Saudi Arabian public, that is.) -- by Damian Thompson http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2009/02/16/rowan_williams_is_right_to_say_the_public_supports_him_over_sharia_the_saudi_arabian_public_that_is Propaganda: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Abubakar Siddique calls for "a concerted effort to woo the generic Taliban and bring them back into the political mainstream" http://www.rferl.org/content/Talking_To_The_Taliban/1493861.html Against Nazi News: France's role in Holocaust legally recognized http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Frances_role_in_Holocaust_legally_recognized/articleshow/4139878.cms?TOI_latestnews http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304797363&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- France says 'Jews have been given enough' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5748523.ece Italy: Muslim leader visits former Nazi camp http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3020791707 (U.S.) Author to recount terrifying childhood under Nazis http://eastsidebusinessjournal.com/Microsoft/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2842&Itemid=2 Anti-White Supremacist News: (U.S.) Louisiana: Police: Woman slain as she tried to leave KKK rite http://dolnewsg.com/2009/02/15/police-woman-slain-as-she-tried-to-leave-kkk-rite-ap/ (U.S.) White Supremacist Satanist pleads guilty to biting boy, 9 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/16/Satanist_pleads_guilty_to_biting_boy_9/UPI-54111234817291/ February 14 and 15, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Government and TNSM agree on sharia enforcement in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\15\story_15-2-2009_pg1_12 -- NWFP Sharia Enforcement: "A five-point agreement for the enforcement of Shariat in Malakand Division has been finalized in the successful talks held between the NWFP government and Maulana Sufi Muhammad" http://www.geo.tv/2-15-2009/35200.htm http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68640 -- NWFP: ANP - "federal government's go-ahead to the enforcement of sharia in Swat and other districts of Malakand could help quell militancy by 30-45 percent" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\15\story_15-2-2009_pg7_17 -- Govt claims breakthrough in Shariah regulation in Swat http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68593 -- NWFP govt serious in forging consensus to resolve Swat problem: Iftikhar http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=162650 --- February 13, 2009: NWFP: Thousands rally for Shariah in Swat http://www.geo.tv/2-13-2009/35110.htm --- February 12, 2009: NWFP: "thousands of protesters set a three-day deadline to the government to implement the Shariah or they would march towards Islamabad" http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20265 http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=2/12/2009#4 --- June 11, 2008: "On the imposition of Shariah law in Swat Valley, [Prime Minister Adviser] Malik said it was decided in 1962, at the time of accession of state of Swat to Pakistan, that Shariah would be enforced there" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\11\story_11-6-2008_pg1_3 --- 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) NWFP: Imran Khan to hold talks with Swat Taliban --- Khan "urged the government to immediately implement Shariah in Swat" --- Khan: "'The government must devise new policy to safeguard the interest of Pakistan rather than the US in the region,' the PTI chief said, adding that demand of Swat people should be fulfilled by enforcing Shariah." http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=162637 (Pakistan) NWFP's Peshawar: All Party Conference (APC) on Swat to study Sharia initiative -- "President Zardari was weary of the initiative that might harm his secular credentials in western capital" http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/15/local11.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban announce cease-fire in Pakistan's Swat -- "A Taliban spokesman says the militants will adhere to a 10-day cease-fire in Pakistan's Swat Valley during peace talks with the government" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090215/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_28 http://www.geo.tv/2-15-2009/35206.htm http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,493227,00.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban free captive Chinese engineer in Pakistan -- held captive for nearly 6 months -- "the militants freed the Chinese captive after the government agreed to impose Islamic law in their region" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090215/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_27 -- September 24, 2008: "Pakistan will seek nuclear fuel assistance from China in a bid to build 10 new nuclear power plants" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/24/Pakistan_China_in_nuclear_fuel_deal/UPI-24751222260236/ (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban kill two policemen in Peshawar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\15\story_15-2-2009_pg7_23 (Pakistan) NWFP: Fear of Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) reaction prevails in Peshawar http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=162638 (Pakistan) Taliban, Qaeda support increasing in Pakistan, says Musharraf http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\15\story_15-2-2009_pg1_9 (Pakistan) FATA: 28 killed in suspected US missile strike -- "in Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud’s stronghold in South Waziristan" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\15\story_15-2-2009_pg1_1 (Pakistan) Karachi: Six Baitullah accomplices arrested http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=162729 (Pakistan) Three suicide jackets recovered from Islamabad http://www.geo.tv/2-14-2009/35158.htm (Pakistan) Let Pakistan operate the drones: Shuja http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\15\story_15-2-2009_pg7_6 --- DiFi: U.S. Drones 'Flown Out Of A Pakistani Base' http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2009/02/difi-us-drones-flown-out-of-a.html http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/14/top2.htm (Pakistan) Federal Investigation Agency foils attempts to hack its website http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/15/top2.htm (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Mumbai attackers house traced: Report -- in Pakistan's Sindh province http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/House-where-Mumbai-attacks-planned-traced/articleshow/4132240.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak to question 26/11 'mastermind' Lakhvi http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak-to-grill-2611-mastermind-Lakhvi/articleshow/4131348.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: We may seek Kasab's custody if investigation demands: Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak-says-it-may-seek-Kasabs-custody-India-refuses/articleshow/4128679.cms Saudis linked to Mumbai jihad massacres http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024854.php http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=442&PID=0&IID=2854&TTL=The_Saudi_Connection_to_the_Mumbai_Massacres:_Strategic_Implications_for_Israel (Pakistan/Afghanistan) US working to regain Pakistan's trust: Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mullen http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\15\story_15-2-2009_pg1_2 --- Mullen's propaganda on Washington Post: "Building Our Best Weapon" -- again says U.S. merely against "extremists" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021302580.html?sub=AR (Afghanistan) Iran Is Helping Taliban in Afghanistan, Petraeus Says http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=anoeJZOUXV88&refer=home --- same Petraeus who supports talks with the enemy himself http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Petraeus (Afghanistan) Two ISAF soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1975945&Language=en Afghanistan joins US 'war on terror' review http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090215/ts_afp/afghanistanusdiplomacy_20090215145921 (Afghanistan) Washington Post writer visits Afghanistan's "Jihad Museum in Herat" - Edward P. Joseph - still thinks Afghanistan's problems about government corruption, education, development http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/13/AR2009021301649.html (Iraq) "bomb hidden in a garbage pile killed one person and injured 18 others in Sadr City" http://www.miamiherald.com/news/world/AP/story/905101.html -- Couple of explosions in Iraq kill civilian, injures eight http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1975979&Language=en Iraqi police arrest key Qaeda leader http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1976082&Language=en Iraqi army finds 10 bodies in mass grave -- in Al-Taji --- "believed to date back about two years to a period when Al Qaeda terrorized the area" http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/15/2491994.htm (U.S.) Terror From Within: A panel discussion on 'stealth jihad' --- Frank Gaffney, Robert Spencer, Nonie Darwish, Tarek Fatah, and Heather Nauert http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024853.php http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/p17882.xml (U.S.) Montana: Terrorism analyst, former CIA officer to speak at UM -- more propaganda by non-interventionist Michael Scheuer to deceive the American public http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2009/02/15/news/mtregional/news12.txt -- March 17, 2008 - Jihad, Islamism, and Non-Interventionism - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/079.html (U.S.) Guantanamo detainee fit to travel: British diplomats -- Briton Binyam Mohamed http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090215/wl_nm/us_britain_guantanamo;_ylt=AvK9p60R88rGDQhsHO3nyAZvaA8F --- February 6, 2009: Revealed: The 'truth' behind the Briton 'tortured in Guantanamo Bay' ---- "Investigators also believe Binyam Mohamed was planning to blow up an apartment block in the United States when he was arrested." ---- "U.S. authorities claim Mohamed fought against anti-Taliban Northern Alliances forces and, because of his UK residency, was selected by Al Qaeda and trained to construct and detonate a radioactive 'dirty bomb'." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490 (UK) Muslim Brotherhood Leaders Hold Hamas Festival In London Today -- will include "general superintendant of the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria lawyer Ali Sadr Adiin Beanounii, president of the centre for terrorism studies Dr Kamal Al-Helbawy" http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/15/muslim-brotherhood-leaders-hold-hamas-festival-in-london-today/ http://www.qudspress.com/look/article.tpl?IdLanguage=17&IdPublication=1&NrArticle=53860&NrIssue=1&NrSection=3 -- more on "Centre for Terrorism Studies" Al-Helbawy -- of Muslim Brotherhood http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19078 (UK) Nine suspects arrested by terror police ---- "Nine people arrested in connection with terrorism offences but six were later released without charge." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4621561/Nine-suspects-arrested-by-terror-police.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5732316.ece http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/15/terror-motorway-arrests -- Anti-terror police seize three vans headed for Gaza http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE51D1NH20090214 -- More time to quiz terror suspects http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23642519-details/More+time+to+quiz+terror+suspects/article.do http://www.burnleyexpress.net/burnleynews/Antiterrorism-police-34given-more-time34.4982288.jp -- Anti-terror police search homes after arrests in Burnley http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25056921-23109,00.html http://www.burnleyexpress.net/burnleynews/Burnley-homes-to-be-searched.4981693.jp -- UK police arrest 3 men in anti-terror probe -- arrests and seizures in Preston and Burnley ---- "seized three vehicles that tried to join a convoy organized by a British charity to carry aid to the Gaza Strip" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/14/europe/EU-Britain-Terror-Arrests.php (UK) George Galloway Ł1million aid convoy link to three terror suspects arrested on M65 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1145585/George-Galloway-1million-aid-convoy-linked-terror-suspects-arrested-M65.html -- British Member of Parliament Galloway has history of seeking donations for front groups to Hamas --- seeking donations for Interpal (Palestinian Relief and Development Fund) linked to Hamas http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4293935.ece (Iran) Slow Obama stance on Iran nukes worries Israel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064158.html (Lebanon) In Lebanon, Trial Of Suspects Accused Of Belonging To Al-Qaeda Begins http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/13738.htm (Syria) UNIIIC investigators visit Syria - reports -- investigation on assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=99362 Israel denies reports of Hamas negotiations http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/15/israel.hamas.negotiations/index.html -- Gov't to speed up discussion on prisoner release http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3671820,00.html (Israel) Shin Bet chief: Egypt not doing enough to combat smuggling http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304785568&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Pipe-bomb lab discovered in Western Galilee -- Dir al-Assad http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304783837&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064267.html (Hamas) As if There Had Been No War: Hamas Smuggling Continues http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129954 Hamas, Fatah try to form 'unity gov't' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304779398&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas claims to hold remains of IDF soldier killed in Operation Cast Lead http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304786451&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (South Africa) Muslims furious about terror claims http://www.capeargus.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=3571&fArticleId=vn20090211031022558C738143 -- Muslims fear fallout from UK visa deal http://www.pretorianews.co.za/?fSectionId=672&fArticleId=vn20090215071856774C211890 --- Comment: but South Africa hasn't been "concerned" about over past 2 years regarding its lax visas allowing British Jihadists get to Pakistan for training http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1739245.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3301166.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4315614.ece Somalia: Deploy More Peacekeepers to Somalia, U.S. Tells Nigeria http://allafrica.com/stories/200902150001.html Somalia: Islamist President Appoints Western-Educated PM http://allafrica.com/stories/200902140002.html Somalia: Pirates Try to Seize Another Six Ships http://allafrica.com/stories/200902130795.html Uganda: 146 LRA Rebels Killed http://allafrica.com/stories/200902150006.html (Spain) Barcelona: Financing Pakistani terrorism http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/barcelona-financing-pakistani-terrorism.html http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/%20http://www.barcelonareporter.com/index.php?%2Fnews%2Fcomments%2Fbarcelona_named_as_a_centre_for_financing_islamic_terrorists Russian Forces Kill Three Insurgents In Dagestan - Reports http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090215\ACQDJON200902150806DOWJONESDJONLINE000248.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Russian%20Forces%20Kill%20Three%20Insurgents%20In%20Dagestan%20-%20Reports (Russia) Militants planned terror against Ingush leaders - Russian FSB -- "Acting on orders from militant leader A. Taziyev a.k.a. "Magas," one Mutaliyev a.k.a. "Abdullah" http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090214/120136450.html (Philippines) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) troops massing in Maguindanao http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20090215-189389/MILF-troops-massing-in-Maguindanao http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20090215-189389/MILF-troops-massing-in-Maguindanao Philippines ready to resume talks with rebels - Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090215/tap-philippines-muslim-talks-peace-5cc1ef8.html (Philippines) Military halts rescue of Red Cross hostages http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20090215hed5.html -- Philippine military 'slows down' operations vs ICRC kidnappers http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/255801,philippine-military-slows-down-operations-vs-icrc-kidnappers.html (Philippines) Boy carries bomb away from people http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20090212-188992/Boy-carries-bomb-away-from-people (Philippines) Six wounded in Philippine bomb blast http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/6-wounded-in-Philippines-bomb-blast/articleshow/4128296.cms (Malaysia) 3 alleged JI members freed in Malaysia http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20090215-189433/3-alleged-JI-members-freed-in-Malaysia North Korea Offers Possible Olive Branch Before Clinton Visit http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,493205,00.html (Nepal) Bomb detonated at U.N. office in Nepal http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/15/stories/2009021555281300.htm Other News: 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 ---- Additional reports on Bridges TV owner beheading of wife ----- wife, Aasiya Z. Hassan, had filed for divorce "after bouts of domestic violence" http://www.nypost.com/seven/02152009/news/regionalnews/behead_nightmare_155233.htm http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/15/Muslim_TV_owner_charged_with_killing_wife/UPI-95051234714586/ http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/02/15/66505.html (U.S.) 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 Afghan court upholds sentences in Quran trial -- "An appeals court in Afghanistan upheld 20-year prison sentences Sunday for two men who published a translation of the Quran that drove religious leaders to call for their execution" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/15/asia/AS-Afghan-Translation-Trial.php US to help plan 'Durban 2' conference --- Durban conferences have a history as being used as platforms to attack Israel http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304780425&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1064246.html (U.S.) Hampshire College - University Officials Struggle to Explain Israeli Divestment Moves http://www.investigativeproject.org/997/university-officials-struggle-to-explain (U.S.) 9/11 Widow And Activist Beverly Eckert Hailed As 'Hero http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2009/02/911-widow-and-activist-beverly.html#more UK conference to "emphasise the need for all Muslims worldwide to struggle as much as they can for the sake of Allah (SWT) to implement the Shari'ah on the earth" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024855.php (UK) Police opening office within mosque http://www.beverleyguardian.co.uk/latest-york-and-humberside-news/Police-opening-office-within-mosque.4982291.jp (UK) Project to help growing Muslim community -- to help Muslim convert women http://new.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED14%20Feb%202009%2009%3A33%3A01%3A473 (UK) Surge of anti-Semitic attacks in UK http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3671416,00.html UK Paper: Boycott Israeli Government with Lieberman -- London-based Arabic-language Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129946 (UK) Islamic finance accelerates into motor policies -- expansion of Sharia in UK http://www.independent.co.uk/money/insurance/islamic-finance-accelerates-into-motor-policies-1622160.html (UK) New counter-terrorism campaign - featuring "prominent Muslims" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7891152.stm (Australia) Jihadists revel in our misery -- "Senior analyst at SITE Intelligence Group Adam Raisman said they were posting pictures of burnt homes and devastated victims and 'taking joy in the scenes'. One jihadist wrote: 'It would be an act of revenge for Australian's participation in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.'" http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25054889-5018723,00.html -- Jihadists celebrating Victoria fires; taking joy in the scenes http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25056815-1243,00.html --- Alleged arsonist joined a brigade http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25059284-5013404,00.html (Somalia) Valentines Day Al Shabab Style (Beheading) -- man's crime was "converting to Christianity" -- note links to video with disturbing images http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/196359.php http://terrorfreesomalia.blogspot.com/2009/01/barbaric-and-genocidal-funded.html Yemen sets minimum marriage age, but with exceptions "if a judge rules the marriage is 'in the best interest of the child'" http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/024833.php http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=3.0.3009839663 (Nigeria) Sharia legal system is constitutional –FG tells UN's Council http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200902151129159 --- January 21, 2009: Nigeria: Hisbah Blocks Women's Rally http://allafrica.com/stories/200901210108.html (Nigeria) Vaccines Spark Controversy In Nigeria --- "following an outbreak of whooping cough - one of the six main killer diseases for children" --- "Ahmed, who is also a member of the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria, declared earlier this year that the vaccines being administered to children contained anti-fertility agents. He called for their suspension until they were fully investigated by competent authorities, and found to be safe" --- "there are concerns in the Muslim community that it is being used for an alleged plot by the United States to reduce the population of developing countries" http://ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=20966 Nigeria: Tension Mounts Again in Jos http://allafrica.com/stories/200902130141.html (France) 'No place for Jews in France' -- "On anniversary of Ilan Halimi's murder, Jews say racially motivated incidents occur every day" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3671730,00.html Germany: Islam book for primary school http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/germany-islam-book-for-primary-school.html (Germany) Follow-up report on Honor Killing Trial -- "He also yelled that had the trial taken place in Kabul, Afghanistan, he would have already been released long ago" http://sheikyermami.com/2009/02/14/todays-honor-killing-watch/#more-21616 Norway: 'Norway shouldn't be more Pakistani than Pakistan' http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-norway-shouldnt-be-more.html Netherlands: PVV second in polls http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/netherlands-pvv-second-in-polls.html (Afghanistan) Censorship blurry for Afghan TV -- Tolo TV: "A young Afghan woman in a headscarf spends all day staring at other women's bodies and Hindu idols on her computer screen, then covering them up" -- more about "democracy" in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.afghantv15feb15,0,5266015.story?track=rss --- December 31, 2008: USAID - Afghan Journalists Tell a Story of Better Business ---- U.S. AID focuses on Tolo TV's business stories http://afghanistan.usaid.gov/en/Article.505.aspx --- April 1, 2008: Afghanistan Parliament bans dancing on TV as "un-Islamic" http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/020520.php http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4558266 --- Januar 11, 2008: Afghan clerics campaigning against "un-Islamic" TV shows http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/019519.php http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3167881.ece --- August 18, 2007: Afghan govt raids TV station over news clip: broadcaster http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSISL6784520070418 (Lebanon) US 'committed' to aid for Lebanon - USAID http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=99301 (Iran) "Holocaust not our business," says Iranian speaker Ali Larijani http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/February/middleeast_February256.xml§ion=middleeast (Saudi Arabia) Ready for the new challenge: Aal Al-Sheikh --- Dr. Abdullah Bin Muhammad Aal Al-Sheikh "said the implementation of Shariah Law was one of the most important roles of the judiciary and described the Shoura Council as an applied aspect of implementing Shariah, although a new one for world communities" http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009021529331 Saudi king dismisses 2 powerful religious figures http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hP11l0uCPOZA7URuMxoW4x9M4nWAD96BBR981 (China) Anti-Communist Blogger stabbed at bookstore in Beijing http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/15/asia/blogger.php Commentaries: (UK) Labour bares its appeaser's teeth to unbending Muslims -- by Minette Marrin http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/minette_marrin/article5733899.ece Video jihad and Pakistan -- by S. Prasanna Rajan -- "Partners in democracy and human dignity should be one in their rejoinder to the state that threatens us all" http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&issueid=93&task=view&id=28855§ionid=83&Itemid=1 (U.S.) NY Honor Killer's Muslim Sympathy Site Yanked - by Marc Sheppard http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/02/ny_honor_killers_muslim_sympat.html War and Peace -- and Deceit -- in Islam (Part 1) - by Raymond Ibrahim http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/war-and-peace-%E2%80%94-and-deceit-%E2%80%94-in-islam-part-1/ War and Peace -- and Deceit -- in Islam (Part 2) - by Raymond Ibrahim http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/war-and-peace-%E2%80%94-and-deceit-%E2%80%94-in-islam-part-2/ Propaganda: (India) 'Jihad and terrorism poles apart' -- Deoband http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Jihad-and-terrorism-poles-apart/rssarticleshow/4129933.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 (U.S.) Minnesota: CAIR - Group says Somalis are being detained unfairly http://www.startribune.com/local/39610642.html http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=539642 http://www.sctimes.com/article/20090215/NEWS01/102150004/-1/RSSTOP --- "Saida Hassan" has been listed in previous reports as a "Student Leader of MSA" hosting events for "Muslim Students Association (MSA)" http://central.spps.org/news/0607/october/october.pdf http://74.6.239.67/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=%22Saida+Hassan%22+MSA&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-501&u=central.spps.org/news/0607/october/october.pdf&w=%22saida+hassan%22+msa&d=EZyD6g-YR_Y3&icp=1&.intl=us http://central.spps.org/news/0607/november/november.pdf --- MSA Central Zone http://czusa.msanational.org/inthezone/ http://czusa.msanational.org/ -- Investigative Project on Terrorism Profile on MSA and Roots in the Muslim Brotherhood http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/84.pdf -- The Muslim Students Association and the Jihad Network - by Terrorism Awareness Project http://media1.terrorismawareness.org/files/MSA%20and%20Jihad%20Network%20v5b.pdf Saudi king appoints first female minister -- for education -- Norah al-Faiz http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/4631054/Saudi-king-appoints-first-female-minister.html --- Comment: nation of Islamic supremacism gains propaganda whitewash over its supremacism by figurehead education appointment --- In June 2001, 3 months before 9/11 attacks by 15 Saudis, Norah al-Faiz praised by well-known Jihad apologist group WMREA for her work in Saudi Arabia's "Kingdom schools" http://www.wrmea.com/archives/may-june01/0105035.html (U.S.) Turkish press: Will Hollywood apologize to Muslims? http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=167002&bolum=100 Against Nazi News: (Germany) Neo-Nazi, counter rallies held in Dresden http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_4030295,00.html?maca=en-en_nr-1893-xml-atom -- Skinheads, Neo-Nazis Draw Fury at Dresden 1945 'Mourning March' http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aGstsMp983DI&refer=germany (Italy) Facebook pulls Italian neo-Nazi pages after outcry http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/story.html?id=961531 (Hungary) Neo-Nazis rally in Budapest to mark WW2 battle http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25056927-23109,00.html (Holland) Miep Gies, who hid Anne Frank from the Nazis, marks her 100th birthday http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/JWorld.jhtml?contrassID=19&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0 (U.S.) Kate Winslet's Oscar chances hit by The Reader Nazi accusation --- "Film critics had previously suggested that the film was an example of 'Nazi porn' for its sympathetic treatment of Ms Winslet's character, an illiterate war criminal who locks 300 Jewish women in a burning church, becomes an Auschwitz guard and then seeks redemption by learning to read while on trial after the war" --- "Mark Weitzman, the New York head of the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre... labelled The Reader one of a series of recent Hollywood films that is guilty of 'Holocaust revisionism'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/4624573/Kate-Winslets-Oscar-chances-hit-by-The-Reader-Nazi-accusation.html -- Don't Give an Oscar to The Reader http://www.slate.com/id/2210804/ (U.S.) WW II vet held in Nazi slave camp speaks out http://nfsblog.colorgreenfray.com/2009/02/14/ww-ii-vet-held-in-nazi-slave-camp-speaks-out/ (Egypt) A Nazi War Criminal's Last Years in Cairo http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,607385,00.html -- Germany: Documents on Nazi Fugitive Examined http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/14/world/europe/14briefs-DOCUMENTSONN_BRF.html?_r=1&ref=world February 13, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Note - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks will not be available on 2/14/09 - Happy Valentine's Day! (Pakistan) NWFP: Thousands rally for peace, Shariah in Swat -- "The protestors were holding placards and banners inscribed with slogans of Shariah. They chanted slogans in support of Shariah law." http://www.geo.tv/2-13-2009/35110.htm ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants attack at police checkpost in Bannu http://www.geo.tv/2-14-2009/35117.htm http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68513 (Pakistan) NWFP: Five Taliban killed, six other injured in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\14\story_14-2-2009_pg7_17 (Pakistan) NWFP/FATA: Military operation in Fata, Swat must be stopped: Shabbir http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=162452 --- FATA, Swat operations: Jamaat-e-Islami to mark black day on 18th http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\14\story_14-2-2009_pg7_22 (Pakistan) Taliban is in "huge" amounts of Pakistan: Zardari -- "Zardari said Pakistan had been in denial about the Taliban in the past." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/ts_nm/us_pakistan_zardari_1 -- Taliban 'threatens Pakistan's survival' http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25053181-23109,00.html --- In May 29, 2008 - Zardari tells Washington Times: "In this young century, dictatorship has been sustained under the guise of a so-called war on terror. All that has been accomplished is to strengthen the extremists and turn the people of our nation away from the United States." --- in same interview Zardari's approach to those in tribal areas supporting Taliban? "It is now time to engage them... [calling for] political engagement, economic and social reform" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/may/29/it-is-time-for-reconciliation-zardari-says/ ---- Comment: rather Pakistan has been and remains in denial about Islamic supremacism in Pakistan (Pakistan) President Zardari: "US should adopt holistic approach to terrorism" -- "President says US should expedite work for passage of Kerry-Lugar bill" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\14\story_14-2-2009_pg7_15 (Pakistan) US strategy on drone attacks soon: FM Qureshi http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\14\story_14-2-2009_pg1_3 -- same Qureshi who wants U.S. to negotiate with Taliban http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL24406020090210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?--- Pakistan bases not being used for drone attacks, says Defense Minister Mukhtar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\14\story_14-2-2009_pg1_2 (Pakistan) NWFP: Officials questioning New Zealander arrested from Peshawar -- Mark Taylor http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\14\story_14-2-2009_pg7_31 (Pakistan) Five 'suicide bombers' held in Quetta http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\14\story_14-2-2009_pg7_13 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Kidnappers threaten American abducted in Pakistan -- "letter accompanying the video delivered to a Pakistani news agency said the hostage, John Solecki, would be killed within 72 hours" -- "Solecki, the head of the U.N. refugee agency in Quetta" -- held by Baluchistan separtists http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_kidnapped_american http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Abducted-UN-official-in-Pakistan-appears-in-video/articleshow/4127211.cms (Pakistan) US resolution condemns release of Pak scientist A Q Khan -- Congressman Ed Royce http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/US-resolution-condemns-release-of-Pak-scientist-A-Q-Khan/articleshow/4126943.cms -- Royce Introduces Resolution Condemning Pakistan's Release of A.Q. Khan http://www.royce.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=111200 -- U.S. House of Resolution Submitted http://www.royce.house.gov/UploadedFiles/AQ_Khan_Resolution.pdf -- February 6, 2009: Pakistan Frees Black Market Nuke AQ Khan-"Father of Islamic Bomb" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19203 (Pakistan) Rumor Alert: 17-year old boy tell Pakistani media: "Mehsud has severed contacts with Fazlullah" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\14\story_14-2-2009_pg7_4 (U.S.) An Air Force lawyer fights to free a Guantanamo inmate -- Binyam Mohamed http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090213/wl_mcclatchy/3167411 --- February 6, 2009: Revealed: The 'truth' behind the Briton 'tortured in Guantanamo Bay' ---- "Investigators also believe Binyam Mohamed was planning to blow up an apartment block in the United States when he was arrested." ---- "U.S. authorities claim Mohamed fought against anti-Taliban Northern Alliances forces and, because of his UK residency, was selected by Al Qaeda and trained to construct and detonate a radioactive 'dirty bomb'." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490 Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati in Friday Sermon: Iran's Satellite Launch A Hammer Hit to Heads Of U.S., Israel; Thank You to Israel for Not Permitting Iranian Nuclear Activity; On 30th Anniversary of Revolution, "Iranian Nation Hit Another Severe Punch" to U.S., Israel http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD224509 Algeria: Bomb blasts follow president's bid for new term http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3015974141 (Thailand) Runda Kumpulan Kecil (RKK) rebel suspect killed http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/11610/rkk-rebel-suspect-killed -- RKK Jihadist group profile http://www.start.umd.edu/data/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4711 (Thailand) Suspected insurgent killed in gunfight with soldiers - in Narathiwat http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30095665/Suspected-insurgent-killed-in-gunfight-with-soldiers Other News: (U.S.) New York: Founder and CEO of Muslim TV channel beheads wife -- Muzzammil Hassan http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024821.php -- Prominent Orchard Park man charged with beheading his wife http://www.buffalonews.com/494/story/578644.html -- Buffalo Man Who Launched TV Network to Show Muslims in Positive Light Arrested -- for Beheading His Wife http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003941612&imw=Y -- December 1, 2004: Washington Times profile on Pakistani-born Muzzammil Hassan -- "TV start-up defends Islam" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/dec/01/20041201-120040-3365r/ --- Huffington Post's concern? That it is "[a] sad irony -- and perhaps a reason to keep the BridgesTV mission alive -- is that the television network was Hassan's wife's idea in the first place" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/13/founder-of-muslim-america_n_166800.html (Pakistan) 1 million Pakistani women abused during pregnancy: expert http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=162462 (UK) BBC - Video: Muslim First, British Second http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_7888000/7888467.stm (UK) Rolling road blocks will be in place for holy parade http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/asianspotlight/spotlight/4117412.Muslim_parade_date_set_for_High_Wycombe/ Italy: Rome Grand Mosque shuns meeting of radical mosques http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3014962375 (UAE) US-Islamic World Forum opens today -- including Washington Post writers Sally Quinn and Jackson Diehl http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=272891&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16 -- Quinn moderates the WP/Newsweek "On Faith" blog that is frequently used to whitewash Islamic supremacists and supporters of Hezbollah, etc., and support those calling for "engagement" with ISNA, CAIR, etc. http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/muslims_speak_out/2007/07/sayyed_fadlallah.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/arthur_waskow/2008/12/obama_act_now_to_heal_religiou.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503402.html Commentaries: Strategies For Countering Radical Islamist Ideologies: Overcoming Conceptual Difficulties -- by Raymond Ibrahim http://armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/TUTC021209/Ibrahim_Testimony021209.pdf -- Alternate Web Site http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Ibrahim_Testimony021209.pdf -- Jihad Watch Article http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024820.php Radical Muslim Chaplains – Root Causes of Islamic Fanaticism and Terror -- by Dr. Sami Alrabaa http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2516/pub_detail.asp (UK) Banning Wilders plays into the hands of our Islamist enemies - by Charles Moore http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/charlesmoore/4615504/Banning-Wilders-plays-into-the-hands-of-our-Islamist-enemies.html (UK) Debate in House of Lords on the UK government's justification for barring Wilders from the country http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024815.php http://news.parliament.uk/2009/02/geert-wilders/ (UK) "Preserving 'Harmony' for Islamic Radicals" - by Andrew McCarthy http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDVhODU5MDQ2OTg5OGNmOWJkNjk3MTRlYTg4MGJjZjM Propaganda: London Times: "Why an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities is not an option" - by Bronwen Maddox http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/bronwen_maddox/article5720739.ece Against Nazi News: Swiss Police: Woman Made Up Racist Attack, Pregnancy; Likely Cut Herself http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,492344,00.html February 13, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Iraqi Police: Female Suicide Bomber Kills 40 Shiite Pilgrims in Iraq -- suicide bomb attack in Iskandiriyah http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,492205,00.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/4610631/Female-suicide-bomber-kills-dozens-in-Iraq.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/wl_nm/us_iraq_violence (Afghanistan) US soldier killed in Afghanistan clash -- Uruzgan province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1975598&Language=en (Afghanistan) Security on high alert in Kabul as Taliban vows more attacks http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1975600&Language=en (Afghanistan) Smaller British Afghan role expected -- in Musa Qala, US commanders "blamed the British for withdrawing and allowing the city to become a haven for insurgents" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/13/Smaller_British_Afghan_role_expected/UPI-75321234529455/ (Pakistan) NWFP: Five rockets fired at police station in Bannu http://www.geo.tv/2-13-2009/35052.htm (Pakistan) NWFP's Kohat: Suspected Taliban kill two women in Pakistan: officials --- "Police official Riaz Khan said the slain women had a 'bad reputation' and about a year ago were warned by people to abandon their 'immoral ways'" --- "The bullet-riddled bodies of the women, about 25 and 40 years old, were dumped on a roadside" http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090213/world/pakistan_unrest_northwest_crime_women_1 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban threaten to attack more ANP leaders http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/13/top12.htm http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\13\story_13-2-2009_pg7_1 (Pakistan) NWFP: Lawyer seeks release of Swat, Dir jailbirds -- petition to Peshawar High Court - as secular courts not functioning http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=162312 (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat operation must stop, say civil society organizations http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/13/nat8.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Use of force not only option in Swat: PM Gilani http://www.geo.tv/2-13-2009/35086.htm (Pakistan) Punjab: Taliban spreads into Pakistan's heart -- Taliban "warned women to wear the burqa and threatened them with acid attack" http://www.rediff.com/news/2009/feb/13guest-taliban-spreads-into-pakistans-heart.htm (Pakistan) East Pakistan like situation in Swat: Imran http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68494 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban rockets kill policeman in N Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\13\story_13-2-2009_pg7_4 (Pakistan) FATA: 2 would-be bombers held http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=162316 Pakistan has to earn India's trust, says US intel chief http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan-has-to-earn-Indias-trust-says-US-intel-chief/articleshow/4125173.cms -- Pakistan wish list exposes Holbrooke challenge http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\13\story_13-2-2009_pg7_15 (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: After 79 days, Pakistan admits 26/11 plotted from its soil http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/After-79-days-Pak-admits-2611-plotted-from-its-soil/articleshow/4117071.cms --- Islamabad hands over Mumbai probe report to New Delhi http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\13\story_13-2-2009_pg1_1 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4604250/Pakistan-admits-Mumbai-terrorists-operated-on-its-soil.html (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: 6 suspects of Mumbai attacks arrested, US term as 'good step' --- arrested include: "Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LT) commander" --- also Javed Iqbal, Hammad Amin Sadiq, Zarar Shah, Mohammad Ashfaq and Abu Hamza http://www.geo.tv/2-13-2009/35064.htm --- Suspects to be tried in camera -- aka closed courts http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/13/top2.htm (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: Confusion over reports about Pak filing case against Kasab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Confusion-over-reports-about-Pak-filing-case-against-Kasab/articleshow/4114366.cms Pakistan presses India over Mumbai investigation http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090213/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_india_9;_ylt=Anlt5ZY8UKRyjiyYH7ZmVlkBS5Z4 -- Pakistan asks India to 'come clean' on Mumbai http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Come-clean-on-Mumbai-Pakistan-tells-India/articleshow/4126029.cms (Pakistan) United Jihad Council slams Pakistan over FIR against Lakhvi http://ia.rediff.com/news/2009/feb/13mumterror-ujc-slams-pak-over-lakhvi-fir.htm (India) Mumbai attacks: Mumbai police send Pakistan evidence about attacks http://www.geo.tv/2-12-2009/35033.htm (India) Mumbai attacks: Indian court sends Pak-based 26/11 terrorist Kasab to 14-day police remand http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1975621&Language=en (India) Mumbai attacks: 'Indian hand' in 26/11 causes furore http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indian-hand-in-2611-causes-furore/articleshow/4120545.cms (India) Mumbai attacks: India welcomes Pakistan probe, wants terror camps shut http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/india_nm/india379965 (India) Pakistan terror a direct threat: Indian FM http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68461 India Governor: "Capitalism created international terrorism" -- Gujarat Governor Nawal Kishore Sharma http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-92234.html (Iran) US intelligence unsure of Iran's nuclear weapons intentions: chief - DNI Dennis Blair http://www.geo.tv/2-13-2009/35042.htm Cyprus unloads weapons arsenal from Iran ship allegedly running arms to Hamas http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063974.html http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/160751 (Lebanon) Israel warns of harsh response to any attack by Hezbollah http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063788.html (Lebanon) Former Lebanese MP Ghassan Matar: I Am Ashamed to Admit I Am Happy When U.S. Soldiers Are Killed; Jews Believe They Should Purify the World, as Written in 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD224509 (Syria) Assad's Speech on 'Terrorist Zionist Entity' To Become Part of Syrian School Curriculum http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD224309 Gaza militants fire rockets into Israel -- at Sderot http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/February/middleeast_February218.xml§ion=middleeast (Israel) Air Force Strikes Gaza Terror Cell, 1 Terrorist Dead http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129940 -- "Strike hit two militants who were planning attack within Israel; rockets, mortar pound Negev" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063965.html Israel: Two-thirds of Palestinians killed in Gaza fighting were terrorists http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063883.html Hamas threw 'medicine grenades' at IDF -- "used by Hamas as grenades against IDF troops" -- "'Post' obtains pictures of bottles, sent as humanitarian aid by Israel, used during Cast Lead" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304770155&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urlimage&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobheadername1=Cache-Control&blobheadervalue1=max-age%3D420&blobkey=id&blobtable=JPImage&blobwhere=1233304770382&cachecontrol=5%3A0%3A0+*%2F*%2F*&ssbinary=true Hamas team holds Gaza truce talks in Cairo http://www.geo.tv/2-12-2009/35007.htm -- Hamas: Gaza truce won't include Schalit http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304769139&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Egypt) Muslim Brotherhood Members Arrested for Helping Hamas http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/160747 USS Cole Families Press Obama to Open Commission to Investigate Attack http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/12/uss-cole-families-press-obama-open-commission-investigate-attack/ (U.S.) DNI Dennis Blair: Al Qaeda "less capable and effective': US intel chief http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\13\story_13-2-2009_pg7_44 --- Intelligence czar: Economy is top threat to U.S. -- more from DNI Dennis Blair http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29169224/ --- Economy woes top terror threat http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/13/economy-woes-top-terror-as-priority-threat/ USA Today Poll: Most want inquiry into anti-terror tactics http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-02-11-investigation-poll_N.htm (Algeria) Two explosions Kill seven people in Algiers -- including infant -- in the region of Fum in the province of Tebessa http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1975693&Language=en http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/13/africa/AF-Algeria-Bombing.php (Somalia) Qaeda figure calls for attacks on new Somali govt --- Abu Yahya al-Libi calls for jihad "against the new government of Sheikh Sharif Ahmed" --- Abu Yahya al-Libi: Aim your arrows towards them..., direct your battles against them and intensify your campaign against them" http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/13/worldupdates/2009-02-13T181152Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-380051-1&sec=Worldupdates (Somalia) 26 suspected pirates pirates captured by U.S. and Russia http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/13/africa/14pirates.php (Europe) Terrorist threat [to U.S.] may come from within -- " US report has concluded that Muslim residents in Europe who train as terrorists in Pakistan are the most likely agents of terror for the continent" http://www.cphpost.dk/news/89-international/44743-terrorist-threat-may-come-from-within.html -- Europe: Local Muslims most likely terror agents http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/europe-local-muslims-most-likely-terror.html Russia has more than 80 radical Islamic groups http://www.interfax-religion.com/?act=news&div=5687 http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/russia-more-than-80-radical-islam.html (Turkey/Iraq) Report: Turkish bombs kill 13 Kurdish rebels in Iraq http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2009-02-13-turkey-kurds-iraq_N.htm?csp=34 Italy might take Guantanamo inmates http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25052549-23109,00.html Greece: Youths attack Turkish consulate guard -- suspected anarchists http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/13/europe/EU-Greece-Consulate-Firebombing.php (Thailand) Suspected insurgent killed in gunfight with soldier - in Narathiwat http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30095665/Suspected-insurgent-killed-in-gunfight-with-soldiers (Philippines) 3 snatched in Basilan freed--police http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090213-189162/3-snatched-in-Basilan-freed--police (Philippines) Sri Lankan peace advocate kidnapped in Philippines -- in Basilan province -- "The province is a haven of Abu Sayyaf rebels, a Muslim militant group believed to be linked to the Al Qaeda terror network" http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-92349.html (Sri Lanka) Official: 40 civilians die daily in Sri Lanka war http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/13/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (Pakistan) 5 Ahmadis detained without proof of blasphemy: HRCP http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\13\story_13-2-2009_pg7_17 (Germany) Afghan gets life for "honour killing" of sister in Germany -- "Morsal O, aged 16, was stabbed 23 times" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/255632,afghan-gets-life-for-honour-killing-of-sister-in-germany.html (UK) What happened to the book burners? -- regarding those in UK who burned Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses --- Aki Nawaz: "I don't really care what non-Muslims think - I think what the Muslims did had to be done." --- Ishtiaq Ahmed says UK has benefited: "People became more aware about the presence of Muslims, more aware of their sensibilities regarding their faith" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7883308.stm --- see also London Times' "Burning Satanic Verses lit the flame for better race relations" -- by Sunny Hundal http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5720319.ece (UK) Few attend UK screening of Wilders' film http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6175108-Few-attend-UK -- Fitna broadcast in House of Lords: "Only five peers -- and no MPs -- were among the 30 people who attended last night's screening" http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23641599-details/Islam%2C+hate+and+free+speech/article.do (UK) BBC Hides Report on Bias http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129932 (Canada) Jewish students targeted at York University meeting: B'nai Brith -- "The human rights organization said Jewish students were shoved and were insulted with anti-Semitic slurs during a news conference calling for the resignation of the heads of the York Federation of Students" -- B'nai Brith's Frank Dimant: "We are disturbed and appalled by reports of Jewish students fearing for their safety and being scared to be identified as Jews on campus" http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090212/York_BnaiBrith_090212/20090212?hub=TorontoNewHome (Canada) Anti-Semitic Activity at York University Tied to Gaza Operation -- police "were called in to restore order after about 100 anti-Israel activists surrounded the office and pounded the office door while shouting harsh anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic epithets" -- "York police are investigating as a hate crime an anonymous phone call to a Jewish student threatening his life and the life of his family if he continued his pro-Israel activities" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/160725 (Canada) Push to oust York student leaders stirs ethnic tensions -- York University -- Chants of "Zionism is racism" reported http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090213.YORK13/TPStory/TPNational/?page=rss&id=GAM.20090213.YORK13 Saudis celebrate Valentine secretly http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=30388 Saudi Society for Defense of Women's Rights Launches Internet Campaign For Legal Ban on Child Marriage http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD224409 Bosnian court sends imam to jail for pedophilia -- imam Resad Omerhodzic http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/13/europe/EU-Bosnia-Pedophilia-Trial.php France: Moroccan sentenced for marrying minor http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/france-moroccan-sentenced-for-marrying.html France: First imam class graduates (VIDEO) http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/france-first-imam-class-graduates-video.html Denmark: Criticism of religion is OK http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/denmark-criticism-of-religion-is-ok.html India too is struggling to cling to freedom of speech http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4609838/India-too-is-struggling-to-cling-to-freedom-of-speech.html (U.S.) California: Synagogue to view film about fundamental Islam http://www.simivalleyacorn.com/news/2009/0213/faith/041.html (U.S.) Pennsylvania: Michael Scheuer coming to Dickinson -- "Polls show that 80 percent of Muslims believe our foreign policy is an attack on their faith, Scheuer explained, stating that America is simply in the way of what most Middle Eastern countries want to do" http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2009/02/13/news/local/doc4992deae89976626941304.txt --- See also: March 17, 2008: Jihad, Islamism, and Non-Interventionism -- on Michael Scheuer -- by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/079.html (U.S.) North Carolina: Islamic Women To Help Fund UNC-CT Professor Chair http://orange.mync.com/site/Orange/news/story/27247/islamic-women-to-help-fund-unc-ct-professor-chair/ ---- UNC Chapel Hill studies includes studies of Caliphate http://www.unc.edu/courses/2005ss2/reli/025/001/schedule.htm (U.S.) Google: 'Don't Blame Us For Terrorism' http://searchengineland.com/google-dont-blame-us-for-terrorism-16485 (U.S./France) Google: Has Google gone sharia with IslamicGoogle? http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/has-google-gone-sharia-with-islamicgoogle/ (U.S.) Tragedy Strikes Twice: September 11 Widow Killed in Buffalo Plane Crash http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,492225,00.html --- Fiery Plane Crash Near Buffalo, N.Y. Kills 49 ---- "A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, said there was no indication terrorism was involved" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,492164,00.html --- New York jet crash: Mystery over cause of tragedy http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4612396/New-York-state-jet-crash-Mystery-over-cause-of-tragedy-which-claimed-50-lives.htm (Indonesia) Islamic banks to develop Syariah trust services http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20090212165818/Article/index_html Shariah insurance goes online http://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=13&storycode=376827&c=1 (Australia) Police block identity of man charged with arson over Australian bushfire http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article5724291.ece -- Forest fires destroy 1,800 homes in Australia http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6175926/Forest-fires-destroy-1800-homes-in-Australia (Pakistan) Taliban man loves his iPhone http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/13/iphone_taliban/ Pakistan: Bhutto's niece linked to George Clooney http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=3.0.3014873413 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/profiles/4626726/Fatima-Bhutto-A-beauty-to-tame-George-Clooney---and-even-Pakistan.html Commentaries: IFPS: The House of Lords Speech: What Wilders Would Have Said If the UK Allowed Free Speech -- Geert Wilders: "you cannot run away from history, you cannot escape the dangers of ideologies that are out to destroy you. Denial is no option" -- Geert Wilders: "Will Britain offer submission or perseverance? Freedom or slavery?" http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2009/02/the-house-of-lords-speech-what-wilders%E2%80%99-would-have-said-if-the-uk-allowed-free-speech/ Wall Street Journal: Britain Bans One of Islam's Critics By detaining Geert Wilders, the U.K. undermines its own values. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123447930283579567.html?mod= Obama Takes the Appeasement Path - by Robert Spencer http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30642 India too is struggling to cling to freedom of speech - by Subhajit Banerjee http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4609838/India-too-is-struggling-to-cling-to-freedom-of-speech.html Propaganda: Jimmy Carter: Include Hamas in Israel-Palestinian peace talks http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063765.html (UK) Guardian: Wilders' ban is in Britain's best interests -- by Nazir Ahmed http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/13/geert-wilders-extremists-liberty-central (UK) Evening Standard: Islam, hate and free speech -- "for anyone to use that right of free speech purely to provoke trouble risks threatening the very atmosphere in which free speech is possible" http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23641599-details/Islam%2C+hate+and+free+speech/article.do (UK) Guardian: "Geert Wilders? Good riddance" - by Chris Huhne http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/13/geert-wilders-liberty-central (UK) Closing the door on Geert Wilders - by Clive Davis http://www.spectator.co.uk/clivedavis/3353811/closing-the-door-on-geert-wilders.thtml (UK) BBC apology as radio guests swear about politician Geert Wilders http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-apology-as-radio-guests-swear-about-politician-1608627.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1143878/BBC-new-swearing-row-Radio-5-guests-Dutch-MP-w--.html (UK) "Burning Satanic Verses lit the flame for better race relations" -- by Sunny Hundal http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5720319.ece Anti-White Supremacist News: (Georgia) Local KKK leader, who gained notoriety in Greensboro shootings and church burnings, dies -- James Griffin: "I don't believe he ever regretted it... Why would he?" http://www.gastongazette.com/news/Gastonia_30473___article.html/gazette_KKK.html Against Nazi News: (Switzerland) Pregnant Brazilian attacked with knife by neo-Nazis in Switzerland http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/4607409/Pregnant-Brazilian-attacked-with-knife-by-neo-Nazis-in-Switzerland.html German authorities examining Nazi doctor's papers http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/13/europe/EU-Germany-Nazi-Hunting.php (Germany) Nazi hunter questions how suspect evaded capture http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g2ULoBAfExW20gS_GgXCoK5uYa7QD969F6703 February 12, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Afghanistan: Pro-Taliban militant behind Kabul attacks, say sources http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3010279142 (Afghanistan) Thousands of US weapons at risk of loss in Afghanistan -- report http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/12/missing.afghan.weapons/index.html?section=cnn_latest http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25048189-23109,00.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090212/wl_afp/usafghanistanmilitarypoliticscongress_20090212195004 -- GAO report on Afghanistan weapons security http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/12_02_09_GAOreport.pdf (Afghanistan) Obama weighs adding troops in Afghanistan http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/12/asia/12prexy.php (Afghanistan) Elderly bomber kills policeman -- suicide bombing in Paktika -- "An elderly man, who appeared to have difficulty walking, blew himself up and killed a policeman who was helping him in Afghanistan overnight, a local official said" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25048200-23109,00.html (Afghanistan) In Ruins, Bin Laden's Former Home Still Haunts -- "Terrorist's Presence is Still Felt on Trip to Remains of His Afghan Compound" http://abcnews.go.com/WN/International/story?id=6863981&page=1 (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants claim killing three soldiers in Swat -- Barikot protesters give deadline for Shariah enforcement -- "thousands of protesters set a three-day deadline to the government to implement the Shariah or they would march towards Islamabad" -- "thousands of residents staged a rally in favour of the Shariah implementation in Barikot. The protesters, who had come from surrounding villages and gathered in the Barikot Square, warned that if the Shariah law was not enforced within three days, they would march towards Islamabad on foot" http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20265 http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=2/12/2009#4 (Pakistan) Tension in Swat so far claims 3000 lives, 200,000 displaced http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?211329 --- Pakistan: Government must protect people from Swat valley's 3,000 Taleban http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18073 --- Comment: sadly AI doesn't grasp that the Taliban come from "the people" (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants torch school in Swat -- also rocket fired at Matta police station -- remote control bomb used in attack on security forces convoy in Kanju http://www.geo.tv/2-12-2009/35022.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Checkpost blown up in Mianwali http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\12\story_12-2-2009_pg7_30 (Pakistan) NWFP's Tank District: Taliban infighting led to beheading of Polish engineer -- Zakir Mehsud: "If God wishes, people would see more and more beheadings of nonbelievers in the future." http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=162048 (Pakistan) FATA: Five militants, soldier killed in Bajaur --- Taliban "sets three-day deadline for army to vacate schools" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\12\story_12-2-2009_pg7_12 Pakistan Dawn on FATA: "there isn't even talk of regaining that territory any time soon" --- calls "Americans' anti-terror strategies" as "questionable" http://www.dawn.com/2009/text/ed.htm#1 (Pakistan) Security on high alert in Islamabad --- "security arrangements have been heightened in the federal capital amid threats of terrorism" http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68413 Pakistan wants more from US -- "Pakistan warned US special envoy Richard Holbrooke on Tuesday it expected more from the United States in return for its cooperation against Al Qaeda and the Taliban" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\12\story_12-2-2009_pg1_9 (Pakistan) US will assist Pakistan in curbing militancy, says Holbrooke http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\12\story_12-2-2009_pg1_2 (Pakistan) Obama speaks to Zardari over telephone: US, Pakistan agree on 'active engagement' -- on "extremism and terrorism" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\12\story_12-2-2009_pg1_1 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Six 'Taliban' arrested near Quetta http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/12/top12.htm (Pakistan) Punjab: Militant ring active in Punjab, NA told http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/23/top6.htm (Pakistan) U.S. Ex-CIA Riedel to review Pak-Afghan policy http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\12\story_12-2-2009_pg7_11 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Mumbai terrorists launched plot from Pakistan http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan-mumbai13-2009feb13,0,1284339.story http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,491364,00.html http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February927.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak admits part of 26/11 plotted on its soil http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan-admits-part-of-2611-plotted-on-its-soil/articleshow/4117071.cms -- Pakistan's partial admission on Mumbai attacks 'positive': India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Paks-admission-on-Mumbai-positive-India/articleshow/4119608.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Lashkar slams Pakistan's Mumbai attack probe report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lashkar-slams-Pakistans-Mumbai-attack-probe-report-/articleshow/4119862.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Global link in Mumbai attack, Pak gives details - mentions money in Italy, web domain in Russia and U.S., satellite phone in a "Middle Eastern country" -- "money for the attackers was paid in Italy and the amount came from Islamabad" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Global_link_in_Mumbai_attack_Pak_gives_details/articleshow/4119711.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan arrests 'main operator' in Mumbai attacks' -- Interior Adviser Rehman Malik http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_india --- challenge with credibility of Rehman Malik http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19218 (India) Mumbai police admit local support for Mumbai attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Local-support-for-Mumbai-attack-Police/articleshow/4120290.cms -- After admitting local support for 26/11, Gafoor now retracts http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/After-admitting-local-support-for-2611-Gafoor-now-retracts/articleshow/4120545.cms (India) Terror strikes an assault on values of India: President http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terror-strikes-an-assault-on-values-of-India-President/articleshow/4116404.cms India to spare no efforts to fight cross-border terror: Pranab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India-to-spare-no-efforts-to-fight-cross-border-terror-Pranab/articleshow/4116259.cms (India J&K) Hizbul Mujahideen militant gets 19 years in prison killing ex-MLA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top-Headlines/Hizbul-militant-gets-19-year-RI-for-killing-ex-MLA/articleshow/4119553.cms (Iraq) Explosion in Iraq kills five, injures 50 - in Karbala http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/12/Explosion_in_Iraq_kills_five_injures_50/UPI-55651234467549/ http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68398 (Iraq) Four policemen, politician killed in Iraq - Mosul http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68389 (U.S.) Washington DC: 150 Attend Anti-Jihad Event http://www.anti-jihad.org/blog/2009/02/homegrownjihad/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/124.html (U.S.) CBS on "Homegrown Jihad" Documentary Trailer -- "U.S. Officials See No Imminent Threat From Groups" -- regarding Christian Action Network's film "Homegrown Jihad: The Terrorist Camps Around the U.S." -- on Sheikh Mubarak Gilani, Muslims of America group -- Jamaat ul-Fuqra group not mentioned in CBS article -- CBS: "Officials describe the film to CBS News as 'sensationalistic'" -- CBS: "The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are aware of the movie and have no plans at this time to issue any new alerts or bulletins." http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/11/cbsnews_investigates/main4793713.shtml (U.S.) Now that the global jihad is over, FBI mulling shifting agents out of counterterrorism http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024807.php --- FBI may shift counterterror agents to anti-fraud http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_go_ot/bailout_fraud (U.S.) Minneapolis family fears missing son joined Somali jihad http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=NATIONAL&ID=565525237556707507 (U.S.) Florida - Liberty City Six Retrial: Jury being chosen for Fla. terror trial http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=9827518&nav=menu577_2_1 (U.S.) Massachusetts: Sudbury man pleads innocent to lying in terror case --- Tarek Mehanna --- authorities said Daniel "Maldonado had called Mehanna from Somalia urging him to join him in 'training for jihad'" http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_02_11_Mass__man_in_court_to_face_charges_in_terror_probe/srvc=home&position=recent (U.S.) NY terrorist was targeted for assassination in 1980 -- Khalid Al-Jawary to be released from prison soon http://www.silive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-41/123437817188310.xml&storylist=simetro (UK) Muslim peer who invited terror suspect to visit Parliament -- "Muslim peer [Lord Ahmed] at the heart of the opposition to extremist Dutch politician Geert Wilders's visit once invited an Al Qaeda terror suspect to visit Parliament." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1142862/Muslim-peer-invited-terror-suspect-visit-Parliament.html?ITO=1490 (Iran) U.S.: Departing from NIE, Washington says Iran still pursuing bomb -- "Obama cites Iran's "development of nuclear weapon"; US official tells 'LA Times' there's growing consensus intelligence estimate was inaccurate" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304767556&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- U.S. now sees Iran as pursuing nuclear bomb http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-fg-usiran12-2009feb12,0,3478184.story (Syria) Two Israeli Druze jailed for spying for Syria http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063747.html (Syria) US Senator Kerry to see Assad during Mideast trip http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February923.xml§ion=international Hamas Does Not Recognize Term "Weapons Smuggling" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/160715 "Hamas: Gaza truce deal expected in next 3 days" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063740.html (Palestinians) Granddaughter, Wife of Known Terrorists 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam, Abdallah 'Azzam Urge Palestinian Women to Sacrifice Their Children http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD224209 Egyptian Police Arrest 40 Suspected Smugglers http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/160713 Egypt: Secretary of State Clinton to attend Gaza donors meet in Cairo http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063782.html (South Africa) UK visas: threat of Muslim extremists dismissed http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global[_id]=19582 -- Note: British-Pakistani jihadists have long used South Africa's weak visa system as way to circumvent discovery of return to UK after Pakistani jihad training Somalia: Mortar Shells Kill 2 And Injure 6 in Mogadishu http://allafrica.com/stories/200902120914.html Somalia: Four Killed in Central Region Battle, Including Al Shabaab Commander http://allafrica.com/stories/200902120004.html (Somalia) Two journalists attacked in Somalia http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGNAU200902119384&lang=e&rss=recentnews (Somalia) Islamic Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed: "The Somali people do not want any more fighting" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/b65cb84ac8009e88c29e6e67d4b03bb8.htm (Somalia) U.S. Navy seizes 9 suspected pirates in Gulf of Aden http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/12/news/Piracy.php (Sudan) No arrest warrant for Sudan's Bashir, ICC says http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/africa/090212-sudan-icc (Canada) Montrealer pleads guilty in firebombing of Jewish centres -- Algerian Omar Bulphred -- also recording plotting to abduct gay man at random to cut his throat --- after firebombing, letter received warning of future attacks and demanding "Convert to Islam. It would be better for you Westerners" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090212.wBulphred0212/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090212.wBulphred0212 Belgium: Report on Belgian al-Qaeda http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/belgium-report-on-belgian-al-qaeda.html --- Belgian 'al Qaeda cell' linked to 2006 British Jihad airline plot http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/10/belgium.terror/index.html?section=cnn_latest (Russia) Seven killed in N Caucasus clash http://www.norsorpor.com/%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7/n1268292/Seven%20killed%20in%20N%20Caucasus%20clash (Thailand) Bomb kills 3 policemen in South http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/136449/bomb-kills-3-policemen-in-south http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/12/asia/AS-Thailand-Southern-Violence.php Philippines arrests Muslim militants linked to Bali terror suspects -- Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)-linked Mokasin Dilna (aka Mokasid Adil) and Omar Venancio http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/255438,philippines-arrests-muslim-militants-linked-to-bali-terror-suspects.html http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=234558 (Philippines) Security forces foil bombing in southern Philippine city -- found by children near restaurant http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/255396,security-forces-foil-bombing-in-southern-philippine-city.html -- Philippine Soldiers Defuse Powerful Bomb In South http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090212\ACQDJON200902120222DOWJONESDJONLINE000056.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Philippine%20Soldiers%20Defuse%20Powerful%20Bomb%20In%20South (Philippines) Muslim leaders ask Libya to put up an Islamic University in Mindanao http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5903&Itemid=50 Philippines: US troops urged to aid release of kidnap victims http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3009714096 Australian brush fires: Police release suspect photo http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/4603207/Australian-brush-fires-Police-release-suspect-photo.html (Colombia) Police: 6 killed, 10 wounded in Colombian rebel attack http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304768073&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25048191-23109,00.html Other News: Images of Demonstrations Against Geert Wilders http://www.spitsnieuws.nl/archives/foto/2009/02/wilders_wacht_geen_warm_welkom.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024808.php (UK) "Anti-Islam Dutch Lawmaker Sent Back to Netherlands Amid U.K. Ban" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,491505,00.html http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Geert-Wilders-Dutch-MP-Banned-From-UK-Is-Sent-Back-To-Holland-From-Heathrow-Airport/Article/200902215221965?lpos=Politics_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15221965_Geert_Wilders%2C_Dutch_MP_Banned_From_UK%2C_Is_Sent_Back_To_Holland_From_Heathrow_Airport http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/84535 http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/02/geert-wilders-arrested-refused-entry.html http://www.geertwilders.nl/ -- PDF of UK February 10, 2009 Letter to Wilders http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/wilders_letter.pdf (UK) "Mr Wilders said: 'I am in a detention centre at Heathrow ... I am detained. They took my passport. I will not be allowed to enter the country. They will send me back within a few hours.'" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5718039.ece (UK) Dutch MP Geert Wilders deported after flying to Britain to show anti-Islamic film --- "ban was supported by the Muslim Council of Great Britain" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4603165/Dutch-MP-Geert-Wilders-deported-after-flying-to-Britain-to-show-anti-Islamic-film.html (UK) Dutch MP banned over anti-Islam film is to be sent back home from Heathrow --- "Speaking from Heathrow, Mr Wilders branded Gordon Brown the 'biggest coward in Europe' and said freedom of speech in Britain had been 'set back centuries'." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1141622/Dutch-MP-arrives-Heathrow-booted-Britain-anti-Islam-film.html (UK) Wilders: "It's a very sad day for freedom of speech in the UK" --- Lord Pearson: "The film isn't offensive unless you are a violent Islamist." --- BBC: "The Lords screening went ahead as planned, despite Mr Wilder's non-attendance." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7885918.stm --- Video: Banned Dutch MP held at Heathrow http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7886491.stm (UK) Muslim peer who invited terror suspect to visit Parliament -- "Muslim peer [Lord Ahmed] at the heart of the opposition to extremist Dutch politician Geert Wilders's visit once invited an Al Qaeda terror suspect to visit Parliament." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1142862/Muslim-peer-invited-terror-suspect-visit-Parliament.html?ITO=1490 (UK) Security Minister "Lord [Alan] West" [of Spithead]: "I certainly don't think we are guilty of appeasement in any way whatsoever." http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5718039.ece?token=null&offset=12&page=2 --- Same UK Security Minister Alan West that has called for talks with Al-Qaeda http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7299888.stm --- More on Alan West http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T05 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/UK_Strategy_Sources.htm#003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_West,_Baron_West_of_Spithead (UK) Just 4 parents forced head to resign over Muslim assemblies http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/84465 (UK) Outrage at 'Muslim only' Domino's pizza http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/69327/Outrage-at-Muslim-only-Domino-s-pizza/ (Netherlands) Dutch govt 'regrets' British decision on far-right Dutch MP http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68408 (Netherlands) Dutch protest Britain's ban of right-wing lawmaker http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/10/europe/EU-Netherlands-Britain-Lawmaker-Barred.php International Free Press Society (IFPS): An Open Letter to the Government of the UK http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2009/02/an-open-letter-to-the-government-of-the-uk/ Denmark: 50% of immigrants want to criminalize criticism of religion http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/denmark-50-of-immigrants-want-to.html France: Moroccan sentenced for marrying minor http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/france-moroccan-sentenced-for-marrying.html Sweden: Woman sues college for niqab ban http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/sweden-woman-sues-college-for-niqab-ban.html http://www.thelocal.se/17528/20090212/ Norway: Police-hijab debate http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-police-hijab-debate.html -- Norway now backtracks on letting police wear Islamic scarf http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=272496&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21 (Austria) Muslim teacher in Vienna suspended over pamphlet -- "Officials say a Muslim religion teacher in Vienna has been suspended for allegedly giving his students anti-Semitic pamphlets" http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1151726&srvc=rss http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090212/ap_on_re_eu/eu_austria_muslim_teacher_2 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,491544,00.html (Canada) Family refuses memorial for honor killing victim Aqsa Parvez http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/joe_warmington/2009/02/12/8361081-sun.html http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/02/aqsa-and-atlas-in-the-news-.html --- Blogger collects $4,000 for slain teen's grave marker http://www.mississauganews.com/article/23993 Jordanian arrested for killing his sister - "honor killing" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/11/news/ML-Jordan-Honor-Killing.php (India) More Muslim men divorce via SMS, email http://www.asianage.com/presentation/leftnavigation/news/india/more-muslim-men-divorce-via-sms,-email.aspx (Nigeria) Sharia Court Jails 2 For Theft http://leadershipnigeria.com/news/117/ARTICLE/6714/2009-02-11.html (Sudan) Clerics urge Valentine's Day boycott http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/od_nm/us_valentine_1 (Pakistan) Federal Shariat Court seeks amendment in Qanun-e-Shahadat: Rapist can't be exonerated by accusing victim of immorality http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\12\story_12-2-2009_pg7_1 Sharia-compliant derivatives - a contradiction in terms? http://v2.ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/02/11/52352/sharia-compliant-derivatives-a-contradiction-in-terms/?source=rss http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-37874420090206 (U.S.) 67 computers missing from nuclear weapons lab http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LOS_ALAMOS_COMPUTERS?SITE=AP (U.S.) Celebrating Lincoln's birth across the country http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/12/lincoln.events/index.html http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/12/obama-honors-remarkable-lincoln/ (U.S.) Report Faults Homeland Security's Efforts on Immigration http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/washington/12immig.html?em Commentaries: UK: How Britain, the cradle of liberty, is sleepwalking towards cultural suicide - by Melanie Phillips http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1141806/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-How-Britain-cradle-liberty-sleepwalking-cultural-suicide.html Andrew Bostom Commentary on Geert Wilders http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2009/02/11/geert-wilders-and-the-mendacious-very-little-green-craven-one-and-his-mindless-minions/ UK: Whatever happened to free speech? - by Philip Johnston http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/philipjohnston/4604985/Whatever-happened-to-free-speech.html The Jihadist Method of the Pen and Tongue -- interview of Dave Gaubatz, Director of the Mapping Sharia Project http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=B5F5906A-AE25-4F33-A73C-FD6665FBA82D http://en.wordpress.com/tag/mapping-sharia-project/ http://www.dgaubatz.blogspot.com/ Rewarding Terror -- by Alan M. Dershowitz http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=6E28125F-CAA7-475B-AEA5-738DCABD1CDD Obama opening floodgates by inviting Hamas to "migrate" to the U.S.A.? -- by Judi McLeod & Michael Travis http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/8236 -- Pres. Obama Invites Hamas Terrorists to America -- by Dr. Paul L. Williams http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/p_williams/2009/02072009.htm Propaganda: (U.S.) CAIR: NY Muslims, Arab-Americans Meet with Mayor on Gaza Crisis http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-11-2009/0004970872&EDATE= (Pakistan) Drones killing innocent people, says ex-US AG Ramsey Clark http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\12\story_12-2-2009_pg7_9 --- reports on gadfly founder of International Action Center (IAC) interlinked with Communist Workers World Party (WWP) http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=7889368F-AF90-4A24-8889-CF26E08A752F http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/Articles/themany.html http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6155 Saudi Columnist: How to Keep Your Son from Becoming a Terrorist http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD224109 -- predictably, calls for use of Qur'an Anti-White Supremacist News: (Tennessee) Hate Literature Arrives In Newspapers - Leaflets Distributed By KKK, Fliers Say http://www.wsmv.com/news/18694694/detail.html#- -- KKK fliers found in lawns, driveways --- "link to the Harrison, Ark.-based Ku Klux Klan The Knights Party, USA's Web site" http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090212/NEWS01/902120350 (Florida) Fruitland Park chief wants to have former police officer affiliated with KKK decertified http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/orl-lake-county-kkk-021109,0,4419828.story Against Nazi News: (Switzerland) Alleged skinhead attack on Brazilian stuns Swiss http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/12/europe/EU-Switzerland-Foreigner-Attacked.php Pope: Holocaust denial unacceptable http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304764755&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Vatican: Pope calls Holocaust 'a crime against humanity' http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.3010728773 (Russia) Russian progressives under threat by neo-Nazi 'death list' http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Russian-progressives-under-threat-by-neo_Nazi-_death-list__49557.html -- Neo-Nazis threaten to murder journalists in Russia http://cpj.org/2009/02/neo-nazis-threaten-to-murder-journalists-in-russia.php (Germany) Nazi women exposed as every bit as bad as Hitler's deranged male followers http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1142824/Nazi-women-exposed-bit-bad-Hitlers-deranged-male-followers.html Background on Pakistan's Interior Adviser Rehman Malik's past statements and positions: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19218 --- January 30, 2009: Pakistan's "Interior Adviser Rehman Malik assured the Upper House that the government was making serious efforts for [Al-Qaeda suspect] Dr Aafia's repatriation" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\30\story_30-1-2009_pg7_16 ----- on Aafia Siddiqui http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,593195,00.html http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6275546 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5710043&page=1 --- January 27, 2009: Pakistan National Assembly members dispute Rehman Malik's optimistic picture on Swat - "It is all lies that are being told" http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/27/top2.htm --- January 22, 2009: Rehman Malik blames NW problems on 'Foreign hands patronizing terrorists in Swat, FATA' -- http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg1_6 --- December 2, 2008: Rehman Malik calls for proof of Pakistan involvement in Mumbai attacks http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\02\story_2-12-2008_pg1_2 --- September 23, 2008: Prime Minister's Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik tells Dawn on Islamabad Marriott Bombing: "It is unfair to target thousands of people in a hotel to kill two Americans" http://www.dawn.com/2008/09/22/top2.htm --- June 28, 2008: No more suicide attacks in Pakistan: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\28\story_28-6-2008_pg7_17 --- June 22, 2008: 'Pakistan to fight anti-terror war but not on its own soil' -- Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\22\story_22-6-2008_pg7_17 --- June 21, 2008: Osama is not in Pakistan, says Malik http://www.dawn.com/2008/06/21/top16.htm --- June 11, 2008: "On the imposition of Shariah law in Swat Valley, Malik said it was decided in 1962, at the time of accession of state of Swat to Pakistan, that Shariah would be enforced there" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\11\story_11-6-2008_pg1_3 February 11, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) Taliban assaults on government kill 26 in Kabul -- Taliban gunmen wearing suicide vests attack on Justice Ministry and corrections building in Kabul http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090211/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestkabulblast_20090211123055 -- "The Taliban claimed that several other suicide bombers could still be at large in the city" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/11/asia/afghan.php -- "28 die after bombers and gunmen launch daring attack on Afghan government" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5709588.ece --- Comment: more from the Taliban that Pakistan wants the U.S. to negotiate with in Afghanistan (Afghanistan) "four Afghan soldiers were killed on Wednesday when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle during an operation in Logar province to the south of Kabul" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/ts_nm/us_afghan_gunfire_3;_ylt=ApWs5M_LDPD8Crae0g1M.hEBS5Z4 (Afghanistan) French officer killed in IED attack in Afghanistan -- in Logar province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1975179&Language=en (Afghanistan) Time to talk to Taliban, says former Soviet general - former USSR Ruslan Aushev seeks to advise U.S. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090211/wl_nm/us_afghan_russia_general;_ylt=A0wNcx2u9JJJIKcAEAV0bBAF (Afghanistan) Turkish group linked to Taliban reports sharp drop in donations http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/11/taliban.html (Pakistan) U.S. envoy Holbrooke begins 'listening tour' --- Holbrooke: "I am here to listen and learn" http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0211/p06s01-wosc.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123426725735468003.html?mod= Pakistan Hails Holbrooke's Visit A "New Beginning" In Pak-US Ties -- "Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi hailed his visit as a 'new beginning' in ties between America and Pakistan" -- Quershi: "This administration has a different approach and starts on a different footing, that was a very pleasant change" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/10/pakistan-hails-holbrookes_n_165700.html --- Richard Holbrooke meets Mehmood Qureshi http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Feb09/10/07.htm --- February 10, 2009: "Pakistan advises [U.S. envoy] Holbrooke talk to Taliban moderates" ---- Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi tell Holbrooke U.S. needs "political engagement with Taliban moderates" in Afghanistan 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 --- December 14, 2008: No proof LeT's Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) is terror front, says Qureshi http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\14\story_14-12-2008_pg1_2 Pakistan will be a stern test of Washington's 'smart power' --- "Mr Holbrooke is expected to support a new approach which will involve.... secret talks with 'persuadable' Taliban leaders and allies in Afghanistan" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/4583455/Pakistan-will-be-a-stern-test-of-Washingtons-smart-power.html (Pakistan) Taliban's "Quetta shura"... "are the intellectual and ideological underpinnings of the Taliban insurgency" -- U.S. military leaders' tactical view that "shura" or "consultative council" in Pakistan's Quetta (in Balochistan province) provide guidance to Taliban in Afghanistan -- ignoring strategic issue of overall Islamic supremacist ideology of Taliban http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/10/asia/10quetta.php?page=2 (Pakistan) 'US won't allow safe havens for terrorists in FATA' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\11\story_11-2-2009_pg1_1 --- See Long War Journal map of Taliban control in Pakistan's NWFP and FATA http://www.longwarjournal.org/maps/pakistan/NWFP-redmap-012320081.php (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban threaten attack on Islamabad -- "as a reaction to the operations in Darra Adamkhel and Swat Valley" -- "chalkings on the walls of Islamabad are already appearing" http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20232 (Pakistan) NWFP: Sherpao for enforcing Sharia Law in Swat --- PPP's Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao: "The Sharia law would pacify the militants." http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161894 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP's Peshawar: MPA killed, 8 injured in Peshawar blast -- Member of the NWFP Assembly Alamzeb Khan of ANP killed http://www.geo.tv/2-11-2009/34941.htm -- Bomb kills lawmaker in Pakistan as US envoy visits http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_91;_ylt=AlR9P5KoZj1fwDyO1afGXewBS5Z4 (Pakistan) NWFP: 50 Taliban killed in fresh Swat operation, says NWFP minister http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\11\story_11-2-2009_pg7_10 (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat students seek migration after threats from militants: Court summons officials http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/11/local25.htm (Pakistan) NWFP's Mingora: Rally seeks end to military operation in Swat valley http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161885 -- Timeline on Swat Valley turbulence http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/9cc5f3cc375f90609e3b6366097e2403.htm (Pakistan) NWFP's Mingora: Militants kidnap, release ICRC official in N.Pakistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1975156&Language=en (Pakistan) NWFP: Grenade attack damages boys' school in Batkhela http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\11\story_11-2-2009_pg7_34 (Pakistan) FATA: Security forces kill 11 Taliban in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\11\story_11-2-2009_pg1_12 (Pakistan) Dr Fauzia meets Pakistan Prime Minister Gilani for early repatriation of Al-Qaeda suspect Aafia Siddiqui http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\11\story_11-2-2009_pg7_18 (Pakistan) Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman "for strengthened efforts against extremist propaganda" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\11\story_11-2-2009_pg7_15 (Pakistan) Rawalpind: Lal Masjid's Maulana Aziz case hearing adjourned till March 4 http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=162026 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Case filed against Kasab, 13 others under Terror Act http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68297 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan-files-case-against-Kasab/articleshow/4113644.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan claims elements in India assisted in Mumbai attacks: Pak media http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Elements_in_India_assisted_in_2611_claims_Pakistan/articleshow/4105246.cms Pakistan divisions helped seal hostage fate: Poland -- report on Poland's foreign minister Sikorsky's views: "Internal divisions within Pakistan's government apparatus hampered efforts to save the life of a Polish hostage beheaded by Taliban militants -- Sikorsky: "We had to deal with people who are evil in a pure form, whose perverted sense of honour is based on cruelty" http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20234 (India J&K) Police say clashes wound 18 in Indian Kashmir -- regarding Jammu-Kashmir Liberation Front's Maqbool Butt http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/18-injured-in-clashes-in-Kashmir-say-cops/articleshow/4113991.cms (Iraq) 16 killed in Baghdad bus station bombings http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68302 (Iraq) At least six killed in Iraq attacks - in Baghdad and suicide bombing in Mosul http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidANA20090211T124414ZKAL24/At%20least%20six%20killed%20in%20Iraq%20attacks (U.S./Canada) South Carolina Pipe Bomb Case: Alleged 'Toronto 18' ringleader named in U.S. terror case -- "An indictment filed in Atlanta recently links Fahim Ahmad with a network of extremists that stretched from Canada and the U.S. to Pakistan and the Balkans" -- intended to train with Pakistan Jihad organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) suspected to be responsible for Mumbai attacks -- "superceding indictment charges the Atlanta men with recording 'casing videos' of terrorist targets in Washington, D.C., shortly after they had visited Toronto" http://www.nationalpost.com/rss/story.html?id=1257827 (U.S.) Solicitor general nominee says 'enemy combatants' can be held without trial http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-solicitor-general11-2009feb11,0,7158432.story (U.S.) Obama Administration Backs Bush Policy in Terror Case --- "urging a federal appeals court to throw out a lawsuit [by ACLU] that accuses a Boeing Co. unit of helping the CIA fly suspects overseas to be tortured" http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090210/pl_bloomberg/ak1gju7awwdu (U.S./UK) Guantanamo Bay: Binyam Mohamed lawyer demands his immediate release - on hunger strike http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/cuba/4590991/Guantanamo-Bay-torture-prisoner-will-leave-detention-centre-insane-or-in-a-coffin.html --- February 6, 2009: Revealed: The 'truth' behind the Briton 'tortured in Guantanamo Bay' ---- "Investigators also believe Binyam Mohamed was planning to blow up an apartment block in the United States when he was arrested." ---- "U.S. authorities claim Mohamed fought against anti-Taliban Northern Alliances forces and, because of his UK residency, was selected by Al Qaeda and trained to construct and detonate a radioactive 'dirty bomb'." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490 (UK) Top MI6 spy: Terrorism less serious than bird flu -- former MI6 Assistant Chief and Director of Operations and Intelligence Nigel Inkster (MI6 from 1975 to 2006) speaks at "counterterrorism conference" -- blames Israel's Gaza invasion for increasing terror risk in UK http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/11/mi6_spy_rubbishes_terrorism_fear/ (Gaza) 'Hundreds' of terrorists waiting to enter Gaza -- "Top jihadist warns Israel, Egypt could be targeted" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88539 Iran says Rushdie death fatwa still valid http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090211/world/britain_iran_rushdie_people_1 Iran's Khamenei congratulates Islamic Jihad on 'victory in Gaza' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3670388,00.html (Iran) Tehran denies running out of uranium http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304749647&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iran's Ahmadinejad 'ready' to talk with America http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090211/wl_csm/oreach_1;_ylt=Ao5Xd2k0fVj72k4n9tlCvAL5SpZ4 --- Newsweek: "Talking To Tehran" http://www.newsweek.com/id/183689 (Lebanon) Two Lebanese Parliamentarians Targeted http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/160634 Somalia: Five Killed in Fighting Between Clan and Islamist Militias -- "in Masagaway town in central Somalia" http://allafrica.com/stories/200902110654.html Somalia: Tensions in Southwest Between Govt Forces, Al Shabaab http://allafrica.com/stories/200902110007.html -- Somalia: President Claims to Have Spoken With Anti-Govt Groups http://allafrica.com/stories/200902110561.html Nigeria: Gaddafi Endorses Coups in Africa http://allafrica.com/stories/200902110263.html Azerbaijan air force head killed http://www.unian.net/eng/news/news-300163.html (Russia) Ex-Deputy Grozny Mayor Shot Dead http://www.themoscowtimes.com/article/600/42/374316.htm (Philippines) No military attack to rescue Red Cross hostages in Philippines http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/255250,no-military-attack-to-rescue-icrc-hostages-in-philippines--summary.html (Philippines) MILF demands closure to MOA-AD issue before resuming talks -- seeks Islamic control of Mindanao http://www.gmanews.tv/story/148229/MILF-demands-closure-to-MOA-AD-issue-before-resuming-talks (Australia) Police dismiss 'forest jihad' http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20090211-121090.html N. Korea pushes forward with preparations to test missile : Yonhap http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1975190&Language=en --- US launches spy operation over North Korea http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5706636.ece (Sri Lanka) Treasury Targets U.S. Front for Sri Lankan Terrorist Organization http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg22.htm Other News: Saudi judge sentences pregnant gang-rape victim to 100 lashes for committing adultery -- "reportedly assaulted after accepting a lift from a man" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1141267/Saudi-judge-sentences-pregnant-gang-rape-victim-100-lashes-committing-adultery.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/024798.php -- Girl gets a year in jail, 100 lashes for adultery --- Saudi Gazette reports this as "forced sexual intercourse," instead of "rape" http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009020828735&archiveissuedate=08/02/2009 --- then the Saudi Gazette states "Our reporter used the term the court used to hand down its verdict. The court ruling did not mention it as a 'rape incident.' The court, however, did not release further details about its decision. We just report the story like it is told." (Saudi Arabia) Stubborn Saudia flight smoker to get 30 lashes http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009020228210 Saudis Ban Valentine's Day Gifts http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,490608,00.html (Pakistan) Maria Shah dies of acid burns -- health worker attacked with acid while examining patients at health care clinic http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161977 (Pakistan) PM Gilani wants ministry's role for women empowerment http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\11\story_11-2-2009_pg7_21 "Pakistan to improve World Cup security" - host in 2011 http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68295 (UK) Woman saved from forced marriage in Pakistan by new UK law http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/4590895/Woman-saved-from-forced-marriage-in-Pakistan-by-new-UK-law.html (UK) 'Let them arrest me': Dutch MP vows to defy Home Office ban and fly to Britain to show anti-Islam film http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1141622/Let-arrest-Dutch-MP-vows-defy-Home-Office-ban-fly-Britain-anti-Islam-film.html -- Image of UK letter sent to Geert Wilders http://www.dianawest.net/Portals/0/Geert%20Letter.jpg (UK) Diplomatic row after Jacqui Smith bans from Britain Dutch MP who planned to show anti-Islam film at House of Lords http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1141622/Diplomatic-row-Jacqui-Smith-bans-Britain-Dutch-MP-planned-anti-Islam-film-House-Lords.html (UK) Daily Mail reports UK Home Office spokesman as stating: "The Government opposes extremism in all its forms. It will stop those who want to spread extremism, hatred and violent messages in our communities from coming to our country." "We endorse the original condemnation of the film 'Fitna' by the Dutch Government, and feel that it serves no constructive purpose." "The British Government has absolutely no connection with any screening of this film that may take place in the House of Lords or anywhere else in the UK. It is a matter for the House of Lords or any other venue as to whether they choose to show it." "Freedom of speech is a fundamental right, but one that must be used responsibly and not as a cover for causing offence and division. We fully appreciate the sensitivities around the portrayal of any religious figure or text." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1141622/Diplomatic-row-Jacqui-Smith-bans-Britain-Dutch-MP-planned-anti-Islam-film-House-Lords.html --- see also August 31, 2008: British Government Efforts against "Extremists" Ignores Jihad and Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html (UK) Lord Ahmed on Banning Geert Wilders: "It would be unwise to have him in the UK because this man's presence would cause hatred" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7882953.stm (UK) Controversial anti-Muslim MP banned from the UK because of public order fears http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/4582982/Controversial-anti-Muslim-MP-banned-from-the-UK-because-of-public-order-fears.html http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/00213dde-f7a0-11dd-a284-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5709892.ece (UK) Yes, Wilders is highly controversial but freedom dies if we ban him from addressing our Parliament -- by Melanie Phillips http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1141806/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-Yes-Wilders-highly-controversial-freedom-dies-ban-addressing-Parliament.html (UK) Re: Brits ban Wilders - by Mark Steyn http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmM1NTcwNGQzMzA3ZDE2MTZlZjUwYTNiMjE1ZTlhZGY= (UK) Spectator: Britain capitulates to terror http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/arts/3344161/britain-capitulates-to-terror.thtml (UK) Is Geert Wilders inconsistent in calling for banning the Qur'an and defending free speech? http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024800.php --- References: --- NYT's "Totally Tolerant, Up to a Point" by Ian Buruma http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/opinion/30buruma.html?_r=3&scp=2&sq=Ian%20Buruma&st=cse (UK/Netherlands) Wilders to travel to Great Britain despite ban http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6171838/Wilders-to-travel-to-Great-Britain-despite-ban --- Defiant Wilders to travel to Britain despite ban http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024799.php http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/3225518/__Wilders_gaat_confrontatie_aan__.html --- Far-right Dutch MP ignores Britain on entry refusal http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090211/wl_uk_afp/netherlandspoliticsislambritain_20090211135757 (UK/Netherlands) "Dutch protest Britain's ban of right-wing lawmaker" -- on Geert Wilders http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/10/europe/EU-Netherlands-Britain-Lawmaker-Barred.php (UK) BBC should not keep Israeli bias report secret according to Lords http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/4591752/BBC-should-not-keep-Israeli-bias-report-secret-according-to-Lords.html (UK) Birmingham: Domino's Pizza outlet bans pork in favour of halal menu http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/4590251/Dominos-Pizza-outlet-bans-pork-in-favour-of-halal-menu.html (Turkey) Erdogan Rides Wave of Popularity in Muslim World http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,606900,00.html Swede's Koran sticker shuts down popular Indian ski resort http://www.thelocal.se/17496/20090211/ (Norway) Bloggers save Norway, slow the cancerous creep of sharia law http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/bloggers-save-norway-slow-the-cancerous-creep-of-sharia-law/ http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-bloggers-and-blasphemy.html (India) Pair held for 'offending Islam' -- "Statesman's editor Ravindra Kumar and publisher Anand Sinha were detained in Calcutta after complaints" -- "Muslims said they were upset with the Statesman for reproducing an article from the UK's Independent daily in its 5 February edition".... titled "Why should I respect these oppressive religions?" -- "Muslims close to the Jamiat-e-Ulema e Hind... filed a complaint with police alleging that the publication had 'outraged their religious feelings', which is an offence under Section 295 A of the Indian Penal Code" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7883612.stm --- Article published: Johann Hari: Why should I respect these oppressive religions? http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-why-should-i-respect-these-oppressive-religions-1517789.html (Israel) Arabs Throw Rocks at Bus Near Yitzhar http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/160644 In Islamist Video, Mujahedeen Sing of Martyrs' Funerals: 'Form a Procession for the Martyr, With His Wound, His Blood and His Garments; Perfume His Forehead and Do Not Remove the Dust From His Body' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD223809 Jordan bans speeches at mosques by eight prominent Islamists http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1458934.php/Jordan_bans_speeches_at_mosques_by_eight_prominent_Islamists_ "Jordan Islamists see Israeli society drifting toward extremism" -- Islamic Action Front (IAF) http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/255288,jordan-islamists-see-israeli-society-drifting-toward-extremism.html Egyptian Cleric Hazem Shuman Warns Muslim Youth Against Valentine's Day – More Dangerous than AIDS, Ebola, and Cholera http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD223709 Egypt-Ruling on Bid for Christian ID Expected Soon http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5804&backpage=summaries (Somalia) Hawo Nagash, "My biggest fear is that somebody will take my daughters and circumcise them" http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=82837 (Canada) "Toronto mosque offers 'detox' for extremists" -- "12-step program targets al-Qaeda sympathizers" http://www.nationalpost.com/rss/story.html?id=1275285 (U.S.) Michigan: Muslim Students Association (MSA) hold outreach dinner on Islam at Western Michigan University http://www.wmich.edu/wmu/news/2009/02/028.html -- Investigative Project on Terrorism Profile on MSA and Roots in the Muslim Brotherhood http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/84.pdf -- The Muslim Students Association and the Jihad Network - by Terrorism Awareness Project http://media1.terrorismawareness.org/files/MSA%20and%20Jihad%20Network%20v5b.pdf Ernst and Young voted Best Islamic Consultancy for 2008 http://www.consultant-news.com/Article_Display.aspx?p=adp&ID=5515 Commentaries: Who's Committing Crimes against Humanity? by Janet Levy http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/02/whos_committing_crimes_against.html A Geert Wilders Defense Journal Entry - by Gary H. Johnson, Jr. http://unitedagainstislamicsupremacism.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/a-geert-wilders-defense-journal-entry/ Propaganda: "A Race Against Time in Afghanistan" - by John F. Kerry --- believes "empower Afghans to govern their country in line with their best interests" --- never addresses what Afghans think are their "best interests" in Islamic Republic of Afghanistan http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/09/AR2009020902096.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 Against Nazi News: (Germany) Nazi hunters quiz Germany over 'Dr Death' http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25043178-23109,00.html Hitler's Terrible Weapon: Publicity http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2009/02/10/ST2009021003687.html February 10, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) "Pakistan advises [U.S. envoy] Holbrooke talk to Taliban moderates" -- Per Reuters, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi calls for "political engagement with Taliban moderates" in Afghanistan -- Quershi: "there is a reconcilable element and we should not overlook their importance" 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 --- see also: --- 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 --- October 17, 2008: Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html (Afghanistan) Poll: Afghans blame US more than Taliban for violence http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Poll_Afghans_blame_US_more_than_0210.html -- per yesterday's report again -- key findings --- Poll Results http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/05_02_09afghan_poll_2009.pdf --- Poll page 1, Q3: Aghans polled who state that Afghanistan is going in the "wrong direction" only 8 percent blame Taliban --- Poll page 2, Q4: Afghans polled state only 8 percent viewed the Taliban as the "biggest problem," with 4 percent viewing "terrorism" as "biggest problem" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/05_02_09afghan_poll_2009.pdf (Afghanistan) Blast kills two NATO soldiers in Khost, SE Afghanistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1974816&Language=en (Afghanistan) Abducted Indian killed in Afghanistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Abducted_Indian_killed_in_Afghanistan/articleshow/4102373.cms (Pakistan) U.S. envoy Holbrooke calls on President Zardari http://www.geo.tv/2-10-2009/34854.htm -- Holbrooke calls on PM Gilani, FM Qureshi http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?211192 -- Dr. Aafia's issue raised with US officials: PM Gilani -- calls to return Al-Qaeda suspect Aafia Siddiqui to Pakistan http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68197 -- US envoy explores new approach on Pakistan --- Pakistan FM Quershi: "for any strategy which is effective in Afghanistan, it cannot be done in isolation. Pakistan has to be on board." http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/10/asia/AS-Pakistan.php (Pakistan) NWFP: Jamaat-e-Islami: "military operation against tribal people and Swat to appease the Americans instead of implementing Shariah in those areas" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161716 (Pakistan) NWFP: No timeframe to restore peace in Swat: Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain http://www.geo.tv/2-10-2009/34872.htm http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68190 -- January 30, 2009: Restoration of peace in Swat matter of days: NWFP MPA http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\30\story_30-1-2009_pg7_15 -- Septemer 25, 2008: NWFP government to introduce shariah in Malakand on 28th -- attended by Mian Iftikhar Hussain http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\25\story_25-9-2008_pg7_25 (Pakistan) NWFP: 7 kilo bomb, timer defused in NW Pakistan http://www.pakistantimes.net/2009/02/07/newswire2.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Diary of a Pakistani schoolgirl (iv) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7881255.stm (Pakistan) ISI briefs foreign military advisers http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\10\story_10-2-2009_pg1_10 (Pakistan) Musharraf sees pressure after Dr Khan's release http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\10\story_10-2-2009_pg1_8 (Pakistan) Kashmir Solidarity Day: Banned Jihadist Groups Re-Emerge Publicly In Pakistan; Lashkar-e-Taiba Re-Brands Itself With a New Name; Pakistani Leaders Link Kashmir and Palestinian Issues http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA49609 (India) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan accused of 'slow response' to Mumbai probe http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2999065197 (India) Mumbai Attacks: Kasab's life in danger, Dawood approached to kill him http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kasabs_life_in_danger_say_Mumbai_police/articleshow/4107008.cms (India) Al-Qaida threat not new, but forces on alert: India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Al-Qaida_threat_not_new_but_forces_on_alert_India/articleshow/4105102.cms -- India capable of facing any security threat: Antony http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_capable_of_facing_any_security_threat_Antony/articleshow/4106368.cms -- Al-Qaeda warns India against any attack on Pakistan http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1458549.php/Al-Qaeda_warns_India_against_any_attack_on_Pakistan_ Iraqi MP Iyad Jamal Al-Din: 'Only Nations Living in the Past Produce Martyrs' -- Al-Din: "Living nations produce living leaders, not martyrs." http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD223609 (U.S.) Terrorist Training Video Exposes 35 Compounds on American Soil -- Christian Action Press Release of February 11 film premiere in Washington DC http://www.christianaction.org/never-before-revealed-terrorist-training-video-exposes-35-compounds-on-american-soil.aspx -- on February 11 - if you are in DC and need general directions, email me at anti-jihad@earthlink.net -- to order DVD of CA's film http://www.christianaction.org/store/comersus_viewItem.asp?idProduct=13 -- Other Reports http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024775.php http://newsblaze.com/story/20090209000528zzzz.nb/topstory.html --- Video on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8_82YGXJe0& Hamas delegation returns to Egypt for more talks http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1458678.php/Hamas_delegation_returns_to_Egypt_for_more_talks_ 'Hamas eliminating rivals' -- "Amnesty says Islamist group killing, torturing Gazans" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3669623,00.html (Iran) Ahmadinejad Says Iran Is Ready for Talks With U.S. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,490364,00.html http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/10/mideast/iran.3-426963.php (Iran) Clinton holds out hope for useful talks with Iran http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_IRAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-02-10-12-08-57 (Iran) Obama: Iran's Financial Support for Hizbullah, Hamas Threatens Peace http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/getstory?openform&5071F49C5BAFC9DFC225755900210997 "Iranian mob attacks moderate ex-President" -- Mohammad Khatami -- "shouting 'Death to Khatami. We do not want American government.'" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5702625.ece --- September 11, 2006 - Harvard Univeristy: Khatami Slams 'Imperial' U.S. ---- "defended the militant Lebanese group Hezbollah as a legitimate resistance movement" ---- "To polite audience, controversial cleric defends execution of homosexuals" http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=514170 --- September 6, 2006 - Khatami Comes to National Cathedral http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=E3C588BE-63ED-4A6A-A985-AD9A3EB10BAE --- Khatami speaks at ISNA convention http://www.cairchicago.org/inthenews.php?file=cst08312006 Interpol issues alert for 85 terror suspects -- 83 Saudis and 2 Yemenis http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/10/europe/EU-Interpol-Terror-Suspects.php (UK) Don't attack us please, UK ads to say on Pak TV http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Dont-attack-us-please-UK-ads-to-say-on-Pak-TV/421654/ --- Please don't hate us: UK ad campaign to target extremism http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/10/pakistan-advertising-campaign -- UK launches ad campaign to show that Britain is not anti-Islam http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1140823/UK-launches-ad-campaign-Britain-anti-Islam.html?ITO=1490 UK prisons: incubators for terrorism? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/03/islam-prisonsandprobation (UK) Dutch MP Wilders refused entry to the UK -- "Mr Wilders, who was due to go to London this Thursday, received a letter today, 10 February, from the British ambassador to the Netherlands telling him that he was not welcome, reportedly because his visit would constitute a threat to public order." -- Wilders quoted as stating: "I'll see what happens at the border. Let them put me in handcuffs." http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/090210-wilders-britain-banned (UK) Report: "UK Parliament to Show Controversial Film Fitna" -- scheduled for Thursday February 12, 2009 http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/090210/3834831en_public.html?.v=1 (UK) Cinema's latest odd couple in film on UK bombings -- "London River" http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090210/twl-life-us-berlin-bombings-9020220.html (Belgium/UK) 'Terror cell' arrested in Brussels connected to 'highest levels of al-Qaeda' -- Malika el-Aroud "is said to be at the centre of the Belgian cell" -- "According to Belgian counter-terrorism sources, the group was radicalised by a woman whose former husband has links to Abu Qatada, the radical preacher in jail in Britain" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4579553/Terror-cell-arrested-in-Brussels-connected-to-highest-levels-of-al-Qaeda.html --- December 18, 2008: Belgium detains 14 suspects 'linked to al-Qaeda' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/3707972/Belgium-detains-14-suspects-linked-to-al-Qaeda.html --- December 12, 2008: Belgium: "Mother of al-Qaeda in Europe" saved by Belgian secret service http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/belgium-mother-of-al-qaeda-in-europe.html --- December 12, 2008: 6 alleged Islamic extremists charged in Belgium http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023908.php --- May 27, 2008: Belgian Internet Warrior Rallies Women to Support Al Qaeda -- Internet Jihadist Malika El Aroud aka "Oum Obeyda" calls herself a female holy warrior for Al Qaeda ----- Malika el-Aroud: "I have a weapon. It's to write. It's to speak out. That's my jihad. You can do many things with words. Writing is also a bomb." http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/27/europe/terror.php --- August 24, 2006: CNN - "Suicide bomber's widow soldiers on" -- by Paul Cruickshank http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/08/15/elaroud/index.html ---- Notably, same British journalist Paul Cruickshank claiming Muslim Brotherhood as "moderates," seeking to hold U.S. meeting with Muslim Brotherhood, and now a contributing expert for CounterterrorismBlog.org, presenting on Capitol Hill http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=702bf6d5-a37a-4e3e-a491-fd72bf6a9da1 http://www.newsweek.com/id/45335 http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/313 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Cruickshank1 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Cruickshank2 http://counterterrorismblog.org/experts/paul-cruickshank/ (Poland) Warsaw offers reward for capture of Taliban who killed Pole - in Pakistan http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1458679.php/Warsaw_offers_reward_for_capture_of_Taliban_who_killed_Pole_ (Russia) Gunbattle in Chechnya kills officer, militant http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/10/europe/EU-Russia-Chechnya.php (Netherlands) Five Somali pirates extradited: Dutch prosecutor http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25038862-23109,00.html (Spain) ETA blamed for van bomb in Madrid http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/ETA-blamed-for-van-bomb-in-Madrid_49453.html (Somalia) UN: 10,000 Somalis fled to Ethiopia since January http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/10/africa/AF-Ethiopia-Somalia.php Yemen denies al-Qaida release reports http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/10/Yemen_denies_al-Qaida_release_reports/UPI-15251234282115/ http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1974787&Language=en Australian Wildfires Could Fuel 'Forest Jihad' Terrorists, Experts Say -- November 2008 Jihadist Posting: "Scholars have justified chopping down and burning the infidels' forests when they do the same to our lands" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,490306,00.html -- Blatant Censorship at Australia's The Age http://sheikyermami.com/2009/02/09/blatant-censorship-at-the-age/ Philippines: Rebels killed in search for kidnapped Red Cross workers http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2999416683 (Philippines) "Ten people were wounded when suspected Muslim militants fired mortars near a military camp" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/255001,ten-people-wounded-in-mortar-attack-on-philippine-kidnap-island.html (Thailand) Peace deal brokers 'unnecessary' -- "conflict which has claimed over 3,000 lives since 2004" http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/136393/peace-deal-brokers-unnecessary (Sri Lanka) LTTE cadres go on shooting spree, kill 17 Tamil civilians http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/LTTE_cadres_go_on_shooting_spree_kill_17_Tamil_civilians/articleshow/4106365.cms Other News: (U.S.) U.S. eyes bid for U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/10/us-now-eyes-bid-for-un-rights-council/ -- June 19, 2008: Jihad Against Freedom of Speech at the United Nations -- regarding UNHRC http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/089.html -- June 18, 2008: UN Human Rights Council: Any mention of the word "sharia" is now taboo http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021461.php (U.S.) Islam in American Prisons -- by Kathy Shaidle http://www.rightsidenews.com/200902093613/homeland-security/muslims-in-america-the-series-part-two.html (Israel election) "Arab-Israeli mob tore down the fence of a polling station, as they yelled 'murderer'" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2999065769 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1063070.html -- MK Eldad 'stoned out' of Umm el-Fahm --- stones were hurled toward the vehicle and police clashed with rioters http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304734201&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urlimage&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobheadername1=Cache-Control&blobheadervalue1=max-age%3D420&blobkey=id&blobtable=JPImage&blobwhere=1233304736905&cachecontrol=5%3A0%3A0+*%2F*%2F*&ssbinary=true -- Arabs Riot in Umm El-Fahm --- Marzel: "Israeli police, he added, 'are surrendering to a bunch of thugs'" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129872 -- Arab media: 'Which extremist will Israel elect?' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3669604,00.html Netherlands: Gyms shouldn't ban headscarves http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/netherlands-gyms-shouldnt-ban.html http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/3213033/___Met_hoofddoek_op_sportschool___.html Norway: Local imam training --- calls for such training by Tariq Ramadan http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-local-imam-training.html France tries Pakistani man for torching woman -- Chahrazade Belayni "suffered third-degree burns on 60 percent of her body" -- Group "Ni Putes Ni Soumises" says "violence against women is rife in certain poor communities with high Muslim populations on the outskirts of French cities" -- Reuters report continues "The activists say some young Muslim men take out their frustrations about poverty and discrimination on women, demanding that they cover up according to Islamic tradition" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LA422955.htm http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25038855-23109,00.html (France) Marseille: Grand Mosque financed by Algeria http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/marseille-grand-mosque-financed-by.html (Europe) ADL poll: 31% of Europeans blame Jews for global financial crisis http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/JWorld.jhtml?contrassID=19&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0 UK Government Web Site: UK top for Islamic finance in the West http://www.ukinvest.gov.uk/OurWorld/4042212/en-GB.html -- A World Centre For Islamic Finance http://www.ukinvest.gov.uk/Feature/4030756/en-GB.html (UK) British Muslim delegation visiting Algeria and Morocco http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67661&Itemid=39 (UK) Islamophonic: Converting to Islam http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2009/feb/02/islamophonic-converting-islam (U.S.) WMD Intel Adviser Brought Package To Work, Causing Scare In Downtown DC -- "dead fish" brought in by Maureen McCarthy is security focus http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/cda_20090210_2795.php "Nigeria: Malcolm X Lives Forever" -- by Ujudud Shariff http://allafrica.com/stories/200902100333.html Commentaries: (UK) Daily Telegraph: "Muslim parents should accept the law of the land " http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/4579793/Muslim-parents-should-accept-the-law-of-the-land.html --- Another Muslim ghetto takes shape as head teacher is 'forced out' for opposing Islamic assemblies -- by http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2009/02/10/another_muslim_ghetto_takes_shape_as_head_teacher_is_forced_out_for_opposing_islamic_assemblies_ (UK) Britain's a world-leader in sharia banking - but we haven't grasped the sinister and dangerous implications - by Melanie Phillips http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1141087/Britains-world-leader-sharia-banking--havent-grasped-sinister-dangerous-implications.html?ITO=1490 -- UK Government Web Site: UK top for Islamic finance in the West http://www.ukinvest.gov.uk/OurWorld/4042212/en-GB.html -- A World Centre For Islamic Finance http://www.ukinvest.gov.uk/Feature/4030756/en-GB.html (U.S.) Islam in American Prisons -- by Kathy Shaidle http://www.rightsidenews.com/200902093613/homeland-security/muslims-in-america-the-series-part-two.html Against Nazi News: (Germany) Nazi-looted art set to be returned to U.S. heir http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29118506/ (U.S.) Texas: Daughter of Holocaust survivor to speak http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/02/10/0210letters.html February 9, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Reminder: Website for download of text files of all newslinks since September 2005 at: http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/newslink_archives.htm (Iraq) Military: Suicide bomber kills 4 U.S. soldiers in Iraq - in Mosul http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/09/soldiers.killed.mosul/index.html (Iraq) 4 ex-Gitmo prisoners transferred to Iraqi custody -- includes Hassan Abdul-Hadi al-Jawhar http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_306 (Afghanistan) US military now focusing on Afghanistan: Mullen http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090209/pl_afp/usiraqafghanistanmilitary_20090209213044;_ylt=Asq6v8pXV3qtABUGYZ5cX.UBS5Z4 -- Obama won't allow al-Qaida, bin Laden 'to operate with impunity' from Afghanistan http://www.startribune.com/politics/39342802.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_newser_afghanistan (Pakistan) Al-Qaeda video belies death claim -- Mustafa Abu al-Yazid -- officials thought he had died in Pakistan FATA's Bajaur region in August 2008 -- "in the new video he reappears to warn India it will be targeted in future Mumbai-style attacks" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7879511.stm http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\10\story_10-2-2009_pg7_6 (Pakistan) The Taliban in Pakistan are raising U.S. fears -- "American and other Western officials have long said they suspect that Pakistani security services do little to address the presence of senior Taliban commanders in Quetta." http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/10/asia/10quetta.php (Pakistan) NWFP: Five rockets fired on Banu city, 2 injured -- in Bannu http://www.geo.tv/2-10-2009/34812.htm --- Four blasts heard in Bannu http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68104 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban torch boys' school in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\10\story_10-2-2009_pg7_2 (Pakistan) NWFP: Education for girls prime victim of Swat turmoil http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161693 (Pakistan) NWFP: Five militants among nine die in Swat -- Taliban also blow up bridge http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68094 (Pakistan) NWFP's Dera Ismail Khan: Muslim Ummah and Madrassahas are on hit list of America: JUI-F's Maulana Fazl ur Rehman -- aka Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman aka Fazlur Rehman aka Fazl -- during groundbreaking of new madrassas in Pakistan's NWFP -- "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 --- January 23, 2009: JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman defends Taliban's efforts at implementing Sharia http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\23\story_23-1-2009_pg7_13 --- January 20, 2009: NWFP: President Zardari President tasks JUI-F's Maulana Fazlur Rehman to hold talks with Swat Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\21\story_21-1-2009_pg1_12 --- January 14, 2009 - (Pakistan) NWFP: JUI-F's Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman for early implementation of Shariah in Swat http://www.pakwatan.com/latest_news1.php?id=9712 --- November 20, 2007 - U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson (STILL) met with Taliban promoter Maulana Fazlur Rehman, as part of promoting "free and fair elections" http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/21/top8.htm --- JUI-F led by Taliban promoter Maulana Fazlur Rehman http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/mma.htm -- 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) FATA: Local Taliban offer conditional support to jirga in FATA http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\10\story_10-2-2009_pg7_23 (Pakistan) FATA: Baitullah Mehsud's deputy survives murder attempt http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=68089 (Pakistan) U.S. President Obama says Pakistan needs to work against terror http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_newser_pakistan_1;_ylt=Ao75b15S_n9O_BMka41sGo4BS5Z4 -- US will review policy on Pakistan, says Holbrooke http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\10\story_10-2-2009_pg1_6 Pakistan to control AQ Khan movements: US official http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090209/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistannuclearweaponskhanus_20090209195509 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090209/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistannuclearweaponskhanus_20090209205352 --- US envoy to raise Dr Khan issue http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\10\story_10-2-2009_pg1_7 (Pakistan) Poland puts beheading blame on Pakistani gov't http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304732781&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (India) Mumbai Attacks: India asks Pak to directly give response on terror dossier http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/3E63BF9133844342652575580067F98B?OpenDocument (India) Mumbai Attacks: No doubt, 26/11 planned in Pak: Chidambaram http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_attack_planned_in_Pak_Chidambaram/articleshow/4101818.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\10\story_10-2-2009_pg1_2 (U.S.) Don't send Guantanamo inmates here: U.S. politicians http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090210/wl_nm/us_security_usa_guantanamo (U.S.) Justice Department to review all state secrets claims http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090209/pl_nm/us_usa_security_secrets (U.S.) CNN: "Teenage terrorist or confused kid -- Gitmo's youngest prisoner" -- Omar Khadr http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/09/gitmo.omar.khadr/index.html (U.S.) Obama orders 60-day cybersecurity review http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090210/pl_nm/us_security_usa_cyber (U.S.) Joe Biden dumps 'war on terror' in global PR move -- speaks of "a shared struggle against extremism" http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/nile_gardiner/blog/2009/02/09/joe_biden_dumps_war_on_terror_in_global_pr_move http://www.securityconference.de/konferenzen/rede.php?menu_2009=&menu_konferenzen=&sprache=en&id=238& "Hamas leader ready for truce with Israel" -- Musa Abu Marzouk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/4570633/Hamas-leader-ready-for-truce-with-Israel.html Israel mulls gesture to Fatah to 'compensate' for Schalit deal http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304732302&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Syria) Obama preparing to lift sanctions against Syria http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2009/ss_syria0115_02_09.asp Algeria: Al-Qaeda message calls president a traitor http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2997434536 Somalia: President Ready to Practice Sharia Law http://allafrica.com/stories/200902091418.html (Philippines) 'Revival of peace talks now up to MILF' http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090210-188420/Revival-of-peace-talks-now-up-to-MILF Other News: Iran-Case Still Open against Released Christians -- "Iranian Christians and rights agencies have feared that they could be charged with 'apostasy'" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5803&backpage=summaries (Russia) Islamic Clerics In Chechnya Call For Alcohol Ban http://www.rferl.org/content/Religious_Clerics_In_Chechnya_Call_For_Alcohol_Ban/1467094.html http://dinahlord.typepad.com/dinah_lord/2009/02/religious-clerics-in-chechnya-call-for-alcohol-ban.html (U.S.) Muslim in America: a 'voyage of discovery' --- "researchers" shocked to find basic dignity and respect by American public http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/02/09/muslims.america/index.html (U.S.) Virginia - Richmond Anarchists Promote Black Supremacist Film http://www.richmondinsideout.com/posts/view/1032 Israel election: Arabs to overtake Jewish population http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/4571961/Israel-election-Arabs-to-overtake-Jewish-population.html (UK) Head 'forced out' over ban on Muslim assemblies -- Additional report by London Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article5697694.ece Australian fire zone a crime scene http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February716.xml§ion=international http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/indepth/0,,5018723,00.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/4567818/Australian-bush-fires-Fears-death-toll-could-reach-230-as-Rudd-blames-mass-murder.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/4574228/Australia-bush-fires-police-close-in-on-arsonists.html --- September 6, 2008 - Australia: Islamic group urges forest fire jihad http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/022578.php http://www.timberbuysell.com/community/DisplayNews.asp?id=3368 Commentaries: Israel's Fateful Elections - by Caroline Glick http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/02/israels_fateful_elections.html February 9, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) FATA: Drone strikes killed high-value targets, US tells Pakistan http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/09/top4.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill Afghan 'spy': local official -- North Waziristan's Miranshah http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090209/world/pakistan_afghanistan_unrest_spy_16 -- Two alleged US spies killed in N Waziristan http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2009/34776.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Suicide bomber kills five, wounds 17 in Pakistan -- North Waziristan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Suicide_bomber_kills_five_wounds_17_in_Pakistan/articleshow/4097363.cms http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090209\ACQRTT200902090919RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0786.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Suicide-bomber%20kills%20five%20Pakistan%20cops (Pakistan) FATA: 15 killed as rockets land in houses - Orakzai Agency's Darra Adam Khel http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2009/34767.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban commander's aide wounded, 24 killed in explosions in Pakistan --- Amir Noor Syed, aide of local Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud, injured in South Waziristan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1974501&Language=en (Pakistan) NWFP: Police targeted in deadly suicide attack -- "unknown suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into the checkpost at Baran in the North-West Frontier Province" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2996850248 (Pakistan) NWFP: Khawaja Hoti to visit Swat for peace talks http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/09/top18.htm --- PPP's Sherpao demands end to Swat operation, talks with militants http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/09/local19.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants killing laughter and music in Pak http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Militants-killing-laughter-and-music-in-Pak/421155/ (Pakistan) NWFP: Security forces target Taliban hideouts in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\09\story_9-2-2009_pg1_8 (Pakistan) NWFP: Al Qaeda's paramilitary 'Shadow Army' http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/al_qaedas_paramilita.php (Pakistan) NWFP: Villagers up in arms against Taliban - in Peshwar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\09\story_9-2-2009_pg7_15 (Pakistan) Punjab: Taliban insurgency expands into Punjab http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/taliban_insurgency_e.php --- Taliban Presence Map of Pakistan http://www.longwarjournal.org/maps/pakistan/NWFP-redmap-012320081.php Pakistan Human Rights Network (HRN) Dr. Aafia Siddiqui's family under threat -- demands repatriation of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui from U.S. custody http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2009/34779.htm -- Pakistan Islamabad High Court (IHC) adjourns Dr. Aafia case hearing until Feb. 25 --- same IHC that released AQ Khan http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2009/34745.htm -- January 6, 2009 - Pakistan PM "Gilani called for the immediate repatriation on humanitarian grounds of Dr Aafia Siddiqi" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg1_3 --- Previous reports on Al-Qaeda suspect Aafia Siddique and plans to attack U.S. homeland http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,593195,00.html http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6275546 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5710043&page=1 --- September 2, 2008: Aafia Siddiqui Indicted for Attempting to Kill United States Nationals in Afghanistan and Six Additional Charges http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/siddiqui090208.htm (Pakistan) US skeptical about Pak commitment on A Q Khan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/US_skeptical_about_Pak_commitment_on_A_Q_Khan/articleshow/4097792.cms --- Pakistan govt may appeal against AQ Khan's release by Pakistan Islamabad High Court (IHC) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_govt_may_appeal_against_AQ_Khans_release/articleshow/4098308.cms http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/09/top2.htm --- Musharraf proud of Pak nuclear program http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\09\story_9-2-2009_pg7_8 (Pakistan) Anger confronts Holbrooke in Pakistan -- Pakistan military officer: "Afghanistan is irrelevant. The American troops are designed to create a mess in the tribal areas and in Pakistan, and take the nukes." http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/09/asia/pakistan.1-425661.php (Pakistan) Why You Shouldn't Trust the Pakistani Government - by Bill Roggio http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/02/why_you_shouldnt_trust_the_pak_1.asp --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 Pakistan Defense Coordination Committee (DCC) seeks 'concrete evidence' from India on Mumbai attacks http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2009/34772.htm -- Defense committee to get Mumbai report today http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/09/top5.htm -- Pakistan wants more information from India on Mumbai attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Now_Pak_wants_more_information_from_India_on_Mumbai_attacks/articleshow/4100933.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: 'Internal hand involved in Mumbai attacks' -- "Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Singh Modi criticises ruling Congress for not taking action against any local group" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\09\story_9-2-2009_pg1_1 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Three men linked to Ajmal Kasab held in Karachi? http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\09\story_9-2-2009_pg1_2 -- Pakistan arrests 3 men for links to Kasab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_arrests_3_men_for_links_to_Kasab/articleshow/4097776.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\09\story_9-2-2009_pg1_3 Pak House panel recommends ban on Indian channels: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_House_panel_recommends_ban_on_Indian_channels_Report/articleshow/4101039.cms --- Pakistan PM Gilani: Pakistan enjoys world support against Indian 'designs' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\09\story_9-2-2009_pg1_3 Indian military chief: Surgical strikes in Pakistan feasible militarily http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\09\story_9-2-2009_pg1_12 --- India: Army 'prepared' for strikes against Pakistan http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2996803905 (India) Mumbai Attacks: FBI officials to be witnesses in Kasab's trial http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/FBI_officials_to_be_witnesses_in_Kasabs_trial/articleshow/4095913.cms -- Times of India: "FBI woman sexually harassed me: 26/11 accused" - Faheem Ansari http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/FBI_woman_sexually_harassed_2611_accused/articleshow/4101192.cms -- December 19, 2008: Mumbai 26/11: Probing the UP connection - Faheem Ansari --- Ansari described as "suspected LeT member" - Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080077036&type=News (India) Sachin, Ganguly kidnap plotters tried to kill Kalam -- six Harkat-ul-Jehadi-e-Islami (HuJI) jihadists -- "A Pak-based HuJI militant told the police that six members of the outfit had attempted to assassinate A P J Abdul Kalam in Patna in 2001 and bomb BARC in Trombay" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sachin_Ganguly_kidnap_plotters_tried_to_kill_Kalam/articleshow/4101297.cms (India) Bangalore bombings: Arrested belonged to Muslim group 'Nooreshah Thareeqat' -- leader Abdul Sattar alias Sainudeen -- members part of Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and Islamic Seva Sangh -- "one of the 'six central figures' responsible for 'helping and inspiring' five Muslim youth from Kerala to cross over to Pakistan for getting training from Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)" http://www.thehindu.com/2009/02/08/stories/2009020860191100.htm (India) Suspected Maoist rebels gun down 10 cops in Bihar http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Suspected_Maoist_rebels_gun_down_10_cops_in_Bihar/articleshow/4100831.cms (Afghanistan) Bombs kill 3 Afghan troops, 2 civilians -- in Khogyani district - near Pakistan border http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/09/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) UK New envoy to Afghanistan, Pakistan -- "Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, an Arabic speaker who has previously been Britain's ambassador to Saudi Arabia as well as Israe" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090209/wl_uk_afp/britainafghanistanpakistandiplomacy_20090209130357;_ylt=Atk3Mmdua02U6q7Z2BFJYNQBS5Z4 -- October 2, 2008: British envoy says mission in Afghanistan is doomed, according to leaked memo --- Sherard Cowper-Coles memo reported by London Times: "reportedly saying that the campaign against the Taleban insurgents would fail" --- Sherard Cowper-Coles memo reported by London Times: "the only realistic outlook for Afghanistan would be the installation of 'an acceptable dictator'" -- October 3, 2008: Official: NATO will fail against Taliban http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/10/03/Official_NATO_will_fail_against_Taliban/UPI-51561223082545/ -- June 22, 2007 - UK's Nottingham - "he claimed that the streets of Saudi cities were safer than theirs" http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2007/jun/22/uk.afghanistan (Afghanistan) British envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan is named as Miliband accuses Taliban of 'spreading insecurity' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1139922/British-envoy-Afghanistan-Pakistan-named-Miliband-accuses-Taliban-spreading-insecurity.html?ITO=1490 (Afghanistan) Poll: US, allies, Kabul government losing ground http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_on_re_as/us_afghans_2 http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2009/02/09/poll_us_allies_kabul_government_losing_ground/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7873315.stm --- Poll Results http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/05_02_09afghan_poll_2009.pdf --- Poll page 1, Q3: Aghans polled who state that Afghanistan is going in the "wrong direction" only 8 percent blame Taliban --- Poll page 2, Q4: Afghans polled state only 8 percent viewed the Taliban as the "biggest problem," with 4 percent viewing "terrorism" as "biggest problem" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/05_02_09afghan_poll_2009.pdf (Afghanistan) Police kill militant commander in Afghanistan -- "military statement said the militant leader was killed in Washir district of the country's Helmand on Saturday" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1974511&Language=en (Iraq) Attacks in Mosul, Kirkuk injure five Iraqis http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1974518&Language=en (U.S.) Maryland: Pakistani National Pleads Guilty in Terrorism Financing Scheme -- Imdad Ullah Ranjha http://www.michnews.com/Jim_Kouri/Pakistani_National_Pleads_Guilty_in_Terrorism_Financing_Scheme.shtml --- see also September 20, 2007 - Terror Finance Case: "Operation Cash-Out" - by Jeffrey Imm ---- Imdad Ranjha brother of Saifullah Ranjha http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/055.html (UK) Taxi driver coaxed into becoming al Qaida spy -- Habib Ahmed found guilty of collaborating with Rangzieb Ahmed -- "He became radicalised after he joined a college Islamic society operated by his close friend Hassan Butt" -- "society was operated on behalf of Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HT)" http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Taliban_recruiter_helped_taxi_driver_become_an_al-Qaeda_agent&in_article_id=526821&in_page_id=34 (UK) Al-Qaida fantasist tells court: I'm a professional liar -- Hassan Butt http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/09/uksecurity-july7 -- UK Muslim tells court he fabricated Islamist past http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090209/wl_nm/us_britain_security_confession (UK) Compulsory visas for South Africans http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5689448.ece --- Pakistanis returning from Jihad training have long used South Africa as a stopover to avoid visa detection on return to UK ---- May 3, 2007: British terrorists using Africa as secret staging post http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article1739245.ece ---- February 4, 2008: South Africans face visa curb to shut terrorists' route to Britain http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3301166.ece ---- July 11, 2008: UK to tighten entry for South Africans over terrorism fears http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4315614.ece (UK) Protests continue in Mosque row http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/asianspotlight/spotlight/4113070.Protests_continue_in_Mosque_row/ (Gaza) Islamic Jihad preparing for 'next round' regardless of elections outcome http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3669197,00.html (Gaza) Jihadist Booklet: Islamic Scholars Apply Double Standard: Praise Jihad in Gaza, Condemn Jihad Elsewhere -- by Al-Qaeda http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD223509 Gaza militant dies in clash as cease-fire tarries http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians -- IDF Bombs Hamas Police Station after Rocket Attacks http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129844 IDF foils terror attack on Gaza border -- "Islamic Jihad claims gunman killed in air strike; IAF hits 2 Hamas outposts in response to rocket attacks" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304726123&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Palestinian poll: Hamas support drops http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304721441&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Report: Shalit deal hinges on Israel release of four terrorists http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1062750.html (Lebanon) Lebanese lawmakers warned against assassination threat -- "Lawmaker and Syria-critic Mustafa Alloush confirmed Monday reports of possible assassination attempts against some Lebanese parliamentarians" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/254894,lebanese-lawmakers-warned-against-assassination-threat.html Iran welcomes US comment on multilateralism http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/09/europe/EU-Spain-Iran.php (Iran) "Iran, 30 Years On: Was it worth it?" -- "democracy was a sticking point from the beginning" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/4550383/Iran-30-Years-On-Was-it-worth-it.html Egypt: Hamas must reveal where it got cash it tried to smuggle into Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304727290&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Egypt) Arab media experts discuss role of Arab media in addressing terrorism http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1974519&Language=en Poland vows justice in Pakistan Taliban beheading http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/09/Poland_vows_justice_in_Taliban_beheading/UPI-15021234194980/ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5692639.ece http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,489805,00.html (Norway) Norway: Increasing radicalization among extremist Muslims http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/norway-increasing-radicalization-among.html http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/article2552236.ece -- PST threat report (in Dutch) http://www.pst.politiet.no/Filer/utgivelser/trusselvurderinger/2009_trusselvurdering.pdf -- PST English site http://www.pst.politiet.no/default____162.aspx (Spain) Car bomb explodes at trade fair center in Spain http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29095953/ http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6168563/Madrid-car-bomb-injures-four (Spain) Two radical Basque parties barred from elections http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Two-Basque-pro_independence-parties-barred-from-elections_49428.html (Mali) Video suggests diplomats in clutches of al-Qaeda http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090209.wfowler09/BNStory/International/home (Yemen) Anywhere But Yemen -- by Stephen F. Hayes & Thomas Joscelyn -- "Obama administration is seriously considering sending 90 or so terrorists back to Yemen" http://tank.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGEyYjdmYjg3NDUzZjUxNWQ0ZmM3YjE0YTA4ZTJmZjA= (Somalia) African Union condemns insurgent attacks on troops http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7P4EFC?OpenDocument Somalia: President Sharif And Islamic Courts Union (ICU) Officials Talk Peace Process And Reconciliation http://allafrica.com/stories/200902090524.html (Indonesia) Radical Books Raise Fears in Indonesia of Spread of Militants' Ideas -- "At a small, back-street bookstore here, the young employees, wearing matching green skullcaps and sporting wispy chin beards, stock books with titles like 'Waiting for the Destruction of Israel' and 'Principles of Jihad.'" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/09/asia/09indo.php http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/world/asia/09indo.html?_r=1 Indonesian Muslim militants sentenced to jail -- "Indonesian district court on Monday sentenced three Muslim militants to up to nine years in prison after they were convicted of assisting and hiding leaders of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/254879,indonesian-muslim-militants-sentenced-to-jail.html Philippine marines kill 2 suspected kidnappers http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_kidnapping_1 --- Two Muslim militants killed in southern Philippines http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/254805,two-muslim-militants-killed-in-southern-philippines.html --- Kidnappers of ICRC crew fire on Philippine troops http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN60024.htm (Philippines) Troops arrest kidnap suspect http://www.sunstar.com.ph/network/troops-arrest-kidnap-suspect-414-pm (Philippines) Republic of Philippines ready to resume talks with (Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090209-188340/RP-ready-to-resume-talks-with-MILF (Thailand) Muslim man shot dead in Yala http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30095286/Muslim-man-shot-dead-in-Yala (Sri Lanka) Female suicide bomber kills 28 in Sri Lanka http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090209/ap_on_re_as/as_sri_lanka_civil_war http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5692956.ece (Colombia) FARC Seeks Swap of 22 Hostages for 500 Rebels, Tiempo Says http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aMGosVLjVdDQ&refer=latin_america Other News: (UK) British diplomat arrested over 'anti-Semitic' rant -- Senior Foreign Office diplomat Rowan Laxton publicly ranted "f***ing Israelis, f***ing Jews" and saying that Israeli soldiers should be "wiped off the face of the Earth" -- Laxton has "served in Pakistan and Afghanistan" and is "in charge of UK diplomatic policy in South Asia, directly briefing David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5693687.ece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4564216/Foreign-Office-diplomat-arrested-over-anti-Semitic-rant.html --- High-ranking Foreign Office diplomat arrested over anti-Semitic gym tirade ----- UK Foreign Office: "It is too early to comment" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1139249/High-ranking-Foreign-Office-diplomat-arrested-anti-Semitic-gym-tirade.html (UK) Britain's Islamic finance sector bigger than Pakistan's, report claims -- "$18billion (Ł12bn) in assets of Britain's Islamic banks dwarf those of some states where Islam is the main religion, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey and Egypt" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/4569263/Britains-Islamic-finance-sector-bigger-than-Pakistans-report-claims.html (UK) Headteacher forced to resign after being branded racist for trying to axe separate assemblies for Muslims -- "She wanted to hold assemblies for all the pupils, which would include all faiths." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1139653/Headteacher-forced-resign-branded-racist-trying-axe-separate-assemblies-Muslims.html (UK) Muslim mothers given web advice -- "course is being funded by the government under its preventing violent extremism initiative" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7878413.stm UK: 12-year-old Jewish girl terrorized by "youths" chanting "Kill all Jews" and "Death to Jews" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024769.php http://www.thejc.com/articles/schoolgirl-terrorised-mob (UK) Christian nurse row: now teachers could be disciplined for discussing religion -- "There is a witch hunt against Christians" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4557794/Christian-nurse-row-now-teachers-could-be-disciplined-for-discussing-religion.html (UK) Osama Bin Laden's niece to play London gig http://www.nme.com/news/wafah-dufour/42644 (Ireland) Dublin: Hijab fashion show http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/dublin-hijab-fashion-show.html http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2009/0207/1233867924682.html (Sweden) Malmo: Several arrested during protest http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/malmo-several-arrested-during-pro.html -- Arabs throws pipebombs and fires rockets on peaceful pro-israeli demonstration http://tedekeroth.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/arabs-throws-pipebombs-and-fires-rockets-on-peacful-pro-israeli-demonstration/ (France) Anti-Semitism returns to remind France of darker days http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article5693693.ece (Belgium) Jewish groups anger at Belgian TV digs http://www.expatica.com/be/news/local_news/Jewish-groups-anger-at-Belgian-TV-digs-_49412.html (Malaysia) Regarding Facebook divorce -- "Syariah lawyers said that it's perfectly all right for a Muslim to divorce their spouse on Facebook or any other social networking website as long as it is in line with hukum syarak" http://www.mmail.com.my/Facebook_divorce.aspx --- Sharia Law and your divorce http://www.divorcesaloon.com/sharia-law-and-your-divorce (Nigeria) Sharia was my greatest challenge -- Obasanjo -- "Many believed that I should roll out the tanks and crush Sharia. But I did say at that time that if it is of God, it will stay. But if it is political, it will fizzle out." -- "Many judgments by Sharia courts attracted condemnation from within and outside the country. Two of such judgments were the death sentences on Safiya Hussaini and Amina Lawal." http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200902092585662 --- Amina Lawal - "sentenced her to death by stoning for adultery for conceiving a child out of wedlock" - conviction eventually overturned after international outcry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Lawal http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR44/032/2003/en/dom-AFR440322003en.html http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR44/022/2002/en/dom-AFR440222002en.html --- Safiya Hussaini - "Nigerian woman condemned to death for adultery in 2002" - acquitted after retrial http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safiya_Hussaini http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR44/017/2004/en/dom-AFR440172004en.html NOTE: Not all have been so lucky to have been saved by international outrage... -- October 31, 2008 - Somalia: Child of 13 stoned to death in Somalia http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/child-of+-13-stoned-to-death-in-somalia-20081031 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7694397.stm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/3274129/Islamists-stone-adulterous-Somali-woman-to-death.html --- in front of more than 1,000 people http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7708169.stm (India J&K) Protest over skier intensifies in J&K -- "locals protested that he was using a ski slider with Quranic verses inscribed on it" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Protest_over_skier_intensifies_in_JK/articleshow/4096839.cms (U.S.) Communist: Obama working to nationalize U.S. economy -- CPUSA leader Sam Webb http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88380 Commentaries: (U.S.) Catherine Martin Forges Ahead -- regarding ACT for America's Northern Virginia/DC Metro Chapter http://unitedagainstislamicsupremacism.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/catherine-martin-forges-ahead/ Anywhere But Yemen -- by Stephen F. Hayes & Thomas Joscelyn -- "Obama administration is seriously considering sending 90 or so terrorists back to Yemen" http://tank.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGEyYjdmYjg3NDUzZjUxNWQ0ZmM3YjE0YTA4ZTJmZjA= Why You Shouldn't Trust the Pakistani Government - by Bill Roggio http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/02/why_you_shouldnt_trust_the_pak_1.asp Counterintelligence Still Secondary as Our Secrets Are Taken - by Douglas Farah http://www.douglasfarah.com/article/449/counterintelligence-still-secondary-as-our-secrets-are-taken.com The cost of criticizing jihadists - UN resolution is part of Islamic muzzle -- by Nat Henthoff -- regarding prosecution of Geert Wilders --- Geert Wilders: "I lost my freedom already four and a half years ago in October 2004, when my 24-hour police protection started because of threats by Muslims in Holland and abroad to kill me." http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/09/the-cost-of-criticizing-jihadists/ "Obama surrenders to jihadists" - by Joseph Farah -- Farah criticizes the War on Extremism (W.O.E.) http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88358 "John Esposito: In praise of Obama and dhimmitude" -- by Raymond Ibrahim http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024773.php -- Obama reaches out: rebuilding relations with the Muslim world - by John Esposito http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=166303&bolum=109 Propaganda: (UK) "Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: 'Satanic Verses' forced me to declare myself a Muslim" -- "The arguments over freedom of expression though were disingenuous. There is no absolute freedom." -- "Muslim believers like me... can belong to no exclusive camp or side" http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-lsquosatanic-versesrsquo-forced-me-to-declare-myself-a-muslim-1604607.html (Australia) Dangerous To Know -- by Labor Party's Kirk McKenzie -- critical of prison sentence of Australian jihadist Benbrika and his co-jihadists http://newmatilda.com/2009/02/09/dangerous-know Anti-White Supremacism News: Civil Rights lawyer tells students of justice finally delivered http://hamptonroads.com/2009/02/civil-rights-lawyer-tells-students-justice-finally-delivered Against Nazi News: (Egypt) Has this Nazi torturer FAKED his own death? Extraordinary theory emerges as sadistic SS doctor is traced to Cairo http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1139239/Did-Nazi-torturer-FAKE-death-Extraordinary-theory-emerges-sadistic-SS-doctor-traced-Cairo.html?ITO=1490 Argentina: Bishop removed from post for denying Holocaust http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2996952922 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5694191.ece http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,606323,00.html Thalidomide 'was developed by the Nazis' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/4563208/Thalidomide-was-developed-by-the-Nazis.html February 8, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (UK) CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the biggest threat to the US -- "They believe that a British-born Pakistani extremist entering the US under the visa waiver programme is the most likely source of another terrorist spectacular on American soil." -- "Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer who has advised Mr Obama, told The Sunday Telegraph: 'The British Pakistani community is recognised as probably al-Qaeda's best mechanism for launching an attack against North America.'" -- British official: ""Around 40 per cent of CIA activity on homeland threats is now in the UK. This is quite unprecedented." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4550144/CIA-warns-Barack-Obama-that-British-terrorists-are-the-biggest-threat-to-the-US.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/UK/Pak-origin_British_terrorists_biggest_threat_to_US_Report/articleshow/4094904.cms http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2009/02/february_7_2009_british_jihad.html -- See also: ---- British Jihad and Islamic Supremacism Watch http://britishjihad.com/ --- January 5, 2009: CIA tracking 4000 UK terror suspects http://www.theage.com.au/world/cia-tracking-4000-uk-terror-suspects-20090104-79u6.html http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/cia-uses-british-informants-to-track-terrorism/2009/01/04/1231003847131.html (UK) Terror suspects linked to al-Qaeda 'on the run in Midlands' -- Interpol Red Notice on Libyan/British alleged jihadists Abd'rabbah Ghuma, Abdulbaqi Mohammed Khaled, and Mohammed Benhammedi http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4559804/Terror-suspects-linked-to-al-Qaeda-on-the-run-in-Midlands.html -- Birmingham is home to Al Qaida linked terror suspects http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/02/08/birmingham-is-home-to-al-qaida-linked-terror-suspects-66331-22879232/ --- February 8, 2006: U.S. Treasury Designates U.K. Residents with Libyan Terror Ties http://useu.usmission.gov/Article.asp?ID=FB787073-B60F-478E-81C3-E6B31E12E8A6 (Iraq) At least six killed in attacks across Iraq http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/254760,at-least-six-killed-in-attacks-across-iraq--summary.html (Afghanistan) 2 U.S. Soldiers Killed While Defusing Bomb in Afghanistan http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,489731,00.html -- Bomb kills two US nationals in Afghanistan -- in Helmand province's Nad Ali district http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67978 (Afghanistan) A more vicious, sinister breed of Taliban moves into Kandahar -- headed by Maulavi Jalaluddin Haqqan http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/565466 http://www.thestar.com/article/584331 (Afghanistan) U.S. delegation underlines Afghan war difficulties -- Richard Holbrooke: "There is no magic formula in Afghanistan" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/08/europe/munich.4-425453.php -- Obama puts brake on Afghan surge http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5683681.ece (Afghanistan) U.S. Anti-war lawmakers worry over Afghan plan -- Congressman Jim McGovern and Senator Russ Feingold quoted http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29084886/ Afghan leader praises better ties with Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_security_conference (Afghanistan) Karzai urges non-Qaeda Taliban to return -- urges Taliban to return to Afghanistan 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) Taliban release video of beheading -- "Pakistani Taliban militants released a graphic video on Sunday showing the beheading of a Polish engineer whom they said was killed because Islamabad refused to free detained insurgents" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25027100-23109,00.html -- Pakistani Taliban refuse to give up body of Pole http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February660.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat: Seven perish in violent acts http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67983 (Pakistan) NWFP: Three bodies in army fatigues found in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\08\story_8-2-2009_pg7_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban's darkness descends on Swat Valley http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25025026-25837,00.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban kidnap 35 in Hangu -- to face Taliban Sharia court http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\08\story_8-2-2009_pg1_3 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban high court extending writ to Dir -- "with people taking their litigations to the THC (Taliban High Court) for settlement under the 'Islamic Shariah'" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161390 (Pakistan) NWFP: Headmaster flees 'living hell' in Pakistan valley http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=28320&ccid=18 (Pakistan) NWFP Minister sees gradual improvement in Swat situation http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67491&Itemid=38 (Pakistan) NWFP will not become centre of terrorism, says ANP's Afrasiab -- comments made in Punjab, not NWFP http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\08\story_8-2-2009_pg7_33 (Pakistan) NWFP: APSA presses government to protect schools in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\08\story_8-2-2009_pg7_31 (Pakistan) FATA: Eight Taliban killed in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\08\story_8-2-2009_pg7_10 --- 22 militants killed in Inayat Kilay http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67972 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: UN appeals for release of its kidnapped US official http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/UN_appeals_for_release_of_its_kidnapped_US_official/articleshow/4095586.cms -- Pakistan probes group's claim of holding American http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_probes_groups_claim_of_holding_American/articleshow/4095268.cms (Pakistan) Obama's key envoy lands in Pak today -- Richard Holbrooke http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Litmus_test_Obamas_key_envoy_lands_in_Pak_today/articleshow/4096438.cms (Pakistan) A Q Khan could be on Mossad hit list http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/A_Q_Khan_could_be_on_Mossad_hit_list/articleshow/4095926.cms (Pakistan) Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) West has no right to criticise AQ Khan's release - views Khan as "the most revered national hero" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161486 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak reply ready; cases against 5 Mumbai attacks accused: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_reply_ready_cases_against_5_Mumbai_attacks_accused_Report/articleshow/4095560.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan will try Mumbai perpetrators according to the country law: PM Gilani http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?211098 (India) Congress wants Pakistan declared terror state http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/08/top4.htm India to confront terrorism with 'courage': Mukherjee http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67987 (Bangladesh) US studying anti-terrorism plan by Bangladesh -- State Dept thinks "regional task force" is a "good idea" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\08\story_8-2-2009_pg7_45 (U.S.) FOX Video: Mother of Cole Victim Refused to Meet with Obama http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cwZjvQPZEY& http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/02/who-and-what-is-in-the-white-house.html (U.S.) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as dangerous as al-Qaida for US, UK: CIA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/LeT_as_dangerous_as_Qaida_for_US/rssarticleshow/4095131.cms (U.S.) Minneapolis: Recruited for jihad? What happened to Mustafa Ali? http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/39239722.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU --- February 4, 2009: but DHS' Civil Rights department has outreach to Somali community... http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/02/04/dhs_looking_to_build_better_relationships_with_somali_population/?refid=0 US not prepared for cyber terrorism: Officials http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=12ae253d-01c3-4157-bc0d-7c0e20950ba8&&Headline=US+not+prepared+for+cyber+terrorism%3a+Officials (Israel) Military: 2 Gaza rockets hit southern Israel http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians -- Two Gaza rockets strike west Negev as truce talks progress http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1062454.html -- Rocket Fire Hits Kibbutz, Southern Outskirts of Ashkelon http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129828 (Israel) U.S. Jew stabbed in the face by Palestinians in Jerusalem -- for asking for directions http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1062458.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304715382&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas hunts Fatah loyalists http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3668615,00.html -- Hamas official tells Time that ex-minister sent Fatah activists into Gaza to hunt down rival militants http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1062511.html Egypt: Israel and Hamas on verge of ceasefire http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4559604/Israel-and-Hamas-on-verge-of-ceasefire.html Egypt's Alaa Al Aswany regarding Barack Obama's outreach to Muslims: "We had already begun to tune out" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/opinion/08aswany.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss Iran awaits 'concrete offer' from US http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25027075-23109,00.html Saudi suspects seeking revival of Al Qaeda --- "One of the men on Saudi Arabia’s new most-wanted list is married to Osama Bin Laden’s daughter while another was involved in a plot to kill the US ambassador in Yemen. A third had smuggled militants into Iraq from Syria." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\08\story_8-2-2009_pg7_48 (Yemen) Official: Yemen releases 170 al-Qaida suspects -- "two weeks after the terror group announced that Yemen had become the base of its activities for the whole Arabian peninsula" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090208/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_al_qaida_suspects http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-ml-yemen-al-qaida-suspects,0,1968895.story http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,489734,00.html --- "The men were freed Friday and Saturday after signing pledges not to engage in terrorism" http://wcbstv.com/national/Al.Qaeda.Yemen.2.929783.html Somalia: Armed Groups Attack AU Peacekeepers http://allafrica.com/stories/200902080006.html -- Rebels target new Somali president with mortars http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5306649/rebels-target-new-somali-president-with-mortars/ -- Somalia: Islamic Party Insurgents Declare War On New Govt http://allafrica.com/stories/200902080003.html -- Somalia: Hawiye Elders Complain About Islamist Leader http://allafrica.com/stories/200902080019.html -- Somalia: President Meeting With Islamic Clerics http://allafrica.com/stories/200902080018.html Germany Arrests Terrorist Suspected of Supplying Al Qaeda -- "identified only as Sermet I." http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6167433/German-police-arrest-alQaeda-suspect (Philippines) Kidnapped midwife escapes captors in southern Philippines http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/254713,kidnapped-midwife-escapes-captors-in-southern-philippines.html (Philippines) Troops clash with Sayyaf bandits in Sulu http://www.gmanews.tv/story/147848/Troops-clash-with-Sayyaf-bandits-in-Sulu (Philippines) Armed civilians help PNP, AFP encircle Red Cross kidnappers http://www.gmanews.tv/story/147879/Armed-civilians-help-PNP-AFP-encircle-Red-Cross-kidnappers (Philippines) $5M-$10M demanded for ICRC workers' release - MILF http://www.gmanews.tv/story/147872/5M-10M-demanded-for-ICRC-workers-release---MILF Sri Lanka military: 15,000 civilians flee war zone http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/08/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Venezuela arrests 11, including 7 cops, over synagogue attack http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1062512.html Other News: (Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Christian Charged with 'Blasphemy' for Text Message -- Hector Aleem "directs a small agency that often defends the rights of Christians" -- Hector Aleem's home attacked, money stolen, pictures of Jesus on walls broken -- Hector Aleem still charged with "abetting blasphemy" - those attending open court tell judge - "If you release [Aleem], then we will kill him outside" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5801&backpage=summaries (Pakistan) NWFP: Woman stripped naked, tortured - for calling for woman to elope http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161360 (UK) Christian foster mother struck off after Muslim girl converts -- "even though the girl made her own decision to change religion when she was 16" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4557618/Christian-foster-mother-struck-off-after-Muslim-girl-converts.html --- Foster parent who has looked after 80 children struck off...because a Muslim girl in her care became a Christian http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1138701/Foster-parent-looked-80-children-struck--Muslim-girl-care-Christian.html (UK) Peaches Geldof in Islam TV show -- move in with Muslim family in Morrocco for documentary "A Beginner's Guide to Islam" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5221262.stm (Netherlands) Dutch Anti-Semitic Protestors Sentenced as Tensions Rise --- 400 Euro fine and community service for chanting "Hamas, Hamas, Jews to the gas," as crowd cheers for "Hitler" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129834 (Netherlands) Man arrested for genital mutilation -- Man of "Moroccan origin" arrested "on suspicion of having genitally mutilated his five-year-old daughter" http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6167338/Man-arrested-for-genital-mutilation (Iran) Tehran Times: "It's time for some economic jihad. Let's destroy a corporation for Palestine." http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024761.php (UAE) Islamic securitisation World MENA 2009 / Conference http://www.menafn.com/events/event.aspx?E_ID=451 (U.S.) Washington DC Event: The National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations -- February 17, 2009: "Islamic Finance and the Global Economic Crisis" -- Presenter: Dr. Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo - Chief Shariah Officer, Shariah Capital http://www.ncusar.org/email_graphics/announcements/09-02-17-event-announcement.html --- In November 2007, DeLorenzo served as Wall Street Journal's "Chief Shariah Officer" for Sharia Finance conference http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/070.html --- Shaykh Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo has worked for the pro-Wahhabist International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) organization and who was secretary of the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) beginning in 1989. IIIT was named in a May 1991 Muslim Brotherhood memorandum as one of the Muslim Brotherhood's like-minded "organizations of our friends." The Investigative Project has linked members of the FCNA to Islamist extremism and terrorism. http://sunnah.org/fiqh/usul/usul_fiqh_alwani/Default.htm http://www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/?event=showIslamicOverView#delorenzo --- Yusuf Talal Delorenzo also has experience with the Pakistan government, and was former Advisor on Islamic Affairs to the Government of Pakistan. http://muslim-investor.com/mi/bio-delorenzo.phtml (U.S.) Video on Said Honor Killing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmpSE11vVXg&eurl=http://themessagemovie.com/why-dont-the-men-care-honor-killing&feature=player_embedded (Kuwait) Muslim superheroes take on theme parks http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090208/FOREIGN/995649838/1011/rss (UK) Gang of youths attack pastor and his church - again -- "relation to attacks on Gaza" http://www.rochdaleonline.org/news-features/2/community-news/19846/gang-of-youths-attack-pastor-and-his-church-again http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/02/muslim-yoots-viciously-attack-christian-pastor-.html Commentaries: Mr. Obama, Speak First at Touro -- by Andrew G. Bostom http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/02/mr_obama_speak_first_at_touro.html Propaganda: (Pakistan) Asian Tribune: "Swat dilemma: Time to implement Sharia Regulation a way out" -- by Farzana Shah http://www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/15514 (Qatar) For the first time, Christians in Qatar worship in church -- by CSC reporter Caryle Murphy -- CSC reports that this is to "demonstrate traditional Islam's tolerance" http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0209/p01s01-wome.html -- January 20, 2009 - Qatar: Future Muslim leaders seek fresh path -- ALSO by CSC reporter Caryle Murphy --- buried in the report: ---- Pakistan's International Islamic University Madiha Younas: "it's not an Islamic value to have absolute freedom. Islam puts boundaries on you." ---- Saudi Harvard University graduage Malik Dahlan: "It is freedom not to submit [to God's will] that gives value to submission itself." http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0120/p07s01-wogn.html ---- Former Washington Post writer Caryle Murphy author of "Passion for Islam" reviewed as for "readers interested in getting beyond the stereotypical descriptions of Islamic thought" http://www.amazon.com/Passion-For-Islam/dp/B000FC0SNC http://discuss.washingtonpost.com/zforum/02/sp_books_murphy112502.htm The Iranian Revolution was the ultimate passion play -- "To understand modern Iran we must unpick our prejudices and decipher the symbolism of its rich Shia history" - by Karen Armstrong http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5689370.ece Against Nazi News: (Germany) In Germany, Whispers of 'Enough' at a War-Crimes Trial -- Manfred Wenzel: "I'm not sure these people should be pursued anymore" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/weekinreview/08kulish.html February 7, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afgahanistan) Nangarhar: District chief, provincial council member killed in Afghanistan --- "Taliban spokesman Zabeehullah Mujhaid, who claimed responsibility for the blast" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1974089&Language=en (Afghanistan) 'More European troops to Afghanistan' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304708721&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Pakistan) NWFP: Zardari offers peace talks to militants --- "The militants currently control most parts of Swat, located 160 km from Islamabad, and have banned girls' education in the region" http://www.rediff.com/news/2009/feb/07zardari-offers-peace-talks-to-militants.htm (Pakistan) NWFP's Peshawar: "Swat schools to reopen in March, says ANP" -- reports this from Peshawar, not Swat... http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/07/local26.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Militants target Bajaur schools after Swat - destroy 28 schools http://www.geo.tv/2-7-2009/34617.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Report - "Flights of US drones over North, South Waziristan" http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67889 (Pakistan) Punjab: Militants in Pakistan reportedly kill Polish engineer -- Piotr Stanczak -- "by Taliban militants after the deadline to release their accomplices had expired on February 4th" --- in Punjab in Jand tehsil of Attock district - bordering NWFP --- RNW: "Taliban beheads Polish engineer" -- "Taliban is claiming that it has executed a Polish hostage" http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6167268/Taliban-beheads-Polish-engineer --- "'We have beheaded the Polish engineer after the government failed to meet our demands and we will not hand over his body,' a Taliban spokesman said." http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,25022952-954,00.html --- IANS: Pakistani Taliban kills abducted Polish oil worker http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=85e2fbe8-8863-480a-acb9-ab7576781cf4&MatchID1=4922&TeamID1=4&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1244&PrimaryID=4922&Headline=Pakistani+Taliban+kills+abducted+Polish+oil+worker --- September 28, 2008: Polish oil company engineer kidnapped in Pakistan http://www.nowpublic.com/world/polish-oil-company-engineer-kidnapped-pakistan Pakistan's GeoTV previously reported: "Al-Qaeda claims killing Polish hostage" -- due to foreign news reporters changed to "Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan claims killing Polish hostage" http://www.geo.tv/2-7-2009/34640.htm Pakistan Insists Nuke Scientist's Network is Dismantled -- "Pakistan defended Saturday the easing of restrictions on Abdul Qadeer Khan" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,489586,00.html -- Pakistan insists Khan networks dismantled http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_insists_Khan_networks_dismantled/articleshow/4092437.cms http://www.geo.tv/2-7-2009/34606.htm http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/06/asia/pakistan.4-424628.php Pakistan believes in nuclear non-proliferation policy: Pakistan Foreign Office http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67878 -- Islamic Republic of Pakistan has estimated 60 nuclear weapons http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#8 -- December 5, 2008: Pakistan nuclear scientist 'Nuclear missiles can be fired within minutes in case of war' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\05\story_5-12-2008_pg7_24 -- September 24, 2008: "Pakistan will seek nuclear fuel assistance from China in a bid to build 10 new nuclear power plants" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/09/24/Pakistan_China_in_nuclear_fuel_deal/UPI-24751222260236/ -- June 10, 2008: The Nuclear Islamic Republic of Pakistan - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html#8 -- May 28, 2008: Pakistani students rally on nuclear anniversary: witnesses - promising "jihad" http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jNFrL2tZEOp2APdSJHqwRMOWirRA -- May 26, 2008: The Emir of the Pakistani Taliban Beitullah Mahsoud: Pakistan Should Use Its Nuclear Weapons to Challenge the Enemies... "the Jews and the Christians" http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/7607.htm http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1778.htm -- January 9, 2008: ElBaradei fears for security of Pakistan's nukes http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\01\09\story_9-1-2008_pg7_9 -- June 21, 2007: New Photos Show Secret Pakistan Plutonium Plant; Fear of More Weapons Being Made http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/new-photos-show.html -- Pakistan Appears to be Building a Third Plutonium Production Reactor at Khushab Nuclear Site http://www.isis-online.org/publications/southasia/ThirdKhushabReactor.pdf (Pakistan) US wants assurance from Pak on AQ Khan's future role http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US_wants_assurance_on_AQ_Khan/articleshow/4091336.cms -- Dr Khan's release irks West http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/07/top2.htm Pakistan wants unconditional aid from US: Ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_wants_unconditional_aid_from_US_Haqqani/articleshow/4092570.cms --- Congress to consider tripling Pakistan aid soon: US Senator Kerry http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/07/top8.htm --- Pakistan aid bill to be passed in weeks: Kerry ---- "Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act" aka Kerry-Lugar Act to provide Pakistan with $1.5 billion/year in U.S. taxpayer dollars http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\07\story_7-2-2009_pg7_1 http://www.thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=12840 ---- Appears Kerry and Lugar plan to reintroduce Biden's S. 3263: Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2008 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-3263 http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s3263: (Pakistan) Terror infrastructure in Pak existing and active: Army chief -- India "Army Chief Gen Deepak Kapoor... puts the number of terror camps there in between 30 and 50" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Terror_infrastructure_in_Pak_existing_and_active_Army_chief/articleshow/4091789.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak says 26/11 a 'hiccup' in ties with India, wants talks resumption http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_says_2611_a_hiccup_in_ties_wants_talks_resumption/articleshow/4092579.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: ISI not involved in Mumbai attacks: Musharraf http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\07\story_7-2-2009_pg7_10 (U.S.) Washington Post report: "Obama told the group that he was only hitting the 'pause button' when he sought the suspension of proceedings against 21 detainees" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/06/AR2009020603516.html?wprss=rss_nation -- Comment: credibility of same newspaper that gives President Obama his own editorials (Iran) Biden: U.S. will talk to Iran, but act if necessary http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29067232/ -- Iran: Discard carrot and stick policy http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304708304&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Tehran wants U.S. to admit 'its mistakes' http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/07/tehran-wants-us-to-admit-its-mistakes/ Iran: Great technological progress despite US, UN sanctions http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304709427&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Biden urges 2-state solution http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3668002,00.html (Israel) Airforce bombs targets in south Gaza -- "IDF: Attack on arms caches, tunnels response to Kassam" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304707777&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas denies CNN Turk report Schalit deal will soon be reached http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304708066&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas strongman makes first post-war public appearance -- "Senior Hamas man Mahmoud Zahar leads Hamas delegation to new round of truce talks in Cairo" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1062239.html (Hamas) UK Telegraph Report: "Hamas 'not responsible' for recent rocket attacks, says Israel" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4538827/Hamas-not-responsible-for-recent-rocket-attacks-says-Israel.html Egypt prioritizes fight against terror - minister http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1974062&Language=en (Bosnia) 'I was put on trial by al-Qaeda' -- BBC's Allan Little http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7870597.stm (Spain) Passport suspects not linked to terror: Spanish judge http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Passport_suspects_not_linked_to_terror_Spanish_judge/articleshow/4091428.cms (Philippines) Kidnapped trader freed by Islamic militants in Jolo http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/feb/08/yehey/prov/20090208pro1.html North Korea still wants nuclear talks - U.S. expert http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/7/worldupdates/2009-02-07T102608Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-378912-1&sec=Worldupdates (Colombia) Ex-hostage: Colombian rebels killed lawmakers in cold blood -- FARC Communist terrorist group http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/06/colombia.hostage/index.html Other News: (Iraq) US Soldier killed in N. Iraq -- "in a non-combat related injury, and the incident is under investigation" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1974092&Language=en (Turkey) Anti-Semitic article removed from AKP site -- "An article denying that millions of Jews died in the World War II Holocaust has been removed from the governing Turkish party's Web site" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/06/Anti-Semitic_article_removed_from_AKP_site/UPI-80121233982754/ -- March 19, 2005: 'Mein Kampf' becomes bestseller in Turkey http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43380 (UK) Muslim doll to teach children Quranic Arabic to go on sale in Asda -- "A 'Muslim Doll' to help Asian immigrant children learn Quranic Arabic will on sale in Asda next month, as the supermarket group launches a major drive into the ethnic market" -- "Farzana Rahman, the founder of Desi Doll Company, which makes the dolls... a former Goldman Sachs banker" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4539475/Muslim-doll-to-teach-children-Quaranic-Arabic-to-go-on-sale-in-Asda.html http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/02/07/British_grocery_chain_to_sell_Muslim_dolls/UPI-47311234039519/ --- "Asda is a British supermarket chain" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asda (UK) Helphire teams up with Shariah-compliant insurer -- Salaam Halal Insurance http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/news/story/Helphire-teams-up-with-Shariah-compliant-insurer/49372 http://www.postonline.co.uk/public/showPage.html?validate=0&page=post_login2&url=%2Fpublic%2FshowPage.html%3Fpage%3D837872 (Canada) Globe and Mail: "Giving ancient Islam its due" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090207.SULTAN07/TPStory/TPEntertainment/?page=rss&id=GAM.20090207.SULTAN07 (U.S.) WND: "Stimulus to ban religious worship" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88178 Against Nazi News: (Egypt) Nazi hunters believe that Egypt hid the war criminal known as 'Dr. Death' for decades http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_re_mi_ea/nazi_hunting -- Wiesenthal Center: Son of Wanted Nazi War Criminal Must Take Lie Detector Test http://www.wiesenthal.com/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lsKWLbPJLnF&b=4441467&ct=6751053 (Argentina) 'Williamson to examine Shoah evidence' -- "A bishop who faces a Vatican demand to recant his denial of the Holocaust said he would correct himself if he is satisfied by the evidence, but insisted that examining it 'will take time,' a German magazine reported Saturday." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304709195&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull ADL: 'Pandemic of anti-Semitism' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3667928,00.html February 6, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP/FATA: Rocket attack on NATO supply containers http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67813 (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistani dreams 'shattered' by Taliban and army http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/02/06/1784468.aspx (Pakistan) FATA: Video: Taliban Steals U.S. Supplies -- state-of-the-art U.S. military weapons on sale at Pakistan border by Taliban http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4781873n (Pakistan) FATA: "U.S. Predator strikes cripple al Qaeda in Pakistan?" http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2009/02/06/us-predator-strikes-cripple-al-qaeda-in-pakistan/ (Pakistan) Punjab: 7 policemen killed in Mianwali checkpoint ambush http://www.geo.tv/2-7-2009/34584.htm (Pakistan) Ban-hit Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), regroups, takes out rally -- as "Tehrik-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Ban-hit_JuD_regroups_takes_out_rally/articleshow/4090533.cms (Pakistan) Report: "Pakistan scientists offered bin Laden N-weapons before 9/11: Book" -- according to the book, "The Man From Pakistan" by investigative journalists Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins -- "However, the so-called deal did not materialise as the meeting between the Pakistani nuclear scientists and bin Laden ended inconclusively when the al-Qaeda leader, along with some of his senior associates, had abruptly left for the mountains of northwestern Afghanistan" -- "A couple of weeks later, the twin towers in New York were brought down." http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=3232fe84-226d-43fe-b554-170b15c19b06&MatchID1=4922&TeamID1=4&TeamID2=2&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1244&PrimaryID=4922&Headline=%27Pak+scientists+offered+bin+Laden+N-weapons%27 --- reference to book http://www.amazon.com/Man-Pakistan-Dangerous-Nuclear-Smuggler/dp/0446199583/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top (Pakistan) AQ Khan released after secret deal with government: report http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67807 (Pakistan) AQ Khan: 'Pak can fend off any threat' -- "Tainted nuclear scientist A Q Khan, who was 'freed' by the Islamabad high court on Friday, had more than 100 jihadi groups calling for his release in Muzaffarabad three days ago" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_can_fend_off_any_threat/articleshow/4090529.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\07\story_7-2-2009_pg1_3 --- IHC verdict has no link with US: Dr. Qadeer http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67821 (Pakistan) AQ Khan Release: U.S.: Disgraced nuclear scientist's release would be 'regrettable' http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_nuclear_scientist -- "The US has described the move as 'unfortunate,' with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying she was 'very much concerned' by Dr Khan's release" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7873962.stm -- US concerned about release of Pakistani scientist http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/06/national/w122628S22.DTL&feed=rss.news (Pakistan) US Congressman warns Pakistan on lifting A Q Khan's house arrest -- Congressman Howard Berman http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Congressman_warns_Pakistan_on_lifting_A_Q_Khans_house_arrest/articleshow/4091336.cms?TOI_latestnews Pakistan: Release of nuclear scientist angers Indian government http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2987343382 Pakistan aid bill to be passed in weeks: US Senator John Kerry http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\07\story_7-2-2009_pg7_1 (Pakistan) India asks UN to ensure Pakistan fulfils promise 'to end terror' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\07\story_7-2-2009_pg7_27 --- Pakistan Foreign Office says India unleashing smear campaign against Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\07\story_7-2-2009_pg1_7 (Iraq) Face to face with the women suicide bombers http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1138298/Face-face-women-suicide-bombers.html?ITO=1490 (U.S.) Obama tells 9/11 families modified military commissions possible http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20090207/wl_mcclatchy/3162570 -- Families of Cole Victims Worry White House Meeting Is Window Dressing http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/06/families-cole-victims-worry-white-house-meeting-window-dressing/ -- Obama Holds Emotional Meeting With Families of USS Cole Victims on Gimto Policy http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/06/obama-holds-emotional-meeting-families-uss-cole-victims-gimto-policy/ http://www.startribune.com/nation/39243062.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU -- "'We're delaying justice,' retired Navy admiral Kirk Lippold told broadcaster CNN" http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/usa/news/article_1458094.php/Obama_meets_with_families_of_victims_of_terrorism__3rd_Roundup__ (U.S.) Washington DC: FBI investigates DC letter with powder, dead fish http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_re_us/letter_homeland_security (UK) MPs condemn hate sermons on Arabic TV station al-Jazeera -- "Andrew Dismore, the Labour MP for Hendon, condemned al-Jazeera for associating itself with Sheikh al-Qaradawi -- who hosts one of its most popular segments, Shariah and Life http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5678764.ece Israel: UNRWA halting aid proves our position on Hamas is correct http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304705842&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Army warns two northern MPs of potential attack http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=99197 Iran: US must rethink policies for reconciliation http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/07/europe/EU-Germany-Security-Conference.php (Iran) Ayatollah Khatami In Iran Friday Sermon: U.S. Should 'Die Of Anger' At Our Progress; 'Neither Iranian Nor Other People Worldwide' Believe Obama's 'False Gestures' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD223309 (Iran/Turkey) US says Iranian arm of PKK terror group http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10938380.asp?scr=1 Egyptian Cleric Muhammad Al-Zughbi Draws Lessons from the Battles of Early Islam, Prays for the Annihilation of U.S., European Leaders http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD223409 --- February 5, 2009: Obama at National Prayer Breakfast: "There is no religion whose central tenet is hate. There is no God who condones taking the life of an innocent human being." http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024723.php (Somalia) CNN: "Hopes high for Somalia's new Islamist president" http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/02/05/analysis.somalia/index.html?section=cnn_latest Spain arrests Nigerian over Al-Qaeda link http://www.punchontheweb.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200902075592385 (Turkey) Al-Qaeda Robbers Target Jewelry Stores http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=34476&tx_ttnews[backPid]=7&cHash=fdae903bb8 Other News: Saudi Arabia says only mosques allowed http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/middle_east/view.bg?articleid=1150500&srvc=rss http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/564102 Saudi Arabia defends Islam as complement to human rights -- "Saudi Arabia told the UN Human Rights Council yesterday that its status as an Islamic state should safeguard fundamental rights rather than fuel abuse, as it faced Western calls for action to stop violations" http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=271486&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 -- Saudi Arabia #2 Worst Offender in Defiance of Human Rights in latest World Watch List --- Open Doors 2009 World Watch List (PDF) http://www.opendoorsusa.org/UserFiles/File/Open%20Doors%20World%20Watch%20List%202009.pdf (Pakistan) 2 girls fall prey to 'vani' in Abbottabad -- "Five-year-old Haleema Bibi and eight-year-old Ayesha have been given in marriage to 23-year-old Arshad and 15-year-old Hamayun" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161177 (Pakistan) Punjab: Ahmadi children sent to DG Khan Jail -- for "blasphemy" --- "Four Ahmadi children charged with blasphemy have been sent to Dera Ghazi Khan Central Jail, while the local chapters of banned militant organisations besieged the houses of the Ahmadiyya community" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\07\story_7-2-2009_pg7_21 (U.S.) ACT for America and United American Committee: Islam in America's Classrooms History or Propaganda? http://www.actforamerica92691.org/resources/ISLAM_In_America$27s_Classrooms_ver_1.54b.pdf - by Members of the Mission Viejo Chapter http://www.actforamerica92691.org/1.html (U.S.) January 24, 2009 - Chicago: Devon Bank Receives International Recognition for "Islamic" loan to Rahmat-e-Alam Foundation http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=1724 http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release-rss/devon-bank-receives-international-recognition-39109.php -- Shariah Board of America (SBA) a Division of Rahmat-e-Alam Foundation http://www.shariahboard.org/HomePage.aspx --- Shariah Board of America Founder Salman Ibrahim is CEO of Sunrise Equities Suspected of Fraud http://chicagojournal.com/main.asp?SectionID=49&SubSectionID=142&ArticleID=5897&TM=51861.34 --- "Shariah Board of America's approval of investing in Sunrise Equities" http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/sep/24/local/chi-islamic-equity-24-sep24 http://www.chicagojournal.com/Main.asp?ArticleID=6028&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=60 http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/blog/id.458/blog_detail.asp (U.S.) Official: Police at 'dead end' in Ark. car bombing http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_re_us/car_explosion (U.S.) IRS Stimulus Package Phishing Scam http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#irs_stimulus_package_phishing_scam (Canada) Ottawa radio station chastised for comments on Muslims -- "according to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, Lowell Green launched an 'uninformed and unfair' attack " -- Green: "Almost every act of terrorism around the world today is carried out in the name of Islam. Don’t tell me this is the work of a few fanatics." http://www.canada.com/Life/story.html?id=1262335 (Kuala Lumpur) Movement to 'bring hope' to Muslim women http://www.nst.com.my/Saturday/National/2473061/Article/index_html Commentaries: Throwing the book at sharia law - by Patrick Keeney -- Review of "Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law" by Nonie Darwish -- Keeney: "The reality is that Islam and Sharia form a retrograde ideology that adds greatly to the world's stock of misery" http://www.financialpost.com/scripts/story.html?id=1261944 Walid Phares: Iran's New Satellites: The Pasdaran in Space http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2009/02/pasdaran-in-space/ Is Britain no longer special to America? by Con Coughlin http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/4529419/Is-Britain-no-longer-special-to-America.html --- August 31, 2008: British Government Efforts against "Extremists" Ignores Jihad and Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html Anti-White Supremacist News: (U.S.) Florida: Police Officer Quits After Investigation Shows KKK Membership http://www.wftv.com/news/18653585/detail.html#- -- Fruitland Park police officer resigns after KKK allegations surface - James Elkins http://www.orlandosentinel.com/orl-bk-fruitland-park-kkk-debacle-020609,0,722159.story?track=rss http://www.orlandosentinel.com/media/photo/2009-02/44916664.jpg (U.S.) Florida: KKK Seeks New Members In Florida http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/news/offbeat/KKK_Seeks_New_Members_In_Florida_20090205 http://www.wftv.com/news/18642402/detail.html#- http://www.wesh.com/news/18646838/detail.html http://www.fox30online.com/content/topstories/story/KKK-Recruitment-Leaves-Neighbors-Outraged/9Qr1x6P4aUmsQNzQzmgz4g.cspx?rss=10 (U.S.) Florida: Fear Grips Residents After KKK Visit http://www.clickorlando.com/news/18641538/detail.html#- (U.S.) David Duke lashes out against Michael Steele: Former klansman calls new GOP leader 'black racist' and 'Obama Jr.' --- David Duke refers to Steele as a "servile dog of Israel" http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur50563.cfm Against Nazi News: Catholic group expels priest over Holocaust remarks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Catholic_group_expels_priest_over_Holocaust_remarks/articleshow/4091139.cms?TOI_latestnews February 6, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants kill three women in Swat - blow up two schools http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/06/top2.htm -- Taliban kill three women, kidnap men from same family http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg1_9 (Pakistan) NWFP's Swat: Periodic fire continues in Swat -- "All banks, courts and government offices are remained closed." http://www.geo.tv/2-6-2009/34512.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Car bomb blast wounds seven in northwest - Khyber Agency http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2985348444 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill two 'US spies' in Pakistan tribal area -- North Waziristan's Miranshah http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090206/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrestspy_20090206065253 (Pakistan) FATA: 52 militants killed in FC shelling in Khyber Agency http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67771 Pak report on Mumbai attacks probe on Monday or Tuesday: Gilani http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_report_on_Mumbai_attacks_probe_on_Monday_or_Tuesday_Gilani/articleshow/4089070.cms Pakistan court lifts disgraced nuclear scientist's de facto house arrest, says he's 'free' - Abdul Qadeer Khan http://www.whotv.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-pakistan-nuclear-scientist,0,3636095.story http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090206/wl_nm/us_pakistan_nuclear_3 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7873962.stm http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?211059 -- Pakistan court declares AQ Khan a free citizen http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_court_declares_AQ_Khan_a_free_citizen/articleshow/4086677.cms -- IHC declares Dr A Q Khan a free citizen -- Khan can "carry out research" http://www.geo.tv/2-6-2009/34508.htm -- "Pakistan has prevented foreign investigators from questioning Khan, insisting it has passed on all relevant information about nuclear proliferation. That bar is likely to remain." http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/06/nuclear-pakistan-khan http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/06/pakistani-scientist-abdul-qadeer-khan -- AQ Khan's release another deception by Pak: India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/AQ_Khans_release_another_deception_by_Pak_India/articleshow/4088852.cms -- Pakistan releases Abdul Qadeer Khan - the man behind a nuclear black market http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5678733.ece --- See additional background on "Pakistan Frees Black Market Nuke AQ Khan-'Father of Islamic Bomb'" http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19203 (Pakistan) France concerned by freeing of Pakistani nuclear scientist http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February479.xml§ion=international Pakistan showing signs of transforming: US senator John Kerry -- Kerry claims Pakistan govt "committed" to fighting terrorism -- "Kerry said the Pakistan Army is taking on the 'bad folks who are numerous including the networks of Hakani and Baitullah Mehsud'" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Pakistan_showing_signs_of_transforming_US_senator/articleshow/4087045.cms --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 Afghans dispute 6 killed in US raid were militants http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/06/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) Taliban Strategy Aims To Cut NATO Logistics, Undermine Elections http://www.rferl.org/content/Taliban_Strategy_Aims_To_Cut_NATO_Logistics_Undermine_Elections/1379878.html Afghanistan can be 'quagmire' for Al Qaeda: Lieberman -- AFP reports Lieberman believes "US-led 'war on terror' will end when moderate Muslims stand up to extremism in Afghanistan" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090206/pl_afp/usafghanistanpoliticslieberman -- Comment: Islamic supremacism throughout Afghanistan not truly addressed --- see also: 2 Afghans face death over translation of Quran http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_translation_on_trial (Afghanistan) Canadian soldiers to target Afghan drug trade linked to Taliban http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/06/druglords-afghan.html -- Time May Be Short for NATO High Commander Craddock http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,605780,00.html US withdraws charges against USS Cole suspect Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri -- however Guantanamo Bay military authority "has withdrawn the charges without prejudice, meaning he can be charged again" -- attack on USS Cole on October 12, 2000 "killed 17 US sailors and wounded dozens of others" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090206/pl_afp/usattacksjusticeguantanamo_20090206102911;_ylt=Ao1V3nQPuIoId2eknQ9j.KOs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFobWg0am5kBHBvcwMxNQRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawN1c3dpdGhkcmF3c2M- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4532259/Judge-orders-end-to-last-Guantanamo-trial.html -- "move avoided a showdown between the U.S. military and President Barack Obama" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090206/us_nm/us_obama_commissions_al_nashiri_7 -- "He will remain in prison for the time being" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/obama_guantanamo_19 -- Army Colonel "Pohl called the president's request 'not reasonable' and not 'in the interests of justice.'" http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090206/pl_politico/18485_1 -- Andrew McCarthy: "Military Drops Cole Bombing Charges ... For Now and Possibly Forever" --- McCarthy: "September 10 America is back" http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2ExNzI3NzI1MzBmMmYzNzYwN2JlYWVlMDZhMzgyOTQ= --- Image of USS Cole attack http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/06/article-1137270-0350AC1A000005DC-646_468x348.jpg (U.S.) NEFA Foundation: transcript of the 2005 Pentagon Administrative Review Board (ARB) assessment of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Kuwaiti national Abdullah al-Ajmi --- Al Ajmi "will kill as many Americans as he possibly can" http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/ajmiexcerpt.pdf --- was released from Guantanamo Bay and conducted suicide bombing in Iraq in April 2008 http://www.nefafoundation.org/multimedia-prop.html#nefagitmosuicide0109 (U.S.) CIA Nominee Panetta takes back remarks on detainee rendition http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_go_co/cia_panetta (U.S.) State Dept: 'Al-Qaida is a growing challenge for US' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Al-Qaida_is_a_growing_challenge_for_US/articleshow/4084726.cms (UK) Revealed: The 'truth' behind the Briton 'tortured in Guantanamo Bay' -- "An FBI document outlining the case against a British 'resident' held at Guantanamo Bay has revealed how he allegedly met Osama bin Laden while being trained for jihad at an Al Qaeda camp." -- "Investigators also believe Binyam Mohamed was planning to blow up an apartment block in the United States when he was arrested." -- "U.S. authorities claim Mohamed fought against anti-Taliban Northern Alliances forces and, because of his UK residency, was selected by Al Qaeda and trained to construct and detonate a radioactive 'dirty bomb'." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Revealed-The-truth-Briton-tortured-Guantanamo-Bay.html?ITO=1490 --- UK: High Court urged to reconsider torture ruling http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4539305/High-Court-urged-to-reconsider-torture-ruling.html (India) Tendulkar kidnap plot: Final hearing against Harkat-ul-jehadi Islami (HuJI) men begins http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Tendulkar_kidnap_plot_Final_hearing_against_HuJI_men_begins/articleshow/4089683.cms (Israel) Two rockets strike South; none hurt -- "Apparent terror attack foiled as troops kill Gazan approaching Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha with grenade" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304703074&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Hamas Rocket Fire Expected to Go Unanswered -- "terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired a Kassam rocket at Israel's Negev... towards the Ashkelon region" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129813 (West Bank) IDF arrests 8 suspected terrorists in West Bank overnight http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304702817&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) UN to probe Hamas for use of children http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304702123&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas says it seized UN aid ' by mistake’ http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090206/FOREIGN/895094360/1001/rss (Iran) Ahmadinejad: Iran ready to help US in solving global problems http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/254499,ahmadinejad-iran-ready-to-help-us-in-solving-global-problems.html (Iran) Israel tells Obama hold Iran's feet to fire, or else http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/February/middleeast_February129.xml§ion=middleeast&col= Lebanese prosecutor accuses 33 Fath Al-Islam militants of killing servicemen http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1973993&Language=en (Somalia) World press body opposes call for news blackout on Somalia --- "call by the United Nations Special Envoy in Somalia, Ahmed Ould Abdallah, to suspend news reporting from Somalia http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1973978&Language=en --- August 2, 2008: Video - Ahmed Ould Abdallah talks to Somalis in Minneapolis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0EIllknedc&NR=1 Somalia: an under-reported failed state ---- "We used to have a cameraman providing us with extraordinary material from Somalia itself, but the cameraman now considers it too dangerous to work there" http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/somalia+an+underreported+failed+state/2927257 (Somalia) Unnerving report about kidnapped Alberta journalist http://www.am770chqr.com/News/Local/Story.aspx?ID=1060872 -- Reports of Albertan journalist escaping capture in Somalia 'not reliable,' group says http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Reports+Albertan+journalist+escaping+capture+Somalia+reliable+group+says/1261214/story.html Greece holding ship bound for Iran over missiles on board http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1062130.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304703801&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Spain: Top terrorist recruitment in Europe http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/spain-top-terrorist-recruitment-in.html German charged over attempted Iran deal http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304705592&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull German City Of Munich Says It Will Accept Guantanamo Uighurs http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090206\ACQDJON200902060835DOWJONESDJONLINE000432.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=German%20City%20Of%20Munich%20Says%20It%20Will%20Accept%20Guantanamo%20Uighurs Italy: Islamic sermon on Facebook speaks of jihad -- by Italian imam and director of Islam-online.it, Hamza Piccardo -- Piccardo - "jihad meaning 'holy war' but also 'personal struggle'" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2985932257 (Turkey) Bomb blast in Istanbul ripps through cafe http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1973909&Language=en Turkish army bombards PKK positions in N. Iraq http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1973921&Language=en French Terror Conviction: Lesson for U.S.? http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090206/wl_time/08599187757000 Kyrgyzstan says decision to close US base is final http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kyrgyzstan_says_decision_to_close_US_base_is_final/articleshow/4089390.cms?TOI_latestnews --- Russia steps in amid Kyrgyz base closure threat http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29032319/ Russia faces 'systemic threat' from extremism: Medvedev http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090206/wl_afp/russiapoliticsunrestmedvedev_20090206085717 --- Yet... --- February 5, 2009: Russian official: Iran's Bushehr plant to be operational in 2009 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304697982&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Thailand) Judges say region needs special courts http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/11111/judges-say-region-needs-special-courts (Philippines) Red Cross captives appear in Philippines video http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/6/worldupdates/2009-02-06T182957Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-378818-1&sec=Worldupdates (Philippines) Report: Bomb recovered from Davao school http://www.gmanews.tv/story/147496/Report-Bomb-recovered-from-Davao-school (Philippines) 16 more MILF rebels yield http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/16-more-milf-rebels-yield (Philippines) Alleged Communist rebel killed in Samar clash http://www.gmanews.tv/story/147646/Alleged-rebel-killed-in-Samar-clash---AFP Other News: (Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) 2 Afghans face death over translation of Quran --- for pocket sized translation of Quran which omits Arabic verses --- "six men in prison in Afghanistan and left two of them begging judges to spare their lives" --- "prosecutor wants the death penalty for Zalmai and the cleric, who have now spent more than a year in prison" --- "mob stoned his house one night" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_translation_on_trial (UK) Muslim prisoners at top security jail double in two years -- additional report http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4537785/Muslim-prisoners-at-top-security-jail-double-in-two-years.html (UK) Sharia Councils Spark Debate In Britain http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=96162078 (UK) Headscarf thief strikes in London http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4536871/Headscarf-thief-strikes-in-London.html (UK) Police adopt uniform hijab -- "Police have opened the door to female Muslim recruits by incorporating the hijab into the uniform" http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Police-adopt-uniform-hijab/article-660197-detail/article.html (UK) Britain offers to accept Palestinians who fled Iraq http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/4527498/Britain-offers-to-accept-Palestinians-who-fled-Iraq.html (UK) Cat Stevens still performs as Yusuf Islam http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1458001.php/Cat_Stevens_still_performs_as_Yusuf_Islam_ Turkey probes Israel on 'war crimes' in Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3667770,00.html -- Turkey: 'Scared to be identified as Jews' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3664926,00.html (Holland) Steep rise in number of anti-Semitic attacks across Holland http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1062201.html (Netherlands) Demonstrators convicted for anti-Semitic slogans http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/zijlijn/6166290/Demonstrators-convicted-for-antiSemitic-slogans (France) French lecturer sacked over 9/11 conspiracy claims -- "French lecturer of a war college was sacked for claiming that there was an Israeli-American plot behind the 9/11 attacks" -- Aymeric Chauprade "taught geopolitics at the CID military college in Paris" http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/French-lecturer-sacked-over-9_11-conspiracy-claims_49327.html (Germany) Der Spiegel: "Doubts About German 'Honor Killing'" http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,605777,00.html Saudi Arabia urged to halt floggings, give women rights -- "Zaid Al-Hussein, vice president of the state-affiliated Saudi Human Rights Commission, told the forum much remained to be done to ensure that individual followers of Islam uphold human rights standards, as required by sharia law" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L6576947.htm Indonesian cleric wants boycott of Islam film --- film "Perempuan Berkalung Sorban" (Woman with a Scarf around Her Neck) addresses "Islam's treatment of women" http://64.34.254.246/article.aspx?ArticleID=19579 (Australia) Jewish leaders have slammed Muslim leader, Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali for likening the Gazan war to the Holocaust http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25019141-2702,00.html?from=public_rss (Nigeria) Sheik Abdulwahab Al-Turayri: "It is true that the prescribed punishment (hadd) for fornication requires four witnesses in order for that specific punishment to be a sacred duty for the Muslim courts to carry out. However, what it means is that, in the absence of four witnesses, the judge will prescribe a punishment for the perpetrator according to his discretion or according to the country's penal code." http://allafrica.com/stories/200902060250.html -- Nigeria: Rape - the Silent Weapon http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=e&id=ENGAFR440202006 -- Nigeria Accused of Not Prosecuting Rapes http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Nov28/0,4670,NigeriaRape,00.html -- Fact Sheet: Women's Rights Under Sharia in Northern Nigeria http://www.now.org/issues/global/082202sharia.html -- Democracy, Women's rights, and sharia law in Nigeria http://www.peacewomen.org/news/Nigeria/newsarchive03/Shariawomen.html Commentaries: Andrew McCarthy: "Military Drops Cole Bombing Charges ... For Now and Possibly Forever" --- McCarthy: "September 10 America is back" http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Y2ExNzI3NzI1MzBmMmYzNzYwN2JlYWVlMDZhMzgyOTQ= Obama and CAIR -- by Brigitte Gabriel http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=9C96DE18-5F26-43FD-AA13-F0C1D423ECD1 Be like Mike: Defend free expression - by Diana West --- on Geert Wilders prosecution and free speech --- "And no one, save a handful of mainly anti-jihad writers, seems to care." http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/745/-Be-Like-Mike-Defend-Free-Expression.aspx http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0209/west020609.php3 IPT News: Muslim Brotherhood's Qaradawi's Extremism Laid Bare -- Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/992 --- see also: --- September 24, 2008: U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Calls for Engagement with Muslim Brotherhood http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html The jihad against Britain's Jews - by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3329296/the-jihad-against-britains-jews.thtml Bangladesh on Trial: Let there be light -- by Sunita Paul -- Bangladesh treaty: "No law shall be enacted contrary to the Qur'an, Sunnah and Shariah" http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/90089 Against Nazi News: (Germany) Study Reveals Many German Schools Still Named After Nazis http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,605223,00.html ========================================================== Special Report: Pakistan Frees Black Market Nuke AQ Khan - "Father of the Islamic Bomb" --- "a man former CIA director George Tenet has described as being at least as dangerous as Osama Bin Laden" Pakistan court lifts disgraced nuclear scientist's de facto house arrest, says he's 'free' - Abdul Qadeer Khan http://www.whotv.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-pakistan-nuclear-scientist,0,3636095.story http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090206/wl_nm/us_pakistan_nuclear_3 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7873962.stm -- Pakistan court declares AQ Khan a free citizen http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_court_declares_AQ_Khan_a_free_citizen/articleshow/4086677.cms -- IHC declares Dr A Q Khan a free citizen -- Khan can "carry out research" http://www.geo.tv/2-6-2009/34508.htm -- "Pakistan has prevented foreign investigators from questioning Khan, insisting it has passed on all relevant information about nuclear proliferation. That bar is likely to remain." http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/06/nuclear-pakistan-khan http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/06/pakistani-scientist-abdul-qadeer-khan -- AQ Khan's release another deception by Pak: India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/AQ_Khans_release_another_deception_by_Pak_India/articleshow/4088852.cms (Pakistan) Abdul Qadeer Khan (aka A.Q. Khan) known as the "Father of the Islamic Bomb" --- "a man former CIA director George Tenet has described as being at least as dangerous as Osama Bin Laden" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4118939.stm --- BBC Profile and articles http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3343621.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7873962.stm --- CBC Timeline on Khan http://www.cbc.ca/nuclearjihad/timeline.html -- GlobalSecurity.org Report - Khan's nuclear black market efforts to Iran, Libya, North Korea http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/pakistan/khan.htm --- A.Q. Khan's secrets - suggests Khan network more widespread to other Islamic nations http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/30/opinion/edpak.php --- The Legacy of A.Q. Khan http://www.cfr.org/publication/11316/treacherous_legacy_of_aq_khan.html --- On the trail of the black market bombs http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3481499.stm --- The Wrath of Khan by William Langewiesche http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200511/aq-khan http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200601/aq-khan --- May 2007: 'AQ Khan's network is still active' http://www.iiss.org/whats-new/iiss-in-the-press/press-coverage-2007/may-2007/aq-khans-network-is-still-active/ http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1d10d9bb-0bc1-44a4-8b40-532d1047d4ff&&Headline=%27AQ+Khan%27s+network+is+still+active%27 --- July 4, 2008: Pakistan 'knew of nuclear flight' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7490423.stm More on A.Q. Khan: -- January 18, 2009: Pakistan PM Gilani rules out IAEA access to Dr AQ Khan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_1 -- January 14, 2009: No contact with Bin Laden, says AQ Khan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\14\story_14-1-2009_pg7_31 -- January 13, 2009: A Q Khan is a closed chapter: Pakistan PM http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/A_Q_Khan_is_a_closed_chapter_Pak_PM/articleshow/3972679.cms -- January 12, 2009: US sanctions on AQ Khan 'allies' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7824883.stm -- November 12, 2008: A Q Khan slams 'traitor' Musharraf http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/A_Q_Khan_slams_traitor_Musharraf/articleshow/3705662.cms -- October 15, 2008: Dr Khan, his wife move IHC http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\15\story_15-10-2008_pg7_12 -- October 1, 2008: US seeks direct access to A Q Khan: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/US_seeks_direct_access_to_A_Q_Khan_Report/articleshow/3549938.cms -- September 13, 2008: 'A Q Khan behind Libyan, Iranian & S Korean N-programmes' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/A_Q_Khan_kickstarted_Libyan_N-programmes_IAEA/articleshow/3479434.cms -- September 13, 2008: Pakistan dismisses IAEA report on A Q Khan as 'old allegations' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_dismisses_IAEA_report_on_A_Q_Khan_as_old_allegations/rssarticleshow/3479824.cms -- September 4, 2008: New government won't hand me over to IAEA: AQ Khan http://www.topnews.in/new-government-wont-hand-me-over-iaea-aq-khan-232652 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Pak_dismisses_IAEA_report_on_A_Q_Khan_as_old_allegations/articleshow/3479824.cms -- August 22, 2008: Pakistani Nuclear Scientist: Musharraf handed over 750 Pakistanis to U.S. http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9375.htm -- August 11, 2008: Is A.Q. Khan a 'Patriot' or the 'Godfather of Proliferation'? http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,571252,00.html -- June 15, 2008: Fears over nuclear weapon plans ---- "An international smuggling ring managed to acquire blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon, a former UN arms inspector is to say in a new report" ---- "The blueprints included key details for building a compact nuclear device" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7455249.stm -- May 30, 2008: Disgraced atomic scientist disowns confession ---- Khan: "It doesn't bother me at all. They don't like our God, they don't like our prophet, they don't like our holy book, the Qur'an. So how could they like me?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/30/pakistan.nuclear -- Pakistan Forum: "Dr AQ Khan a National Treasure" http://www.forumpakistan.com/dr-aq-khan-a-national-treasure-t12693.html -- March 7, 2008: PML-N's Nawaz Sharif demands Dr AQ Khan, Mengal's release http://www.southeastasianews.net/story/334852 -- February 2, 2004: Pakistan Nuke 'Father' Confesses - Official: Khan Admits Transferring Secrets To Iran, N. Korea, Libya http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/03/terror/main597693.shtml ========================================================== February 5, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Reminder: online version, including previous news, at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/ (Afghanistan) Taliban Warning: People In Any Contact With U.S./NATO Forces Will Be Punished With Death -- "Qari Sajjad, a spokesman for the Taliban militants in Afghanistan's eastern provinces" http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=744¶m=APT Afghan Defense Minister: Terrorists Are Coming From Iraq http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=743¶m=APT (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban kill three women, kidnap men from same family -- in Swat -- "Officials said the Taliban also attacked a truck transporting food for troops with a remote-controlled bomb, and Online reported they torched two schools in Matta" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg1_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat lawyers call for implementation of Sharia law by February 10; NWFP lawyers call for boycott of courts -- "Swat District Bar Association (SDBA) has warned the NWFP and federal governments to implement the proposed Shari Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2008 before February 10 in Malakand Division" -- SDBA president: "Killings of innocent people would continue by both the Taliban and security forces till implementation of Islamic law and system in the valley" -- "NWFP Bar Council (NBC) on Thursday announced boycott of courts today (on Friday) across the province against Swat Taliban's announcement declaring Malakand Division lawyers as wajibul qatl (who must be killed) and warning to the district judiciary to close courts" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg7_30 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Charsadda District Bar president shot dead in Peshawar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg7_1 (Pakistan) NWFP: 13 injured in suicide attack at Mingora police station -- "administration of Saidu Sharif Hospital had refused to send the ambulance to the blast place" -- "Blast damaged nearby buildings badly meanwhile, another close building, bearing offices of Geo News channel, other private T.V channels and newspapers" http://www.geo.tv/2-6-2009/34474.htm --- Three rockets fired at Mingora police station http://www.geo.tv/2-5-2009/34461.htm --- Two loud blasts heard in Mingora http://www.geo.tv/2-6-2009/34463.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Afghan militants unleash terror in Dir Upper -- "After successful use of the FM radio by Maulana Fazlullah to extend his influence and spread terror, the Afghan militants, headed by Amir Khitab, have also established an FM radio. They have been playing Jihadi songs and asking the people to join their ranks." http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20123 (Pakistan) NWFP: Hoti says talks only option to restore peace http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161127 --- Deal only hope for regaining Swat control ---- Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)'s Syed Ala ud Din states Taliban "control 75 per cent" of Swat http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090206/FOREIGN/106841003/1002/rss Pakistan Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR): "Army will purge Swat of Taliban" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg1_8 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) FATA: Bomb blast at girls' school in Landikotal http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg7_20 (Pakistan) FATA: Body found in Orakzai Agency --- also "teachers' association president was kidnapped by unidentified armed men in Wich Bazaar area of the agency" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg7_21 (Pakistan) Taliban: More attacks if NATO supplies continue http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg7_13 --- Taliban threatens to intensify attacks on Nato supplies, govt installations http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20124 (Pakistan) Lahore: Two Indian TV journalists assaulted in Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Indian_TV_journalists_assaulted_in_Pak/articleshow/4084107.cms (Pakistan) UPDATE: Punjab: Imambargah blast kills 32 in Dera Ghazi Khan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg1_1 (Pakistan) Gas pipeline blown up in Quetta http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg7_19 (Pakistan) Banned Jamaatud Dawa back into business? --- Jamaat-ud-Dawah front group of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) --- "Thousands carrying flags of banned outfit gather for rally in Lahore" --- "Collect donations for Dawa-linked trust" --- "Tehrik-e-Azadi-e-Kashmir chosen as 'temporary new name'" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg7_2 (Pakistan) Kashmir: Banned groups vow to continue jihad for Kashmir -- Tehreek-e-Azadi Jammu and Kashmir http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/06/stories/2009020660461400.htm (Pakistan) FATA: 'Masood Azhar is in North Waziristan' -- "Jaish-e-Mohammad chief [Maulana] Masood Azhar is among the 20 fugitives that India had asked Pakistan to hand over" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg7_14 Pakistan yet to respond to Mumbai dossier, says India http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg7_37 (Pakistan/Bangladesh) Investigators link al-Qaeda to Mumbai attack -- "Report claims that there is strong evidence that Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami was actively involved in the 60-hour siege and gun battle" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5671896.ece (U.S.) President Obama Likely to Order Military Commission Charges Dropped Against Terrorist Suspect Al-Nashiri Friday http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/president-oba-2.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024730.php (U.S.) President invites family of Sept. 11 victims to discuss closing of Guantanamo Bay http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/02/05/2009-02-05_president_invites_family_of_sept_11_vict.html -- Obama to meet with 9/11 survivors, Cole commander http://www.newsobserver.com/1573/story/1395290.html (U.S./Yemen) American Muslim Teenager Killed in Bombing by Ex-Gitmo Detainee: the Untold Story of Jihad Hitting Home http://www.911familiesforamerica.org/?p=1144 (U.S.) Treasury Designates Free Life Party of Kurdistan a Terrorist Organization http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/tg14.htm (U.S.) Ohio activist gets 22 years for Mich. campus arson -- "environmental activist" Marie Mason of Cincinnati http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_re_us/midwest_eco_terrorism (U.S.) CIA Director Nominee Panetta: No extraordinary renditions to be allowed http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_go_co/cia_panetta (UK) British Hizb ut-Tahrir Web Site Promoting Pakistan Jihad http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/press-centre/press-release/hizb-ut-tahrir-pakistan-the-only-solution-to-the-occupied-territories-is-jihad-through-the-armies.html (Israel) 'Americans still strongly back Israel' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304699073&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) '40% of Palestinians in Gaza do not believe Hamas beat IDF' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304699776&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Saudi Arabia Publishes Photos of 85 Accused of Planning Terrorism – Including 10 Former Gitmo Prisoners Prisoners And 35 Linked To Iran -- "The Saudi Interior Ministry accused those on the list of taking advantage of the Saudi people's 'religious tolerance' to implement their 'treacherous programs' in the service of 'the enemies of our belief and the law of Prophet Mohammad...'" http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/13422.htm http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=742¶m=APT Saudi Paper: Al Qaeda Using Iran as "Base of Operations" http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/02/saudi_paper_al_qaeda_using_ira_1.asp http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2983488416 (Yemen) US concerned over Qaeda presence in Yemen: official http://www.geo.tv/2-6-2009/34468.htm (Somalia) Pirates free weapons ship after taking ransom http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5671897.ece (Tunisia) Two jailed over Tunisia bombing -- on synagogue in 2002 killing 21 -- Christian Ganczarski, German convert to Islam to 18 years in prison -- Walid Nouar, sentenced to 12 years in prison -- "French prosecutors believe it was organised by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7873543.stm http://www.whotv.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-eu-france-tunisia-terror-trial,0,2708216.story (Somalia) Article on Jihadist Forum Criticizes Somali Presidential Election, Calls on New President to Enforce Shari'a Law http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/report.htm?report=3054¶m=JT (Russia) Leader of the terrorist group destroyed in Dagestan special operation -- "leader of the Shariah terrorist group Omar Sheikhulayev" http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13551977&PageNum=0 (Austria) Jaysh Al-Islam Denies Connection to Terrorist Imprisoned in Austria http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/report.htm?report=3053¶m=GJN (Turkey) Israel suspends flights to Antalya over CIA -- "Israel has suspended its flights to Antalya over a coded message sent to Israeli and Turkish officials by the CIA about preparations by an al-Qaeda terrorist in Turkey to launch a bloody attack against Israeli passengers" http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=166104&bolum=100 (Greece) Greek group vows attacks on police, other targets --- group called Sect of Revolutionaries http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_re_eu/eu_greece_terrorism --- Comment: Greece has long history of anarchist, Communist terrorism (Thailand) 2 injured by bomb hidden in rubbish - in front of 7-11 store in Yala http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/11045/2-injured-by-bomb-hidden-in-rubbish (Thailand) Jolie urges Thailand to welcome Muslim refugees http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090205/people_nm/us_jolie --- February 3, 2009: 2 Thai soldiers beheaded in south ---- "the five-year-old conflict in Thailand's deep South that has cost the state an estimated 109 billion baht ($4.5 billion) and lost 3,287 lives" http://www.bt.com.bn/en/asia_news/2009/02/03/2_thai_soldiers_beheaded_in_south (Philippines) MNLF to meet gov't, OIC on peace pact implementation http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5877&Itemid=191 Sri Lanka says biggest rebel sea base taken http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/06/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Colombian hostage freed after nearly 7-year ordeal -- held by Communist terror group FARC http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/05/colombia.hostage/index.html Other News: (Pakistan) NWFP's Peshawar: JUI-F stages rally protesting "revival of convential banking" --- "starting Islamic banking was a major achievement of the MMA government" --- "revival of conventional banking in BoK was actually a war against Allah Almighty" --- "JUI-F has already moved to court against the un-Islamic step of the government" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=161129 Bangladesh - Muslim Pilgrims Beat Bible Student -- "Pilgrims to a massive Islamic conference near this capital city on Sunday (Feb. 1) beat and threatened to kill a Bible school student as he distributed Christian literature" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5800&backpage=summaries U.S. Jewish institutions targeted on Muslim website -- "'Give them the Islamic message,' demands New York-based extremist" -- "Yousef Al-Khattab, the CEO of RevolutionMuslim.com in a video address posted on the website" --- "video features a slideshow of images of wounded Palestinians and then repeatedly switches to pictures of Chabad's main headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. It then presents a picture of a blood-stained Jewish prayer book taken from inside a Jerusalem seminary following a deadly shooting massacre there last March that killed eight Jews. The video ends with the sound of gunshots. Asked whether the video montage was implying Chabad's headquarters should be targeted by Islamic violence, Khattab told WND, "It is what it is.'" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88092 (U.S.) Religion must not be hijacked by hate, says Obama http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\06\story_6-2-2009_pg7_1 --- Obama at National Prayer Breakfast: "There is no religion whose central tenet is hate. There is no God who condones taking the life of an innocent human being." http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024723.php http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/02/obama_faith_sho.html (U.S.) Obama orders $20.3 million for Gaza refugees http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024727.php http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Presidential_Memo_-_Unexpected_Urgent_Refugee_and_Migration_Needs_Related_to_Gaza (U.S.) California: Muslim woman denied service over head scarf to get apology http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/05/1b5credit211645-muslim-woman-denied-service-over-h/ http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_11636554?nclick_check=1 (U.S.) CAIR's February 2, 2009 Letter to Congresswoman Sue Myrick -- CAIR: "We regret the recent FBI decision to sever some of its ties with us. (FBI officials will still work with CAIR on civil rights issues.)" -- CAIR letter attacks Congresswoman Sue Myrick, Congressman Broun, Congressman Hoekstra, and David Yerushalmi http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/CAIR-Letter-to-Sue-Myrick.pdf -- SANE commentary: "CAIR, the unindicted Hamas-Muslim Brotherhood conspirator, is running scared" http://www.saneworks.us/Updated-CAIR-the-unindicted-HamasMuslim-Brotherhood-coconspirator-is-running-scared-newsblog-2412.htm -- Article CAIR references on Yerushalmi -- regarding supporters of Khalil Gibran school http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a426/News/New_York.html (U.S.) Dems angered by Cheney warnings http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090205/pl_politico/18473_1 (U.S.) Immigration Officials Arrest Maryland Professor Accused of Genocide -- Rwanda's Leopold Munyakazi http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,488764,00.html (UK) MP wants Government debate after Muslim prisoner numbers double http://www.wisbech-standard.co.uk/content/wisbech/news/story.aspx?brand=CATOnline&category=NewsWisbech&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestWIS&itemid=WEED05%20Feb%202009%2014%3A56%3A47%3A820 (UK) Wales: Headteacher sues for Islamophobic accusations http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/wales-headteacher-sues-for-islamophobic.html http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/05/welsh-head-sues-her-bosses-in-landmark-race-case-91466-22858910/ --- "She also says she was 'harassed' by the four-strong team as they demanded the pupils be taught more about Allah and Islam" http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/68577/-100-000-battle-of-head-who-stood-up-to-muslim-bullies-/ (UK) NHS staff face sack if they discuss religion -- "Christian nurse... was suspended after she offered to pray for an elderly patient" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4530384/NHS-staff-face-sack-if-they-discuss-religion.html (Ireland) Call to offer mortgage packages compatible with Islam http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/idmhsnkfkf/ Netherlands: Concern about Gulen movement http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/netherlands-concern-about-gulen.html (Bosnia) "Obama was elected by God" — Bosnian Grand Mufti Ceric http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2009/01/27/obama-was-elected-by-god-bosnian-grand-mufti-ceric/ Kosovo: European Parliament backs independence http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2984017155 (Indonesia) Clinton to reach out to 'Muslim world' http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/clinton-to-reach-out-to-muslim-world-20090206-7ze8.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4527495/Hillary-Clinton-to-reach-out-to-Muslim-world.html --- 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 (Malaysia) Valentine's Day 'haram in Islam' http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Friday/National/2472306/Article/index_html (Australia) Where there's a will, there's a Koranic way http://straightfurrow.farmonline.co.nz/news/metro/national/general/where-theres-a-will-theres-a-koranic-way/1399036.aspx (Ethiopia) US diplomat found dead in Ethiopian capital http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/05/africa/AF-Ethiopia-Dead-Diplomat.php February 5, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Reminder: online version, including previous news, at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/ (Iraq) Officials: Suicide bomber kills 12 in Iraq's north -- in Khanaqin http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090205/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq http://www.9wsyr.com/news/world/story/Officials-Suicide-bomber-kills-12-in-Iraqs-north/kyoPcmxP-EaG_VLV8b6vRw.cspx?rss=115 -- Suicide blast kills 10 in Iraq restaurant http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67630 Iraqi officials survive explosions in Baghdad http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1973704&Language=en http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/05/Two_Iraqi_officials_survive_bombings/UPI-93461233845923/ (Afghanistan) Five Afghan policemen killed in landmine blast -- in Helmand http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1973656&Language=en (Pakistan) NWFP: Three dead, 20 injured in DI Khan blast http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67639 (Pakistan) NWFP: Sharia Nazim-e-Adal Regulations 2009 under consideration: Governor http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67080&Itemid=2 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) FATA: Eight Taliban killed in clash with rivals - in Orakzai Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\05\story_5-2-2009_pg1_7 (Pakistan) Punjab: Suicide bomber near Shiite mosque -- Dera Ghazi Khan -- 24 killed, over 30 injured in DG Khan blast http://www.geo.tv/2-5-2009/34454.htm -- Suicide Bomber Kills 21 At Shiite Mosque In Pakistan http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090205\ACQDJON200902051148DOWJONESDJONLINE000520.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na -- AP report http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/05/asia/AS-Pakistan.php (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan probe links 26/11 to Bangladesh: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_probe_links_2611_to_Bangladesh_Report/articleshow/4078819.cms -- Investigators see Bangladesh link in Mumbai terror attacks -- claims involvement of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami, Bangladesh (HuJI-B) http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/05/top2.htm -- Bangladesh has said that Pakistan had not linked Bangladesh with Mumbai attacks http://www.geo.tv/2-5-2009/34448.htm -- Gilani says Pak to inform India about 26/11 probe 'very soon' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_to_inform_India_about_2611_probe_very_soon_Gilani/articleshow/4083144.cms (Pakistan) Jamaat-ud-Dawah denies links with al-Qaida, Taliban --- Jamaat-ud-Dawah front group of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) --- "UN Security Council banned the Jamaat and included four LeT leaders in a list of terrorists subject to sanctions" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/JuD_denies_links_with_al-Qaida_Taliban/articleshow/4080019.cms --- Kashmiri leader urges Pakistan to lift Islamist groups ban http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?211019 Pakistan President Zardari and PM Gilani: 'Pakistan will continue to support Kashmir' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\05\story_5-2-2009_pg7_26 -- Comment: Kashmir remains center of LeT/JuD jihadist groups Pakistan Daily Times on Washington Post Report: 'Pakistan a US ally under serious threat, not Al Qaeda platform' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\05\story_5-2-2009_pg1_14 --- "Senior administration officials described their approach to Pakistan -- as a major U.S. partner under serious threat of internal collapse -- as fundamentally different from the Bush administration's focus on the country as a Taliban and al-Qaeda 'platform' for attacks in Afghanistan and beyond" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/03/AR2009020302858_2.html?sid=ST2009020401461&s_pos= (India) Mumbai attacks: Mumbai attacks' forensic report released: Indian media -- Kasab DNA matches DNA on Mumbai attackers' boat http://www.geo.tv/2-5-2009/34434.htm --- Kasab's DNA matches imprints on MV Kuber: Police http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kasabs_DNA_matches_imprints_on_MV_Kuber_Police/articleshow/4081799.cms (India) Mumbai attackers 'creations of ISI': Menon http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai_attackers_creations_of_ISI_Menon/articleshow/4082526.cms (India) Goa on LeT radar: Ravi Naik http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Goa_on_LeT_radar_Ravi_Naik/articleshow/4078618.cms (India) Supreme Court favors setting up separate jails for terrorists http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/SC_favours_setting_up_separate_jails_for_terrorists/articleshow/4082453.cms (West Bank) Terrorist commander killed in W. Bank http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304690367&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- IDF kills Jihad man in West Bank over plot to attack Israel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1061766.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304689759&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2983524897 Hamas Leader Out of Sight -- Mahmoud A-Zahar http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129778 Hamas officials leave Cairo without cease-fire http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304694778&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas TV Bunny Assud Killed; On Deathbed, Calls for Liberation of Tel Aviv and Haifa http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD222809 Report: "Saudi Arabia: Religious edict calls for 'reporting terrorists'" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2983564793 (Egypt) Official: Egypt turns back Hamas group with cash -- "carrying millions in dollars and euros with them in their suitcases" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304698458&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Russian official: Iran's Bushehr plant to be operational in 2009 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304697982&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Saudi Arabia: More than 40 Al-Qaeda suspects 'in Iran' http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2983488416 (Lebanon) Archbishop who ran arms to PLO said aboard seized Gaza aid ship http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1061631.html (U.S.) Newsweek: The end of 'war on terror' http://www.newsweek.com/id/183251 -- Newsweek article promotes the 2008 DHS Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties memorandum calling for end of use of word "jihad" -- "A year ago, Homeland's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties prepared a nine-page 'official use only' memo, 'Terminology to Define the Terrorists,' which outlined how the government had solicited recommendations from a 'wide variety' of American Muslim leaders and suggesting that U.S. officials be more careful in their use of language describing counterterrorism efforts. The memo did not directly advocate discontinuing the use of the term 'war on terror' but rather declared that while the government 'should convey the magnitude of the threat we face,' it should also 'avoid inflating the religious bases and glamorous appeal of the extremist's ideology.'" http://www.newsweek.com/id/183251/page/2 -- 2008 DHS memorandum http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/126.pdf (U.S.) INN Report: NYC '770' Chabad-Lubavitch World HQ Targeted in Jihad Videos http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129790 (U.S.) NYC: Restrictive Terms of Prisoner's Confinement Add Fuel to Debate -- Syed Hashmi http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/05/nyregion/05hashmi.html (UK) Miliband denies U.S. threatened to break off co-operation on terrorism intelligence http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135491/Miliband-denies-U-S-threatened-break-operation-terrorism-intelligence.html -- UK ruling sparks debate on Guantanamo detainee http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/05/europe/EU-Britain-Guantanamo.php -- UK Amnesty International Blog: "We should campaign to lock up al Qaeda members not campaign for their release" -- by John Vashahi -- on Binyam Mohamed case http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=2594 Iran's Ahmadinejad asks world powers to be 'polite' http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090205/wl_mideast_afp/irannuclearpoliticsahmadinejad_20090205104355;_ylt=Ao5Xd2k0fVj72k4n9tlCvAL5SpZ4 -- British Council leaves Tehran - over intimidation http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/04/British_Council_leaves_Tehran/UPI-29251233800439/ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5667992.ece Yemen on high alert amid fears of al Qaeda attack http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/05/starr.alqaeda.yemen/index.html?section=cnn_latest Somalia: Islamist Groups Merge to Fight Sheikh Sharif http://allafrica.com/stories/200902050135.html (Russia) Four militants killed in Russia's North Caucasus http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090205/120001986.html (Germany) Verdict Expected in Djerba Bombing Case -- Ganczarski "suspected confidant of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden" http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,605705,00.html (Spain) Spanish police report another ETA arms cache http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Spanish-police-reports-another-ETA-arms-cache_49290.html (Thailand) 2 suspected insurgents killed in Songkhla http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30095085/2-suspected-insurgents-killed-in-Songkhla (Philippines) Red Cross hostages in Philippines appeal for their release http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090205/tap-philippines-attacks-kidnap-unrest-ic-5cc1ef8.html Sri Lankan troops capture last Tamil Tiger naval base http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February401.xml§ion=international Sri Lanka: No cease-fire, rebels must surrender http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/05/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (U.S.) New U.S. Office of Muslim Brotherhood News Portal Interviews U.S. Congresswoman -- Islam Online (IOL) interviews DC Congresswoman Eleanor Homes Norton -- "Congresswoman Norton is also a member of the House Homeland Security Committee" http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2446/pub_detail.asp http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1232171533891&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout (Egypt) MEMRI: "Egyptian Cleric Galal Al-Khatib Explains Wife-Beating in Islam" http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD222909 (Egypt) Fugitive Nazi lived as 'pious Muslim' at Cairo hotel --- another report on Aribert Heim aka Tarek Farid Hussein http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090205/wl_afp/germanyaustriahistorywwiicrimeegypt_20090205110924 (Egypt) MEMRI: "Egyptian Preacher Attacks Preachers Who Call On Youth To Wage Jihad In Gaza" -- Amr Khaled http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/13463.htm MEMRI: "Arab-American Psychiatrist Wafa Sultan: 'The Subjugation of Women Reduces Them to a Level Lower Than Beasts'" http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD222709 (Algeria) MEMRI: "Liberals and Islamists in Algeria Clash over Statements By Renowned Liberal Syrian Poet Adonis" -- Adonis "argued that in order to advance, Muslims 'must completely divorce their religious heritage and adopt a modern mindset, which rejects the sanctification of the principles that Islam holds sacred.'" -- "On women and their place in Islam, he [Adonis] said: 'According to the Koran, a woman does not have legal personhood. She is not free and is not responsible for her own fate - she serves as a vessel for satisfying man's desires.'" http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD222609 Libya set to unveil draft constitution -- "'red lines' that could not be crossed...." includes "Libya's adherence to Islam" http://www.geo.tv/2-5-2009/34438.htm Iran blocks more int'l news Websites http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304695838&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull South Africans won't unload Israeli goods http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304686242&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Sweden) Israel Ambassador to Sweden gets 'the shoe' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304696980&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3667279,00.html Austria: Islam teachers - 22% oppose democracy, 8% support violence http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/austria-islam-teachers-22-oppose.html -- Muslim teaching shake-up agreed http://www.austriantimes.at/index.php?id=11001 -- Ire in Austrian politics over anti-democratic Islam teachers http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/253024,ire-in-austrian-politics-over-anti-democratic-islam-teachers--feature.html (UK) Prince of Wales praised at Mosque visit http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Prince-praised-at-Mosque-visit.4950486.jp (Denmark) Copenhagen: School bends law to deal with domestic violence http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/copenhagen-school-bends-law-to-deal.html (U.S.) Publisher Responds to "Islam is the Light" DS Game Controversy -- Crave Entertainment says licensed same audio used in Fisher-Price doll http://www.gamepolitics.com/2009/01/29/publisher-responds-quotislam-lightquot-ds-game-controversy (U.S.) RFK Jr.: "Large-scale hog producers are a greater threat to the United States and U.S. democracy than Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87998 (U.S.) Obama Offers Assurances to Religious Groups at Prayer Breakfast -- "expected to sign an order establishing a revamped White House Office on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships" http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/02/05/obama-plans-review-faith-based-policies/100days/ Malaysian state manager plans sharia funds http://uk.reuters.com/article/fundsNews/idUKLNE51304Q20090204?rpc=401& (Indonesia) President attends inauguration of sharia economy festival http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2009/2/5/president-attends-inauguration-of-sharia-economy-festival/ (Indonesia) Sharia economy 'a hope' amid crisis, Bank of Indonesia governor says http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/02/05/sharia-economy-a-hope039-amid-crisis-bi-governor-says.html (UAE) With no oil to back it up, desert economy is built on shifting sand http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/the_gulf/article5663602.ece Commentaries: (UK/U.S.) It's time to shut down Al-Muhajiroun for good - by Edmund Standing --- "Islam For The UK continues to promote Bakri Muhammad's ravings via its website and their American allies use anti-Semitic material lifted from neo-Nazi websites." http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/02/05/its-time-to-shut-down-al-muhajiroun-for-good/ The Australian: The evidence is in on Islamist terrorism http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25014034-16741,00.html Walid Phares: Iran's Fear of a Velvet Revolution http://www.worlddefensereview.com/dropzone/archives/115 Iran will not unclench its fist, Mr President http://www.spectator.co.uk/i/the-magazine/features/3323271/iran-will-not-unclench-its-fist-mr-president.thtml UK Amnesty International Blog: "We should campaign to lock up al Qaeda members not campaign for their release" -- by John Vashahi -- on Binyam Mohamed case http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=2594 --- also by John Vashahi "Amnesty should not be a toy in hand of al Qaeda" http://blogs.amnesty.org.uk/blogs_entry.asp?eid=2549 Against Nazi News: (Germany) Son of 'Dr Death' Aribert Heim to escape charges for concealing Nazi father's existence http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/4524580/Son-of-Dr-Death-Aribert-Heim-to-escape-charges-for-concealing-Nazi-fathers-existence.html February 4, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) 11 US troops killed in Afghanistan, claims Hisbe Islami http://www.geo.tv/2-5-2009/34392.htm (Afghanistan) Obama Seeks Narrower Focus in Afghan War http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/03/AR2009020302858.html?sub=AR (Pakistan) NWFP: In Pakistan, Swat Valley police give up in face of Taliban attacks -- "Many police are resigning because of death threats" http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0205/p07s02-wosc.html -- Swat's descent into chaos http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/04/pakistan-swat-taliban (Pakistan) NWFP: Govt to take every measure to implement peace in Swat: PM Gilani http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?210971 -- NWFP: Senate body discusses Swat law and order http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\05\story_5-2-2009_pg7_21 (Pakistan) NWFP: "Hundreds of boys and girls schools buildings have been converted into cattle pens" -- Mansehra District's Kala Dhaka http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=160850 Pak should conduct 'full probe' into Mumbai attacks: UN's Ban http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Ban_wants_Pak_to_fully_probe_2611/articleshow/4077621.cms (Pakistan) Investigators clueless about kidnapped UNHCR official http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=160851 (Pakistan) Kashmiri leader urges Pakistan to lift Islamist groups ban -- Syed Salahuddin, head of the militant Hizbul Mujahideen: "We appeal on the government of Pakistan to lift the ban against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) because no Kashmiri jihadi organisation was involved in the Mumbai attacks" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kashmiri_leader_urges_Pakistan_to_lift_Islamist_groups_ban/articleshow/4078269.cms?TOI_latestnews --- Children express solidarity with Kashmiris ----- puppet show presents "barbaric acts of Indian troops through black-faced people" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=160928 (Pakistan) US must share intelligence to win war on terror: Gilani http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\05\story_5-2-2009_pg7_6 -- January 6, 2009 - Pakistan PM "Gilani called for the immediate repatriation on humanitarian grounds of Dr Aafia Siddiqi" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg1_3 --- 'The Most Dangerous Woman in the World' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,593195,00.html --- had "liter of cynanide"... had in "her possession maps of New York, a list of potential targets that included the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the subway system, and detailed chemical-biological radiological weapon information" http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6275546 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5710043&page=1 (Iraq) Al-Qaeda damaged by arrest of 'rape and suicide bomb' woman http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article5661466.ece (U.S.) Homeland Security to meet with Somali community leaders --- "The department's Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is planning to launch a so-called 'engagement program' with Somali Americans in Minneapolis" --- DHS' David Gersten leads "outreach" effort http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/02/04/dhs_looking_to_build_better_relationships_with_somali_population/?refid=0 --- Same DHS department that called for "terror lexicon" ending use of word "jihad" http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/126.pdf --- April 5, 2007 DHS' David Gersten Congressional Testimony on Outreach Efforts http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/testimony/278.pdf --- Testified along with MPAC: "MPAC Testifies Before House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment" http://www.mpac.org/article.php?id=487 --- Gersten has "previously distinguished himself by his enthusiasm for an ongoing U.S. and British endorsement of Hamza Yusuf Hanson, the former screeching preacher of America-hating Islamist extremism, who has sought to reinvent himself as a spiritual Sufi" http://www.fsmarchives.org/article.php?id=921551 ---- Patrick Poole, Daniel Pipes, and Robert Spencer on Hamza Yusuf Hanson http://ohioagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/07/1995-isna-convention-judaism-most.html http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2004/09/hamza-yusuf-fails-my-test.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/003774.php (U.S.) Gitmo hearing still on docket, despite Obama order -- hearing on Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri still on schedule http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_trials (U.S.) Out of Gitmo, spewing hate -- Released suspects head to Web to threaten attacks http://www.metrobostonnews.com/us/article/2009/02/04/04/3527-66/index.xml (U.S.) Spies Form Virtual Units on The Fly to Track Terror http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dc/2009/02/spies-form-virtual-units-on-th.html (U.S.) Cheney warns of new attacks -- "Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a 'high probability' that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years, and said he fears the Obama administration’s policies will make it more likely the attempt will succeed" http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18390.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090204/pl_politico/18390 (UK) Report: "al-Qaida plot to murder MPs in their own homes" -- "Police were last night urgently probing the plan, hatched on a website used by terrorists and their supporters." -- train attacks, attacks on Parliament members' houses reportedly discussed on Islamic supremacist website http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/68467 http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/68467/-We-will-kill-MPs-in-their-own-homes-/ http://hamaraphotos.com/news/uncategorized/al-qaedas-plot-to-murder-british-mps-uncovered.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024722.php UK prisons: incubators for terrorism? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/03/islam-prisonsandprobation UK court rules to keep Guantanamo documents secret http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/04/europe/EU-Britain-Guantanamo.php -- UK Judges accuse US of cover-up http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/4517343/Torture-row-Judges-accuse-US-of-cover-up.html Hamas official to 'Post': Cease-fire deal not ready yet http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304688702&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- "A Kassam-launching cell preparing to attack" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urlimage&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobheadername1=Cache-Control&blobheadervalue1=max-age%3D420&blobkey=id&blobtable=JPImageSpotlight&blobwhere=1123495332804&ssbinary=true×tamp=020505548 (Lebanon) 5 Katyushas found on Lebanese border http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304686915&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) World powers welcome Obama's talk offer to Iran http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090204/wl_nm/us_iran_nuclear http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304684214&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/04/europe/iran.4-423135.php (Bahrain) Jailed Al Qaeda cash courier free next month -- "allegedly a member of the Lebanon-based Al Ansar terrorist movement, who had dreams of fighting alongside insurgents in Afghanistan" http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=242080&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=31322 Somali pirates are paid record $3.5 million ransom for MV Faina http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5663504.ece Somalia: Thousands of Somalis Fleeing to Ethiopia -- 10,000 flee http://allafrica.com/stories/200902040645.html Algeria, UN deny Qaeda plague reports http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hgSkir37AyKtvUOyMDf9yVkzVhDQ (Algeria) Jihadists using male rape to turn men into suicide bombers http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024714.php Spanish judge questions 13 'terrorism' suspects http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=270959&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21 (Canada) CAIR: Refusal to repatriate Khadr called sign of anti-Muslim sentiment --- Terror Detainee Omar Khardr in Guantanamo Bay military prison http://www.canada.com/Life/Refusal+repatriate+Khadr+called+sign+anti+Muslim+sentiment/1250258/story.html (Philippines) One dead in ambush of Philippines official: police -- Antonino de Jesus http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=233943 (Philippines) MILF says agenda of empowerment http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=233975 (Australia) Terror lurking within http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25008931-5006785,00.html Other News: (U.S.) Islam's Shariah cited in 7 of 10 worst nations worldwide http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87894 --- "Islam is the majority religion in seven of the top 10 countries: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, Maldives, Yemen and Uzbekistan" http://newsblaze.com/story/20090203123053zzzz.nb/topstory.html --- Open Doors 2009 World Watch List (PDF) http://www.opendoorsusa.org/UserFiles/File/Open%20Doors%20World%20Watch%20List%202009.pdf (Saudi Arabia) Court orders lashing of student in his school -- 15 year old child sentenced by a Shariah Court to be publicly lashed http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009020428384 (Holland) Shots fired at Jewish center in Holland http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304685408&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304685063&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Norway to allow police to wear Islamic head scarf http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Norway_to_allow_police_to_wear_Islamic_head_scarf/articleshow/4078426.cms?TOI_latestnews (Turkey) Poll: 88% of Israeli tourists believe Turkey is dangerous http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304683019&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Turkish Jews urge state to prosecute anti-Semitic acts http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3666987,00.html (Pakistan) Alleged blasphemer goes missing following accusation --- "Ahsan Tahami, librarian of Quaid-e-Azam Library, who was allegedly involved in a blasphemy case, has fled from his house along with his family while the administration continues to display posters to search for him" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\05\story_5-2-2009_pg7_39 (Pakistan) '90pc of women's abuse cases not reported' http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=160905 (Pakistan) "We are striving for the cause of democracy:" Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?210972 -- Nawaz Sharif's history of seeking to implement Sharia throughout Pakistan --- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)'s Nawaz Sharif has also called for negotiations with Taliban ----- "Pakistan backed the Taliban during Sharif's second spell in power from 1997 to 1999" http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=246412&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 --- "On January 16, 1999 the Nawaz Sharif Government imposed Islamic law in the traditional tribal areas of the north-west straddling the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, vowing to impose it throughout the country" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif --- Nawaz to go ahead with Islamisation Bill - September 1998 http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980906/24950304.html (Thailand) Sharia: Branding key to halal foods http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/economics/11008/branding-key-to-halal-foods Indonesia President Tells Shariah Banks to Get 'Real' http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/article/8609.html (U.S.) Virginia: Muslim leader accused of sexual assault in Chesapeake -- Sufist Imam Iskender Ali Mihr http://www.wvec.com/news/topstories/stories/wvec_local_020409_muslim_leader_charged_.1becbb19.html?npc http://www.mihr.com/default.aspx?langid=2 http://www.scribd.com/doc/7699540/imamgazali (U.S.) Arkansas: Police: Doctor injured when bomb erupts in Lexus -- Chief: "It's a terrorist attack... and we don't know why" http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/04/doctor.car.blast/index.html -- Car explosion injures head of Ark. medical board http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_re_us/car_explosion -- ATF: Explosive Device Found in Arkansas Doctor's Car After Blast http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,487907,00.html (U.S.) FBI searches home of man linked to Tylenol deaths http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_re_us/tylenol_poisonings http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6806499&page=1 http://www.cyberlewis.com/Tylenol/index.html (U.S.) Congress voted Wednesday to postpone a nationwide switch to digital TV to June 12, 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/digital.tv.delay.vote/index.html (U.S.) Google Latitude to allow you to track friends and families every move http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5662525.ece (UK) Miliband unveils six-step plan to 'rid the world of nuclear weapons' -- Comment: No mention by Miliband regarding Pakistan's estimated 60 nuclear weapons http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1135764/Miliband-unveils-step-plan-rid-world-nuclear-weapons.html Russia says it wants to help US in Afghanistan -- President Dmitry Medvedev "appeared to link any help to changes in Western policy" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/04/asia/AS-Kyrgyzstan-US-Base.php Commentaries: A Foundation Of Love - by Rebecca Bynum http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/32131/sec_id/32131 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/global-anti-terror-news/message/16545 Daniel Pearl and the Normalization of Evil - by Judea Pearl http://webreprints.djreprints.com/2122000093115.html Obama Misunderstands the Global Jihad - by Robert Spencer http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30546 Obama's charm offensive and the global jihad - by Jeff Jacoby http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/02/04/obamas_charm_offensive_and_the_global_jihad/ Christian Apologists Of Islam - by Ibn Warraq http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/31133/sec_id/31133 Taliban's deadly 'justice' cows Pakistan - by Bilal Qureshi http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/01/18/taliban%E2%80%99s-deadly-%E2%80%98justice%E2%80%99-cows-pakistan/ NPR Interview: Sarah Chayes: Taliban Terrorizing Afghanistan http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100189461&ft=1&f=1012 Iran looks hostile http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/4450735/Iran-looks-hostile.html Against Nazi News: (Egypt) Nazi war criminal Heim dead since 1992: report -- "Wanted Nazi war criminal Dr Aribert Heim, thought until recently by some to be still alive, died in Cairo in 1992 after converting to Islam" -- "Heim spent nearly 30 years in Cairo, having become a Muslim in the 1980s and assumed the name Tarek Farid Hussein" -- "Heim, nicknamed 'Dr Death' for killing hundreds of inmates at Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria with injections of toxins to the heart" http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5301577/nazi-war-criminal-heim-dead-since-1992-report/ http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/04/news/germany.php http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304687421&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull UK Bishop told to renounce his Holocaust opinions http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/04/europe/pope.4-423183.php http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/04/europe/EU-Vatican-Jews.php http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/04/europe/EU-Vatican-Jews-Excerpts.php February 4, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban turn guns on lawyers in Swat -- "Having cracked the whip to bar girls from schooling, serving summons to politicians and lawmakers, Taliban now in control of Pakistan's restive northwestern region of Swat valley have issued an ultimatum to the lawyers" -- "Branding the present Pakistani jurisprudence as 'infidel judicial system,' the Taliban have told the lawyers to stay away from the courts or they will be killed, according to local officials." -- "Vowing to enforce their version of Islamic Shariah law, the Taliban's diktat caused such a panic among the lawyers in the region that they are making contacts with militant commanders saying they were ready to implement their instructions." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_turn_guns_on_lawyers_in_Swat_/articleshow/4076669.cms --- January 20, 2009 - NWFP: Peshawar High Court (PHC) may shift Swat courts to Peshawar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\20\story_20-1-2009_pg1_9 --- January 11, 2009 - NWFP: Taliban running parallel courts in Swat ----- "Locals say more than 70 Taliban courts functional in valley" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\11\story_11-1-2009_pg7_22 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants attack checkpost, police station in Pakistan - in Swat http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1973372&Language=en (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban kidnap 30 Pakistani police - in Swat http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_kidnap_30_Pakistani_police/articleshow/4074034.cms -- Militants release kidnapped soldiers after promises to leave govt. jobs http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1973455&Language=en (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat mass exodus continues http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=160739 (Pakistan) NWFP/FATA: Trucks torched along US supply line http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Trucks_torched_along_US_supply_line/articleshow/4075145.cms --- 8 NATO containers set on fire in Landi Kotal: Sources http://www.geo.tv/2-4-2009/34310.htm --- Pakistan: Al-Qaeda attacks on NATO routes 'revenge for Gaza' http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2981086016 (Pakistan) NWFP: 9 militants killed in Peshawar police encounter http://www.geo.tv/2-4-2009/34324.htm (Pakistan) Balochistan: Kidnapped diplomats No clue despite operations http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=160741 Pakistan is epicentre of global terror: India Defense Minister Antony http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pak_epicentre_of_global_terrorAntony/articleshow/4071517.cms (Pakistan) UN's Ban Ki-moon arrives in Islamabad http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67539 (U.S.) Obama: US choosing words carefully in terror war http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_war_on_terror (U.S./Saudi Arabia) 11 ex-Gitmo prisoners on Saudi wanted list http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/04/11_ex-Gitmo_prisoners_on_Saudi_wanted_list/UPI-59381233753504/ --- "Eleven Saudis who were released from Guantánamo 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.iht.com/articles/2009/02/04/africa/04saudi.php (UK) Suspected terrorists under control orders 'keeping in touch with extremists' --- additional report http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4449655/Suspected-terrorists-under-control-orders-keeping-in-touch-with-extremists.html --- Explainer: Control orders http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/feb/03/civil-liberties-control-orders (Hamas) UN: Hamas raided warehouse in Gaza, seized blankets, food http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304681684&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas say no talks offer extended to Mahmood Abbas http://www.geo.tv/2-4-2009/34311.htm (Gaza) Doctor in Gaza backed Qaeda --- Norwegian doctor Mads Gilbert "who reported of Israeli 'atrocities' in Gaza op supported 9/11 attacks" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3666579,00.html --- January 8, 2009: High-Profile Doctor in Gaza Called an 'Apologist for Hamas' http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477881,00.html --- Related links: http://ztruth.typepad.com/ztruth/2009/01/more-hamas-propaganda-from-antiamerican-communist-dr-mads-gilbert.html Israel fears Syria might aid Hizbullah http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304675850&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Obama considering tougher Iran sanctions http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/04/Obama_considering_tougher_Iran_sanctions/UPI-86001233751934/ http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/04/america/diplo.php (India) 241 killed by Communist Naxals in Chhattisgarh in one year: State govt http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/241_killed_by_Naxals_in_Chhattisgarh_in_one_year_State_govt/articleshow/4076303.cms?TOI_latestnews Somali radio boss gunned down: witnesses http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090204/wl_afp/somaliaunrestmedia_20090204130429 (Spain) 11 Pakistanis held in Spain http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/04/top10.htm --- Only one Indian held in Spain for alleged terror links: Govt http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Only_one_Indian_held_in_Spain_for_alleged_terror_links_Govt/articleshow/4075956.cms Spanish top judge charges 13 with being ETA members http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Spanish-top-judge-charges-13-with-being-ETA-members_49247.html France sentenced synagogue attackers http://www.geo.tv/2-4-2009/34313.htm (Thailand) 1 paramilitary trooper, 1 civilian injured Yala bombing http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30094960/1-paramilitary-trooper,-1-civilian-injured-Yala-bombing Philippines: Muslim Rebels Abduct Two More Men http://www.mysinchew.com/node/20801?tid=37 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090204-187316/2-more-abducted-in-Basilan -- Police: 42 kidnappings in ARMM since '08 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090204-187405/Police-42-kidnappings-in-ARMM-since-08 Philippines: Kidnappers seek talks on Red Cross hostages http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2981334944 Sri Lanka: President predicts Tamil defeat in days http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2981334567 Other News: (Libya) "'All those believers who do not follow Islam are losers,' Gaddafi said. 'We are here to correct the mistakes in the light of the teachings of the Koran.'" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024701.php --- Africa: Anti-Christian Gaddafi Takes Over as AU Chair http://allafrica.com/stories/200902030686.html --- Call for 'United States of Africa' mired in divisions http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Call_for_United_States_of_Africa_mired_in_divisions/articleshow/4073904.cms (Netherlands) Interview with Geert Wilders http://sixthcolumn.typepad.com/duckwalls/2009/02/interview-with-gert-wilders-12809.html Austria: Reform of Islam lessons http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/austria-reform-of-islam-lessons.html http://www.austrianews.co.uk/2009/02/04/new-regulation-of-islam-education-in-austria/ Finland: Muslims pose challenge to Russia's stability http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/finland-muslims-pose-challenge-to.html http://tundratabloid.blogspot.com/2009/02/finnish-defense-ministry-publication.html Turkey: 600 years of Islam in Germany http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/turkey-600-years-of-islam-in-germany.html http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/lifestyle/10918927.asp French college launches Islamic finance degree http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/French-college-launches-Islamic-finance-degree-_49170.html (UK) The Muslim Weekly: "DVD aims to challenge Islamophobia" -- "produced by Show Racism the Red Card (SRTRC)" http://www.euro-islam.info/2009/02/02/dvd-looks-to-tackle-islamophobia/ (UK) Minister to report on Muslim charities' account closures -- "Michael Foster, the UK minister for international development, will report on why Lloyds TSB and Barclays have closed the bank accounts of Interpal and the Ummah Welfare Trust (UWT)" http://www.charityfinance.co.uk/home/content.php?id=2552&pg=15&cat=58 (UK) Did the police run away? http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2009/02/did-the-police-run-away.html (UK) British Army officer arrested over military secrets leak -- in Afghanistan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/4510438/British-Army-officer-arrested-over-military-secrets-leak.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5658251.ece -- Colonel 'leaked war secrets to woman' http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/article2202404.ece (UK) Hillary Clinton lauds 'special relationship' during meeting with David Miliband http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4450870/Hillary-Clinton-lauds-special-relationship-during-meeting-with-David-Miliband.html --- January 15, 2009: Miliband commentary called for "channeling" terrorists into "democratic politics" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/15/david-miliband-war-terror --- September 8, 2008: UK Jury Ruling on Jihadists Ignores Plot to Bomb Transatlantic Jets Headed to America http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/103.html --- August 31, 2008: British Government Efforts against "Extremists" Ignores Jihad and Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html --- August 22, 2008: UK: New Documentary to Show Growing Islamic Supremacism in Mosques http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/100.html (Egypt) Mt. Lebanon Mufti Sheikh Muhammad 'Ali Al-Jozo Slams Hizbullah Leader Nasrallah, Iran http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD222509 (India) Uttar Pradesh madrassas ban co-education -- "describing co-education in schools as 'anti-Islamic and against the sharia'" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/UP_madrassas_ban_co-education/articleshow/4072599.cms (Greece) Police shooting outside US embassy in Athens -- "Greek authorities said the shooting did not appear to have been accidental, as initially believed" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/04/europe/EU-Greece-Shooting.php (U.S.) Air Force fails new nuclear reviews http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/04/air-force-fails-new-nuclear-reviews/ Russia welcomes Barack Obama call to cut nuclear weapons http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/4511775/Russia-welcomes-Barack-Obama-call-to-cut-nuclear-weapons.html Commentaries: Muslims have U.N. in their pocket - by Nat Henthoff http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87944 Is America really a 'Muslim nation'? by Judge Roy Moore http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87942 Propaganda: "JuD has no links with Mumbai attacks, Al-Qaeda, LeT : Saeed" http://www.newspostonline.com/sports/jud-has-no-links-with-mumbai-attacks-al-qaeda-let-saeed-2009020431301 February 3, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Al-Qaeda) Zawahiri calls for attacks on US targets -- "condemning Israel and calling for renewed attacks" -- "al-Zawahiri blamed 'western collaboration' in supporting Israel" http://www.geo.tv/2-4-2009/34300.htm Al-Qaida: Islam's enemy in Gaza is U.S. just as much as Israel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1061214.html Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri mocks Obama over Gaza -- "A speech entitled 'Sacrifices of Gaza and Plots' was contained in a video produced by As-Sahab, Al-Qaeda's media arm, and made available by SITE Intelligence Group" -- "Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri mocked US President Barack Obama for his 'deep concern' for Gaza and urged Muslims to rise up against enemy aggression, in an audiotape released on jihadist forums Tuesday" http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090203/twl-qaeda-s-zawahiri-mocks-obama-over-ga-3cd7efd.html http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_334023.html -- Al Qaeda Leader Ridicules Obama ---- ABC: "Zawahiri's New Video Shows Terrorist Group is 'Worried,' Expert Says" http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6797521&page=1 -- Al Qaeda No. 2 releases second message of 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/03/al.qaeda.audio.message/index.html?section=cnn_latest --- Laura Mansfield states that "the video can be downloaded from:" http://www.lauramansfield.com/az20090203.rm (Pakistan) NWFP: ANP leader kidnapped in Hangu http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\04\story_4-2-2009_pg7_10 (Pakistan) FATA: Orakzai becomes new haven for Taliban -- "Residents say Taliban forces have introduced sharia law in region" -- "Analysts claim militants can reach [NWFP's] Peshawar unless government restrains them" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\04\story_4-2-2009_pg7_11 (Pakistan) FATA: Two schools blown up in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\04\story_4-2-2009_pg7_23 (Pakistan) FATA: Drone strikes unsettling Al Qaeda in FATA http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\04\story_4-2-2009_pg1_12 (U.S.) ACT Reports CAIR Planning Congressional Lobbying Effort This Week http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19193 (U.S.) Congressman Frank Wolf Asks FBI For Specifics On CAIR Issues, Evidence Of Foreign Financial Contributors --- IPT provides PDF copy of February 2, 2009 letter from Congressman Wolf to FBI http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/241.pdf --- House Leaders Wary of CAIR After FBI Shuns Islamic Advocacy Group http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/03/house-leaders-wary-cair-fbi-shuns-group/ http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/020309_wolf.pdf (U.S.) Congress Notice: [A] "Dear Colleague" letter sent out to every House member warns lawmakers and their staffs to "think twice" about meeting with CAIR officials... http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=318212502081788 (U.S.) Congress warned: 'Beware of CAIR' http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87608 (U.S.) House Passes Bill to Reduce Terror Threat Information -- "The legislation would require the Homeland Security Department to produce a declassified version of threat information for state and local first responders who don't have the security clearance to view classified material" http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/03/house-passes-reduce-terror-threat-information/ (UK) Terror suspects 'plot attacks' while under house arrest -- "Anti-terror watchdog warns of ongoing threat from captive extremists who are determined to mount terror attacks in the future" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5655038.ece -- Terror suspects maintain contact with terrorist groups, despite restrictions http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/03/terror-suspects-breach-control-orders -- Britain: 15 terror suspects under house arrest http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_terrorism (Iraq) 'Mum' had 80 raped for suicide mission --- "A woman suspected of recruiting more than 80 female suicide bombers has confessed to organizing their rapes so she could later convince them that martyrdom was the only way to escape the shame" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25006349-1702,00.html --- "It is also easy to conceal explosives under the black robes worn by many women" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article5653088.ece (Iran) Pentagon: Iran satellite launch 'cause for global concern' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304668568&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Israel's arak: Syria-Hezbollah arms deal will prompt Israeli action in Lebanon http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1061184.html (Israel) Official hints at second Gaza operation http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/03/Official_hints_at_second_Gaza_operation/UPI-29961233683149/ Hamas: Israel offered to let in 75% of Gaza aid in exchange for Shalit http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1061288.html Somalia: Islamists Urge Holy War On AU Troops http://allafrica.com/stories/200902030568.html http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=270719&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21 Yemen urges tribesmen to turn in Qaeda militants http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL3348056 (Turkey) Alcohol, drugs found in al-Qaeda suspects' homes http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=165913&bolum=101 (Philippines) Abu Sayyaf want De Castro in talks http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20090204-187281/Abu-Sayyaf-want-De-Castro-in-talks (Australia) Melbourne terror cell's 'war on non-believers' http://www.theage.com.au/national/benbrika-jailed-for-15-years-20090203-7w7y.html Colombian rebels release fifth hostage -- Communist FARC terrorists http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/02/03/colombia.hostages/index.html Other News: (UK) Star: "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" -- reports on rants on Valentine's Day by British Islamic supremacist Anjem Choudary http://www.dailystar.co.uk/posts/view/68212/EXCLUSIVE-St-Valentine-s-day-massacre/ http://www.anorak.co.uk/media/201679.html (UK) The intimidation of the House of Lords -- "Wilders has been re-invited to speak and screen his film in the Lords later this month." http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3317931/the-intimidation-of-short -- Wilders re-invited to speak at the House of Lords! http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024698.php (Netherland) "Top lawyer to defend Dutch anti-Islam MP Wilders" -- Bram Moszkowicz " has confirmed he is taking the case to the country's Supreme Court, requesting an immediate end to the proceedings" http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/090203-wilders-moszkowicz (Pakistan) Blasphemy charge on four children: Ahmadis face social boycott in Layyah village http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\04\story_4-2-2009_pg7_15 February 3, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Prime Minister "Gilani says democracy flourishing" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=160473 --- February 2, 2009: Sharia be implemented in Malakand: PPP-S http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Feb09/02/14.htm --- January 26, 2009: Swat Taliban summon politicians to sharia court http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\26\story_26-1-2009_pg1_1 --- January 26, 2009: Taliban radio spreads terror in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\26\story_26-1-2009_pg1_11 (Pakistan) NWFP: Five policemen killed in Swat ambush http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67431 (Pakistan) NWFP: One dead, 18 hurt in Pakistan mosque blast: Police -- in Dera Ismail Khan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/One_dead_18_hurt_in_Pakistan_mosque_blast_Police/articleshow/4071402.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Beheaded body found in Orakzai http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\03\story_3-2-2009_pg7_24 (Pakistan) NWFP: 70 killed as troops pound Taliban hideouts in Swat -- Police officer: "The bullet-ridden bodies of eight local residents were found on Monday morning in various areas of Swat" -- "The official blamed the killings on the Taliban loyal to rebel cleric Fazlullah, who have executed dozens of government employees and pro-government supporters in the past year" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\03\story_3-2-2009_pg1_8 (Pakistan) NWFP/FATA: Taliban blows up key bridge on Pakistan-Afghanistan highway -- bridge "connected Jamrud sub-district in the Khyber tribal region to Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_blows_up_key_bridge_on_Pakistan-Afghanistan_highway/articleshow/4069818.cms http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6791720 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban to use Swat for fresh assault in Afghanistan http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2980676183 (Pakistan) NWFP: Grenade attack injures minor girl in D I Khan http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67438 (Pakistan) NWFP: Student flees Taliban in 'Pakistan's Switzerland' http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/03/pakistan.girls.school/index.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Committee offers mediation in Swat --- "Kanju Amn Committee working for restoration of peace in the militancy-hit Swat claimed Monday that it still had a mandate from the Swati Taliban to mediate peace talks between them and the NWFP government" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=160552 (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks not planned on our soil: Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Mumbai_attacks_not_planned_on_our_soil_Pakistan/articleshow/4071185.cms -- Pakistan readying Mumbai dossier response http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/03/Pakistan_readying_Mumbai_dossier_response/UPI-65391233679529/ (Pakistan) Balochistan: 5 militants killed in Dera Bugti http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\03\story_3-2-2009_pg7_30 (Pakistan) Balochistan: Pakistan detains suspects over kidnapped American http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_detains_suspects_over_kidnapped_American/articleshow/4068541.cms (Pakistan) US working with Pakistan against terrorism: Clinton --- also believes UK and US "share fundamental values and important fundamental objectives" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67439 (Pakistan) U.S. Officials: Al-Qaida Leadership Cadre 'Decimated' http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100160836&ft=1&f=1004 (Pakistan) US Joint Chiefs to Obama: Root out havens in Pakistan http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304675400&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Afghans arrest 17 in suicide bomb probe http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/03/Afghans_arrest_17_in_suicide_bomb_probe/UPI-77101233678744/ (Afghanistan) Taliban violence spreads in Afghanistan: US report http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090203/pl_afp/afghanistanusmilitaryunrest_20090203152738 -- bi-annual Congressional report titled "Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan" (Afghanistan) Secret report urges new Afganistan plan -- "Pentagon's top military officers are recommending to President Barack Obama that he shift U.S. strategy in Afghanistan -- to focus on ensuring regional stability and eliminating Taliban and al-Qaida safe havens in Pakistan, rather than on achieving lasting democracy and a thriving Afghan economy, officials said" http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090203/pl_politico/18337_2 (India) Two militants killed in encounter in Manipur http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Two_militants_killed_in_encounter_in_Manipur/articleshow/4070389.cms Iraq: Woman arrested for recruiting female bombers -- identified as Samira Ahmed Jassim or by her nickname "Umm al-Mumineen" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_262 -- Iraqi woman nicknamed 'the mother of believers' arrested for recruiting 80 female suicide bombers http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1134976/Iraqi-woman-nicknamed-mother-believers-arrested-recruiting-80-female-suicide-bombers.html -- Iraqi woman who recruited 80 suicide bombers arrested http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25006101-23109,00.html (Iran) Former IDF Chief Ya'alon: Topple Iran to end global Jihad http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304672293&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (UK) Woman admits making jihad leaflets -- Shella Roma http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/woman+admits+making+jihad+leaflets/2921177 (Israel) Grad Rocket Attack on Ashkelon http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129743 -- Ashkelon mayor: We won’t let terror dictate our lives http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3666077,00.html (Israel) IAF Bombs Terrorists in Rafiah and Central Gaza http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129756 -- Palestinians: IDF targets Gaza smuggling tunnels, Hamas training position http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1061176.html -- IDF warns Gazans of impending strike http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304667878&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Police seal east Jerusalem room used for Hamas activities http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304673450&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Olmert: Hamas suffered serious blow at hands of my gov't http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304673946&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Clinton calls for independent Palestinian state http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67436 (Gaza) Human shields forced into the Gaza front line http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5636068.ece UN: Gazans killed in IDF school attack weren't inside building -- "Some 42 Gazans killed in IDF attack on UNWRA facility; IDF said militants fired at troops from inside" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1061189.html Hamas meets Egypt intelligence chief on Gaza truce http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090203/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazahamastruce_20090203164803 Hamas ready 'in principle' for truce -- "Group official Ahmed Abdel-Hadi says full opening of crossings a vital condition for yearlong cease-fire" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304673350&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (West Bank) Obama 'guarantees' West Bank withdrawal http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87860 (Lebanon) Israel to Lebanon: You will be held responsible for any Hezbollah attack -- "Warning comes after Counter-Terrorism Bureau issues high alert over concrete evidence of attack plans" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1061184.html Iran denies secret talks with U.S. -- "Iranian government has rejected any suggestion by President Obama that U.S. relations with Iran could improve, unless Washington is willing to make major policy changes, including a reduced military presence in the Middle East and the end of support for Israel" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87865 Iran says it sent own satellite into orbit http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_space -- Expert: Iranian launching capabilities cause for concern http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3666064,00.html -- France 'worried' about Iran satellite launch http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/03/europe/EU-France-Iran.php Iran's stalling tactics delay nuclear talks http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article5618908.ece (Saudi Arabia) Kingdom asks Palestinians to be realistic http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=118791&d=3&m=2&y=2009 (Somalia) "Moderate Islamists" take on hard-liners in battle for Somalia http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090203/wl_csm/oislamists_1 Somalia: Ethiopia Denies Re-Entering Country http://allafrica.com/stories/200902030570.html (Spain) 15 arrested in Spain over Al-Qaida links: reports -- "SER radio said the suspects were from North African countries" http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/15-arrested-in-Spain-over-Al_Qaida-links_-reports_49222.html http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2979966684 -- 13 arrested in Spain for international crime links http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_terror_arrests Azerbaijan: terror gang arrested -- "top security agency says agents arrested a group of Islamic radicals who allegedly tried to blow up a major oil pipeline before last year's presidential election" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/02/europe/EU-Azerbaijan-Terror-Plot.php (European Parliament) Assembly urges EU to take 45 Guantanamo inmates http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/03/europe/EU-EU-Guantanamo.php Kyrgyzstan closing US base key to Afghan conflict http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_kyrgyzstan_us_base_5 (Greece) Gunmen attack Greek police station in Athens http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090203/ap_on_re_eu/eu_greece_police_attacked Canadian's jihadi videos were free speech, not terrorism, court told -- Said Namouh http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090203.wtrial03/BNStory/National/home (Australia) Muslim cleric gets 15-year jail term in Australia terror case -- Abdul Nacer Benbrika http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Australia/10281648.html -- Seven jailed over terrorist plot http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25005516-5001021,00.html?from=public_rss -- Unrepentant leader sentenced to minimum of 12 years in jail http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25005113-2862,00.html?from=public_rss http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25005430-2702,00.html?from=public_rss http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/02/03/asia/terror.1-421702.php (Thailand) 2 Thai soldiers beheaded in south - in Pattani http://www.bt.com.bn/en/asia_news/2009/02/03/2_thai_soldiers_beheaded_in_south (Philippines) Red Cross kidnappers demand Philippine troops out http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20090202/tap-as-philippines-kidnapping-fe2a5de.html (Philippines) Ten Muslim separatist rebels surrender in southern Philippines http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/253938,ten-muslim-separatist-rebels-surrender-in-southern-philippines.html (Sri Lanka) 'Final elimination' of LTTE within reach: Rajapaksa http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Final_elimination_of_LTTE_within_reach/articleshow/4070956.cms North Korea 'ready to test long range missile' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5647653.ece Other News: (Egypt) Muslim Brotherhood's Sheikh Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Allah Imposed Hitler On the Jews to Punish Them – 'Allah Willing, the Next Time Will Be at the Hand of the Believers' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD222409 (Netherlands) Dutch React to Prosecution of Wilders -- "according to a poll by Maurice de Hond. 50 per cent of respondents oppose the ruling, while 43 per cent endorse it" http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/dutch_react_to_prosecution_of_wilders/ (Netherlands) AP: "Anti-Islam lawmaker appeals hate speech charges" -- Wilders "asked the Dutch Supreme Court to halt his prosecution on hate speech charges for anti-Islamic remarks" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/03/europe/EU-Netherlands-Hate-Speech.php (UK) Birmingham at heart of growth in Islamic finance http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/financial-business-news/2009/02/04/birmingham-at-heart-of-growth-in-islamic-finance-65233-22846652/ (UK) BBC payout to Muslim over charity cash libel -- Hanif Malik "has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages and his legal costs over a claim on Newsnight that Children in Need money was passed to the 7/7 bombers" http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/BBC-payout-to-Muslim-over.4939426.jp (U.S.) California: US bank denies Muslim woman service for wearing headscarf -- Navy Federal Credit Union in San Diego, California -- Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) calls for investigation -- Bank tells CAIR that "in the interest of security and safety for our members and employees - hats, hoods and sunglasses must be removed when entering the branch office" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/US_bank_denies_Muslim_woman_service_for_wearing_headscarf/articleshow/4070006.cms (Canada) Aqsa Parvez: dishonored, unmourned http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024693.php http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/02/killing-aqsa-again-.html (Jordan) Islamists criticize return of Jordan's envoy to Israel http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/254009,islamists-criticize-return-of-jordans-envoy-to-israel.html 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 (Indonesia) 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 Indonesia: Women prefer divorce to polygamy in Islamic courts http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2978152304 Saudi Arabia - Pastor Flees Death Threats http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5781&backpage=summaries (Canada) Niqab ruling raises legal, religious issues in Toronto court http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1245546 (Bangladesh) Ex- Bangladesh Official: Hitler Should Have Killed All the Jews -- Mohammad Asafuddowlah http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129753 (France) Strasbourg: Degree in Islamic finance http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/strasbourg-degree-in-islamic-finance.html http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/French-college-launches-Islamic-finance-degree-_49170.html France: Thief in headscarf cons jewelers http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7867229.stm (Greece) Athens: Muslims upset at mosque delays http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/athens-muslims-upset-at-mosque-delays.html Vatican: Pope calls on Muslims and Christians to work for peace in Turkey http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/ International Criminal Court (ICC) starts analysis of Gaza war crimes allegations http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/middleeast/090203-icc-gaza-war-crimes (Thailand) SET plans to launch shariah 50 index http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/02/03/business/business_30094878.php Commentaries: S-U-B-M-I-S-S-I-O-N -- by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/gaffney020309.php3 (UK) British police running from Muslim demonstrators, a Christian nurse facing the sack for offering to pray for a patient - this is the way a society dies - by Melanie Phillips http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1134042/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-British-police-running-Muslim-demonstrators-Christian-nurse-facing-sack-offering-pray-patient--way-society-dies.html (UK) Power to the Spokespeople -- by Douglas Murray http://www.standpointmag.co.uk/node/809/full http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024687.php The Inversion Of Human Rights http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/02/the-inversion-o.html Propaganda: (Turkey) Islamist Turkish PM Erdogan vows to fight anti-Semitism http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304672837&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Deepak Chopra: "A military solution to a war on terrorism is doomed" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/a-military-solution-to-a_b_163529.html --- December 30, 2008: Chopra: "The fact that inflamed feelings against America have goaded passive Muslims into active terrorism is more than a convenient metaphor" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/if-terrorism-is-a-cancer_b_154010.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/12/29/chopra122908.DTL&hw=deepak+chopra&sn=001&sc=1000 ---- Comment: But the challenge remains that the enemy is not "terrorism" or "terrorist tactics" alone. Rather the challenge is the Islamic supremacist ideology that inspires such tactics. Therefore Deepak Chopra wants to treat the "cancer" of terrorism, but has made the wrong diagnosis in the first place - this is what happens when the ideology of Islamic supremacism is not identified as the true threat. ----- See Also December 2, 2008: Mumbai Attacks: Deepak Chopra on CNN ----- Deepak Chopra: "if we do not appease and actually recruit the help of this Muslim world, we're going to have a problem on our hands." http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/king.chopra.mumbai/index.html?section=cnn_latest Against Nazi News: Women's role in Nazi crimes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/4447396/Revealed-womens-role-in-Nazi-crimes.html Vatican admits 'errors' over Holocaust denier http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/4446728/Vatican-admits-errors-in-rehabilitating-bishop-who-questioned-Holocaust.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5613739.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5649855.ece January 31, 2009 - February 2, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com February 2, 2009 Newslinks (Pakistan) NWFP: Sharia must be implemented in Malakand: PPP-S http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\02\story_2-2-2009_pg7_14 (Pakistan) NWFP: 16 Taliban killed in Swat operation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\02\story_2-2-2009_pg1_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants kill soldier, eight civilians in Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090202/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestswat_20090202113239 (Pakistan) Karachi blast kills one http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\02\story_2-2-2009_pg7_10 (Pakistan) PML-N leader shot dead in Haripur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\02\story_2-2-2009_pg7_3 (Pakistan) Balochistan: Police seek seized American UN worker in Pakistan http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD963J3CO7 (Pakistan) "Pakistan to prosecute 125 for Mumbai attacks" -- "But few if any of the major terrorist leaders India is asking Pakistan to prosecute are included on this list" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\03\story_3-2-2009_pg7_25 -- ABC: "Pakistan to Prosecute Mumbai Suspects" http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6780628&page=1 Pakistan says Mumbai jihad attacks planned in Europe http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024681.php (India) 'Bodies of Pak terrorists not to be buried' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\03\story_3-2-2009_pg7_46 (Afghanistan) Suicide attack kills 18 policemen in Afghanistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090202/wl_afp/afghanistanunrestpolice_20090202081126 (Afghanistan/Iran) NATO says members may use Iran for Afghan supplies http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090202/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_nato;_ylt=AmpAuLDBIM9WYnmGNKtvYBZvaA8F (Afghanistan) Contractors get millions to rebuild Afghanistan; results sparse http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/business/109125.php (India J&K) Jammu woman files rape complaint against four LeT guerrillas http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/461662 (Iraq) Obama says most U.S. troops in Iraq home within a year http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090202/ts_nm/us_obama_iraq_4 (Gaza) Israel rules out Hamas contacts, threatens force http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD963KH702 -- Hamas leader thanks Iran for help in Gaza fight http://www.fox40.com/pages/landing_world_news/?Hamas-leader-thanks-Iran-for-help-in-Gaz=1&blockID=201726&feedID=24 Israeli strike kills Gaza militant, strains truce http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090202/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians_1018 Israel slams UN 'provocation' at Erez http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233304663715&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Senior Democrat Snubbed by Iran in Outreach Bid - Chairman of House Committee on Foreign Affairs tried to meet top Khamenei aide http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123352824260337327.html (U.S.) Justice Dept. Under Obama Is Preparing for Doctrinal Shift in Policies of Bush Years http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/02/us/politics/02justice.html (U.S.) CIA Director: Al Qaeda is Job 1 of Top 10 Security Challenges in 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/02/cia-director-al-qaeda-job-security-challenges/ (U.S.) David Cohen: Leader of New York's Antiterror Squad http://www.newsweek.com/id/182526 (U.S.) Gitmo detainees seek refugee status in Canada http://www.nationalpost.com/rss/story.html?id=1245520 (U.S.) NSA helped uncover 1973 NYC bombing plot -- "Khalid Al-Jawary, a Black September terrorist, placed two car bombs along Fifth Avenue and one near Kennedy Airport" -- Al-Jawary "scheduled to be released Feb. 19 after serving only about half his 30-year prison sentence" -- intercepted communication on bomb plot "transmitted... using official Iraqi diplomatic communications in the U.S. He believed it originated at the U.N. Iraqi mission in New York" http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ihMjR5ZJmgVzwsI9g0IUUEfSnD8QD963K6F01 (UK/Pakistan) MPs to hear claims that Britain colluded in torture of suspects http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/02/torture-allegations-pakistan-terrorism-suspects Saudi Arabia: Militants urged to renounce violence and "return to normal life" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2980702289 -- Saudi issues wanted list of 83 militants overseas http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5296951/saudi-issues-wanted-list-of-83-militants-overseas/ (Algeria) Al-Qaeda figure surrenders in Algeria: reports - Ali Ben Touati http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090201/wl_africa_afp/algeriaunrest_20090201201340 (Somalia) 18 die in Somalia after bomb hits AU convoy: officials http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/03/2480536.htm?section=world Somalia: Al Shabaab Declare War On New President http://allafrica.com/stories/200902030187.html (Somalia) Lancing the boil of terror in Somalia - by Denny Avni http://www.nypost.com/seven/02032009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/lancing_the_boil_of_terror_in_somalia_153320.htm Somali Journalist: Shabab Al-Mujahideen Has 'Pledged Allegiance to a Man Hiding in a Cave' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD222309 (Yemen) Two Al-Qa'ida Suspects Arrested after Oil Blast http://www.yemenonline.info/news-1011.html (Yemen) What does Al-Qaeda Want in Yemen? http://www.yemenpost.net/66/Opinions/Editorial2008.htm (Libya) Dismay as Gadhafi chosen to lead African Union http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090202/ap_on_re_af/af_au_gadhafi;_ylt=Akj5MGS8pjYNc3QJRsI274JvaA8F Sweden launches al-Aqsa terror funds trial http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/02/Sweden_launches_al-Aqsa_terror_funds_trial/UPI-24821233594307/ Germany: al-Qaeda lives off donations, not bin Laden fortune -- "Aleem N's fund-raising in Germany" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/253853,germany-al-qaeda-lives-off-donations-not-bin-laden-fortune.html (Canada) Moroccan man’s terror trial begins in Montreal -- Said Namouh linked to Global Islamic Media Front (GIMF) and kidnapping video on Alan Johnston http://www.dose.ca/news/story.html?id=1245879 -- Quebec man made terrorist propaganda: Crown http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090202.wterrorsuspecttrial0202/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090202.wterrorsuspecttrial0202 -- Quebec terror suspect linked to BBC journalist kidnapping, trial hears http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1245619 (Canada) 'I feel bad,' says terror plot informant -- Mubin Shaikh http://www.thestar.com/article/580974 (Sri Lanka) 2 days of shelling on Sri Lanka hospital kills 11 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28964579/ (Sri Lanka) Lanka: Prabhakaran's mansion captured http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/South_Asia/Lanka_Prabhakarans_mansion_captured/articleshow/4067469.cms -- Lanka violence kills 55, nine die as shells hit hospital http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/South_Asia/Lanka_violence_kills_55_nine_die_as_shells_hit_hospital/articleshow/4066485.cms (Colombia) Deadly bomb blast hits near police post in Colombian city http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Colombia/10281352.html (Colombia) Red Cross says Colombia hostage release delayed http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gWbfNgB4cU_Ot9C2KIyRIXSPG-dgD963L3CO0 -- FARC rebels unilaterally free three Colombian hostages http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Colombia/10281472.html Other News: (U.S.) Another toy alleged to say hidden message http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=99613 (UK) Muslim dad told 10-year-old son to flog himself http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/rugby-town-news/2009/02/02/muslim-dad-told-10-year-old-son-to-flog-himself-92746-22833431/ (Bahrain) 30 women attend course on Sharia http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=241942&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=31320 February 1, 2009 Newslinks (Pakistan) NWFP: Residents flee Pakistani valley as PM vows peace http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD962VFH00 (Pakistan) NWFP: Clashes in Pakistan's Swat Valley kill 17 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD962S01O0 (Pakistan) 43 civilians die in Taliban crossfire http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/01/pakistan.taliban.attack/ (Afghanistan) Bomber in police uniform kills 21 Afghan officers -- Taliban claims responsibility for bombing in in Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Afghanistan/10281534.html http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/03/2480539.htm?section=world (Afghanistan) Suicide bomber hits foreign forces in Kabul http://www.theusdaily.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=645910&type=World (Afghanistan) 'The Taliban are closing in' http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090202/FOREIGN/908717842/1103/ART (Afghanistan) Two Afghan Children Killed in NATO-Taliban Firefight in Helmand http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aMATcCkb3Qy8&refer=asia (Afghanistan) UN says Afghan opium crop to shrink http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=9768030 (Iraq) US soldier dies in northern Iraq http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQNZ-iDlwjFMX9HrXgX7-7y-RuGQD962NRL81 (Iraq) Polls delay Iraq prisoner transfer http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jtp8sB3Ko2EDPp9Oy1iJOyJgdRQA (Hezbollah) Israel warns of 'concrete' threat of Hezbollah attack http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/253718,israel-warns-of-concrete-threat-of-hezbollah-attack.html Hamas rules out permanent truce under Gaza blockade http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/02/2479494.htm?section=world (Gaza) Two IDF soldiers lightly hurt as Gaza mortar shells hit Negev http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1060562.html (Gaza) Israel threatens respose to new militant rockets http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD962QI0G0 Israel 'hits Hamas Gaza target' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7863500.stm Israel urges Turkey rethink ties with Hamas, Iran http://uk.reuters.com/article/burningIssues/idUKTRE51010520090201 (Israel) Hezbollah terror attack warning issued http://jta.org/news/article/2009/02/01/1002682/hezbollah-terror-attack-warning-issued (Qatar) AP Analysis: Qatar at heart of Mideast 'cold war' http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090201/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_arabs_in_the_middle;_ylt=AgJjy9k45EQdpyZk1WORNHVvaA8F (US) Treasury's Levey Says He'll Stay in Anti-Terror Post http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a.zZepTq5m84&refer=us (US) 'War on terror' is fast losing the war of words http://www.gulfnews.com/world/U.S.A/10281150.html (UK) Police 'ran away' from jeering Gaza demonstrators -- "shows protesters chanting 'Allahu Akbar' (God is Greatest) and 'Fatwa', a death threat under Islamic law" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1133120/Police-ran-away-jeering-Gaza-demonstrators.html?ITO=1490 -- Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp-lwSe2llg&feature=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1hJbjNrBXs&feature=channel_page http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hyDRjdXCE&eurl=http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hyDRjdXCE& -- Blog Report http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/02/london-police-chased-by-demonstrators.html (Algeria) Al-Qaeda Figure Surrenders In Algeria - Reports -- "Ali Ben Touati, said to be a key leader of the Al-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM" http://www.easybourse.com/bourse-actualite/marches/al-qaeda-figure-surrenders-in-algeria-reports-607586 (Somalia) German operators of hijacked ship in contact with Somali pirates http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/253683,german-operators-of-hijacked-ship-in-contact-with-somali-pirates.html (Russia) Gunmen kill four in southern Russian cafe http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/02/01/europe/OUKWD-UK-RUSSIA-DAGESTAN-SHOOTING.php EU database 'vital to trace terrorists' http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/feb/01/european-criminal-database (N. Ireland) Update: Police destroy large bomb in Northern Ireland http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28951316/ (Philippines) Official vows to put end to kidnappings http://www.gulfnews.com/world/Philippines/10281184.html (Sri Lanka) Colombo: we will destroy LTTE shortly http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/02/stories/2009020250010100.htm -- Forces advance further and capture LTTE camp complex, weapons, assets http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/02/02/sec02.asp "Sri Lankan army facing restrictions" http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/02/stories/2009020254831000.htm Sri Lanka to resume offensive after "truce" lapses http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/COL45590.ht (Sri Lanka) LTTE names representative to contact world leaders http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Sri+Lanka+warns+diplomats,+media&artid=zWnyjXJ6dt0=&SectionID=oHSKVfNWYm0=&MainSectionID=oHSKVfNWYm0=&SEO=LTTE,+KARUNA,+SRI+LANKA,&SectionName=VfE7I/Vl8os= (Venezuela) Caracas synagogue attacked amid Israel spat http://uk.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUKN01305743 Other News: (U.S.) Washington State: One in 10 inmates behind bars turns to Islam --- "Mamiya estimates that about 10 percent of all prison inmates have converted to Islam. Using his estimate, about 1,800 of the state's 18,000 inmates would be Muslim" --- "A 2006 report by George Washington University and the University of Virginia found that tight-knit communities of Muslims in prison are ripe for radicalization, and could easily become terrorist cells" http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090201/NEWS01/702019905&news01ad=1 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024669.php --- November 6, 2006 - Bringing Prison Radicalization Out of the Shadows http://inside.gwumc.edu/medctr/news.cfm?view=news&d=3569 --- "Out of the Shadows: Getting Ahead of Prisoner Radicalization" http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/ciag/publications/out_of_the_shadows.pdf --- See also: ---- What's Hidden in the Shadows http://www.breakpoint.org/listingarticle.asp?ID=5628 ---- 2007 Brown Journal of World Affairs: "Radicalization: Behind Bars and Beyond Borders" http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/pubs/Brown%20Journal.pdf (U.S.) Obama says US can work with Muslims: Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090201/pl_afp/usoicobamadiplomacy_20090201213110 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/US_can_work_with_Muslims_Obama_tells_OIC/rssarticleshow/4065225.cms -- Obama pledge on OIC ties http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=270366&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 -- OIC Secretary General receives a letter from US President Obama; Washington to boost relations with OIC http://www.oic-oci.org/topic_detail.asp?t_id=1836 -- Obama cozies up to the principal enemy of free speech in the world today http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024676.php -- February 29, 2008: Jihad, Islamism, and U.S. Envoy to OIC - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/077.html Commentaries: Once more into the breach -- by Cal Thomas http://www.calthomas.com/index.php?news=2503 Al-hijra: The Islamic Doctrine of immigration: Accepting Freedom or Imposing Islam? -- Sam Solomon and Elias Al Maqsdisi http://pilcrowpress.com/alhijra.php January 31, 2009 Newslinks (Pakistan) Bomb kills three Pakistani soldiers in northwest http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200901311983.htm Pakistan may lose $1.5 billion financial aid from U.S. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200901312213.htm (Pakistan) PPP leader Malik Imtiaz killed in Lahore http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=67050 (Pakistan) Taliban warn army off aid work http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\31\story_31-1-2009_pg1_10 (Pakistan) Islam does not tolerate terrorism: Information Minister Sherry Rehman http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\31\story_31-1-2009_pg7_16 (Afghanistan) US-funded program to arm Afghan groups begins http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9623K280 -- New Afghan security unit to police dangerous areas http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-37764920090131 (Afghanistan) British soldier killed in Afghanistan http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE50T6PU20090131 (Afghanistan) Canadian Soldier Killed In Afghanistan http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_31543.aspx (India) Indian Maoists offer ceasefire: report http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hRNgWsYMhiCE9QWAWWZmyluIt6kQ (Iraq) US soldiers kill two Iraqi police in Mosul -- out of uniform policemen were killed “after they opened fire on coalition force members" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January607.xml§ion=middleeast&col= Iraqi Christians caught in middle of Mosul vote http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/31/news/ML-Iraq-Mosul-Christians.php (Israel/Iran) Netanyahu says Iran will not get hands on nukes http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/31/news/ML-Israel-Politics.php Gaza militants fire rocket at Israel, no injuries http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD96269S00 (Gaza) Hard-liners strengthened by Gaza war http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i5Smb-eREb_LNaeG8omxjVcNni2AD9629IGO0 (Gaza) Hamas needs to be part of peace process - Blair http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LV304174.htm (Gaza) Thousands of al-Qaeda supporters active in Gaza -- "Ynet learns that thousands of Global Jihad supporters currently active in Gaza Strip; most are Hamas, Popular Resistance Committees members who objected to lull, any kind of compromise, Gaza source says" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3664480,00.html Egyptian Islamic activist detained at Gaza border http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LV350313.htm Egypt installing cameras, sensors at Gaza border http://uk.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUKLV295423 (Iran) In Speeches This Week, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Discusses Holocaust, Saying 'Reexamining [The Holocaust] is Tantamount To Cutting the Vital Arteries of the Zionist Regime'; Tells Obama Administration: Withdraw U.S. Forces, Reexamine 9/11 – Which is Sealed Like the Issue of the Holocaust – And Apologize To Iran http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD222109 (Lebanon) Harb: Hizbullah Not Ready For a Serious Dialogue And Awaits Election Results http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/getstory?openform&B0C04F8AA038E667C225754F00694F90 (Lebanon) Al-Qaeda attacks Hezbollah for failing to defend Gaza http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2009/01/alqaeda_attacks.php (U.S./Canada) Judge's snub may affect Khadr case http://www.nationalpost.com/rss/story.html?id=1233384 (U.S.) Obama lets CIA keep controversial renditions tool http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=16&a=383104 (U.S.) Spencer: Defend free speech http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024625.php (U.S.) Report: "NY Post photographer attacked at pro-jihad rally; NYPD does nothing" http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/01/ny-post-photgrapher-attacked-at-projihad-rally-nypd-do-nothing.html (UK) Muslim population 'rising 10 times faster than rest of society' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5621482.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00478/table_478352a.jpg (Somalia) "Moderate Islamist" picked as Somali president http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/31/somalia.election.president/ (Austria) Survey: Most Austrians don't want Gitmo inmates http://www.bradenton.com/world/story/1194056.html German officials warn of attacks in election year http://in.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idINLV22733220090131 -- Terror Concern Rises in Germany http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,604954,00.html (Netherlands) Report: "Threatened anti-Wilders lawyer granted bodyguards" -- Gerard Spong -- "Populist right-wing MP Mr Wilders says he condemns any threats towards Mr Spong 'in the strongest possible terms.'" http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/local_news/-Threatened-anti_Wilders-lawyer-granted-bodyguards-_49127.html Northern Ireland: IRA dissidents' car bomb defused http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/31/europe/EU-NIreland-Car-Bomb.php (Indonesia/Malaysia) Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror group losing support, say analysts http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/17293-ji-terror-group-losing-support-say-analysts Sri Lanka deadline for civilian safe passage ends http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gVoaDFmbCYS-Usz9ACDRIengj21QD96270R80 Commentaries: Iraq's Elections: Pointing the Way to the Future or a Return to Oppression? -- by Walid Phares http://www.defenddemocracy.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11784536&Itemid=105 http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/01/31/phares_iraq_elections/ Propaganda: LA Times: "Hamas is a Mideast reality" -- by Fawaz A. Gerges http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-gerges31-2009jan31,0,4432297.story -- "Fawaz A. Gerges is a professor of Middle Eastern studies and international affairs at Sarah Lawrence College" January 30, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) Militants killed in southern Afghanistan - Kandahar province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1972257&Language=en -- Bomb network busted in Afghanistan: US coalition http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090130/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_20090130114234 (Afghanistan) Taliban commander's life mission: chase out "infidel Americans" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024632.php -- Abdul the Taliban, on the hunt for American 'infidels' -- reportedly supported by Pakistan and Iran -- "The orders come from our leaders in Pakistan" -- "The Iranian government and the Taliban may have little in common, but they shared virulent opposition to the United States" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090129/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunresttaliban_20090129062321 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gqe78--BO4GfD0XXC5vN8lzaxkWQ http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=159734 (Afghanistan) Security concerns delay vote http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/30/security-concerns-delay-vote/ (Afghanistan) Report: "Barack Obama abandons Afghan President Hamid Karzai" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4388351/Barack-Obama-abandons-Afghan-President-Hamid-Karzai.html (Pakistan) NWFP: One killed, eight abducted from Hangu http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\30\story_30-1-2009_pg7_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban allows girls' education up to fourth level - may lift ban on female education http://thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66937 --- Diary of a Pakistani schoolgirl (iii) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7861053.stm (Pakistan) NWFP: Nowshera - Man posing as Taliban commander threatens villagers http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=159805 (Pakistan) NWFP: "Troops advance as gunships pound Swat Taliban positions" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\30\story_30-1-2009_pg1_3 (Pakistan) NWFP: Malik - "New strategy delivering in Swat" - claims Taliban will be out of Swat in a few weeks - "He also said the policy of dialogue, development and deterrence would continue" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\30\story_30-1-2009_pg1_4 -- Malik names terror outfits behind insurgency http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/30/top1.htm -- Restoration of peace in Swat matter of days: NWFP MPA http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\30\story_30-1-2009_pg7_15 -- January 29, 2009: NWFP - "sharia would be announced in Malakand and Swat in a few days" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\24\story_24-1-2009_pg7_35 -- June 27, 2008: NWFP govt accepts Swat Taliban demands - "release all the Taliban prisoners in a few days" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=120780 -- June 24, 2008: NWFP - 'Talks with Taliban in few days' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\24\story_24-6-2008_pg7_21 (Pakistan) Pakistani Senate urges govt to bring back [Al-Qaeda suspect] Aafia Siddiqui -- Pakistan's "Interior Adviser Rehman Malik assured the Upper House that the government was making serious efforts for Dr Aafia's repatriation" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\30\story_30-1-2009_pg7_16 --- 'The Most Dangerous Woman in the World' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,593195,00.html --- had "liter of cynanide"... had in "her possession maps of New York, a list of potential targets that included the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the subway system, and detailed chemical-biological radiological weapon information" http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6275546 http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5710043&page=1 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban behead policeman, kidnap four Shia Muslims - North Waziristan's Miranshah http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Pakistan+%26+Sub-Continent&month=January2009&file=World_News2009013085039.xml Pakistan committed to root out terrorism: PM Gilani http://www.geo.tv/1-30-2009/33932.htm -- Force alone can't defeat terrorists, says Gilani -- calls for "development and dialogue" http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/30/top3.htm Pakistani PM Gilani: Most of tribal areas 'cleared of the terrorists' -- "Gilani made the claim despite Taliban control of North and South Waziristan, Arakazi, Khyber, Mohmand, Bajaur, and most of Kurram, as well as much of the Northwest Frontier Province. His chief adviser claimed government is in control of 98 percent of Bajaur" http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/01/pakistani_pm_most_of.php (Pakistan) Islam, or else --- "Christians in Pakistan face an upswing in violence from militant Muslims" http://www.worldmag.com/articles/14984 Pakistan: Nine suspects due to appear in court - Islamabad http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2967382446 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan envoy to UK suggests India faked Mumbai transcripts http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5617667.ece --- Diplomat: Mumbai attack not planned in Pakistan -- Wajid Shamsul Hasan, Pakistan's high commissioner to Britain http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/30/asia/AS-Pakistan-India.php (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak's new stint: Kasab may be dead http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Latest_from_Pakistan_Kasab_may_be_dead/articleshow/4048866.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak might prosecute some terrorists for Mumbai attacks: Report -- according to anonymous sources http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_might_prosecute_some_terrorists_for_Mumbai_attacks_Report/articleshow/4052483.cms http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/29/world/main4761797.shtml?source=search_story (India) Mumbai Attacks: Respond officially, not through media: India tells Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Respond_officially_not_via_media_India_to_Pak/articleshow/4054128.cms (India J&K) Hizbul Mujahideen militant arrested for '95 R-Day blast in Jammu -- Zahid Saroori http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Hizbul_militant_arrested_for_95_R-Day_blast_in_Jammu/articleshow/4052275.cms Iraq on high alert after killing of candidates http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6157280/Iraq-on-high-alert-after-killing-of-candidates (U.S.) IPT News: CAIR's True Colors -- "report shows the consistent support CAIR officials have shown for Hamas, Hizballah and other radicals and their refusal to condemn terrorist attacks and suicide bombings by those groups" http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/986 (U.S.) Military Judge Refuses to Halt Trial of USS Cole Bombing Suspect -- Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/29/military-judge-refuses-halt-trial-uss-cole-bombing-suspect/ -- Obama bid to suspend Gitmo proceedings hits snag http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_trials (U.S.) FOX News Poll: Gitmo and the War on Terrorism http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,485148,00.html (U.S.) Sept. 11 memorial to open on 10th anniversary http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_re_us/attacks_memorial US Envoy Mitchell Warns of Setbacks Ahead in Israel Gaza Peace Process http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-30-voa27.cfm Google Earth: Don't blame us for terrorist attacks http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5615916.ece --- Google Earth - a view to a kill? http://timesonline.typepad.com/technology/2009/01/google-earth--.html --- December 19, 2008: How Google Earth helped Mumbai attackers http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/How_Google_Earth_helped_terrorists/articleshow/3862879.cms --- December 9, 2008: Google Earth accused of aiding terrorists http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5311241.ece (UK) Exeter: Nicky Reilly, Muslim convert, jailed for 18 years for Exeter bomb attack http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5619151.ece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4399281/Exeter-bomber-Nicky-Reilly-jailed-for-life.html http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January1766.xml§ion=international --- Background on would-be nail-bomber Nicky Reilly aka Mohammed Rasheed http://britishjihad.com/blog1/2008/05/nicky_reilly.html (UK) Pro-Gaza protesters, police clash in front of Jewish student center http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1972241&Language=en (Iran) 'Obama not ruling out striking Iran' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050214567&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5614805.ece --- Iran cleric tells Obama 'Don't repeat Bush's warnings' http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January567.xml§ion=middleeast (Iran) Ex-Defense chief met with Tehran aide -- Former Defense Secretary William J. Perry http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/30/ex-defense-secretary-meets-with-tehran-aide/ Iran's stalling tactics delay nuclear talks http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/world_agenda/article5618908.ece Iran's Ahmadinejad to honour Lebanese militant Samir Kantar http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090129/wl_mideast_afp/mideastlebanonconflictkantar_20090129184026 -- July 23, 2008 - Al-Jazeera holds party for child murderer Samir Kantar http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215331062525&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- PA Glorifies Child-Murderer Kuntar http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126673 -- The World Should Know What He Did to My Family --- "Then he smashed my little girl's skull in against a rock with his rifle butt. That terrorist was Samir Kuntar." http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A2740-2003May17 Hizbullah: Nasrallah vows revenge for Mughniyeh http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050209948&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hizbullah: Obama same as Bush on Israel http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Obama_same_as_Bush_on_Israel_Hizbullah/articleshow/4049063.cms Egypt attacks Hezbollah chief Nasrallah as an 'Iranian agent' http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/253527,egypt-attacks-hezbollah-chief-nasrallah-as-an-iranian-agent.html Egypt arrests two armed Palestinians at Gaza smuggling tunnel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1060284.html (Hamas) Top Hamas leader in first public appearance since Gaza war: We are victors -- Khalil Al-Hayya http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1060281.html Hamas Leaders: 'The Gaza Victory Has Paved the Way to Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa, the Negev, and the West Bank'; PA Should 'Join What Your People Has Chosen – Jihad and Resistance'; 'We Will Continue Fighting Until the Occupation is Defeated on Palestinian Soil' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD221909 Hamas backs Erdogan over Davos walkout http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2968265661 Hamas Plans Feb. 5 Ceasefire http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129688 Gazans get aid, blame Hamas for situation http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3664302,00.html Gaza victims describe human shield use http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050211857&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel plans more pinpoint strikes against Hamas in Gaza -- "Security cabinet and IDF officials believe hostilities needed to show Israel won't ignore rocket attacks" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1060138.html (Israel) WND: "Obama 'friend': End of Israel 'within reach'" -- "Activist [Ali Abunimah] boasts 'Western support, complicity' starting to crack" http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87454 (Turkey) 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 (Turkey) 'Terrorist state' or not, Israel expected to sell drones to Turkey http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1060116.html (Turkey) Al Qaeda terrorist killed in clash with Turkish police in failed robbery http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/domestic/10886086.asp?scr=1 Yemen, already an al-Qaeda destination, plans Saudi-style "rehab" for ex-Gitmo inmates http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024635.php -- A nice safe haven for jihadists http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13041120 Morocco: Ex-Italian imam jailed for suicide attacks -- "former imam of the northern Italian city of Varese, Abdelmajid Zergout" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2967787843 Somali MPs to appoint new president amid insurgent battle http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/253462,somali-mps-to-appoint-new-president-amid-insurgent-battle.html Somali pirates hijack German gas tanker http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/29/news/Piracy.php (Mali) Al-Qaeda 'kidnapped Briton in Mali' -- "Salafists are offering enormous sums of money to any terrorist group who brings them white Westerners, but with the twin conditions that they are not American nationals and they are not captured on Malian territory" http://www.itv.com/News/Articles/AlQaeda-kidnapped-Briton-in-Mali-129577154.html Russia must not get involved in fight against Taliban - MP -- Bagdasarov: "Demonization of the Taliban plays into the American hand" http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090130/119892109.html (Philippines) Spate of kidnappings in Mindanao continues; midwife is latest victim -- by Abu Sayyaf when she went to deliver baby http://www.gmanews.tv/story/146492/Spate-of-kidnappings-in-Mindanao-continues-midwife-is-latest-victim (Thailand) OIC members to be lobbied; man loses legs in blast - in Yala http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/10683/oic-members-to-be-lobbied-man-loses-legs-in-blast (Thailand) Imam shot dead in front of his mosque in Pattani http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30094624/Imam-shot-dead-in-front-of-his-mosque-in-Pattani Indonesia Muslims stage Obama protest -- Hizb ut-Tahrir Indonesia http://www.globaltv.com/globaltv/saskatoon/story.html?id=1235111 Sri Lanka rules out cease-fire with rebels http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/30/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php North and South Korea stand on 'the brink of war' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/4397720/North-and-South-Korea-stand-on-the-brink-of-war.html Events: (U.S.) January 30, 2009: Blog Radio Friday 4 PM ET: Unto the Breach - Ali Sina on Free Speech Friday http://www.blogtalkradio.com/untothebreach/2009/01/30/Unto-the-Breach (U.S.) February 11, 2009 (Wednesday Night in week and half): Washington DC: "Homegrown Jihad: The Terrorist Camps Around U.S." will be premiering at the Landmark Theatre in Washington, DC on February 11, 2009 at 7:00 pm --- Press Release: http://www.christianaction.org/never-before-revealed-terrorist-training-video-exposes-35-compounds-on-american-soil.aspx --- I have confirmed that this will be a private screening at the E Street Cinema in Washington DC (555 11th Street NW; 202-452-7672) http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/WashingtonDC/EStreetCinema.htm (UK) March 7, 2009: International Women's Day in London - Sharia Law, Sexual Apartheid and Women's Rights http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/events.html http://www.onelawforall.org.uk/ Other News: (U.S.) Detroit: Broadcast angers Muslims -- Rev. Zakariah Boutros -- "Leaders want radio station to stop airing comments by priest they say defame Muhammad" --- Detroit News quotes Dawud Walid of CAIR http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090130/LIFESTYLE04/901300353/1041/rss11 (Pakistan) Mob tries to burn houses of Ahmadis in Layyah - after "blasphemy" allegation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\30\story_30-1-2009_pg7_2 (India) Comedian Raju Srivastav receives threatening calls from Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Comedian_Raju_Srivastav_receives_threatening_calls_from_Pakistan/articleshow/4051315.cms (Egypt) Christians Sent to Prison after Brutal Police Raid - cafe raided and beaten for offending Muslim sensibilities about Ramadan -- "judge on Jan. 22 sentenced them to three years in prison with hard labor for resisting arrest and assaulting authorities" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5780&backpage=summaries (U.S.) New York: Muslim man pleads guilty to trying to kill his sister because she was a "bad Muslim girl" -- but it wasn't an honor killing attempt http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024624.php http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021815.php http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090107/NEWS01/90107033/1002/NEWS (U.S.) Is Islam the light for Nintendo DS Baby Pals? http://www.joystiq.com/2009/01/28/is-islam-the-light-for-ds-baby-pals/ --- Indiana mother finds Islamic message in DS game Baby Pals http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/Mobile/Baby+Pals/news.asp?c=11223 -- per Christine Brim: -- Founder of Crave is from Iran: See here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crave_Entertainment: (UK) Muslim father who encouraged son to flog himself for religious ceremony escapes jail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1132382/Muslim-father-encouraged-son-flog-religious-ceremony-escapes-jail.html?ITO=1490 Indonesia: City mosques reject Islamic formalization http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2967010873 Spain to amend law in bid to prevent war crimes probes against Israel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059964.html (Iraq) Tikrit: Statue Dedicated to Bush Shoe-Thrower Unveiled in Saddam's Hometown http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,485055,00.html (New Zealand) Obama presidency 'ignites KKK' http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24984455-23109,00.html (U.S.) Thought things were bad? US survivalists await worse - Rawles http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090130/lf_afp/lifestyleussocietyeconomycrisis_20090130170357 Commentaries: The western front of the jihad against the Jews - by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3306141/the-western-front-of-the-jihad-against-the-jews.thtml Are we at war with terror or jihad? -- by Joseph Farah http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87432 Obama's Al-Arabiya Interview: A Naive Re-Branding of American Foreign Policy - by James Phillips http://www.heritage.org/Research/MiddleEast/wm2255.cfm Obama redefines war on terror http://features.csmonitor.com/politics/2009/01/29/obama-redefines-war-on-terror/ Charles Krauthammer: "In these most recent 20 years - the alleged winter of our disrespect of the Islamic world - America did not just respect Muslims, it bled for them" http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/krauthammer013009.php3 Propaganda: NYT Editorial Attacks Geert Wilders --- Ian Buruma: "One of the misconceptions that muddle the debate in the West over Islam and free speech is the idea that people should be totally free to insult. Free speech is never that absolute." http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/opinion/30buruma.html?em http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/29/opinion/edbaruma.1-418385.php -- See also Bruce Bawer's review of Ian Buruma book - article: "When worlds collide" http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2006/10/08/when_worlds_collide/ ---- "Buruma's prescription for his homeland? Dismayingly, he supports Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen's call for an 'accommodation with the Muslims,' including toleration 'of orthodox Muslims who consciously discriminate against their women.'" "44 Ways of Supporting Jihad : By Anwar al Awlaki" http://anikah.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/44-ways-of-supporting-jihad-by-anwar-al-awlaki/ January 29, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP proposes end to superior courts' role in Malakand -- "NWFP government has proposed setting up Federal Appellate Shariat Courts in Malakand whose verdict would be considered final" -- to accept TNSM's demands, acceptable to Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah, "for the sake of peace" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\29\story_29-1-2009_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) NWFP: Swat Taliban didn't even spare a former JUI-F lawmaker -- "Former MPA [Maulana Irfanullah] ordered to appear in Taliban Shariat court" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=159657 (Pakistan) NWFP: Minor among three killed in Swat http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66806 (Pakistan) NWFP: Eight bullet-ridden bodies found in Swat - dumped in Mingora http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\29\story_29-1-2009_pg1_3 (Pakistan) NWFP: Senators criticize government for deteriorating law and order in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\29\story_29-1-2009_pg7_43 (Pakistan) NWFP: Army has the will to crush militancy: Kayani http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/29/top4.htm --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) NWFP: Faceless Taliban rule http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KA30Df01.html (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban forbid tribesmen from cooperating with Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\29\story_29-1-2009_pg7_41 (Pakistan) FATA: Waziristan has become militants' hotbed: FC chief http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\29\story_29-1-2009_pg7_39 --- US resolve on test in Pakistan, says Mullen http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/29/top1.htm (Pakistan) FATA: USAID projects in FATA shelved over security http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\29\story_29-1-2009_pg1_6 (Pakistan) FATA: Clinton concerned over civilian deaths in US attacks http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\29\story_29-1-2009_pg1_9 (Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Pakistan seizes suspects in Danish Embassy attack --- nine suspects arrested - "men had traveled frequently to [FATA's] Waziristan" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/29/asia/AS-Pakistan.php (Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Two terror suspects arrested, explosives seized http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66807 Pakistan says 'three Indian spies' arrested http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/3_Indian_spies_arrested_claims_Pak/articleshow/4048268.cms (India) Two Harkat-ul-Jehad-al-Islami (HuJI) militants arrested in Assam http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Two_HuJI_militants_arrested_in_Assam/articleshow/4046992.cms (India) 3 powerful bombs found in Bihar cinema hall http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/3_powerful_bombs_found_in_Bihar_cinema_hall/articleshow/4047260.cms (India) Hundreds of Muslims from Azamgarh demand probe into Batla shootout -- "in which two alleged terrorists were killed" http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-83593.html (India) Assam: Two policemen, ULFA militant killed in Assam shootouts - not jihad-related http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Two_policemen_ULFA_militant_killed_in_Assam_shootouts/articleshow/4048505.cms?TOI_latestnews (India) Hindu organizations urge Muslim groups to issue fatwa against terrorism http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/29/stories/2009012952701100.htm (Iraq) Security averts bomb attack as Iraqi prime minister visits Mosul http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/253337,security-averts-bomb-attack-as-iraqi-prime-minister-visits-mosul.html (Iraq) Tortured and threatened with death, a Christian Iraqi man and his family flee their war-torn country to seek refuge in Sacramento -- "Invading militias distributed a letter to Christians, giving them one of four options: Pay money to Muslims, convert to Islam, leave their homes or be killed." http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=900123 Kuwait: 'Suspected Saudi Al-Qaeda recruiter arrested' http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2962058674 (U.S.) FBI Cuts Off Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Over Hamas Questions --- IPT refers to FBI Oklahoma City letter --- "In Washington, FBI spokesman John Miller said, 'We've certainly been in contact with CAIR chapters' about the un-indicted co-conspirator designation. 'The letter speaks for itself.'" --- "Letters with similar wording were sent in other states, people with knowledge of the matter said" http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/985 --- IPT copy of Oklahoma City FBI Branch's October 8, 2008 letter http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/238.pdf (U.S.) Former Gitmo Detainee Hailed as 'Fomenter of War' -- Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484829,00.html US general sees difficulties in closing Guantanamo -- U.S. Gen. John Craddock http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/29/europe/EU-Iceland-Guantanamo.php (U.S.) New US intel chief confirmed - Dennis Blair http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24979195-23109,00.html (Israel) Hamas Launches Rocket Attack; IAF Retaliates --- "The Color Red incoming rocket alert roused Sderot residents from their beds at approximately 6:00 Thursday morning, barely giving the sleepy civilians time to scramble into shelters before a short range ("Kassam") rocket slammed into the community" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129667 (Gaza) IDF wounds Gaza militant behind deadly attack on soldiers http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059827.html Gaza Terrorists Fire on Negev http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129664 "Hamas signals desire to talk to world" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050204193&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- "Hamas chief hints at new political organization" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2962791894 --- Carter: Israel must Negotiate with Hamas http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129669 (Iran) Revealed: the letter Obama team hope will heal Iran rift http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/28/barack-obama-letter-to-iran -- 'US drafts conciliatory letter to Iran' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050203297&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Lebanese Author Farid Salman: 'Obama Was Brought To Power By the Jews... Before They Establish the Semitic Middle East, They Want to Tear America to Shreds... Obama Will Be the Cause...' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD221809 Saudi Arabia: Police question prisoners over Al-Qaeda links http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2961579728 Jordan: Al Qaeda-linked group accused in attack on choir -- "the charge sheet stated that the men decided to unleash their anger against Christians in Jordan after they heard word of a young Christian man sending mobile phone messages profaning Islam's prophet Muhammad" http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2009/01/jordan-an-al-qa.html (Somalia) At least 5 killed in Somali fighting http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66784 http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=30091 --- Somalis vie for presidency, Islamists fight http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5289939/somalis-vie-for-presidency-islamists-fight/ Somalia: Al-Shabaab is to Face Resistance http://allafrica.com/stories/200901290402.html Somalia: Ahlu Sunna Takes Control of Provincial Town http://allafrica.com/stories/200901290583.html (Germany) Suspects in German plot to be tried in March -- Islamic Jihad Union's (IJU) Fritz Martin Gelowicz, Daniel Martin Schneider and Adem Yilmaz -- "A court says that three men charged in connection with a foiled 2007 plot to attack U.S. and German targets in central Germany will go on trial in late March." http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/29/europe/EU-Germany-Terror-Trial.php --- September 2007 reports on plot http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/044.html http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/045.html (Germany) A German Islamist Rises up al-Qaida's Ranks -- Bekkay Harrach --- Harrach: "'Some Muslims shy away from calling Christians and Jews infidels,' he lectured, yet Allah has 'clearly stated' this in the Koran" http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,603752,00.html --- New extremist video threatens Germany http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/New-extremist-video-threatens-Germany-_49062.html Uzbek Group Linked To Video Terror Threat Against Germany http://www.rferl.org/Content/Uzbek_Group_Linked_To_Video_Terror_Threat_Against_Germany/1375902.html (Turkey) Erdogan to Obama: Redefine terror in ME http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050208220&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Turkey) Al-Qaeda Suspect Shot Dead In Istanbul - Report http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090129\ACQDJON200901291043DOWJONESDJONLINE000570.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Al-Qaeda%20Suspect%20Shot%20Dead%20In%20Istanbul%20-%20Report EU anti-terrorism chief: EU, U.S. need time on Guantanamo http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE50S38X20090129?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews (Thailand) 4 soldiers wounded in South bomb -- Yala -- "blast occurred when the group of soldiers were patrolling in the Muang district to ensure safety for teachers, who were using that road to come to school" http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/136055/4-soldiers-wounded-in-south-bomb (Philippines) President Arroyo orders setting up of Shariah courts to solve Muslim conflicts http://www.gmanews.tv/story/146547/Arroyo-orders-setting-up-of-Shariah-courts-to-solve-Muslim-conflicts (Philippines) Govt sees Feb resumption of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) talks http://www.gmanews.tv/story/146487/Govt-sees-Feb-resumption-of-MILF-talks (Philippines) Basilan mayor, 3 others slain in ambush -- in Albarkah -- news report says motive unclear -- "It was also in Albarkah where 14 Marines were killed in an ambush by Moro rebels in July 2007. Ten of the soldiers were later beheaded." http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090129-186302/Basilan-mayor-3-others-slain-in-ambush --- "Basilan is a known hideout of al-Qaeda-linked Islamist Abu Sayyaf rebels" http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090129\ACQRTT200901290829RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0671.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Mayor,%20companions%20shot%20dead%20in%20Philippines (Philippines) Red Cross sticks to no-ransom stand http://www.gmanews.tv/story/146054/Red-Cross-sticks-to-no-ransom-stand (Sri Lanka) Lankan forces seize crude submarine from LTTE http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lankan_forces_seize_crude_submarine_from_LTTE_/articleshow/4048344.cms?TOI_latestnews Other News: (Netherlands) Send a Post Card to the Dutch Minister for Justice -- regarding Geert Wilders http://theflamingblog.com/2009/01/28/send-a-post-card-to-the-dutch-minister-for-justice/ (Netherlands) Video: Geert Wilders Speaks about the Islamization of Europe on Glenn Beck http://theflamingblog.com/2009/01/24/geert-wilders-speaks-about-the-islamisation-of-europe-on-glenn-beck/ (Pakistan) Lahore: Four Ahmadi children charged with blasphemy http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\29\story_29-1-2009_pg7_5 (Pakistan) Lahore: Police foil marriage of minor girl with old man -- wedding was underway to marry 12 year old to 70 year old http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\29\story_29-1-2009_pg7_22 (U.S.) Chilean Terra News Report (translated from Spanish): Controversy by doll and videojuego with message islamist http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.terra.cl%2Factualidad%2Findex.cfm%3Fid_cat%3D303%26id_reg%3D1111647&lp=es_en&btnTrUrl=Translate (UK) Lord Ahmed threatens Parliament into submission -- in response to House of Lords' member plan to invite Geert Wilders and screen Fitna -- reportedly planned to "threatened to mobilise 10,000 Muslims to prevent Mr Wilders from entering the House and threatened to take the colleague who was organising the event to court" http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2009/01/lord-ahmed-threatens-parliament-into.html --- UK parliament calls off screening controversial film Fitna http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\24\story_24-1-2009_pg7_44 --- "Lord Ahmed termed the decision as 'a victory for the Muslim community'" http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65842&Itemid=2 (UK) Hiscox and Groupama in Islamic insurance launch http://www.postonline.co.uk/public/showPage.html?validate=0&page=post_login2&url=%2Fpublic%2FshowPage.html%3Fpage%3D836912 (UK) BMB Islamic picks up top Sharia award http://ftadviser.com/FinancialAdviser/Mortgages/Products/News/article/20090129/fc17101a-e70a-11dd-bc23-00144f2af8e8/BMB-Islamic-picks-up-top-Sharia-award.jsp (UK) PriceWaterhouseCooper Maintains Blog on Sharia Finance for Guidance http://pwc.blogs.com/islamicfinance/2009/01/conventional-and-shariah-compliant-mortgages.html (UK) Cambridge: Study of Muslim women in Europe http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/cambridge-study-of-muslim-women-in.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Muslim_women_feel_secure_in_Europe/articleshow/4045189.cms -- Report http://www.kingbaudouinfoundation.org/publication.aspx?id=241206&LangType=1033 (Spain) Israel officials face war crimes probe in Spain http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059964.html -- "Seven Israelis may be charged with 'crimes against humanity' for 2002 assassination of Hamas terrorist Salah Shehadeh" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050208767&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Tajikistan: Blanket Ban on Islamic Movement Raises Questions -- reported ban on Salafis http://www.iwpr.net/?p=rca&s=f&o=349581&apc_state=henh (Algeria) ABC Report: U.S. Islamic Convert Leading CIA Station Investigated for Sexual Assault http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6750266&page=1 -- Comment: no doubt will be used by Islamic supremacists for further propaganda against U.S. --- For example: Daily Telegraph's report headline http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/algeria/4377232/CIA-chief-in-Algeria-accused-of-drugging-and-raping-Muslim-women.html Commentaries: 20 or 30 Years Ago? by Max Boots -- on Obama's comment "the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there's no reason why we can't restore that" http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/boot/52431 Jerusalem Post: Obama's Islamist challenge -- "He must inevitably conclude Iran, Hamas, Hizbullah need to be defeated" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050198526&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- January 28, 2009 - Al-Arabiya Journalist Reflects On Obama Interview ----- "He doesn't put Hamas and Hezbollah in the same category as al-Qaeda" http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/alarabiya_journalist_reflects.php Here's hoping -- by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/gaffney012909.php3 Jailed For An Insult? by Robert Spencer http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30422 Restricting freedom of speech - by Brian Kernan http://media.www.thesantaclara.com/media/storage/paper946/news/2009/01/29/Opinion/Restricting.Freedom.Of.Speech-3603317.shtml The Jihadi Brothers -- by Thomas Joscelyn http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/01/the_jihadi_brothers.php UCLA: Symposium of Hate Toward Israel -- by Rachel Neuwirth http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2387/pub_detail.asp SCF Journal Entry - 1/28/09 - A Shout Out to California --- Gary Johnson on the AmeenHousing Co-op structure http://unitedagainstislamicsupremacism.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/scf-journal-entry-12809-a-shout-out-to-california/ Beware the 'Stealth Jihad' -- by Joseph Farah http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87309 Fjordman reviews Spencer's Stealth Jihad http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/01/atlas-exclusive-fjordman-reviews-spencers-stealth-jihad.html Propaganda: "Any U.S.-Iranian dialogue will have to be rooted in a word Obama favors: respect" -- Roger Cohen http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/28/opinion/edcohen.php Against Nazi News: German Far-Right Hails Holocaust Denier Williamson http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,603770,00.html January 28, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Al-Qaeda) Iraq: 'Al-Qaeda video' recruits snipers to avenge Gaza -- images of Pope Benedict and Saudi king in video -- Message: "If you feel that your heart is being squeezed and you are sorry about what is happening to Muslims, become a sniper and learn how to become one. Then approach God's enemy and his closest prophet and put a bullet in his heart or head and you will see how much better you feel." -- "'Fight them and Allah will punish them by your hands, lay them low, and cover them with shame. He will help you over them and cool the chests of the believers,' said the video, quoting Sura number 9 verse 14." http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2960143613 (Al-Qaeda) In Al-Jazeera Website Interview, Al-Qaeda in Arabian Peninsula Emir Hints at WMD Attacks http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD221609 (Pakistan) "Muslims under the leadership of Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat ud-Dawa will conquer all South Asia! Nobody can stop us from fighting India!" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024610.php -- Note: Bloomberg article on this disappears ?? http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aF44YOpTiIJk# http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search;_ylt=A0WTTkiDe4BJmCABoy.y87UF;_ylu=X3oDMTBhNjRqazhxBHNlYwNzZWFyY2g-?fr=sfp&ei=UTF-8&p=Pakistan%E2%80%99s+Crackdown+on+Militants+Leaves+Imams+Preaching+Jihad (Pakistan) Growing Taliban clout threatens Pakistani government http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0128/p99s01-duts.html ---- See also: June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Government serious in Shariah enforcement: District Coordination Officer (DCO) --- in Swat Valley's Mingora http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=159485 (Pakistan) Video: Taliban campaign targets schools for girls in Pakistan http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=11747339&ch=4226714&src=news (Pakistan) NWFP: 7 militants among 18 killed in Swat http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66719 -- "Pakistan vows to restore order in Swat Valley" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/28/asia/AS-Pakistan.php (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan: U.S. must halt drone attacks http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/28/davos.pakistan.pm/index.html?section=cnn_latest -- Pakistan's Zardari calls on U.S. to boost aid http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090128/wl_nm/us_pakistan_usa_zardari_1 -- Pakistan calls for closer US cooperation http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090128/wl_sthasia_afp/usmilitarygatesqaedapakistan_20090128153024 (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan: Former minister urges downing of US drones -- former interior minister, Lt. Gen. Hamid Nawaz http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2959735133 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid_Nawaz_Khan --- February 7, 2008: Deal possible with Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud: Hamid Nawaz http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\02\07\story_7-2-2008_pg1_4 (Pakistan) Report: "Pak completes initial probe into Mumbai attacks" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66714 --- Pakistan claims Mumbai attack planned outside country http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_claims_Mumbai_attack_planned_outside_Report/articleshow/4043895.cms --- Probe report to be shared with India soon, says Zardari http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/28/top2.htm --- LeT responsible for Mumbai attacks: German police chief http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=6dd9ae51-b29d-4bef-b233-0b854179e953&&Headline=LeT+responsible+for+Mumbai+attacks%3a+German+police+chief Taliban calls on Obama to reverse Bush's 'satanic policies' http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090128/pl_afp/uspoliticsdetentionafghanistaniraqmideast_20090128001012 Pakistan PM Gilani: US Afghan policy has been a failure http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66702 (Afghanistan) New U.S. troops set to fight Taliban around Kabul http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090128/wl_nm/us_afghan_troops_4;_ylt=AiNcOwCjWFlVCXR0OCIbxV8BS5Z4 (Afghanistan) U.S. Fights Information War With Taliban -- CBS interviews NATO's General David McKiernan to provide Taliban with more propaganda http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/27/eveningnews/main4758305.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_4758305 --- Same NATO General McKiernan who merely identifies enemy as "bad guys," can't pinpoint reason for Islamic supremacist terror, and calls for "political solution" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#McKiernan -- KUNA: "NATO admits responsibility for 100 civilian deaths in Afghanistan" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971942&Language=en (Afghanistan) India has key role to play in Afghanistan: U.S. Joint Chiefs Admiral Mullen -- saying also "it is important to engage Iran" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66707 Afghanistan, Pakistan bear the brunt of bombings: Iraq no more main target http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/28/top6.htm Iraqi civilian killed, three others injured in violent incidents -- "An Iraqi Official told KUNA that unidentified gunmen opened fire at the civilian killing him instantly in Shorja district northern Kirkuk. He added that three civilians were injured in a bomb explosion in central Mosul." http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971897&Language=en Iraq: Sectarian Clashes Flare Up Again http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43671 (India) Mumbai attackers should be tried in International Court of Justice (ICJ): US lawmaker http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_attackers_should_be_tried_in_ICJ_US_lawmaker/articleshow/4043556.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_attackers_should_be_tried_in_ICJ_US_lawmaker/articleshow/4043556.cms (India J&K) Report: "LeT commander Hamza killed in encounter" --- "Lashkar-e-Taibas (LeT) commander in Baramulla (in Jammu and Kashmir) Abu Hamza was killed" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971904&Language=en (Gaza) Israeli Warplanes Pound Gaza Tunnels http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484025,00.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050191648&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) PLO Executive Committee Secretary Yasser Abd Rabbo Accuses Hamas of New Atrocities Against Fatah Members in Gaza http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD221709 (Israel) Jerusalem: Al-Qaeda would blow up 'Christ's burial site' says Israeli election favorite Netanyahu http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4373478/Al-Qaeda-would-blow-up-Christs-burial-site-says-Israeli-election-favourite-Netanyahu.html --- 'Jerusalem division will lead to Iran base' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050195933&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas captives tell Shin Bet: We used Gaza mosques to hide arms, for training http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059456.html --- After offensive, posters of dead sell well in Gaza http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/27/news/ML-Gaza-Militants-Hangout.php Hamas urges Obama to correct 'mistakes' of predecessor http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66713 (Iran) Ahmadinejad Demands Apology for U.S. 'Crimes' http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484105,00.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050195062&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Ahmadinejad urges US to withdraw forces - from across the world http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66693 -- IHT: "Iranian leader offers ambiguous response to Obama's overture" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/28/mideast/diplo.3-417841.php (Iran) Clinton amplifies a conciliatory tone toward Iran http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/28/mideast/diplo.2-417672.php (Iran) Israel Air Force chief: Diplomatic efforts to prevent nuclear Iran 'unsuccessful' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3663415,00.html Iran arms ship released by U.S. Navy now 'sailing to Syria' -- "The boat was initially believed to be carrying arms destined for Hamas, though sources say the weapons will likely be delivered to Hezbollah." http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059336.html (Syria) "French legislator: Assad asked Hizbullah to show restraint during Gaza offensive" -- comments during trip to Syria http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3663495,00.html Hizbullah attack against Israeli target in Europe foiled http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1233050197638 http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/breaking-hizbullah-terror-attack-in.html -- January 21, 2009: Hizbullah Plots Against Israel in Azerbaijan and Sinai Thwarted http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129552 Egypt FM: Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran cooperate to provoke conflict http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059565.html (U.S.) South Carolina Pipe Bomb Trial: Terrorist Suspects Ask to Represent Themselves -- Georiga Tech student Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee http://www.11alive.com/rss/rss_story.aspx?storyid=126201 (U.S.) Fort Dix Conviction Aftermath: Fort Dix defendant regrets 'lies' -- Mohamad Shnewer -- "In the recordings, Shnewer made numerous chilling statements about jihad and his desire to launch an attack on the military" http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20090128_Fort_Dix_defendant_regrets__lies_.html http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1148394&srvc=rss (U.S.) Sept. 11 memorial is taking shape at ground zero http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_us/attacks_memorial (U.S.) Loophole allows terrorist detentions -- "the Central Intelligence Agency still has options if it wants to hold terrorist suspects for several days at a time" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/28/obama-order-allows-short-term-cia-sites/ US judge OKs holding Taliban cook at Guantanamo -- Ghaleb Nassar Al Bihani http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050197404&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Voters Give Mixed Reviews to Closing of Guantanamo Prison http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/20090128/pl_rasmussen/gitmoclosing20090128 (U.S.) White House "Agenda" on Homeland Security http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/homeland_security/ --- Comment: More of the Tactical-Centric, War on Extremism Approach UK Security Minister: Gaza has 'set back' anti-terror fight -- Alan West: "We never used to accept that our foreign policy ever had any effect on terrorism. Well, that was clearly bollocks." http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090128/wl_uk_afp/mideastconflictgazasecuritybritain -- Gaza fueled extremism - minister http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7855108.stm -- 'Rubbish!': Security minister's verdict on Tony Blair's approach to foreign policy ---- "He added that the Government was still struggling to understand the causes of extremism in this country." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1130079/Rubbish--Security-ministers-verdict-Tony-Blairs-approach-foreign-policy.html -- Minister for terror: Gaza will fuel UK extremism http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/28/terrorism-uk-gaza -- Guardian: "Straight-talking fomer seaman doing his best not to rock the boat" http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jan/28/profile-lord-west-of-spithead --- **NOTE** this is same UK "security" minister who has called for talks with Al-Qaeda --- March 16, 2008 - BBC: Not talking to al-Qaeda 'silly' -- Security Minister West http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7299888.stm --- See also: August 31, 2008: British Government Efforts against "Extremists" Ignores Jihad and Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/759 --- More on Alan West http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T05 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/UK_Strategy_Sources.htm#003 (UK) Sun front-page story on 'terror target' Sir Alan Sugar under investigation http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/28/sun-story-on-alan-sugar-investigated (UK) Birmingham-based Islamic Relief charity has delivered Ł2 million in aid to victims of the Gaza conflict http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/29/birmingham-based-islamic-relief-charity-has-delivered-2-million-in-aid-to-victims-of-the-gaza-conflict-97319-22804166/ -- December 31, 2008: Birmingham-based Islamic charity appeals for Ł2million for victims of Gaza bombings - Islamic Relief Worldwide http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/12/31/birmingham-based-islamic-charity-appeals-for-2million-for-victims-of-gaza-bombings-65233-22579224/ --- Jeffrey Imm: Islamic Relief Worldwide Group Linked to Jihadist Organizations http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/003.html http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6625 --- 2006: Israel: British national arrested for assisting Hamas http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+and+Islamic+Fundamentalism-/British+national+arrested+for+assisting+Hamas+29-May-2006.htm (UN IAEA) ElBaradei nixes interview with BBC -- "IAEA head says corporation's failure to air Gaza aid appeal 'violates rules of basic human decency.'" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050194429&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia) Islamic Militants Cut Off Convicted Thief's Hand http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,484187,00.html Tunisian court jails 22 on terrorism charges: lawyer http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090128/wl_nm/us_tunisia_trial http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n168882 (Uganda) UN finds 100 killed by rebels http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24978443-23109,00.html Germany Says New Islamist Video Underscores Militant Threat http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=a.hr4snngt.g&refer=germany France hands over wanted ETA suspect to Spain http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/France-hands-over-wanted-ETA-suspect-to-Spain_49049.html (Northern Ireland) IRA terrorist families could be given Troubles cash payments, sparking angry clashes http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/4373172/IRA-terrorist-families-could-be-given-Troubles-cash-payments-sparking-angry-clashes.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/4372721/IRA-terrorists-families-should-get-same-compensation-as-victims.html (Canada) Toronto 18 Trial: Canada court upholds media blackout in terrorism trial http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2009/01/canada-court-upholds-media-blackout-in.php (Canada) British Columbia Ferries need armed guards: Terrorism expert http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=1224596 (Philippines) Muslim rebels attack villages in Philippines, two wounded -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) wound teenage girls http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/253062,muslim-rebels-attack-villages-in-philippines-two-wounded.html Philippine official visits Red Cross workers held by kidnappers http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090128/world/philippines_attacks_kidnap_icrc_lead_4 (Sri Lanka) Official: 250 civilians die in Sri Lanka clashes http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28892154/ --- UN: staff came under fire in Sri Lanka 'safe zone' http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/28/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (U.S.) How Al-Arabiya Got the Obama Interview -- "Unprompted, Obama spoke about his own Islamic connections, noting that some of his family members are Muslims and that he had lived in the largest Muslim country, Indonesia" http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090128/wl_time/08599187437900;_ylt=AseL55ta8P_sXJiLM6pFWwFH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTE5MGwzcXRvBHBvcwM1BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDaG93YWwtYXJhYml5 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1874379,00.html?iid=tsmodule http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1834628,00.html --- Al-Arabiya Journalist Reflects On Obama Interview ----- "He doesn't put Hamas and Hezbollah in the same category as al-Qaeda" http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/01/alarabiya_journalist_reflects.php U.S. Consulate Mistakenly Sells Secret Files in Jerusalem http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,483478,00.html Saudi Arabia - Authorities Arrest Christian Convert Hamoud Bin Saleh http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5779&backpage=summaries Doha Debates: "Audience split over threat of political Islam" -- 51 percent reject comment that "This House believes that political Islam is a threat to the West" http://www.thedohadebates.com/news/item.asp?n=3775 http://www.thedohadebates.com/index.asp (Israel) Video: Jerusalem Conference: "Appeasement Encourages Arab Terrorism" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/TV/?act=one&id=3115 (Israel) Clash of Civilizations: Is Israel at War with Islam? --- "Professor Shlomo Avineri: 'The struggle is not with another civilization. It is not with Islam. We have no war with Islam.'" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129654 (Sweden) Rosengard 'growing more radical http://www.thelocal.se/17210/20090128/ Commentaries: United Nations forbids defaming religion, specifically Islam -- by Nat Hentoff http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/hentoff012809.php3 'TIME Running Out' against Israel' -- by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129643 Against Nazi News: Vatican: Pope rejects Holocaust denial http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2959735164 Swiss bishops warn traditionalists on Holocaust denial -- "They underlined that the rebel 'bishops' remained suspended even though their excommunication was lifted." http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Swiss-bishops-warn-traditionalists-on-Holocaust-denial--_49031.html Propaganda: (Iran) Video: Harry Potter and the Zionist conspiracy http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/Page/VideoPlayer&cid=1194419829128&videoId=1233050192571 January 27, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP Surrender: Pakistan tribesmen demand peace talks -- meeting organized by Jamaat-i-Islami in Multan -- "Pakistani tribal elders today urged the government to stop military operations against Taliban militants in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan and to start peace talks" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24973826-23109,00.html ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: School burnings in Swat can't be stopped, says minister http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\28\story_28-1-2009_pg7_23 (Pakistan) NWFP: Government fiddling as Swat burns: Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\28\story_28-1-2009_pg7_18 (Pakistan) NWFP: ANP admits govt has lost its writ in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\27\story_27-1-2009_pg1_3 (Pakistan) NWFP: Heated debate in Pakistan National Assembly over govt's Swat claims -- "at least one member of an allied party disputed Interior Adviser Rehman Malik's optimistic picture" -- regarding Malik's claims that things will improve in a few weeks, National Assembly members call them "lies" -- "'It is all lies that are being told,' Pir Haider Ali Shah, a member of government ally Awami National Party (ANP) from the North-west Frontier Province, shouted to interrupt Mr Malik." http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/27/top2.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: 19 people kidnapped for ransom from Peshawar this month -- "many notorious criminals have joined the ranks of militants" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\28\story_28-1-2009_pg7_20 --- NWFP MPA's uncle abducted http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\28\story_28-1-2009_pg7_13 (Pakistan) NWFP: US envoy hands over $1.5m security gear to Frontier Corps -- United States Ambassador to Pakistan remains Anne W Patterson http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=159255 (Pakistan) NWFP: 'Army getting jammers for Taliban radio' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\27\story_27-1-2009_pg1_4 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) NWFP: Report: "12 Taliban killed in Darra Adam Khel operation" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\28\story_28-1-2009_pg1_6 (Pakistan) Insurgents roam free on Afghan-Pakistan border: IISS -- Security forces 'unable or unwilling' to act http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\28\story_28-1-2009_pg7_14 (Pakistan) Zardari: 'Taliban won't be allowed to impose their agenda' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\27\story_27-1-2009_pg1_1 (Pakistan) FATA: Girls' school blown up in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\28\story_28-1-2009_pg1_5 (Pakistan) FATA: US drones fly over Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\28\story_28-1-2009_pg1_2 -- Drone attacks to continue: US http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\28\story_28-1-2009_pg1_1 (Pakistan) FATA: Zardari seeks Europe help to end US strikes http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66590 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\28\story_28-1-2009_pg1_3 (Pakistan) FATA: Troops target Taliban positions in Bajaur Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\27\story_27-1-2009_pg7_8 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak to respond to Indian dossier on January 29 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_to_respond_to_Indian_dossier_on_January_29_/articleshow/4038203.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Understanding Pakistan's response to Mumbai http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/26/stories/2009012650570800.htm -- Tracing "the slow transformation of the Pakistani state itself into an instrument of the jihadist agenda" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024599.php (Pakistan) US anti-terror aid for Pakistan cut by $50m http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\27\story_27-1-2009_pg7_11 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/US_deducts__55m_from_terror_aid_to_Pakistan/articleshow/4035847.cms (Pakistan) US strikes in Pakistan will continue: Gates http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66583 http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66591 (Pakistan/India) Pakistan Doubts over ‘Pakistani terrorists’ killed by India http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\28\story_28-1-2009_pg7_6 (India/Pakistan) RDX being smuggled into India with cement from Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/RDX_being_smuggled_with_cement_from_Pak/articleshow/4038689.cms (India) Security stepped up at UP railway stations following threat call -- "Security has been stepped up at all railway stations in UP after a caller from Saudi Arabia claimed that four terrorists are on a mission to blow up trains and stations in Delhi, Gujarat and Mumbai" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Security_stepped_up_at_UP_railway_stations_following_threat_call/articleshow/4037754.cms (India) Terrorists are 'animals': SC judge http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists_are_animals_says_Supreme_Court_judge_/articleshow/4038562.cms (Afghanistan) NATO chief calls for regional approach on Afghanistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971516&Language=en --- NATO losing battle against the Taliban, says IISS http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4355718/Nato-losing-battle-against-the-Taliban-says-IISS.html --- Afghanistan enters 'critical period' as NATO's role is considered http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4362637/Afghanistan-enters-critical-period-as-Natos-role-is-considered.html Afghanistan is "greatest" US military challenge: Gates http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Afghanistan_is_greatest_US_military_challenge_Gates/articleshow/4038834.cms?TOI_latestnews http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28871683/ -- October 17, 2008 - Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism - Gates Comments http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Gates (Afghanistan) Taliban caught off guard, weapons found http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/01/27/Taliban_caught_off_guard_weapons_found/UPI-35731233093272/ Afghan roadside bomb attacks up sharply http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/26/Afghan_roadside_bomb_attacks_up_sharply/UPI-94511232975843/ (Iraq/Afghanistan) Obama to soon get Pentagon report on Iraq, Afghans must lead on security http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971711&Language=en (Iraq) Deadly car bombing strikes north -- "near the 14th headquarters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in eastern Mosul" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2955840946 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971699&Language=en Iraqi forces arrest 30 militants, dismantl 25 bombs http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971642&Language=en (Iraq) Gunmen attack, burn ballot station before Iraq vote http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January512.xml§ion=middleeast -- Al-Qaeda attacks threaten Iraq vote: army http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090127/ts_afp/iraqvote_20090127203031;_ylt=AkldTPQzgSskT6mGvRrOAAoHS5Z4 (U.S.) Pentagon: Gitmo prisoner releases not fail safe http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090127/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_al_qaida -- U.S. Defends Transfers as Ex-Detainees Vow Terror http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012602151.html (U.S.) 'Jihadi rehab' possibility for post-Gitmo -- "One option that may be considered is Saudi rehab program for captured extremists" http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/27/saudi.jihadi.rehab/index.html (U.S.) Liberty City Six: Jury selection begins in Florida terror retrial http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090127/ap_on_re_us/terrorism_investigation US inauguration terror threat debunked http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/27/america/NA-US-Terror-Threat.php (UK) July 7 Bomb Trial: British Muslim 'starred in video with ringleader of 7/7 attacks' -- "Court hears that Mohammed Shakil made a promotional video with the ringleader of the July 7 attacks to raise money for jihad" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5601084.ece (UK) Gaza donations double after DEC aid appeal screened http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article5599384.ece (UK) Moves to ban radical Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamist group in UK http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED27%20Jan%202009%2020%3A08%3A30%3A897 (Gaza) IAF strikes Gaza after IDF soldier killed near border http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059156.html http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129631 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643759070&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090127/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians;_ylt=AoFc7DjbX_vFiRq.b02LUXLuOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTE5M2lmMGJwBHBvcwM0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDZGVhZGx5Ym9tYmlu --- IDF: Hamas didn't carry out attack – but is responsible ----- pro-Iranian Islamist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda calling itself the 'Jihad and Tawhid Brigades' claimed responsibility for the attack http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3662806,00.html 'Israel has the right to self-defense' -- Hillary Clinton http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050188140&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) U.S. to let Hamas patrol Gaza smuggling routes? -- "Washington negotiating agreement that could grant legitimacy to terrorist group" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87236 Hamas: Our chief '100 percent fine' -- "Denies reports top leader in Gaza [Mahmoud Al-Zahar] injured during Israeli operation" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87257 Hamas Back in Business, Fatah Pushes Reunification http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129627 -- New terrorist HQ: Civilian apartments http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87171 Hamas insists it will not free Israeli soldier as part of Gaza truce http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4344594/Hamas-insists-it-will-not-free-Israeli-soldier-as-part-of-Gaza-truce.html 'Israel warned Syria during Gaza op: If Hizbullah attacks we'll attack you' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050186282&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Saudi Arabia) Time Magazine defends Jihad "rehab center" -- states merely that "recidivism of Shihri, Ousi and the nine rearrested men suggests that the program needs some tinkering" http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1874278,00.html?xid=rss-topstories (Lebanon) Free Lebanese Armenian Movement founder shot in Bourj Hammoud http://nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=77275 (Iran) 'Uranium For Iran Nuke In 2009' http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Nuclear-Weapon-From-Iran-Within-A-Year-Expert-Says-Country-Will-Have-Enough-Uranium-For-Warhead/Article/200901415211260 --- Iran could have ability to build nuclear bomb by 2010, study warns http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/4362989/Iran-could-have-a-nuclear-bomb-by-2010-study-warns.html --- Iran expecting 'concrete' changes under Obama http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January515.xml§ion=middleeast --- Clinton: Iran Has 'Clear Opportunity' to Cooperate With International Community http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/27/clinton-iran-clear-opportunity-cooperate-international-community/ Iran condemns EU for delisting terror group http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/27/iran.eu.terror.group/ (Egypt) To Mark 'Holocaust Holiday,' Egyptian Cleric Amin Al-Ansari Revises History, And Comments On Footage of Prisoners Being Tortured in Dachau, Mauthausen, and Belsen, Saying: 'This Is What We Hope Will Happen But, Allah Willing, at the Hand of the Muslims' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD221509 Yemen: Three arrested over US embassy shooting http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2955110352 (Yemen) Sixteen al-Qaeda suspects await trial http://www.yobserver.com/local-news/10015659.html (Yemen) U.S. Embassy warns U.S. citizens after al-Qaeda threats in Yemen http://www.newsyemen.net/en/view_news.asp?sub_no=3_2009_01_26_7625 Somali Islamists prepare to rule by Shariah in Baidoa -- "'We shall make changes in the town and will rule by Islamic law,' Shebaab spokesman Sheikh Muktar Robow Mansoor told hundreds of people in the stadium" http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=269266&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21 (Somalia) Insurgents seize city housing Somalia's parliament - update on take over of Baidoa http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643759101&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=6626907&rss=rss-wabc-article-6626907 -- Insurgents seize seat of Somalia's parliament http://www9.gmanews.tv/story/146165/Insurgents-seize-seat-of-Somalias-parliament Somalia: Baidoa Capture Puts Pressure Transitional Federal Government (TFG) http://allafrica.com/stories/200901270735.html (Bahrain) Terrorism charges in Bahrain http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=269290&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 Germany reportedly threatened in Islamist video -- Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) video http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/252997,germany-reportedly-threatened-in-islamist-video.html Indonesia seeks access to Guantanamo terror suspect Hambali Riduan Isamuddin http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090127/wl_asia_afp/usattacksguantanamoindonesiahambali (Philippines) Mayor: 2 hurt in MILF attack in N. Cotabato http://www.gmanews.tv/story/146170/Mayor-2-hurt-in-MILF-attack-in-N-Cotabato Philippines: Army 'closing in' on abducted Red Cross aid workers in south http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2955409610 (Thailand) 3 killed in South: police -- 2 in Pattani, 1 in Narthiwat http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/136025/3-killed-in-south-police -- Buddhist couple killed in Pattani http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30094286/Buddhist-couple-killed-in-Pattani (Sri Lanka) Rebels lose last key town to Sri Lankan troops http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/27/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (Sri Lanka/U.S.) 2 plead guilty on eve of NY terrorism trial http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-30/123308847389100.xml&storylist=simetro Sri Lanka says it has captured 2 rebel bomb plants http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=848566&lang=eng_news Other News: (U.S.) Obama tells Arabic network US is 'not your enemy' -- interview with Al-Arabiya news channel -- "Obama said the U.S. had made mistakes in the past but 'that the same respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there's no reason why we can't restore that.'" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090127/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_obama_mideast;_ylt=Ah8fHC2oLOxkP.8P7fkE2X3uOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTE5b25nOW84BHBvcwMzBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcmllcwRzbGsDb2JhbWF0ZWxsc2Fy http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/01/27/obama-gives-tv-interview-arabic-network/ --- JihadWatch: Obama: "My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024594.php --- Full text transcript of interview: ---- "you will I think see our administration be very clear in distinguishing between organizations like al Qaeda -- that espouse violence, espouse terror and act on it -- and people who may disagree with my administration and certain actions, or may have a particular viewpoint in terms of how their countries should develop." http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20090127113605/Obama%27s%20Interview http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/26/obama-al-arabiya-intervie_n_161127.html --- President to Muslim World: "Americans are not your enemy" http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog_post/PresidenttoMuslimWorldAmericansarenotyourenemy/ (U.S.) On Arab TV, Obama makes overture to Muslims http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/27/america/arabs.4-417226.php http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/world/middleeast/28arabiya.html?em Muslim leaders praise Barack Obama's break with Bush but criticize him over Israel -- India J&K's Omar Abdullah, Afghanistan's Haji Din Mohammed, Pakistan's Khalid Khawaja, Egypt's Gamal Abdel Gawad http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4361097/Muslim-leaders-praise-Barack-Obamas-break-with-Bush-but-criticise-him-over-Israel.html Saudi hails Obama's stance towards Arab world -- Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January517.xml§ion=middleeast (U.S.) Indiana: Video game plays strange message -- "Rachel said she bought the Nintendo game, Baby Pals, as a gift for her 8-year-old daughter after a good report card. She had no idea the game also contained the hidden message 'Islam is the light.'" http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/strange_news/offbeat_wthi_terrehaute_islam_is_the_light_nintendo_0126200921532177991 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBjBAhjgA4o&eurl=http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/&feature=player_embedded (U.S.) Advocacy Groups Play Out India-Pakistan Dispute on Capitol Hill http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20090126/pl_cq_politics/politics3018179 (Pakistan) Man kills mother on suspicion of illicit relations http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=159308 Pakistan's Islamic Banks Plan to Open 230 New Outlets in 2009 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=a43GbwgA3HdE&refer=india Egypt - Judge Tells of Desire to Kill Christian -- for freedom of conscience -- Egyptian judge "said to her, 'Nobody changes from Muslim to Christian – you are a Muslim,' Tawfiq said. And she said, 'No, I am a Christian.' He told her, 'If I had a knife now, I would kill you.'" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5778&backpage=summaries Italy: Hundreds of girls at risk of genital mutilation says MP -- "Every year in Italy there are 600 children, daughters of immigrants, that are at risk of infibulation and it all happens in total silence" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=3.0.2955494885 Swedish city cancels Holocaust event http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643759716&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Belgium: Charges dropped on Israel-Nazi comparison http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/belgium-charges-dropped-on-israel-nazi.html (Turkey) Cartoons illustrate lack of press freedom in Turkey http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/090127-Turkey-cartoonists (Norway) Oslo: Muhammad most popular boy's name http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/oslo-muhammad-most-popular-boys-name.html (Bosnia) Muslim woman fined over church incident http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=269238&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21 (U.N.) Israel's envoy to the UN, Gabriela Shalev: Holocaust began with words http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3662779,00.html Indonesia: Christian party criticises Muslim edict -- "only a Muslim could become president of the country" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2954865948 Indonesia: Islamic group attacks Muslim "excessive" edicts http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2954865948 (U.S.) White House plan puts bull's-eye on talk shows http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87172 Commentaries: Defying Islamic Supremacism - We Are All Geert Wilders Now - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/123.html Prosecuted for Stating Truths -- by Nonie Darwish -- on Geert Wilders http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=87668C51-09B4-4B5F-92DE-60D20897831F Our World: Defending freedom's defenders -- on Geert Wilders http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643755770&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull Guantanamo's manipulators leading the new Jihad -- by Walid Phares http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/01/guantanamos_manipulators_leadi.php National Security Court? We Already Have One - by Bill West --- regarding Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC) http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/984 Muslims in America, The Series -- Kathy Shaidle http://www.rightsidenews.com/200901273452/homeland-security/muslims-in-america-the-series.html http://www.fivefeetoffury.com/ Saudi School Textbooks Incite to Hatred and Violence -- by Dr. Sami Alrabaa http://www.faithfreedom.org/2009/01/27/saudi-school-textbooks-incite-to-hatred-and-violence/ Genocide Henchman Leading Muslim Outreach to Obama - by Patrick Poole -- on Abubaker Ahmed al-Shingieti and American Muslims for Constructive Engagement (AMCE) http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/genocide-henchman-leads-us-muslim-outreach-to-obama/ Against Nazi News: Auschwitz survivors gather to mark Nazi death camp's liberation http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059158.html Host of UN Holocaust memorial skips event after U.S. Jews threaten walk-out -- President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann "has repeatedly made virulently anti-Israel statements" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059161.html (U.N.) Israel's envoy to the UN, Gabriela Shalev: Holocaust began with words http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3662779,00.html Propaganda: Iran: Holocaust is big lie http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3662696,00.html -- Envoy: US wants direct talks with Iran on atom work http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3662273,00.html -- Official Iranian News Agency Criticizes the West's Harassment of Convicted and Alleged Holocaust Deniers http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD221309 (Egypt) To Mark 'Holocaust Holiday,' Egyptian Cleric Amin Al-Ansari Revises History, And Comments On Footage of Prisoners Being Tortured in Dachau, Mauthausen, and Belsen, Saying: 'This Is What We Hope Will Happen But, Allah Willing, at the Hand of the Muslims' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD221509 Carter: No Palestine, catastrophe for Israel -- "Carter confirmed that he and his Carter Center aide, American University Prof. Robert Pastor, met with the exiled leader of Hamas, Khaled Mashaal, on Dec. 14 in the Syrian capital Damascus" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643757420&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Can Islam Save The Economy? by Nathan Schneider http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/economy/803/can_islam_save_the_economy (U.S.) Olbermann Suggests Gitmo Inspired Innocent Ex-Detainee to Become Al-Qaeda Leader http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2009/01/26/olbermann-suggests-gitmo-inspired-innocent-ex-detainee-become-al-qaed (Afghanistan) Stratfor: "The Taliban ruling Afghanistan is not a threat to the United States, so long as intense counterterrorist operations continue there" -- by George Friedman http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20090126_strategic_divergence_war_against_taliban_and_war_against_al_qaeda --- Tell Stratfor what you think about Friedman's comments https://www.stratfor.com/contact?type=responses&subject=RE%3A+Strategic+Divergence%3A+The+War+Against+the+Taliban+and+the+War+Against+Al+Qaeda January 26, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Pakistan's Swat Valley: 'The Land of The Terrorists' http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6731636&page=1 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: 6 killed, several hurt in Swat violence http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66439 (Pakistan) Interior Ministry Adviser Malik: Govt fighting Taliban to protect country --- "he said the situation in Swat is not good where he said bodies are being hanged to trees" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66431 (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistani Daily: "More People Have Been Killed in [Taliban-Led] Violence... In the [Swat] Valley Than In The Israeli Onslaught on Gaza" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD221009 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban not to be allowed to set up parallel courts: PM Gilani http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Jan09/26/06.htm --- January 11, 2009 - NWFP: Taliban running parallel courts in Swat ----- "Locals say more than 70 Taliban courts functional in valley" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\11\story_11-1-2009_pg7_22 (Pakistan) NWFP: ANP's Asfandyar to accept "Afghania" as NWFP new name http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66442 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill Pakistan 'spy': Security official - in North Waziristan's Datta Khel area --- "Taliban militants shot dead a man and severed one of his hands in Pakistan's lawless northwest tribal region, accusing him of spying for the United States" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_kill_Pakistan_spy_Security_officia_/articleshow/4032677.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\27\story_27-1-2009_pg7_2 (Pakistan) Karachi: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) threatens to stage demo along NATO supply routes http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=159054 (Pakistan) Muslims asked to unite for rights -- Gaza conference calls on Muslims to defeat "anti-Islamic elements" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=159074 (Pakistan) ABC: "Obama to CIA: Bombs Away! No Let Up in US Drone Attacks" http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6718124&page=1 (India) Maoists set 20 vehicles on fire in Chhattisgarh http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Maoists_set_20_vehicles_on_fire_in_Chhattisgarh/articleshow/4032565.cms (Afghanistan) Taliban turning to more 'complex' attacks http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090126.wafghan26/BNStory/Afghanistan/home (Afghanistan) Five civilians, 13 Taliban killed in Afghanistan: police http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090125/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest_20090125135434;_ylt=Ap_xx.96xbT83Nnh4lh2nkcBS5Z4 (Iraq) Eight Iraqis injured in two blasts in Mosul http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971378&Language=en (Iraq) Police: Roadside bombs kill 6 Iraqi soldiers http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2009-01-08-iraq-bomb_N.htm?csp=34 (Iraq) W. Baghdad blast injures 11 people http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971283&Language=en Iraqi PM says US troops could pull out before deadline http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090126/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusmilitarymaliki_20090126143732 Gaza War Crimes: Hamas Terrorists Tried To Hijack Ambulances http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129608 (Gaza) Top EU official: Hamas fully responsible for Gaza war http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643751651&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058891.html Hamas vows to continue arming militants http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24963125-23109,00.html Hamas offices in Gaza resume operations -- "dozens executed for allegedly cooperating with Israel" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3662178,00.html Hamas insists it will not free Israeli soldier as part of Gaza truce http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4344594/Hamas-insists-it-will-not-free-Israeli-soldier-as-part-of-Gaza-truce.html Hamas will swallow Fatah in proposed unity partnership http://www.upi.com/news/issueoftheday/2009/01/26/Hamas_will_swallow_Fatah_in_proposed_unity_partnership/UPI-93061233002623/ (Hamas) Carter: Hamas Can be Trusted http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/159877 US envoy won't meet with Hamas, stop in Syria ME trip http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643756664&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Saudi Arabia) 'Betty Ford' Islamic militants arrested in Saudi Arabia -- "nine Saudi Islamic militants, including former Guantanamo inmates, have been rearrested in the Kingdom despite completing a controversial rehabilitation program" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5591235.ece (Iran) U.S. wants direct talks with Iran on atomic work http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058892.html Iran MPs plan Gaza visit to praise Hamas resistance against 'Zionist offensive' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058835.html "Iran produces radar-undetectable aircraft" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971233&Language=en (Lebanon) Hezbollah criticised for failing to attack Israel http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2949927230 (U.S.) Liberty City Six: 3rd trial looms for alleged Sears Tower plotters http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_re_us/terrorism_investigation http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-terrorism-investigation,0,4797418.story (U.S.) Zacarias Moussaoui's Attorneys Ask Court to Invalidate Guilty Plea http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012601584.html?hpid=moreheadlines --- Court hears 9/11 conspirator's appeal in Va. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_re_us/moussaoui_appeal (UK) Yusuf Islam performs song for Gaza (aka Cat Stevens) http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/entertainment&id=6624848&rss=rss-wabc-article-6624848 --- Yusuf Islam and Salman Rushdie http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015294.php --- May 23, 1989: Cat Stevens Gives Support To Call for Death of Rushdie http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-cat.html?_r=6&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=login&oref=slogin&oref=login (UK) BBC and Sky News Refuse to Air 'Give to Gaza' Clips http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129612 (Al-Qaeda) MEMRI: "Video Message from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Commanders - Among Them Former Guantanamo Detainees" --- Deputy Emir of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and Former Guantanamo Prisoner: We'll Continue Jihad Until "We Set Up an Islamic State and Establish a Caliphate... And Until the Law of Allah Is Implemented" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD221109 (Somalia) Islamist fighters seize Somali government seat - Baidoa, Somalia http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/26/somalia.takeover/index.html?iref=mpstoryview http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/6150751/Islamic-rebels-attack-Somali-government-seat http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-26-voa50.cfm Yemen: Gunshots fired near US embassy http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/26/news/ML-Yemen-Embassy-Shooting.php http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/4350037/Gunmen-open-fire-outside-US-embassy-in-Yemen.html (Yemen) US Embassy in Yemen receives threat of attack http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_embassy_threat Yemen Court Confirms Death, Jail Sentences On Shiite Rebels http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090126\ACQDJON200901260855DOWJONESDJONLINE000213.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Yemen%20Court%20Confirms%20Death,%20Jail%20Sentences%20On%20Shiite%20Rebels Sudan native recounts slavery http://www.northjersey.com/news/northernnj/Sudan_native_recounts_slavery.html (Estonia) Islamic extremism a concern for Estonian Security Police http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles/22190/ EU takes Iranian group off terror list http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643755087&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull EU backs Guantanamo closure but wary of accepting inmates http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090126/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamoeudiplomacy Philippines seeks foreign help in MILF peace talks -- President Arroyo cites Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in helping to revive talks http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=233338 Sri Lankan forces capture LTTE's last bastion Mullaittivu http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971253&Language=en (Sri Lanka/U.S.) 2 plead guilty in NY terrorism case http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-29/1232974747302110.xml&storylist=simetro Other News: (U.S.) Atlanta, Georgia: Man Accused Of Killing Daughter For Family Honor -- 25-year-old Pakistani woman Sandeela Kanwal strangled by father with a bungee cord because she wanted a divorce http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99616128&ft=1&f=1012 Denmark: Brother arrested for threatening to kill sister http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/denmark-brother-arrested-for.html (Netherlands) Sheikh Yasin pleased Wilders to be prosecuted -- "The US Muslim leader Sheikh Yasin has said he is glad that Freedom Party (PVV) leader Geert Wilders is to be prosecuted" http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/local_news/Sheikh-Yasin-pleased-Wilders-to-be-prosecuted_48952.html Sweden: Muslim mob attacks peaceful pro-Israel rally, chants "Hitler! Hitler! Hitler!" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024586.php http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024579.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo8NWA7Cszk&eurl=http://www.jihadwatch.org/&feature=player_embedded France: New Muslim Women's Magazine http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/france-new-muslim-womens-magazine.html Belgium: Flemings afraid of Islam http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/belgium-flemings-afraid-of-islam.html (UK) Muslim Council of Britain Boycotts Holocaust Memorial Day Again http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/01/26/muslim-council-of-britain-boycotts-holocaust-memorial-day-again/ --- Guardian "news brief" (scroll down) http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jan/26/5 (UK) Scottish Islamic Foundation (SIF) tightens stranglehold over Scottish Muslims --- SIF's Osama Saeed promotes caliphate, Sharia law, censorship -- seeks UK govt funds to promote http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/01/26/scottish-islamic-foundation-tightens-stranglehold-over-scottish-muslims/ (Philippines) United Nations group creates website to "educate" journalists on Muslim Mindanao -- UNESCO http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5828&Itemid=50 http://www.muslimmindanao.ph/ Turkish Jews fearful of anti-Semitism after Gaza http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090126/lf_nm_life/us_turkey_antisemitism_1 --- March 19, 2005: 'Mein Kampf' becomes bestseller in Turkey http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43380 Commentaries: 2009: A year to defend free speech. Or lose it. by Geert Wilders & Robert Spencer http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ODBhOTYyZWYzYjQ2MDUxOWI2OTU2YTY4Yjc2ZmFlMTk= Can the Koran be compared to 'Mein Kampf'? by Manfred Gerstenfeld http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643755752&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (UK) The charities are guilty, not the BBC - by Andrew Roberts -- "The Corporation is right not to run the Gaza appeal. Oxfam and others are clearly anti-Israel" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5586716.ece (UK) The Muslim Council of Britain's disgusting decision to boycott Holocaust Memorial Day - by James Forsyth http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/3292011/the-muslim-council-of-britains-disgusting-decision-to-boycott-holocaust-memorial-day.thtml Nihilism and the Assassination of the Soul - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/122.html Against Nazi News: (United Nations) Anti-Israel priest to open Shoah memorial service http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3661985,00.html Vatican: Cardinal slams bishop for Holocaust denial http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2950184337 -- Vatican: comments by Holocaust denier unacceptable http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/26/europe/EU-Vatican-Jews.php January 25, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Al-Qaeda) Experts: Al-Qaeda launched propaganda campaign against Obama http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3661653,00.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/24/AR2009012401703.html http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/25/Al-Qaida_ramps_up_anti-Obama_rhetoric/UPI-12411232886977/ Iraqi government reports capture of senior al-Qaeda figure -- Ismail Abdessattar al-Rubai http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1455497.php/Iraqi_government_reports_capture_of_senior_al-Qaeda_figure__Roundup__ (Afghanistan) Obama administration warns public to expect rise in US casualties http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/25/obama-airstrikes-pakistan (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat Taliban summon politicians to sharia court -- "Fazlullah says 43 ‘wanted’ people, including ministers and MPs, will be killed or arrested" -- "Announces amnesty for those who have stopped opposing Taliban" --- NWFP: Pakistan Taliban commander summons dignitaries in its 'court' ----- "Pakistani Taliban commander Maulana Fazullah has directed over 50 dignitaries, including provincial and federal lawmakers, of the troubled Swat valley to appear in his "court" with their families within a week." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_Taliban_commander_summons_dignitaries_in_its_court/articleshow/4029949.cms http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/01/swat_taliban_summon.php --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban releases hit-list of Pakistani politicians http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_releases_hit-list_of_Pakistani_politicians/articleshow/4030550.cms -- The taliban hit-list http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\26\story_26-1-2009_pg1_2 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban radio spreads terror in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\26\story_26-1-2009_pg1_11 (Pakistan) NWFP: Eight militants killed in northwest Pakistan: Official http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Eight_militants_killed_in_northwest_Pakistan_Official/articleshow/4030000.cms -- Taliban commander Nur Bakhtair along eight militants killed in Swat http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/01/25/3938183.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Police: Bicycle bomb kills 5 in northwest Pakistan - Waziristan's Dera Ismail Khan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/26/asia/AS-Pakistan.php (Pakistan) Report: "Pakistan Takes Over Main Center of Alleged Mumbai-Linked Charity" --- Lashkar-e-Taiba's Jamaat-ud-Dawa http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482704,00.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Jamaat_headquarters_brought_under_Pak_govt_control/articleshow/4029983.cms (Pakistan) US will attack Pak if it had intelligence: Biden http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_may_attack_Pak_if_it_had_intelligence_Biden/articleshow/4031919.cms (India) Security high for India's national day parade http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090126/wl_asia_afp/indiarepublicdaymilitary Indian police kill 2 suspected Pakistani militants -- near New Delhi -- identified as Farooq and Abu Ismail http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090125/ap_on_re_as/as_india_alleged_terrorists -- India claims killing two LeT men near Delhi http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/26/top4.htm -- Pakistani terrorists killed, terror attack foiled near New Delhi http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1971031&Language=en -- Noida encounter linked to Pak-based terror: India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Noida_encounter_linked_to_Pak-based_terror_India/articleshow/4030177.cms (India J&K) Two Hizbul militants killed in J&K encounte http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Two_Hizbul_militants_killed_in_JK_encounter/articleshow/4029895.cms (U.S.) 9/11 Families Urge Obama to Continue Guantanamo Terror Trials -- "Three families of firefighters killed on 9/11 want a commitment from Obama to prosecute suspects involved in 2001 attacks" http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/25/families-urge-obama-continue-guantanamo-terror-trials/ (U.S.) A new Pentagon report may complicate Obama's plans for Gitmo http://www.newsweek.com/id/181453 (U.S.) Issue of terrorists' rights to test Obama's pledge http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090125/ap_on_go_pr_wh/guantanamo_politics Hamas vows to continue arming militants http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24963125-23109,00.html (Hamas) Report: "Hamas offers Israel a one-year truce in Gaza" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4339797/Hamas-offers-Israel-a-one-year-truce-in-Gaza.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643746219&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Palestinian Court to Execute 'Spy for Israel' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129604 (Israel) FM Livni: Israel should strike Hamas again to halt arms smuggling http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058556.html Highest anti-Semitism rates in 2 decades -- "Notable spike in anti-Semitic incidents, Israel-Nazi comparisons coincides with IDF Gaza op" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643745524&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058555.html (Venezuela) Chavez providing aid to Hamas and Hezbollah, says new book -- "Authors allege that Chavez has been providing Islamist militias with arms training and safe refuge" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058676.html (Iran) Update: U.S. Navy intercepts Iranian arms vessel http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87102 Iranian TV: Heat-seeking air-to-air missile test-fired successfully http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643745083&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia) Ethiopia completes Somalia pullout http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-81499.html http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/25/ethiopia-withdraws-last-troops-somalia/ (Yemen) Two Al-Qaeda loyalists dead, one from Saudi Arabia http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1227&p=local&a=2 (Yemen) Over 300 Yemenis volunteered for Jihad in 2008, al-Qaeda statement http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/01/over-300-yemenis-volunteered-for-jihad-in-2008-alqaeda-statement.html http://www.yobserver.com/front-page/10015613.html (Philippines) Grenade explodes at Iglesia ni Cristo compound in Cotabato http://www.gmanews.tv/story/145802/Grenade-explodes-at-Iglesia-ni-Cristo-compound-in-Cotabato (Philippines) Bomb explodes near Sarangani cell site http://www.gmanews.tv/story/145789/Bomb-explodes-near-Sarangani-cell-site (Philippines) MILF remains cool to prospects of resuming peace talks http://www.gmanews.tv/story/145387/MILF-remains-cool-to-prospects-of-resuming-peace-talks Sri Lanka: Army has seized last rebel stronghold http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/26/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (UK) Archbishop of Canterbury criticises BBC decision not to run Gaza aid appeal http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4338060/Archbishop-of-Canterbury-criticises-BBC-decision-not-to-run-Gaza-aid-appeal.html -- July 19, 2008: Christian doctrine offensive to Muslims, says Archbishop of Canterbury http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2419430/Christian-doctrine-offensive-to-Muslims-says-Archbishop-of-Canterbury.html -- February 9, 2008: Adopt sharia law in Britain, says the Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1578017/Adopt-sharia-law-in-Britain-says-the-Archbishop-of-Canterbury-Dr-Rowan-Williams.html (UK) "Anti-war activists occupy BBC offices" --- "until the national broadcaster agreed to air a charity fundraising appeal for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip" http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/26/top8.htm (UK) Ex-Christian sets up project to help those new to Muslim faith http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/01/26/ex-christian-sets-up-project-to-help-those-new-to-muslim-faith-91466-22777696/ (UAE/UK) British mother convicted of adultery in Dubai flees with her two children http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/world/16878-british-mother-convicted-of-adultery-in-dubai-flees-with-her-two-children Netherlands: Mistranslation? http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/netherlands-mistranslation.html Indonesia bans yoga for Muslims http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20090126-185576/Indonesia-bans-yoga-for-Muslims (U.S.) W.Va. farmers aim at growing Muslim market http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=151929&type=Daily (U.S.) North Carolina: UNC to endow Islamic studies chair http://heraldsun.southernheadlines.com/orange/10-1080324.cfm (Australia) Religion is fine as long as it's Muslim or it's Democrat http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24961717-20261,00.html (Canada) Aqsa to be remembered http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024583.php http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/01/aqsa-remembered-.html January 24, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Al-Qaeda) Update: Two ex-Guantanamo inmates appear in Al-Qaeda video -- Abu Sufyan al-Azdi al-Shahri and Abu al-Hareth Muhammad al-Oufi http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090124/wl_mideast_afp/usattacksguantanamoqaedayemen (Iraq) Leading al-Qaeda figure arrested in Baghdad -- MOI http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970903&Language=en (Iraq) Five people killed, 13 wounded in Fallujah attack http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970897&Language=en Afghanistan's 'Guantanamo' poses new prison problem for Barack Obama -- Report: "more than 600 detainees are held at the US Bagram Theatre Internment Facility" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4332499/Afghanistans-Guantanamo-poses-new-prison-problem-for-Barack-Obama.html (Afghanistan) US troops claim killing 15 Taliban http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970911&Language=en Afghan students back in class after acid attacks http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/24/asia/AS-Afghan-Acid-Attack.php (Pakistan) NWFP: "Radio spreads Taliban's terror in Pakistani region" --- "Using a portable radio transmitter, a local Taliban leader, Shah Doran, on most nights outlines newly proscribed "un-Islamic" activities in Swat, like selling DVDs, watching cable television, singing and dancing, criticizing the Taliban, shaving beards and allowing girls to attend school. He also reveals names of people the Taliban have killed for violating their decrees -- and those they plan to kill" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/25/asia/25swat.php ---- Taliban rule Pakistan's 'valley of death' - by Bill Roggio http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/01/taliban_rule_pakista.php ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: One killed in Nowshera rocket attack http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=158908 (Pakistan) NWFP: 8 Taliban killed in Swat as forces take control of schools --- "174 schools have been destroyed by Taliban during the past one and a half year" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\25\story_25-1-2009_pg1_3 --- Comment: what's left?? (Pakistan) Over 170 schools bombed, burned in Pakistan: UN http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\24\story_24-1-2009_pg7_20 (Pakistan) NWFP: 12 killed in Swat bombs, mortars - update on Friday attacks http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\24\story_24-1-2009_pg7_3 (Pakistan) NWFP: "Mixed feelings in NWFP about Obama" http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=268727&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 (Pakistan) Diary of a Pakistani schoolgirl http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7834402.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7848138.stm (Pakistan) Balochistan: Curbs on women in militancy-hit areas spreading to Quetta http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\25\story_25-1-2009_pg1_12 (Pakistan) FATA: Death toll in US drone strikes rises to 21 - in South Waziristan --- "missile strike at the house of a pro-Taliban tribesman near Mir Ali" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=66208 (Pakistan) FATA: Dialogue only solution to FATA problems: president Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\25\story_25-1-2009_pg1_2 Pakistan urges Obama to halt missile attacks on al-Qaida strongholds http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_urges_Obama_to_halt_missile_attacks_on_al-Qaida_strongholds/articleshow/4027717.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\25\story_25-1-2009_pg1_1 Pakistan hails Guantanamo closure http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\25\story_25-1-2009_pg7_5 Pakistan lauds appointment of Holbrooke http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\24\story_24-1-2009_pg7_2 (Pakistan) US must do more to help Pakistan: Kerry http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\24\story_24-1-2009_pg7_7 (India) Uttar Pradesh: Two alleged terrorists shot dead in Noida --- "Two suspected terrorists were killed in an encounter with the UP Police and ATS on Sunday morning in Noida. One of those killed is a Pakistani, police said. " http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Two_alleged_terrorists_shot_dead_in_Noida/articleshow/4028732.cms (India) Mumbai attacks should not be linked to J&K: Pranab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_attacks_should_not_be_linked_to_JK_Pranab/articleshow/4023468.cms (India) Pak to get more 26/11 proof but not Kasab's DNA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_to_get_more_2611_proof_but_not_Kasabs_DNA/articleshow/4008761.cms (South Asia) Sword mightier than pen as journalist deaths rise to six http://clare.yourguide.com.au/news/world/world/general/sword-mightier-than-pen-as-journalist-deaths-rise-to-six/1409588.aspx (Iran) US navy seeks arms bound for Hamas --- "An American naval taskforce in the Gulf of Aden has been ordered to hunt for suspicious Iranian arms ships heading for the Red Sea as Tehran seeks to re-equip Hamas, its Islamist ally in Gaza" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5581382.ece --- US interception of Iranian arms ship 'likely a covert op' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643736860&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iran in scramble for fresh uranium supplies -- "Race underway to prevent Iran restocking after intelligence revealed material bought in the 1970s is now almost consumed" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5576589.ece --- Will uranium shortage really slow down the Iranian nuclear program? http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058338.html Israel and Egypt Plan Border Deal, Hamas Still Hiding http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129588 (Gaza) Report: Hamas seems entrenched in Gaza http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/24/Report_Hamas_seems_entrenched_in_Gaza/UPI-41061232832335/ Gaza bride marries to raise 'martyrs' to Islamist cause http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle_East/Gaza_bride_marries_to_raise_martyrs_to_Islamist_cause/articleshow/4025049.cms Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al Meets With Iraqi Terrorist 'Army of the Naqshabandi Order' and Accepts Their Women's Gold http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD220709 Hamas executes former B'tselem field worker http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643736968&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Syria) Assad: Hamas defeated Israel in Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3661074,00.html Saudi envoy to U.S.: Obama must not repeat Bush's 'sickening legacy' in Mideast http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058235.html (Saudi Arabia) Trading Bombs for Crayons: Terrorists Get 'Art Therapy' -- "U.S. Critics Skeptical That Jihadi Rehab Rehabilitates al Qaeda Terrorists" http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6719704&page=1 US peace envoy Mitchell to meet Fatah's Abbas on Wednesday: Palestinians http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_peace_envoy_to_meet_Mahmoud_Abbas_on_Wednesday/articleshow/4028829.cms?TOI_latestnews --- Israel: US envoy Mitchell worries settlers http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3661096,00.html http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129590 (U.S.) Freedom Looms for Terrorist --- "Khalid Duhham Al-Jawary, who plotted a NYC terror attack, is expected to be released in a month" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482607,00.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28828003/ (U.S.) Judge keeps NY prison conditions in terror case 00 Syed Hashmi http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090124/ap_on_re_us/terrorism_extradition (U.S.) If Not Gitmo, Then Where Should Terror Detainees Be Held? http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1873669,00.html (U.S.) Prominent Sunni Sheikh Al-Qaradhawi, Banned in U.S., Opens Washington D.C. Office of Islamist News Organization, Says It (IslamOnline) Is "The Jihad of Our Era" --- the new Washington DC IslamOnline.net (IOL) office, "located in the National Press Building, was opened 'in an effort to reach out to its wider audience and larger readership'" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD220909 (U.S.) UN exec picked for No. 2 at Homeland Security - Jane Holl Lute http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/homeland_security_deputy (U.S.) Newsweek finally gets around to reporting the U.S.-Somalia jihad problem --- "About 20 young Somali-American men in Minneapolis have recently vanished" http://www.newsweek.com/id/181408 (UK) Pressure grows over BBC Gaza appeal http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23627518-details/Pressure+grows+over+BBC+Gaza+appeal/article.do --- BBC flayed over refusal to broadcast Gaza appeal http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=268602&version=1&template_id=38&parent_id=20 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058245.html (UK) Terror police chief's limo firm is banned from offering trips http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1127225/Terror-police-chiefs-limo-firm-banned-offering-trips.html (Somalia) Suicide car bomb, gunfight kill 22 - in Mogadishu http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20090125-185425/Suicide-car-bomb-gunfight-kill-22 -- 'Cowardly' suicide bombing kills 15 in Mogadishu http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/24/somalia.car.bomb/index.html (Somalia) Al-Qaeda's Involvement in Somalia and its Ties to Shabab Al-Mujahideen http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD220809 http://www.memrijttm.org/content/en/report.htm?report=2936¶m=IDTA Algerian forces kill two Al-Qaeda militants http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970975&Language=en (Germany) Berlin taking al-Qaeda threat seriously http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=546271 (France) Australian terrorist in bomb hearing --- Jack Roche testifies that "Christian Ganczarski, a German convert to Islam, is accused of planning a 2002 suicide bombing of a Tunisian synagogue that killed 21 people" http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24958622-663,00.html?from=public_rss Spanish judge releases six Pak terror suspects http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\24\story_24-1-2009_pg7_13 (Kosovo) Twin blasts rock divided town in northern Kosovo http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Twin_blasts_rock_divided_town_in_northern_Kosovo/articleshow/4028404.cms?TOI_latestnews (Thailand) Four shot dead at construction site - in Yala - "by suspected Muslim militants" http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/01/25/national/national_30094106.php http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/24/asia/AS-Thailand-Southern-Violence.php Malaysia to accept Gitmo detainees http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asian/135999/malaysia-to-accept-gitmo-detainees (Philippines) Red Cross Kidnappers 'may flee Jolo with captives' http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=268415&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 (Philippines) Teachers' kidnappers demand P6M ransom http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090124-185329/Teachers-kidnappers-demand-P6M-ransom Sri Lanka rebels explode walls of reservoir http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/24/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (U.S.) AP: Obama avoids "ideological stands" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090124/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_first_week International Free Press Society (IFPS) Board of Advisors Announced http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2009/01/ifps-board-of-advisors-protests-prosecution-of-geert-wilders/ --- Wilders, January 21: "A Black Day for Freedom" http://www.internationalfreepresssociety.org/2009/01/wilders-january-21-a-black-day-for-freedom/ Netherlands: Khalid Yasin on Wilders -- "Dutch news sites reported this week that Khalid Yasin said that Wilders should be flogged" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/netherlands-khalid-yasin-on-wilders.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHNuPFBnEHM&eurl=http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/&feature=player_embedded --- Entire video http://www.youtube.com/swf/l.swf?swf=http%3A//s.ytimg.com/yt/swf/cps-vfl74240.swf&video_id=JB-XpgK2bsY&rel=1&eurl=http%3A//islamineurope.blogspot.com/&iurl=http%3A//i3.ytimg.com/vi/JB-XpgK2bsY/hqdefault.jpg&sk=g6uC0vUUCbJ3Jow0BfHmQqXJtsfj58LpC&use_get_video_info=1&load_modules=1 --- New York sheikh Khalid Yasin in Holland: Wilders must be flogged as punishment http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024561.php http://www.elsevier.nl/web/10221021/Nieuws/Politiek/Haatprediker-Geert-Wilders-met-geseling-bestraffen.htm http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elsevier.nl%2Fweb%2F10221021%2FNieuws%2FPolitiek%2FHaatprediker-Geert-Wilders-met-geseling-bestraffen.htm&lp=nl_en&btnTrUrl=Translate (Netherlands) Amsterdam: Study of Salafi-Jihadis http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/amsterdam-study-of-salafi-jihadis.html Denmark: Mother sentenced in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) case http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/denmark-mother-sentenced-in-fgm-case.html (Switzerland) Swiss Government Says No to UK-Style Sharia Law..... http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/01/swiss-government-says-no-to-ukstyle-sharia-law.html http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/Sharia_proposal_rebuffed_by_anti_racism_experts.html?siteSect=104&sid=10235393&cKey=1232720987000&ty=nd Italy: Envoys boycott Israeli speech at UN agency http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2940015747 (UK) Church of England (CoE) schools with only Muslim pupils http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article5576412.ece Iran - Three Christians Arrested from Homes in Tehran http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5776&backpage=summaries Pakistan - Christians Acquitted in 'Blasphemy' Case http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5775&backpage=summaries (Israel) Honor killing? Young mother murdered -- "Suspected honor killing: Bedouin woman found stabbed to death next to her infant daugthter" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3661082,00.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedouin Bahraini women fight for fair law http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=241056&Sn=BNEW&IssueID=31311 (Morocco) Ministers to discuss launch of Islamic satellite channel in Rabat meeting http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Local_News&subsection=Qatar+News&month=January2009&file=Local_News200901253353.xml (Philippines) Ebola Reston: Pig-to-Human Ebola Case Suspected in Philippines http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20090124/znyt04/901243006&tc=yahoo Commentaries: A Truce With Al Qaeda? Don't Believe The Hype - by Bill Roggio http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/01/a_truce_with_al_qaeda_dont_bel.asp IPT News: What Obama Should Tell the Muslim World http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/980 UN Durban Review Conference: Is Frankenstein at the Palais? http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024557.php "So long as there is this book there will be no peace in the world" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024560.php Bad News from Europe: Nazi Methods in Court -- Paul Belien http://www.hudsonny.org/2009/01/bad-news-from-europe-nazi-methods-in-court.php Hot for Jihad with Gary Johnson - 1/16/08 Unto the Breach Interview Transcript Part 1 http://unitedagainstislamicsupremacism.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/hot-for-jihad-with-gary-johnson-11608-unto-the-breach-interview-transcript-part-1/ Propaganda: AKI: "Islamist group urges Al-Qaeda to adopt US truce" --- Jamaa al-Islamiya aka al-Gamaa al-Islamiya http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2941254382 --- Additional report to follow-up from January 22, 2009 reports on this: Unilateral al-Qaeda ceasefire with the U.S.? by Marc Lynch -- "Mohammed Essam Derbala is on the Shura Council of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya" http://lynch.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/01/22/unilateral_al_qaeda_ceasefire_with_the_us http://washingtonindependent.com/26925/al-qaeda-theorist-urges-ceasefire-because-of-obamas-executive-orders Cultural Nihilism: Belgium 'joker' creche killer snorted with laughter in police interrogation http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/4329549/Belgium-joker-creche-killer-snorted-with-laughter-in-police-interrogation.html http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2167144.ece?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2009/01/24/nursery-attacker-had-face-painted-like-the-joker-witnesses-say-86908-21066013/ http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lesoir.be%2Factualite%2Fbelgique%2Fla-tuerie-de-termonde-commise-2009-01-24-684751.shtml&lp=fr_en&btnTrUrl=Translate -- Belgian creche murder: Batman fans criticize Warner Bros http://my.telegraph.co.uk/jeffindc/blog/2009/01/24/belgian_creche_murder_batman_fans_criticize_warner_bros Against Nazi News: (Germany) Magazine Faces Legal Action over Third Reich Reprints http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,603109,00.html "Pope reprieves Holocaust-denying priest" -- "British cleric endorsed Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and last week said gas chambers a 'fiction'" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643736866&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=87044 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7849226.stm January 23, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (U.S./Yemen) Former Guantanamo Bay Detainee Said Ali al-Shihri Returns to Al-Qaeda --- "The militant, Said Ali al-Shihri, is suspected of involvement in a deadly bombing of the United States Embassy in Yemen’s capital, Sana, in September. He was released to Saudi Arabia in 2007 and passed through a Saudi rehabilitation program for former jihadists before resurfacing with Al Qaeda in Yemen" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/23/africa/23yemen.php http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/world/middleeast/23yemen.html --- Guantanamo detainee resurfaces in terrorist group http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/23/mideast/detainee.1-414168.php --- Ex-Gitmo detainee reportedly gets al-Qaida role http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28800516/ (U.S.) AFP: Media: "Obama 'declared end' to war on terror" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090123/pl_afp/usattacksjusticepoliticsobamasign --- Washington Post: "Bush's 'War' On Terror Comes to a Sudden End" by Dana Priest ---- "With the stroke of his pen, he effectively declared an end to the 'war on terror'" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/22/AR2009012203929.html?hpid=topnews http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28807952/ (U.S.) Egyptian troops training in Texas - secretive U.S. technology to assist in finding Hamas weapons tunnels http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86866 (U.S.) Many Bush Officials Held Over at DHS http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/22/AR2009012203770.html?wprss=rss_politics (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban gun down teacher for not hiking 'salwar' above ankles --- "The militants say hiking up the trousers is essential for offering prayers"-- gun down Amjad Islam --- "The militants then went to Islam's house and gunned down his father, Ghani Akbar, a lawyer by profession. Islam's body was later hung by the militants from a pole in the College Square in Matta town and local residents were warned not to touch it till Friday morning." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_gun_down_teacher_for_not_hiking_salwar_above_ankles_/rssarticleshow/4021411.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Blast in northwest kills one, injures two -- in Swat valley's Mingora http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2938631505 (Pakistan) NWFP: One killed, over 15 wounded in a suicide explosion in Pakistan --- "suicide bomber rammed his vehicle into a school building, which was currently being used by security forces, in Sawat valley" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970744&Language=en --- NWFP: Suicide bomber and roadside bomb kills 5 in northwest Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Suicide_bomber_kills_5_in_Pakistan/articleshow/4022838.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Zardari approves renaming of NWFP as Pukhtoonkhwa -- "president said the government was pursuing three 'Ds' formula made up of dialogue, development and deterrence to root out the menace of extremism from the country" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19816 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Fazl’s peace-making role in Swat doesn't inspire hope http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=158552 (Pakistan) FATA: Seven killed in northwest as troop buildup continues - in Mohmand http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2938631675 (Pakistan) FATA: Suspected US missile strike kills 10 in Pakistan - in North Waziristan's Zharki http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Suspected_US_attack_kills_10_in_Pak/articleshow/4023198.cms http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January1235.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: NATO chief backs Pak stand on Mumbai attacks http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19817 Afghan president welcomes order to shut Guantanamo http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/23/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) Reports indicate possible Karzai ouster http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/23/Reports_indicate_possible_Karzai_ouster/UPI-78871232715258/ (Iraq) Gunmen kill 8 family members, 6 of them women, in Iraq -- in Diyala http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090123/wl_nm/us_iraq_violence http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970743&Language=en (Israel) Brigade commander: Hamas will draw lessons, grow stronger http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3660868,00.html Gaza Hamas officials return to Egypt for talks http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643732261&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Palestinian Authority official: Israel made 'big mistake' -- "Official bemoans the fact that the Gaza operation ended without Hamas being ousted from power" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643727590&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Saudi prince says U.S. ties at risk over Mideast -- Turki al-Faisal --- "He said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had written to Saudi King Abdullah last week urging Saudi Arabia to lead a 'jihad,' or holy war, against Israel. This call for jihad would, if pursued, create 'unprecedented chaos and bloodshed' in the region, said Turki. 'So far, the kingdom has resisted these calls, but every day this restraint becomes more difficult to maintain,' he said." http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE50M0XF20090123 ---- Saudi prince urges US policy change http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2939742806 Yemen: Al-Qaeda shakeup announced -- "Yemeni citizen, Abu Basir, has been appointed head of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula" -- "former Saudi detainee held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Abu Sufiyan al-Shahri, has been named as Basir's deputy" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2939152077 Somali pirates may soon face trials outside homeland http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/23/news/Piracy.php France reiterates will to speak with Hamas if it engages peace http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970799&Language=en EU reaches tentative deal to take Iranian opposition group off terror list http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643730843&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Spain arrests suspected leaders of ETA political wing http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/-Spain-arrests-suspected-leaders-of-ETA-political-wing_48919.html (Thailand) Bomb, gunfight injure two rangers in Narathiwat http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/01/23/national/national_30094038.php (Philippines) Philippine court hands down terror convictions --- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)'s Saiffulah "Moklis" Yunos, Abdul Patak Paute, and Mamasakul Naga --- "five near-simultaneous bombings [in Manila] on Dec. 30, 2000 left a total of 22 dead and about 100 wounded, but the court found the three men guilty of only the main attack on a train station" --- "Philippine and U.S. officials have said that Yunos assisted Jemaah Islamiyah operations chief Hambali - arrested in Thailand in 2003 - in conducting surveillance of the U.S. and Israeli embassies in Manila" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_terror_convictions http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7846709.stm (Philippines) Kidnappers may flee Philippines island with ICRC captives: military http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090123/wl_asia_afp/philippinesattackskidnapicrc_20090123084420 --- Defense chief: No force to free ICRC hostages http://www.gmanews.tv/story/145625/Defense-chief-No-force-to-free-ICRC-hostages (Philippines) 3 govt teachers seized in Zamboanga - officials http://www.gmanews.tv/story/145583/3-govt-teachers-seized-in-Zamboanga---officials Other News: (U.N.) TV crew expelled from UN meeting on freedom of expression --- "According to a diplomatic source, the expulsion announced by the chairman of the session, Russian representative Yuri Boychenko, was requested by the Organisation of Islamic Conference and by the African group of states" --- "According to Muslim participants, human rights should take into account defamation of religions, while the Europeans are opposed to its inclusion" http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/TV-crew-expelled-from-UN-meeting-on-freedom-of-expression-b-U_48911.html http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/1392640,w-united-nations-defamation-racism012209.article --- U.N.'s Durban II committee censors filming of bid to enact censorship http://blog.unwatch.org/?p=258 ---- June 19, 2008: Jihad Against Freedom of Speech at the United Nations - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/089.html (U.S.) NYC: Threats made against Chabad headquarters in New York http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024539.php http://chabad.info/index_old.php?url=article_en&id=13655 (U.S.) Leading Islamists Write Open Letter to Obama --- "These include one of the leading members of the Muslim Brotherhood, Yusuf al-Qaradawi and head of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Qadhi Hussein Ahmad" http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/blog/2009/01/leading-islamists-write-open-letter-to-obama.html (U.S.) Open Letter from the Organization of the Islamic Conference to American President Barak Obama http://almasakinnewsagency.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/open-letter-from-the-organization-of-the-islamic-conference-to-american-president-barak-obama/ http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2009/01/22/oic_21_jan_09.pdf (Netherlands) Radical Muslim preacher welcome in Rotterdam -- Khalid Yasin -- report states Yasin "asserting that the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings were justified in the light of a history of Western oppression of Islam" http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/090123-khalid-yasin More on Khalid Yasin: --- May 11, 2008: "Khalid Yasin, internationally-renowned Islamic hate sheikh and 9/11-denier, speaking in Dayton on May 16th" by Patrick Poole http://ohioagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/05/khalid-yasin-internationally-renowned.html ---- Khalid Yasin DVD: "We don't need to go to the Christians, or the Jews, debating with them about the filth which they believe" ---- Khalid Yasin DVD: "This whole delusion about the equality of women is a bunch of foolishness, there’s no such thing" http://ohioagainstterror.blogspot.com/2008/05/khalid-yasin-internationally-renowned.html ----- 2003 Discussion with Khalid Yasin: "if you don’t have a people that is governed by Sharia, then you have a lawless people" http://www.abc.net.au/sundaynights/stories/s943004.htm --- May 14, 2008: Guess Who’s Speaking At the Local Mosque? by Robert Spencer http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=26502 --- October 9, 2005: Sheik Yasin making waves in Australia http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/008492.php --- October 7, 2005: The voice of the new Islam? http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/008466.php ---- NineMSN: Khalid Yasin: The new voice of Islam? http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/cover_stories/transcript_1883.asp (Netherlands) Dutch MP Geert Wilders behind film on radical Islam: Decision to prosecute me is political -- "Wilders, whose party holds nine seats in parliament, is also being prosecuted in absentia in Jordan for 'blasphemy and contempt of Muslims' because of the film" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058197.html (UK) Evening Standard: Right-wing author is banned from Islam talk --- Douglas Murray, director of Centre for Social Cohesion, banned from debate on Islam --- Standard: "right-wing writer has been banned from chairing a debate on Islam at the London School of Economics today amid security fears" --- Standard: "The LSE asked Mr Murray not to attend in the interest of public safety as his presence could provoke further unrest" http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23626820-details/Right-wing+author+is+banned+from+Islam+talk/article.do ---- Civil liberties group calls for resignation of Prof Janet Hartley http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/alex_singleton/blog/2009/01/23/civil_liberties_group_calls_for_resignation_of_prof_janet_hartley UK: 44% of Muslims against integration http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/uk-44-of-muslims-against-integration.html -- Daily Star Report: "Ghetto Britain" --- on UK Equalities and Human Rights Commission poll http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/66597/Ghetto-Britain/ --- Daily Mail Graphic of Poll Results http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/01/20/article-0-031CE3E9000005DC-387_468x448_popup.jpg --- Associated Daily Mail Report: "Religion divides us more than race, say Britons" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1123176/Religion-divides-race-say-Britons.html ----- Results in text: ----- Question: "Communities should be free to develop along separate lines and not forced to integrate" ------- Muslim Reponse - 44 percent agree ----- Question: "I would be happy for my child to marry someone from another religion" ------- Muslim Reponse - 60 percent disagree ---- New Commission poll shows British institutions need to 'keep up with Obama generation' http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/newsandcomment/Pages/keepupwithObamageneration.aspx (UK) Islamic protest to hold anti-Gaza rally in East End -- Hizb ut-Tahrir http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED23%20Jan%202009%2015%3A33%3A58%3A117 UK: Muslims walking into Jewish-owned shops and saying, "I'm going to kill you" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024540.php --- UK: London - More Anti-Semitic Attacks in Golders Green http://www.vosizneias.com/26119 (UK) Azad Ali - Oh No He Didn’t, Oh Yes He Did! http://www.hurryupharry.org/2009/01/23/azad-ali-oh-no-he-didnt-oh-yes-he-did/ http://blog.islamicforumeurope.com/?p=148 http://blog.islamicforumeurope.com/?p=98 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1120831/Muslim-civil-servant-suspended-killing-British-troops-justified-blog.html (UK) British 'hacker' Gary McKinnon wins right to challenge US extradition http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4322505/British-hacker-Gary-McKinnon-wins-right-to-challenge-US-extradition.html Albania to allow headscarf ID photos http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/23/europe/EU-Albania-Muslims-Headscarves.php Sweden: Controversial lawyer to set new headscarf precedent http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/sweden-controversial-lawyer-to-set-new.html http://www.thelocal.se/17102/20090122/ Italy: Minister says govt must expel immigrants who fail to integrate http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/italy-minister-says-govt-must-expel.html Indonesia Islamic body to mull ban on smoking and yoga http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5278653/indonesia-islamic-body-to-mull-ban-on-smoking-and-yoga/ http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_329898.html (Australia) Cleric Abu Hamza under fire again -- another report on Hamza's call for husband's "rights" to rape and beat wives http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24954642-2862,00.html?from=public_rss (Australia) Samir Abu Hamza says Australians are drunks http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24950294-2862,00.html http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24951306-1243,00.html Canadian students battle rise in anti-Israel sentiment http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643726378&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Post-Campaign Restrictions on Muslims in Jerusalem http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/159749 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970752&Language=en Lebanese town names street after 'real man' Chavez for expelling Israeli envoy http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=99004 Uganda: 500 Muslim Sheiks Convict Mubajje -- via Sharia Court http://allafrica.com/stories/200901230247.html "Russia says ready to work with U.S. on Afghanistan" http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE50M3DA20090123?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews Major Islamic bank set for launch by June -- "Sheikh Saleh said the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) countries would also invest in the bank, adding that it was the right time to set up the bank despite tough financial market conditions worldwide" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/business/2009/January/business_January713.xml§ion=business&col= Commentaries: Closing Gitmo – Making Us 'Feel Good' at the Expense of National Security http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2346/pub_detail.asp Obama to 'Reassure' Muslims - by Robert Spencer http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30341 Submission in the Netherlands - by Bruce Bawer http://www.city-journal.org/2009/eon0122bb.html http://www.brucebawer.com/ Sleeper Agent - What will Obama do with the only enemy combatant held on U.S. soil? by Thomas Joscelyn http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/048htmyx.asp -- regarding Ali Saleh Khalah al Marri Al-Qaeda and The Plague by Robert Maginnis http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30382 Propaganda: Washington Post: "Bush's 'War' On Terror Comes to a Sudden End" by Dana Priest ---- "With the stroke of his pen, he effectively declared an end to the 'war on terror'" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/22/AR2009012203929.html?hpid=topnews --- Typical WP Propaganda messages have included support for Hamas and Hezbollah: --- July 24, 2007: Washington Post: Lebanese Cleric Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah - Jihad is Self-Defense Against Aggression http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/muslims_speak_out/2007/07/sayyed_fadlallah.html --- June 20, 2007 - Washington Post: Engage With Hamas - We Earned Our Support - Ahmed Yousef http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061901736.html?sub=AR LA Times: "Unraveling Bush's excesses" http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gitmo23-2009jan23,0,6866452.story "Secrets will be revealed if Guantanamo closes: Mamdouh Habib" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24955765-29277,00.html (UK) Seminar: Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain Examine Why Gaza is not defended http://www.hizb.org.uk/hizb/press-centre/press-release/seminar-women-of-hizb-ut-tahrir-britain-call-on-muslim-armies-to-defend-gaza.html Against Nazi News: (Germany) Nazi forced labourers recount ordeal online http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Nazi-forced-labourers-recount-ordeal-online--_48913.html Jews outraged by Holocaust denying bishop http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/23/europe/EU-Vatican-Holocaust-Denier.php January 22, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com "Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al Claims Victory in Gaza War, Justifies Sacrifices, and Warns Against Transferring Aid Money Through the PA" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD220409 Hamas use of children was 'monstrous' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292939041&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas: Obama does not represent change http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1057946.html "Fatah's armed wing vows to respond to ceasefire violations" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2937029026 (Gaza) Burns victim vows to be suicide bomber http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5567396.ece (U.S.) White House Press Secretary: Closing Guantanamo Will Increase U.S. Security -- Robert Gibbs http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/01/22/white-house-press-secretary-closing-guantanamo-increase-security/ --- former John Kerry campaign press secretary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gibbs --- GOP Pushback Mounts on Gitmo http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/01/gop-pushback-mo.html --- EU nations divided on taking Guantanamo detainees http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/22/europe/germany.4-413917.php (U.S.) Jubilation, uncertainty at Gitmo after Obama order http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo (U.S.) Pennsylvania: Murtha's Gitmo Invite Could Be Stimulus for Western Pennsylvania http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/22/murthas-invitation-gitmo-prisoners-create-jobs-officials-say/ (U.S.) Kansas: Jenkins: Don't send terror suspects to Kansas http://cjonline.com/stories/012209/bre_jenkins.shtml (U.S.) Obama orders review in al-Qaida sleeper case -- Qatar native Ali al-Marri http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090122/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_enemy_combatant_3;_ylt=Aghh0D9V6XJuVsj7MRrb1UEHS5Z4 http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1392630,w-peoria-al-qaida-ali-al-marri012209.article (U.S.) Richard Holbrooke leads Afghan-Pakistani strategy http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/22/Holbrooke_leads_Afghan-Pakistani_strategy/UPI-12701232664199/ (U.S.) Obama vows he'll 'aggressively' seek Middle East peace http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643726975&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull ---George Mitchell named special envoy for the Middle East ----- "He also was a peace broker on Northern Ireland for President Clinton" http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/22/obama.mitchell/index.html (U.S.) DNI Dennis Blair vows transparent counter-terrorism http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/22/Blair_vows_transparent_counter-terrorism/UPI-16771232669288/ (U.S./Iran) Officials: U.S. Intercepts Iranian Arms-Smuggling Ship http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,481483,00.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643725600&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) UCLA study finds problems in terror alert system http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/01/homeland-securi.html --- "According to the study, 26.1% of Latinos reported worrying very often or often about terrorism, compared with 14.1% of whites, while 6.7% of African Americans said they often avoided activities because of terrorism concerns, compared with 1.1% of whites." (U.S.) DHS contracts for dirty bomb detection http://www.upi.com/Security_Industry/2009/01/22/DHS_contracts_for_dirty_bomb_detection/UPI-32881232658398/ (UK) BBC scuppers TV fundraising appeal for Gaza http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5568735.ece (Pakistan) Abbas no mufti to judge Taliban's sharia: Fazl --- JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman defends Taliban's efforts at implementing Sharia http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\23\story_23-1-2009_pg7_13 --- January 20, 2009: NWFP: President Zardari President tasks JUI-F's Maulana Fazlur Rehman to hold talks with Swat Taliban ---- aka Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman aka Fazl http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\21\story_21-1-2009_pg1_12 --- January 14, 2009 - (Pakistan) NWFP: JUI-F's Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman for early implementation of Shariah in Swat http://www.pakwatan.com/latest_news1.php?id=9712 --- JUI-F led by Taliban promoter Maulana Fazlur Rehman http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/mma.htm -- 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#Rehman2 (Pakistan) Taliban sharia is terrorism, says DG ISPR Abbas http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\23\story_23-1-2009_pg7_12 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban raid Wana scouts camp http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\23\story_23-1-2009_pg7_29 (Pakistan) AQ Khan-linked Swiss nuclear smuggling suspect claims link with CIA http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\23\story_23-1-2009_pg7_2 http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/23/top8.htm (Pakistan) Obama pledges to work closely with Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\23\story_23-1-2009_pg1_1 --- Hillary discusses bilateral ties with Zardari ---- "Zardari said President Obama’s emphasis on seeking a new way forward with the Muslim world based on mutual respect and mutual interest was inspiring" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\23\story_23-1-2009_pg1_2 Pakistan expects US to become a 'listening partner' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\23\story_23-1-2009_pg1_3 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Probe on Kasab's involvement to be completed shortly: Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Probe_on_Kasabs_involvement_to_be_completed_shortly_Pak/articleshow/4018294.cms (India) No negotiation with terrorists difficult http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/No_negotiation_with_terrorists_difficult_PC/articleshow/4018830.cms (Afghanistan) UK Troops protest at Taliban wounded treatment http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/4317736/Troops-protest-at-Taliban-wounded-treatment.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5570575.ece (Sudan) Clashes in Darfur lead to death of 2 Sudanese soldiers, 5 rebels http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970669&Language=en (France) French-Algerian Sentenced To Six Years For Al-Qaeda Links --- Kamel Bouchentouf http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090122/ACQDJON200901221221DOWJONESDJONLINE000837.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=French-Algerian%20Sentenced%20To%20Six%20Years%20For%20Al-Qaeda%20Links (Kosovo) Explosion rocks Kosovo Security Forces compound http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232643727283&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Philippines) Red Cross loses contact with its kidnapped staff http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=268267&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 (Philippines) Moro rebels not poised to resume talks http://www.gmanews.tv/story/145523/Moro-rebels-not-poised-to-resume-talks Other News: (Netherlands) Dutch lawmaker charged with 'insulting' Muslims for producing film critical of Koran fears he'll be sent to prison --- "'The decision of the court today was so strong that there is a real chance unfortunately that there will be a guilty verdict,' Wilders told FOXNews.com. 'In fact, it was so bluntly motivated that it already looks like a verdict instead of just ordering the public prosecutor to start a trial.'" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,481665,00.html ---- Silencing Islam's Critics - A Dutch court imports Saudi blasphemy norms to Europe ------ "This is no small victory for Islamic regimes seeking to export their censorship laws to wherever Muslims reside" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123258473846504459.html Turkey - Ancient Monastery Threatened --- "Islamic leaders from Yayvantepe, Eglence and Candarli are attempting to confiscate one-third of the monastery’s property" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5774&backpage=summaries Sweden: Controversial lawyer to set new headscarf precedent http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/sweden-controversial-lawyer-to-set-new.html (U.S.) Muslim youth request Obama's help in fighting extremism -- Another report on Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow (MLT) http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-01-22-muslim-obama_N.htm?csp=34 -- who agree with MLT commentator Madiha Younas: "it's not an Islamic value to have absolute freedom. Islam puts boundaries on you." http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0120/p07s01-wogn.html (Lebanon) Uproar in Lebanon over rosaries bearing photo of Hezbollah chief http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090122/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonreligionhezbollah http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=29937 (Pakistan) Lahore High Court: Murder while saving woman's honour not a crime http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\23\story_23-1-2009_pg1_7 Commentaries: Walid Phares: "Bin Laden: Gaza is one of the many fronts of 'World Jihad'" http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2009/01/phares-world-jihad/ When Will We Wake Up to the Threat of Radical Islam? -- by Tom McLaughlin http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2336/pub_detail.asp Silencing Islam's Critics - A Dutch court imports Saudi blasphemy norms to Europe http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123258473846504459.html -- "This is no small victory for Islamic regimes seeking to export their censorship laws to wherever Muslims reside" Propaganda: Unilateral al-Qaeda ceasefire with the U.S.? by Marc Lynch -- "Mohammed Essam Derbala is on the Shura Council of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya" http://lynch.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/01/22/unilateral_al_qaeda_ceasefire_with_the_us http://washingtonindependent.com/26925/al-qaeda-theorist-urges-ceasefire-because-of-obamas-executive-orders Against Nazi News: (U.S.) Missouri: Neo-Nazis join 'Adopt-A-Highway' program http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28798271/ January 22, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Al-Qaeda urges attacks in US, Britain to avenge Gaza war --- Abu Yahya al-Libi: "Sacrifice what you can to deliver to the capitals of the infidel West, the criminal America, and the agent tyrants a taste of what they deliver to our brothers and our oppressed brothers and people in Palestine" --- Libi is a "Sharia committee official within al-Qaeda" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24951305-23109,00.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Al-Qaida_urges_attacks_in_US_UK_to_avenge_Gaza_war/articleshow/4018423.cms --- Laura Mansfield link to video: http://www.lauramansfield.com/fhw-s.rm --- Al-Qaeda leader calls for attacks on Britain in retaliation for Israel's Gaza offensive http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4315997/Al-Qaeda-leader-calls-for-attacks-on-Britain-in-retaliation-for-Israels-Gaza-offensive.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1126640/Make-taste-misery-horror-Al-Qaeda-leader-demands-terror-attacks-Britain-avenge-Israel-invasion-Gaza.html (Afghanistan) In Afghan south, Taliban fill NATO's gaps --- southern Afghanistan consists of "78,000 square miles of villages, cities, mountains and deserts" --- one of two centers of Taliban power - includes Nimroz Province, districts of Ghorak, Shah Wali Kot, Kharkrez, Nesh, and "100-mile stretch of Helmand River running south from the town of Garmser" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/22/asia/22taliban.php?page=1 (Afghanistan) Troops kill around 30 insurgents in Afghanistan - in Khost and Zabul http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January1176.xml§ion=international -- Afghan, US troops kill 14 Taliban militants in clashes - in Khost and Zabul http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/251918,afghan-us-troops-kill-14-taliban-militants-in-clashes--summary.html -- 11 Taliban, two Afghan soldiers killed ---- fighting in Badghis province - suicide bomber at wedding party in Baghlan http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090121/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_20090121183230 (Afghanistan) Canada To Pull Out Of Afghanistan - by the end of 2011 http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090122/ACQRTT200901220456RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0202.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Canada%20To%20Pull%20Out%20Of%20Afghanistan --- Canada: New aerial drones will keep eye on Taliban http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/aerial+drones+will+keep+Taliban/1087262/story.html (Afghanistan) Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, interviewed on Taliban's goals for Afghanistan -- Islamic supremacist Taliban terrorists described as merely "austere Islamist movement" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg7_43 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban demands end to music on Pakistan buses - in Mardan --- Taliban: "It is obligatory on us to stop such violations. We request you to remove the vulgar systems ... otherwise suicide bombers are ready" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090121/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_no_music_3 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_demands_end_to_music_on_Pakistan_buses/articleshow/4013457.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg7_3 (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat Taliban makes beards, caps binding on residents http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19779 (Pakistan) NWFP: US-led forces will have to quit region, says NWFP Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=158442 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban threatens to target Awami National Party (ANP) leaders -- "TTP chief Baitullah Mahsud's confidant and a key commander, Hakimullah Mahsud" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=158449 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) NWFP: 'Foreign hands patronizing terrorists in Swat, FATA' -- Adviser to Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg1_6 --- Malik ignores widespread support for strict Sharia implementation and support for Taliban http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/Pakistan_Polls.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Malik warns militants: 'lay down the arms' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=65991 (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan nets Al Qaeda man 'wanted for London [2005] attacks' - Zabi ul Taifi - Saudi national in Peshawar --- "The raid came four days after [UK] Foreign Secretary David Miliband left Pakistan" --- "Britain says it has a vested interest in trying to help Islamabad, as the majority of terror plots investigated by British authorities in London have links back to Pakistan" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090121/wl_uk_afp/pakistanunrestbritain;_ylt=AlZG2y9ROZMT4d1.BUrmUfxvaA8F --- Dawn: "'Top Al Qaeda operative' held in Khyber raid" http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/22/top2.htm --- '7/7 bombings suspect' arrested in Pakistan http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5562542.ece --- see also: "Pakistan plays the anti-jihad side of the fence, catches Al-Qaeda op wanted for London jihad attacks" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024506.php) (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban commander Omar Khalid killed? --- Taliban denies: "Omar Khalid is alive and we shall present him before the media in a day or two" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg7_23 --- Dawn: "Taliban's Mohmand chief killed" - Umer Khalid aka Omar Khalid http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/22/top3.htm 'Pakistan committed to investigating Mumbai terror attacks' - Malik http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg7_27 (Pakistan) India gave Pakistan partial Mumbai dossier http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg1_10 Pakistan warns US, says will review options if Obama not patient --- Pakistan envoy to US: "We'll review all options if Obama doesn't adopt a positive policy towards us" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_warns_US_says_will_review_options_if_Obama_not_patient/articleshow/4013132.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg1_2 (Pakistan) NATO pledges cooperation with Pakistan on fighting terrorism http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/NATO_pledges_cooperation_with_Pakistan_on_fighting_terrorism/articleshow/4017192.cms (Pakistan) Marriott Attack Case: ATC directs prosecutor to provide copies of case to accused http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg11_6 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak says it authorized China to deal with India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/2611_Pak_says_it_authorised_China_to_deal_with_India/articleshow/4016007.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: 6/11 could not have been carried out without Pakistan help: Mehta http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/2611_could_not_have_been_carried_out_without_Pak_help_Mehta/articleshow/4016257.cms (India J&K) David Miliband comes under fire over Kashmir http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5564173.ece -- Why Miliband tried to rationalise Mumbai attack http://in.rediff.com/news/2009/jan/21mumterror-why-miliband-tried-to-rationalise-mumbai-attack.htm (U.S.) Obama Signs Order to Close Guantanamo in a Year http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/01/22/obama-issues-directives-detainees-interrogation-guantanamo/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/22/obama-signs-order-close-guantanamo-year/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28788175/ (U.S.) Freed Gitmo prisoner sues U.S. for unlawful detention -- Saad Muhammad Iqbal http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/01/22/gitmo.pakistan.lawsuit/index.html?section=cnn_latest (U.S.) Obama's top intelligence nominee pledges new approach - Dennis Blair http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/22/america/23blaircnd.php (U.S.) Pennsylvania: Murtha Says He'd Take Guantanamo Prisoners in His District http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/21/murtha-says-hell-guantanamo-prisoners-district/ --- Europe: 'Why Can't Guantanamo's Inmates Stay in America?' http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,602851,00.html (UK) July 7, 2005 Bombing Trial - Lawyers: "Jihad sympathisers 'had no part in 7/7 plot'" -- Waheed Ali, Mohammed Shakil and Sadeer Saleem http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Jihad-sympathisers-39had-no-part.4905294.jp (UK) Scotland Yard releases pictures of suspects in violent Gaza protest wanted in London http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970597&Language=en Iraq Is Ready For Early US Troop Withdrawal - Iraqi Official http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090122/ACQDJON200901220359DOWJONESDJONLINE000415.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Iraq%20Is%20Ready%20For%20Early%20US%20Troop%20Withdrawal%20-%20Iraqi%20Official Iraqi accuses Iranian exiles of planning attack http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090121/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_iranians_1 IPT News Report: U.S. Army War College Publishes Apologia for Hamas http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/979 (Hamas) Meshal urges West: Stop trying to eliminate Hamas, deal with us http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1057526.html Hamas dismisses reconciliation talks with Fatah http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3660447,00.html Hamas Pays Gaza Families 1,000 Euros For Each "Martyr" http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090122/ACQDJON200901221215DOWJONESDJONLINE000823.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3660583,00.html (Gaza) Sources: Hamas arms smuggling never stopped during IDF op in Gaza http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1057769.html --- Arms are still arriving through undamaged tunnels http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5563147.ece Gazan doctor says death toll inflated -- says most" recruited to the ranks of Hamas" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3660423,00.html --- IDF denies report that no more than 600 people died in Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292939271&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Fatah) WND: "'Peace partner' commends 'resistance' against Israel" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86794 Hamas welcomes Yemeni peace initiative http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2936803225 -- Yemen: Govt unveils new Palestinian peace initiative http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2936706494 Hizbullah Plots Against Israel in Azerbaijan and Sinai Thwarted -- "ring leader was reportedly a Lebanese man, and the rest of the cell's members were Arabs from Israel" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129552 --- January 17, 2009: Hezbollah plots bloody vengeance http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5533205.ece (Somalia) At Least 12 Killed In Somalia Fighting - Officials, Witnesses - on Wednesday http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090121/ACQDJON200901210335DOWJONESDJONLINE000347.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=At%20Least%2012%20Killed%20In%20Somalia%20Fighting%20-%20Officials,%20Witnesses --- Somalia: Nine Killed in Mogadishu Clashes -- on Tuesday http://allafrica.com/stories/200901210208.html Somalia: Security Assurances a Must for UN Agency to Continue Food Aid http://allafrica.com/stories/200901220681.html (Algeria) GSPC founder calls for al-Qaeda surrender in Algeria http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2009/01/21/feature-01 Sudanese jihadist accused of killing U.S. diplomat: "Killing American unbelievers is an honor, but I was not involved in this case" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024512.php http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090121/wl_nm/us_sudan_usa_murder (Sudan/U.S.) Genocide Henchman Leading Muslim Outreach to Obama -- Abubaker Ahmed al-Shingieti - with American Muslims for Constructive Engagement (AMCE) -- "collaborative effort by U.S.-based Muslim Brotherhood front organizations to infiltrate our federal government" http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/genocide-henchman-leads-us-muslim-outreach-to-obama/ http://www.amceweb.net/2.html -- Web link to Islamica Magazine article pulled - here are other references: http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/open_letter_concerning_datuk_seri_dr_anwar_ibrahim/ http://www.scribd.com/doc/3957567/OPEN-LETTER-CONCERNING-DATUK-SERI-DR-ANWAR-IBRAHIM --- May 2007: "Radical groups form Muslims for Constructive Engagement working with US gov and DOD to Islamise America from within" http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/2888 "German Al-Qaeda Operative Discusses Al-Qaeda's 'Atom Bomb', Says 'Our Striking Power in This New Crusader War is Reflected in the Mujahideen's Participation in the New Arms Race,' And Warns Germans to Make the Right Choice in September 2009 Elections" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD220309 http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1990.htm (Greece) Unknown attackers burn Saudi embassy car in Greece http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3660400,00.html (Turkey) Two PKK rebels surrender to Turkish forces http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970620&Language=en Sri Lanka allegedly shelled 'safe zone,' killed 67 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/22/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (Philippines) No military operations in Sulu--gov --- where Red Cross captives being held http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090122-184929/No-military-operations-in-Sulu--gov (Philippines) Red Cross appeals for release of staff http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/redcrossabduction/view.php?db=1&article=20090122-184946 (Philippines) Communist Rebels Raid Philippines Jail For Weapons http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090122/ACQDJON200901220017DOWJONESDJONLINE000006.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=UPDATE:%20Communist%20Rebels%20Raid%20Philippines%20Jail%20For%20Weapons Other News: (Netherlands) More Reports Regarding Dutch Authorities Plan to Press Charges Against Geert Wilders --- Dutch court decided to prosecute Wilders over Fitna after complaints from nine people http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024504.php --- Translated text of court ruling http://www.rechtspraak.nl/Gerechten/Gerechtshoven/Amsterdam/Actualiteiten/Amsterdam+Court+of+Appeal+orders+the+criminal+prosecution+of+the+Member+of+Parliament+of+the+Dutch+S.htm --- "The court considers this so insulting for Muslims that it is in the public interest to prosecute Wilders" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5563071.ece --- Judges characterized Wilder remarks "as comprising 'one-sided, generalised phrasing characterised by a radical nature, constant repetition and increasing ferocity'" http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/local_news/Geert-Wilders-to-be-prosecuted-for-inciting-hatred-Geert-Wilders-to-be-prosecuted-for-inciting-hatred-_48887.html --- SIOE (Stop Islamisation of Europe) press release http://sioe.wordpress.com/2009/01/21/press-release-geert-wilders-charged-for-agreeing-with-churchill-and-hitler-about-islam/ --- Petition in support of Geert Wilders http://www.petitiononline.com/wilders/petition.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024510.php --- Support Geert Wilders! http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024517.php http://www.geertwilders.nl/ --- Commentary: "In Defense of Wilders" http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=CCD1E0FA-235B-4CB1-A4D9-D4611738D01B --- Commentary: "Freedom of speech in the dock" http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/europe/090122-freedom-speech-wilders --- Commentary: "Score One More for Islamists – Dutch to Charge Geert Wilders over 'Anti-Islamic Statements'" - by Pam Meister http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2338/pub_detail.asp (Pakistan) 'Netherlands can help motivate EU investment in Pakistan' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg7_34 "Austrian far-right legislator convicted of anti-Muslim incitement" -- Susanne Winter http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/251964,austrian-far-right-legislator-convicted-of-anti-muslim-incitement.html France condemns destruction of schools in Swat -- Comment: but not the Islamic supremacist ideology behind such destruction... http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=65990 French college launches Islamic finance degree http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\22\story_22-1-2009_pg7_44 (Australia) Islamic cleric advises worshippers to rape and beat wives -- Samir Abu Hamza runs the Islamic Information and Services Network of Australasia in Melbourne http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/4314334/Islamic-cleric-advises-worshippers-to-rape-and-beat-wives.html http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24945543-661,00.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1126556/Muslim-cleric-tells-Australians-Husbands-allowed-rape-beat-wives.html -- Video http://player.video.news.com.au/heraldsun/#p7VvcZf_yePmjFOBgLUvs3jwKlrTj5NU Saudi Arabia: Muslim clerics oppose 'modernist' fatwas http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2933091512 (U.S.) Hillary Clinton pledges a resurgent State Department http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5567807.ece (U.S.) Illinois: Panel discusses Islam's cultural influence -- "The three panelists focused on themes of oneness and diversity in Islam" -- Richard Taylor, Shaykh Avdool Rahman Kahan, and Irfan Omar http://media.www.marquettetribune.org/media/storage/paper1130/news/2009/01/22/News/Panel.Discusses.Islams.Cultural.Influence-3591449.shtml http://www.marquette.edu/theology/omar.shtml --- organized by Muslim Student Association (MSA) --- IPT background on Muslim Students Association (MSA) http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/84.pdf (U.S.) Minnesota: ACLU to sue Islamic public school in Minnesota http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024509.php http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/38009569.html Jordan's Islamic party sends letter to Obama offering dialogue -- Islamic Action Front (IAF) http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1455055.php/Jordans_Islamic_party_sends_letter_to_Obama_offering_dialogue_ Islamic bond issues seen dropping further -- "The issuance of Islamic, or sukuk, bonds is expected to drop for a second consecutive year in 2009 because of the global credit crisis, dashing the hopes of the Islamic finance industry that problems in the western banking systems might benefit its products" http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d5da10b6-e8a2-11dd-a4d0-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 --- Moody's: Shariah compliance a factor in sukuk decline http://www.smartbrief.com/news/sifmaglobal/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=C82C345D-A3C9-4A3C-88D4-3592414BD44D©id=9A5F61AD-90FD-499D-8072-3CE69E1A3F97 http://www.arabianbusiness.com/544425-shariah-compliance-issues-hit-sukuk---moodys --- Islamic Debt Sales to Plunge as Gulf Oil Wealth Ebbs http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=azOFOMvY2X.A&refer=asia "Insurance in emerging markets: overview and prospects for Islamic insurance " http://masterdrive.org/2009/01/21/insurance-in-emerging-markets-overview-and-prospects-for-islamic-insurance/ (UK) Financial jihad: Large UK bank may fall into control of Middle East investors http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024515.php http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/4309296/Barclays-may-lose-control-to-Gulf-investors.html Propaganda: (U.S.) "Obama Should Quit War on Terror, Talk to Hamas and Taliban" -- Nathan Gardels, Editor, NPQ, Global Services of Los Angeles Times Syndicate/Tribune Media http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-gardels/obama-should-quit-war-on_b_159809.html (UK) Guardian: "Rachel North: 'I don't believe British people bought into authoritarianism'" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/video/2009/jan/22/rachel-north-civil-liberties -- no concern by Guardian regarding the erosion of human equality and liberty by Islamic supremacism Against Nazi News: London Times Report: "Pope could welcome Holocaust denier back into the fold" --- London Times: "Bishop Williamson’s statements on the Holocaust and comments he has made endorsing the anti-Semitic forgery the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, threaten to derail the Pope’s plans" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5567829.ece Germans buy up Nazi news reprints http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/22/europe/EU-Germany-Nazi-News.php (Germany) Project tells story of Nazi forced labor http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/22/europe/EU-Germany-Forced-Labor.php Nazi angel of death Josef Mengele 'created twin town in Brazil' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/4307262/Nazi-angel-of-death-Josef-Mengele-created-twin-town-in-Brazil.html January 21, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Four killed, ten wounded in Adhamiya blast http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970265&Language=en Iraqi killed, another injured in Kirkuk blast http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970286&Language=en (Afghanistan) Suicide car bomber kills 2 Afghan troops in west - near Herat http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292922867&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=65856 (Afghanistan) Leave Afghanistan, Taliban Militants Tell Obama --- Taliban: "We have no problem with Obama... The only solution is that they leave Afghanistan" http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090121/ACQDJON200901210408DOWJONESDJONLINE000364.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Leave%20Afghanistan,%20Taliban%20Militants%20Tell%20Obama http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=65852 -- Afghanistan: Taliban tells Obama to abandon 'war politics' http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2932618581 (Afghanistan) Obama looks for regional allies to stabilize Afghanistan http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hOwEkUa9if8UBEh2YoqkT7uDlu_A -- US investigates Afghan civilian deaths claim http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/21/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) Key Taliban commander killed in Kandahar -- ISAF --- Haji Adam http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970319&Language=en Asian Muslims welcome Obama's move on Guantanamo Bay -- Islamic Republic of Afghanistan President Karzai's spokesman: "In principle we welcome the decision by the new government of America and president Obama himself, who earlier had said that they will close down Guantanamo Bay prison" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/uselection/2009/January/uselection_January167.xml§ion=uselection (U.S.) Obama Administration Moves to Halt Guantanamo Trials -- "Hours after taking office, the president orders military prosecutors in Guantanamo war crimes tribunals to seek a 120-day halt in all pending cases" http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/21/seeks-suspend-guantanamo-war-crimes-trials/100days/ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5558726.ece (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Canadian sent to Syria after tip: Guantanamo hearing -- Omar Khadr http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090120/us_nm/us_guantanamo_hearings (Pakistan) NWFP: Two more schools torched in Swat http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=65861 (Pakistan) National Assembly "speaks out against Swat militants" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19769 (Pakistan) Aid to Pakistan tied to war on terror: Obama administration http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Aid_to_Pak_tied_to_war_on_terror_Obama_admn/articleshow/4010575.cms Pakistan must be brought to discipline: Indian External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_must_be_brought_to_discipline_Pranab/articleshow/4011653.cms (India J&K) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) hideout busted in Doda http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/LeT_hideout_busted_in_Doda/articleshow/4011369.cms (Israel) Mortar Shell Farewell to IDF Soldiers - on Eshkol region http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129542 (Gaza) IDF troops complete Gaza withdrawal -- "Soldiers deploy along border to provide response in case of Palestinian violations of cease-fire" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292921999&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1057390.html Israel fears terror avenging Mughniyeh -- "Latest intelligence assessments say Hizbullah will target Israeli interests abroad in next 3 weeks" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292920599&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) IDF troops arrest 10 Palestinian terror suspects http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292921772&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Report: IDF arrests Islamic Jihad official in Jenin http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3659824,00.html Iran says Hamas has right to weapons http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292924996&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iran urges Obama to change U.S. foreign policy in Mideast http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1057439.html (Algeria) Plague claim makes al-Qaeda new priority http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1201856 (Somalia) 10 Somalis die as Islamists, government clash http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090121/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_1 (Nigeria) Gunmen attack ship in Nigeria, kidnap worker http://www.iht.com/indexes/ap/apsectionindex.php?section=africa (Russia) Al-Qaeda active in Russia's North Caucasus - Interior Ministry http://en.rian.ru/russia/20090121/119734635.html (Spain) ETA Separatists kill over rail line http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24944628-23109,00.html http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/21/europe/EU-Spain-Basque-Warning.php (Northern Ireland) Omagh bombing: Intelligence was not held back, report says http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/northernireland/4304988/Omagh-bombing-Intelligence-was-not-held-back-report-says.html (Philippines) 2 civilians hurt in suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attack in Maguindanao http://www.gmanews.tv/story/145211/2-civilians-hurt-in-suspected-MILF-attack-in-Maguindanao (Philippines) MILF fighters told not to use cell phone during combat http://www.gmanews.tv/story/144856/MILF-fighters-told-not-to-use-cell-phone-during-combat (Philippines) All systems go for peace talks with MILF - Palace http://www.gmanews.tv/story/145079/All-systems-go-for-peace-talks-with-MILF---Palace Philippines: Kidnappers end contact with Red Cross http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2932617956 (Philippines) "Influential Muslim leader joins efforts to free Red Cross hostages" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/251702,influential-muslim-leader-joins-efforts-to-free-red-cross-hostages.html Indonesia: Lawyers seek death sentence for terror suspects http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2932222885 (Sri Lanka) Bomb in eastern Sri Lanka kills 2 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292921365&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (North Korea) "Report: N. Korea Willing to Give Up Nukes for U.S. Ties" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,481090,00.html --- Comment: like we haven't heard THAT before... Other News: Young Muslims' open letter to Obama -- "The open letter is based on the last week's Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow (MLT) conference in Doha." -- Letter stated: "We urge you, the world leaders of today, to take these steps, so that we, the Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow, can help steer our world towards a better future for all. We are dedicated to working with you to realise this vision. The time for change is now" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Young_Muslims_open_letter_to_Obama/articleshow/4010772.cms --- More on Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow (MLT) Conference: ---- January 20, 2009 - Future Muslim leaders seek fresh path ---- Pakistan's International Islamic University Madiha Younas: "it's not an Islamic value to have absolute freedom. Islam puts boundaries on you." ---- Saudi Harvard University graduage Malik Dahlan: "It is freedom not to submit [to God's will] that gives value to submission itself." http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0120/p07s01-wogn.html Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow (MLT) http://www.muslimleadersoftomorrow.org/ http://www.asmasociety.org/mlt2006/index2.html -- Meet the MLTs http://www.muslimleadersoftomorrow.org/about/mlts ---- Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow Blog: Notes from the MLT Plenary session: "New ideas and competing values" ----- Are there Islamic values that are in fundamental conflict with Western Values? 61% - Yes http://asmasociety.typepad.com/mlt/ Pakistan Islamist party welcomes Obama's "new way" --- "Khurshid Ahmed, a senior leader in the fundamentalist Jamaat-i-Islami" http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/403945/1/.html Pakistan: Do school texts fuel bias? -- Pakistan act of Parliament requires all government and private schools to have curriculum that includes "Make speeches on Jihad" -- "My 7-year-old came home from school one day insisting that Indians are our natural-born enemies, that Muslims are good, and Hindus are evil" -- "the 'Islamizing' of Pakistan's schools began in 1976" http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090121/wl_csm/opaktext_1 Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi anticipates new US attitude towards Muslims http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/16470-abdullah-anticipates-new-us-attitude-towards-muslims Malaysian Islamists call for ban on singer Rihanna http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-78880.html (U.S.) 'Obsession' DVD raises Islam alarms http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86624 --- October 25, 2008 - Washington Post Quotes HLF Unindicted Co-Conspirator Group CAIR on "Obsession" Video (my title) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/25/AR2008102502092.html --- October 6, 2008 - CAIR: "Fox '24' Producer Pulls Endorsement of Anti-Muslim Film" -- CAIR releases "a statement" by Howard Gordon renouncing his support for DVD "Obsession" http://www.cair.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=25546&&name=n&&currPage=1 (Netherlands) "Dutch court: prosecute anti-Islamic lawmaker" --- Amsterdam Appeals Court decides orders prosecution of Geert Wilders --- "The Amsterdam Appeals Court decision means prosecutors will now have to launch a hate-speech case against Wilders for his statements in the interviews and a short film" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/21/europe/EU-Netherlands-Hate-Speech.php --- Dutch court: "In a democratic system, hate speech is considered so serious that it is in the general interest to... draw a clear line" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7842344.stm --- Geert Wilders to be prosecuted http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/090121-geert-wilders --- DPA report http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/251731,dutch-court-says-anti-islam-legislator-can-be-prosecuted.html (Italy) Rome: Colosseum prayers fuel row, calls for sermons in Italian http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/rome-colosseum-prayers-fuel-row-calls.html (France) Paris: 3rd Islamic Financial Services Forum - The European Challenge http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/paris-3rd-islamic-financial-services.html (Belgium) Antwerp: Bus driver removed for Palestinian scarf http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/antwerp-bus-driver-removed-for.html Norwegian envoy: Israel, Nazis the same http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292920832&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Nigeria: Hisbah Blocks Women's Rally --- Director General of the Hisbah, Saidu Dukawa: "Never in the history of Islam have women taken to the street to press for their demands" http://allafrica.com/stories/200901210108.html -- Nigerian women's rally deemed an "embarrassment" by Sharia police http://www.smartbrief.com/news/un_wire/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=C5CEC98F-D143-4308-A4ED-EB97CB5CD485©id=48BBB03D-A922-46F6-AC99-61F10CA3E5C7 -- Sharia police block women's rally http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7837512.stm (UK) BBC: Chris Moyles in new storm over Auschwitz concentration camp 'joke' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1125243/Chris-Moyles-new-storm-Auschwitz-concentration-camp-joke.html (UK) Former KGB agent buys London newspaper http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,27753,24945723-31037,00.html World facing huge computer worm -- computer worm known as "Conficker" or "Downadup" http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,28348,24943012-5014239,00.html Commentaries: Homegrown Jihad: Terrorist Camps Around the U.S. - by Jerry Gordon --- "These camps are sponsored by the terrorist group Jamaat ul-Fuqra (JF) or 'community of the impoverished' and its notorious Pakistani founder, Sheik Mubarak Ali Gilani." http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/19048 Pakistan's shift alarms the US - by Syed Saleem Shahzad http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KA22Df01.html January 20, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) IAF strikes Kassam launchers in Gaza -- "Israel reacts after Gaza gunmen fire at IDF patrols in first cease-fire violation by Hamas since Sunday" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292915656&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- IAF bombs Gaza target after 8 mortar shells fired at Israel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1057066.html --- Hamas fires 8 mortar shells http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3659500,00.html (Israel) Terror victims group gears up for hasbara campaign --- "An Israeli terror victims association is preparing to launch a new information campaign based on the fear that new US President Barack Obama will usher in a period 'where there is no serious global war on terror'" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292919789&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas Celebrates Victory -- "Tuesday terrorists fired nine mortars towards Israel. Eight of them landed within Gaza" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/159600 --- Hamas Holds Victory Rallies While U.N. Chief Tours Gaza http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480860,00.html Hamas: In Their Own Voices (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i08L09V0_sg&eurl=http://www.jihadwatch.org/&feature=player_embedded "Saudi businessman files suit over US terror list" -- Yasin al-Qadi's Muwafaq foundation "was identified by the U.S. Treasury department as an al-Qaida front and placed on a terror list in October 2001" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/19/news/ML-Saudi-US-Terror-List.php http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January405.xml§ion=middleeast (Iraq) Explosions Blast Military, Government Convoys in Baghdad http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,481025,00.html --- Three killed, eight more injured in blast W. Baghdad - Source http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1970100&Language=en (Pakistan) NWFP: President Zardari President tasks JUI-F's Maulana Fazlur Rehman to hold talks with Swat Taliban -- aka Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman aka Fazl http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\21\story_21-1-2009_pg1_12 -- Related Reports: -- January 14, 2009 - (Pakistan) NWFP: JUI-F's Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman for early implementation of Shariah in Swat http://www.pakwatan.com/latest_news1.php?id=9712 --- last year U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson met with Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman to promote "free and fair elections" http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/21/top8.htm --- JUI-F led by Taliban promoter Maulana Fazlur Rehman http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/mma.htm -- 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#Rehman2 (Pakistan) NWFP: Hoti offers talks to Swat Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\21\story_21-1-2009_pg1_13 (Pakistan) NWFP: Sufi calls for implementing Shariah to end bloodshed http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=158291 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban releases government agent in South Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\21\story_21-1-2009_pg7_9 (Pakistan) FATA: Security forces kill 60 Taliban in Mohmand operation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\21\story_21-1-2009_pg1_6 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: India -- Pak to get more 26/11 proof but not Kasab's DNA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pak_to_get_more_2611_proof_but_not_Kasabs_DNA/articleshow/4008761.cms (India) Wanted militant arrested at Chennai airport http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Wanted_militant_held_in_Chennai/articleshow/4007157.cms (U.S.) Liberty City Six: 3rd Trial Set to Begin for Accused Terror Suspects http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/37880064.html -- Third Trial Set To Begin For "Liberty City Six" http://cbs4.com/local/liberty.city.6.2.912721.html (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Officials Expecting Halt to 9/11 Proceedings http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/19/AR2009011902739.html?hpid=topnews --- Gitmo court adjourned 'indefinitely' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\21\story_21-1-2009_pg7_8 (U.S.) D.C. monitors East African terror group threat http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28751376/ -- US agencies chase down potential inauguration day threat http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090120/pl_afp/uspoliticsinaugurationsecurity (U.S.) Napolitano confirmed for Homeland Security http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/2009/01/20/20090120napolitano-confirmed0120-ON-CP.html (UK) 7 July bomber 'phoned accused' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7840285.stm Somalia: Roadside Bomb Targets African Union in Mogadishu http://allafrica.com/stories/200901200841.html (Spain) Update: Spanish police arrest 10 suspected Islamic extremists -- "They are suspected of financing terrorist activities by carrying out thefts and sending the money they raised from their criminal activities to Pakistan" http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Spanish-police-arrest-10-suspected-Islamic-extremists_48829.html (Philippines) Expert: JI military chief hiding in Mindanao? http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/20/09/expert-ji-military-chief-hiding-mindanao Thailand: Conflict in Muslim south cost $3 bln, says think-tank http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2923331705 (Thailand) Teachers vow to stick by their students -- won't be frightened away by Jihadist attacks http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/9875/teachers-vow-to-stick-by-their-students China urges Hamas to 'face reality,' stop attacks http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/20/asia/AS-China-Israel-Palestinians.php China for nuke strike to ward off threats http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/China_for_nuke_strike_to_ward_off_threat/articleshow/4006770.cms Other News: Bangladesh - Christian Pastor's Wife Gang-Raped, Home Robbed -- by "local Muslims" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5763&backpage=summaries (Pakistan) Muslims boycott Christians in Narowal village http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\21\story_21-1-2009_pg1_10 Afghan editor arrested for alleged blasphemy -- per Afghanistan deputy attorney general, Fazel Ahmad Faqiryar http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090114/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanmediarightsreligion_20090114163353 Gazans stay away from Israeli clinic -- "Head of WHO's Gaza office tells 'Post' he doubts Hamas would allow Palestinians to access facility" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292919802&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Sudan) MEMRI: "In Alarabiya TV Debate, Sudanese Islamist Hassan Al-Turabi Explains That Jihad Was Declared in Sudan to 'Muster More Power,' 'Restrain People'; Egyptian Human Rights Activist Farida Al-Naqqash: Al-Turabi's 'Shari'a Laws' – A Main Reason for Worsening of Southern Sudan Crisis" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD219909 (Egypt) MEMRI: "Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi Slams Al-Azhar Sheikh Tantawi for Shaking Hands with Israeli President Peres, Saying Peres Has a Helmet Filled With the Dried Blood of Egyptian POWs He Murdered in 1967; Tells Tantawi, 'Give Up Your Ph.D... In Which You Yourself Said That [the Jews] Are the Sons of Apes and Pigs'" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD219809 (U.S.) President Obama Inaugural Message to "Muslim World" --- "To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect" --- To "those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inauguration_obama_text http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/20/obama.politics/index.html ---- Comment: the war of Islamic supremacists against democracy, equality, and liberty is not just based on using terrorist tactics ----- See also: Jihad Watch: Obama: "To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024479.php (U.S.) CAIR Welcomes Obama's 'Encouraging' Statement to Muslim World in Inaugural Address ---- CAIR's Nihad Awad: "We hope this encouraging statement, coupled with a change in America's previous policies toward the Muslim world, will help improve our nation's image and promote a safe and prosperous future for all of humanity" http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090120/pl_usnw/cair_welcomes_obama_s__encouraging__statement_to_muslim_world_in_inaugural_address ---- Nihad Awad is a documented supporter ("I am in support of the Hamas movement") of the Hamas Islamic supremacist organization http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/223 http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/627 (U.S.) Muslims welcome leadership change http://www.northjersey.com/news/northernnj/Muslims_welcome_leadership_change.html (U.S.) Obama pledges new start with Muslims --- "About 300 young Muslims from 76 countries signed a letter published in the Washington Post on Tuesday, urging the new president to make policy changes that could improve relations between the Muslim world and the West." http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20413445.htm --- Muslim leaders call for dialogue ----- "The letter, published Tuesday in The Washington Post, the group said "if we are to inaugurate a new era of hope and peaceful engagement," Muslim and non-Muslim leaders must commit to honest dialogue." The letter comes on the heels of the 2009 Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow conference held in Doha from Friday to Monday. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/20/Muslim_leaders_call_for_dialogue/UPI-70261232492968/ ---- Another report on the "Muslim Leaders of Tomorrow Conference" ------ Pakistan's International Islamic University Madiha Younas: "it's not an Islamic value to have absolute freedom. Islam puts boundaries on you." http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0120/p07s01-wogn.html (U.S.) Delicate dance over president's middle name -- Obama: "We've got a unique opportunity to reboot America's image around the world and also in the Muslim world in particular. So we need to take advantage of that." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28757817/ (U.S.) ISNA: Muslim Americans Represented in Inaugural National Prayer Service http://www.isna.net/articles/News/MUSLIM-AMERICANS-REPRESENTED-IN-INAUGURAL-NATIONAL-PRAYER-SERVICE.aspx http://www.pic2009.org/pressroom/entry/presidential_inaugural_committee_announces_participants_of_national_prayer_/ --- See Also: --- IPT News: ISNA's Mattson to Speak at Inaugural Prayer Service; IPT Report Documents Her Troubling History http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/978 ---- Diana West: Muslim Brotherhood Comes to the Inaugural http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/708/MB-Comes-to-the-Inaugural.aspx ---- Robert Spencer: Hamas Inauguration http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=91FE16A6-5394-4855-905A-7FB24FBDCF7B ---- Jeffrey Imm: Will Obama's Administration Legitimize Islamic Supremacism? http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2009/01/obama/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/121.html ---- ISNA's Ingrid Mattson in Her Own Words http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/5544 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19156 ISNA "joins in asking President-elect Obama to issue an Executive Order banning torture" http://www.isna.net/articles/News/ISNA-JOINS-IN-ASKING-PRESIDENT-ELECT-OBAMA-TO-ISSUE-AN-EXECUTIVE-ORDER-BANNING-TORTURE.aspx Arabs warily hopeful about Obama --- Saudi: "I wanted to send him a letter by courier to wish him well and explain how Muslims and Arabs feel" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292917264&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Arabs feel hope, suspicion about Obama ---- Pakistani: "I hope he will address the basic problems of militancy in Pakistani tribal areas which are poverty, unemployment and illiteracy" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/20/arabs-feel-hope-suspicion-about-obama/ (Israel) Olmert: U.S.-Israeli relations will grow even stronger under Obama http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1057137.html (France) "Obama likened to WW II liberation" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/20/obama-likened-ww-ii-liberation/ Commentaries: Bookishness - by Diana West -- "Funny how she didn't mention Obama's fondness for two other well-known authors: Malcolm X or Franz Fanon." http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/713/Bookishness.aspx -- Related reports: http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2008/07/07/obama_books/ http://savagepolitics.com/wright-lies-and-videotapes ISNA's Ingrid Mattson in Her Own Words http://www.campus-watch.org/article/id/5544 --- "Mattson places loyalty to Islam before loyalty to the United States of America" http://macdonald.hartsem.edu/mattsonart6.htm -- "Mattson on the possibility that Americans may 'rise to the challenge of defining themselves as an ethical nation"'" http://macdonald.hartsem.edu/mattsonart6.htm -- "Mattson denies the existence of terrorist cells in the United States" http://www.islamtoday.com/showme2.cfm?cat_id=38&sub_cat_id=1023 -- "Mattson defends Wahhabism" http://archives.cnn.com/2001/community/10/18/mattson.cnna/ -- "Mattson on the negative effects of the end of the Islamic Caliphate" http://archives.cnn.com/2001/community/10/18/mattson.cnna/ -- "Mattson teaches the jihadists Sayyid Qutb and Syed Abu'l-'Ala Mawdudi in her course at Hartford Seminary – see the syllabus here" http://www.hartsem.edu/academic/courses/summer2007/sc621.html -- "Mattson praises the jihadist Mawdudi (aka Maududi)" http://www.youngmuslims.ca/lecturesummaries/display.asp?id=3 -- "Although she recommends and teaches Abdul ala Maududi, who advocates violent jihad against non-Muslims (see above), Mattson is highly critical of Christians who make the factual statement that texts by Muslims support violent jihad against non-Muslims -- and she equates Christian critics of violent jihad with Osama bin Laden, who wages violent jihad. Mattson on critical statements by Christians about Muslims" http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week602/mattson.html -- "Mattson is a traditionalist on Shariah law and the legitimacy of Shariah authorities" http://macdonald.hartsem.edu/mattsonart6.htm -- "Mattson is a leader in Muslim efforts to censor the right to free speech in America and especially in the United States government" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/01/america/na_gen_us_american_muslims.php -- "Mattson denies the actual state of women's rights under Shariah law" http://www.videosift.com/video/Ingrid-Mattson-on-Community-in-Islam http://www.beliefnet.com/story/198/story_19898_1.html http://archives.cnn.com/2001/COMMUNITY/10/18/mattson.cnna/ -- "Mattson rationalizes the actions of the Taliban against women" http://archives.cnn.com/2001/community/10/18/mattson.cnna/ -- "Like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), Mattson condemns terrorism in general but avoids criticizing Hamas or Hizballah" http://archives.cnn.com/2001/community/10/18/mattson.cnna/ -- "Mattson apparently thinks that Evangelical Christians are more of a threat to Jews than Islamic jihadists" http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/14/islamic_leader_urges_jews_be_wary_of_fundamentalists/ -- "Mattson is highly critical of Israel" http://macdonald.hartsem.edu/mattsonart6.htm -- "Mattson limits dialogue" http://macdonald.hartsem.edu/mattsonart3.htm -- "Mattson and ISNA have been criticized by those who identify themselves as American Muslim reformers and moderates" http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c55_a1565/Editorial__Opinion/Opinion.html http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.asp?id=15647&levelid=1§ionid=98 January 20, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraqi official escapes bomb explosion in Baghdad http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1969923&Language=en Afghanistan: Islamic leader calls for attacks to back Gaza -- Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, chief of the Islamic Hezb-e-Islami party "urged Muslims to wage war against the United States because of its financial and military support for Israel" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2926941552 (Afghanistan) Bomb kills two police in Afghanistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1969920&Language=en Afghanistan seeks control over NATO deployments http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/20/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) Karzai must be pressed over Taliban, say Dutch http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24941015-2703,00.html (Afghanistan) Grenades Used in Afghan Clash, 22 Militants Killed - Kandahar and Kapisa province fighting http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480806,00.html (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan kills 22 militants near Afghan border: Officials --- also claims reponsibility for killing 22 "militants" in FATA's Mohmand province http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak_kills_22_militants_near_N-W_border/articleshow/4007633.cms (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistani Militants Kill 6 Suspected U.S. Spies - in North Waziristan's Miranshah http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480810,00.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_kill_six_US_spies_in_Pakistan/articleshow/4005431.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Bomb injures four in northwest Pakistan -- in Peshawar http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Bomb_injures_four_in_northwest_Pakistan/articleshow/4005426.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban blow up 6 schools in Swat -- updated report on Taliban war on children's schools in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\20\story_20-1-2009_pg1_7 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Militants_bomb_5_schools_in_northwest_Pakistan/articleshow/4003037.cms http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/20/top7.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Military action not only solution to Swat: PM Gilani -- also "Gilani tells National Assembly Mumbai suspects will not be handed over to India" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\20\story_20-1-2009_pg1_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Peshawar High Court (PHC) may shift Swat courts to Peshawar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\20\story_20-1-2009_pg1_9 --- Comment: as the Taliban have taken over the courts in Swat --- January 11, 2009 - NWFP: Taliban running parallel courts in Swat ----- "Locals say more than 70 Taliban courts functional in valley" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\11\story_11-1-2009_pg7_22 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat situation worsens over non-implementation of resolution: PML-N --- PML-N's Iqbal "called for the government to hold talks with the extremists for the improvement of security situation in Swat" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=65758 --- November 17, 2007: "The chief minister said a committee had been constituted to point out hurdles in the implementation of Sharia Ordinance and Adl Regulations and submit its recommendations soon." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\11\17\story_17-11-2007_pg7_15 (Pakistan) Govt believes in freedom of expression, says Information Minister Sherry Rehman http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\20\story_20-1-2009_pg1_5 --- Zardari did use 'terrorist' tag for media, say businessmen http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jan202009/foreign20090120113622.asp?section=updatenews --- January 1 and 2, 2009: Rehman also warns Pakistan media against spreading rumors http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg1_6 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\01\story_1-1-2009_pg7_25 --- See Also: --- Pakistan National Assembly "demanded that the UN make a law suggesting capital punishment for blasphemy" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\16\story_16-4-2008_pg7_6 --- Blasphemy law in Pakistan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law_in_Pakistan --- Pakistan - Man gets death sentence for blasphemy http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\19\story_19-6-2008_pg7_7 --- Pakistan - Man gets death for blasphemy after video trial http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\05\31\story_31-5-2007_pg13_1 --- Pakistan - Christian jailed for 7 years for blasphemy http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_24-2-2005_pg1_8 (Pakistan) No compromise on national security: Pakistan President Zardari -- "General Kayani expressed Pakistan's concerns over the US drone attacks on Al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Pakistan's Tribal Areas" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\20\story_20-1-2009_pg1_1 -- Pakistan: Zardari urges US to stop drone attacks in border area http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2927265917 --- Pakistan warns Petraeus over missile strikes ---- AFP call Pakistan "a conservative Muslim country" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090120/wl_sthasia_afp/usafghanistanpakistanunrestmilitary_20090120130804 --- Pakistan tells powers to stop demanding more http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090120/wl_nm/us_pakistan_usa_1;_ylt=AqbRpxODv1Mu1RPGmYSd0KoBS5Z4 (Pakistan) "Defeating militants top priority for govt: Zardari" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\20\story_20-1-2009_pg7_6 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: More proof from India sought http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19739 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Do not divert attention, world is watching, India tells Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Do_not_divert_attention_world_is_watching_India_tells_Pakistan/articleshow/4006334.cms Pakistan: India warned over possible 'military adventurism' http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2926941582 (India) Bangalore next terror target after Mumbai http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Bangalore_next_terror_target_BSY/articleshow/4007959.cms (India) Maharashtra cops file chargesheet in Malegaon blast http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Maharashtra_cops_file_chargesheet_in_Malegaon_blast/articleshow/4005099.cms Hamas Breaks Truce, Fires on IDF; Rocket Warning at Kibbutz http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129528 -- Gaza gunmen fire at IDF patrols in first cease-fire violations http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292915656&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull 'Hamas torturing Fatah members in Gaza' -- Jerusalem Post report: "Detainees accused of 'collaborating' with Israel being held in schools" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292907998&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) Report: Hamas leader says he never expected scale of IDF op in Gaza http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1057081.html -- January 19, 2009: Hamas declares victory in Gaza but vows to rearm against Israel http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4291457/Hamas-declares-victory-in-Gaza-but-vows-to-rearm-against-Israel.html (Gaza) Smugglers Get Tunnels Back in Operation http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,602276,00.html (West Bank area) 7 Palestinian terror suspects arrested west of Jenin http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292916132&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Arab Singer Condemns Hamas http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/159580 UN chief visits Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3659209,00.html -- UN's Ban demands investigation into Gaza bombing http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4297809/Ban-demands-investigation-into-Gaza-bombing.html (Israel) One Seriously Wounded in Binyamin-Area Attack http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129514 (Israel) WND Report: "Source: Obama team asked Israel to end offensive" http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86530 (Israel/Iran/U.S.) Israel President Peres unworried Obama may talk to Iran -- "'He wants peace, they want war,' says president, stressing Israel must not act alone against threat" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292912673&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull View from Hizbullah: Hamas Killed 1,583 Soldiers http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/159557 Iran renews efforts to supply Hamas --- "Teheran probes group's failure during IDF op, looks to supply Hamas with missiles which can hit Tel Aviv" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292910127&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) MEMRI: "In Friday Sermon, Iranian Guardian Council Chairman Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati Attempts to Mock Obama, Incites Against Mubarak, and Says He Wishes Someone Would 'Waste a Bullet' on Israeli FM Tzipi Livni" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD219609 Iranian Official Warns U.S. On Spying http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/19/AR2009011902044.html?wprss=rss_world Saudis Pledge to Cover Over Half of Palestinian Authority War Costs -- "Saudi Arabia pledged to provide the PA in Gaza, under the jihadist Hamas regime, with one billion dollars" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129526 (U.S.) Anti-Israel professor claims access to Obama -- "President-elect long minimized ties to radical Palestinian activist" Rashid Khalidi --- Khalidi criticized Israel for "leading what he termed a 'propaganda campaign' to de-legitimize" Hamas http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86610 (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: 9/11 Defendants Give Unapologetic Admissions in Guantanamo War Crimes Trial --- Ramzi bin al Shibh (also spelled Ramzi Binalshibh) and Khalid Sheik Mohammed ----- Khalid Sheik Mohammed: "We don't care about the capital punishment; we are doing jihad for the cause of God" ----- Ramzi bin al Shibh: "We are proud of 9/11." http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480744,00.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/861104.html (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay/Canada: Khadr saw Arar at al-Qaeda sites in Afghanistan: FBI agent http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/01/19/khadr-hearing.html (U.S.) Former British resident may soon leave Guantanamo -- Binyam Mohamed --- "The United States had accused him of plotting a radioactive bomb attack on the US, but the allegation was withdrawn in October. " http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\20\story_20-1-2009_pg7_40 (U.S.) Families of 9/11 victims want to keep Guantanamo open http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January1042.xml§ion=international (U.S.) Inauguration security tight for festivities -- "Law enforcement and intelligence officials received information that people associated with a Somalia-based group, al-Shabaab, might try to travel to the U.S. with plans to disrupt the inauguration, according to a joint FBI/Homeland Security bulletin issued Monday night" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inauguration_security ---- Obama's Big Day Generates E-Jihad Buzz http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/01/20/world/worldwatch/entry4737502.shtml (UK) July 5, 2007 Bomb Trials: Three accused of conspiring with London bombers --- Waheed Ali, Sadeer Saleem, and Mohammed Shakil http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/20/top13.htm --- British Muslims 'went on July 7 reconnaissance' ---- "Retrial of three men accused of conspiring with 2005 London bombers told that they intended to go to terror training camp" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5546439.ece UK defense department probes virus security breach http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1969964&Language=en (UK) "Government gives 1m pounds to anti-extremist think-tank Quilliam Foundation" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5549138.ece See Also: -- January 13, 2009: Quilliam Foundation Guardian Commentary by James Brandon Attacks Mark Steyn, Melanie Philips and calls her writing "crazed rhetoric" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/13/islam-uksecurity http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/james-brandon -- January 11, 2009: Quilliam Foundation's Ed Husain: "As a British Muslim, it is so frustrating that no one seems to understand our anger" --- Quilliam's Husain: "Many urged me to calm Muslim anger, but why should I? If this does not make me and other Muslims angry, then what could?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/11/israel-palestine-islam --- On the other side from civilisation - by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3197296/on-the-other-side-from-civilisation.thtml ---- Press release: Quilliam Foundation calls for UK Government to pressure Israel to stop military operations http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/index.php/component/content/article/374 ---- "Britain has a duty to Arabs" - by Ed Husain http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/30/israelandthepalestinians-middleeast ---- Gaza invasion could spark extremism in Britain: Muslims http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-71379.html http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKTRE5072Z520090108?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=401 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/08/open-letter-gaza-gordon-brown-israel ---- Maajid Nawaz defended the rights of Jihadists in Afghanistan and Iraq under the Geneva Convention http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Quilliam ---- Quilliam Foundation and Misdirection on Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/098.html ---- Quilliam Foundation's Ed Husain Argues for new proposed UK Sharia "contract" on women's rights to deal with rape and forced marriages http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/20/islam.religion ----- ignorning existing UK laws http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/consent.pdf (Algeria) Al-Qaeda's plague backfires -- report links to news report of Al-Qaeda operatives being infected by strain of bubonic plague http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2150050.ece -- Report: "Al Qaeda bungles arms experiment" - "Biological or chemical weapons" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/19/al-qaeda-bungles-arms-experiment/ --- Al-Qaeda cell killed by Black Death 'was developing biological weapons' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/algeria/4294664/Al-Qaeda-cell-killed-by-Black-Death-was-developing-biological-weapons.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1121842/Al-Qaeda-hit-Black-Death-fear-medieval-plague-kills-40-terrorists-training-camp.html Somalia: Fighting is Underway in Mogadishu http://allafrica.com/stories/200901200729.html Somalia: Explosion Targets Amisom Truck http://allafrica.com/stories/200901200456.html (Yemen) Two Al Qaeda suspects killed in Yemen http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\20\story_20-1-2009_pg7_7 Yemen: Army surrounds kidnappers' hideout in south http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2927228210 Spanish police arrest 10 suspected Islamic extremists -- "in a series of raids Tuesday in Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands" http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Spanish-police-arrest-10-suspected-Islamic-extremists_48829.html --- Spain: Pakistanis detained on charges of financing terrorism http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1454646.php/Pakistanis_detained_on_charges_of_financing_terrorism__Roundup__ Germany names creator of chilling Al Qaeda video -- Morocco-born Bekkay Harrach aka Abu Talha Al-Alamani http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Germany-names-creator-of-chilling-Al-Qaeda-video--_48806.html (Europe) Jewish leaders object to Nazi imagery at rallies http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28739742/ Bosnia: Senior Al-Qaeda figure granted citizenship, says report -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2928330465 Philippines says no halt in search for Red Cross captives http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/20/worldupdates/2009-01-20T172359Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-375542-1&sec=Worldupdates http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN50350.htm Sri Lanka navy destroys 4 Tamil rebel boats http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/20/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (Sri Lanka) Manhunt for top rebel stepped up in Sri Lanka http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/20/asia/lanka.1-411703.php Other News: Future Muslim leaders: "it's not an Islamic value to have absolute freedom" http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/future-muslim-leaders-its-not-an-islamic-value-to-have-absolute-freedom/ -- Qatar: Future Muslim leaders seek fresh path ---- Pakistan's International Islamic University Madiha Younas: "it's not an Islamic value to have absolute freedom. Islam puts boundaries on you." ---- Saudi Harvard University graduage Malik Dahlan: "It is freedom not to submit [to God's will] that gives value to submission itself." http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0120/p07s01-wogn.html US Muslims: Obama's use of Hussein in oath sends message http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=d05bfdf7-5eb9-42d4-b2a6-cd3cdc26de9dObamainauguration_Special&MatchID1=4897&TeamID1=7&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=2&SeriesID1=1236&PrimaryID=4897&Headline=US+Muslims%3a+Obama%27s+use+of+Hussein+in+oath+sends+message Al-Jazeera launches channel for pre-schoolers http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Al_Jazeera-launches-channel-for-pre_schoolers-_48794.html Pakistan - Sisters Abducted, Forced to Convert to Islam -- "Repeatedly raped, minor and 18-year-old now face societal rejection" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5761&backpage=summaries (Pakistan) NWFP: Hoti rules out rolling back Bank of Khyber (Bok)'s Islamic banking network http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=158008 (Pakistan) NWFP: Youth urged to follow Islamic teachings -- meeting tells youths that "matter of serious concern that Muslims across the world had been divided into various block and sects due to which they had become the easiest target for the infidel forces" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=158073 (Pakistan) PPP and PML-N: Parting of ways? http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\20\story_20-1-2009_pg7_30 (India) Muslim leader warns against meddling in Shariah -- "Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmad alias Kanthapuram said Shariah is timeless and nobody would be allowed to dabble in its basic tenets" --- "“It is the decree of Allah, the Almighty,' Kanthapuram who heads the Markazu said. 'Islamic Shariah is built on the edifice of the Holy Qur'an, Prophet's Sunnah and the perception and perspectives commonly shared by scholars all over the world. No government, commission or any other system can change or alter it. It is unalterable, perennial and fit to survive all the time and it will withstand the challenges of all ages.'" http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=267571&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 (Indonesia) RNCOS Releases a New Report- Sharia Banking System in Indonesia http://www.free-press-release-center.info/pr00000000000000031232.html Singapore Sets Up Islamic Investment http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123240773665195745.html http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1232171558503&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout (Nigeria) IMFB Commences Operations in Kaduna http://nigerianbulletin.com/nigeria-business-finance-news/imfb-commences-operations-in-kaduna/20012009/4232/ Canada bars U.S. anti-war radical Ayers http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/20/Canada_bars_US_anti-war_radical_Ayers/UPI-39031232459578/ (UK) Boy Scouts adopt Islamic pledge -- can replace "God" with "“Allah, the Most Beneficent and the Most Merciful" http://www.christian.org.uk/news/20090120/scouts-adopt-islamic-pledge/ (UK) Authors: "Muslim areas NOT 'breeding ground' for terrorism" -- Professor Ludi Simpson and Dr Nissa Finney from The University of Manchester -- new book 'Sleepwalking to segregation? Challenging myths about race and migration' http://www.hillingdontimes.co.uk/news/asianspotlight/spotlight/4060422.Muslim_areas_NOT__breeding_ground__for_terrorism/ (UK) "Terror attacks can 'lower suicide rates' according to doctor" -- Dr Emad Salib http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/news/4058041.Terror_attacks_can__lower_suicide__rates_according_to_doctor/ Palestinians threaten Europe with Muslim minority http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/palestinians-threaten-europe-with.html http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090120/FOREIGN/419613201/-1/ART France: Muslims quit Jewish/Muslim friendship group http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/france-muslims-quit-jewishmuslim.html Germany: Muslims seek clarity on religious law http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/germany-muslims-seek-clarity-on.html Denmark: Schools deal with Gaza war http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/denmark-schools-deal-with-gaza-war.html (Austria) Report: Austrians warned Chechen to be targeted http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/20/europe/EU-Austria-Chechen-Slain.php Belgium urges probe into Israeli actions in Gaza http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/20/europe/EU-Belgium-Israel.php Commentaries: Will Obama's Administration Legitimize Islamic Supremacism? http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2009/01/obama/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/121.html CAIR Co-Hosts an Anti-Semitic Rally in Chicago - by Daniel Pipes http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2311/pub_detail.asp The Iran-al Qaeda Connection - by Douglas Farah http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2307/pub_detail.asp Political Prozac for the Public: Terrorism? Worry Not -- by Dr. Candace de Russy http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2314/pub_detail.asp Britain's Surrender - by Melanie Phillips -- "London's reaction to the Gaza war shows it is giving up against jihad" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123240733254895655.html Hail to the chiefs? by Frank Gaffney http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/19/hail-to-the-chiefs/ January 19, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Hamas Inauguration -- by Robert Spencer http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=91FE16A6-5394-4855-905A-7FB24FBDCF7B Newslinks: (Israel Foreign Minister) Livni: If Hamas renews rocket fire, it'll get slapped down again http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056778.html (Israel) 'IDF to leave Gaza before Obama inauguration' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056757.html (Israel) Report: Israeli spy chief - Gaza war failed to wipe out Hamas tunnels http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\19\story_19-1-2009_pg1_2 Hamas Prime Minister Ismail "Haniyeh: We have achieved victory" -- "The Hamas leader repeated the terror organization's demand for a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Strip, and for the opening of the border crossings" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292901812&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas: We will continue to smuggle weapons into Strip http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292903870&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3658541,00.html http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056783.html Fatah says Hamas "killed" members during conflict http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2921999411 (Iran) 'Prosecute Zionist criminals' -- "Iranian leader Ahmadinejad telephones Hamas' Mashaal, congratulates him on 'victory' in Gaza" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3658459,00.html Israel preparing for Iran bid to rearm Hamas in Gaza http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056767.html Egypt detains Brotherhood members http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\19\story_19-1-2009_pg7_11 (U.S.) Young men vanish into Somalia, stirring fears of terrorist recruitment --- LA Times does new report on story of those going to Jihad in Somalia from U.S. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-na-missing18-2009jan18,0,120881.story?track=rss (U.S.) Gitmo war court back for what may be last session http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090119/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_sept11_trial (U.S.) IHT: "Rulings of wrongful detentions at Guantanamo" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/19/america/19gitmo.php (UK) 3 face retrial on London transit bombing charges -- July 7, 2005 attacks --- Waheed Ali, Mohammed Shakil and Sadeer Salim http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/19/europe/EU-Britain-Bombings-Trial.php (UK) Azad Ali: Daily Telegraph report -- additional news report on Azad Ali http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4284412/Muslim-civil-servant-suspended-for-hardline-blog-attacking-Government-over-Gaza.html --- Muslim civil servant 'backed fanatic's call to kill our troops in Iraq' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1121284/Muslim-civil-servant-backed-fanatics-kill-troops-Iraq.html?ITO=1490 (UK) Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jan/19/counter-terrorism-act (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistani Taliban blow up schools in Swat --- "Residents say the militants are now virtually in complete control of [Swat] valley" --- "'Militants blew up two girls schools and two boys schools,' a top government official in the valley" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090119/wl_nm/us_pakistan_schools_2;_ylt=AtoxmcEJoeaSzfkFeu3VheoBS5Z4 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban video claims attacks in Pakistan http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=267428&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19149 -- Taliban video claims attacks on FIA building, ISI bus http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\19\story_19-1-2009_pg7_3 http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/19/top17.htm Pakistan temporarily halts US-NATO supplies http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090119/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_6 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Militants blow up gas pipeline in Pakistan: officials http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090119/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestsouthwestenergy_20090119111446;_ylt=Agccv48T4VpkH2gduAMjRhQBS5Z4 (Pakistan) Ex-Gitmo prisoner demands compensation - Qari Saeed Iqbal http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\19\story_19-1-2009_pg7_17 Pakistan action against terror an eyewash, says India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pakistan_action_against_terror_an_eyewash_says_India/articleshow/4001252.cms Pak briefs foreign envoys on 26/11 probe http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_briefs_foreign_envoys_on_2611_probe/articleshow/3999999.cms --- January 17, 2008: Pakistan: 10 days for Mumbai attack investigation http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090117/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_india (Pakistan) 'We may demand Samjhota train bombing suspects' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\19\story_19-1-2009_pg1_5 'India likely to give more Mumbai material to Pakistan' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\19\story_19-1-2009_pg1_6 India keeps pressure on Pakistan over Mumbai http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090119/india_nm/india375315 (India) Mumbai Attacks: Kasab remanded in police custody till Feb 2 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Kasab_remanded_in_police_custody_till_Feb_2/articleshow/4000363.cms India faces threat of another 26/11: US study http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_faces_threat_of_another_2611_US_study/articleshow/3998126.cms (India J&K) Cornered Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) hints at ending jihad: TV report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Lashkar_hints_at_ending_jihad_Report/articleshow/4000732.cms -- Lashkar offers to end jihad http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/19/stories/2009011957100100.htm (India J&K) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant arrested in J&K -- Imtiyaz Ahmed alias Saidullah http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/LeT_militant_arrested_in_JK/articleshow/4000328.cms (India J&K) Terrorist group "Laskhar-e-Tayyaba" to "to support democratic struggle to liberate Indian-held Kashmir" --- view UK Foreign Minister David Miliband comments as "ray of hope" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\19\story_19-1-2009_pg1_10 --- Miliband commentary called for "channeling" terrorists into "democratic politics" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/15/david-miliband-war-terror (Iraq) Southern Baghdad blast kills, injures seven people http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1969520&Language=en -- Police officer killed in Baghdad blast http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January372.xml§ion=middleeast (Iraq) Suicide Bomber Hits Iraqi Political Player http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/18/iraq/main4733828.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_4733828 (Somalia) 2 killed during attack on AU force in Somalia http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/18/africa/AF-Somalia.php (Algeria) Al-Qaeda used Nokia and Sagem cell phones in 11/12 bombings http://www.elkhabar.com/quotidienFrEn/?ida=140305&idc=114 (Algeria) Black Death 'kills al-Qaeda operatives in Algeria' -- Bubonic Plague http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/algeria/4287469/Black-Death-kills-al-Qaeda-operatives-in-Algeria.html --- Deadliest weapon so far... the plague http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2146286.ece (Mauritania) Al Qaeda urged Mauritania attacks over Gaza-group http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LI365142.htm (Uganda) Congo-Kinshasa: Kony Rebels Burn Hundreds in Church -- "Lord's Resistance Army" http://allafrica.com/stories/200901190007.html (Italy) Bomb found at Florence Chabad House -- "Paper fuse apparently lit without burning out; center located half a block from main synagogue" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232292896268&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Bomb Fails to Go Off at Florence Chabad House ---- "Also on Saturday, thousands of people, many of them Muslim, staged a march in Rome which included placards showing swastikas superimposed on the Star of David" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/159482 (Philippines) Four MILF rebels killed in rocket assaults: army http://www.mindanaotimes.com.ph/story.php?id=23676 http://www.inquirer.net/specialfeatures/thesoutherncampaign/view.php?db=1&article=20090118-184087 (Philippines) Kidnappers of Red Cross workers in Philippines open talks: police http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=232834 -- Gunmen want Philippine army to stop pursuit-Red Cross http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN400764.htm (Philippines) No peace with MILF seen in 2009-- expert http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090119-184276/No-peace-with-MILF-seen-in-2009---expert Sri Lankan military battles rebels in north http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/19/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: Iraqi shoe thrower to seek Swiss asylum: lawyer http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2009/01/19/iraqi_shoe_thrower_to_seek_swiss_asylum_lawyer/ Iranian Holocaust book to be launched in English -- "a book of caricatures and satirical writings about the Holocaust" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\19\story_19-1-2009_pg7_40 (Pakistan) "Media urged to counter anti-Pakistan propaganda" --- National Assembly Deputy Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi "said Pakistanis were tolerant people and Islam was the first religion, which actually gave the lesson of tolerance" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\19\story_19-1-2009_pg11_8 (Pakistan) Benazir's assassin wants to kill me: Zardari http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/19/top18.htm Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) plans moot to prepare proposals for Obama http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\19\story_19-1-2009_pg7_2 (France) Washington Times: "Women tackle Islamic-Jewish rift" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/19/women-tackle-islamic-jewish-rift/ French Jewish entertainers caught up in Arab-Jewish tensions http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/French-Jewish-entertainers-caught-up-in-Arab_Jewish-tensions--_48763.html (France) At French mosque, a call for calm amid seething anger http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/At-French-mosque_-a-call-for-calm-amid-seething-anger--_48755.html World Muslim Congress (WMC) "urges world leaders to promote peace" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\19\story_19-1-2009_pg7_23 (UK) New class for Islamic finance http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/13df108c-e3df-11dd-8274-0000779fd2ac,dwp_uuid=02e16f4a-46f9-11da-b8e5-00000e2511c8.html (Philippines) Ulama gather next week to set up national network http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5787&Itemid=75 Singapore launches first Islamic bond program http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=7122418&subject=markets&action=article Commentaries: Hamas Inauguration -- by Robert Spencer http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=91FE16A6-5394-4855-905A-7FB24FBDCF7B U-turn by Lashkar-e-Taiba -- by Praveen Swami http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/19/stories/2009011960041000.htm January 18, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com In this war, Islamists have found a shared strategy. We haven't --- "David Miliband is misguided to claim that the terrorist threat is disaggregated and heterogeneous, writes Matthew d'Ancona" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/matthewd_ancona/4278595/In-this-war-Islamists-have-found-a-shared-strategy.-We-havent.html ---- See also "Resistance is Survival" by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/120.html http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2009/01/resistance-is-survival/ (Israel) Rocket Roulette Resumes in Southern Israel -- Israel continues to be attacked after "ceasefire" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129480 (Israel) Woman wounded as Grad hits Ashdod -- "13 rockets, four mortar shells fired at southern Israeli civilian areas after truce takes effect" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100170713&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657876,00.html "Hamas declares ceasefire, gives IDF one week to withdraw" -- "In statement on Syrian TV, Mashaal demands Rafah crossing be opened; Islamic Jihad, other factions announce they will also honor truce" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100170713&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3658114,00.html http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056490.html Hamas may 'even the score' with terror attacks http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3658150,00.html Israel: No timetable for IDF Gaza exit until militants halt attacks http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056246.html (Israel) Shin Bet: Hamas will resume arms smuggling within months http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056489.html Indonesian cleric calls for jihad in Gaza --- Jemaah Islamiah (JI)'s Abu Bakar Bashir calls for Indonesians to join jihad in Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3658022,00.html (Lebanon) Report: "Two Israeli war planes penetrate Lebanese airspace" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1969361&Language=en (UK) News Flash: "Gordon Brown: We must move quickly toward a viable Palestine" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/ShowTickers.jhtml (UK) Muslim civil servant suspended over 'killing British troops is justified' blog -- Treasury official Azad Ali http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1120831/Muslim-civil-servant-suspended-killing-British-troops-justified-blog.html -- "As a former chairman of the influential Muslim Safety Forum and the current head of its counter-terrorism work-team, he works with the Home Office, senior police officers and the Security Services trying to combat extremism." -- "Azad Ali is considered a high profile 'moderate' Muslim who is trustee of the East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre, among many posts" -- "Mr Ali's friends on the Facebook website include former Guantanamo Bay inmate Moazzam Begg, Inayat Bunglawala of the Muslim Council of Britain, and journalist and Muslim convert Yvonne Ridley" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1120831/Muslim-civil-servant-suspended-killing-British-troops-justified-blog.html ---- Surprise! "Moderate" Muslim in British government turns out to be a jihadist! http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024453.php --- MCB lists Muslim Safety Forum (MSF) Azad Ali advertisement for MSF individual to coordinate with UK Home Office RICU http://www.mcb.org.uk/jobs/job_details.php?job_id=1551 --- Muslim Safety Forum (MSF) lists Azad Ali as Public Relations/Press Contact, provides contact information http://muslimsafetyforum.org/press-media/msf-press-release-election-7th-june-2007.html --- November 25, 2008 -- Harry's Place: "Azad Ali: I Am Working For A Hamas Caliphate" http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/25/azad-ali-i-am-working-for-a-hamas-caliphate/ --- November 20, 2008 -- Harry's Place: "Azad Ali: The Jihad Lover and the Civil Service" ----- Azad Ali cites the words of Azzam fils in calling for killing of American and British soldiers http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/11/20/azad-ali-the-jihad-lover-and-the-civil-service/ --- September 24, 2006 - Muslim Safety Forum (MSF)'s Azad Ali calls for UK police to review potential raids with Muslim groups ----- "Azad Ali, chairman of the MSF, said: 'The major concern that came to us from Muslims was that the intelligence was flawed -- the raid was on assumption and nothing else. This will allow independent scrutiny of intelligence.'" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article648982.ece --- April 26, 2006 - Azad Ali calls for police hunt for protestors praising July 7 bombers as "disproportionate" http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/apr/26/muhammadcartoons.world ---- See also: "British Home Office's RICU Seeks to Discredit Al-Qaeda, But Not Jihad" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T01 (UK) ISNA's Ingrid Mattson Promoted on UK Home Office-Supported "Radical Middle Way" -- Note October 2008 report http://www.radicalmiddleway.co.uk/videos.php?id=23&t=1&art=133&a_id=23 http://www.radicalmiddleway.co.uk/scholars.php?id=1&art=32 (U.S.) Six Guantanamo Bay detainees released --- "Four of the men were sent to Iraq, one to Algeria and one to Afghanistan" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/18/Six_Guantanamo_Bay_detainees_released/UPI-90521232287826/ http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/17/gitmo.detainees/index.html?iref=newssearch --- "'There is an inherent risk in detainee transfers and releases, as over 60 ex-Gitmo detainees have reportedly returned to terrorism,' Department of Defense spokesman J.D. Gordon said." (U.S.) Secret List of U.S. Military Bases to Replace Gitmo http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6664947&page=1 (U.S.) AFP: "Obama inauguration could put a stop to Guantanamo trials" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090118/pl_afp/usattacksjusticeguantanamo (U.S.) Admiral Dennis C. Blair takes new tack with intel position -- new Director of National Intelligence (DNI) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/18/admiral-takes-new-tack-with-DNI-position/ (U.S.) ISNA: Obama Prayer Leader Linked to Hamas Group - another report on Ingrid Mattson to be at inaugural prayer http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129477 http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86467 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/17/america/Inauguration-Prayer.php http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056435.html --- "Linda Douglass, a spokeswoman for Obama's inaugural committee, would not discuss the case or say whether the committee knew about it. 'She has a stellar reputation in the faith community,' Douglass said Saturday night." http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/17/america/Inauguration-Prayer.php --- Washington Times Blog: "Lots of react has come into our site -- most of it negative -- about Ingrid Mattson, the president of the Islamic Society of North America being given a role. I thought they could have made far worse choices, and Ingrid did preview herself, in a fashion, by appearing at an interfaith panel at the Democratic National Convention." - Julia Duin, religion editor http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/inauguration-blog/2009/Jan/18/who-will-be-wednesday/ --- Scroll down to see comments on Washington Times' January 17 religious news report on this http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/17/many-religions-to-be-represented/ (U.S.) Chertoff: Inauguration security forces 'ready' http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/17/inaugural.security/index.html?section=cnn_latest (Pakistan) NWFP: Pakistan's picturesque Swat valley turns into terror den: Reports http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Paks_picturesque_Swat_valley_turns_into_terror_den_Reports/articleshow/3996759.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Security forces' convoy attacked in Swat http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=65514 (Pakistan) NWFP: Decapitated body of kidnapped scholar found http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=157747 (Pakistan) NWFP: Girls schools in Swat to reopen on March 1: Information Minister Sherry Rehman http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=65526 (Pakistan) FATA: 15 militants, 1 soldier killed - in Mohmand http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/18/asia/AS-Pakistan.php (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Interior Ministry chief Malik: Mumbai attacks' leads go out of Pakistan --- Malik: "We are not registering a criminal case right now. Let the preliminary report come and if prima facie something substantial comes, we would convert it into a criminal case" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg1_1 --- Pakistan's Interior Ministry chief Malik: India 'most welcome' to help in 26/11 probe http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indian_help_in_2611_probe_welcome_Pak/articleshow/3997305.cms Pakistan law allows fugitives to be handed over to India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_law_allows_fugitives_to_be_handed_over_to_India/articleshow/3996904.cms Pakistan to face consequences in case of another attack on US, India: UK scholar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg1_12 (Pakistan/U.S.) Severing ISI link with terror groups in progress: U.S. State Dept's Boucher http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg1_4 (India) Four live bombs found in Ahmedabad http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Four_live_bombs_found_in_Ahmedabad/articleshow/3996753.cms (India/U.S.) FBI discounts woman's Mumbai claims http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/18/FBI_discounts_womans_Mumbai_claims/UPI-30371232283054/ (Afghanistan) Taliban claims they've formed shadow government --- Afghanistan Parliament member Khalid Pashtoon: "Right now the people have completely lost their faith, they mostly solve their legal disputes over Taliban judges" http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090117/taliban_expanding_090117/20090117?hub=SEAfghanistan (Afghanistan) Displaying rift, NATO leader turns tables on Afghan government --- "NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on Sunday denounced Afghanistan's "ineffective" government and said the authorities there were almost as much to blame for the country's plight as the resurgent Taliban" http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hgBszgHdn26p4pBrtMU39Glso8tg (Afghanistan) Al-Qaeda threatens Germany over its presence in Afghanistan -- Additional report on Abu Talha Al-Alamani video http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24928339-23109,00.html http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January968.xml§ion=international http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5539249.ece --- Addtl report on Saturday's attack on German embassy in Afghanistan http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,601844,00.html (Iraq) Christian killed in northern Iraqi city -- execution style - in Mosul http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090117/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_126 Somalia: Islamist Insurgents Attack Ethiopian Military Bases in Southern Somalia -- updated report on Friday attacks http://allafrica.com/stories/200901180016.html (Somalia) Islamist group tells AU peacekeepers to hand over weapons http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=10048&tirsan=3 (Nigeria) Gunmen attack ships at Nigeria oil loading platform http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January966.xml§ion=international Nigeria militants report botched hostage rescue http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090118/ap_on_bi_ge/af_nigeria_oil_unrest (Philippines) Police identify 3 victims in kidnapping of ICRC workers --- "Andreas Notter, 38, of Switzerland; Eugenio Vagni, 62, of Italy; and Mary Jean Lacaba, 37, of the Philippines" --- believed held by "al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf gunmen" http://www.gmanews.tv/story/144833/Cops-identify-3-suspects-in-kidnapping-of-ICRC-workers (Thailand) Powerful bomb defused before PM Abhisit's visit - in Yala http://www.nationmultimedia.com/topstory/30093498/Powerful-bomb-defused-before-Abhisit%27s-visit --- PM Abhisit: Violence is normal in south ----- after motorcycle bomb in front of hospital Thursday night, Friday morning clash with Jihadists in Pattani, bomb defused in Yala http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30093438/Abhisit:-Violence-is-normal-in-south --- PM says emergency decree in deep South to be lifted following Internal Security Act (ISA) enforcement http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30093478/PM-says-emergency-decree-in-deep-South-to-be-lifted-following-ISA-enforcement --- PM instructs officials to use more forensic science for fighting against southern insurgency http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30093482/PM-instructs-officials-to-use-more-forensic-science-for-fighting-against-southern-insurgency --- Five-year insurgency quelling costs Thailand Bt109 billion: research ----- 3,287 killed http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30093520/Five-year-insurgency-quelling-costs-Thailand-Bt109-billion:-research (Sri Lanka) Tamil Tigers surrounded, rebel chief may have fled http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January963.xml§ion=international Other News: (Pakistan) NWFP: One million kids to miss anti-polio drive in NWFP http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=157699 'Pakistan has highest maternal, newborn and child mortality in South Asia' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=157770 (India) Muslim clerics issue fatwa against Israeli goods http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lucknow_Fatwa_against_Israeli_goods/rssarticleshow/3998063.cms (India) Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to start 'Islamic Banking' course http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Lucknow/AMU_to_start_Islamic_Banking_course/articleshow/3996635.cms Malaysian Islamists win by-poll http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_46 (UK) Police move on Undercover Mosque film 'regrettable' say MPs http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2009/01/18/police-move-on-undercover-mosque-film-regrettable-say-mps-66331-22716134/ Video: 'In the bomb shelter, I felt anger' 'Joe the Plumber' recalls his experience covering war from southern Israel. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/Page/VideoPlayer&cid=1194419829128&videoId=1232265972096 Commentaries: In this war, Islamists have found a shared strategy. We haven't --- "David Miliband is misguided to claim that the terrorist threat is disaggregated and heterogeneous, writes Matthew d'Ancona" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/matthewd_ancona/4278595/In-this-war-Islamists-have-found-a-shared-strategy.-We-havent.html Consider the Source - by Raymond Ibrahim -- book review of "The Mind of Jihad" by Laurent Murawiec --- Raymond Ibrahim: "We need look no further than to Islam itself to understand jihad." http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/028zreci.asp?pg=2 The USS Cole plotter's unbelievable story -- by Thomas Joscelyn --- regarding Guantanamoo detainees Mohammed al Qahtani and Abd al Rahim Hussain Mohammed al Nashiri http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/01/the_uss_cole_plotter.php http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/016/011twdgn.asp Phares Plan Calls for Gaza Demilitarization - by Maj. W. Thomas Smith, Jr. http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2288/pub_detail.asp --- January 9, 2009: Will We Be Able to Bring Peace to Gaza this Time? by Walid Phares http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/01/09/phares_gaza_israel/ France Fears Its Islamic Soldiers http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmoral/articles/20090118.aspx Islam threatens America - by Dennis B. Lamkins http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090117/OPINIONS02/901170310/-1/RSS January 17, 2009 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) Late-night rocket barrage slams South -- "Some 8 rockets fired after cease-fire announced; earlier, synagogue near Ofakim sustains direct hit" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100165159&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Cabinet Okays Unilateral Truce; Hamas Continues Rocket Fire http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129470 --- Olmert: IDF exit from Gaza depends on Hamas ending rocket fire http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056246.html --- Israel Security Cabinet Approves Cease-Fire in Gaza as Olmert Says Objectives Achieved http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480367,00.html (Israel) IDF estimates Hamas will continue rocket fire in coming days http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657822,00.html Hamas vows to keep fighting Israel -- "But despite defiant statements, sources say group needs a 'lull' and will honor cease-fire" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100170713&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Hamas: Israel cease-fire declaration not enough, we`ll continue resistance http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056134.html (UK) London: Starbucks smashed and looted as anti-Israel protests turn to violence -- "Up to 200 rioters tracked by a police helicopter as they ransack coffee shops in central London" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4279688/Starbucks-smashed-and-looted-as-anti-Israel-protests-turn-to-violence.html (Pakistan) Tehreek-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud threatens to teach 'historic lesson' to Israel http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_34 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 Pakistan calls for end to Israel's 'campaign of terrorism' --- Comment: Note - not the Taliban's http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_3 --- Pakistan: "Students slam Israeli aggression" ---- Comment: obviously not worried about Pakistan's Islamic supremacism http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_24 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban's deadly 'justice' cows Pakistan -- "Sharia judges are ordering beatings and executions as punishment for cases of 'immoral activity'" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article5537025.ece (Pakistan) NWFP: Girls' school blown up in Bannu http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_12 --- Taliban threats close Pakistan schools http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/18/asia/AS-Pakistan-Threatened-Schools.php (Pakistan) NWFP: Faith healer beheaded --- with letter "warning that those involved in the business of faith healing would meet the same fate" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_13 (Pakistan) Gilani rules out IAEA access to Dr AQ Khan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_3 (Pakistan) Jeddah-bound flight evacuated after bomb scare http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Jeddah-bound_flight_evacuated_after_bomb_scare/articleshow/3994595.cms Pakistan concedes India has got proof against Pak nationals http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_concedes_India_has_got_proof_against_Pak_nationals/articleshow/3994542.cms (India) 'War an option to pressure Pakistan' -- "Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in a TV interview on Saturday" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_2 (India) Pak must act against terror in own interest: PM http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Stop_denials_face_facts_PM_tells_Pakistan/articleshow/3994351.cms (India J&K) Now, Pakistan ISI training women for jihad in J&K http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Now_ISI_training_women_for_jihad_in_JK_/articleshow/3994900.cms (India) Supplementary chargesheet filed in Ahmedabad blasts case -- "lists 44 persons as absconders, including alleged mastermind Amira Raza Khan believed to be in Pakistan and one Ansar from Kerala" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Supplementary_chargesheet_filed_in_Ahmedabad_blasts_case/articleshow/3994991.cms (India) Kalam: UN needs to set up counter-terrorism force http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Kalam_UN_needs_to_set_up_counter-terrorism_force/rssarticleshow/3994639.cms (India) Communist terror: Six cops killed in landmine blast in Jharkhand http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Red_terror_Six_cops_killed_in_landmine_blast_in_Jharkhand/articleshow/3994905.cms (India/Tibet) Non-violence can't tackle terror: Dalai Lama http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Non-violence_cant_tackle_terror_Dalai_/articleshow/3995810.cms (Afghanistan) Update: 7 killed, dozens wounded in Afghanistan attacks http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/18/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Somalia) African Union not worried by Somali extremist group's threats http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/17/africa/AF-AU-Somalia.php (Algeria) Al Qaeda in North Africa Kills One http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195890.php http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hlmGndLTvp4ZoUf2kso8_RyFvHGw (Germany) Video Showing German al Qaeda Emerges http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195888.php Other News: Iran jails accused in US-backed plot to topple Islamic system -- "A Tehran court has jailed a number of people accused of involvement in a US-sponsored plot to overthrow Iran’s Islamic system of government, a semi-official news agency said on Saturday" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_48 Saudi conference seeks to give guidance on fatwas http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\18\story_18-1-2009_pg7_11 (U.S.) London Times: "Obama reaches out to Muslims" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5537220.ece (Pakistan) Muslim League's Nawaz Sharif describes Zardari's leadership as dictatorship http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Nawaz_Sharif_describes_Zardaris_leadership_as_dictatorship/articleshow/3995466.cms (Switzerland) "There's No Place for Sharia in Switzerland" http://europenews.dk/en/node/18466 Against Nazi News: Stakes rise for Nazi-looted art as lawyers move in http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/18/europe/EU-FEA-Nazi-Art-Theft.php January 17, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) 7 Gaza rockets hit Negev http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056149.html (Israel) Southern synagogue sustains direct hit in morning attack -- "Worshippers safe following break in morning prayers; five Kassams fired Saturday; none wounded but damage reported; 28 rockets fired since Friday" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100165159&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Haaretz: "Israel's Cabinet to vote Saturday on unilateral Gaza truce" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056178.html -- FOX News: "Israeli Cabinet Readies Cease-Fire Vote; Official Says Goals Have Been Achieved: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480367,00.html Estimate: Hamas to step up activities before truce http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657527,00.html Hamas insists it will continue battle -- Hamdan: "Either we hear what we want or the result will be continuing the confrontation on the ground." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100165551&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056134.html (Gaza) Soldier moderately wounded in Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100164930&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iranian cleric calls for shooting Livni -- "Jannati, who heads body overseeing gov't adherence to Islamic revolution, wishes to see FM dead" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100165782&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) US targets Osama bin Laden son with sanctions - Saad bin Laden http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4274772/US-targets-Osama-bin-Laden-son-with-sanctions.html -- November 4, 2002: Bin Laden son held and let go by Iran http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/1412183/Bin-Laden-son-held-and-let-go-by-Iran.html --- January 17, 2009: Bin Laden Son Is Probably in Pakistan, Intelligence Director Says -- Saad Bin Laden http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011604839.html (Iran) U.S. Treasury Targets Al Qaida Operatives in Iran http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1360.htm (Iran) WND: "Iran green lights 'escalation'" --- "Palestinian organizations in Lebanon were given a green light by Iran, Syria and by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia to escalate tension along Israel's northern border if a truce is not reached over the weekend" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86367 (Lebanon) Hezbollah plots bloody vengeance http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5533205.ece Egyptian Clerics Encourage Martyrdom in Gaza: 'We Must Love Death'; 'There Are Black-Eyed Virgins Ready For You'; 'We Must Teach Our Children to... Hate the Jews' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD219309 (Turkey) PM Erdogan: Bar Israel from the UN http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100160225&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Bush Trying to Achieve Gaza Ceasefire before Leaving Office http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129458 US, Israel to jointly battle smuggling -- "Agreement to bind next US administration; memo includes measures against Hamas backer Iran" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100163229&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Washington Press Club: US journalists call Israel's Foreign Minister Livni a 'terrorist' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657477,00.html (U.S.) Sami Al-Arian Case: Al-Arian to face criminal contempt trial http://blogs.tampabay.com/breakingnews/2009/01/al-arian-to-be.html --- IPT News: Al-Arian Contempt Case Survives Challenges http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/977 --- Al-Arian faces criminal contempt trial http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/16/Al-Arian_faces_criminal_contempt_trial/UPI-88681232152331/ --- Contempt Charges Will Stand In Terrorism-Related Case http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011602303.html (U.S.) Intel director backs harsh methods -- McConnell says Army manual lacking http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/17/intel-director-backs-harsh-methods/ -- Sources: Obama ready to ban harsh interrogations http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_interrogations (U.S./Pakistan) Bin Laden Son Is Probably in Pakistan, Intelligence Director Says -- Saad Bin Laden http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/16/AR2009011604839.html (U.S.) CIA Director Hayden Calls Search for Bin Laden 'Hideously Complex' http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480261,00.html -- previously claimed Pakistan regions rejecting Al-Qaeda http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aFMXSn2hT1FI&refer=india -- see Pakistan poll results on this http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/Pakistan_Polls.html (UK) 2007 Car Bombs Plot: Doctor cleared in British terror plot free on bail -- Mohammed Asha may be deported back to Jordan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/16/europe/EU-Britain-Terrorism.php (UK) Warning over Jewish attacks -- "Anti-Semitism monitors The Community Security Trust says there were 150 incidents in the 18 days since the conflict in Gaza began" http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2140693.ece?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News (Pakistan) NWFP: 80,000 female students bear brunt of Taliban ban in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\17\story_17-1-2009_pg1_7 -- Pakistan: Taliban forces closure of girls' schools in north http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2916153484 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Govt not oblivious to Swat situation, Sherry tells NA http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\17\story_17-1-2009_pg1_8 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban blow up Wali Khan's rest house in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\17\story_17-1-2009_pg1_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: Security forces kill 12 Taliban in Khazakhela http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\17\story_17-1-2009_pg7_5 (Pakistan) Jihadi groups recruiting youths for terrorist activities: MQM --- sending them to Waziristan in FATA http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\17\story_17-1-2009_pg7_24 (Pakistan) Rice praises Pakistan's anti-terrorism resolve --- "Says US working with Pakistan to take steps so people do not turn to extremism" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\17\story_17-1-2009_pg7_4 --- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia - 75% support implementation of strict Sharia law http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia --- Additional Pakistan poll information - including support for Taliban and Al-Qaeda http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/Pakistan_Polls.html (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Move faster against 26/11 suspects: UK http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\17\story_17-1-2009_pg1_1 --- Same UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband who believes Islamic supremacists should "channel" their energies into democracy http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/15/david-miliband-war-terror (Pakistan) Report: "Banned Pakistani terror group re-emerges under new name: Tehreek-e-Tahafuz Qibla Awal" http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/01/banned_pakistani_ter.php - See also previous reports: -- January 12, 2009: Pakistan's Jamaat 'ban' lie nailed --- "There is concrete evidence now that the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s front organization has re-emerged in the form of Tehreek-e-Tahafuz Qibla Awal" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistans_Jamaat_ban_lie_nailed/articleshow/3966239.cms -- December 31, 2008: Has Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) / Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) morphed into new outfit? --- new group "Tehrik-e-Hurmay-e-Rasool" to circumvent U.N. ban? --- conference held by "Tehrik-e-Hurmay-e-Rasool (Movement for defending the honour of the Prophet)" --- "joint declaration decided to launch a 'National Hatred Against India Movement' was adopted. It urged the Pakistan government to release JuD supermo Hafiz Saeed and reopen the organisation's offices" http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/31/stories/2008123155061000.htm (Pakistan) Anyone involved in Mumbai attacks must be punished: ex-President Musharraf http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Mumbai_attacks_accused_be_punished/articleshow/3993183.cms (India) No link between Islam and terror: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/No_link_between_Islam_and_terror_Pranab/articleshow/3993436.cms ---- December 3, 2008 - 4100 terror attacks in India from 1970-2004 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/4100_terror_attacks_in_India_from_1970-2004/articleshow/3788135.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: 26/11: Poor training, not weaponry let Mumbai cops down http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2611_Poor_training_not_weaponry_did_Mumbai_cops_in/articleshow/3990431.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: The Lashkar-e-Taiba's army in India http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/17/stories/2009011755310800.htm (Afghanistan) Suicide bomb attack on German embassy in Kabul kills four Afghans -- "Car bomb attack killed at least four Afghan civilians and injured five American soldiers." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4276801/Suicide-bomb-attack-on-German-embassy-in-Kabul-kills-four-Afghans.html -- US army confirms two soldiers killed in Afghan blast http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1968950&Language=en (Iraq) Booby-trapped car explosion in Al-Mansour suburb kills one, wounds another http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1968966&Language=en (Iraq) US soldier killed by IED explosion in Baghdad http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1968899&Language=en Somali Islamists execute "spy" for Ethiopians http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24924120-23109,00.html Somalia: Demonstration in Mogadishu After Ethiopians Withdraw -- Sheik Nur Barud Gurhan: "We need an Islamic government" http://allafrica.com/stories/200901160813.html (Somalia) Thousands of Somalis welcome Ethiopian pullout http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/16/africa/AF-Somalia.php (Somalia) Kidnappers free Somali journalist after 146 days http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/16/africa/AF-Somalia-Journalists-Kidnapped.php Somali executed for 'apostasy' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7833621.stm http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024420.php Yemeni president asks Muslim states to send fighters to Gaza http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/251073,yemeni-president-asks-muslim-states-to-send-fighters-to-gaza.html -- Yemeni president calls for convening Islamic summit http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1968978&Language=en Morocco: Hackers target Israeli websites to protest over Gaza http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2916686513 (Philippines) Suspected bomber nabbed in Mindanao http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090117-183950/Suspected-bomber-nabbed-in-Mindanao (Philippines) Kidnap forces ICRC to halt operations in southern Philippines: report http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090117/wl_asia_afp/philippinesattackskidnap_20090117054933 --- Philippines: Kidnapped Red Cross Staff Are Alive http://www.mysinchew.com/node/20306?tid=37 (Philippines) MILF devt agency to continue development work despite peace snag http://www.gmanews.tv/story/144698/MILF-devt-agency-to-continue-development-work-despite-peace-snag (Australia) "'Jihad Jack' rallies against Gaza attack as advocate of peace" http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24923148-5006785,00.html (Sri Lanka) Report: Tamil rebels kill 51 Sri Lankan soldiers http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/17/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (North Korea) Researcher: North Korea has 'Weaponized' Plutonium http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480369,00.html Other News: (Iraq) Guards said to throw party for shoe-thrower http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28698294/ (UK) Gaza crisis is having 'profoundly unhealthy' effect on UK Muslims, minister warns -- Shahid Malik http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/12/foreignpolicy-israelandthepalestinians (UK) Girl's parents 'still suspects' in murder probe -- teenager Shafilea Ahmed -- "The Ahmed family are unhappy with speculation that Shafilea may have been the victim of an 'honour killing.'" http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Girl39s-parents-39still-suspects39-in.4887068.jp Netherlands: Controversy over arrival of preacher http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/netherlands-controversy-over-arrival-of.html (Germany) Berlin Muslims to Train Imams at New Islamic School - Institut Buhara http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,3937857,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf Qatar, Mauritania cut ties with Israel http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100163686&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Canada) Hamas and Hizballah in Calgary's Jewish neighborhood http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024432.php (U.S.) Florida: Fort Lauderdale mayor Jim Naugle joins protest over pro-Islam ads on buses http://www.miamiherald.com/news/broward/story/857952.html (U.S.) The dawning of the Age of Obama: "U.S. Muslims hope for greater tolerance and an end to the stigma of 9/11" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024430.php (U.S.) Deal reached on Flight 93 crash site in W. Pa. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090117/ap_on_re_us/flight93_memorial January 16, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) 5 Kassams, mortar shell hit w. Negev http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100159106&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Gaza rocket destroys Negev structure just after laborers exit http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056149.html Israel Looks Toward 'Final Act' Amid Cease-Fire Talks http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480127,00.html -- Israel apologizes to Ban for hitting UN compound http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle_East/Israel_apologises_to_Ban_for_hitting_UN_compound/articleshow/3984042.cms -- "UN urges Israel to consider halting attacks" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/16/africa/17mideast.php (Hamas) Haaretz: "Report: Hamas ready to begin conditional Gaza truce on Saturday" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056134.html (Hamas) IST/AFP: "Hamas leader rejects Israel conditions for Gaza truce" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hamas_leader_rejects_Israel_conditions_for_Gaza_truce/articleshow/3989562.cms?TOI_latestnews (Hamas) Threatening text message from Hamas supporter sent to Israelis -- "threatening text message sent to Israelis by a supporter of Hamas appears to have come through British servers" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4246126/Threatening-text-message-from-Hamas-supporter-sent-to-Israelis.html (Gaza) AKI: "Mideast: Diplomatic effort intensifies to stop Gaza violence" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2916529065 -- Gaza ceasefire imminent as Israel negotiates deals with Egypt and US http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5529518.ece -- Gaza fighting slows as Israel counters Hamas offer http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January338.xml§ion=middleeast (Gaza) Three Weeks into the War: 1,200 Gaza Targets Bombed --- nearly 600 Hamas rockets fired at Israel http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129462 (Gaza) Palestinian sources: 'Iran unit' of Hamas has been destroyed --- "members of the group's military wing trained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1056131.html http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129461 (Qatar) Iran's Ahmadinejad joins Gaza emergency summit in Qatari capital - Doha summit -- Syria and Lebanon also in Doha with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100160608&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Hamas and Jihad leaders in Qatar for Gaza meeting http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657228,00.html ---- January 15, 2009: Obama: Syria, Iran must be involved in Gaza talks http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950855500&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Fatah cracks down on Hamas in W. Bank http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950868927&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Turkish prime minister: Israel should be barred from UN http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100160225&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Turkey: some 700 Kurdish rebels killed in 2008 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1232100160046&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (France) Man wearing Jewish symbol stabbed near Paris http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/16/europe/EU-France-Anti-Semitic-Attack.php (France) Sarkozy: 'zero tolerance' for anti-Semitic attacks -- as Molotov cocktails reportedly thrown at entrance to synagogue at Villeneuve-St-Georges http://www.nationalpost.com/rss/story.html?id=1182011 -- France vows to punish assailants who hurled firebombs at Paris synagogue http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054808.html U.S. Army War College defends Hamas? http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024415.php http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19139 -- 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.) "CAIR: U.S. Should Ask U.N. to Seek Gaza War Crimes Trials" http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090115/pl_usnw/cair__u_s__should_ask_u_n__to_seek_gaza_war_crimes_trials --- Unindicted co-conspirator in Hamas funding case: US should ask UN to try Israel for war crimes http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024413.php (U.S.) Obama to Appoint Middle East Crisis Team on 'Day One' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129463 (U.S.) Act for America: Petition to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The UN Can No Longer Be Silent About The Abuse of Children in the Gaza Strip http://tool.donation-net.net/entrance/enter.cfm?dn=1097&source=2009&id=15793&commid=10214704&CFID=6349286&CFTOKEN=24814236 --- A Petition to the U.N. on Hamas's Crimes http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=A44402AB-88EF-4418-B196-05A9EAA357F3 (U.S.) Ohio - Toledo: Cousins plead guilty in plot to kill US soldiers --- Khaleel Ahmed and Zubair Ahmed plead guilty to Jihad plot ----- "Prosecutors said Marwan El-Hindi of Toledo recruited the cousins in 2004 to join his cell in Toledo. They all met at a Muslim convention in Cleveland with a former U.S. military man who worked undercover and helped foil the plot, prosecutors said." http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j2hxoM0x4WfoN7--ZW_rX1xiEh5wD95NT9OO3 --- Two Chicago cousins plead guilty in Toledo to terrorism charges http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090115/NEWS02/901150143 (U.S.) Judge orders release of Guantanamo detainee from Chad - Mohammed al-Gharani http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hQ2P-5qQo_Y8Shl68FomtSz5IZFQ (U.S.) Bush sees dangers closing Gitmo http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/16/president-warns-against-releasing-gitmo-detainees/ (U.S./Iran) CIA Director Hayden: Iran near nuke decision http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657110,00.html (U.S./Iran) Fresh Clues of Iranian Nuclear Intrigue -- "U.S. officials say they have evidence of efforts by Iran to acquire metals used in high-tech weaponry" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123206759616688285.html --- U.S. Obtains New Evidence of Iranian Nuclear Intrigue http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480126,00.html Iraq: Bomb targets army convoy in north - in Mosul http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2916153356 (Afghanistan) Saudi Arabia's Intelligence Chief flies to Kabul for talks with Afghan government http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/4247672/Saudi-Arabias-Intelligence-Chief-flies-to-Kabul-for-talks-with-Afghan-government.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban forces closure of girls' schools in north http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2916153484 (Pakistan) Karachi: Two policemen killed in 'anti-Taliban operation' http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/16/local1.htm (Pakistan) AKI Report: "124 held in crackdown over Mumbai terrorist attacks" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2915973838 -- Pak informs India of actions launched by it over Mumbai attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_informs_India_of_actions_launched_by_it_over_Mumbai_attack/articleshow/3989473.cms (Pakistan) U.S. strikes more precise on al Qaeda U.S. strikes more precise on al Qaeda (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief 'hurt' by Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) move to disown him -- Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/LeT_chief_hurt_by_JuD_move_to_disown_him/articleshow/3986584.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: 26/11 perpetrators must face Indian justice: Pranab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2611_perpetrators_must_face_Indian_justice_Pranab/articleshow/3988889.cms Somalia: Islamists Execute a Famous Statesman in Kismayu Town http://allafrica.com/stories/200901160320.html Somalia: Islamist Rivals Talk Reconciliation on Eve of Ethiopia Pullout http://allafrica.com/stories/200901160161.html (Somalia) Pirates release ship, ransom paid http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24923045-23109,00.html (Somalia) CNN discovers that Islamic supremacist al-Shabab taking over Somalia -- "'Terror group' joins Somali capital takeover" http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/15/somalia.ethiopia.withdrawal/ Somalia: Talibanistan In East Africa http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/01/somalia_talibanistan_in_east_a_1.asp Philippine military tags Abu Sayyaf behind Red Cross abductions http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/250854,philippine-military-tags-abu-sayyaf-behind-red-cross-abductions.html -- Troops search for abducted ICRC workers http://www.gmanews.tv/story/144586/Troops-search-for-abducted-ICRC-workers -- Former jail guard linked to kidnap of Red Cross team in Philippines http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=232710 (Philippines) A year after, still no justice for Father Roda http://www.mindanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5768&Itemid=50 Indonesia: Grenade blast in Aceh capital -- article suggests attack by Free Aceh Movement (GAM) http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2915973625 Sri Lanka: Thousands of civilians flee rebel area http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/16/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php New Zealand pubs ban Israelis over Gaza operation http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657217,00.html (North Korea) Kim Jong Il 'names favourite son Jong Un as successor' in North Korea http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5522699.ece Other News: (Netherlands) Amsterdam: 'The only solution to Gaza is the reestablishment of the Khalifate' http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/amsterdam-only-solution-to-gaza-is.html http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oqXpnURgYXo/SXB_3EvEC9I/AAAAAAAAAr4/nDmn8WwNONI/s320/khilafa_uva.jpg (Netherlands/Denmark) Minarets in the Netherlands, Mohammad in Denmark http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/minarets-in-netherlands-mohammad-in.html (Germany) Deutsche Bank launches Sharia platform http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=CM&artid=154983 UBS Ventures Into Growing Islamic Banking Sector http://tyo.ca/islambank.community/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=842 (Egypt) Rabbi's Memorial in Egypt Called Off Due to Jihadist Threats http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129457 (UAE) Washington Times: "U.S.-UAE nuclear deal to test Obama" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/16/us-uae-nuclear-deal-to-test-obama-policies/ --- December 13, 2008: U.S. Plans to Sign Nuclear Pact With U.A.E. ----- "Thorium Power Ltd.of Virginia and CH2M Hill of Colorado -- to oversee the development of its nuclear-power program" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122904102094400097.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_51 --- January 10, 2009: UAE raises $85.8M in aid funds for Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653654,00.html --- January 5, 2009: (UAE) Dubai Based Firm Building Chain of Sharia Hotels Across Europe http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/01/dubai-based-firm-building-chain-of-sharia-hotels-across-europe.html --- The Rising Threat of the UAE - by Sultan Knish http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2066/pub_detail.asp (U.S.) Full Text of Bush Farewell Message -- Bush praises Afghanistan as a "young democracy that is fighting terror" -- Bush praises Iraq as an "Arab democracy" http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/15/bush.speech.text/index.html ---- See also: ---- Resistance is Survival - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/120.html (India) Two Pakistani boats seized off Gujarat coast http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1968730&Language=en (India J&K) Twelve injured in anti-Israel protests in Kashmir valley http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Twelve_injured_in_anti-Israel_protests_in_Kashmir_valley/articleshow/3989294.cms Commentaries: Resistance is Survival - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/120.html http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2009/01/resistance-is-survival/ http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2281/pub_detail.asp An open letter to Gideon Levy -- by A.B. Yehoshua http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055977.html In Fog of Gaza War, Jihadist Groups in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan Take Offensive - by Tufail Ahmad http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA49109 Academic Jew-Hater - by John Perazzo -- "Jennifer Loewenstein of the University of Wisconsin depicts Israel as a modern day Nazi state" http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=A1341A50-5F6B-4093-8EA5-5B53564F780E Jawa Report: Is Islam Compatible With Freedom? http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195866.php Radical Chic: Europe's New Wave of Films About Terrorism - by Tobias Grey http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123205714679187269.html ========================= Japan creates Iron Man-style robotic suit http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/4251114/Japan-creates-Iron-Man-style-robotic-suit.html January 15, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Al-Qaeda) Examination of Tape Raises Questions about Osama bin Laden's Health http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6653678&page=1 (Israel) Six Wounded in Be'er Sheva Attack http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129447 -- IAF strikes and destroys rocket launcher that fired at Beersheba http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950867158&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Palestinians fire rocket at Eshkol region http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950864474&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel says killed Hamas interior minister Said Siam http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3656955,00.html http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055899.html -- Slain Hamas minister was key figure in '07 Gaza coup http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055947.html -- Two top Hamas officials killed in Israeli attack http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2912546259 (Israel) 'Shelled UN building used by Hamas' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950855726&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Israel Shells Gaza City U.N. Compound, Says Troops Responded to Militant Gunfire http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479987,00.html -- Olmert to Ban: Gunmen fired at IDF troops from UN Gaza compound http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055761.html -- Israel, US foil UN condemnation http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657080,00.html (Israel) Livni to set off for Washington for talks on Gaza cease-fire http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055786.html 'Israeli man wanted to spy for Iran' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950864293&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas Offers Ceasefire, Threatens Revenge http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129455 -- Hamas discord emerging over peace accord, says Frattini http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2912094052 Hamas: 'We're still intact' http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86142 (Gaza) Report: Israel, Hamas agree on 2-week truce http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3657085,00.html (Gaza) Weapons found in Gaza mosque http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zd55Zhj5gQ&eurl=http://www.jihadwatch.org/&feature=player_embedded (Egypt) MEMRI: "Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi Responds to MEMRI: "Yes, I Am An Antisemite"; If Not for the Arab Rulers, "We Would Devour [The Jews] With Our Teeth"; 'We Are Your Enemies... Until The Day Jesus... Descends, Fighting You And Calling To Join Islam'" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD219009 (Lebanon) "Hamas station based in Beirut" reporting news on Gaza http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=75474 (U.S./Gaza) Obama: Syria, Iran must be involved in talks http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950855500&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Emerson Discusses New Bin Laden Tape on MSNBC http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/975 U.S. court validates wiretapping powers http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/15/america/tap.php (U.S.) Confirmation Hearing for Homeland Security Secretary Begins -- Janet Napolitano http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011501542.html (U.S.) Attorney General-nominee Eric Holder Denounces Waterboarding at Senate Hearing http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/15/holder-braces-gop-grilling/ (U.S.) Security tightens for Obama's inauguration http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/15/news/inaug.1-407985.php France: Syangogue door set afire; moderate Muslim imam threatened France: Syangogue door set afire; moderate Muslim imam threatened http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950869163&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/15/europe/EU-France-Synagogue-Fire.php French Muslim soldiers refuse to go to Afghanistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\16\story_16-1-2009_pg7_10 German police ban Israeli flags -- "'Can anyone imagine the German police going into a private home to remove a Hamas flag?' Dr. Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem, said in a statement." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950850066&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Austrian groups protest against Hamas terror http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950850078&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull EU not asked yet to take Guantanamo prisoners http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_eu/eu_eu_guantanamo (UK) Alleged terrorist freed to walk in the park -- referred to as "U" -- "An alleged al-Qaeda terrorist said to be connected to Osama bin Laden has been freed to take regular walks in a park to stop him developing a fear of open spaces" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4248285/Alleged-terrorist-freed-to-walk-in-the-park.html (UK) Gaza conflict could fuel radicalization in UK, Home Office fears -- "The Gaza conflict could drive British Muslims to radicalisation and the risk of more home-grown suicide bombers, the Home Office fears" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/4248951/Gaza-conflict-could-fuel-radicalisation-in-UK-Home-Office-fears.html --- Ministers in talks with Muslim leaders on Gaza ---- "Jacqui Smith and Hazel Blears try to gauge level of extremist threat from community leaders and local authority chiefs" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/16/gaza-uksecurity (UK) David Miliband expands on criticism of 'war on terror' phrase -- "urging further restraint from India in the wake of the attacks, which originated in Pakistan" http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/15/miliband-war-terror ---- Comment: "Further restraint"?? ---- December 3, 2008 - 4100 terror attacks in India from 1970-2004 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/4100_terror_attacks_in_India_from_1970-2004/articleshow/3788135.cms (UK) British foreign secretary says fighting not only solution to terrorism http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\16\story_16-1-2009_pg1_1 -- See also Miliband's Guardian "commentary" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/15/david-miliband-war-terror --- Comment: views channeling Islamic supremacism into democracy as solution (Pakistan/Afghanistan) In Eid Al-Adha Address, Taliban Leader Mullah Muhammad Omar Urges Ex-Mujahideen to Join Taliban, Warns That Proposed U.S. Troops Surge in Afghanistan Won't Work http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD219109 (Pakistan) For Pakistan kids, 'J' is for jihad http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/For_Pak_kids_J_is_for_jihad/articleshow/3986206.cms Pak forms special team to probe LeT's links to Mumbai attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_forms_special_team_to_probe_LeTs_links_to_Mumbai_attacks/articleshow/3985395.cms -- Pakistan extends crackdown on Mumbai suspects --- Pakistan allegedly detains 71 in probe http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/15/asia/AS-Pakistan-India.php (Pakistan) Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) camps, websites shut, chief arrested: Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/JuD_camps_and_websites_shut_chief_held_Pak/articleshow/3983079.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Fazlullah announces 'conditional amnesty' -- "Taliban commander Mullah Fazlullah on Thursday announced 'conditional amnesty for social and political workers and public representatives from target killings'... who would stop opposing the Taliban" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\16\story_16-1-2009_pg7_42 (Pakistan) NWFP: Desperate moves on to secure Swat -- the lost valley http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/15/top1.htm --- Militants gain strength in troubled north region http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2910345353 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Report: "'Large number' of Taliban commanders killed" -- in Manglour http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\16\story_16-1-2009_pg7_31 (Pakistan) Two Taliban commanders held in Landikotal http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\16\story_16-1-2009_pg7_43 (Pakistan) Taliban kill 'US spy' abducted from North Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\16\story_16-1-2009_pg7_2 (Pakistan) CIA Director "Hayden Says Al-Qaeda Now Less Welcome in Pakistan Tribal Areas" http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=aFMXSn2hT1FI&refer=india -- See also June 2008 TerrorFreeTomorrow.org Pakistan public poll results http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/PakistanPollReportJune08.pdf -- 74.7 percent think "implementing strict Sharia law throughout Pakistan" important for Pakistan govt (Q8g, page 44) -- 73.7 percent oppose U.S. military action against Taliban and Al Qaeda in Pakistan (Q11c, page 52) -- 69 percent oppose U.S. military working with Pakistan military against Taliban and Al-Qaeda (Q11b, page 52) -- 49.6 percent favor negotiations with Al-Qaeda and Uzbek fighters (Q15a, page 63) -- 56.5 percent agree with Al Qaeda's goals (Q16a, page 64) -- 79.5 percent view Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda's goals are "to stand up to America" (Q29a1, page 75) -- 57.1 percent agreed with Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda's goals "to stand up to America" (Q29a2, page 75) (Pakistan) Lax govt attitude in Dr Aafia Siddiqui case irks Sindh High Court (SHC) -- seeks repatriation of U.S.-held Al-Qaeda suspect Siddiqui http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\16\story_16-1-2009_pg7_25 -- November 18, 2008: Aafia Siddiqui: Terrorism Suspect Aafia Siddiqui Unfit for Trial --- "When Aafia Siddique was captured she allegedly had in her possession maps of New York, a list of potential targets that included the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the subway system, and detailed chemical-biological radiological weapon information" http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6275546 --- September 2, 2008: Alleged Mata Hari of Al Qaeda Indicted: Could Provide 'Treasure Trove' of Intel http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5710043&page=1 (Pakistan/India J&K) Pak terror handlers listed in dossier were active in IHK http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\16\story_16-1-2009_pg7_26 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: '9 Mumbai gunmen were Punjabi, one from NWFP' -- all Pakistanis http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\16\story_16-1-2009_pg7_27 India will not let Pak get away: Pranab -- "Pranab Mukherjee made it plain that India would not let Pakistan get away without acting against those responsible for the Mumbai attacks" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_will_not_let_Pak_get_away_Pranab/articleshow/3985741.cms India ready for trial of Mumbai suspects in Pakistan: Mukherjee http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\16\story_16-1-2009_pg1_4 (India) Mumbai Attacks: 26/11 witness says she was taken to US, questioned -- Anita Uddaiya http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2611_witness_says_she_was_taken_to_US_questioned/articleshow/3984446.cms (Afghanistan) NATO: 2 troops killed in southern Afghanistan http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950861500&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Afghanistan) Taliban using bigger IEDs to attack NATO troops: Expert http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=1181508 -- Taliban planting more homemade bombs http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090115/taliban_bombs_090115/20090115?hub=World (Iraq) Pentagon Prepares for 16-Month Iraq Withdrawal Plan http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/15/pentagon-prepares-month-iraq-withdrawal-plan/ (Somalia) Islamic fighters advance as last Ethiopian troops depart Somalia's capital http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090115/world/somalia_196 -- Insurgents gaining control in Mogadishu http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/15/Insurgents_gaining_control_in_Mogadishu/UPI-58141232052123/ -- Ethiopian forces pullout from Somali capital confirmed http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=266824&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21 -- Last Ethiopian troops leave Somalia's capital http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_17 (Somalia) "Opposition: Somalia doesn't need more peacekeepers" -- "Eritrea-based Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, designated a terrorist by the U.N." http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/15/africa/AF-Somalia-Islamic-Leader.php Somalia: Hundreds Flee Bardera in Fear of Attacks http://allafrica.com/stories/200901150682.html (Philippines) 3 Red Cross Workers Taken Hostage by Gunmen in Southern Philippines http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090115/wl_nm/us_philippines_kidnap_3 http://www.mysinchew.com/node/20209?tid=37 Sri Lanka says it captures rebel runway http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/15/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (Colombia) FARC releases ten hostages http://colombiareports.com/colombian-news/news/2586-farc-releases-ten-hostages.html Other News: Afghanistan: Media watchdog urges govt to defend press freedom http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2910791353 Canada: Jewish groups accuse Muslim protesters of promoting hate at rallies http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024410.php (U.S.) Florida: Muslim ads on county buses drive Jewish group to protest --- Americans Against Hate protest CAIR's ads stating "Islam: The Way of Life of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad" http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbbus0115sbjan15,0,7060947.story (U.S.) NYC - FBI: No indication plane crash was terrorism -- US Airways Flight 1549 crashes into NY's Hudson River -- AP: "Early indications from government officials was that the plane was disabled after striking birds" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_go_ot/plane_in_river_fbi --- All 155 survive plane crash in NYC's Hudson River http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/plane_in_river (U.S.) Automakers all charged up over electric cars http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28659906/ (Denmark) Oslo: Proposal for Muslim elementary school http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/oslo-proposal-for-muslim-elementary.html (Australia) Radio disc jockey Michael Smith accused of anti-Islamic remarks over hijab http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24915092-1248,00.html Nigeria: Shariah Committee Destroys N50 Million Drinks http://allafrica.com/stories/200901130447.html (UK) Former KGB Alexander Lebedev back in talks to buy the Evening Standard http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article5518394.ece Window Opens to Arabic Web http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/ January 14, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Reminder: online news and archives at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/ (Al-Qaeda) Osama Bin Laden in Audio Message to Palestinians: The Way to Reclaim Palestine Is through Jihad http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD218909 -- Islamic supremacist Bin Laden calls for action against "enemies of the Islamic Ummah" -- Bin Laden says "We are on our way to open new fronts" -- MEMRI reports: "He further called on Muslims to donate money to support the global Jihad, stating that the Zakat (i.e. alms tax) paid by one rich Muslim trader would suffice to cover the costs of Jihad on all fronts." http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD218909 Text of Osama's call for jihad -- Bin Laden: "God has bestowed us with the patience to continue the path of jihad for another seven years, and seven and seven... The question is, can America continue its war with us for several more decades to come" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle_East/Text_of_Osamas_call_for_jihad/articleshow/3979696.cms http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4241321/Osama-bin-Laden-calls-for-jihad-against-Israeli-forces-in-Gaza.html (Al-Qaeda) Related reports: -- Bin Laden urges jihad against Israel over Gaza http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/14/news/ML-Al-Qaida-Israel.php http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qaida_israel;_ylt=Al8nC0aovgyB.FO8TIxAITes0NUE http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28652698/ -- Bin Laden Challenges Obama in New Audio Message http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6643641&page=1 -- Laura Mansfield: Bin Laden Video Download Link http://www.lauramansfield.com/obl20090114.rm -- Reuters: "Bin Laden message not seen as threat to U.S." http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/01/15/africa/OUKWD-UK-USA-OBAMA-BINLADEN.php -- Bin Laden Calls for Support to Gaza, Jihad http://www.siteintelgroup.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications415509&Category=publications&Subcategory=0 -- U.S. says bin Laden tape demonstrates isolation http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE50D3WI20090114 -- AFP: "Obama: Al-Qaeda remains 'number one threat' to US" http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hPUd1IOxsSfcLix1BTl6MUKuYOLw -- London Times: "Barack Obama: it is no longer important to kill Osama bin Laden" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5520116.ece -- London Times: "As Bush bows out, Osama bin Laden tells Obama the fight goes on" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5519622.ece -- No threat to Obama inauguration after bin Laden tape: FBI http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=65102 (Israel) Terrorists fire 18 rockets at Israel -- "2 Grads hit Shfela area; Ashdod, Ashkelon, Sderot, Beersheba also hit; phosphorous shell hits Eshkol" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231917083226&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Gaza Terrorists Fire Phosphorus Shell http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129433 (Israel) Three Grads found in south Lebanon http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231917078512&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Israel strikes back at rocket-launching from South Lebanon http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=75172 -- Lebanon: Three rockets fired into Israel http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2908447804 -- Hizbullah says not behind rocket attack on north http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3656496,00.html -- After fresh rocket strikes, Lebanon gets phone threats http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle_East/After_fresh_rocket_strikes_Lebanon_gets_phone_threats/articleshow/3980276.cms (Israel) Navy keeping eyes on Iranian aid ship http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231917085424&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iran trying to divert Israeli forces from Gaza? -- "Rocket-fire from Lebanon seen as ploy by Tehran-backed Hezbollah" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86114 Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's Representative in IRGC: 32 U.S. Bases Are Within Range of Iranian Missiles http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD218709 (Iran) Ahmadinejad urges Arabs to cut ties with Israel http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950849662&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Netanyahu: Hamas must be toppled http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86057 (Israel/U.S.) Rice: Olmert's UN vote claim 'fiction' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950847797&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Fighting escalates as truce appears... -- "22 IDF troops wounded during Wednesday's fighting in the Strip; nearly 30 Hamas gunmen reported killed" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231917078680&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Fox News: "Optimism Builds as 10-Day Cease-Fire Proposal Emerges in Gaza" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479914,00.html -- Egypt: Hamas may accept ceasefire plan http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2908851376 -- Hamas has not yet met terms for ceasefire: US official http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=65099 (Gaza) Iranian-Made Rockets Put 500,000 Israelis in Range of Hamas http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601104&sid=aXEMtG7Ys8tk&refer=mideast (Gaza) U.N. Agency That Runs School Hit in Gaza Employed Hamas and Islamic Jihad Members http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479940,00.html (Gaza) Hamas raids aid trucks, sells supplies http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424932109&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) U.S., Israel close in on deal to halt arms smuggling into Gaza http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055592.html Hamas Web site: Saudi 'fighter-priest' killed in Gaza battle -- Abu Muhammed Mari http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055563.html Hamas indoctrination of Kids: Bombs more precious than children http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024381.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIBNRVgq59Y --- Report Details How Hamas Uses Gaza Kids in Combat Support Roles http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129426 (France) 2 synagogues in northern France vandalized http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3656402,00.html --- France: 55 anti-Semitic acts since start of Cast Lead http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3655372,00.html http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/european_news/55-anti_Semitic-attacks-in-France-since-Gaza_48606.html (U.S.) IPT News: War Protests or Pro-Hamas Hate Rallies? http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/972 (U.S.) South Carolina Pipe Bomb Case: Accused USF bomb suspect faces appeals hearing --- Youssef Megahed wants Ahmed Mohamed's damaging You Tube video tossed out of court http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story/Accused-USF-bomb-suspect-faces-appeals-hearing/kTKJZZr2o0aiGoY86T5gdw.cspx U.S. bases eyed as Gitmo alternative http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/14/us-bases-eyed-for-alternative-to-gitmo/ U.S. orders Chad citizen released from Guantanamo -- Mohamed el Gharani aka Yousuf Al Karany -- alleged Gharani "served as a courier for senior al Qaeda operatives and was a member of a London-based al Qaeda cell" http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE50D6U020090114 (U.S.) Pentagon: 61 ex-Guantanamo inmates return to terrorism http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090113/ts_nm/us_usa_guantanamo;_ylt=AvJLVymgX.RQHISdZSUwL0Zg.3QA http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/14/61_freed_detainees_said_back_in_terror/UPI-39891231947075/ (U.S.) London Times: "One in five Guantanamo Bay detainees is on hunger strike" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5518812.ece (U.S.) Bush, Pentagon respond to torture report http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/14/Bush_Pentagon_respond_to_torture_report/UPI-13441231974959/ (U.S.) Report: "U.S. official says Guantanamo detainee tortured" - Susan Crawford tells Washington Post --- alleged torture included "insults to his mother and sister" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090114/ts_nm/us_usa_guantanamo_torture http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/13/AR2009011303372.html?hpid=topnews --- "Crawford is reported to have directly negotiated the plea bargain of David Hicks, an Australian linked with Al Qaeda and the Taliban, without any input from the Prosecution" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_J._Crawford#Negotiated_Hicks.27_plea_bargain http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-03-30-guantanamo-hicks_N.htm (U.S.) Washington State: An American Jihadi in Somalia and His Washington Friends in al Qaeda -- "Ruben Shumpert (a.k.a. Amir Abdul Muhaimeen) was recently killed in Somalia fighting for the al Qaeda linked al Shebaab." http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195835.php (U.S.) No credible terror threats seen for Super Bowl http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_on_re_us/super_bowl_security (U.S.) Homeland security pick didn't complete state plan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/homeland_security_napolitano (U.S.) Middle Tennessee State University Terror Suspect In Court -- Justin Davis http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28640580/ (U.S.) Feds Release Terror Planner for 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/13/killer-calendar-feds-release-terror-planner/ --- Same NCTC that called for the end of the use of the word "jihad," "mujahadeen," "caliphate" http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/127.pdf UK foreign minister David Miliband urges rethink of "war on terror" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090115/wl_nm/us_britain_terrorism -- David Miliband ignores Islamic supremacism, claims "The reality is that the motivations and identities of terrorist groups are disparate." http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090115/wl_asia_afp/usbritainattackssecurity -- Miliband's propaganda commentary in Guardian "'War on terror' was wrong" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/15/david-miliband-war-terror ---- Miliband claims that "[t]he more we lump terrorist groups together and draw the battle lines as a simple binary struggle between moderates and extremists, or good and evil, the more we play into the hands of those seeking to unify groups with little in common" ---- Miliband further claims that regarding "[t}errorist groups... [the solution is] channelling their followers into democratic politics." ---- Comment: Typical UK denial on Islamic supremacism ------ See also August 31, 2008: British Government Efforts against "Extremists" Ignores Jihad and Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/759 (UK) Muslim prison gangs on the rise as inmates seek safety in numbers http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5509740.ece (UK) Jew-hatred in London: Protesters depict "the Jew" eating dead babies http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024380.php (UK) Posters advocating terrorism have appeared near a college and a mosque in Waltham Forest --- posters read "Jihad is the only solution" and "Rise up against Britain" http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/4044151.WALTHAM_FOREST__Imam_warning_over__jihad__posters/ (UK/Iran) How Lloyds bank helped Iran's global shopping spree http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123172094549172367.html (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: 'UK supports prosecution of Mumbai attacks suspects in Pakistan' --- more denial by UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\15\story_15-1-2009_pg1_1 Pakistan torn over how to handle Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\15\story_15-1-2009_pg1_16 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 Pakistan's ISI training women for terrorism http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistans_ISI_training_women_for_terrorism/rssarticleshow/3976775.cms http://www.centralchronicle.com/20090115/1501141.htm (Pakistan) Traders vow to wage Jihad against Israel http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=139020 Pakistan presses US for early provision of F-16s http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\14\story_14-1-2009_pg7_9 (Pakistan) Kerry to push for tripling non-military aid to Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\14\story_14-1-2009_pg7_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Rush to flee Swat as Taliban deadline expires -- "Up to 70% of the province is under Taliban rule. " http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Rush_to_flee_Swat_as_Taliban_deadline_expires/rssarticleshow/3980265.cms ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Swati man paid with his life for saving Chinese engineer - killed by Taliban http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19629 (Pakistan) NWFP: Several CD shops blown up --- "We have given them (owners of CD shops) enough time and advised them through letters to quit this un-Islamic business and adopt the path of Allah Almighty but they turned a deaf ear to our repeated calls" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=157147 (Pakistan) NWFP: JUI-F's Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman for early implementation of Shariah in Swat http://www.pakwatan.com/latest_news1.php?id=9712 --- last year U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson met with Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman to promote "free and fair elections" http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/21/top8.htm --- JUI-F led by Taliban promoter Maulana Fazlur Rehman http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/mma.htm (Pakistan) Two policemen killed, 11 injured in Karachi http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=65089 (Pakistan) No contact with Bin Laden, says AQ Khan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\14\story_14-1-2009_pg7_31 Pakistan 'build-up on border' -- of India http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/story.asp?Article=240254&Sn=WORL&IssueID=31301 -- India: New Delhi aware of Pakistani troops on border http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2908851408 -- "India, Pakistan managing tensions despite troop movements" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\15\story_15-1-2009_pg1_5 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Govt may do away with NSA post after Durrani http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\14\story_14-1-2009_pg1_5 --- Comment: Durrani committed "unforgiveable act" of being honest about Pakistani nationality of Mumbai Jihadist (India) Mumbai Attacks: 'Pattern of evasiveness in Pak response' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\15\story_15-1-2009_pg1_10 (India) Army gears up for challenge of jihadi 'dirty' nuclear bombs http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Army_gears_up_for_jihadi_dirty_bombs/articleshow/3979541.cms India ready for war: army chief http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\15\story_15-1-2009_pg1_8 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/We_are_always_ready_for_war_Army_chief/articleshow/3978418.cms (India J&K) "Mohammad Ahsan Dar, former chief and founder member of Hizbul Mujahideen was arrested in a raid near Sumbal area north of Srinagar" http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=240255&Sn=WORL&IssueID=31301 --- J&K's most-wanted terrorist held http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/JKs_most-wanted_terrorist_held/articleshow/3980769.cms (Afghanistan) Marines uncover Taliban bomb factory http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5512034.ece Afghan girls brave terror to return to school http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/13/asia/kandahar.php (Iraq) Three killed in northern Iraq attacks - Mosul and Jawala http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090114/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrest_20090114132429 --- Two killed, three injured in car explosion in Mosul http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1968116&Language=en (Iraq) Two blasts in Baghdad, explosive motorbike found in Nasiriya town http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/Categories.aspx?new=1&id=102&Language=en&date=14012009 Iraqi security forces foil car explosion attack in Baghdad http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1967952&Language=en (Iraq) Military planners, in nod to Obama, preparing for faster Iraq withdrawal http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/15/america/15policy.php (Kuwait) Islamist denies preparing youths for 'jihad' in Iraq -- Mubarak Al-Bathali http://www.arabtimesonline.com/kuwaitnews/pagesdetails.asp?nid=27200&ccid=9 (Somalia) Insurgents attack Somali presidential palace http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/15/africa/AF-Somalia.php (Somalia) Islamists strike at departing Ethiopians, 21 dead http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/15/2466416.htm (Somalia) Officials:Egyptian abducted in Somalia's northwest http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/14/africa/AF-Somalia-Abduction.php (Serbia) Former Al-Qaeda Member, Bosnian Fighter Seeks Asylum In Serbia -- native of Bahrain Ali Ahmed Ali Hamad http://www.rferl.org/content/Former_AlQaeda_Member_Bosnian_Fighter_Seeks_Asylum_In_Serbia/1370117.html (Africa) At least 34 U.N. staff died in 2008 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/14/At_least_34_UN_staff_died_in_2008/UPI-84541231979347/ http://politicom.moldova.org/news/at-least-34-un-staff-died-in-2008-176684-eng.html Greek militant group takes responsibility for attacks on police -- "Revolutionary Struggle" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/14/europe/14athensFW.php (Spain) Bomb explodes under car in Spain http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Bomb-explodes-under-car-in-Spain_48581.html (Philippines) 9 bombers nabbed in Central Mindanao http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=180826 (Philippines) Militants in mass tunnel jailbreak - some with links to Abu Sayyaf http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24912728-5001028,00.html?from=public_rss (Philippines) 3 men abducted in Sulu http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090114-183313/3-men-abducted-in-Sulu (Philippines) Govt ready to resume talks with Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=266506&version=1&template_id=45&parent_id=25 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN416442.htm Philippine rebels say no peace talks unless troops end offensive http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090115/wl_asia_afp/philippinesmalaysiamuslimunrest;_ylt=A0wNcxakqG5Jyg8AgRIBxg8F (Singapore) Planned attack on Changi -- Jemaah Islamiah (JI) man Fajar Taslim shows no remorse when questioned by ST -- Taslim: "We wanted to do it out of anger with Singapore for being an ally of the United States for what it did in Afghanistan" http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_325854.html http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2908517215 --- 2001 terror plot crushed in Bangkok http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=135861 (Thailand) Bombs destroy immigration posts in S. Thailand http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1967931&Language=en (China) Bus bomber on trial in China -- Huang Xin http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/14/asia/AS-China-Bus-Bomber.php (Indonesia) Former Osama bin Laden courier goes on trial - Mohammad Hasan bin Saynudin http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_islamic_militants;_ylt=AuqmIc8GdxrGcHL94T6FKi5vaA8F Sri Lanka military seizes key northern peninsula http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/14/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (North Korea) SKorean nuclear team to inspect NKorean fuel rods http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/15/asia/AS-Koreas-Nuclear.php (Colombia) FARC blamed for Cali bombing http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/14/FARC_blamed_for_Cali_bombing/UPI-32941231980913/ (Colombia/U.S.) U.S. Treasury Designates Additional FARC International Commission Members - Represent FARC in France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Australia http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1353.htm Other News: (U.S.) Report: ISNA's Ingrid Mattson to Offer Inaugural Prayer --- Leader of HLF Terror Trial Unindicted Co-Conspirator Group ISNA to provide prayer at U.S. presidential inauguration --- AP: "A prayer will be offered at the National Cathedral by Ingrid Mattson, the first woman president of the Islamic Society of North America" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950851455&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090114/ap_on_re_us/inauguration_religion_2 http://www.startribune.com/nation/37582424.html More Background on ISNA --- ISNA's role as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) terror finance trial, and documented links of ISNA to the Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood; see list of co-conspirators, page 8, item VII.3 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf --- ISNA's history of promoting speakers with a history of supporting Hamas and other Jihad groups, as well as calling for an Islamic supremacism at ISNA conventions http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/094.html --- Speakers at ISNA's 2008 Convention http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/094.html#ISNA_2008 --- July 30, 2008: ISNA and MPAC Seek to Silence Steven Emerson at Congressional Hearing http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/094.html --- ISNA's Ingrid Mattson - charges that right-wing Christians "are really anti-semitic. They do not like Jews" http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/03/14/islamic_leader_urges_jews_be_wary_of_fundamentalists/ --- ISNA's Ingrid Mattson support for U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project calling for engagement with Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=44#Mattson ----- Ingrid Mattson comments (scroll down page) http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=51 ISNA President Calls for Muslim Action on President-Elect Obama's National Day of Service http://www.isna.net/events/Special-Announcement/ISNA-President-Calls-for-Muslim-Action-on-President-Elect-Obamas-National-Day-of-Service.aspx (Commentary) Muslim Brotherhood Comes to the Inaugural -- by Diana West http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/708/MB-Comes-to-the-Inaugural.aspx Bangladesh - Muslims Drive Christian Grandparents from Home http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5760&backpage=summaries Egypt - Judge Ejects Lawyer for Christian from Court http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5760&backpage=summaries (Malaysia) Shariah court orders whipping for man, woman who consume alcohol http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86034 Morocco tackles painful role in Spain's past -- "'We spared nothing and no one. We uprooted everything and killed everyone we encountered,' Betmaki said with pride. 'We chanted an Islamic prayer to praise the Prophet.Mohammed before launching raids. Horrified Spaniards attempted to flee as soon as they heard the words of our prayer.'" http://www.tiscali.co.uk/news/newswire.php/news/reuters/2009/01/15/world/morocco-tackles-painful-role-in-spain39s-past.html&template=/news/feeds/story-template-reuters.html (Israel) 4 policemen wounded in east Jerusalem stoning http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231950848156&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iran calls BBC Persian TV a 'security threat' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231917083518&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Martyrdom beckons Lebanese teen, but she really wants to direct http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-hiba13-2009jan13,0,1944299.story?track=rss (Saudi Arabia) OK for 10-year-old girls to marry, says Saudi grand mufti http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\15\story_15-1-2009_pg1_7 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Girls_over_10-12_years_are_eligible_for_marriage/articleshow/3979207.cms (Portugal) Cardinal warns Roman Catholic women against marrying Muslim men' http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24915130-23109,00.html (India) Book on Islam triggers row in Bihar -- "publisher was detained after an Urdu book allegedly made objectionable references to Islam" http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/453494 (Netherlands) Rotterdam: 'Rotterdam feels like an occupied territory' http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/rotterdam-rotterdam-feels-like-occupied.html (UK) Race row at top Scots private school after Muslim kids are asked about Jews --- Muslim Students at Top Private School Asked if They Hate Jews http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/01/14/race-row-at-top-scots-private-school-after-muslim-kids-are-asked-about-jews-86908-21039465/ (UK) The hunt for Britain's most powerful Muslim women http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5519490.ece (Bahrain) Sharia Finance: Sukuk market outlook upbeat http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=240188&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=31301 (U.S.) Sharia Finance: AP - "Finance the Islamic way at Michigan bank" http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iT3zX_mbmPJr7zv5ST-wykfDYqXwD95MG7DG0 (Pakistan/U.S.) No foreign leader to attend Obama's oath-taking --- disputes earlier report Pakistan President Zardari to attend inaugural http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\14\story_14-1-2009_pg7_15 Venezuela breaks diplomatic ties with Israel http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Venezuela_breaks_diplomatic_ties_with_Israel/articleshow/3980937.cms?TOI_latestnews Commentaries: (Commentary) Muslim Brotherhood Comes to the Inaugural -- by Diana West http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/708/MB-Comes-to-the-Inaugural.aspx Europe Reimports Jew Hatred - by Daniel Schwammenthal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123180033807075069.html Against Nazi News: U.S. authorities remove 'Adolf Hitler,' 2 siblings with Nazi-like names from family home http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055533.html January 13, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) At least 8 rockets fired at South http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231774437927&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055114.html http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3655197,00.html (Israel) Three Soldiers Injured in Kiryat Arba Terrorist Shooting http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129395 Israel Defense Minister Barak: Gaza offensive continues http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3655381,00.html -- Israel Defense Minister Barak: We respect the UN, but we're continuing with Gaza op http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231774442641&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel PM Olmert: Rice Sizzling After I Thwarted Her Anti-Israel UN Vote http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129400 --- PM: Rice left embarrassed in UN vote http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231760642497&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- UNHRC votes to condemn Israel for Gaza op http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231760642835&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull ---- June 19, 2008: Jihad Against Freedom of Speech at the United Nations http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/089.html (Gaza) IDF says Hamas has professionalized use of human shields in Gaza http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1055126.html (Gaza) Leaflets may counter 'war crime' claims http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231774433340&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Bloggers Uncover Possible CNN Video Fraud http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129393 -- CNN video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9pRu-sRPb0 'Hamas agrees to Turkish force in Rafah' -- "'Al Hayat': Group consents to Turkish presence because it respects Turkey 'as an Islamic nation.'" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231774441397&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) From the MEMRI TV Archives: Hamas'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades – Training and Ideology: Special on Al-Jazeera http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD218509 Jordanian soldier fires at Israel patrol http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231774436737&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Egypt) MEMRI: Muslim Brotherhood's Egyptian cleric "Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi On Al-Jazeera Incites Against Jews, Arab Regimes, and the U.S.; Calls on Muslims to Boycott Starbucks and Others; Says 'Oh Allah, Take This Oppressive, Jewish, Zionist Band of People... And Kill Them, Down to the Very Last One'" -- aka Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD218309 (Egypt) Editor of the Egyptian Government Daily Al-Gumhouriyya: Hamas, Syria, Iran – The New Axis of Evil http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD218409 Egypt wants Hamas to sign up to truce deal 'now' http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January279.xml§ion=middleeast "Iraqi cleric ascends from al-Qaida to U.S. ally" -- Nadhim Khalil http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28631495/ Afghan army claims 12 Taliban killed in southern region http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1453214.php/Afghan_army_claims_12_Taliban_killed_in_southern_region_ Afghan Conflict Will Be Reviewed -- "President-elect Barack Obama intends to sign off on Pentagon plans to send up to 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/12/AR2009011203492.html Afghan insurgency inspiring new fighters http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January647.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat jirga, Taliban discuss ceasefire http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\13\story_13-1-2009_pg7_3 (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants attack NATO truck depot in Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Militants_attack_NATO_truck_depot_in_Pakistan/articleshow/3971341.cms (Pakistan) FATA: Troops pound Taliban in Mohmand Agency after four Afghans captured http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\13\story_13-1-2009_pg1_10 (Pakistan) FATA: "Slain Qaeda commander remembered by teammates" -- Usama Al Kini http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\13\story_13-1-2009_pg7_44 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks:26/11 dossier mere info not proof: Pakistan PM Gilani http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/2611_dossier_mere_info_not_proof_Gilani/articleshow/3973495.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: LeT behind Mumbai carnage: UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Lashkar_behind_Mumbai_terror_attacks_Britain/articleshow/3972449.cms -- Pakistan state not linked to Mumbai attack: UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090113/ts_nm/us_india_pakistan_1 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Gilani authorized me to speak on Indo-Pak issue: Durrani http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Gilani_authorised_me_to_speak_on_Indo-Pak_issue_Durrani/articleshow/3973063.cms Pakistan's Jamaat-ud-Dawa 'ban' lie nailed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistans_Jamaat_ban_lie_nailed/articleshow/3966239.cms (Pakistan) Exchange terrorists among SAARC nations: Pak civil groups http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Exchange_terrorists_among_SAARC_nations_Pak_civil_groups/articleshow/3965052.cms Pakistan: PM Gilani denies US drone attacks permitted by government http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2903064419 (Pakistan) Al Qaeda found a safe haven in Pakistan: Cheney http://www.zeenews.com/world/2009-01-11/497967news.html (India/U.S.) Mumbai Attacks: In US, LeT chief's kin raised funds for jihad -- Muhammad Masood in Boston area http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/In_US_LeT_chiefs_kin_raised_funds_for_jihad/articleshow/3964960.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Trial judge in Mumbai terror attacks case named http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Trial_judge_in_Mumbai_terror_attacks_case_named/articleshow/3971334.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: 'India could snap ties with Pakistan over probe' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\13\story_13-1-2009_pg1_3 (India) Mumbai Attacks: India urges the world not to sell arms to Pak -- "In the wake of Pakistan's couldn't-care-less attitude after the Mumbai attack terrorist was proved to be a Pak national" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_urges_the_world_not_to_sell_arms_to_Pak/articleshow/3973396.cms (India) Pakistan ISI agent was tracking force mobilization: SSP Meerut http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ISI_agent_was_tracking_troop_movement_SSP_Meerut/articleshow/3969586.cms (India) Militants explode grenade in Manipur hotel http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Militants_explode_grenade_in_Manipur_hotel/articleshow/3972251.cms (India) Three wounded in Srinagar grenade blast http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Three_wounded_in_Srinagar_grenade_blast/articleshow/3971875.cms (India) Bangalore blast suspect goaded youngsters to take up jihad -- Maulana Hussain Shabbir Meheruddin Gangajali http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/jan/130109-Maulana-Hussain-Shabbir-Meheruddin-Gangajali-Bangalore-blasts-accused-terrorist-lessons-news.htm (U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan President Zardari to attend Obama's oath-taking ceremony -- "sources said the US government had specially invited Zardari for the ceremony, adding he would be one of the few privileged world leaders present on the occasion" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\13\story_13-1-2009_pg1_2 (U.S./Pakistan) US sanctions people, firms linked to Abdul Qadeer Khan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\13\story_13-1-2009_pg1_5 -- A Q Khan is a closed chapter: Pakistan PM http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/A_Q_Khan_is_a_closed_chapter_Pak_PM/articleshow/3972679.cms U.S.-based Imam Urges Muslims to Join the Gaza Battlefield -- Sheikh Mohamed El-Moctar El-Shinqiti, director of the Islamic Center of South Plains in Lubbock, Texas http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/974 (U.S.) Radical Islamic Networks in America -- by Jamie Glazov http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=CF856F5A-8C03-4148-802E-3F9C64E0D3BE (U.S.) Homeland attack could pose Obama major threat: Bush http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\13\story_13-1-2009_pg1_1 (U.S.) Obama to order Guantanamo close within a week of office http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Obama_favours_closing_Guantanamo/articleshow/3972146.cms http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5506559.ece -- Obama plan to close Guantanamo may take a year http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/13/america/13gitmo.php (U.S.) Closing Gitmo requires tough judgments on inmates http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_who_s_left http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/12/Obama_to_close_Gitmo/UPI-22001231786893/ (U.S.) DHS approves $450M biothreat lab at Kansas State http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_re_us/biothreat_laboratory (U.S.) One of 5 convicted in Fort Dix terrorism case tells judge: 'We still proclaim our innocence' http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-fort-dix-plot,0,1289304.story (UK) Olympic security against al-Qaeda is being 'jeopardised' by Home Office delays, say police chiefs http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4223162/Olympic-security-against-al-Qaeda-is-being-jeopardised-by-Home-Office-delays-say-police-chiefs.html Ethiopia hands over security of Somalia http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090113/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_2 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_3940766,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf -- Somalia, a country torn apart http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LD655148.htm Somalia: Islamic Courts Union (ICU) Takes Over Security of Vacated Bases of the Ethiopian Troops in Mogadishu http://allafrica.com/stories/200901130449.html Somalia: Islamic Courts Union (ICU) Calls for Insurgents Not to Struggle Power http://allafrica.com/stories/200901130448.html (Somalia) 13 killed in mortar attack in Somali capital http://www.gmanews.tv/story/143864/13-killed-in-mortar-attack-in-Somali-capital http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/12/africa/AF-Somalia.php Somalia: UN Team to Explore Ways of Supporting Security http://allafrica.com/stories/200901130588.html Nigeria militants show photos of British hostages http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/12/africa/AF-Nigeria-Oil-Unrest.php (Greece) Poll: Greeks concerned by domestic terror http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/12/Poll_Greeks_concerned_by_domestic_terror/UPI-84411231811849/ (Thailand) Three people killed in attack, bombing in S. Thailand - in Narathiwat http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1967657&Language=en (Thailand) Report: "Thailand: Army uses torture in Muslim south, says rights group" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2903064755 (Philippines) Soldiers gun down 'amok' at Zamboanga checkpoint -- charged at soldiers with machete chanting "Allahu Akbar" http://www.gmanews.tv/story/143818/Soldiers-gun-down-amok-at-Zamboanga-checkpoint Philippines to prosecute Bangladeshi terrorist suspect --- Mohammad Rafiq Ullah - "suspected bomb-maker of the regional Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist group" --- arrested December 8, 2008 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/250271,philippines-to-prosecute-bangladeshi-terrorist-suspect.html (Philippines) Makati police secure Israel embassy amid protest on Gaza attack http://www.gmanews.tv/story/143919/Makati-police-secure-Israel-embassy-amid-protest-on-Gaza-attack (Philippines) MILF open to EU, Islamic group as facilitators http://www.gmanews.tv/story/143859/MILF-open-to-EU-Islamic-group-as-facilitators Philippine military: More than 100 Muslim rebels killed in 2008 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/250243,philippine-military-more-than-100-muslim-rebels-killed-in-2008.html (Indonesia) Terror suspects on trial in Indonesia -- "Ten suspected members of a terrorist cell linked to the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) militant group went on trial on Tuesday for plotting attacks against foreigners and Christian priests in Indonesia" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24910046-23109,00.html (Australia) Terrorism trial witness appears via satellite http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/01/13/2464892.htm N. Korea Says It Won't Give Up Nuclear Weapons http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479744,00.html Other News: Freedom House: "Freedom in the World 2009 Survey Release" http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=15 http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=445 -- Press Release: http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=70&release=756 --- Freedom House states that there have been "significant improvements in Pakistan" (Pakistan) Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) plans consultations on sharia law --- "scholars conference to discuss the issue of the implementation of the sharia law in Swat" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\12\story_12-1-2009_pg1_4 Pakistanis stock up on guns http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/13/pakistanis-dont-leave-home-without-ak-47s/ (Iran) Two Men Stoned to Death for Adultery in Iran http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479752,00.html Deutsche Bank launches revolutionary Sharia compliant issuance platform http://www.arabianbusiness.com/press_releases/detail/35405 Nigeria: Islamic Financing Can Grow Small, Medium Scale Enterprises- Islamic Finance Expert http://allafrica.com/stories/200901120644.html Malaysia's Bank Islam identifies potential M&A partner http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSKLR39780620090113?rpc=401& Against Nazi News: (Germany) Nazi-era papers now for sale in Germany http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231774442889&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Commentaries: Islam's selective outrage -- by Riazat Butt -- "Muslims cannot claim a monopoly on anger over the events in Gaza while ignoring the suffering of other Muslims and non-Muslim" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/13/islam-gaza-israel Interesting Facts About Islamic Doctrine http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2009/01/interesting-facts-about-islamic.html "I want Hizb'Allah to wipe the state of terrorism off the planet..." [Mark Steyn] http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjM5OGRjZjM2MGY5Y2E1OTliZDc0ZDlhNWVmZGQyMDU= Propaganda: (UK) Quilliam Foundation Guardian Commentary Attacks Mark Steyn, Melanie Philips and calls her writing "crazed rhetoric" --- James Brandon attacks writers, analysts who challenge Islamic supremacism --- James Brandon calls for the "need for the right to rein in its extremists is growing urgent" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/13/islam-uksecurity ---- "James Brandon is a senior research fellow at the Quilliam Foundation" http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/james-brandon This is the same Quilliam Foundation: (UK) Quilliam Foundation's Ed Husain: "As a British Muslim, it is so frustrating that no one seems to understand our anger" --- Quilliam's Husain: "Many urged me to calm Muslim anger, but why should I? If this does not make me and other Muslims angry, then what could?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/11/israel-palestine-islam --- On the other side from civilisation - by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3197296/on-the-other-side-from-civilisation.thtml ---- Press release: Quilliam Foundation calls for UK Government to pressure Israel to stop military operations http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/index.php/component/content/article/374 ---- "Britain has a duty to Arabs" - by Ed Husain http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/30/israelandthepalestinians-middleeast ---- Gaza invasion could spark extremism in Britain: Muslims http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-71379.html http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKTRE5072Z520090108?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=401 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/08/open-letter-gaza-gordon-brown-israel ---- Maajid Nawaz defended the rights of Jihadists in Afghanistan and Iraq under the Geneva Convention http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Quilliam ---- Quilliam Foundation and Misdirection on Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/098.html ---- Quilliam Foundation's Ed Husain Argues for new proposed UK Sharia "contract" on women's rights to deal with rape and forced marriages http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/20/islam.religion ----- ignorning existing UK laws http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/consent.pdf January 12, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) IDF opens 3-hr humanitarian corridor http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424932109&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Two houses hit as Hamas rocket barrage shatters 3-hour calm -- "Seven people treated for shock; students moved to shelter; Grad lands near Kiryat Gat; rocket hits Beersheba area; 15 rockets fired Monday" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424932423&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Rocket hits house in Ashkelon --- "Since Monday morning a total of 14 rockets and two mortar shells landed in southern Israel" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3654601,00.html (Israel) Hamas Attacks Ashkelon During 'Humanitarian Aid' Truce http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129374 (Israel) Livni: We Smashed Hamas, Now Stop Arms Smuggling http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129378 (Gaza) IDF renews fighting inside Gaza Strip -- "One reportedly killed in IAF strike on Hamas installation; ground troops uncover weapon caches" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424931805&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Israel pounds Hamas leaders' homes as troops edge closer to urban areas http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5500889.ece 'Hamas salaries paid at Shifa Hospital' -- "Dichter says group's operatives have found refuge in Gaza hospital, UNWRA facilities, UN school" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424936164&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas reportedly rejects Egypt bid for long-term Gaza truce http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054792.html Iran warns Hamas not to accept truce -- "Egyptian official to 'Post': Iranian officials met" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424929369&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Pakistan) NWFP: Living under duress: Swat residents subjected to many 'dos and don'ts' -- "Taliban have banned women from markets" -- "Nurses are the only women employees who have not received Taliban threats in Swat" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\12\story_12-1-2009_pg7_13 (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants announce ceasefire in Swat http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2898435896 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban chop ears of four private guards in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\12\story_12-1-2009_pg1_2 (Pakistan) FATA: Police: Taliban kill 2 in northern Pakistan - North Waziristan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/12/asia/AS-Pakistan.php (Pakistan) FATA: South Waziristan official kidnapped http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/12/top6.htm (Pakistan) Anti-Israel protest in Lahore http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\12\story_12-1-2009_pg7_40 (Pakistan) New security plan for theatres http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\12\story_12-1-2009_pg11_1 Pakistan: Gillani rules out extradition of suspects in Mumbai attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2898317789 (India) Mumbai hotel receives threatening emails http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai_hotel_receives_threat_emails/articleshow/3967815.cms (U.S.) Muslim Krystallnacht Chicago 2008: Reader David's Synagogue (and 4 Others!) Attacked http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2009/01/krystallnacht_c.html (U.S.) Obama reluctant to probe Bush policies http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28616571/ (Iraq) Bombs aimed at security forces kill 9 in Baghdad http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479224,00.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090112/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq (Iraq) Senior Sunni Insurgent Captured in Iraq -- Thair Khadim Abid Salman al-Samarraie http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479165,00.html (U.S./Yemen) Bin Laden's ex-driver set free -- Salim Hamdan has been set free in Yemen http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24903368-23109,00.html (Russia) Police officer killed in southern Russia -- Ingushetia's Nazrin http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/12/europe/EU-Russia-Caucasus-Violence.php (France) Molotov cocktails hurled at Paris synagogue http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/12/europe/EU-France-Synagogue-Attacked.php France vows to punish assailants who hurled firebombs at Paris synagogue http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054808.html Sri Lanka bombs rebel targets across the north http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/12/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (Pakistan) NWFP: Living under duress: Swat residents subjected to many 'dos and don'ts' -- "Taliban have banned women from markets" -- "Nurses are the only women employees who have not received Taliban threats in Swat" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\12\story_12-1-2009_pg7_13 (Pakistan) Muslim Convert and wife threatened by relatives in name of honour http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\12\story_12-1-2009_pg13_4 Democracy watchdog judges fewer countries as free - but Freedom House suggests Pakistan has improved?? --- Freedom House Research Director Arch Puddington: "South Asia was the bright spot in 2008" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\12\story_12-1-2009_pg7_3 --- Email ingalls@freedomhouse.org with "Freedom" in the subject line to join the mailing list Propaganda: Pakistan's Dawn's propaganda on "US losing 'war for hearts and minds' of Muslims" -- on DC rally with CAIR, Stalinist Brian Becker, and other extremists -- references organizers Brian Becker, Cindy Sheehan, Ramsey Clark, Cynthia McKinney -- references groups "included the Muslim American Society Freedom, Free Palestine Alliance, American Muslim Task Force, National Council of Arab Americans, Al-Awda — International Palestine Right to Return Coalition, Council on American Islamic Relations, American Muslims for Palestine, American Muslim Alliance, US Palestinian Community Network, Iranian-American Friendship Committee and the Middle East Children's Alliance." http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/12/top5.htm January 11, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) At least 12 rockets fired at South -- "Sderot, Ashkelon, Kiryat Malachi, Netivot, Eshkol region targeted" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424913241&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Rockets hit Beersheba as youths head to school http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653936,00.html -- Rocket Attack Strikes Car in Be'er Sheva http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129344 (Israel) "On Saturday, at least 21 Palestinian rockets hit Israeli territory" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054247.html Israel to extend Gaza operation despite international pressure http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653907,00.html (Gaza) Sunday Fighting in Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424914146&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Israel, Hamas vow to fight on in Gaza http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January255.xml§ion=middleeast -- Israelis, Hamas clash near Gaza City, witnesses say http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/10/israel.gaza/index.html -- Olmert: We are nearing Gaza op goals http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424917424&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) IAF: Hamas tried to down plane with anti-aircraft missile http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424914146&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) IDF strikes home of 'Hamas chief of staff' --- "Ahmad Jabari, commander of organization's military wing" - estimated that Jabari in hiding http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653957,00.html (Gaza) Hamas rocket chief is killed -- Amir Mansi http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5489544.ece (Gaza) IAF Attacks 60 Targets in Gaza, IDF Kills 50 Gunmen http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129347 -- IDF: More than 300 Hamas Terrorists Killed Over the Past Week http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129341 Hamas' Meshal: No Gaza truce until IDF ends Gaza offensive, opens border crossings http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054262.html -- Hamas supremo Meshaal brands Gaza offensive a 'Holocaust' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Hamas_supremo_brands_Gaza_offensive_a_Holocaust/articleshow/3962786.cms --- October 2008: Hamas Mash'al boasts to the Al-Jazeera TV audience on October 12, 2008 "how Allah made a laughingstock of America," and asserts that "[t]he day will come, within several years, when this world will change, submitting to the Arab Islamic will, Allah willing." http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/1929.htm http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1929.htm Fatah Silently Watches Gaza, Waiting to Take Over http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129351 Egyptian police hold 16 Islamists after Gaza rally http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LB685873.htm Pro-Israel Rallies in Mexico, Britain and Elsewhere http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129346 Worldwide protests against Israeli attacks http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/gaza/2009/January/gaza_January256.xml§ion=gaza -- Anti-Israel protesters clash with police http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/11/top6.htm (U.N.) US abstention said to be a warning to Israel http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424909929&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- (U.N.) The world, America included, wags an angry finger http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424911751&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Israel disappointed by UN resolution that avoids key demands on Gaza http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054272.html (U.S.) "Pro-Palestinian rallies held outside White House" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Pro-Palestinian_rallies_held_outside_White_House/articleshow/3962914.cms (U.S.) Pro-Hamas Demonstrations Across the USA "I want you to watch as I kill your children, cover your children in their own blood!" I want you to to watch me blow your children's brains out" http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/01/pro-hamas-dem-1.html (U.S.) Steven Emerson: Pro-HAMAS Rallies Billed as "Anti War" Protests -- Steven Emerson: "They're hate rallies" http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/971 (U.S.) Obama Team Denies Report He will Engage Hamas http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129339 --- Obama says won't delay on Mideast issue http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3654215,00.html (U.S.) Cyber-spy shares her know-how tracking terrorists -- Shannen Rossmiller http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-na-cyberterror11-2009jan11,0,7195292.story?track=rss (U.S.) Battling Terror, Chertoff Felt 'Invisible Burden' http://www.abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Terrorism/Story?id=6612988&page=1 -- Comment: but never able to define the enemy (UK) Islamists target teen crime gangs in London -- "Scotland Yard fears Muslim extremists are recruiting members inside prisons" http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jan/11/muslim-extremists-crime-gangs-london (UK) Thousands Protest For Israel -- in London and Manchester http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090111/tuk-thousands-protest-for-israel-45dbed5.html http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054494.html --- 'The rockets must stop - full stop' ----- "Israeli ambassador to Britain addresses some 35,000 people at pro-Israel rally in Trafalgar Square" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424919890&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (UK) Gaza protesters clash with police in London http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4215031/Gaza-protesters-clash-with-police-in-London.html (UK) Quilliam Foundation's Ed Husain: "As a British Muslim, it is so frustrating that no one seems to understand our anger" --- Quilliam's Husain: "Many urged me to calm Muslim anger, but why should I? If this does not make me and other Muslims angry, then what could?" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/11/israel-palestine-islam (UK) Madonna targeted by Muslim fanatics over Israel's attack on Gaza -- threat made on website Islambase.com by Muhammad Abdel-Al, leader of the Popular Resistance Committees -- Abdel-Al quoted as stating: ""If I meet these w***s I will have the honor to be the first one to cut the head off Madonna if they will keep spreading their satanic culture against Islam." -- Hammed10: "She insults us with her slutty behaviour and then she insults us further with her love of the Jewish kuffar non-Muslims." -- Hammed10: "Some brothers were talking about what to do about this the other day on another site. I don't want to say too much on here. But you can pm me send a private message." http://www.people.co.uk/news/news/tm_method=full%26objectID=21032190%26siteID=93463-name_page.html http://uk.news.yahoo.com/35/20090111/ten-madonna-targeted-by-extremists-764dee7.html (UK) Guardian/Observer: "Leading British Jews call on Israel to halt 'horror' of Gaza" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/11/gaza-israel-letter-british-jews --- Letter in Observer signed by Rabbi Dr Tony Bayfield, Sir Jeremy Beecham, Professor David Cesarani, Professor Shalom Lappin, Michael Mitzman, Baroness Julia Neuberger, Rabbi Danny Rich, Rabbi Professor Marc Saperstein, Rabbi Dr Michael Shire, Sir Sigmund Sternberg, Paul Usiskin. ---- stating "we believe that only negotiations can secure long-term security for Israel and the region" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/11/gaza-israelandthepalestinians "Media war on 'Nazi' Israel" -- "Arabic media border on pathology in effort to present Israel as Nazi monster" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653852,00.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban running parallel courts in Swat -- "Locals say more than 70 Taliban courts functional in valley" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\11\story_11-1-2009_pg7_22 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban leaders' arrest could lead to missing Afghan, Iranian diplomats http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\11\story_11-1-2009_pg7_23 (Pakistan) Terrorists released in Pakistan due to lack of evidence: Report -- "in the Sindh province alone, as many as '121 high-profile terrorists were released between 2002 and 2007. In each case, the prosecution's case was not strong enough'" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Terrorists_released_in_Pakistan_due_to_lack_of_evidence_Report/articleshow/3962828.cms http://www.nypost.com/seven/01112009/news/regionalnews/jewish_wedding_jihad_149609.htm --- Catch and Release http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/stevecoll/2009/01/catch-and-relea.html (Pakistan) Security on high alert in Sindh after Lahore blasts http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\11\story_11-1-2009_pg12_4 Pakistan Daily Times: "Problem of 'sympathetic' terrorism" -- PDT: "The great Talibanisation movement in Pakistan is not restricted to the Tribal Areas of Pakistan; it has spread into the settled areas and threatens to extend into additional segments of the market catering to the entertainment of the cities" -- PDT: "Since we are opposed to the United States we deny that there is the threat of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in the Tribal Areas; and our parliament actually says that our army should quit fighting them." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\11\story_11-1-2009_pg3_1 (Pakistan) PM Gilani says Palestine situation not lesser tragedy than Mumbai http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\11\story_11-1-2009_pg1_1 -- Comment: conveniently ignores that Islamic supremacist violence the source of both scenes of violence (Pakistan) PM Gilani assails 'double standards' http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/11/top4.htm -- Comment: nation leading in doublespeak alleges "double standards" by others Pakistan extends house arrest of militant leader -- founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and leader of Jamaat-ud-Dawa's Hafiz Saeed http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January555.xml§ion=international Pakistan Information Minister Sherry Rehman tells Britons: 'Pakistan committed to fighting terror' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\11\story_11-1-2009_pg7_18 (Pakistan) FATA: 6 troops, 40 militants killed in attack: Pakistan http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January556.xml§ion=international --- Pakistan says 45 Taliban, six troops killed in clash http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/249921,pakistan-says-45-taliban-six-troops-killed-in-clash--summary.html Pak tribals threaten to fight India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_tribals_threaten_to_fight_India/articleshow/3961252.cms (India) Man allegedly linked with ISI arrested in Meerut http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Man_allegedly_linked_with_ISI_arrested_in_Meerut/articleshow/3964153.cms?TOI_latestnews (Afghanistan) Australian special forces troops kill Taliban leader - in Oruzgan http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24897905-29277,00.html Afghan jihadist to Obama: "You should also cause one more addition to the U.S. history by becoming the first president to accept the Truth and by adopting the true faith of Islam" -- "by Maulawy Anwarulhaq Mujahid, whose designation reads as the Chief of the Tora Bora Battlefield" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024337.php -- In Open Letter to Barack Obama, the Chief of Tora Bora Battlefield In Afghanistan Warns: The Flames of this Fire will Blow Up on Washington http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD217909 (Afghanistan) More copters, support needed to defeat Taliban, Biden told -- "met US Gen David McKiernan" http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/11/top13.htm --- McKiernan has repeatedly called for a "political solution" to Taliban ---- McKiernan: "the solution in Afghanistan is going to be a political solution not a military solution" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#McKiernan (Iraq) Three Policemen Shot Dead In Northern Iraq - Police, Military - in Mosul http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090111/ACQDJON200901110812DOWJONESDJONLINE000261.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na (Iran) U.S. rejected aid for Israeli raid on Iranian nuclear site -- "interviews also indicate that Bush was convinced by top administration officials, led by Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/11/america/11iran.php --- Bush reportedly rejected Israeli plea to raid Iran ----- "based on input from top administration officials such as Defense Secretary Robert Gates" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090111/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_israel Iran continues to get high-tech equipment http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/11/Iran_continues_to_get_high-tech_equipment/UPI-76651231652379/ --- Iran Using Fronts to Get Bomb Parts From U.S. ---- David Albright: "If Iran is successful, it ends up not with an IED but with a nuclear weapon." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/10/AR2009011002236.html Somalia: Insurgents Release MP After 5 Days As Captive http://allafrica.com/stories/200901110003.html Somalia: 30 Killed in Fighting Between Islamists in Central Somalia - in Guriel http://allafrica.com/stories/200901110014.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200901110015.html (Algeria) 63 injured during anti-Israel protest in Algiers http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/10/africa/AF-Algeria-Gaza.php (Yemen) Yemeni cleric Abdul-Majid al-Zindani urges training Arab youth for Jihad against Israel http://www.yobserver.com/front-page/10015506.html Yemen court adjourns trial of alleged Qaeda cell http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gATWIV6Flyov_BL6e_uKX4TCqSrw Nigeria: Confusion Galore Over Jos Crisis http://allafrica.com/stories/200901110004.html (Russia) Officials: 4 militants killed in southern Russia -- in Ordzhonikidzevskaya http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/11/europe/EU-Russia-Caucasus-Violence.php (Italy) Vatican may join EU anti-terrorism body http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_terrorism Turk Raises Eyebrows in Criticism of Israel http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/world/middleeast/11turkey.html?em (Thailand) Suspected insurgents kill 3 in Thailand's south - in Yala --- "more than 3,300 people have died since early 2004 as a result of the Islamic insurgency in southern Thailand" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/11/asia/AS-Thailand-Southern-Violence.php --- Gunmen kill 3 in Yala http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=135805 (Philippines) 6 soldiers killed, MILF says in new fighting in Maguindanao http://www.gmanews.tv/story/143689/6-soldiers-killed-MILF-says-in-new-fighting-in-Maguindanao -- 2 soldiers hurt in MILF attack in Maguindanao http://www.gmanews.tv/story/143677/2-soldiers-hurt-in-MILF-attack-in-Maguindanao (North Korea) Hill rejects N. Korea envoy job http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/11/Hill_rejects_N_Korea_envoy_job/UPI-27061231657895/ Other News: (UK) Presenter sacked for 'supporting the Bible's teachings' on radio -- "Rev Mahboob Masih was sacked for offending Muslims by defending Christianity on air" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/4213994/Presenter-sacked-for-supporting-the-Bibles-teachings-on-radio.html UK Report: "Fury at Simpsons' Muslim terror plot" - television show to be broadcast Sunday night -- "A Sky1 spokesman added: 'At the end of the show, all the issues are resolved and Homer realises the error of his ways.'" http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/65221/Fury-at-Simpsons-Muslim-terror-plot/ (UK) Muslim leader condemns Prince Harry for 'paki' remark http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5493665.ece Arab Liberal Criticizes European Parliament President for Suggesting That the Middle East Does Not Deserve The Democracy Enjoyed By The West http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD218209 (U.S.) Obama family visits Lincoln Memorial -- Comment: in remembering the inalienable human right that "all men are created equal," Islamic supremacism should be challenged http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/10/obama.lincoln.memorial/index.html (U.S.) Savage Nation programming expanded -- "CAIR last year waged a public campaign using excerpted Savage remarks to urge advertisers to boycott his program." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85743 (U.S.) Waiter apologizes for Arabic chant at Jewish wedding -- "Stephen Buttafuoco said he didn't know that his cell-phone recording of a pro-Palestinian rally he was playing for a friend was also being broadcast over the reception hall's loudspeaker for hundreds of guests at the Woodbury Jewish Center." http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liwait0111,0,6738522.story?track=rss --- Jewish wedding 'Jihad' -- blaring "Allahu Akbar" over speakers at Jewish wedding http://www.nypost.com/seven/01112009/news/regionalnews/jewish_wedding_jihad_149609.htm (Bangladesh) Zia parts ways with Islamists after poll debacle http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/452152/cs/1/ German Communist Party founders honored http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/11/europe/EU-Germany-Communist-Heroes.php January 10, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) Gaza rockets strike Ashkelon, injuring three Israelis -- "At least 10 Palestinian rockets strike western Negev on Saturday; 19 Israelis treated for shock" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054247.html -- "Rockets hit Ashkelon... rockets also fired at Eshkol region, Sderot" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424907359&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Foreign Minister Livni: Israel will not show restraint http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653677,00.html (Gaza) IDF kills 15 Hamas men during night ops -- "IAF attacks 40 targets during night operations; US denies arms shipment to Israel related to Gaza op" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424906921&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Pentagon denies arms shipment to Israel linked to Gaza fighting http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054236.html (Gaza) Israeli soldiers killed in ambush -- Palestinian Islamic Jihad http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1966841&Language=en Gaza Fighting Rages After U.N. Call for Cease-Fire http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,479024,00.html -- Israeli troops close in on Gaza City http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4212956/Israeli-troops-close-in-on-Gaza-City.html Gaza: international plan hatched to bring back Fatah http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5485188.ece http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424906909&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas: Abbas no longer president http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/09/Hamas_Abbas_no_longer_president/UPI-19361231560412/ Hamas claims to have hit major Israeli airbase http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2891471790 (Lebanon) Hizbullah didn't launch rockets, but didn't stop them either - analysts http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=98908 UN official calls for 'war crimes' inquiry in Gaza -- High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2892609790 US Congress backs Gaza op http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653617,00.html (U.S.) Report: "Incoming secretary of state Clinton to name Dennis Ross as top adviser on Mideast, Iran" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054246.html --- Dennis Ross' role with U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project that calls for engagement with Muslim Brotherhood, change stance on Hamas and Hezbollah http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=44#Ross --- Background on U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Report http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html --- U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Critical of U.S. Government's Stance on Hamas and Hezbollah http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html#engage1 --- U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Calls for Engagement with Muslim Brotherhood http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html#engage_mb --- Dennis Ross previously with Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC11.php?CID=89&newActiveSubNav=Our+People&activeSubNavLink=templateC11.php?CID=89&newActiveNav=aboutUs (U.S.) Obama names intel picks, vows no torture http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28574408/ (U.S.) Ex-Liberian dictator Charles Taylor's son sentenced to 97 years in US jail http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4210623/Ex-Liberian-dictator-Charles-Taylors-son-sentenced-to-97-years-in-US-jail.html (U.S.) Huffington Post Calls Steven Emerson "Fake 'Terrorism Expert'" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/09/fox-news-attacks-muslim-r_n_156661.html http://www.newshounds.us/2009/01/09/fox_trots_out_discredited_terrorism_expert_to_complain_about_balance_at_the_new_york_times.php (UK) Quilliam Foundation Defends Itself: "Putting the record straight" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/09/uksecurity-terrorism --- See also: --- On the other side from civilisation - by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3197296/on-the-other-side-from-civilisation.thtml ---- Press release: Quilliam Foundation calls for UK Government to pressure Israel to stop military operations http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/index.php/component/content/article/374 ---- "Britain has a duty to Arabs" - by Ed Husain http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/30/israelandthepalestinians-middleeast ---- Gaza invasion could spark extremism in Britain: Muslims http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-71379.html http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKTRE5072Z520090108?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=401 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/08/open-letter-gaza-gordon-brown-israel ---- Maajid Nawaz defended the rights of Jihadists in Afghanistan and Iraq under the Geneva Convention http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Quilliam ---- Quilliam Foundation and Misdirection on Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/098.html ---- Quilliam Foundation's Ed Husain Argues for new proposed UK Sharia "contract" on women's rights to deal with rape and forced marriages http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/20/islam.religion ----- ignorning existing UK laws http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/consent.pdf (UK) Police: Spotter could be bin Laden's brother http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/topstories/4037585.Police__Spotter_could_be_bin_Laden___s_brother/ (UK) Legal expert argues for recognition of sharia law - Baroness Butler-Sloss http://www.secularism.org.uk/105294.html Iraq: Insurgents vow to 'avenge Gaza' http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2891472183 (Iraq) Roadside bombs kill 6 Iraqi soldiers near Baghdad, 2 near Kirkuk - on Thursday http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/275102.php (Afghanistan) US VP-elect Biden in Afghanistan for talks http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090110/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_29;_ylt=AhbgoF3IAF1UtPbP.kNR8yYBS5Z4 http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/afghanistan.biden/index.html (Afghanistan/Pakistan) Declare FATA part of Afghan war theatre: Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\10\story_10-1-2009_pg1_4 (Afghanistan/Pakistan) Afghan and Pakistan problems are really one: Gen Petraeus speech to United States Institute of Peace http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\10\story_10-1-2009_pg7_15 -- Comment: but not recognizing Islamic supremacism as the link --- Recently released USIP report praises vision for "Islamic constitutional democracy" in Afghanistan -- "The Future of Afghanistan" (7.8 MB) http://www.usip.org/peaceops/afghanistan/foa.pdf --- USIP states "2004 Afghan Constitution... offers up a very progressive model of democracy" --- USIP states that Afghan vision of democracy includes: "a stable Islamic constitutional democracy at peace with itself and its neighbors, standing with full dignity in the international family; a tolerant, united, and pluralistic nation that honors its Islamic heritage and deep-seated aspirations toward participation, justice equal rights for all" (Pakistan) Multiple blasts rock Lahore - bombs in theaters http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\10\story_10-1-2009_pg1_1 -- Five blasts rip through Lahore theatres http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/10/top5.htm -- Six injured in bomb blasts in Lahore http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Six_injured_in_bomb_blasts_in_Lahore/articleshow/3957578.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban spreading to settled areas of NWFP -- "the 'sharia courts' set up by local Taliban have resumed operations in most parts of Swat district despite the ongoing military operation in the area" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\10\story_10-1-2009_pg7_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Nine killed in sectarian violence in Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Nine_killed_in_sectarian_violence_in_Pakistan/articleshow/3959492.cms -- Five killed, 14 injured in Hangu clashes http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\10\story_10-1-2009_pg7_18 (Pakistan) FATA: Two govt officials killed in North Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\10\story_10-1-2009_pg7_12 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban releases Mandal tribe’s jirga in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\10\story_10-1-2009_pg7_26 (Pakistan) LeT's Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD): "Punjab Police have included names of four Jamaatud Dawa leaders, including Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, in a list of leaders of banned organisations" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\10\story_10-1-2009_pg7_9 Pakistan: Thousands Chant "Long Live Osama bin Laden" at Anti-Israel Rally..... http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/01/pakistan-thousands-chant-long-live-osama-bin-laden-at-antiisrael-rally.html -- Pakistanis Cheer Bin Laden At Anti-Israel Rally http://www.easybourse.com/bourse-actualite/allianz-se/pakistanis-cheer-bin-laden-at-anti-israel-rally-DE0008404005-593566 (Pakistan/India) Situation on eastern border again very fragile: Gilani http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\10\story_10-1-2009_pg1_5 -- Pakistan PM Gilani continues the doubletalk that it is India that is Pakistan's problem, not its Islamic supremacist problem (India/Pakistan) Mumbai probe: Biden asks India, Pak to work together http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Mumbai_probe_Biden_asks_India_Pak_to_work_together/articleshow/3957464.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\10\story_10-1-2009_pg1_2 India should give Pakistan some time: US http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/US_wants_India_to_give_Pak_some_time/articleshow/3959211.cms -- India virtually rules out Israel type action against Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/No_Israel-type_action_against_Pakistan_India/articleshow/3960158.cms ---- December 3, 2008 - 4100 terror attacks in India from 1970-2004 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/4100_terror_attacks_in_India_from_1970-2004/articleshow/3788135.cms India says not reached end of road on Mumbai attacks http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January506.xml§ion=international (India J&K) Pakistan militants give Army the slip -- "Bhatidar encounter against holed up Laskhar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists was abruptly called off in Poonch district" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Operation_called_off_in_Poonch_militants_untraced_Army_/articleshow/3957033.cms Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport: Security forces fire as men try to flee http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Cops_fire_as_men_try_to_flee_IGI_airport/articleshow/3959552.cms (Somalia) In-Depth Report on Shabab Al-Mujahideen in Somalia - Activists Demolish Churches: "We Will Establish Islamic Rule From Alaska & Chile to South Africa, & From Japan to Russia – Beware, We Are Coming" http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD218109 (Somalia) Islamic militants are main Somali threat -president http://af.reuters.com/article/nigeriaNews/idAFLA49264320090110?feedType=RSS&feedName=nigeriaNews Somali pirates free Saudi super tanker after ransom paid - reportedly $3 million http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/10/pirates.tanker/index.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,478424,00.html --- $3m ransom drops in for Somali pirates http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5485200.ece (Italy) Jewish group slams boycott initiative in Italy http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/09/europe/EU-Italy-Gaza-Boycotting-Jews.php (Italy) Muslim apology over prayers outside Milan Cathedral http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/4208395/Muslim-apology-over-prayers-outside-Milan-Cathedral.html -- January 9, 2009: "The demonstration was organized by Abu Imad. Terrorism charges were dropped against him in 2007 due to the statue of limitations. Later that same year he was convicted of recruiting for Jihad, though he was given only three years because the prosecution said that he had left his terrorist ways." http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/milan-more-on-cathedral-prayer.html http://windrosehotel.blogspot.com/2009/01/islamizing-europe.html (Germany) 10,000 protest Gaza violence in Germany http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/10/europe/EU-Germany-Gaza-Protest.php Turkey: Militant casualty figures rejected by PKK http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2890621944 (Philippines) Bomb blasts cut power to Mindanao areas http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090110-182573/Bomb-blasts-cut-power-to-Mindanao-areas http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN394558.htm -- Muslim Rebels Bomb Electricity Tower In Southern Philippines http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090110/ACQDJON200901100329DOWJONESDJONLINE000011.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Muslim%20Rebels%20Bomb%20Electricity%20Tower%20In%20Southern%20Philippines (Philippines) Armed Forces of Philippines (AFP) to step up drive to defend human rights http://www.gmanews.tv/story/143617/AFP-to-step-up-drive-to-defend-human-rights (Philippines) "Muslim moderates meet on peaceful co-existence" http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=232257 Sri Lanka pushes further into rebel territory http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/10/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (U.S.) On Obama's inauguration, Muslims say, 'It's our time' http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85748 (U.S./Mexico) Homeland Security has plan to send in agents, maybe military if Mexican violence spills over http://www.startribune.com/nation/37382039.html US shifts Visa Waiver Program authorization to Internet http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090109/pl_afp/useujapantourismsecurityvisa_newsmlmmd Malaysia - Ban Lifted on Malay Section of Catholic Newspaper http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5757&backpage=summaries -- Catholic newspaper told that the word "Allah" refers only to the Muslim God --- "If they stop printing the word 'Allah,' they can publish anytime" http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090110/LIFE07/901100322/-1/RSS05?source=rss_breaking Malaysia's Aliran: "Islam is compatible with democracy" http://www.aliran.com/index.php/health-care-othermenu-24/oldsite/monthly/2005b/templates/system/components/elections/oldsite/hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=801&Itemid=10 UAE raises $85.8M in aid funds for Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653654,00.html (UK) Legal expert argues for recognition of sharia law - Baroness Butler-Sloss http://www.secularism.org.uk/105294.html (UK) Islam week to build understanding http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/7821842.stm --- "British Muslims meet to learn about jihad" http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/jonathanwynnejones/blog/2009/01/09/british_muslims_meet_to_learn_about_jihad (South Africa) Rabbi's pro-Israel stance angers Muslims http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_News&set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20090110100027168C938351 Afghan held for forced abortion of his sister -- in Afghanistan, "[m]ost punishments are meted out according to Islamic Shariah law" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/09/asia/AS-Afghanistan-Backyard-Abortion.php Commentaries: Confronting terror together -- by Bernie M. Farber and Manoj Pundit -- on the need to confront the "Hamas 'terrocracy'" and Jihad around the world -- "Winston Churchill once observed that the only thing to do when you are going through hell is to keep on going." http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=1149069 January 9, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) Some 450 rockets fired at Israel during Gaza op http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653306,00.html (Israel) 30 Gaza rockets strike Negev -- "Grads hit Be'er Sheva, Ashkelon, Ashdod; three Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza, bring IDF death toll to 9" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054188.html -- Jerusalem Post report on attacks today on Israel http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424898375&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Cabinet to discuss UNSC resolution -- "Livni: Israel's actions based solely on its security; Yishai: World is acting as a Hamas lobbyist" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424898949&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Text of UN Security Council resolution for Gaza cease-fire http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054206.html -- Olmert: UN resolution impractical http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653445,00.html (Israel) Home Front to Gaza periphery: Stay away from windows over Shabbat http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424898323&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Police: Pipe bomb incident in Lod terror-related http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653396,00.html -- Terrorist Attack on Jewish Families in Lod http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129332 (Israel) One wounded as ax-wielding terrorist strikes out at passers-by in Rehovot -- while shouting "Allahu Ahkbar" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424902646&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Security Cabinet Votes to Continue Operation Cast Lead http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129336 Hamas: UN Gaza truce resolution 'does not meet our demands' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054215.html Hamas Response to UN: More Rocket Fire http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129327 Palestinian Islamic Jihad: UNSC resolution did not fulfill Gazans' aspirations http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1966581&Language=en (Gaza) Heavy Gaza clashes, IAF strikes follow UNSC call for truce -- "5 soldiers wounded in overnight clashes, one moderately; senior terror operative killed; Hamas says UN resolution doesn't meet its demands" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424900538&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) IDF unveils Hamas map seized in Gaza -- "map showed how Hamas does not hesitate to use civilian infrastructure for its terrorist activity" including mosques, a gas station and a fuel depot" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424893023&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull -- "Hamas thinks nothing of seeking refuge among the civilian population" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/concoughlin/4177607/One-ill-directed-missile-has-turned-the-tide-of-support-against-Israel.html (Gaza) Report: "UN: IDF shelled evacuated civilians" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3653417,00.html (Hamas) MEMRI: "Hamas: In Their Own Voices" (video) http://www.memritv.org/video.html (Hamas) Der Spiegel: "The Internal Divisions of Hamas" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,600349,00.html (Hamas) BBC, CBS, CNN feature Hamas apologist presenting "hard-core propaganda" http://sheikyermami.com/2009/01/09/pallwood-exposed-bbc-cbs-cnn-feature-hamas-apologist-presenting-hard-core-propaganda/ Terror victims petition to stop transfer of money to PA in Gaza -- over 1000 victims in petition by OneFamily Fund http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424891906&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.onefamilyfund.org/ (Egypt) Tens Of Thousands Of Egyptians Protest Gaza War http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090109/ACQDJON200901090744DOWJONESDJONLINE000501.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na (UK) Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK Calls Muslims to Jihad http://europenews.dk/en/node/18068 -- MPAC-UK: "Gaza's Murderers have Iman, Muslims Don't" --- "prove you're a Muslim by partaking in Jihad" http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/5220/103/ (UK) Thousands to march through London over Middle East conflict http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23615802-details/article.do?ito=newsnow& Iranian speaker meets radical Palestinian leader in Syria -- terror group Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) leader Ahmed Jibril http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090108/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazairansyriadiplomacy_newsmlmmd (Iran/Israel) Ex-Pentagon chief William Perry: Israel won't sit idly by as Iran finalizes nuclear steps http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1054191.html -- Former Pentagon Chief: Obama Certain to 'Face Serious Crisis With Iran' http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/01/08/cia-chief-obama-certain-face-crisis-iran/ (Pakistan) US strike kills 2 key al-Qaida operatives -- Two Kenyans in Pakistan northwest - Usama al-Kini and Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan -- "Usama al-Kini, is believed by U.S. intelligence to be behind the September 2008 Marriott Hotel bombing in Islamabad and the October 2007 attack on a convoy carrying Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto" -- "Both were believed to have been involved in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_on_go_ot/us_al_qaida_operatives_3 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak_al-Qaida_chief_another_killed/articleshow/3955035.cms -- "Brings FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list down to 21" http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6607572&page=1 -- Usama al-Kini, head of al-Qaeda in Pakistan, killed by US military http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5479455.ece -- Kenya- born Al Qaeda's operatives dead http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/512422/-/seijlk/-/index.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Another school torched in Swat -- body of policeman recovered -- "166 schools have been torched in the district during last one year" http://www.geo.tv/1-9-2009/32289.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Curfew continues in Swat http://www.geo.tv/1-9-2009/32280.htm -- Hangu under curfew for fourth consecutive day http://www.geo.tv/1-9-2009/32297.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Extremists blow up CD center at Mardan http://www.geo.tv/1-9-2009/32274.htm Pakistan is a victim of terrorism: U.S. NSA Stephen Hedley http://www.geo.tv/1-9-2009/32278.htm (Pakistan) A career in Jihad, interested? --- "Terrorist organisations are hiring Pakistani computer professionals to target Indian websites both government and corporate" http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/jan/080109-Terrorist-organisations-hiring-Pakistani-computer-professionals-target-Indian-websites.htm (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: LeT's Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) dismisses Kasab's identity, denies links with Rehman, Shah http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/JuD_dismisses_Kasab_as_Pak_national/articleshow/3953401.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Kasab admission may put ISI under scanner http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Kasab_admission_may_put_ISI_under_scanner/articleshow/3954340.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: PM Gilani: Pakistan Hands Over Mumbai Attack Information to India http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,478344,00.html -- January 8, 2008: PM Gilani dismisses national security adviser Mehmud Ali Durrani over Mumbai investigation --- Gilani says "national security adviser had 'embarrassed me and the country' by going public with the report of Ajmal Qasab's nationality without his permission" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2885754227 (Pakistan) Biden arrives in Pakistan for high-level talks http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/09/pakistan.biden.talks/index.html?section=cnn_latest -- US Vice President-elect meets President Zardari http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=64554 (India) Mumbai Attacks: We will go after Mumbai attackers, says US ambassador to India David Mulford http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/We_will_go_after_Mumbai_attackers_says_US_ambassador/articleshow/3956251.cms (India) Mumbai police to look out for unsecured Wi-Fi connections http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai_cops_probing_Wi-Fi_security/articleshow/3956633.cms (India) Gujarat terror suspect detained in Bihar http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Gujarat_terror_suspect_detained_in_Bihar/articleshow/3954518.cms Afghans wary of anti-Taliban 'militia' plan http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090109/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestus_newsmlmmd (Afghanistan) Bombs kill 18 in Afghanistan, including 5 Americans - in Nimroz province, Zabul province, and near Kandahar -- Taliban claimed responsibility http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/09/asia/09afghan-cnd11h20.php -- Afghan governor says 6 killed by suicide bomber - in Nimroz http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan (Afghanistan) US, Iran have shared interest in Afghanistan: Petraeus http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090109/wl_afp/usafghanistanpakistanirandefenseconflict_newsmlmmd;_ylt=Ak424rfg3SCh8l2vaD5TqwwBS5Z4 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601104&sid=aMFkfCK2mw1Y --- Comment: Petraeus refuses to acknowledge ideology of Islamic supremacism --- see also: http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Petraeus (U.S.) 'Terrorists worldwide could emulate Mumbai attack tactics' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Terrorists_worldwide_could_emulate_Mumbai_attack_tactics/articleshow/3955290.cms (U.S.) Jihad inside U.S. cannot be ruled out -- Stratfor "Intel report cites surprising absence of attacks during 2008" http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85665 (U.S.) Texas: Hearing in alleged terrorist case closed -- deportation of Lebanese man Mohamad Kamal Elzahabi to Lebanon http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11411515?source=rss http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090108.welpaso09/BNStory/International (U.S.) Carter: Israel using disproportionate force in Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424896142&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Audio: Jimmy Carter Shocker: 'The Tunnels Dug by Hamas are Defensive!' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/499 --- Background on Carter's meetings this year with terrorist group Hamas --- Carter's December 2008 Meeting with Hamas Terrorist Group http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/paris_lebanon_syria_2008.html http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=84283 --- Carter's April 2008 Meetings with Hamas Terrorist Group http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3533491,00.html http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/080.html (U.S.) Report: "Obama camp 'prepared to talk to Hamas'" -- Guardian report: "The incoming Obama administration is prepared to abandon President Bush's doctrine of isolating Hamas by establishing a channel to the Islamist organisation, sources close to the transition team say." http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/08/barack-obama-gaza-hamas --- Past Related Reports: --- September 24, 2008: U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Calls for Engagement with Muslim Brotherhood http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/09/engagement-with-mb/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html --- included Dennis Ross, Consultant, Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) - who in July 2008 announced that he was going to be a foreign policy advisor for Barack Obama campaign - "one of Obama's top advisers on the Mideast" http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=44#Ross http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1823145,00.html http://www.ou.org/public_affairs/article/dennis_ross_travels_to_with_obama/ --- U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Critical of U.S. Government's Stance on Hamas and Hezbollah http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html#engage1 (U.S.) Obama Considers Dissolving 9/11 Homeland Security Panel http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/08/obama-considers-dissolving-homeland-security-panel/ (U.S.) Obama to finalize national security team Friday http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Obama_to_finalize_national_security_team_Friday/articleshow/3955645.cms (U.S.) DC: Plan Approved For Homeland Security Headquarters -- "to be built on the grounds of St. Elizabeths Hospital" http://www.wusa9.com/rss/local_article.aspx?storyid=80262 (U.S.) NYC: Police Study Way to Jam Cellphones in an Attack http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/nyregion/09kelly.html Moroccan terror fugitive caught in Algeria -- Hicham Alami sentenced to life in prison for role in 2003 Casablanca bombings http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/08/africa/AF-Morocco-Terrorist-Caught.php (Sudan) Rebels: government planes bomb northern Darfur http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/08/africa/AF-Sudan-Darfur-Bombing.php (Norway) Oslo: Anti-Israel demonstration turns ugly (+video) http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/oslo-anti-israel-demonstration-turns.html (Belgium) Middle East crisis puts Belgium’s Jews under threat -- "the target of attacks and riots" http://www.expatica.com/be/news/local_news/Middle-East-crisis-puts-Belgium_s-Jews-under-threat_48459.html Turkish police finds weapons in coup plot probe (updated) -- "investigation into an alleged coup plot by ultranationalists to overthrow the Islamic-rooted government" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/09/europe/EU-Turkey-Coup-Plot.php Indonesia: Protesters seal off synagogue amid pro-Palestinian protests -- Indonesians call for "raids on sympathisers, supporters and Israeli agents in the province" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2890011835 Philippine Christians Asked To Cancel Festivals In South -- "that might otherwise provoke Muslim militants" http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090108/ACQDJON200901080454DOWJONESDJONLINE000419.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Philippine%20Christians%20Asked%20To%20Cancel%20Festivals%20In%20South (Philippines) Teach 'correct version' of Islam -- Philippines National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales - "'correct version' of Islam, centered on peace" http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090109-182448/Teach-correct-version-of-Islam -- Philippines-Mindanao conflict: Number killed in Islamic insurgency - 120,000 http://www.alertnet.org/db/crisisprofiles/PH_SEP.htm (Sri Lanka) Rebel bombing kills 7 in east Sri Lanka http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231424899376&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Sri Lanka says it captures key rebel base http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/09/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: Qatar: Hardline cleric blames Jews for corruption -- Muslim Brotherhood's Egyptian cleric Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2890183490 (UK) Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK Calls Muslims to Jihad http://europenews.dk/en/node/18068 -- MPAC-UK: "Gaza's Murderers have Iman, Muslims Don't" --- "prove you're a Muslim by partaking in Jihad" http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/5220/103/ (UK) Jihadists hijack radio station website because they dislike Christian British pop star http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024301.php --- Muslim extremists hijack radio station's website 'because they hate Cliff Richard http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1109707/Muslim-extremists-hijack-radio-stations-website-Cliff-Richard-songs.html (UK) Muslims in religious parade http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/4033857.Muslims_in_religious_parade/ (UK) Police officer resigns over internet blog where he listed 'Muslims and chavs' as the things that most annoyed him http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1109622/Police-officer-resigns-internet-blog-listed-Muslims-chavs-things-annoyed-him.html (Italy) Milan: More on cathedral prayer -- "The demonstration was organized by Abu Imad. Terrorism charges were dropped against him in 2007 due to the statue of limitations. Later that same year he was convicted of recruiting for Jihad, though he was given only three years because the prosecution said that he had left his terrorist ways." http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/milan-more-on-cathedral-prayer.html http://windrosehotel.blogspot.com/2009/01/islamizing-europe.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1106987/Vatican-uneasy-Muslims-praying-outside-cathedral-hate-filled-Gaza-protest-rally.html# http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5461114.ece Denmark: Criminal Iraqis released http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/denmark-criminal-iraqis-released.html (France) Lille: Ramadan urges Muslims to mobilize http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/lille-ramadan-urges-muslims-to-mobilize.html (Netherlands) Dutch government rules out sanctions against Israel http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/local_news/Dutch-government-rules-out-sanctions-against-Israel_48486.html Netherlands: Chairman of Muslim Party to go into municipal council http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/netherlands-chairman-of-muslim-party-to.html Egypt - Citizen Wins Rare Legal Victory to Revert to Christianity http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5755&backpage=summaries (Canada) Polygamy found in Muslim circles, activist alleges http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1158801 (U.S.) NY: Lincoln man gets harsher sentence after saying his victim would have been stoned by the Taliban http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/lincoln_man_gets_harsher_sente.html (U.S.) Obama: Let's Postpone Digital TV Switch http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,478005,00.html (U.S.) Powerful Solar Storm Could Shut Down U.S. for Months http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,478024,00.html Commentaries: Eurabian Nights (and Days): Rampant Muslim Jew-Hatred, and Absent Jewish "Islamophobia" -- by Andrew Bostom http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2009/01/08/eurabian-nights-and-days-rampant-muslim-jew-hatred-and-absent-jewish-%E2%80%9Cislamophobia%E2%80%9D/ (U.S.) Is The Media Fair In Its Portrayal Of The Israeli-Hamas Conflict? -- Video Interview with Steven Emerson and Transcript http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/970 (U.S.) IPT News: CAIR's Silence on Hamas http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/969 America's Anti-Terror Defense Strategy Is Going to Change Big Time -- by Bill O'Reilly http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477872,00.html January 8, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Israel Battered by Wave of Rockets From Lebanon http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477745,00.html -- Lebanese militants fire rockets into Israel --- "One of the rockets hit a nursing home in Nahariya while another landed in the town's vicinity, said the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2885563919 -- Explosions in the North as Sirens Blast http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158908 -- Attack on Israel from Lebanon threatens 2nd front http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians -- At least two Lebanon rockets hit North; IDF responds with shells http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053800.html -- 'Lebanon liable for Nahariya attack' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167307373&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Rocket fire on North is realization of Iranian threat http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053821.html -- Militants fire rockets into Israel from Lebanon http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5472015.ece Lebanon: Hizbullah denies connection to rocket fire on northern Israel http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3652844,00.html -- "Lebanon claims Hezbollah was NOT behind rocket attack on Israel" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1107587/Israels-fury-Vatican-labels-Gaza-big-concentration-camp.html (Lebanon) "UN force in south Lebanon on alert: French official" http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidANA20090108T101412ZEFK48/UN%20force%20in%20south%20Lebanon%20on%20alert:%20French%20official --- Hezbollah woos crowds at Ashura rally in Lebanon - "massive show of support for the Palestinians in Gaza" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7816675.stm --- All 'possibilities open' against Israel, says Hezbollah http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/08/top6.htm (Israel) More Rocket Attacks on Israel on Thursday -- Rocket Explodes in Ashkelon, Three Injured http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158918 -- Two Rockets Explode in Ashkelon http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158913 -- Rocket Explodes in Sha'ar HaNegev http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158919 (Israel) Rockets fall near Beersheba, Ashkelon - on Wednesday -- "Hamas continues fire at cities"; "rockets hit Beersheba, Ashkelon, Netivot, Ofakim areas" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167287960&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Hizbullah contact jailed for four years http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167301275&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Report: "Israeli Officials Arrive in Egypt to Discuss Cease-Fire" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477824,00.html (West Bank) Arab Attempts Terror Attack on Gas Station, Police Kill Attacker - Mishor Adumim aka Mishur Adumim -- near Jerusalem http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129301 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053824.html -- One wounded in gas station attack http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167309116&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) IDF officer killed during battle with Hamas in Gaza http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053805.html (Gaza) IAF Pounds 60 Gaza Targets, Targets Tunnels Network - on Wednesday http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129300 Hamas vows not to surrender in Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3652949,00.html Hamas executes collaborators and restricts Fatah movement http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053825.html Hamas: The Tahdiah (Calm) Benefits Israel, Not the Palestinian People http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD217709 (U.S.) Fort Lauderdale, FL: Protester Calls for Jews to 'Go Back to the Oven' at Anti-Israel Demonstration http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477450,00.html --- American Muslim "protester" tells Jews to "go back to the oven!" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024280.php --- Associated Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aze0KJistiA (U.S.) Leading American Muslim publicly threatens U.S. for supporting Israel - Salah Sultan http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024278.php --- Top American Islamic Cleric Threatens U.S. on Egyptian TV - by Patrick Poole ---- member of Fiqh Council of North America, an arm of Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/top-american-islamic-cleric-threatens-us-on-egyptian-tv/ --- "ISNA Urges Action To Stop The Israeli War On Gaza" http://www.isna.net/articles/News/ISNA-URGES-ACTION-TO-STOP-THE-ISRAELI-WAR-ON-GAZA.aspx (U.S.) Anti-jihad, pro-Israel rallies in New York and all over! http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024282.php (U.S.) Treasury Targets Hizballah Construction Company http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1341.htm (U.S.) Bush's homeland security setup faces ax http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28553919/ (U.S.) Obama Inauguration Attractive Target For Terrorist Attacks http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/07/obama-inauguration-attractive-target-terrorist-attacks/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_pr_wh/inauguration_potential_threats_10 (UK) Hate Hit List - "online forum Ummah is being used to prepare a deadly backlash against UK Jews" -- "'Abuislam' asks: 'Have we got a list of top Jews we can target? Can someone post names and addresses?'" http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2103995.ece -- David Miliband and Sir Alan Sugar 'targeted' in anti-Semitic hit list on Islamic fundamentalist website ---- "Fanatics in an online forum are said to have begun building a 'hit list' which includes leading Jews from the worlds of politics and entertainment including Tony Blair's close friend Labour peer Lord Levy and Amy Winehouse record producer Mark Ronson" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1107565/David-Miliband-Sir-Alan-Sugar-targeted-anti-Semitic-hit-list-Islamic-fundamentalist-website.html --- Muslims urged to write letters to prominent British Jews over support for Israel http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/4163641/Muslims-urged-to-write-letters-to-prominent-British-Jews-over-support-for-Israel.html (UK) Gaza invasion could spark extremism in Britain: Muslims -- "Among the signatories are Usama Hasan, imam of Al-Tawhid mosque, London, Dilwar Hussain, head of the policy research centre at the Islamic Foundation, Zareen Roohi Ahmed from the British Muslim Forum and Ed Husain, co-director of the anti-extremism thinktank the Quilliam Foundation" http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-71379.html http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKTRE5072Z520090108?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=401 --- 'We are witnessing a time of great danger' http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/08/open-letter-gaza-gordon-brown-israel --- December 30, 2008: Britain has a duty to Arabs" - by Ed Husain - referencing "Israel’s massacre of innocent Palestinians" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/30/israelandthepalestinians-middleeast (UK) Al-Qaida: We'll attack Britain and America to avenge Gaza http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/64928/Al-Qaida-We-ll-attack-Britain-to-avenge-Gaza/ (Italy) Israel's fury as Vatican labels Gaza 'one big concentration camp' - Cardinal Renato Martino http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1107587/Israels-fury-Vatican-labels-Gaza-big-concentration-camp.html -- 'Concentration camp' remark threatens Pope's visit to Israel http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5473588.ece -- London Times: "Pope condemns violence by Israel and Hamas" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5474440.ece (Italy) Outrage over proposal to boycott Jewish-owned shops http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5474090.ece (France) Anti-Semitic attack on teenage girl in Paris http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5467624.ece (Europe) Christian Science Monitor: "Israel finds more sympathy in Europe" http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20090108/ts_csm/oplay_1 (Iran) Ahmadinejad sends envoys to Europe to demand end to Gaza offensive http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090107/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazairan_newsmlmmd;_ylt=AsKJR5MX0felkp7etFTVAMD5SpZ4 (Pakistan) Taliban's jihad proclamations represent their freedom of opinion: ISI Chief -- Lieutenant-General Ahmed Shujaa Pasha -- "'Shouldn't they be allowed to think and say what they please? They believe that jihad is their obligation. Isn't that freedom of opinion?' he asked German magazie Spiegel's reporter Susanne Koelbl" http://www.topnews.in/taliban-s-jihad-proclamations-represent-their-freedom-opinion-isi-chief-2105843 --- Der Spiegel Interview with ISI Chief Pasha 'Terror Is Our Enemy, Not India" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,599724,00.html --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 Pak may not seek consular access to Kasab: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_may_not_seek_consular_access_to_Kasab_Report/articleshow/3951559.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Surviving Mumbai gunman is Pakistani --- AKI told by Pakistan senior intelligence official "Ajmal Amir Qasab, the only surviving gunman from November's deadly Mumbai terrorist attacks, is a Pakistani citizen" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2884123703 --- "Pakistan's security agencies had recommended confirming the surviving Mumbai gunman was Pakistani" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090108/wl_nm/us_pakistan_india_adviser_1;_ylt=Avyft.xAmqrwSKCmw3GxZTcBS5Z4 --- Ajmal Kasab's nationality confirmed - as Pakistani http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/08/top1.htm --- Kasab a Pakistani national: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kasab_a_Pakistani_national_Pak_media/articleshow/3947947.cms --- Ajmal Kasab is Pakistani: Foreign Office Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\08\story_8-1-2009_pg1_1 --- India slams Pakistan for flip-flop over Kasab's nationality http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_slams_Pakistan_for_flip-flop_over_Kasabs_nationality/articleshow/3951276.cms (Pakistan) PM Gilani dismisses national security adviser Mehmud Ali Durrani over Mumbai investigation --- Durrani stated that Qasab aka Kasab or Kasav is a Pakistani citizen and PM Gilani was briefed --- Gilani says "national security adviser had 'embarrassed me and the country' by going public with the report of Ajmal Qasab’s nationality without his permission" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2885754227 --- Dawn: "Indiscretion cost Durrani his job" ---- note: Pakistan Dawn views it as "indiscretion," not honesty http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/08/top2.htm http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\08\story_8-1-2009_pg1_4 "Pakistan laments Indian refusal to cooperate in Mumbai probe" -- PM Gilani --- "Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani lamented on Wednesday that India had refused to cooperate in the investigation into the Mumbai terror attacks" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\08\story_8-1-2009_pg7_6 (Pakistan) 'Confirmation shows Pakistan sincere in probe' - Pakistan Muslim League http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\08\story_8-1-2009_pg1_2 (Pakistan) Zardari, Gilani urge nation to fight terrorism by promoting Islamic values -- Zardari calls for "promotion of human, democratic and Islamic values" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\08\story_8-1-2009_pg7_18 (Pakistan) NWFP: Army takes over security, imposes curfew in Hangu for Ashura: Taliban kill three in attack on police http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\08\story_8-1-2009_pg7_1 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Motorcycle bomb injures four in SW Pakistan: Official - in Khuzdar http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Motorcycle_bomb_injures_four_in_SW_Pakistan_Official/articleshow/3951671.cms (Pakistan) Four foreign terrorists held in Panjgur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\08\story_8-1-2009_pg7_4 (Pakistan) U.S. Forum in Washington DC: "Pakistan likely to get massive help from Friends this month" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\08\story_8-1-2009_pg7_5 (India) Mumbai Attacks: FBI to let India prosecute Mumbai attackers -- who also killed American citizens http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/FBI_to_let_India_prosecute_attackers/articleshow/3951001.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: India set to share more proof with US http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\08\story_8-1-2009_pg7_7 (India J&K) Eighth day and Poonch battle rages on http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Eighth_day_and_Poonch_battle_rages_on/articleshow/3950583.cms (India) Suspected Naxalites kill three policemen in Chhattisgarh http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Suspected_Naxalites_kill_three_policemen_in_Chhattisgarh/articleshow/3951796.cms?TOI_latestnews (Afghanistan) Taliban becoming more sophisticated with IEDs http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090107.wafghan_ieds08/BNStory/Front/home (Afghanistan) NATO: Bomb kills soldier in southern Afghanistan - in Kandahar province http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/08/asia/AS-Afghan-Violence.php Iraq: Soldiers killed in three blasts in Kirkuk and Diyala regions - at least 8 killed http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2885961478 -- NE Baghdad blast kills five Iraqi soldiers - in Diyala province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1966280&Language=en Iraq: Suspected female suicide bomber arrested at Muslim festival - in Balad Ruz http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2883985602 Iraq: Cleric urges 'revenge operations' over Gaza - Muqtada al-Sadr -- "Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the Iraqi resistance Wednesday to stage 'revenge operations' against American forces to protest Israel's Gaza offensive" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_mideast_sadr;_ylt=Aiv8BZP1BVQh6CzZR2owDlVvaA8F --- January 2, 2009: Iraq: Radical cleric calls for response to Gaza attacks - Moqtada al-Sadr http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2873360220 Somalia: Islamists Recapture a Town After Heavy Fighting With Ethiopian Troops - Dinsor http://allafrica.com/stories/200901070667.html Somalia: Explosion Kills Government Soldiers in Mogadishu http://allafrica.com/stories/200901070666.html (Ethiopia/Somalia) Kidnapped aid workers in Somalia released http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jan/08/kidnapped-aid-workers-in-somalia-released/ (Somalia) US to head 20-nation, anti-pirate patrols off Somalia http://www.gmanews.tv/story/143249/US-to-head-20-nation-anti-pirate-patrols-off-Somalia Nigeria: Gunmen Kidnap Ex-Speaker http://allafrica.com/stories/200901070115.html Belgium To Keep Six Al-Qaeda Suspects In Custody http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=221776 (Spain) Basque politicians on trial http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/08/europe/EU-Spain-Basque-Trial.php (Northern Ireland) Former IRA prisoners accused of blackmail plot http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5469814.ece (Philippines) Muslim rebels torch Philippines village: military -- "The rebels set on fire a total of 30 houses of Christian civilians" http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=232155 http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5251290/muslim-rebels-torch-philippines-village/ (Philippines) Bombing suspect nabbed in Sultan Kudarat -- "Troops foil Maguindanao attack" http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20090108-182167/Bombing-suspect-nabbed-in-Sultan-Kudarat Indonesian Muslims storm Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20090108-182170/Indonesian-Muslims-storm-KFC (Thailand) Ping pong bomb explodes inside Government House http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30092733/Ping-pong-bomb-explodes-inside-Government-House Sri Lankan forces thwart LTTE, assume control over Pallai town http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1966334&Language=en Sri Lanka army seize Pallai town in Jaffna http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sri_Lanka_army_seize_Pallai_town_in_Jaffna_destroy_LTTE_vessels/articleshow/3952456.cms?TOI_latestnews Other News: Turkish police detain 40 in coup probe -- "alleged plot to topple EU aspirant Turkey's Islamist-rooted AK Party government" http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090107/wl_nm/us_turkey_plot_detentions_1 (Turkey) Airline passenger jailed after drunken 'Allah' outburst on flight http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/4162414/Airline-passenger-jailed-after-drunken-Allah-outburst-on-flight.html?source=rss (Malaysia) Jakim reports receiving more complaints about blogs insulting Islam http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/NewsBreak/20090107190613/Article/index_html (Malaysia) Siti Fatimah case: 'It is against Islam' http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/7/nation/20090107193102&sec=nation -- March 16 decision on convert's bid to renounce Islam http://www.nst.com.my/Thursday/National/2446943/Article/index_html (U.S.) Report slams Pentagon nuke oversight http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28547375/ (UAE) Index for Shariah hedge funds launched http://www.hedgefundsreview.com/public/showPage.html?page=833492 (UK) Kirklees cops taught 'Islam awareness' http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2009/01/08/kirklees-cops-taught-islam-awareness-86081-22638186/ Commentaries: Facebook Jihad -- by Kathy Shaidle http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=2D281A29-4544-4EAF-BF8C-5355D0D43DAE Propaganda: (Afghanistan) United States Institute of Peace "Report: US had unrealistic goals in Afghanistan" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghanistan_3 http://www.usip.org/peaceops/afghanistan/book.html http://www.usip.org/peaceops/afghanistan/praise.html -- "The Future of Afghanistan" (7.8 MB) http://www.usip.org/peaceops/afghanistan/foa.pdf --- USIP states "2004 Afghan Constitution... offers up a very progressive model of democracy" --- USIP states that Afghan visiion of democracy includes: "a stable Islamic constitutional democracy at peace with itself and its neighbors, standing with full dignity in the international family; a tolerant, united, and pluralistic nation that honors its Islamic heritage and deep-seated aspirations toward participation, justice equal rights for all" --- Amin Tarzi criticizes free press limitations but views Afghanistan as "currently experiencing the growing pains of a nascent democracy" Against Nazi News: (Germany) Nazi Hitman Heinrich Boere Ruled Medically Unfit for Trial http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477460,00.html http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053581.html German children will be forced to see concentration camp sites http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5468635.ece January 7, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) Ashdod man hurt as rockets hit South -- "Rocket strikes resume after quiet night, striking Ashdod, Ashkelon and areas in the western Negev" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167287960&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- "Over 20 rockets and mortar shells have been launched at Israel Wednesday" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158850 -- Rocket Strikes Apartment Building in Ashkelon http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129276 -- Ashkelon hit as Gaza militants fire ten rockets at Israel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053463.html -- Palestinian terrorists renew rocket fire on southern Israel http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167287920&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Witnesses: Terrorists fired near UN school - in Jabalya http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167272256&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- IDF releases footage from last year showing UN school used by Hamas to fire mortar shells http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/Page/VideoPlayer&cid=1194419829128&videoId=1231167288049 -- At least 30 Gazans killed in strike on UN school; IDF: Troops fired in self-defense --- "the army said that the bodies of numerous Hamas militants were found inside the school following the attack" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053138.html -- UN rejects IDF claim Gaza militants operated from bombed-out school --- "Christopher Gunness of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said the organization is 99.9 percent certain there were no militants or military activity in its school" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053455.html -- UNRWA: We Don't Allow Terrorists in UN Schools http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129275 --- Related Stories on History of UNRWA's Relationship with Hamas: ---- UNRWA's Hamas Employees ----- UNRWA Commissioner-General: "I am sure that there are Hamas members on the UNRWA payroll and I don't see that as a crime." http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/mediaobjectivity/UNRWAs_Hamas_Employees.asp ----- How UNRWA Supports Hamas http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=992B6E5B-21ED-4970-BB8A-FAC34BE2403C http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/article/53 ----- How the U.N. feeds Hamas http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/kushner200403300906.asp ----- December 2008: UNRWA commissioner-general Karen AbuZayd blamed "radicalism and extremism" on Gaza's "isolation" http://www.paltoday.com/english/news.php?id=33302 (Gaza) Israeli soldier lightly wounded in Gaza clash -- "IAF bombs at least 40 targets during overnight sorties; Palestinians: Air strikes killed four" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167286440&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) IDF ready to deploy in all of Gaza Strip http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167270150&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Security Cabinet mulls expanding op http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167289976&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel launches three-hour-long 'humanitarian cease-fire' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167286440&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Video of Palestinian jihadists using children as human shields http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024270.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OefgMtXOc1M (Hamas) Study: Hamas Uses Israel's Warnings to Prepare Human Shields -- "when the IDF warns Arab civilians of an impending attack in their neighborhood, Hamas uses the information in order to organize the civilians into human shields in the hope of protecting the targets from the IDF's wrath" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129267 Hamas says no to permanent ceasefire http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167294753&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas Executes Gaza Residents for Helping Israel http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129273 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158839 (Hamas) Hundreds of suicide bombers ready says Hamas armed wing http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2880907336 (Lebanon) Nasrallah: Hezbollah will make Lebanon war look like 'a walk in the park' http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053510.html --- Nasrallah says Hizbullah ready to fight Israel http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3652168,00.html --- Lebanon: Nasrallah threatens 'new war' against Israel over Gaza http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2883903146 Recent Attempts to Form Strategic Regional Bloc: Syria, Turkey and Iran http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA49009 "Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi on Hamas TV: Dispatch Those Sons of Apes and Pigs to the Hellfire – On the Wings of Qassam Rockets" -- Higazi: "You Threaten To Kill Us?! By Allah, You Are Threatening Us With What We Desire More Than Anything" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD217609 (Egypt) Report: US officers deployed along Egypt-Rafah border -- " in order to unearth smugglers' tunnels in area" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3652097,00.html (Afghanistan) 2,000 Afghan youths ready to go to Gaza: MPs http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/07/top11.htm Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood calls for French ban in response to Sarkozy criticism of Hamas http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167294960&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull French TV claims photos from 2005 showed damage from Israel's Gaza operation http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053225.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024274.php (Turkey) Terror in Turkey for Bnei Hasharon team -- 3,000 Turkish fans chant "death to the Jews" and "Allah Akbar" to Israeli sports team http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167284870&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Muslims Death Threats Halt Turkish-Israel Basketball Game http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129268 France, Turkey willing to send troops to Gaza as part of cease-fire http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167285462&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Gaza offensive spurs rise in anti-Semitic incidents across Europe http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053204.html (UK) Report: Islamic site compiling list of U.K. Jews to target over Gaza op -- News Flash at Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/ShowTickers.jhtml (UK) MI5 chief: Terror plots against UK have fallen http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167295217&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2449734,00.html http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/07/europe/EU-Britain-Terrorism.php --- MI5 chief: al-Qaida threat diminished, but not yet over http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jan/07/terrorism-trials-mi5 --- MI5 chief: 'Foreign policy can be used as ammunition for extremists' http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/audio/2009/jan/07/mi5-terrorism-al-qaida --- MI5 chief warns of threat from global recession ---- Report states: "The terrorists who launched the Mumbai attacks in November had indirect links to the UK" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4144460/MI5-chief-warns-of-threat-from-global-recession.html --- Mumbai terrorists had links to UK, says MI5 chief http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Mumbai_terrorists_had_links_to_UK/articleshow/3947570.cms http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Mumbai-terrorists-had-links-to-UK-says-MI5-chief/407856/ Al-Qaeda deputy Zawahiri urges Muslims to attack Israeli, Western targets http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24882956-12377,00.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19109 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477069,00.html http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6588084&page=1 -- Video at Laura Mansfield site: http://www.lauramansfield.com/gm.rm (Israel/U.S.) Pro-IDF Rallies in Tel Aviv, New York http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158832 (U.S.) Obama breaks silence on Gaza, voices 'deep concern' over civilian deaths http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053229.html (U.S.) Barack Obama's new CIA boss signals end of waterboarding and rendition http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4142657/Barack-Obamas-new-CIA-boss-signals-end-of-waterboarding-and-rendition.html (U.S.) FBI concerned about 'cybergeddon' http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24884235-23109,00.html (U.S.) 'Let me sleep,' anthrax suspect wrote before suicide - Bruce Ivins http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/06/anthrax.ivins/index.html (U.S.) Washington Post: "Judge's Order Could Keep Public From Hearing Details of 9/11 Trials" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/06/AR2009010603374.html?sub=AR (Iraq) Member of Iraqi political party killed in drive-by http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ny-woiraq075989379jan07,0,909572.story?track=rss (Afghanistan) U.S. says troops kill 32 insurgents in Afghanistan - in Laghman province http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090107/wl_nm/us_afghan_violence Afghanistan, Pakistan hail 'new' relationship, vow to fight terror http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanpakistanunrestdiplomacy_newsmlmmd http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\07\story_7-1-2009_pg1_1 Pakistan calls for foreign support, not troops http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January325.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) NWFP: Four Pakistani security men killed, one wounded in militant attack - in Hangu http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1965977&Language=en --- Taliban militants kill three policemen in Pakistan: police http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090107/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwest_newsmlmmd (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban kill six security personnel in Mingora http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/07/top8.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban occupy rest house in Orakzai -- "Following the announcement of imposing sharia law in Orakzai Agency" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\07\story_7-1-2009_pg7_12 (Pakistan) FATA: 'Taliban's sharia paving way for army operations in FATA' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\07\story_7-1-2009_pg7_21 (Pakistan) Terror, not India, the enemy, says ISI chief http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\07\story_7-1-2009_pg1_4 -- Comment: certainly doesn't recognize challenge of Islamic supremacism (Pakistan) LeT's Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) says banning it a 'big mistake' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\07\story_7-1-2009_pg1_11 Pakistan demands access to Mumbai crime scene http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\07\story_7-1-2009_pg1_10 -- Pak 'official agencies' linked to Mumbai attack, says Singh http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\07\story_7-1-2009_pg1_2 -- Pakistan Daily Times: "Why was Kasab 'confession' written in Hindi?" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\07\story_7-1-2009_pg1_12 (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Kasab a Pakistani national: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kasab_a_Pakistani_national_Pak_media/articleshow/3947947.cms Pakistan Sees No Evil - by Bill Roggio (December 30, 2008) http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/12/pakistan_doesnt_want_proof_of.asp Pakistan poses threats to India and the world: US National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_key_challenge_for_US_says_its_NSA/articleshow/3945579.cms --- National Security Adviser Says Pakistan Is Top U.S. Challenge http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123128052408558763.html --- Full Transcript http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123128550565059013.html ---- Comment: note the word "Islam" or any derivation is not found in interview, including Islamic supremacism Pak hackers planning attack on Indian cyber networks: Intel http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\07\story_7-1-2009_pg7_4 US wants joint probe into Mumbai attacks http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/07/top9.htm (India) Mumbai Attacks: Telephone trail key part of evidence shared with Pakistan http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/07/stories/2009010761420100.htm http://www.hindu.com/nic/dossier.htm --- Dossier Evidence Scan 1 (PDF file - 3 MB) - slow download http://www.hindu.com/nic/mumbaiattacksevidence-1.pdf --- Dossier Evidence Scan 2 http://www.hindu.com/nic/mumbaiattacksevidence-2.pdf --- Dossier Evidence Scan 3 http://www.hindu.com/nic/mumbaiattacksevidence-3.pdf --- Dossier Evidence Scan 4 http://www.hindu.com/nic/mumbaiattacksevidence-4.pdf -- Transcript: Mumbai gunmen were commanded by phone --- Jihadists told "kill them," "be strong in Allah," "This is a matter of prestige of Islam" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090107/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_india http://www.star-telegram.com/190/story/1127574.html http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/07/asia/AS-Pakistan-India.php --- 'Kill them': transcripts of Mumbai terrorist calls emerge http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5466502.ece (India/U.S.) U.S.: Terror evidence in Indian dossier credible http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terror_evidence_in_Indian_dossier_credible_US/articleshow/3947694.cms (India) All options open to dismantle terror groups: India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/All_options_open_to_dismantle_terror_groups_India/articleshow/3946818.cms (India J&K) Army ready for final assault to neutralise terrorists in Poonch http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Army_ready_for_final_assault_to_neutralise_terrorists_in_Poonch/articleshow/3946285.cms http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/07/Troops_militants_clash_in_Kashmir/UPI-64451231332368/ Algeria thwarts suicide attacks -- in Tizi Ouzou http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1966022&Language=en -- Police kill 3 Algerian militants http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/06/africa/AF-Algeria-Violence.php Somalia: Gunmen Kill UN Food Aid Worker in South http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060724.html Somalia: MP Abducted in Bay Region -- by "Somali Islamist insurgents in Burhakaba town in Bay region" http://allafrica.com/stories/200901070378.html (Somalia) Hostages freed from pirates off Somalia, Nigeria http://www.thestate.com/world/story/642348.html?RSS=untracked (Zimbabwe) 7 Zimbabwe activists plead innocent in bomb plot http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/07/africa/AF-Zimbabwe.php (Denmark) Odense: Background of the shooting suspect http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/odense-background-of-shooting-suspect.html (Philippines) Explosion hits Christian church in southern Philippines --- "attack came just hours after security forces had disarmed a bomb planted under a road bridge" --- "grenade was thrown by a suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebel" http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=232078 -- Philippines: Explosion Hits Philippines Church Compound --- "second grenade blast in Kabacan in two days and the fourth attempt to bomb a religious site in the town" http://www.mysinchew.com/node/19911?tid=37 (Thailand) 1 policeman killed, another injured in clash with insurgents http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30092430/1-policeman-killed,-another-injured-in-clash-with-insurgents (Thailand) Anupong dubious about the proposed administrative body for the South http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30092648/Anupong-dubious-about-the-proposed-administrative-body-for-the-South Sri Lanka pushes into rebel-held jungles http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/07/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (Sri Lanka) Tiger rebels ‘near extinction’: Sri Lanka govt http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January344.xml§ion=international Other News: (Pakistan) A brutal way to protect family honour - sliced open girl's stomach to remove fetus http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/07/top20.htm Bangladesh - Muslims Threaten Pastor for Evangelizing http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5754&backpage=summaries (U.S.) 240,000 dollars awarded to man forced to cover Arab T-shirt http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024265.php http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090106/ts_alt_afp/ustransportairsecuritymuslimsrights_090106002219 Malaysian Muslims plan boycott of American goods - including boycott of Coca-Cola http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/07/asia/AS-Malaysia-US-Boycott.php (Denmark) Odense: Palestinian workers boycott McDonald's http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/odense-palestinian-workers-boycott.html Netherlands: Muslim oath allowed in municipalities, defense, banned in police http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/netherlands-muslim-oath-allowed-in.html Turkey's main investors eye possible Islamic bond -- "the global sukuk market had reached $111.9 billion in the eight years to 2008, according to the International Islamic Financial Market" http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?StoryId=d8db23a5-288f-4441-9026-58ee58653801 Google Trends hit by 'trolls'' 9/11 web stunt http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/4159194/Google-Trends-hit-by-trolls-911-web-stunt.html Czech Republic: Europe is headed for Muslim future, says Czech Cardinal http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/cr-europe-is-headed-for-muslim-future.html http://aktualne.centrum.cz/czechnews/clanek.phtml?id=626414 Commentaries: Why Does The New York Times Love Hamas? -- by Steven Emerson http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/967 January 6, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) 33 rockets launched at Israeli targets by terrorists in Gaza since beginning of Tuesday http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158785 -- More than 30 rockets fired from Gaza Tuesday http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3651491,00.html -- Gaza Terrorists Widen Rocket Range http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129249 (Israel) Baby girl hurt as Grad hits Gedera -- "3-month-old sustains light shrapnel wounds as projectile hits house; 23 more rockets fired" at Israel http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167269257&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053139.html (Gaza) IAF hits home of Hamas rocket chief --- "Army says operative was in the Jabalya house at the time; at least 10 gunmen killed in other Gaza battles" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167272256&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2880437134 (Gaza) Israeli Tanks Storm South Gaza's Largest City http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475664,00.html (Gaza) Israel says 130 Hamas fighters killed since start of ground offensive http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/06/israel.gaza/index.html (Gaza) Paratrooper officer killed during overnight Gaza operations -- "Army investigating possibility he was killed in another friendly-fire incident; Barak: We've paid price for bitter, unavoidable battle" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167270150&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Hamas puts Gazans in danger by drawing IDF into urban warfare -- "prefers to shoot from between houses, leaving local civilians to absorb the IDF's retaliatory strikes" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052981.html (Gaza) Hamas: We shot down an Israeli drone in south Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167276717&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas fighters 'waiting' to strike Israel http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2878549394 (Gaza) Asia Times: "Al-Qaeda sniffs opportunity in Gaza" http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KA07Ak01.html (Gaza) Asia Times: "Hamas looks to Hezbollah's inspiration" http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KA06Ak01.html Israel President Peres: Europe needs to open its eyes -- "In talks with European FMs, president says Israel guards kids, Hamas hides rockets in their rooms" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167275371&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053168.html --- Israel PM tells European FMs Israel will only agree to Gaza cease-fire if concrete moves made to protect South. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167269734&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel's ceasefire condition: Hamas must disarm http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Israels_ceasefire_condition_Hamas_must_disarm/articleshow/3941710.cms --- Gaza ceasefire within reach, says Tony Blair http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4140256/Gaza-ceasefire-within-reach-says-Tony-Blair.html (Israel) 82% of the Youth: Another Holocaust is Possible http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129251 Egyptian Preachers, Clerics: Jihad Against Israel http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12705.htm Afghans Rally in Support of Palestinians -- "support for what it calls their jihad against Israel and hatred of the 'blood-sucking' American government" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/05/AR2009010503217.html (France) Terror in France: Flaming Vehicle Rammed into Synagogue http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129250 -- Car rams gates of Toulouse synagogue --- "nearby car found with three unlighted Molotov cocktails" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167268618&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053142.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7813265.stm http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/06/europe/EU-France-Synagogue-Attack.php --- Day after trial of 2002 synagogue terror suspects begins in Paris and Pro-Israel rally in Paris http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2878392161 http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/Pro_Israeli-demo-draws-thousands-in-Paris-_48365.html (France) Looters ransack Paris watch store after Gaza demonstration - on Saturday http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/Looters-ransack-Paris-watch-store-after-Gaza-demo-_48395.html UNSC to meet Tuesday afternoon on Gaza resolution http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167266556&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Hamas, LeT use violence for political objectives: US http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hamas_LeT_use_violence_for_political_objectives_US/articleshow/3943104.cms (U.S.) Accused jihadist claims government using mind control tactics on him, asks for exorcist http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024262.php --- Ehsanul Islam Sadequee accused of trying to join Lashkar-e-Taiba http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/01/06/terror.html (U.S.) South Florida, Jihad haven http://marypmadigan.wordpress.com/2009/01/05/south-florida-jihad-haven/ (Pakistan) India says "haven of terrorism" Pakistan is sheltering 26/11 terrorists http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1965637&Language=en --- Mumbai attacks: India claims terrorists were backed by Pakistan agencies -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/4139487/Mumbai-attacks-India-claims-terrorists-were-backed-by-Pakistan-agencies.html Pakistan criticizes India's Mumbai attack charges http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_india_19 Pakistan now says Mumbai proof not credible -- "Pakistan's foreign secretary dismissed the evidence as 'not credible,' just hours after an aide termed as "premature" media reports that said the proof was insufficient" -- "minister of state for foreign affairs Malik Amad Khan and foreign secretary Salman Bashir questioned the credibility of the evidence on the Mumbai attacks provided by India" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_now_says_Mumbai_proof_not_credible/articleshow/3942737.cms --- Mumbai evidence insufficient, says Pakistan: Media http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_evidence_insufficient_says_Pakistan_Media/articleshow/3940735.cms --- Pakistan doublespeak, says Mumbai proof not credible http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_doublespeak_says_Mumbai_proof_not_credible/articleshow/3942737.cms (Pakistan/India) Mumbai jihadists' prime target was Jewish center http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024259.php -- India: Nariman House, not Taj, was the prime target on 26/11 http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1218869&pageid=0 (Pakistan) FATA: Official: Militants nab 11 Pakistan tribal elders http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/06/asia/AS-Pakistan.php (Pakistan) IHT: "Ex-Guantanamo detainee describes torture" -- Muhammad Saad Iqbal's left ear infected, needs antibiotics http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/06/americas/gitmo.php India J&K encounter enters 6th day, Army on 'wait and watch' strategy http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Army_battles_terrorists_as_JK_encounter_enters_6th_day/articleshow/3941754.cms (Afghanistan) NATO Soldier, Three Police Said Killed In Afghanistan http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090106/ACQDJON200901060612DOWJONESDJONLINE000209.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=NATO%20Soldier,%20Three%20Police%20Said%20Killed%20In%20Afghanistan -- ISAF soldier, Afghan cleric killed in violence http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1965686&Language=en -- Afghan cleric shot to death in mosque -- in Kandahar city http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167273262&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iraq) Separate explosions in N. Iraq kill two, injure eight - in Kirkuk and Mosul http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1965679&Language=en Somalia: Ethiopia Troops Capture Two Districts in Southwestern Somalia http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060204.html Mauritania recalls its ambassador in Israel http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/05/africa/AF-Mauritania-Israel-Gaza.php (Philippines) Muslim rebels killed in Philippine airstrike: military http://www.todayonline.com/articles/295886.asp Philippine Communist rebels free soldier, 3 police seized http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/06/asia/AS-Philippines-Communist-Rebels.php (Thailand) Five killed in Thailand violence - over weekend - in Pattani and Yala provinces http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Five_killed_in_Southern_Thailand_violence/articleshow/3940654.cms (Thailand) Flag-burning Muslims protest at Israel embassy http://www.bangkokpost.com/topstories/topstories.php?id=135723 Sri Lanka seizes key rebel defense line in north http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/06/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (Sri Lanka) Gunmen destroy studios of Sri Lankan broadcaster http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January282.xml§ion=international Other News: (U.S.) "The New Black Panthers head man takes Obama to task over Israel and Gaza and more" -- Dr. Malik Zulu Shabazz http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur49858.cfm ---- Southern Poverty Leadership Center (SPLC) lists New Black Panther Party and Nation of Islam as "hate groups" http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3 (Belgium) Antwerp: Immigrant politicians condemn anti-Jewish attacks http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/antwerp-immigrant-politicians-condemn.html Germany: Siege of Vienna tent to go on exhibit http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/germany-siege-of-vienna-tent-to-go-on.html http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/english/lifestyle/10703732.asp?scr=1 France: Report on halal industry http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/france-report-on-halal-industry.html http://www.france24.com/en/20090103-beyond-business-hallal-food-market-france-growing-islam China detains 51 Christians after raid http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/06/asia/AS-China-Christians.php Commentaries: Israel counters Islamic terrorism that hurts Muslims -- by William Kristol http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090106/OPINION01/901060303/1007/rss07 Blessing from a Tyrant -- by Robert Spencer http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=A405C25C-172C-49E1-9EE2-03ED1132C8C6 January 5, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) 2 lightly wounded by Gaza mortar fire -- "Shell hits Sha'ar Hanegev region; 9 lightly hurt in Ashkelon; Grad hits empty Ashdod kindergarten" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733178906&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052817.html --- Grad Rocket Strikes Ashdod Kindergarten Schoolyard http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129225 --- In southern Israel, families still live in fear of Hamas rockets http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5454712.ece (Gaza) Heavy clashes between IDF and Hamas reported in north Gaza -- "Troops enter densely populated urban areas for first time in ground op; dozens of Hamas operatives captured; over 40 tunnels bombed" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733177300&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052637.html --- IAF Hits Targets, Dozens of Terrorists Arrested http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129239 --- Israeli military surrounds Gaza City, officals say http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/05/israel.gaza/index.html --- Street battles break out in Gaza City http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/4127652/Street-battles-break-out-in-Gaza-City.html (Israel) 'We represent fight against ME terror' -- "FM: Days of "Hamas firing rockets, Israel showing restraint" are over; Czech FM backs immediate truce" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733184625&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Livni: World Must Choose between Israel and Terror http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129238 --- Livni: Israel 'will no longer show restraint when attacked' http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2878414052 --- Olmert: We do not aim to topple Hamas http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3651156,00.html (Hamas) Zahar Claims Victory, Calls to Kill Jewish Children http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129242 (Hamas) London Times: "Hamas: Israel has legitimised killing its children" -- "Top Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar broke cover to warn they would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Gaza" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5454204.ece -- Hamas leader: Revenge for Israel's Gaza assault will be murder of Jewish children across the world http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4127907/Hamas-leader-Revenge-for-Israels-Gaza-assault-will-be-murder-of-Jewish-children-across-the-world.html --- Related Stories: ---- October 17, 2008: British Islamist Kamal Al-Hilbawi and Liberal Nabil Yassin Debate: Are Israeli Children Legitimate Military Targets? http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD212908 ---- December 29, 2008: AKI Interviews former Muslim Brotherhood spokesman El-Helbawy as "British terrorism expert" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2862926182 "Hamas fighters now a well-organized force" -- "Hamas has up to 20,000 men divided between its armed wing, known as the Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, and paramilitary police, commonly known as Executive Force" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4127074/Hamas-fighters-now-a-well-organised-force.html Hamas gunman captured by IDF troops taken to Beersheba hospital http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167266128&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas delegation to visit Egypt Monday -- "Mashaal's deputy: Representatives to discuss halting Israeli 'aggression,' withdrawal from Gaza" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733183577&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel arrests newsman with Iranian TV for prematurely reporting on IDF entry into Gaza http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052852.html (Israel/Turkey) Turkish PM Erdogan's words 'unacceptable' -- "Turkish PM: "Allah will punish Israel" for Gaza op; Babacan, Muallem discuss ways to end violence" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733177704&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Egypt) 50 Muslim Brotherhood members arrested in Egypt http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167265475&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Egypt/Somalia) Egypt holds emergency meeting with Al Qaeda linked Somali Sheikh Aweys http://www.africanpath.com/p_blogEntry.cfm?blogEntryID=6865 http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050626.html (Iran) 70,000 Iranian suicide bombers ready to fight Israel http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3651063,00.html Iran and Bahrain Officials Call for Oil as Weapon http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=15275 (Iran) Report: Iran using Gaza op to push out reformists http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3650957,00.html Iranian Student Group: Hamas Is a Terrorist Group and Its Use of Civilians is Inhumane; Those Who Arm Hamas Have Innocent Blood on Their Hands; Ahmadinejad's Government Is Using Gaza Crisis to Settle Political Scores http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD217509 (Lebanon) Report: Lebanese army boosts troops along Israel border http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3650755,00.html -- Observers in Israel, Lebanon suspect Hezbollah may escalate tensions on border http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1053014.html Lebanese official: Beirut won't be dragged into war with Israel http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3650920,00.html Lebanese Muslim cleric: Jew-hatred bridges Sunni/Shi'ite divide http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024251.php http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1970.htm?auth=f210eac44e1cdaa4ef5af6da63935ac4 Syria: Minister attacks Israel for "war crimes" in Gaza http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2878446869 (U.S.) Demonstrators cry 'nuke Israel,' carry Hezbollah flags at U.S. anti-Israel rallies -- "Anti-Defamation League: Comparison of Israel to Nazi Germany common at rallies against Gaza op" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052901.html (U.S.) Anaheim, California: "Jihad on Zionists" http://www.daylife.com/photo/01mZ0lLcex649/A_woman_clad_in_a_veil_displays_a_placard (U.S.) Michigan: "Islamic leaders call on public to aid Mideast" -- Detroit Free Press publicizes CAIR's attacks on Israel http://www.freep.com/article/20090105/NEWS05/90105068/1007/NEWS05 (U.S.) Oklahoma: "Islamic group demonstrates at Capitol" -- more promotion of CAIR http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=9618528 (Israel/U.S./Canada) Thousands Turn Out for Pro-Israel Rallies; More Coming -- "Many more rallies will be attended by Israel-supporters throughout the United States and Canada in the coming days" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158743 Worldwide Rallies Support, Praise Israel's War on Gaza Terrorism http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129229 -- RALLIES THIS WEEK in LA, NY, DC, Denver, Atlanta & Boston http://standwithus.org/app/iNews/view_n.asp?ID=739 -- U.S. Rallies Supporting Israel This Week in NYC, Chicago, LA, Boston http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19102 (U.S.) NYC: 'Hamas Is Al-Qaeda' Chants Resonate Outside UN http://wcbstv.com/local/israel.hamas.gaza.2.900491.html U.S. to foil any Arab bid to push Security Council resolution for Gaza cease-fire http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052887.html --- Muslim states seek UN session on Gaza conflict - Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/05/asia/AS-Malaysia-Israel-Palestinians.php --- Israel trying to delay UN Security Council meeting http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3651074,00.html --- UN contradicts Israel over depth of crisis in Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1231167266997&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Judge allows Islamic charity to challenge Bush wiretap program --- Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11380755?source=rss http://www.examiner.com/a-1777446~Judge_reinstates_Islamic_group_s_wiretapping_suit.html (U.S.) Top 10 Ohio Terrorism-Related Stories of 2008 http://ohioagainstterror.blogspot.com/2009/01/top-10-ohio-terrorism-related-stories.html U.S Homeland Security Department's disaster planning http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2009/01/us_homeland_security_departmen.html U.N. urges nations to accept Guantanamo detainees http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5042VQ20090105 (UK) The Guardian publishes obituary of Hamas terror chieftain Nizar Ghayan killed by IAF http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052867.html --- Guardian: "Nizar Rayan: Senior Hamas leader and cleric considered a hero on the streets of Gaza" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/03/obituary-nizar-rayan-hamas (UK) Security stepped up after attack on synagogue http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5455450.ece (UK) CIA tracking 4000 UK terror suspects http://www.theage.com.au/world/cia-tracking-4000-uk-terror-suspects-20090104-79u6.html -- additional report - previously posted January 4, 2009 (UK) Terror suspect is victim of Pakistan geopolitics: lawyer for Faiz Baloch http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg7_24 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5454126.ece http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jan/06/pakistan-terrorism-internet-balach-warna (UK) London Times: "Police set to step up hacking of home PCs" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5439604.ece http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85293 (UK) Posthumous gallantry medal for DC Stephen Oake http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5455025.ece (Pakistan) NWFP: Two killed, journalist's house blown up in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg7_4 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban bans education for girls in Swat Valley http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/05/taliban-bans-education-for-girls-in-pakistans-swat/ (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill three 'spies' in N Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg7_5 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7811031.stm (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban take 11 Bajaur elders hostage http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg7_14 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban sets up courts in upper Orakzai Agency http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19413 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) Taliban consolidating grip on Quetta: Sanaullah Baloch http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\05\story_5-1-2009_pg1_11 (Pakistan) Lahore: Taliban warn women against visiting NADRA offices -- "Women going to NADRA offices or coeducation schools would be punished in line with the sharia, the BBC quoted a pamphlet by the Hafiz Gul Bahar group as saying." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\05\story_5-1-2009_pg7_11 (Pakistan) Mumbai 'evidence' now with Pakistan: India http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg1_1 --- India launches diplomatic offensive, gives Pak proof http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_on_offensive_gives_Pakistan_proof/articleshow/3938815.cms --- India publishes 'proof' dossier on Mumbai attacks http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5449223.ece --- Mumbai attacks linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba in Indian 'evidence http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/4126426/Mumbai-attacks-linked-to-Pakistan-based-Lashkar-e-Taiba-in-Indian-evidence.html --- Mumbai evidence handed over to Pak: Pranab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_hands_over_Mumbai_evidence_to_Pakistan/articleshow/3936103.cms --- Attackers have links that lead to Pakistani soil: U.S. State's Boucher http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg1_4 --- FBI to pursue Mumbai probe 'to its conclusion': US envoy http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg1_5 --- FBI will confront Pak with evidence on Mumbai attacks: US http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/FBI_will_confront_Pak_with_evidence_on_Mumbai_attacks_US/articleshow/3939347.cms --- Joe Biden to visit Pakistan to defuse tension http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\05\story_5-1-2009_pg1_6 "Pakistan to fully cooperate with India, US told" - Zardari tells U.S. State's Boucher --- "Gilani pledges action if evidence ‘credible'" --- "Calls for immediate repatriation of Dr Aafia" Siddiqui http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg1_3 -- November 28, 2008: Der Spiegel report on Aafia Siddiqui - 'The Most Dangerous Woman in the World' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,593195,00.html -- November 18, 2008: Aafia Siddiqui: Terrorism Suspect Aafia Siddiqui Unfit for Trial ---- Judge Slates Hearing After Report That Former MIT Student Not Mentally Competent ---- "When Aafia Siddique was captured she allegedly had in her possession maps of New York, a list of potential targets that included the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, the subway system, and detailed chemical-biological radiological weapon information" http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6275546 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\18\story_18-11-2008_pg7_7 --- September 2, 2008: Alleged Mata Hari of Al Qaeda Indicted: Could Provide 'Treasure Trove' of Intel http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5710043&page=1 (Pakistan) "Jihad obligatory if India attacks Pakistan: fatwa" --- "conference, held at Jamia Naeemia, was attended by a number of noted religious scholars and heads of various religious and political parties, including the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the Tehreek-e-Insaaf, the Sunni Tehrik, the Mustafai Tehrik, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan, the Minhajul Quran, the Nizam-e-Mustafa Party and the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat. The participants demanded the government immediately convene an emergency session of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC)" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg7_10 -- "Jihad obligatory if India attacks Pakistan: Ulema" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=155723 --- "scholars announced the Fatwa at the All Parties Conference called by the Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz (TNRM) at the Jamia Naeemia to discuss the security concerns" (Pakistan) Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) pocketed millions of dollars from US: Awami National Party (ANP) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg7_18 Pakistan's Army Thwarts a Historic Opportunity for Peace in Baluchistan http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA48909 (India) Delhi blasts: IM terrorist sent to 10-day police custody -- Mohammad Hakim http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Delhi_blasts_IM_terrorist_sent_to_10-day_police_custody/articleshow/3938371.cms (Afghanistan) Nine Taliban killed in Afghan operation - in Kandahar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg7_41 (Afghanistan) Five lives lost in assault to rout Taliban http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24872899-401,00.html (Afghanistan) Undeterred by Taliban threats, Afghans showing up to get voter cards http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=59795 (Afghanistan) Time: "Another Gitmo Grows in Afghanistan" http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1869519,00.html?xid=rss-topstories (Iraq) Baghdad bombs kill two, wound dozens http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January169.xml§ion=middleeast Iraq takes over Sunni anti-Qaeda fighters in Diyala http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090105/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusunrestqaeda_090105201342 Somalia: Fresh Fighting Starts in Mogadishu http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050957.html (Somalia) Central Somalia gripped by fresh violence --- "an outbreak of violence in central Somalia has forced an estimated 50,000 people from their homes since the end of December" http://www.upi.com/Emerging_Threats/2009/01/05/Central_Somalia_gripped_by_fresh_violence/UPI-15461231196612/ Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Deployed in a Provincial Capital http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051171.html -- Somalia: Ethiopian Soldiers Take Over Government Soldiers' Base http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050958.html Somalia: Uganda to Review Somalia Deployment http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050085.html (Somalia) Reporter tells of mock execution in Somalia - UK reporter Colin Freeman http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=264841&version=1&template_id=38&parent_id=20 --- Colin Freeman: The moment my Somali kidnap hell began http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/4126753/Colin-Freeman-The-moment-my-Somali-kidnap-hell-began.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/4109696/Telegraph-mans-walk-to-freedom-in-Somalia.html Yemen the main source of illegal arms to Somalia: UN http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1220&p=local&a=2 (Nigeria) Pirates attack French vessel off Nigerian coast http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/965524.html France tries accused 9/11 plotter in Tunisia blast -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (in absentia) -- German Christian Ganczarski, Tunisian Walid Nouar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\06\story_6-1-2009_pg7_6 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24877351-23109,00.html http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/05/europe/EU-France-Tunisia-Terror-Trial.php http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Al-Qaeda_s-9_11-mastermind-tried-in-synagogue-bombing--_48384.html http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_3921485,00.html (France) Pro-Israeli demo draws thousands in Paris http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/Pro_Israeli-demo-draws-thousands-in-Paris-_48365.html (Italy) Milan: Controversy over prayer during protest -- "A public Muslim prayer in front of the Milan Cathedral during a protest against the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip is causing great controversy in Italy" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/milan-controversy-over-prayer-during.html Norway/Denmark/Belgium: Demonstrations http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/norwaydenmarkbelgium-demonstrations.html Greece: Weapon Fired at Policeman Was Used Earlier in Extremist Attack http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475812,00.html -- Gunman opens fire on riot police in Athens, injuring 1 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/05/europe/EU-Greece-Police-Shooting.php Czech EU spokesman sorry for Israeli remark --- sorry for supporting Israel's right to defend itself http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/european_news/Czech-EU-spokesman-sorry-for-defensive-Israeli-remark_48355.html (Russia) Two more policemen wounded in Russia's southern republic http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13443850&PageNum=0 (Russia) Three policemen hurt in bomb explosion in Dagestan http://www.itar-tass.com/txt/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13444640&PageNum=0 (Thailand) Husband killed, wife injured in Narathiwat http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30092470/Husband-killed,-wife-injured-in-Narathiwat Indonesia: Volunteers offer to fight against Israel -- "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 --- Muslim Groups Plan to Send Jihad Fighters, Voluntary Workers to Aid Gaza 'Brothers' http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/article/4957.html --- Indonesian Islamists Blame Obama For Israel And Gaza http://www.anorak.co.uk/politicians/199345.html (Philippines) MILF condemns Israel offensive in Gaza http://www.gmanews.tv/story/142727/MILF-condemns-Israel-offensive-in-Gaza -- Philippines-Mindanao conflict: Number killed in Islamic insurgency - 120,000 http://www.alertnet.org/db/crisisprofiles/PH_SEP.htm (Philippines) Muslim youths rally at Israeli embassy http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/metro/view/20090105-181480/Muslim-youths-rally-at-Israeli-embassy http://images.inquirer.net/media/newsinfo/breakingnews/metro/images/pic-01050317490695.jpg http://www.gmanews.tv/story/142547/Filipino-Muslims-set-march-to-Israel-embassy-in-Manila (Australia) Melbourne: Bomb threat closes court http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24879029-29277,00.html Other News: (Germany) "Honour killing victim's parents refuse to testify" http://www.thelocal.de/society/20090105-16545.html --- Germany: Muslim father "abused," brother stabbed to death, 16 year-old girl http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024256.php Europe: Wilders building up ally network http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/europe-wilders-building-up-ally-network.html (UK) "When Islam takes over the UK, Anjem Choudary says the capital should be in Southall: http://www.anorak.co.uk/media/199295.html --- Choudary: "We will rise up. We will rise up, my dear Muslims. One day we shall have Sharia here. And who know, maybe even Southall can be the capital of the Islamic state when we conquer it." Malaysia - Government Bans Malay Section of Catholic Newspaper http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5753&backpage=summaries (U.S.) Wanted: 850 new FBI agents http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/05/fbi.hiring.binge/index.html (U.S.) Obama's intel picks short on direct experience http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28510134/ (U.S.) Washington Post executive stepping down - Philip Bennett http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/05/Washington_Post_executive_stepping_down/UPI-67661231200099/ --- March 2008: Philip Bennett blames media for "confusion" about Islam, says "Islamist" is term Washington Post hasn't considered using, called for more "Muslim journalists" http://www.dailypilot.com/articles/2008/03/04/religion/dpt-bennett03042008.txt (Gambia) Jailed British missionaries 'plead for clemency' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5446750.ece (UAE) Dubai Based Firm Building Chain of Sharia Hotels Across Europe http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/01/dubai-based-firm-building-chain-of-sharia-hotels-across-europe.html Propaganda: (Afghanistan) "Taliban whopper: claim 5,220 foreign troops killed" -- "The Taliban has long exaggerated its military successes, but its figures for 2008 may be the militia's most startling claims yet." http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/05/asia/AS-Taliban-Propaganda.php NationalJournal.com: "Is Israel A Strategic Liability For The United States?" http://security.nationaljournal.com/2009/01/is-israel-a-strategic-liability-for-the-us.php --- gets comments from "Michael F. Scheuer, Senior Fellow, Jamestown Foundation" attacking Israel ---- report on Jamestown Foundation expert's links to Muslim Brotherhood --- August 2007 - Think Tank Directors Spy a Potential Enemy Within - by Elaine Monaghan ----- links to Jamestown Foundation ------ "Jamestown board member Diana Denman found the Helbawy connection sinister enough to suspect that Abedin’s present affiliation with the Centre for the Study of Terrorism could mean the Jamestown Foundation had been infiltrated by Islamists" http://public.cq.com/docs/cqw/weeklyreport110-000002566958.html January 4, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) 6 hurt as 41 rockets, shells hit South -- "Terrorists fire mortar shells, Kassams at Eshkol region, Sderot, Ashdod; several treated for shock" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733159842&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Rocket Barrage Strikes the South http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129203 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3650161,00.html (Israel) Saturday PM: "at least 34 rockets fired since early morning" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733150873&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- No Rest on the Sabbath: Rockets Hit House, Bomb Shelter http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129196 (Israel) Peres: Hamas is murderous; Iranians agents cause of Arab-world tragedy http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733167907&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Livni: No Equality Between Us and Hamas http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129215 (Gaza) Israeli ground troops bisect Gaza strip http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052299.html -- IDF deep in Strip: 50 terrorists killed http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3650149,00.html -- Another in critical condition after clash with Hamas gunmen ---- "33 soldiers wounded in Gaza ground op; IAF strikes kill 2 senior Hamas terrorists; IDF says dozens of Hamas gunmen killed" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733158821&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Gaza siege: Fierce fighting as Israel's troops battle Hamas in the streets http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4107109/Gaza-siege-Fierce-fighting-as-Israels-troops-battle-Hamas-in-the-streets.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5443427.ece -- Israeli forces bisect Gaza, surround biggest city http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090104/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians -- Israeli forces seeking Gaza missile sites http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/04/israel-charges-into-gaza-strip/ -- Israel Gov't: We won't take over Gaza Strip http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733161687&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Two senior Hamas terrorists killed in IAF strike: Hussam Hamdan and Muhammad Hilo -- "30 IDF soldiers wounded, 2 seriously, in mortar shell attack; dozens of Hamas gunmen killed as troops sweep Gaza Strip" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733158821&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Palestinians: 19 killed in Gaza since midnight http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052299.html -- Shin Bet: Hamas feels existential threat http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3650220,00.html (Gaza) Israel launches ground operation in Gaza Strip http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052299.html -- Israeli ground forces enter Gaza in escalation http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians (Gaza) Israel okays call-up of tens of thousands of reservists as Gaza ground op gets underway http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052311.html http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649746,00.html (Gaza) Al-Jazeera report: IDF artillery fire on Gaza City, terror suspects detained in Strip http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733166097&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) Arab television network report: Hamas holding 2 Israeli soldiers; IDF: No knowledge of report http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052544.html http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129206 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1965039&Language=en Hamas moves on Fatah 'collaborators' -- "35 Palestinians killed by Islamists, 75 shot in legs in the past week 'to ensure they don't help Israel.'" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733155685&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas Women Vow Bombings http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129182 (Hamas) Child says "I have to kill the Israeli occupation": http://www.lauramansfield.com/subscribers/ Shin Bet: Hamas relaxing stance on truce http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3650220,00.html IDF wary of Hizbullah attacks in North -- "Iran reportedly agreed with Lebanese proxy that group would launch rockets in case of ground op" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733155611&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Israel interrupts its radio, TV broadcasts in Gaza: Hamas http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090103/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazamediaradio_090103162731 http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024213.php (Israel) Tel Aviv: Kaffiyeh-clad protesters slam op http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733153924&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Muslim Brotherhood General Guide: The Time Has Come For Jihad To The Maximum Degree --- "Muslim Brotherhood General Guide Muhammad Mahdi 'Akef called to launch jihad for the Palestinians in Gaza in any way possible: military warfare, popular resistance groups, donations of blood and money, and comprehensive boycott" http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12619.htm Arab world dismayed by Obama's silence http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008587892_gazaobama04.html?syndication=rss Iran's Larijani: Gaza to be Israeli 'graveyard' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3650020,00.html (Lebanon) Hezbollah urges Hamas to 'kill as many Israeli soldiers as they can' during Gaza op http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052323.html (Lebanon) Hizbullah Secretary-General Nasrallah Urges Egyptian Officers to Rebel Against Their Regime's Policies, Calls For Demonstrations in Arab and Muslim World to Pressure Governments http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD217209 (Lebanon) 250 demonstrators try to reach US Embassy in Beirut http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733165625&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Lebanon analysts: Hezbollah doesn't want fight with Israel over Gaza ground op http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052362.html US blocks UNSC action on Gaza Strip --- "Envoy skeptical of Hamas adhering to cease- fire; Ban to Olmert: Stop Gaza operation 'immediately'" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733157011&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475644,00.html --- OIC calls for UN action to end Gaza onslaught http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\04\story_4-1-2009_pg1_2 http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/04/top7.htm (U.S.) Hizballah, MAS at Israeli Embassy in Washington http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024228.php (U.S.) New York mayor Bloomberg, in Israel, backs strikes on Hamas http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090104/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_bloomberg_1;_ylt=AhWtmjv253kE6CSA.3hCtVAHS5Z4 (Canada) Che and Jihad in Toronto http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024225.php European crowds urge end to Gaza op -- "Thousands protest in Britain, Turkey, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Madrid, Sweden and Cyprus" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733152212&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\04\story_4-1-2009_pg1_3 --- Bosnians hold 'shoe protest' http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/04/top17.htm --- EU provides 3 million Euros in emergency aid for Gaza http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/04/europe/EU-EU-Israel-Palestinians.php French court to begin trial of suspects in 2002 Tunisian synagogue bombing http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052554.html France braced for 'rebirth of violent left' and related terrorism http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/04/france-government-left-wing-extremism UK prime minister calls for immediate cease-fire in Gaza Strip http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733162338&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/4108040/Gordon-Brown-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-in-Gaza.html --- (UK) Thousands throw shoes at Downing Street in Gaza protest http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4093219/Thousands-throw-shoes-at-Downing-Street-in-protest-against-Israeli-action-in-Gaza.html --- (UK) Anti-Israel protesters clash with London police http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5439500.ece --- (UK) Pro-Jihad protesters hop home after London Jew-hatred demo http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024224.php (UK) CIA uses British informants to track terrorism http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/cia-uses-british-informants-to-track-terrorism/2009/01/04/1231003847131.html (UK) Britain: No US request to resettle Gitmo inmates http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090104/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_guantanamo (UK) Al-Qaeda using paedophile websites to plan British terror attacks http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/04/al-qaeda-using-paedophile-websites-to-plan-british-terror-attacks-115875-21014087/ -- previously reported about on October 18, 2008 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1826858.ece (Iraq) Female suicide bomber kills dozens of Shi'ites on Iraq pilgrimage http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/4107845/Female-suicide-bomber-kills-dozens-of-Shiites-on-Iraq-pilgrimage.html -- Bomber Kills at Least 35 in Baghdad http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475665,00.html -- Iraqi police say suicide bomber kills at least 30 in Baghdad http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733162661&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1965057&Language=en (Afghanistan) UK forces take key Taleban bases -- in Helmand province http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7810323.stm http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/248867,british-forces-take-four-key-taliban-positions-in-afghanistan.html (Pakistan) 'Light the fire' order set Mumbai ablaze http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5439247.ece --- "Evidence is growing that the bombings were orchestrated by militants in Pakistan" --- "Controllers in Pakistan watched live television and warned the gunmen of the arrival of Indian commandos, according to evidence amassed by the FBI and handed over to the Pakistani government" --- "Zarar Shah, a leading commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba group, has admitted under interrogation in Pakistan that he advised the terrorists by telephone as the attack unfolded" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5439247.ece http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\05\story_5-1-2009_pg7_38 --- FBI hands over evidence over Mumbai attack to Pak: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/FBI_hands_over_Mumbai_proof_to_Pak_Report_/articleshow/3933997.cms --- FBI team visits Lahore: Boucher arrives tomorrow http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\04\story_4-1-2009_pg1_9 --- November 28, 2008: Evan Kohlmann talks to terror group's Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)'s so-called "political wing" - Jamat-ud-Dawa (JUD) -- "we have nothing to do with it" http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/11/jamatuddawa_let_political_wing.php (Pakistan) Hand over Mumbai suspects: Indian PM Singh http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\04\story_4-1-2009_pg1_10 -- 'Pak won't hand over Mumbai suspects' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_wont_hand_over_suspects_Qureshi/articleshow/3933378.cms -- Pakistan must give cast iron guarantees: India Home Minister Chidambaram http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pakistan_must_give_cast_iron_guarantees_Chidambaram/articleshow/3933481.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Dera Ismail Khan blasts death toll climbs to 10 -- "near Polytechnic College" http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=64088 http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=64087 -- Pakistan suicide attack kills 7, wounds at least 25 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733169710&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Pakistan) NWFP: Bomb found, defused in Bannu http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=64077 (Pakistan) NWFP: Eight bodies found in Swat --- "Separately, Taliban killed Traders Association President Jameel Khan in Barikot" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\04\story_4-1-2009_pg7_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Malakand Division - Sharia Nizam-e-Adl Regulation awaits president's assent http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=155526 (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan army discovers van packed with explosives - Khyber Agency http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/04/asia/AS-Pakistan.php --- Suicide jackets, explosives recovered in Khyber Agency http://yorkdispatch.inyork.com/yd/pennsylvania/ci_11362406 (Pakistan) Banned Pakistan terror outfit Lashkar-e-Islam (LeI) launches its website http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Banned_Pak_terror_outfit_Lashkar-e-Islam_launches_its_website/rssarticleshow/3933672.cms http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-68719.html http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=155514 (Pakistan) Zardari urges Iran, China role in anti-terror efforts http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/04/top4.htm (Pakistan) Update on Ustad Mohammed Yasir "arrest": Pakistan arrests Taliban mouthpiece for second time -- former Taliban spokesman for Mullah Omar Ustad Mohammed Yasir aka Ustad Mohammed Yasir http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/449325/cs/1/ Pakistan wants Gitmo detainees returned http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\04\story_4-1-2009_pg7_9 (India) Mumbai Attacks: 26/11 not possible without state help: Chidambaram http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20090078677&type=News (India) Mumbai Attacks: Committee to probe if cops acted swiftly on terror intel http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Committee_to_probe_if_cops_acted_swiftly_on_terror_intel/articleshow/3932350.cms (India J&K) Fierce gunbattle continues in Poonch http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Fierce_gunbattle_continues_in_Poonch/articleshow/3933266.cms -- BSF guns down Pak infiltrator along J&K border http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/BSF_guns_down_Pak_infiltrator_along_JK_border/articleshow/3933777.cms (India) Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) hands over Mohammed Hakim Abdul Karim to Delhi Police --- "for alleged involvement in Indian Mujahideen (IM) activities" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/ATS_hands_over_Hakim_to_Delhi_Police/articleshow/3932644.cms (India) 5 detained at airport with gun powder http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Five_detained_at_Delhi_airport_with_crackers_gun_powder/articleshow/3934009.cms?TOI_latestnews (India) Bomb exploded on Assam rail track http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Bomb_explosion_on_Assam_rail_track/articleshow/3933247.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Militants_explode_bomb_on_Assam_rail_track/articleshow/3933247.cms Somalia: Islamic Courts Union Takes Over Police Stations (updated report) http://allafrica.com/stories/200901030024.html http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/04/africa/AF-Somalia.php Somali governor: 2 foreign journalists released http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090104/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_journalists_4 Somalia: 7 People Killed in Galgadud Battle http://allafrica.com/stories/200901040004.html (Philippines) 7 hurt in eatery blast in Tacurong, Mindanao http://www.gmanews.tv/story/142448/7-hurt-in-eatery-blast-in-Tacurong-Mindanao (Philippines) MILF washes hands over Mindanao bombings http://www.gmanews.tv/story/142195/MILF-washes-hands-over-Mindanao-bombings (Philippines) Peace group sees no 'big war' in southern Philippines http://www.gmanews.tv/story/142210/Peace-group-sees-no-big-war-in-southern-Philippines -- Philippines-Mindanao conflict: Number killed in Islamic insurgency - 120,000 http://www.alertnet.org/db/crisisprofiles/PH_SEP.htm China arrested almost 1,300 in Muslim west last year: report http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090104/wl_asia_afp/chinaxinjiangattacksoly2008 http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_321831.html Sri Lanka pushes ahead with war on rebels http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/04/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (U.S.) Holy Land Foundation court case puts burden on Muslim charities to explain where money goes http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/tv/stories/DN-muslimgifts_04met.ART0.Central.Edition1.4a54563.html (U.S.) Feds appeal decision to grant imam a green card -- "Mohammad Qatanani, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Passaic County (N.J.) mosque" -- DHS says Qatanani convicted of links to Hamas in Israel http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/6192122.html (U.S.) Rhode Island - Providence: Bomb set off at Starbuck's coffee shop -- motive unknown http://www.projo.com/news/content/starbucks_bomb_01-03-09_JRCR2R0_v13.3ac8d39.html (U.S.) Pennsylania: Vandals splash paint on Pittsburgh mosque steps http://yorkdispatch.inyork.com/yd/pennsylvania/ci_11362406 (Gambia) Missionaries sentenced to year's hard labour in Gambia were victims of violent campaign -- one email read: "This country is sinking fast into a morass of Islam." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/gambia/4093400/Missionaries-sentenced-to-years-hard-labour-in-Gambia-were-victims-of-violent-campaign.html (Saudi Arabia) Symposium delineates Shariah role in banking http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2009010425696 (Tajikistan) Resurgence of Islam in Tajikistan celebrated by many http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/04/asia/tajik.php (Pakistan) Nawaz Sharif says "that PML-N is against 'undemocratic forces'" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\04\story_4-1-2009_pg7_2 -- Nawaz Sharif's history of seeking to implement Sharia throughout Pakistan --- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)'s Nawaz Sharif has also called for negotiations with Taliban ----- "Pakistan backed the Taliban during Sharif's second spell in power from 1997 to 1999" http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=246412&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 --- "On January 16, 1999 the Nawaz Sharif Government imposed Islamic law in the traditional tribal areas of the north-west straddling the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, vowing to impose it throughout the country" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif --- Nawaz to go ahead with Islamisation Bill - September 1998 http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980906/24950304.html Iraqi PM says links with Iran are developing -- Maliki "also met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January131.xml§ion=middleeast Commentaries: The moral battleground -- by Melanie Phillips -- "Such people have made no protest at the bombardment of Israeli towns by more than 6000 rockets in the past six years, deliberately targeting innocent civilians" http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3204131/the-moral-battleground.thtml In Perspective: Does Uncle Leonard have a say? -- by Daniel Gordis http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733129564&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas Terror Chief Gets the 'Martyrdom' He Sought For Others - by Patrick Goodenough and Julie Stahl http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=41391 Islamic Sharia Law for Beginners - by Dave Gaubatz http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2174/pub_detail.asp Propaganda: (Egypt) "Popular 'satellite sheik' draws youth to a modern Islam" -- Ahmad al-Shugairi --- Comment: So "modern" that it attracts "black-clad and veiled young women" http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/04/mideast/preacher.php http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/03/world/middleeast/03preacher.html?_r=1 --- NY Times article commentor challenges Jihad Watch http://community.nytimes.com/article/comments/2009/01/03/world/middleeast/03preacher.html?permid=41#comment41 January 3, 2009 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) "At least 24 rockets" hit Israel since early morning" --- Three injured, "Cafeteria in periphery, playground and house in Ashkelon" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733150873&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Kassam rocket strikes open area in Eshkol region http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733152005&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull IDF begins shelling northern Gaza for 1st time since op began -- "Artillery fire strong indication IDF preparing ground attack; Palestinians claim 10 killed when military hits mosque in Beit Lahiya" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733150721&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Over 10,000 protest Gaza op in Sakhnin -- "Organizers: Demonstration is largest in recent years; MK Zahalka: Try PM, Barak, FM, for "war crimes."" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733152340&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Bomb found outside of police station in Baka al-Jarbiya http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733152161&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull IAF strikes third senior Hamas operative -- "Al-Jamal killed in raid; At least 25 targets hit in overnight sorties; Hamas: We foiled IDF incursion" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733150721&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052034.html Israel begins firing artillery shells into Gaza -- "IAF steps up airstrikes on northern Gaza Strip; over 40 Hamas targets bombed over course of the day" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052299.html http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649618,00.html Israel blasts Hamas targets, diplomacy gains steam http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians --- Israeli airstrike on Gaza mosque kills 10 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/03/news/ML-Israel-Palestinians.php Israel Soon May Send Troops Into Gaza Strip if Cease-fire Not Reached http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475486,00.html Israeli attack kills brothers as Hamas stages 'day of wrath' http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24867930-23109,00.html (Israel) Ceasefire efforts gain momentum as Israel continues assault on Gaza http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5437667.ece Hamas confirms losing leader today, Israel says he was in charge of missiles http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1964873&Language=en Hamas, Al-Qaeda Threaten Jewish Targets Abroad -- "Hamas and Al-Qaeda threaten Jewish interests around the world, as security analysts warn of lone-wolf attacks. And the PA called for a Day of Rage" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129193 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052265.html Hamas leader Mashaal: Enemy surprised by determination in Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649562,00.html (Gaza) Israeli Leaflets warn Gazans to get out of harm's way http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/03/israel.gaza/index.html (Gaza) Muslims around the world protest Gaza assault --- "Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, the leader of al-Qaida in Islamic North Africa, an offshoot of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, has issued a message urging Muslims to attack Jews everywhere" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians_protests_6 http://www.bradfordera.com/articles/2009/01/03/news/doc495ecbd563dd8510387224.txt -- UK: Thousands across UK protest against Gaza bombings http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5437543.ece http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/03/europe/EU-Britain-Gaza.php -- Muslims join in North Wales demos over Gaza http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2009/01/03/muslims-join-in-north-wales-demos-over-gaza-55578-22595755/ -- UK groups prepare major Gaza demo http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?UK_groups_prepare_major_Gaza_demo&in_article_id=457136&in_page_id=34&in_a_source= -- Europe: Anti-Israel protests http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/europe-anti-israel-protests.html -- European protesters call for end to Gaza attacks http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/03/europe/EU-Europe-Gaza-Protests.php -- (Belgium) Brussels: Anti-Israel demonstration http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/brussels-anti-israel-demonstration.html -- Nigeria: Thousands Demonstrate Against Israel in Kano Nigeria: Thousands Demonstrate Against Israel in Kano -- Thousands of Jordanians rally to back Hamas http://www.deepikaglobal.com/ENG4_sub.asp?ccode=ENG4&newscode=30296 -- Afghans condemn Israeli attacks on Palestinians, call for immediate halt http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=4&rid=178766 -- Pakistan rallies "calling for waging Jihad against the Jewish state" --- "Muslims should wage Jihad against US, Israel and India" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=155299 (Hamas) Canadian Globe and Mail calls Hamas "The Islamic movement that just won't die" http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090103.GAZA03/TPStory/TPInternational/?page=rss&id=GAM.20090103.GAZA03 --- "At the Al-Haras mosque in Hebron, Mr. al-Qawasmeh fingered his amber prayer beads and noted that 'since 1924, when the [Islamic] caliphate was ended, the West has enjoyed the comfort' of the absence of Islam's influence." --- "'Only in the last few years has Islam posed a threat to the West and others,' he said, 'and only now have they begun to realize they will have to learn to live with us again.'" (Palestinian Authority) Report: Abbas to release hundreds of Hamas prisoners http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3649580,00.html Egyptians blame Hamas, yet are angry at Cairo as well http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/02/mideast/egypt.php (U.S.) Bush: Hamas attacks are acts of terror -- "US president says any truce deal must include monitoring to halt weapons smuggling into Strip" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733150017&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Bush calls Hamas attacks 'acts of terror', says working on truce http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052265.html -- Bush: Hamas 'instigated' crisis http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/02/Bush_Hamas_instigated_crisis/UPI-87471230954898/ UN chief wants international monitors for Gaza cease-fire http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1052275.html Iranians urge kids to fight 'evil' Israel -- "Children's TV program embraces 'martyrdom' amid Gaza conflict" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85170 Iran security chief meets Syria's Assad over Gaza http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January104.xml§ion=middleeast (Lebanon) Hizbullah Secretary-General Nasrallah Urges Egyptian Officers to Rebel Against Their Regime's Policies, Calls For Demonstrations in Arab and Muslim World to Pressure Governments http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD217209 Germany seeks Muslim influence to end rocket fire http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733151694&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- EU delegation pushing for Gaza cease-fire http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/03/european.union.gaza.mission/index.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban impose sharia in Hangu --- "Women to stay home except for medical treatment; Ban on TV, CDs and video centres; 'Taliban courts' to resolve local issues" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\03\story_3-1-2009_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) NWFP: People of Maidan join TNSM camp -- to seek implementation of Sharia http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=155053 --- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia (Pakistan) NWFP/FATA: Militants to lay down arms if Shariah enforced, says TNSM http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=155225 http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=155199 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban carries out selective killings in Swat -- "targeting dancers, politicians and paramilitary personnel" --- dancing girl shot, security staff found with slit throats stating "all security personnel will face the same fate" http://www.mid-day.com/news/2009/jan/030109-Taliban-selective-killings-Swat.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Officials: Pakistan arrests senior Taliban figure --- former Taliban spokesman Ustad Mohammed Yasir http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_47 (Pakistan) FATA: Close co-education schools: Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\03\story_3-1-2009_pg7_2 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban 'ban' Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), co-education in N Waziristan -- "'Anyone found in possession of alcohol will be awarded death sentence,' said the announcements made from various mosques of the NWA after the Shura meeting." http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=155209 --- December 24, 2008: Benazir Income Support Programme launched "to support the poor women in the country" http://geo.tv/12-24-2008/31202.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Tribal elder shot dead in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\03\story_3-1-2009_pg7_3 (Pakistan) FATA: Militants target checkpoint in Mohmand http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=155203 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Soldier killed, 18 people wounded in SW Pakistan violence http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1964792&Language=en --- Landmine 'kills two soldiers' in Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090103/wl_afp/pakistanunrestsouthwest_090103133511 (Pakistan) Senate committee demands OIC to discuss Israeli aggression http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\03\story_3-1-2009_pg7_21 --- Comment: Israeli self-defense against Gazan terrorists a greater outrage to Pak govt than Pakistan Islamic supremacism (Pakistan) Death from above: how Predator is taking its toll on al-Qaeda http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5435471.ece (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Evidence needed, US ambassador told by Zardari http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/03/top4.htm (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Lashkar rejects 'confession' in Mumbai probe http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/03/top20.htm (Pakistan) Keeping vigil on banned groups -- Information Minister Sherry Rehman http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Keeping_vigil_on_banned_groups_Pak/articleshow/3931045.cms --- January 1 and 2: Rehman also warns Pakistan media against spreading rumors http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg1_6 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\01\story_1-1-2009_pg7_25 Pakistanis along border with India wary http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/03/pakistan-residents-anxious-over-war-prospects/ (Pakistan) First N-bomb was built under Benazir Bhutto govt: ex-US official http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/03/top7.htm (Pakistan J&K) Terrorism is not jihad: AJK PM -- Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\03\story_3-1-2009_pg7_14 (India J&K) Jammu, Kashmir clashes leave four militants, three Indian soldiers dead http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1964815&Language=en --- Encounter continues in Poonch, one more officer killed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/One_more_officer_killed_in_JK_fighting/articleshow/3930459.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: India sees no 'noticeable change' in Pakistab attitude http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/03/top5.htm (India) Mumbai Attacks: Hand over Mumbai attack masterminds: India PM to Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hand_over_Mumbai_attack_masterminds_PM_to_Pakistan/articleshow/3930585.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Indian Home Minister to visit US with Mumbai dossier --- "P Chidambaram will travel to the US next week armed with evidence about involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists in the Mumbai attacks" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chidambaram_to_visit_US_with_Mumbai_dossier_/articleshow/3931478.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Smash terror hideouts: Former President A P J Abdul Kalam http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Smash_terror_hideouts_Kalam_/articleshow/3931768.cms (UK) Pak behind Mumbai attack: Rushdie http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak_behind_Mumbai_attack_Rushdie/articleshow/3931220.cms (UK) Author Salman Rushdie Says Fatwa Foreshadowed Terror Conflict, Times Says http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=aJuZ0NB3crqc&refer=uk --- Saturday interview: Salman Rushdie ---- "Rushdie is not convinced that there is a 'clash of civilisations' between Islam and Christianity. 'There is a kind of Islam which is at war with an idea of the West but neither the West nor the Muslim world is monolithic,' he says." http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article5434968.ece (UK/Lebanon) Omar Bakri accused of training al-Qaeda terrorists --- "Omar Bakri, the radical cleric banned from Britain, has gone on the run in Lebanon after being accused of training al-Qaeda terrorists" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/lebanon/4077176/Omar-Bakri-accused-of-training-al-Qaeda-terrorists.html Iraq bombing highlights growing role of tribes http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/January/middleeast_January106.xml§ion=middleeast Afghan security not as bad as portrayed: NATO http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January142.xml§ion=international (Afghanistan) More Taliban marksmen add to risk for U.S. in Afghanistan http://www.twincities.com/national/ci_11359079?source=rss --- Changing tactics, Taliban turn to precision marksmen in Afghanistan http://www.freep.com/article/20090102/NEWS07/90102065/-1/rss07 (Afghanistan/UK) UK troops in Afghanistan kill Brit Muslims fighting alongside Taliban http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-68490.html --- British Muslims fighting alongside Taliban, commanders claim http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/4076591/British-Muslims-fighting-alongside-Taliban-commanders-claim.html Somali insurgents take over police stations --- "Witnesses say Islamic militants are taking over police stations in the Somali capital as Ethiopian troops pull out" http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2009/01/03/somali_insurgents_take_over_police_stations/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia_5 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/03/africa/AF-Somalia.php --- Ethiopia pulls out of Somalia http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_3918281,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf Somalia: Fresh Fighting Erupts in Guri Eel http://allafrica.com/stories/200901030015.html (Somalia) Seven killed as Islamist groups fight in Somalia http://africa.reuters.com/country/SO/news/usnL3426330.html (Somalia) New year sees at least five Somalia pirate attacks http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=29524 Somali pirates hijack Yemeni tanker ship http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/January/international_January151.xml§ion=international (Yemen) Three foreigners abducted in Yemen -- South African woman and two children http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1964821&Language=en (Yemen) Trial of four al-Qaeda suspects held http://www.sabanews.net/en/news172788.htm Nigeria military: Oil pipeline blown up in south http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/03/africa/AF-Nigeria-Oil-Unrest.php (Russia) Bomb found on street in Dagestan capital http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/03/Bomb_found_on_street_in_Dagestan_capital/UPI-33661230964848/ (Kosovo) 6 injured in Kosovo blasts http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/03/europe/EU-Kosovo-Violence.php Canada to free Syrian terror suspect Hassan Almrei http://www.skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=292182 http://www.torontosun.com/news/world/2009/01/03/7907056-sun.html http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/01/03/Last_uncharged_Canada_terror_inmate_freed/UPI-35241231012143/ --- Terror suspect agrees to strict house arrest http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090102.wrelease0102/BNStory/National/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20090102.wrelease0102 (Sri Lanka) 3 wounded in Colombo blast http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=63972 Sri Lankan forces continue targeting LTTE strongholds http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1964807&Language=en -- Sri Lanka bombs rebels after seizing their HQ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/03/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (U.S.) Muslim advocates file FAA complaint - Airtran airline incident --- "over a New Year's Day incident at a Washington airport in which nine Muslim passengers were removed from a flight after other passengers said they overheard a suspicious remark about airplane security" --- Islamic supremacist linked group Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) working with passengers --- Islamic supremacist linked group "Muslim Public Affairs Council [MPAC] also called on federal officials Friday to open an investigation" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/03/complaint-filed-for-muslims-taken-off-airplane/ http://www.nypost.com/seven/01032009/news/worldnews/airline_terror_error_147027.htm http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/jan/03/airtran-apologizes-for-removing-muslim-passengers/ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090103/ap_on_re_us/muslim_passengers_removed_21 --- AirTran apologizes after Muslim family removed http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/01/02/family.grounded/index.html (U.S.) Real ID mandate resisted in Virginia http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/03/some-legislators-oppose-real-id-act-mandate/ (U.S.) Roseanne Barr blasts Israel as 'Nazi state' http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85126 (Israel) Swastikas spraypainted on two cars in Herzliya; police investigating http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733151474&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Germany) Swastikas daubed on Holocaust memorial http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/03/europe/EU-Germany-Holocaust-Memorial.php (France) Bangladesh Writer Taslima Nasreen to settle in Paris -- "under threat of death from Islamist extremists who accuse her of blasphemy in her writings" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Taslima_Nasreen_to_settle_in_Paris/articleshow/3931484.cms (UK) Muslim bank manager suing former HBOS managers for sex and race discrimination http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/4077219/Muslim-bank-manager-suing-former-HBOS-managers-for-sex-and-race-discrimination.html (South Africa) Anti-apartheid activist Helen Suzman dies http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5428302.ece Commentaries: Israel is not the cause of terror http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24866334-16741,00.html Confronting Hamas' Genocidal Jew-Hatred -- by Andrew G. Bostom http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/01/confronting_hamas_genocidal_je.html Propaganda: Pakistan's "The News:" "Indo-US nexus against Pakistan democracy" - by Shafqat Munir http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=155356 "Is there a conspiracy to keep ‘Mohammed’ out of the most popular name lists?" http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2009/01/is-there-conspiracy-to-keep-mohammed.html Against Nazi News: (U.S.) Seattle: Cops fatally shoot Nazi memorabilia collector -- "harmless collector"... "pointed a rifle affixed with a bayonet at officers and refused orders to drop the weapon" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28477649/ (Israel) Swastikas spraypainted on two cars in Herzliya; police investigating http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733151474&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Germany) Swastikas daubed on Holocaust memorial http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/03/europe/EU-Germany-Holocaust-Memorial.php January 1 - 2, 2002 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com January 2, 2009 Newslinks (Israel) 7 lightly wounded as 36 rockets hit Israel on Friday http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733140888&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Palestinian factions claim responsibility for launching missiles at Sderot http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1964732&Language=en --- Hamas Rockets Put Israel's Nuclear Facility in Battle Zone http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,474824,00.html (Israel) IAF strikes 35 targets in Gaza Strip http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733139253&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel destroys Hamas homes, flattens Gaza mosque - day 7 of the campaign http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians Israel says it hit Hamas rocket-maker's home - Imad Akel's home -- "exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal promised bloodshed if Israeli troops invade" -- "Israel bombs as tanks wait on outskirts of Gaza" http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/02/israel.gaza/index.html --- Mashaal: Black fate awaits IDF in Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733149507&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Hamas threatens 'black destiny' if Israeli soldiers enter Gaza http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/4077764/Hamas-threatens-black-destiny-if-Israeli-soldiers-enter-Gaza.html Israel lets foreigners flee Gaza Strip http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733143072&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Russian wives forced to leave their men behind in Gaza Strip http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5435243.ece Israel to treat more injured Gazans http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733148165&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel Forces mass for Israeli ground invasion http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24867864-5005961,00.html?from=public_rss --- Israel set to begin ground war against Hamas in Gaza http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5434559.ece (Israel) 'Even the Left Was in Favor of Striking Hamas' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,599142,00.html YouTube becomes WarTube for Israel-Gaza fight http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcb_jerusalem/20090102/wl_mcb_jerusalem/jerusalem200901youtubebecomeswartubeforisraelgazafighthtml (Israel) Bank Website Hacked by Islamist Group http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158570 (U.S.) Jihad rally in Kansas City http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/01/jihad-rally-in.html Middle East: Muslim protests against Israeli attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2873007231 Farid Ghadry says Arabs must be ones to stop Hamas, which embodies everything wrong in Mideast today http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3648260,00.html (Hamas) Son of Hamas Leader Gives Glimpse Into Terror Organization -- Mosab Hassan Yousef http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,475226,00.html -- see also http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=71097 Pakistan's action against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) 'insufficient': India http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg7_27 (Pakistan) Lashkar's new ally: Dawood Ibrahim http://www.rediff.com/news/2009/jan/02mumterror-lashkars-new-ally-dawood-ibrahim.htm (Pakistan) Lashkar rejects 'confession' in Mumbai probe - as does Islamabad http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090102/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattackspakistanprobelashkar_090102102246 Pak won't extradite terror suspects to India http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14829647&?vsv=TopHP1 'Pakistan should hand over terror suspects to India' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg7_28 (Pakistan) US wants Mumbai suspects tried in Pakistan, not to call for extradition http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/02/top1.htm (Pakistan) Girls to marry militants, orders Taliban http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Girls_to_marry_militants_orders_Taliban/rssarticleshow/3926460.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Three policemen killed, six injured in Peshawar, Bannu blasts http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg7_2 (Pakistan) FATA: US drone linked to bomb attack in tribal region - South Waziristan http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2872779257 (Pakistan) FATA: Troops seize Taliban supplies, 10 arrested in Mohmand Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg7_1 (Pakistan) FATA: Khyber Agency action achieves '80% results' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg1_8 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban rockets kill four civilians in Khar - attacks on local government offices in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg1_2 Pakistan reopens supply route to Afghanistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_39 (Pakistan) Senate body okays more funds for Frontier Constabulary to fight terror http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg7_22 (Pakistan) 10 militants, 3 FC men die in clash - in Balochistan http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/02/top5.htm Pakistan Air Force acquires 12 unmanned aerial vehicles http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg1_10 (Pakistan) 'Terror attacks increased by 50 per cent in Pak' - from 07 to 08 http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=8a2b9b46-2c2f-454e-97f0-411e443c8829&&Headline=%27Terror+attacks+increased+by+50+pc+in+Pak%27 Pakistan to set up counter-terrorism authority - National Counterterrorism Authority (NCA) will promote coordination http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-67718.html (India) All state capitals to soon have intelligence dissemination centres http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/All_state_capitals_to_soon_have_intelligence_centres/articleshow/3923738.cms (Afghanistan) Taliban kill 20 in lunchtime raid on Afghan police officers http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/01/01/2009-01-01_taliban_kill_20_in_lunchtime_raid_on_afg.html (Afghanistan) Bribes Corrode Afghans' Trust in Government http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/world/asia/02kabul.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper (Afghanistan) Teen trained to be suicide bomber feels tricked http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/02/afghan.suicide.recruit/index.html Afghanistan: Generals focus on new ways to defeat Taliban http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2873007347 -- Afghanistan and Pakistan take center stage in 2009 http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0102/p05s01-wosc.html -- October 17, 2008: Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html Iraq: Radical cleric calls for response to Gaza attacks - Moqtada al-Sadr http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2873360220 (Iraq) Suicide bomber kills 23 near Baghdad http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090102/ts_afp/iraqunrestbaghdad_090102195637;_ylt=AicJBqGOwrzpbfC7yRJIKI.s0NUE (Iraq) Police: 11 die in Iraq suicide bombing - in Youssifiyah http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq (Egypt) 20 Muslim Brotherhood members held http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2447886,00.html Ethiopian troops begins withdrawal from Somalia http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia;_ylt=AmxXSNGyVUAHBoRWg8oCQLFvaA8F Somalia: Violence Continues As Ethiopian Troops Begin Pullout http://allafrica.com/stories/200901030020.html (Somalia) 10 people killed in Mogadishu violence, as Islamists execute bandits http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/86614 (Somalia) Pirate attack off Somalia thwarted: Greece http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=1134498 (Somalia) Pirates hijack cargo ship near Somalia http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jan/02/pirates-hijack-cargo-ship-off-coast-of-somalia/ (Somalia) Ethiopia says final Somalia pullout under way http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090102/wl_afp/somaliaunrestethiopia_090102115955 (Yemen) Al-Qaeda members in court http://news.iafrica.com/worldnews/1418800.htm (Algeria) Al Qaida 'kills 29 in Algeria over three months' http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Algeria/10272161.html http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE50204Q.html?rpc=401& (UK) Britain says U.S. needs help to shut Guantanamo - might agree to receive inmates http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090101/wl_nm/us_britain_guantanamo_2 -- Australia Unlikely to Accept Guantanamo Detainees http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6563131 (Turkey) Kurdish Militant Jailed For Life Over Deadly Car Bomb Attack http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090102/ACQDJON200901020734DOWJONESDJONLINE000415.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Kurdish%20Militant%20Jailed%20For%20Life%20Over%20Deadly%20Car%20Bomb%20Attack -- Turkey: Bomber sentenced to nine life terms for deadly attack - PKK's Erdal Polat http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2873255826 (Turkey/Israel) Gaza operation strains ties with Turkey http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733138531&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Thailand) Gunmen injured soldier in Pattani http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=135683 Philippines: Islamic militants deny link to bomb attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2872833636 (Philippines) Southern Philippines On Alert After Attacks - Police http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20090102/ACQDJON200901020051DOWJONESDJONLINE000013.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Southern%20Philippines%20On%20Alert%20After%20Attacks%20-%20Police (Philippines) Military boosts intelligence amid blasts http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090102-181090/Military-boosts-intelligence-amid-blasts (Philippines) Islamic New Year is on January 6 http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20090101-180977/Islamic-New-Year-is-on-Jan-6 (Indonesia) Successfully fighting terrorists, but not their ideology - resiliancy of Jemaah Islamiyah's ideology a concern http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/02/asia/indo.php --- "At a small, backstreet bookstore here, the young staff members, wearing matching green skull caps and sporting adolescent chin beards, stock books with titles like 'Waiting for the Destruction of Israel' and 'Principles of Jihad.'" --- "Another young man, a customer, flips through a pile of DVDs that chronicle the conflicts in Chechnya, Afghanistan and Sudan. And in the back, slogans like 'Support Your Local Mujahedeen' and 'Taliban All-Stars' are scrawled across T-shirts, stickers and pins." (Indonesia) Experts Sound Warning on Impact of Islamic Conservatism on Population Growth http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/article/4744.html Indonesia: Thousands Stage Anti-Israel Rally http://www.mysinchew.com/node/19759?tid=37 'They want to create an online university of jihad' - recent conference on Al Qaeda's use of the internet http://www.rediff.com/news/2009/jan/02internet-they-want-to-create-an-online-varsity-on-jihad.htm Sri Lanka says troops have captured rebel capital - LTTE suicide attack in retaliation http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090102/ap_on_re_as/as_sri_lanka_civil_war (Sri Lanka) 2 killed in Colombo suicide bomb blast http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=14829628&?vsv=TopHP1 January 1, 2009 Newslinks (Israel) IAF steps up Gaza Strip air strikes http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733129086&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull IDF kills top Hamas terrorist Sheikh Nizar Rayya http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733139262&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) No tears for Hamas leader in Ramallah --- Nizar Rayyan, the Hamas military commander who was killed in Thursday's air raid http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733134624&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Latest rockets manufactured in China http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733119975&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Beersheba residents may be scared, but they're not leaving http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733138764&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) With Gaza conflict, cyberattacks come too - Thousands of Web pages defaced by hacking groups in Morocco, Lebanon, Turkey, Iran http://www.itworld.com/security/60016/gaza-conflict-cyberattacks-come-too (Israel) IDF coordination chief: There is no humanitarian crisis http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733138893&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) 36 Terror Victims in 2008 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129186 (U.S.) Leftists, Muslim American Society at rally calling for destruction of Israel http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024168.php --- Anti-Israel Rallies Across America and Europe http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/511405.aspx (Iran) Khamenei Decrees: Israel is Kafer-e-Harbi; Iranian Martyrdom Seekers Await Khameini's Orders; Iranian Student Organizations Threaten to Take Over Egyptian, Jordanian Diplomatic Representations http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD216908 Egyptian Infiltrates Gaza to Join Jihad http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/12554.htm (Jordan) On Al-Jazeera TV: Islamist Jordanian MP Muhammad Abd Al-Qader Incites Multitudes to Wage Jihad http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD217109 (Denmark) Odense: Danish-Arab arrested for shooting attack http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2009/01/odense-danish-arab-arrested-for.html (Pakistan) FATA: US kills four al Qaeda operatives in South Waziristan strike http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/01/us_kills_four_al_qae.php (Pakistan) Five dead in suspected US missile strike (updated) - in Waziristan http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=264131&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 (Pakistan) No Pakistani to be handed over to India: Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\01\story_1-1-2009_pg7_23 Pakistan says no confession in Mumbai probe - Deny that LeT leader Zahar Shah confessed to involvement http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090101/wl_asia_afp/indiaattackspakistanprobe;_ylt=AhhDYeOjYF0Dk1LuVuO6r1RvaA8F http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg1_3 Pakistan has FBI evidence of Mumbai links: Pranab http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=264140&version=1&template_id=40&parent_id=22 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg1_4 (Pakistan) Spokesman: No terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/02/content_10589562.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Troops mount pressure on militants in Jamrud - in Khyber Agency http://www.dawn.com/2009/01/01/top3.htm (Pakistan) NATO supply route to be reopened soon http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=264130&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 (Pakistan) Sherry urges media to regulate itself http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\01\story_1-1-2009_pg7_25 --- Sherry warns rumor mongers of action http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\02\story_2-1-2009_pg1_6 (India J&K) Two army personnel killed in J&K encounter http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Jawan_killed_during_Army-militants_gunbattle_in_JK/articleshow/3923204.cms (India) Militant leader shot dead, fierce encounter on in Manipur http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-66769.html (India) Serial bombings rock Assam, 5 killed - At least 20 wounded, ULFA suspect http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Serial_bombings_rock_Assam_5_killed/articleshow/3922558.cms (Afghanistan) US readying south Afghan surge against Taliban http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_surge;_ylt=AmslC8YOejgxLMLOnwzBntas0NUE (Afghanistan) 20 Afghan Police Killed in Taliban Ambush http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,474830,00.html (Afghanistan) British soldier killed in New Year's Day explosion http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1964608&Language=en (Afghanistan) 17 Taliban killed in Afghanistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\01\01\story_1-1-2009_pg7_39 Iraq gov't gets control of Green Zone, US troops http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq;_ylt=AqmZDfHHfbKURt5sJPTyi52s0NUE http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090101/ts_nm/us_iraq_5;_ylt=AmuGUQUBeUyOrUgUsbDGpGT5SpZ4 Iraq hails lowest monthly death toll in three years http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=264222&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 (UK) Terrorists launder cash through online gambling -- "Islamic terrorist networks are using online gambling websites to launder money for attacks, security analysts have disclosed" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/4060727/Terrorists-launder-cash-through-on-line-gambling.html (U.S.) Obama Adviser Bruce Reidel: 'Guantanamo Was a Very Costly Mistake' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,598993,00.html --- December 8, 2008: Bruce Reidel on Pakistan: "It is one of the most important allies we have" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,595148,00.html (U.S.) Bombs in Aspen shut down town on New Year's Eve http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090101/ap_on_re_us/aspen_evacuations;_ylt=AuQ.9oAFNQ064.hwdM43I4ms0NUE (Somalia) Al Shabaab vows to fight until shariah law imposed http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195655.php (Somalia) US fails to break Somali Islamists http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7807291.stm (Philippines) New Year grenade attack wounds 22 in Philippines http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090101/wl_asia_afp/newyearphilippinesattacksblast_090101064620 -- 22 hurt in latest blast in restive southern Mindanao http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=231725 Sri Lanka troops 'seize key rebel town' http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090101/wl_sthasia_afp/srilankaunrest;_ylt=AjU.Tq_xvr2b5b_nDHXadUxvaA8F Commentaries: Making sure Hamas does not become another Hizbullah - by Meir Javednfar http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733118491&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull To all you "embarassed" Jews - by Jeremy Cardash http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/cardash/entry/to_all_you_embarassed_jews Hamas's march to victory - by Caroline Glick http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733137803&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Bailing Out Shariah Law - regarding AIG http://www.investors.com/editorial/editorialcontent.asp?secid=1501&status=article&id=315533696813139 The State of Jihad: 2008 - by Bill Roggio http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/01/the_state_of_jihad_2_1.php Other News: (U.S.) Amina and Sarah: never forget http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024182.php http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/01/americas-most-h.html (U.S.) North Carolina aquatic center says yes to sharia law - makes public pool private for Muslim women http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/north-carolina-aquatic-center-says-yes-to-sharia-law-makes-public-pool-private-for-muslim-women/ --- Muslim women learn to swim http://www.carynews.com/arts_more/story/11239.html (U.S.) Ski manager shot after professing Christianity http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=84979 (U.S.) Miami: Shoes Dumped On Freeway Cause Delays http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/18400129/detail.html#- "Logical" Reasons for Polygamy in Islam by Dr. Zakir Naik - Polyandry http://nitwitnastik.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/logical-reasons-for-polygamy-in-islam-by-dr-zakir-naik-polyandry/ Where there's a will, there's a Koranic way http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/where-theres-a-will-theres-a-koranic-way/2009/01/02/1230681748887.html Russia restricts jury trials for treason, terror http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/01/europe/EU-Russia-Jury-Trials.php December 31, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) "At least 60 rockets pound southern Israel" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456538695&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- More than 60 rockets hit Negev, including Ashkelon, Be'er Sheva http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051235.html -- Two lightly hurt in Ashkelon barrage --- Militants launch new rocket attacks against Israel http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2866720213 --- Rockets make Israel rethink West Bank pullback http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_ROCKETS_REACH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-12-31-11-25-05 --- Poll: 90% support Cast Lead http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733116715&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) More than 700,000 Israelis now in range of Hamas missiles http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4045162/More-than-700000-Israelis-now-in-range-of-Hamas-missiles.html (Israel) Government Rejects 48-Hour Ceasefire, 'Cast Lead' to Continue http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129147 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051542.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456546316&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5422283.ece (Israel) Peres: We won't accept 'Terror Strip' -- "Amid alarms and rockets, president visits Ashkelon children in bomb shelter, praises IDF efforts in Gaza" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456544265&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israeli military warns Hamas leader’s neighbors to leave http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/31/israeli-military-warns-hamas-leaders-neighbors-to-leave/ (Israel) IAF strikes back at rocket launchers -- "Senior Islamic Jihad commander killed in strike on house in Khan Yunis; Haniyeh's office destroyed" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456538553&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Israel resumes Gaza air raids for fifth day http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2866396726 --- IAF bombs Gaza mosque being used as weapons storehouse http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051305.html (Israel) The IDF Video Censored by YouTube http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129143 (Israel) 65% of JPost.com readers want ground op http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456543261&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Saudi 'Israel inciting' cleric arrested -- "Awadh al-Garni had called on Muslims to avenge Gaza op by targeting Israeli interests 'everywhere.'" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733115618&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza/U.S.) Hamas must stop firing rockets as first step: White House http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4BT43Y20081231?rpc=401& Hamas Women Vow to Become 'Martyrdom-Seekers' and Blow Themselves Up Among 'the Apes and Pigs' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD216708 (Hamas) Crucifixion OK with Mideast politicos -- "Islamic radicals also endorse cutting off hands, whippings" -- "the report said Hamas endorsed 'nailing enemies of Islam to crosses'" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84964 http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1208/glick122608.php3 Hamas: Arabs have forsaken Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3648295,00.html Iranian students ask government to authorize suicide bombers http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_israel_palestinians http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,474404,00.html Iran: Italian fashion store attacked by protesters --- Benetton store set on fire --- "Benetton is said to be 'linked with the Zionist network,' a government newspaper said." http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2867058268 Iranian newspaper closed for publishing article that was sympathetic to Israel http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24861884-23109,00.html (Syria) US Senator Arlen Specter hopeful for Syria-Israel peace treaty http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456546309&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Egypt mocks Iran, Hizbullah on military record http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647144,00.html Egypt's ruling party attacks Hamas and allies http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnLV83566.html (UK) Councilor slams Muslim lecture 'New York in flames' poster -- Imam Anwar al-Awlaki to give UK lecture at East London mosque by video --- "Al-Awlaki, who gives his talk by video link from Yemen, was named by America's Department for Homeland Security for having acted as a 'spiritual advisor' to three of the men involved in 2001's September 11 attacks" --- "poster advertising tomorrow's event at Whitechapel—showing meteors crash down on Manhattan, setting fire to the city and shattering the Statue of Liberty" http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED31%20Dec%202008%2015%3A15%3A58%3A703 (UK) Gaza protests continue in London http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7806400.stm (Denmark) Two Israelis attacked in Denmark mall -- "Israelis were selling Dead Sea cosmetics at a stand in the mall" - shot in hand and leg by man http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230733116508&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/copenhagen-attack-on-jewish-family.html -- Revenge attack? Israelis shot in Denmark http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3648282,00.html http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129152 (France) Charleroi: Attack on Synagogue http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/charleroi-attack-on-synagogue.html (Mauritania) Israeli embassy attack in Mauritania thwarted by police http://en.afrik.com/news12510.html (U.S.) Michigan - Dearborn: Hundreds across U.S. protest Gaza operation http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051365.html (U.S.) Florida - Fort Lauderdale: Genocidal hatred from pro-Hamas demonstrators -- in Fort Lauderdale, Florida http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024156.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Xl68kP4wo&eurl=&feature=player_embedded http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/12/floridastan-isl.html --- Comment: Note that a number of the signs have the "ANSWERCoalition.org" website --- ANSWER is the anti-war group founded by American Stalinists (U.S.) Maryland: No bail for man accused of being an Iraqi spy - Mouyad Mahmoud Darwish http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/world/iraq/bal-te.briefs313dec31,0,476151.story?track=rss (U.S.) Gonzales Defends Role in Antiterror Policies http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123068159621944041.html Pakistan in "denial" over Mumbai carnage: India http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081231/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattackspakistandiplomacy_081231114723;_ylt=AqpO4J1BtpHd1wJu0thqIP0BS5Z4 (Pakistan) Additional Reports - Previously Posted per London Times report -- Lashkar leader, Zarar Shah, confesses role in Mumbai attack: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Lashkar_leader_Zarar_Shah_confesses_role_in_Mumbai_attack_Report/articleshow/3918214.cms -- Pakistan's Probe Finds Local Links To Attacks On Mumbai http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123068308893944123.html -- Pakistani confesses to Mumbai attacks: official http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/31/asia/AS-Pakistan-India.php (Pakistan/India) What more proof does Pakistan require: India Home Minister Chidambaram http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/What_more_proof_does_Pakistan_require_Chidambaram/articleshow/3919551.cms (Pakistan/India) Lashkar plotting to target INS Viraat: US intelligence -- "A US intelligence unit has alerted Indian security agencies about a possibility of the Lashkar-e-Taiba carrying out an airborne attack on the Indian warship INS Viraat" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Lashkar_plotting_to_target_INS_Viraat_US_intelligence/articleshow/3916870.cms (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan kills 3 in Afghan supply route operation http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/31/asia/AS-Pakistan.php (India) Mumbai attacks: Ansari, Sabauddin sent to judicial custody http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/2611_attacks_Ansari_Sabauddin_sent_to_judicial_custody/articleshow/3917638.cms Indian president approves new anti-terror law http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_re_as/as_india_terror_law (India) Pakistan Daily Times: "Hindu religious leader admits involvement in Malegaon blasts" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\31\story_31-12-2008_pg7_2 (Afghanistan) NATO, US forces say 17 militants killed in Afghanistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081231/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrest_081231072802 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2866558694 -- US troops kill 11 militants in Kabul http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1964293&Language=en Iraq: Bomb blasts kill five in north-west -- "in the town of Sinjar, northwest of Mosul, near the Syrian border" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2866719764 Iraq, Afghan death tolls at lowest in 2008 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/31/Iraq_Afghan_death_tolls_at_lowest_in_2008/UPI-89861230730853/ (Iraq) Gunmen kill Iraqi journalist who hoped to become political decision maker http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1964290&Language=en (Iraq) Police arrest Shiite cult leader in Iraq - Arshad Abid Dayem http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/31/police-arrest-shiite-cult-leader-in-iraq/ (Iraq) Army investigates troops' killing of al Qaeda suspect - Hardan al-Jaburi http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/31/specialops.death/index.html Somali insurgents vow to keep fighting http://www.twincities.com/news/ci_11342988?source=rss http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/31/africa/AF-Somalia.php --- Somali Insurgents Vow To Keep Fighting Until Islamic Law Rules http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/31/somali-insurgents-vow-to-_n_154440.html Somalia: Eye Masked Woman Killed in Baidoa http://allafrica.com/stories/200812310395.html (Somalia) Ethiopia 'packing up in Somalia' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7806014.stm Somalia: Fighting Starts in Gedo Region http://allafrica.com/stories/200812310396.html (Uganda) Lord's Resistance Army denies massacre http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/31/Lords_Resistance_Army_denies_massacre/UPI-51251230730687/ (Russia) Ex-mayor killed in Russia's volatile south -- North Ossetia http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/31/europe/EU-Russia-Caucasus-Violence.php (Spain) ETA: Car bomb targets Spanish television station http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/4044918/Car-bomb-targets-Spanish-television-station.html --- ETA blamed for bomb at TV station http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5423279.ece (Thailand) 2 soliders, 1 civilian injured in Yala blast http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30092237/2-soliders,-1-civilian-injured-in-Yala-blast Philippines: Bomb At Checkpoint In Southern Philippines Kills One http://www.mysinchew.com/node/19680?tid=37 http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2009/jan/01/yehey/top_stories/20090101top5.html (Philippines) Police find, defuse bomb on bus in jittery Sultan Kudarat http://www.gmanews.tv/story/141919/Cops-find-defuse-bomb-on-bus-in-jittery-Sultan-Kudarat Sri Lankan rebels open to peace talks http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/31/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (UK) Birmingham-based Islamic charity appeals for Ł2million for victims of Gaza bombings - Islamic Relief Worldwide http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/12/31/birmingham-based-islamic-charity-appeals-for-2million-for-victims-of-gaza-bombings-65233-22579224/ --- Jeffrey Imm: Islamic Relief Worldwide Group Linked to Jihadist Organizations http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/003.html http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6625 --- 2006: Israel: British national arrested for assisting Hamas http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+and+Islamic+Fundamentalism-/British+national+arrested+for+assisting+Hamas+29-May-2006.htm (Gambia) British missionaries jailed for sedition 'would never criticise Gambian regime' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/gambia/4044292/British-Missionaries-jailed-for-sedition-would-never-criticise-Gambian-regime.html Netherlands: Community service for destroying Christ statues -- Turkish man http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/netherlands-community-service-for.html Commentaries: (UK) On the other side from civilisation - by Melanie Phillips --- on Quilliam Foundation http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3197296/on-the-other-side-from-civilisation.thtml ---- See Also: ---- Press release: Quilliam Foundation calls for UK Government to pressure Israel to stop military operations http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/index.php/component/content/article/374 ---- Britain has a duty to Arabs" - by Ed Husain ------ referencing "Israel’s massacre of innocent Palestinians" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/30/israelandthepalestinians-middleeast August 18, 2008 - Quilliam Foundation and Misdirection on Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/098.html August 31, 2008 - British Government Efforts against "Extremists" Ignores Jihad and Islamic Supremacism - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html Propaganda: Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel: "America's War On Islam - The 'Fort Dix Five'" - by Stephen Lendman http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/2008/123108Lendman.shtml --- Stephen Lendman claims Jihadist plotters victimized, criticizes Jihad Watch, Robert Spencer, and those challenging Islamic supremacism as "Islamophobes" --- "Stephen Lendman is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization. He lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net." ----- Lendman has also repeatedly been published in the online blog The American Muslim http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/israels_wanton_aggression_on_gaza/0017060 http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/book_review_rulers_and_ruled_in_the_us_empire_james_petras/ http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/book_review_2_american_fascism_the_christian_right_and_the_war_on_america_c/ http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/book_review_americas_war_on_terrorism_michel_chossudovsky/ http://www.theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/book_review_blood_and_religion_jonathan_cook/ --- Lendman's blog claims to be in support of "progressive causes and organizations" http://www.sjlendman.blogspot.com/ --- Lendman's blog provides a link to promote Rense.com http://www.rense.com/ --- Rense.com is well-known antisemitic conspiracy site that promotes the apocryphal "The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion" http://www.rense.com/Datapages/protodata.htm --- Reminder Hitlers' Mein Kampf also promoted "The Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protocols_of_the_Elders_of_Zion#The_Protocols_in_Nazi_propaganda.2C_1930s-1940s --- which is also part of Hamas Covenant, Article 32 http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP109206 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas#Hamas_founding_charter http://www.adl.org/PresRele/IslME_62/4877_62.htm Against Nazi News: Eichmann trial transcripts now available on Justice Ministry Web site http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051537.html --- the English version of the transcripts are at www.nizkor.org (UK) "Nazi E-boat saved by military enthusiast" - involved in battle killing 1,000 ally soldiers http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/4045221/Nazi-E-boat-saved-by-military-enthusiast.html December 30, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) Widening range, rockets strike Beersheba kindergarten -- "Attack brings some 187,000 residents of the largest city in the Negev into Hamas range; IDF bombs launcher, terror cell behind attack" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456524549&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- IDF bombs Grad launcher, terrorist cell responsible for Beersheba rockets http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456536491&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Gaza rockets strike Be'er Sheva area for first time --- More than 40 rockets hit Negev --- 34 people treated for shock in wake of rocket attack on Be'er Sheva area http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051235.html http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129132 --- Hamas further deepens rocket attacks into Israel http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December682.xml§ion=middleeast (Israel) Tel Aviv: Dozens rally in support of Gaza op http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647634,00.html (Israel) IDF launches YouTube Gaza channel http://www.youtube.com/user/idfnadesk http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456531523&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) National Union Warns against a ceasefire in the fighting against Hamas: Missiles on Tel Aviv, Dimona are Next http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129134 (Gaza) Ex-Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney Aboard Boat Headed for Gaza, Intercepted by Israeli Naval Force http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/30/mckinney-aboard-boat-headed-gaa-intercepted-israeli-naval-force/ --- Frontpagemag.com: "To Gaza, With Love" -- regarding McKinney http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=0A746B27-FA06-47EE-8D51-291E2FFB7F46 --- CAIR Congratulates McKinney on Primary Win http://www.anti-cair-net.org/press_027_04 --- CAIR-PAC Urges Support for Cynthia McKinney http://www.pakistanlink.com/Community/2002/July/26/05.html --- Rep.Cynthia McKinney's relationship to CAIR http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/343 --- Former IAP President Indicted For Naturalization Fraud - contributor to Cynthia McKinney campaign http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/593 --- "Some three-quarters of McKinney's contributions came from people with Muslim or Arab names, most from outside Georgia" http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/baroneweb/mb_020829.htm --- Who is Cynthia McKinney? http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49528 http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1508 http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=879CD9B5-8FF1-4AAC-B2CC-C73A044FEBFE http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2002-06/04/article13.shtml (Gaza/U.S.) White House: Bush calls Abbas, discusses Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456535555&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (UK) Palestinians to vent their fury in London all week http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23609382-details/Palestinians+to+vent+their+fury+in+London+all+week/article.do -- 5,000 demonstrators and riots in Londonistan over Gaza http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024141.php -- Telegraph: "People around the world take part in demonstrations protesting against the Israeli strikes in Gaza" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/4014460/People-around-the-world-take-part-in-demonstrations-protesting-against-the-Israeli-strikes-in-Gaza.html Iranian students break into UK Embassy residence to protest Gaza strikes http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456536401&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/4032000/Iranian-students-raid-British-Embassy-residence-in-Gaza-protest.html (Lebanon) Hezbollah watches for now as Israel hits Hamas http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December681.xml§ion=middleeast (Egypt/U.S.) As Gaza Fighting Continues, Egyptian Clerics Intensify Antisemitic Statements; Columbus, Ohio Muslim Scholar/Leader Dr. Salah Sultan: Muhammad Said That Judgment Day Will Not Come Until Muslims Fight the Jews and Kill Them; America Will Suffer Destruction http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD216508 Egypt's police detain 23 Islamists supporting Hamas -- Muslim Brotherhood http://africa.reuters.com/country/EG/news/usnLU316700.html (Indonesia) "Jihad is the only solution for Palestine" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/4014460/People-around-the-world-take-part-in-demonstrations-protesting-against-the-Israeli-strikes-in-Gaza.html?image=7 -- Hizb ut-Tahrir: "save Palestine with khilafah" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/4014460/People-around-the-world-take-part-in-demonstrations-protesting-against-the-Israeli-strikes-in-Gaza.html?image=10 -- Comment: So-called "moderate" Indonesia (Vatican) World must intervene in Gaza, Christian leaders say http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1946.xml§ion=international UAE Columnist: Hamas's Claim to Palestine Must Be Questioned http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD216608 (Pakistan) Has Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) / Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) morphed into new outfit? --- new group "Tehrik-e-Hurmay-e-Rasool" to circumvent U.N. ban? --- conference held by "Tehrik-e-Hurmay-e-Rasool (Movement for defending the honour of the Prophet)" --- "joint declaration decided to launch a 'National Hatred Against India Movement' was adopted. It urged the Pakistan government to release JuD supermo Hafiz Saeed and reopen the organisation's offices" http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/31/stories/2008123155061000.htm (Pakistan) "Defiant Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) to continue charity work despite ban" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Defiant_JuD_to_continue_charity_work_despite_ban/articleshow/3914721.cms Pakistani Islamist admits Mumbai link --- "Zarar Shah, a top commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), told investigators that he was in contact with the gunmen involved in the attacks, according to senior Pakistani sources" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5420865.ece --- November 28, 2008: Evan Kohlmann talks to terror group's Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)'s so-called "political wing" - Jamat-ud-Dawa (JUD) -- "we have nothing to do with it" http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/11/jamatuddawa_let_political_wing.php (Pakistan) Rocket hits ISAF oil tankers http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/30/top18.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban positions attacked in Bajaur Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\31\story_31-12-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) 725 killed in 63 terrorist attacks - in 2008 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\31\story_31-12-2008_pg7_27 --- Comment: But Pakistan government remain delusional that India is its threat (Pakistan) SIM used by Kasab was issued from Austria, says Pakistan Interior Secretary Kamal Shah http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\31\story_31-12-2008_pg7_12 (Pakistan/U.S.) John McCain: 'India is on verge of attacking Pakistan' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\31\story_31-12-2008_pg7_14 http://prescottdailycourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=63031 (India J&K) 2007 CRPF camp attacker supported Kasab -- Imran Shehzad http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/2007_CRPF_camp_attacker_supported_Kasab/articleshow/3915230.cms (Afghanistan/UK) "Britain's refusal to reinforce Afghanistan will enrage America" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/4031162/Britains-refusal-to-reinforce-Afghanistan-will-enrage-America.html (Afghanistan) U.S. plans to expand its Afghan lifelines http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/30/asia/military.php -- US eyes alternative supply lines http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\31\story_31-12-2008_pg1_2 (Iraq) U.S. deaths in Iraq down 66 percent from last year http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/30/iraq.main/index.html (U.S.) Second NY man pleads guilty to airing Hezbollah TV -- Saleh Elahwal http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4BT57520081230?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews (U.S.) Judge reviewing Guantanamo Bay detainees OKs detention of 2 -- Moath Hamza Amhed Al Alwi, of Tunisia, and Hisham Sliti, of Yemen http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GUANTANAMO_DETAINEES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-12-30-17-57-28 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/30/america/NA-US-Guantanamo-Detainees.php Somali market attacked amid political crisis http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/30/africa/AF-Somalia.php (Uganda) Aid group: 400 dead in eastern Congo massacres http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/30/africa/AF-Uganda-Rebels.php Other News: (Israel) Extremist Hackers Declare Cyber Propaganda War in Gaza Conflict --- "This past weekend more than 300 Israeli Web sites were defaced in a period of 48 hours" http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/547773/?sc=rsln (U.S.) "Activists urge Obama to rethink role in Mideast" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28436778/ (Turkey) Italian priest's attacker sentenced in Turkey http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081229/wl_nm/us_turkey_priest_1 Azerbaijan won't renew three licenses http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/30/Azerbaijan_wont_renew_three_licenses/UPI-38961230669058/ (Iran) US concerned by detention of academic in Iran http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/30/us-concerned-by-detention-of-academic-in-iran/ (Egypt) Report: "Greeting Christians 'is okay'" - Muslim Brotherhood's Egyptian cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=263870&version=1&template_id=36&parent_id=16 --- December 30, 2008 AM: UK: 'Jesus was a Muslim' --- "On its website, Islam For The UK calls for Islamic Shari'ah law to be implemented in Britain, and condemns those Muslims who take part in Christmas celebrations" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/uk-jesus-was-muslim.html http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=377068 Propaganda: AEI Magazine Article Legitimizes Islamic Supremacist Muslim Brotherhood -- Alleged "conservative" American Enterprise Institute (AEI)'s Online Magazine "The American" Publishes Article Legitimizing Islamic Supremacist Muslim Brotherhood --- "God, Man, and the Ballot Box" - by Reuel Marc Gerecht http://www.american.com/archive/2008/november-december-magazine/god-man-and-the-ballot-box ---- "There is probably no more pressing issue among Middle Eastern Muslims than the increasingly vibrant marriage of Islamism and democracy." ---- "Slowly but surely the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood has become the most popular political and cultural force in Egypt" ---- "The democratic idea is triumphing among devout Muslims for two reasons: democracy is the only alternative to dictatorship, and it is considered a vehicle for protecting 'Islamic values.'" ---- Reuel Marc Gerecht is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.19/scholar.asp December 30, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) "At least 30 rockets fired toward Israel since late morning hours" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647353,00.html -- Kassam rocket fired by Gaza terrorists hits Kiryat Malachi, Rahat ---- "Sderot man lightly injured, house damaged in earlier attacks as 17 rockets pound western Negev; 100 aid trucks allowed into Gaza Strip" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456524549&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051235.html -- 3 Kassams hit Sderot http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456528024&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Color Red Sounded in Sderot http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158340 (Israel) Operation Cast Lead – Update No. 2 http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e021.htm -- Operation Cast Lead – Update No. 1 http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/hamas_e020.htm (Israel) Ashkenazi: 'Difficult times' await us http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456525700&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) December 28, 2008: Baby Girl 'Moderately' Hurt in Arab Stoning Attack http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129063 (Israel) "In Bethlehem, the mayor shut off the decorative lights and the Christmas tree decorating the city 'to protest against the massacres committed in Gaza,' Mayor Victor Batarseh told Agence France Presse (AFP)" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129120 (Israel) Drama on High Seas: Navy Stops Pro-Arab Boat http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129112 (Gaza) Militants attack, Egypt refuses to open border http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/30/militants-attack-egypt-refuses-open-border/ (Gaza) Israel rejects truce, presses on with Gaza strikes http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081230/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel -- Israel Considers Offering Hamas a Cease-Fire http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473868,00.html -- Israeli leaders to discuss suspending Gaza op for 48 hours http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456534195&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Israel to widen offensive as Hamas fires more rockets http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4029838/Israel-to-widen-offensive-as-Hamas-fires-more-rockets.html -- Israel wants end to 'terrorism,' not Gaza truce: Peres http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December677.xml§ion=middleeast&col= -- IDF Denies Ceasefire Reports http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129128 (Gaza) Israeli Airstrikes target Gaza City, Khan Yunis -- "Over 360 Palestinians reported killed since op began; defense officials: Hamas severely weakened" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456524298&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456529338&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Israel to widen offensive as Hamas fires more rockets http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4029838/Israel-to-widen-offensive-as-Hamas-fires-more-rockets.html -- Israel embarks on fourth day of Gaza attacks http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4019017/Israel-embarks-on-fourth-day-of-Gaza-attacks.html -- Israel warns attack on Gaza has just begun http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5418172.ece -- Israel warns attacks could last for "weeks" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2865464745 (Gaza/U.S.) Israel Targets Terror Labs Funded by U.S. Islamic Group -- by Patrick Poole -- Hamas-run Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) "science and technology lab was financed and constructed with the assistance of the Dublin, Ohio-based Arab Student Aid International (ASAI)" http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/israel-targets-terror-labs-funded-by-us-islamic-group/ (Gaza/Syria/U.S.) Senator Arlen Specter meets with Syria's Assad where Assad decries "Gaza massacre" http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647330,00.html (Gaza) 10,048 - "the number of Palestinian rockets and mortar shells fired into Israel from Gaza since 2001" --- IHT: "For Hamas, logic led to cease-fire's end" http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/30/africa/30hamas.php Israel calls Gazans to warn them to flee for their safety http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024139.php http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24855309-2,00.html MEMRI: Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al's Declaration Ending The "Tahdiah" (December 14, 2008) http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD216308 Hamas Explains Use of Civilians as Human Shields --- "a Hamas representative in the PA legislative council this year expressed pride in the fact that women and children are used as human shields in fighting Israel" http://newsblaze.com/story/20081229092838zzzz.nb/topstory.html Hamas enacts Islamic (Sharia) laws: Hand amputation, crucifixion, lashes and execution http://blog.americancongressfortruth.com/2008/12/29/hamas-enacts-islamic-sharia-laws-hand-amputation-crucifixion-lashes-and-execution/ http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/12/24/62699.html Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood calls for Jihad http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/12/29/63072.html Iran sets up court to try Israelis over Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3647493,00.html (U.S.) Chicago synagogue firebombed; police probe possible link to Gaza violence http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051231.html --- Chicago: Arson reported at North Side synagogue http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/1352998,w-arson-synagogue-fire-molotov-122908.article --- Molotov cocktail thrown at Chicago shul http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456524384&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull EU leaders meet to discuss Gaza violence http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5419370.ece --- China offers $1M in emergency aid to Palestinians http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/30/asia/AS-China-Palestinians.php (UK) Tony Blair to visit Middle East in attempt to broker peace http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4028387/Tony-Blair-to-visit-Middle-East-in-attempt-to-broker-peace.html --- December 23, 2008: "'I regularly read the Koran, practically every day,' Blair told the interviewer. He said the Prophet Mohammed had been 'an enormously civilizing force.'" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/247584,blair-says-faith-is-vital-to-understand-middle-east.html (UK) Man flies to Pakistan using sister's passport -- Kasim Raja from Birmingham Airport http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5410319.ece http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=154472 http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg1_9 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban seek govt apology over 'civilian' killings in drone hits --- Taliban Maulvi Nazir's statement: "He said if Pakistan 'does not render an apology' over its anti-Taliban policy, 'we will regard Pakistan as an enemy alongside India and the US.'" --- Taliban's Nazir "called the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza as 'attack on Waziristan' adding that with 'the US defeat, Israel will also vanish from the world map.'" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg7_14 (Pakistan) FATA: Pak launches fresh crackdown on militants near Afghan border http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_launches_fresh_crackdown_on_militants_near_Afghan_border/articleshow/3914053.cms?TOI_latestnews Pakistan military blocks NATO forces' supply route http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/30/Pakistan_blocks_NATO_forces_supply_route/UPI-50651230642216/ (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban makes deep inroads into Swat valley http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_makes_deep_inroads_into_Swat_valley/rssarticleshow/3915004.cms ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat militants blow up abandoned security post http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19273 (Pakistan) NWFP: 2 more supporters of Pir Samiullah killed in Swat -- by Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg7_26 (Pakistan) Armed forces ready to defend country: Chairman Joint Chief of Staff Committee (CJCSC) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg1_3 --- Comment: not from Islamic supremacist terrorists, but from India (Pakistan) Report: "OIC concerned over Pak airspace violation by India" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg1_2 Pakistan entitled to defend itself, Chinese envoy told http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg1_1 -- India rebuffs China's bid to play peace 'broker' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_rebuffs_Chinas_bid_to_play_peace_broker/articleshow/3915094.cms (Pakistan) 'Half of Pakistanis believe US missile strikes ineffective' -- views U.S. military presence in Afghanistan or Asia as threat to Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg7_6 --- See also Pakistan poll information: http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/Pakistan_Polls.html --- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia (Pakistan) Zardari calls for marginalizing extremists http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg7_2 (Pakistan) Zardari not becoming Pakistan's PM: Presidency http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Zardari_not_to_become_PM_says_Pakistan/articleshow/3913085.cms?TOI_latestnews -- Zardari, Gilani relations sour: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Zardari_Gilani_relations_sour_Report/articleshow/3914312.cms -- All is not well between country's two top offices http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19266 (Pakistan) No agreement with Taliban for safe movement of troops: Gilani http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg7_8 Pakistan's National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani has not ruled out Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab being Pakistani http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kasab_could_be_a_Pakistani_Pak_NSA_/articleshow/3915318.cms Pakistan: India moves troops toward shared border http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/30/asia/AS-Pakistan-India.php --- India: No build-up of troops on border, says Indian Army http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/No_build-up_of_troops_on_border_says_Indian_Army/articleshow/3912917.cms (India) Pakistan should dismantle terror camps: India External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_should_dismantle_terror_camps_Pranab/articleshow/3913359.cms --- 'India not setting timeframe for Pakistan to act' -- Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg7_40 ---- December 3, 2008 - 4100 terror attacks in India from 1970-2004 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/4100_terror_attacks_in_India_from_1970-2004/articleshow/3788135.cms (India) Term 'Islamic terrorism' wrong : Pranab http://www.ptinews.com/pti%5Cptisite.nsf/0/6CE48F8D4218C27F6525752E0056C1FB?OpenDocument (India J&K) Pakistan must learn lesson from J&K polls: Pranab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pakistan_must_learn_lesson_from_JK_polls_Pranab/articleshow/3913296.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Two-member panel to probe Mumbai attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Two-member_panel_to_probe_Mumbai_attacks/articleshow/3914324.cms (Afghanistan) US diplomat says Afghan road bombings up in 2008 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/30/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Iraq) Eight militants held in Iraq: police - linked to Ansar al-Islam terrorist group http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§ion=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December667.xml Somalia: 15 People Killed in Mogadishu Clashes http://allafrica.com/stories/200812300062.html -- Official: Ethiopia will leave Somalia this month http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/30/official-ethiopia-will-leave-somalia-this-month/ (Somalia) 40 die, 50 hurt in Somalia faction clashes http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/30/40_die_50_hurt_in_Somalia_faction_clashes/UPI-36511230642664/ Somali Pirate Money Makes its Way to Al Qaeda http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=1014&pageid=17&pagename=News (Russia) Prosecutor's aide injured in attack in Russia's North Caucasus http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081229/119206249.html Belgium: Possible Belliraj hit list found --- Belgian-Moroccan Abdelkader Belliraj is suspected of being the leader of a terrorist network http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/belgium-possible-belliraj-hit-list.html http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/960/Buitenland/article/detail/580322/2008/12/30/Belliraj-wou-ook-filosoof-Bernard-Henri-Levy-vermoorden.dhtml (Belgium) Jailed Al-Qaeda Sympathizer On Hunger Strike In Belgium --- Tunisian al-Qaida sympathizer Nizar Trabelsi http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081230/ACQDJON200812300948DOWJONESDJONLINE000214.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Jailed%20Al-Qaeda%20Sympathizer%20On%20Hunger%20Strike%20In%20Belgium (Philippines) Armed Forces of Philippines offensive forces suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen to free captive 4-year-old girl http://www.gmanews.tv/story/141744/AFP-offensive-forces-gunmen-to-free-captive-4-year-old-girl http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081230/tap-as-philippines-kidnapping-fe2a5de.html (Philippines) MILF rebuffs Arroyo's New-Year greeting http://www.gmanews.tv/story/141664/MILF-rebuffs-Arroyos-New-Year-greeting (Thailand) Secondary bomb injure seven in deep South - in Yala http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30092213/Secondary-bomb-injure-seven-in-deep-South Other News: (U.S.) Muslim coalition requests more inclusion in new administration -- CNN reports on CAIR's Nihad Awad statements regarding Israel http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/29/muslim-coalition-requests-more-inclusion-in-new-administration/ --- CAIR's Awad: In support of the Hamas Movement http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/223 http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/627 (U.S.) WND: "Are Americans safe from U.S. mosques?" --- "Middle East experts measure threat level of Shariah law" http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84639 --- Mapping Shariah in America: Knowing the Enemy http://www.mappingsharia.us/Mapping-Sharia-Project-category-61.htm (U.S.) Indianapolis Star Praises ISNA's Muneer Fareed http://www.indystar.com/article/20081230/LOCAL18/812300343/1001/NEWS --- Comment: Notably the Indianapolis Star fails to mention ISNA's role as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) terror finance trial, and documented links of ISNA to the Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood; see list of co-conspirators, page 8, item VII.3 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf --- Comment: The Indianapolis Star also ignores ISNA's history of promoting speakers with a history of supporting Hamas and other Jihad groups, as well as calling for an Islamic supremacism at ISNA conventions http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/094.html --- Speakers at ISNA's 2008 Convention http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/094.html#ISNA_2008 --- July 30, 2008: ISNA and MPAC Seek to Silence Steven Emerson at Congressional Hearing http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/094.html --- April 21, 2008: Muslim groups whine about McCain referring to "Islamic terrorists" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020747.php (U.S.) Napolitano backs security tech http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/surveillance/2008-12-29-hitechgov_N.htm?csp=34 (Gambia) One year's hard labor for British missionaries in Gambia - David and Fiona Fulton --- "the couple were working as Christian missionaries in the mainly Muslim country" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5418721.ece --- "Couple working as Christian missionaries sentenced to a year's hard labour for sending emails that were critical of the Muslim state" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/4030112/British-missionaries-in-Gambia-jailed-for-one-year-with-hard-labour-for-sedition.html --- convicted of "crime" of writing emails to Britons critical of Gambia --- David Fulton previously arrested for Christian missionary work in Muslim Gambian prisons http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5395194.ece Iran confirms detaining Iranian-Canadian blogger -- alleged to criticize Shiite leaders http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidANA20081230T115523ZDAL61/Iran%20confirms%20detaining%20Iranian-Canadian%20blogger Saudi minister warns against racism http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg7_13 --- Comment: Saudi government has no trouble with Islamic supremacism, however (Pakistan) Violence against women in Balochistan increased in 2008 --- "At least 115 women were murdered in cases of honor killing" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg7_35 (Pakistan) Senate body slams slow progress in honor killing probe -- women reportedly buried alive http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg7_20 "Pakistan – a wonderful destination for adventure tourism" --- "Rivers Chitral, Indus, Gilgit, Swat, Hunza, Kunar and the Neelum offer exciting opportunities for water sports." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\30\story_30-12-2008_pg7_33 --- Comment: incredibly, this is NOT a satire UK: 'Jesus was a Muslim' --- "On its website, Islam For The UK calls for Islamic Shari'ah law to be implemented in Britain, and condemns those Muslims who take part in Christmas celebrations" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/uk-jesus-was-muslim.html --- (UK) Extremists Target Church ---- "Islamic extremists have been condemned after plastering Burton streets with stickers bearing the slogan 'Jesus was a Muslim' - one day before Christmas." ---- "The stickers - believed to originate from fundamentalist Muslim group Islam For The UK, as they included the group's website address" http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-news/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=377068 (UK) London: Muslim groups clash in bid to take over empty council offices http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED29%20Dec%202008%2019%3A05%3A12%3A190 Australia: Member of Parliament Nile says new NSW beach laws enacted to prevent "raising the ire of Muslim men" http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/niles-bid-to-protect-sydneys-muslims--a-hrefhttpwwwsmhcomaupollsnationalformhtmlbpollba/2008/12/30/1230399185957.html Commentaries: Hamas Culture -- by Diana West http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/671/Hamas-Culture.aspx Hamas is hoping for an IDF ground operation in Gaza -- by Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1051024.html Israel's Response Is Disproportionate - by Jonathan Mark -- "it has only lasted four days and I would like to see a proportionate response that terrifies Hamas for seven years" http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jonathan/mark_disproportionate.php3 Don't Get Too Excited About the Phony Baloney, Temporary Israeli "War" vs. HAMAS - by Debbie Schlussel http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/12/dont_get_too_ex.html Muslim anti-Semitism inflicts centuries of hatred - by Allon Friendman http://www.indystar.com/article/20081230/OPINION01/812300317/1002/OPINION Keep the Muslims Out? by Art Hall http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/38241-keep-muslims-out --- CAIR FIERCELY OUT TO KILL FREEDOM OF SPEECH: TARGET ART HALL, PUBLISHER http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/12/cair-fiercely-o.html http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-23-2008/0004946586&EDATE= Islamic "Human Rights" at the UN - by Ed Brayton http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2008/12/islamic_human_rights_at_the_un.php Carl Levin's Support Of Muslims Explained http://thebulletin.us/articles/2008/12/29/commentary/letters/doc49592de70cdb5390553479.txt December 11, 2008: Hugging Shari'a Finance at the Fed -- by Alyssa A. Lappen http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1EBFAAF7-CFB8-4B05-8966-B8DDF998A748 Propaganda: ZNet: "Palestine doesn't get to have a 9/11" - by Justin Podur -- ZSpace - "the spirit of resistance lives" http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/20083 Against Nazi News: (Germany) Neo-Nazi Violence: German Mayor in Hiding after Far-Right Threat -- Hans-Peter Gossel, the mayor of Warin http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,598845,00.html YouTube condemned for showing video clips glorifying Nazi troops and Hitler -- "The entries have a string of 'Sieg Heil' comments and praise for the fighting prowess of the Waffen SS, recruited for their unswerving loyalty to Nazism." -- "Another video posted on the site shows a picture of Hitler with the words 'Hitler was Right'" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1103082/YouTube-condemned-showing-video-clips-glorifying-Nazi-troops-Hitler.html December 29, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP: "Taliban militants are beheading and burning their way through Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_valley_of_fear http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6543433 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/29/asia/AS-Pakistan-Valley-of-Fear.php http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473869,00.html ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) Zardari to be PM, father to replace him? http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=263653&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Zardari_to_be_PM_appoint_father_prez/articleshow/3910783.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Court should provide a lawyer to Kasab: CJI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Court_should_provide_a_lawyer_to_Kasab_CJI/articleshow/3909996.cms (Israel) Attacks from the Gaza Strip reach as far as Yavne, Ofakim --- "Over 80 rockets and mortars fell throughout the Western Negev, killing three people" --- "Woman dies as rocket hits Ashdod, another killed in mortar shell barrage on Nahal Oz area; one moderately wounded in attack on Ofakim" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456508070&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Attacks Continue, Rockets Reach Ofakim http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129108 --- Psalms 130 Said 16,000 Times for Rocket Victims http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129093 Israeli Air Force strikes Hamas rocket chief's home -- "14 reported killed in air-strikes Monday evening; IAF aircraft destroys truck carrying Grad rockets" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456510959&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Israel vows to sweep Hamas from power http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5415759.ece AKI Interviews former Muslim Brotherhood spokesman El-Helbawy as "British terrorism expert" --- AKI: "Middle East: Israeli attacks may lead to new terror networks, says expert" --- refers to "Kamal El-Helbawy".... as "director of The Centre for the Study of Terrorism" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2862926182 ----- October 17, 2008: British Islamist Kamal Al-Hilbawi and Liberal Nabil Yassin Debate: Are Israeli Children Legitimate Military Targets? http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD212908 ---- Reports on Kamal Al-Hilbawi (aka Helbawy) and Growing Challenge of Counterterrorism Think Tanks' Infiltration http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/18928 ---- See Also: ----- Muslim Brotherhood's Egyptian cleric Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi: "In the name of all the Ulema, I condemn this barbaric act that is taking place in Gaza, which is comparable to a genocide" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2861741357 Hamas: We'll confront ground invasion -- "'We're going to defend ourselves, defend our people and defend our land,' says top official Abu Marzouk" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456520970&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas calls 'reservists' to foil attack -- "1,000 militamen poised to join fight against Israeli ground op; Hamas: Military wing relatively unscathed" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456522885&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel's UN ambassador: Israel seeks to 'destroy' Hamas -- Gabriela Shalev describes Hamas as a "terrorist gang" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456521276&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull U.S. calls for Hamas to stop firing rockets into Israeli towns if it wants Israel to stop its air offensive into Gaza http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/29/administration-continues-watch-situation-israel-gaa/ http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456519344&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- White House blames Hamas for new Mideast violence http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_mideast (West Bank) Israeli lightly hurt in W. Bank stabbing http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456507048&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Hezbollah: Defending Gaza means offering blood of martyrs http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050980.html Egypt: Hizbullah declared war on us http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456503819&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull UN's Ban condemns Israel's 'excessive use of force' in Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3646810,00.html ---- World must do more for Gaza - UN http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24855338-23109,00.html Muslims urged to attack Israel after Gaza raids --- Muslim Brotherhood's Egyptian cleric Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi: "In the name of all the Ulema, I condemn this barbaric act that is taking place in Gaza, which is comparable to a genocide" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2861741357 --- Muslim nations condemn Israel offensive http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuId=2&ContentID=115290 --- CNN: "World rallies around Palestinians amid Gaza offensive" http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/29/world.protests.gaza/index.html (U.S.) NYC: Manhattan: Expressing Annihilationist Jew Hatred, "On The Avenue, Fifth Avenue" http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2008/12/29/expressing-annihilationist-jew-hatred-%E2%80%9Con-the-avenue-fifth-avenue%E2%80%9D/ (U.S.) Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) seeks to change U.S. policy on Israel --- CAIR's executive director Nihad Awad "told RTTNews in an interview that he hopes the Obama administration will end the 'blank check' of understanding the Bush Administration has issued to Israel" http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081229/ACQRTT200812291836RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0683.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.nasd --- CAIR's Awad: In support of the Hamas Movement http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/223 http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/627 --- IPT Reports on CAIR http://www.investigativeproject.org/profile/172 --- Additional Background on CAIR http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/110.html#CAIR (Switzerland) Geneva: "Demonstrators scream: Israel killer, Israel terrorist, Israel criminal" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1963717&Language=en Norway: Oslo: Anti-Israel protest turns violent http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/oslo-anti-israel-protest-turns-violent.html http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/oslo/article2842605.ece http://atvs.vg.no/?id=20489 http://www.tv2nyhetene.no/innenriks/article2488106.ece Denmark: 'The Jews are Allah's enemies' http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/denmark-allah-hates-jews.html http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2008/12/28/170825.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5z6u87vsaU&eurl=http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/ (UK) Police on alert after riot at Israel's London embassy http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23609040-details/Police+on+alert+after+riot+at+Israel%27s+London+embassy/article.do (UK) Met adviser wanted over terror links runs 'unclean' noodle bar - Mohamed Ali Harrath http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23608678-details/Met+adviser+wanted+over+terror+links+runs+%27unclean%27+noodle+bar/article.do http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=263593&version=1&template_id=38&parent_id=20 --- December 15, 2008: Terrorism adviser to Met is on wanted list http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5342730.ece --- London Times reported that "Mohamed Ali Harrath has been the subject of the Interpol red notice since 1992" Nigeria: Group Expresses Concern Over Arrest Of Muslim Missionaries -- "suspected terrorists from the dreaded Al-Qaeda group" http://allafrica.com/stories/200812290773.html (Cambodia) Christian Science Monitor: "Why Al Qaeda isn't gaining a foothold in Cambodia" http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1230/p04s01-wogn.html (Nepal) Five injured in southern Nepal blast http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Five_injured_in_southern_Nepal_blast/articleshow/3910239.cms Other News: (U.S.) Virginia: Muslim group sues over zoning refusal http://www.nbc12.com/Global/story.asp?S=9586465 (U.S.) Atlanta: Muslim-Scarf Arrest Prompts Court-Worker Training http://www.13wmaz.com/article/20081224/NEWS02/81224021/1001/NEWS (Africa/U.S.) "Muslims bring child slaves to the U.S." http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/024124.php --- Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to US ----- "We don't know why we do it, but we will never stop because Islam and our elders require it." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081228/ap_on_re_af/the_slave_next_door ---- United Nations Population Fund: "more than a dozen countries where the practice is widespread" ---- "an estimated 120 to 140 million women have been subjected to the practice and 3 million girls continue to be at risk each year." http://www.unfpa.org/news/news.cfm?ID=927 Nigeria: Muslim Groups Want Islamic Calendar Recognized http://allafrica.com/stories/200812290467.html (Iraq) Female genital mutilation in Iraqi Kurdistan: "we will never stop because Islam and our elders require it" http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/024127.php http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/28/AR2008122802005.html France Overrules Muslim Couple's Annulment http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/25/AR2008122500817.html?wprss=rss_world/africa (India J&K) Election setback for militants http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5415546.ece (Philippines) Panel approves bill declaring mosque a national shrine http://archive.gulfnews.com/world/Philippines/10270940.html (Russia) The sinister resurrection of Stalin http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/4015983/The-sinister-resurrection-of-Stalin.html Commentaries: (Israel) An Endless Legacy of Jew-Annihilationist "Leadership"? - by Andrew Bostom http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2008/12/29/an-endless-legacy-of-jew-annihilationist-%E2%80%9Cleadership%E2%80%9D/ --- Analysis: A viable successor to Hamas is hard to find http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456505086&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Our World: Patriots and anti-patriots - by Caroline Glick --- "Olmert made clear in his speech on Saturday evening, the goal of the current campaign is simply to 'change the situation' in the South. The question is what 'change' they have in mind." --- "The question is what "change" they have in mind. For her part, Livni has called for installing the Fatah terror group in Gaza instead of Hamas" --- Barack "didn't adhere to that principle [of no negotiations] six months ago when he convinced Livni and Olmert to accept a cease-fire that enabled Hamas to build its army and its missile arsenal without fear of IDF attack. And Barak did not adhere to this principle when as late as last Tuesday he was calling for a renewal of the failed, one-sided cease-fire." --- "Like Hizbullah, Hamas - which enjoys Iranian and Syrian state sponsorship and authentic popularity throughout the Islamic world - does not have to defeat Israel to be perceived as the victor. It merely needs to survive. That is the great difference between jihadist organizations and Western democracies." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456521586&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Political Masochism -- by James Richardson http://skepticians.com/?p=501 --- Related report http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3999735/Republican-party-candidate-distributes-controversial-Barack-Obama-song.html --- Comment: those fighting supremacist ideologies must have zero tolerance for those espousing "racial humor" Propaganda: If Terrorism Is a Cancer, Treat It Like One -- by Deepak Chopra --- Chopra: "The fact that inflamed feelings against America have goaded passive Muslims into active terrorism is more than a convenient metaphor" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/if-terrorism-is-a-cancer_b_154010.html http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/12/29/chopra122908.DTL&hw=deepak+chopra&sn=001&sc=1000 ---- Comment: But the challenge remains that the enemy is not "terrorism" or "terrorist tactics" alone. Rather the challenge is the Islamic supremacist ideology that inspires such tactics. Therefore Deepak Chopra wants to treat the "cancer" of terrorism, but has made the wrong diagnosis in the first place - this is what happens when the ideology of Islamic supremacism is not identified as the true threat. ----- See Also December 2, 2008: Mumbai Attacks: Deepak Chopra on CNN ----- Deepak Chopra: "if we do not appease and actually recruit the help of this Muslim world, we're going to have a problem on our hands." http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/king.chopra.mumbai/index.html?section=cnn_latest December 29, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iran hardliners register volunteers to fight Israel --- Combatant Clergy Society creates web site to gather Jihadists http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081229/ts_nm/us_iran_israel_volunteer http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158253 "Lebanon's Hezbollah Chief Urges New Palestinian Uprising" -- Hassan Nasrallah: "I join the calls of those Palestinian leaders who have urged a third intifada" http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081229/ACQDJON200812291024DOWJONESDJONLINE000232.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na Palestinian factions continue firing missiles at Israel -- "Ezzidin Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, claimed responsibility for firing three Russian-made Grad missiles at Magdel, southern Israel" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1963586&Language=en (Israel) One killed, at least 14 wounded as Grad hits Ashkelon http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456508070&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1963569&Language=en --- Rocket Explodes in Negev --- "Since Monday morning, at least 38 Kassam rockets exploded in the western Negev" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158252 (Israel) Rocket Explosion in Sderot http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158251 Israel Air Force hits Hamas ammo stocks, tunnels http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456510959&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Israeli foreign minister defends military strikes http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_go_ot/israel_palestinians_livni -- Israel reminds its foes it has teeth http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/29/africa/29assess.php Israeli Defense Force doubts Arab reports Schalit is hurt http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456506997&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Defense minister: This is an all out war -- "Barak says IDF will expand Gaza op to change situation in South: 'We'll go on until goals reached.'" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456512919&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Israel At 'War to the Bitter End,' Strikes Key Hamas Sites http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473448,00.html Israel faces threat of Gaza conflict spreading to northern frontier with Lebanon http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4013913/Israel-faces-threat-of-Gaza-conflict-spreading-to-northern-frontier-with-Lebanon.html (Gaza) Senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander killed in Israeli strike on Gaza -- Ziad Abu-Tir http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050912.html (Gaza) CNN interviews UNRWA's Karen AbuZayd http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/29/gaza.humanitarian/index.html --- Two weeks ago, Karen AbuZayd blamed "radicalism and extremism" on Gaza's "isolation" http://www.paltoday.com/english/news.php?id=33302 Report: "Egypt Refuses Gaza Residents to be Treated" --- "In spite of Egypt’s refusal to provide treatment to Arab patients from Gaza, Israel is not turning them away. Dozens of Gaza Arabs are being treated in Ashkelon's Barzilai Hospital at the same time terrorists are bombarding the city. The medical facility, the largest on the southern coast, is in the line of rocket fire, and medical staff often have to stop caring for patients and run for cover during air raid warnings." http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/158250 (Egypt) December 28: Ban Ki-Moon, call your office: Egyptians open fire on Palestinians http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024119.php --- December 28: Egyptians open fire on Palestinians http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5grmpk18UVAYzqu4fu2F0eNh8QIgA Egypt allows aid to enter Gaza border crossing http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456515065&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Afghanistan) Suicide attack kills two, injures 17 in Afghanistan - in Kabul - on Monday http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1963570&Language=en http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/29/Suicide_car_bomb_attack_kills_two/UPI-35591230547899/ (Pakistan) We must avoid conflict with India: Pakistan army chief http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/We_must_avoid_conflict_with_India_Pak_army/articleshow/3908567.cms --- 'Time of war' with India has passed, believes Pak: Report ----- "'The time of war has gone and even India cannot dare mount surgical strikes primarily because of the uncertain response,' an unnamed top official told The News daily" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Time_of_war_with_India_has_passed_believes_Pak_Report/articleshow/3908138.cms --- DGMOs contact helps tone down war hysteria http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19247 (Pakistan) Taliban strike back at defiant Pakistani village -- follow-up on Sunday's bombing in Bunir/Shalbandi http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/6184816.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Nine clerics banned from entering NWFP - due to "spreading sectarian hatred" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\29\story_29-12-2008_pg7_17 (Pakistan/India) LeT is looking at India through the global lens http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/LeT_is_looking_at_India_through_the_global_lens/rssarticleshow/3902442.cms India reviews security system to plug loopholes in "coastal routes" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1963631&Language=en (Iraq) Major TV networks pull out of Iraq http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/29/Major_TV_networks_pull_out_of_Iraq/UPI-11741230557156/ Iran: Sunni Militants claim responsibility for suicide attack http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2861799191 (Syria/UK) Bahrain terror plot suspects trained in Syria: minister --- "learned bomb-making in Syria last summer from two Bahrainis living in Britain" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081227/wl_mideast_afp/bahrainsecurityarrestssyriabritain (UK) Al Qaeda may hit UK next: report http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/29/top14.htm http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/uk-the-next-likely-target-for-mega-al-qaeda-strike_100136031.html (UK) MP David Davies calls for arrest of all 'Al-Qaeda' residents -- "The 15 British residents on the list, which can be seen online at http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/consolidatedlist.htm, are all named as associates of terror group Al-Qaeda" http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/12/29/monmouth-mp-david-davies-calls-for-arrest-of-all-al-qaeda-residents-91466-22564208/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19075 (U.S.) Terror cases likely to pile up in courts --- "'The mainstream thinking is that al Qaeda is continuing to look for opportunities to attack the United States,' said Kenneth Katzman, a Middle East specialist for the Congressional Research Service, a research agency for Congress. 'Al Qaeda wanted to change the U.S. way of life before the United States was ever in Iraq and Afghanistan.'" http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/29/terror-cases-likely-to-pile-up-in-courts/ (Somalia) Islamists seize Somali towns -- "Most of the south and centre of Somalia except Mogadishu and Baidoa is controlled by various Islamist factions" http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_Africa&set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=nw20081229090506234C963745 -- Somalia's Islamist Shebab Retake Central Towns http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081229/ACQDJON200812290853DOWJONESDJONLINE000194.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Somalia%27s%20Islamist%20Shebab%20Retake%20Central%20Towns (Somalia) Five Killed In Central Somalia Fighting - Witnesses -- in Guriel --- Jihadists fighting among selves in Somalia --- "Ahlu Sunna Wal-jama'ah called Sunday for a jihad (holy war) against the Shebab and other Islamists" http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081229/ACQDJON200812290728DOWJONESDJONLINE000169.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Five%20Killed%20In%20Central%20Somalia%20Fighting%20-%20Witnesses Somalia faces new Islamist insurgency http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Somalia+faces+Islamist+insurgency/1110060/story.html Somalia's president quits after 4 years in office -- "saying he had lost control of the country to Islamic insurgents" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/29/africa/AF-Somalia.php http://allafrica.com/stories/200812290385.html Somalia: Legislators Flee From Baidoa http://allafrica.com/stories/200812280006.html (Somalia/U.S.) "Sen. John Kerry urges caution on 'hot pursuit' in Somalia" http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/general/view.bg?articleid=1141832&srvc=rss Nigeria arrests suspected militant commander http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/29/africa/AF-Nigeria-Oil-Unrest.php (Uganda) Deaths in Boxing Day machete massacre in Congo 'top 100' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5413229.ece (Thailand) 3 Thai soldiers, 1 civilian killed in south -- "all gunned down by suspected Muslim insurgents" -- two killed in Narathiwat, one in Yala http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/29/asia/AS-Thailand-Southern-Violence.php http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30092102/2-soldiers-killed-in-ambush-by-insurgents-in-Narathiwat China ties recent bomber to July bus blasts http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/29/asia/AS-China-Bus-Blasts.php (Philippines) Intelligence beefed up vs MILF renegades http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20081229-180498/Intelligence-beefed-up-vs-MILF-renegades (Philippines) Security tightened in S. Cotabato town - after grenade blast http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20081229-180495/Security-tightened-in-S-Cotabato-town North Korean brinkmanship likely http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/29/North_Korean_brinkmanship_likely/UPI-12111230547433/ (Sri Lanka) Fighting rages in northern Sri Lanka http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/29/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (India J&K) Pro-India parties win majority in Kashmir elections http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/indian.kashmir.vote/index.html --- J&K poll result leaves Pak media cold http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/JK_poll_result_leaves_Pak_media_cold/articleshow/3909864.cms Somalia: Islamic Bank Opened in Djibouti http://allafrica.com/stories/200812290109.html (U.S.) Indianapolis: Muslim cabbies appreciate foot bath http://www.indystar.com/article/20081229/LOCAL18/812290328/1001/NEWS (UK) Muslim teacher in carol concert tirade is made Ofsted inspector -- Israr Khan http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-407795/Muslim-teacher-carol-concert-tirade-Ofsted-inspector.html http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/uk-hardliner-muslim-chosen-as-schools.html (UK) Anjem Choudary says Jesus Christ would be arrested under UK terrorism laws --- Choudary previously called for Pope to be executed http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/63812/Muslim-nuts-brand-Jesus-a-terrorist-/ http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2008/12/27/muslim-extremists-claim-jesus-christ-would-have-been-locked-up-in-prison-66331-22559169/ (UK) British Foreign Secretary David Miliband voices 'grave concern' over Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/4014027/David-Miliband-voices-grave-concern-over-Israeli-attacks-on-Gaza-Strip.html (UK) Google Street View 'to be launched in Britain in spring' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/google/4013150/Google-Street-View-to-be-launched-in-Britain-in-spring.html --- December 19, 2008: How Google Earth helped Mumbai attackers http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/How_Google_Earth_helped_terrorists/articleshow/3862879.cms Denmark: 5000 converts http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/denmark-5000-converts.html Denmark: UN to decide legality of comparing Muslims to Nazis http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/denmark-un-to-decide-legality-of.html Ireland too grey for the burqa http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5404390.ece http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/ireland-burqa-bad-for-your-health.html Malaysia: 'Empower Islam to greater glory' http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/29/nation/20081229133728&sec=nation (Pakistan) 'Daughter of Islam' is new honor for Benazir Bhutto http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\29\story_29-12-2008_pg7_26 (Pakistan) PPP: 'ANP government responsible for violence in NWFP' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\29\story_29-12-2008_pg7_38 -- Comment: no acknowledgement of Islamic supremacism Commentaries: (Pakistan) Alice in nuclear Pakistan - by Arnaud de Borchgrave --- "On Urdu talk shows, Pakistan's Muslim fundamentalists explain Islamist extremists who launched 61 suicide bombers in 2008 against political parties and their rallies as reactions against their spineless anti-Americanism. Terrorist attacks on military installations are rationalized as understandable reactions against an army chief who is pro-American. The three English schools torched in Peshawar recently were described as 'nests of paganism.'" --- "A majority of Pakistanis believe the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were a CIA-Mossad plot to justify a crusade against Islam." http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/29/alice-in-nuclear-pakistan/ (Israel) Us or Them: The Chanukah War -- by Naomi Ragen http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8468 (Israel) The Region: Hamas's strategy: The rockets or the media - by Barry Rubin http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456503801&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull What You Need to Know About Shariah-Complaint Finance - by Andy Polk http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2131/pub_detail.asp The War on Terror Has Not Gone Away - by Thane Rosenbaum http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123051096073438417.html -- Comment: unfortunately the writer still doesn't grasp that the enemy has not yet been defined Against Nazi News: Army to honor soldiers enslaved by Nazis http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/23/slave.camp.honor/index.html French comedian gives award to Holocaust denier --- "A controversial French comedian [Dieudonne] has sparked outrage by giving a "heroism" award to a Holocaust denier [Robert Faurisson]" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/4001332/French-comedian-gives-award-to-Holocaust-denier.html (Germany) Extreme right crime soars by 30 percent in Germany --- "Right-wing extremism in Germany was highlighted this month when a police chief was stabbed by a suspected neo-Nazi in Passau" http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Extreme-right-crime-soars-by-30-percent-in-Germany-_48324.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/4015079/Germany-sees-rise-in-far-right-attacks.html December 28, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Israel) Over 20 rockets launched on S. Israel -- spokesman http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1963491&Language=en --- Kassam lands south of Ashkelon http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456499680&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- see also Friends and Enemies - by Diana West http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/670/Friends-and-Enemies.aspx --- Facebook Group Created Supporting Israel Defense Forces Action Against Gaza Terrorism http://www.israelnewsagency.com/gazaterrorismisraelfacebookhamaspalestineidfisraeldefenseforcessocialnetworkingattacksolmertwarislamicjihadleyden48281208.html http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=69810300128 Hamas threatens to harm Livni, Barak http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3645799,00.html (West Bank) London Times: "It's time for a third intifada, say West Bank youths" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5409321.ece 'Hamas chief of staff may be dead' --- top Hamas military commander Ahmed Ja'abri http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456505069&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Reports: IAF strikes General Intelligence HQ, Hamas leaders' homes in Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456504260&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull 'Hamas looking to change picture' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456494238&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israeli Defense Force predicts Hamas will renew rocket attacks within 24 hours -- "Early Monday, IAF aircraft bombed the Islamic University and government compound in Gaza City, centers of Hamas power" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230111723191&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israeli Defense Force: Tunnel bombing cripples Hamas http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3646154,00.html (Israel) Peres: 'Anyone Asking Israel to Stop Shooting, Change Address' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129062 Hamas won't let wounded leave Gaza http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024105.php http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7801881.stm Saudi cleric issues Fatwa urging attacks on Israelis -- Sheikh Awad al-Qarni http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=154391 -- Saudi cleric calls for targeting Israelis all over the world http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456504028&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Arab protesters demand response to Gaza ----- "Protesters burned Israeli and U.S. flags" http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4BR1J420081228?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=22&sp=true --- UN calls for end of violence in Gaza Strip http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/UN_calls_for_end_of_violence_in_Gaza_Strip/articleshow/3906814.cms?TOI_latestnews (Iran) Ahmadinejad speaks with Palestinian Islamic Jihad chief http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3645387,00.html (Lebanon) Hizbullah Vows to Open Second Front in Gaza Conflict http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129068 --- Hezbollah leader says his group is on alert in southern Lebanon http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456503188&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Hezbollah's Nasrallah: Egypt wrong in blaming Hamas http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1230456503819&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Hezbollah's Nasrallah Predicts Divine Victory for Hamas, Agitates Egyptians Against Their Government http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024112.php http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/getstory?openform&BD1DCFFA18988D86C225752D006C5EDA Iraqi forces arrest Al Qaeda prisoners http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,,12215_cid_3905616,00.html --- Al Qaeda-linked Terror thug who escaped Iraqi jail killed http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/12/27/2008-12-27_al_qaedalinked_terror_thug_who_escaped_i.html (Iraq) 2 bombs kill at least 5 in Iraq --- "Suicide bombers struck in Fallujah and Mosul, Iraq, Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding 27 more" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/28/2_bombs_kill_at_least_5_in_Iraq/UPI-19351230513309/ Afghan suicide blast kills 14 at primary school -- additional report on Khost bombing -- "A suicide bomber trying to attack a meeting of tribal elders blew himself up near an primary school in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 14 children and wounding 58 people, the American military" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/3999559/Afghan-suicide-blast-kills-14-at-primary-school.html ---- Video captures deaths of 14 Afghan students http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/29/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php ---- U.S. Military: 14 Students Killed in Bombing at Afghan School http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473426,00.html (Afghanistan) Bomb kills 2 Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/28/america/NA-Canada-Afghanistan-Soldiers-Killed.php Pakistan intelligence confirms Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) schools were preaching "Jihad" http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/pak-intelligence-confirms-jud-schools-were-preaching-jihad_100135501.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban Bomb kills 37 at Pakistan polling station - updated death toll http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/28/pakistan.bomb/ --- Swat-based Taliban claim responsibility for Bunir bombing http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\29\story_29-12-2008_pg1_1 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban Ban on women education http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=154211 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill three 'US spies' in North Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\29\story_29-12-2008_pg7_8 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban for Sharia in Pak tribal areas -- additional report -- "The Pakistan Taliban have announced that they will enforce Sharia or Islamic law across the northwestern Aurakzai tribal region and banned women from visiting markets" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Taliban_for_Sharia_in_Pak_tribal_areas/articleshow/3906124.cms --- original report http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\28\story_28-12-2008_pg7_6 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban, security forces clash in Mohmand Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\29\story_29-12-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan pulls out more troops from restive tribal belt http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_pulls_out_more_troops_from_restive_tribal_belt/articleshow/3904020.cms Pakistan may create more Lahore-like incidents in coming days, fear Indian officials -- Pakistan govt tried to blame Indians, but Taliban claimed responsibility for Lahore terror attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_may_create_more_Lahore-like_incidents_Officials/articleshow/3905418.cms (Pakistan) 'Stolen Lal Masjid arms may be used by terrorists to launch Mumbai type attacks' http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-65458.html (U.S.) Lebanese man questioned in a terrorism investigation and being held by immigration authorities in Texas faces deportation --- Mohamad Kamal Elzahabi http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6184267.html Bahrain TV airs terror plot confessions http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/28/news/ML-Bahrain-Terror-Plot.php --- Bahraini Londoners in terror plot http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5gepS9ZUC2fC3JWzXElejeE6qanhw (Yemen) Aden Security Foils Escape Plot by Suspected Al-Qaeda Prisoners http://www.yemenpost.net/61/LocalNews/20082.htm Somalia: Ahlu Sunna Takes Control of Central Town http://allafrica.com/stories/200812270099.html (Turkey) Police arrest 22 in Istanbul over connections to Al Qaeda http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n164656 Turkish jets hit PKK targets in northern Iraq http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\29\story_29-12-2008_pg7_13 Other News: Pakistan - Policeman Tortures, Paralyzes Christian -- Emanuel Masih http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5742&backpage=summaries (Bosnia) Father Christmas banned in kindergartens in Bosnia --- "The directors of Sarajevo's day-care centres, kindergartens and nurseries banned Father Christmas. They argued that the capital is predominantly Muslim and Father Christmas is not part of the Muslim tradition." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/bosnia/4001031/Father-Christmas-banned-in-kindergartens-in-Bosnia.html ----- "There are some people who want to turn Bosnia into a Muslim state" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024087.php http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/27/world/europe/27islam.html?_r=3&hp UK: BBC's "favorite" Muslim organization launches "witch-hunt" against Muslims who helped expose hate literature in UK mosques http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024108.php --- MPAC launches a witchhunt against 'Zio-Con' Muslims http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/12/28/mpac_launches_a_witchhunt_against_ziocon_muslims (UK) Scotland Yard arrest 10 protesters outside Israeli embassy http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1963515&Language=en --- Anti-Israeli protests across Europe http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/28/europe/EU-Europe-Gaza-Reaction.php UK: "For The First Time In Decades Religion Is Molding Public Life In This Country; That Religion Isn't Christianity" http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195602.php --- Indulgence of Islam is harming society - by Damian Thompson http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3965637/Indulgence-of-Islam-is-harming-society.html 'Wearing jeans un-Islamic' http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Dec292008/national20081229109423.asp HSBC reconfirms commitment to Islamic finance http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093226360 'China may have resumed civil nuclear assistance to Pakistan' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\29\story_29-12-2008_pg7_14 (U.S.) Minneapolis: Pipe bombings frighten Minneapolis neighborhood http://www.startribune.com/local/36787304.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUT Commentaries: Friends and Enemies - by Diana West http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/670/Friends-and-Enemies.aspx "Do I exaggerate the stealth jihad?" -- David Yerushalmi's comments on Robert Spencer book and on Sharia http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024076.php (UK) Indulgence of Islam is harming society - by Damian Thompson http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3965637/Indulgence-of-Islam-is-harming-society.html December 23, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Iraq: At least five policemen killed in roadside blast - al-Tarmiyah http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2843791017 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1962170&Language=en (Afghanistan/Pakistan) Taliban leader rejects reports of peace talks -- Mullah Mohammad Omar http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1524.xml§ion=international http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1517.xml§ion=international --- "Mullah Omar may be hiding in Pakistan" http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-23-voa15.cfm Pakistan ready to respond "within minutes" if India strikes, says Army chief http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_ready_to_respond_within_minutes_if_India_strikes_Kayani/articleshow/3878233.cms (Pakistan) If Indians attack Taliban to fight alongside Army: Taliban's Baitullah Mahsud --- Mahsud: "Thousands of our well-armed militants are ready to fight alongside the army if any war is imposed on Pakistan" --- "Besides thousands of armed militants, Baitullah Mahsud said, hundreds of would-be bombers were Monday given suicide jackets and explosives-laden vehicles for protection of the border in case of any aggression by the Indian forces" http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=19147 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Taliban_to_back_Pak_in_case_of_hostilities_with_India/articleshow/3878794.cms --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) ISI had definite links with LeT: Report --- "ISI created Lashkar-e-Taiba which is no more under its control. These jihadis were there in Jammu and Kashmir and we supported them" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/_Pak_had_definite_links_with_LeT_Report/articleshow/3880992.cms (Pakistan) Kasab's letter not ample proof: Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kasabs_letter_not_ample_proof_Pakistan/articleshow/3877960.cms Pakistan Widely-Read "The News" Publishes Comments Claiming CIA Responsible for Pakistani Jihad --- Pakistan's "The News": "Two versions of jihad" ----- "The concept of jihad (1980 version) was introduced in syllabus of madressahs in Pakistan by the CIA" http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=153320 (Pakistan) Karachi: Three killed in explosion in Pakistani city http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1962237&Language=en (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Jhangvi behind Marriot blast: Malik http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=153335 (Pakistan) NWFP: Hoti renews talks offer to militants willing to lay down arms http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=153345 (Pakistan) Spying on Taliban, al-Qaeda is world's riskiest job http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/247508,spying-on-taliban-al-qaeda-is-worlds-riskiest-job--feature.html India to Pak: Don't create war hysteria http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_to_Pak_Dont_create_war_hysteria/articleshow/3880408.cms Indian PM: 'Nobody wants war' after terror attack http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting Indian Army chief rushes to Siachen to check "war preparedness" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1962206&Language=en (India J&K) Police say they foiled attack in Indian Kashmir --- suspects are members of Jaish-e-Mohammed http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081223/ap_on_re_as/as_kashmir_terror_arrest ---- Indian police say terror strike foiled in Kashmir http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081223/wl_sthasia_afp/indiakashmirattacks --- Three Jaish terrorists nabbed in Jammu http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/3_Jaish_terrorists_nabbed_in_Jammu/articleshow/3878264.cms (India) Interpol says India has not shared information about Mumbai attacks http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1962119&Language=en (India) Security stepped up at beach resort - Goa http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24838350-23109,00.html (Bangladesh) 3 militants to die for attack on British envoy http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/23/asia/AS-Bangladesh-Islamic-Militants.php http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/bangladesh/3918193/Death-penalty-for-Bangladesh-militants-who-attacked-British-envoy-with-grenade.html (U.S.) Pentagon sets arraignment date for man accused of engineering Cole bombing -- Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri http://www.star-telegram.com/855/story/1108743.html (U.S.) IPT News Report on Fort Dix Trial Decision http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/963 -- Related Reports: --- The Fort Dix Verdict: A Victory for Pre-emptive Prosecutions http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081223/us_time/08599186837000 --- Conviction In Terrorism Case Poses Question http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/hc-dix1223.artdec23,0,6305427.story (Iran/U.S.) Bush cracks down on Iran businesses http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868820347&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran/U.S.) US warns Russia against selling S-300 to Iran http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868815665&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hezbollah) Carter laments: Terrorists lack 'defense' against Israel http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84329 http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/paris_lebanon_syria_2008.html Report: "Hamas says it may consider new truce with Israel" http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December387.xml§ion=middleeast http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/247559,hamas-willing-to-renew-truce-under-old-terms-official-says.html --- December 22, 2008: Hamas threatens suicide attacks against Israel http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/3901066/Hamas-threatens-suicide-attacks-against-Israel.html Hamas operative killed in Gaza 'work accident' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868825514&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Gaza terrorists resume rocket fire on Negev after brief hiatus http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868827245&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Southern cities simulate rocket attacks -- "Ashdod, Kiryat Malachi and Kiryat Gat, feared in rocket range, to simulate attacks, mass casualties" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868822058&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Somalia: Seven People Killed in Renewed Mogadishu Clashes http://allafrica.com/stories/200812230770.html Somalia: Radio Station in Islamist-Controlled Town Forced Off the Air --- Al Shabab forces HornAfrik off the air http://allafrica.com/stories/200812230095.html Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Arrest Famous Sheik Mohamed Sheik Yusuf http://allafrica.com/stories/200812230115.html Somalis' Choice: Join Islamists or Flee http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/21/AR2008122102340.html?wprss=rss_world (Sudan) Up to 6,000 child soldiers recruited in Darfur - U.N. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/JBRN-7MLH2Y?OpenDocument Turkey: Iraqi leader suggests 'amnesty' for militant Kurds http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2844568433 European nations mull Gitmo detainees http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/23/European_nations_mull_Gitmo_detainees/UPI-40671230036357/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28362264/ Greek police bus attacked; 3,000 at rally http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/23/europe/EU-Greece-Police-Shooting.php Spain acts against Basque separatist political parties http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Spain-acts-against-Basque-separatist-political-parties_48261.html (Philippines) One dead in attack on UN relief truck in southern Philippines http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-63941.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28357683/ (Philippines) Police discover bomb on a bus in Pagadian City --- "15 minutes before it was timed to explode and just hours after a blast in the area wounded at least 14 people" http://www.gmanews.tv/story/57179/Police-discover-bomb-on-a-bus-in-Pagadian-City --- Two Bombs Found On Bus In Southern Philippines http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081223/ACQDJON200812230321DOWJONESDJONLINE000081.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Two%20Bombs%20Found%20On%20Bus%20In%20Southern%20Philippines (Philippines) Manila eyes fresh peace push with Muslim rebels http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/JBRN-7MLGVP?OpenDocument --- Muslims set for Manila dialogue on extremism --- "Basman, president of the Center, says Muslims need to follow the real teaching of Islam which is moderation " http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/dec/24/yehey/prov/20081224pro1.html (Thailand) 8 soldiers injured in Narathiwat bombing http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30091699.html (Thailand) Army officer killed in drive-by shooting in Pattani http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30091695.html "China still reluctant to pressurise Pak against terrorism" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/China_still_reluctant_to_pressurise_Pak_on_terrorism/articleshow/3881169.cms China calls for return of Guantanamo Bay inmates http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/23/asia/AS-China-US-Guantanamo.php (Australia) Haneef seeks apology from Australia over 'wrong detention' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Haneef_seeks_Australias_apology_over_wrong_detention/articleshow/3879893.cms North Korea threatens 'sea of fire' attack http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24839400-23109,00.html Commentaries: Battling with a Billboard - by Jamie Glazov --- on UnitedAmericanCommittee.org billboard on Sharia http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C6DF11B3-7AE5-4962-BB33-3ABA0344FDBF Former Muslims speak out against jihad violence --- "These former Muslims are now speaking out: at www.islam-watch.org and in the books 'Why We Left Islam: Former Muslims Speak Out' and 'Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out.'" http://www.indystar.com/article/20081223/OPINION01/812230323/1002/OPINION Other News: Malaysia Islamic party revives contentious plan --- Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party "drew criticism from other members of their three-party alliance when he told a forum Saturday that his party hopes to enforce Islamic laws if the opposition comes to power" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868822305&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Report: Gates Asks Bush War Team to Stay On http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/23/report-gates-asks-bush-war-team-stay/ (UK) Blair says faith is vital to understand Middle East ' --- "'As well as that, one is interested in other religions. One's motivation is greater. I regularly read the Koran, practically every day,' Blair told the interviewer. He said the Prophet Mohammed had been 'an enormously civilizing force.'" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/247584,blair-says-faith-is-vital-to-understand-middle-east.html Russia: Abbas awarded by head mufti http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/russia-abbas-awarded-by-head-mufti.html Bahrain Daily: "Islamic banking is the answer" http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=238277&Sn=BUSI&IssueID=31277 Rising Inter-Arab Tensions: Saudi Arabia and Egypt versus Syria and Iran (Three Parts) – Deepening Crisis in Saudi-Syrian Relations http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA48508 http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA48608 http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA48708 Against Nazi News: (U.S./Germany) 'We Are Ready to Deport Demjanjuk' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,598016,00.html December 22, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP: Four injured in bomb attack on Peshawar school --- "At least four people were injured when the Taliban detonated a private school building after torching four buses in the limits of Mathra police station on Monday" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg7_12 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) NWFP: 15 Taliban killed in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg7_17 (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba has emerged as the new al-Qaida: US officials http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/Lashkar-e-Taiba_has_emerged_as_the_new_al-Qaida_US_officials/rssarticleshow/3876067.cms (Pakistan) Accused Mumbai gunman requests Pakistani help -- Mohammed Ajmal Kasab "stated in a letter handed over to Pakistani officials Monday that he is a Pakistani citizen" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg1_8 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/world/asia/23india.html --- Pakistan Foreign Office rejects Indian claims of providing evidence http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg1_5 Pakistan asked to accept responsibility http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg7_14 Pakistan Air Force increases aerial surveillance http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\23\story_23-12-2008_pg1_1 --- Pakistan: Air force on 'alert' for Indian strike http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2839782953 India Air force stations in cockpit ready alert http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Air_force_stations_in_cockpit_ready_alert/articleshow/3877482.cms India Ready to Take All 'Necessary' Measures to Confront Pakistani 'Denial' on Mumbai Terror Attacks http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,471125,00.html (India) US, UK not doing enough to rein in Pakistan: India External Affairs Minister Pranab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_UK_not_doing_enough_to_rein_in_Pak_India/articleshow/3877227.cms (India) Interpol seeks Kasab's details from Mumbai cops http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Interpol_seeks_Kasabs_details_from_Mumbai_cops/articleshow/3875886.cms (India) Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) man could be the local link between Indian Mujahideen (IM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/SIMI_man_could_be_the_local_link_between_IM_LeT/articleshow/3877009.cms (U.S.) Jury Finds 5 Men Guilty of Plotting to Kill Soldiers at Ft. Dix, N.J. --- acquitted them of attempted murder http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081222/NEWS01/81222020/-1/special27 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470900,00.html http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/22/fortdix.case/index.html http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20081222/NEWS/81222029/1006 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_re_us/fort_dix_plot -- Complete coverage of trial, beginning to end http://www.courierpostonline.com/section/special27 -- Fort Dix Terror Plot Timeline http://www.dipity.com/courierpost/Fort_Dix_Timeline -- FBI Press Release http://philadelphia.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/ph122208.htm (U.S.) Fort Dix Terror Trial: Many Muslims skeptical of Fort Dix verdicts -- New Jersey CAIR Executive Director Jim Sues: "Many people in the Muslim community will see this as a case of entrapment" http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081222/NEWS01/81222025/-1/special27 --- Comment: Courier does not point out CAIR's role as unindicted co-conspirator in HLF terror finance trial (U.S.) Liberty City Six: Florida terror plot retrial will start in January --- "Two previous trials have ended in hung juries. One man was acquitted after the first and is being deported to Haiti." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868820669&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TERROR_INVESTIGATION_FLOL-?SITE=FLTAM http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-terror-investigation,0,2024155.story (U.S.) Taliban 'narco-terrorist' begs for mercy, gets life sentence -- Khan Mohammed http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/22/taliban.sentencing/index.html?section=cnn_latest (U.S.) Terrorism drill to be part of passing torch http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2008-12-22-transition_N.htm?csp=34 (U.S.) DHS Chertoff: "What we're confronting is an ideological conflict with an extremist world view that I don't think is an accurate representative of Islam, but uses the language or hijacks Islam for an extremist agenda" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024033.php -- 'As one threat fades, another may come in' http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/12/as-one-threat-f.html -- Comment: from the agency whose memo provided "recommendations from (anonymous) American Muslims" that U.S. should promote "progress" over "liberty" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#H.3 (U.S.) Iraqi national living in Md. pleads guilty to spying for Saddam Hussein's intelligence service --- Saubhe Jassim Al-Dellemy http://www.startribune.com/nation/36594084.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_re_us/iraqi_spy_plea_2;_ylt=AvaYWZvVT4rmLFNqTEjTLKf5SpZ4 (UK) Gurardian calls London Times Report "Muslim-baiting" for reporting on Tunisian allegations of Mohammed Ali Harrath's links to terrorism http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/22/islam-terrorism --- December 15, 2008: Terrorism adviser to Met is on wanted list http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5342730.ece --- London Times reported that "Mohamed Ali Harrath has been the subject of the Interpol red notice since 1992" --- LT also reported "Mr Harrath has been convicted in absentia of numerous criminal and terrorism-related offences by Tunisian courts and sentenced to 56 years in prison" ----- Guardian ignores its own report of July 9, 2007: "Britain failing to check migrants on terror database, says Interpol chief" http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/jul/09/asylum.terrorism --- As well as similar reports http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1556904/New-UK-terror-threat-from-foreign-students.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6283090.stm --- Interpol: "UK has not shared its terrorist watch list with INTERPOL" http://www.interpol.int/Public/News/2007/sgletter20070708.asp Iraq: Key witness 'fled' from inquiry into chemical attack http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2840839515 (Iran) Russia: We'll sell Iran 'defensive arms' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868815665&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Russia to get 70 nuclear missiles in 3 years http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868818701&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Gaza gunmen fire at soldiers near Sufa --- "Three Kassam rockets hit western Negev; attacks seemingly refute reports of a 24-hour ceasefire" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868808386&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) Carter: Hamas putting eggs in Obama basket --- Carter: "Like the Syrians, they (Hamas) are patient, relatively satisfied with the status quo, and putting all their eggs in Obama's basket." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84283 http://www.cartercenter.org/news/trip_reports/paris_lebanon_syria_2008.html (Israel) Defense officials: Drop in rocket attacks won't stop Gaza op http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868820800&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Yemen) Killer of Jew says Yemeni minority should convert to Islam --- "'I killed the Jew,' Abdul Aziz Yahya al-Abdi, 39, screamed from the dock" --- "Abdi said his act was 'in accordance with a masters' dissertation I wrote on their electronic war and jihad (holy war) in the name of God.'" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081222/wl_mideast_afp/yemenunrestjews_081222145855 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gIIBjM01FteS_UVmmAIf3Os1WlFA http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024035.php --- 'I warned Jews to convert or leave' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868817998&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Germany considers taking in Guantanamo prisoners http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/22/europe/EU-Germany-Guantanamo-Prisoners.php Sri Lanka says 67 killed in northern fighting http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868817313&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Thailand) 'Merchant of Death' Russian arms dealer pleads with Thai court: 'Don't send me to the U.S.' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1099705/Merchant-Death-Russian-arms-dealer-pleads-Thai-court-Dont-send-U-S.html Other News: Turkish company 'inundated with orders for Bush shoe' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/3903967/Turkish-company-inundated-with-orders-for-Bush-shoe.html Against Nazi News: Germany tracing artwork and its Nazi past http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/22/europe/letter.php December 22, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Pakistan political parties demand lifting of ban on Jamaat-ud-Dawa http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Pak_political_parties_demand_lifting_of_ban_on_Jamaat-ud-Dawa/articleshow/3871020.cms (Pakistan) TV: 'Lashkar was operating as Dawa' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg1_2 (Pakistan) A monster out of control: Pakistan secret agents tell of militant links http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5380189.ece Pakistan airports on red alert as Pakistan jet fighters conduct flights http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961890&Language=en (Pakistan) American JCS military chief Mullen in Pakistan amid Indo-Pak tension http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961902&Language=en (Pakistan) FATA: Oil Tanker destroyed in Khyber Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg7_6 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban enforce sharia in parts of Orakzai Agency --- "During the past year, the drive for sharia law implementation surged in Federally Administered Tribal Area and several settled areas of NWFP" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg1_6 ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban killed in US air strikes, more details - in South Waziristan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961836&Language=en --- Report: FATA: 'US missile attack' kills eight in Pakistan - in South Waziristan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3899155/US-missile-attack-kills-eight-in-Pakistan.html http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2839393348 (Pakistan) NWFP: JUI-F warns of overthrowing NWFP government over Islamic banking --- seeks to overthrow NWFP govt if Sharia banking abolished http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg7_24 --- same JUI-F political organization that U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson has met with to promote "free and fair elections" http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/21/top8.htm --- JUI-F led by Taliban promoter Maulana Fazlur Rehman http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/mma.htm (Pakistan) Islamabad: Lal Masjid arms seized during operation 'stolen' http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/22/top1.htm (Pakistan) Iran: Kidnapped diplomat is alive http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg7_2 (Pakistan) US officials stress need to work with Pakistan http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/22/top17.htm -- Obama must encourage Pakistan, says Bush http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg7_36 Pakistan terror infrastructure threat to world: India external affairs inister Pranab Mukherjee http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pak_terror_infrastructure_threat_to_world/articleshow/3874009.cms (Pakistan) India: Enough proof given, Pakistan must act http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg1_1 India can hit terrorists using Pak soil: Sonia http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg1_3 (India J&K) Two Army jawans shot dead in J&K http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Two_Army_jawans_shot_dead_in_JK/articleshow/3874139.cms (India) "144 railway stations identified as terrorism-prone" http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/22/stories/2008122259730900.htm (India) Al-Qaeda link to Mumbai attacks, former spy says -- another press report on last week's Shimson Issaki's comments -- appears to be part of book promotion on Iraq http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1076908 (Afghanistan) Premature suicide blast kills three in Afghanistan -- in Ghazni province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961883&Language=en http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2839284742 (Afghanistan) 20 said killed in US-Afghan operation - over the past month - along Pakistan border http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/22/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) NATO to engage Afghan tribes in Taliban fight http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4BL1V020081222?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=401 Iraqi Christians flee gunmen for sanctuary of monastery http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/3883748/Iraqi-Christians-flee-gunmen-for-sanctuary-of-monastery.html --- Report: "Christmas returns to Baghdad" --- "Yonadam Kanna, Iraq's only Christian MP, warned that for many Christians living outside of Baghdad's safer areas, the situation is still dangerous. 'They still can't practice [their religion]. They are still scared,' he said." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/3883843/Christmas-returns-to-Baghdad.html (U.S.) Contempt charges could be dropped in terror case -- Sami Al-Arian http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/21/Charges_could_be_dropped_in_terror_case/UPI-39491229888857/ (U.S.) Fort Dix Jurors Say They Expect to Finish Monday http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470717,00.html http://trentonian.com/articles/2008/12/22/news/doc494f85444811b148065857.txt (U.S.) FBI diverts anti-terror agents to Bernard Madoff $50 billion swindle http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article5380550.ece (U.S.) Wall Street Journal Gives Guantanamo Detainee Lawyer Editorial http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122990491721225253.html (UK) London Times Report: Shiraz Maher: "My friend the quiet, shy student who was converted into a raging terrorist" -- on Glasgow bombers as Islamic supremacists http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5372762.ece (UK) Metropolitan police terror chief Bob Quick issues 'unreserved' apology to Tories http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3900348/Metropolitan-police-terror-chief-Bob-Quick-issues-unreserved-apology-to-Tories.html Al-Qaeda 'plans to wage holy war on Facebook' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/3885367/Al-Qaeda-plans-to-wage-holy-war-on-Facebook.html --- Telegraph version of news report originally covered last week (Gaza) Hamas says holding fire in Gaza http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/12/22/africa/OUKWD-UK-PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL.php (Israel) Kassam rocket lands in Eshkol regional council area http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868813435&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israeli leaders vow to topple Hamas http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/3892765/Israeli-leaders-vow-to-topple-Hamas.html (Israel) IDF chief: Hamas responsible for reality in South, we'll deal with them http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868808738&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Livni tells Rice Israel can't stay indifferent to attacks in south http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3642589,00.html Somalia: Mortar Attacks At Police Academy http://allafrica.com/stories/200812220817.html Somalia: Blasts Target At Amisom Vehicles http://allafrica.com/stories/200812210006.html Somali group seeks Sharia expansion http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/12/2008122105049507522.html (Algeria) Police kills 3 militants in Algeria, seize arms http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/21/africa/AF-Algeria-Violence.php Germany debates Friday's release of Red Army terrorist Christian Klar http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081222/wl_csm/ogerman (Spain) Hunted Basque separatists join ETA: report http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Hunted-Basque-separatists-join-ETA_-report.html (Italy) For Italians, past domestic terror still a taboo topic http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1222/p06s03-wogn.html (Philippines) Three soldiers wounded in clash in southern Philippines http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/247350,three-soldiers-wounded-in-clash-in-southern-philippines.html (Australia) Indian doctor hopes Australian terror probe will vindicate him http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081222/wl_sthasia_afp/australiaindiabritainattackspolitics (Thailand) 'Merchant of Death' arms dealer Viktor Bout faces court http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5381743.ece Sri Lankan jets hit rebels http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/22/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Colombian Rebels Reportedly to Free 6 Hostages http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470724,00.html Other News: Indonesia: Muslim women call for Islamic state -- Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) --- "Thousands of Muslim women from the hardline Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia organisation have staged a rally in Jakarta calling for the country to enforce Sharia law and establish a traditional Islamic state or caliphate" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2839285363 Saudi court tells girl aged EIGHT she cannot divorce husband who is 50 years her senior http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1099447/Saudi-court-tells-girl-aged-EIGHT-divorce-husband-50-years-senior.html --- December 15, 2008: Saudi "Human Rights Commission" [sic] moots plan to promote 'rights culture' http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=117196&d=15&m=12&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom Saudi Arabia 'may allow' cinemas after three-decade ban --- "'A movie could possibly be acceptable if it serves good and is suitable under Islam,' Sheikh Gaith said" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/saudiarabia/3885631/Saudi-Arabia-may-allow-cinemas-after-three-decade-ban.html Cyprus: Suspicious package at US Embassy http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/22/europe/EU-Cyprus-US-Embassy.php (France) Lyons: Anti-Islamophobia protest http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/lyons-anti-islamophobia-protest.html (Mexico) Nine decapitated men found in Mexico - believed to be soldiers - suspected drug-related http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/21/Nine_decapitated_men_found_in_Mexico/UPI-47381229907401/ (Pakistan/U.S.) Obama must encourage Pakistan, says Bush http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg7_36 Commentaries: OIC at the UN: 'Dialogue for Dhimmis' & more 'Stealth Jihad' -- Comments by David G. Littman of the Association for World Education http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024028.php December 21, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) US agrees to increase military assistance to Pakistan -- by more than $300 million/year http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/21/top15.htm --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Taliban's Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 --- Pakistan - FATA: Two suspected US spies killed in Pakistan - by Taliban http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961607&Language=en --- See also Pakistan poll information: http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/Pakistan_Polls.html (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) behind Mumbai carnage, running camps with Pakistan officials' connivance: US New York Congressman Carolyn McCarthy http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-63245.html (Pakistan) India External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee: Islamabad must act against terror --- "Warning Pakistan against taking India's 'wish for peace' as a weakness" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Islamabad_must_act_against_terror_Pranab_Mukherjee/articleshow/3869613.cms ---- December 3, 2008 - 4100 terror attacks in India from 1970-2004 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/4100_terror_attacks_in_India_from_1970-2004/articleshow/3788135.cms Pakistan to India: Don't speculate before Mumbai probe outcome http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_to_India_Dont_speculate_before_Mumbai_probe_outcome/articleshow/3870497.cms --- Zardari regrets Indian threats http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\21\story_21-12-2008_pg1_1 --- 'Pakistan not afraid of India's war preparations' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\21\story_21-12-2008_pg1_6 --- US monitoring Indo-Pak ties after attacks, says Pentagon http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\21\story_21-12-2008_pg1_5 (Pakistan) US urges Pakistan to understand 'gravity' of situation http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/21/top4.htm --- Don't try to sweep Mumbai under the carpet, US tells Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Dont_try_to_sweep_Mumbai_under_the_carpet_US_tells_Pakistan/articleshow/3869616.cms --- November 28, 2008: Evan Kohlmann talks to terror group's Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)'s so-called "political wing" - Jamat-ud-Dawa (JUD) http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/11/jamatuddawa_let_political_wing.php (Pakistan) NWFP: Missile, mortar attacks kill five in Pakistan - hit govt office - in Bannu and Matta area of Swat http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961600&Language=en (Pakistan) NWFP govt airs reservations on Swat operation -- calls operations a "failure" http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/21/top1.htm http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\21\story_21-12-2008_pg1_7 (Pakistan) India terror group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, the new Al Qaeda? http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/12/21/2008-12-21_india_terror_group_lashkaretaiba_the_new.html 'Bangladesh has a duty to control the activities of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (HuJI)' http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/bangladesh-hasduty-to-controlactivitieshuji/20/09/343835/ (India Mumbai Attacks) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) financier confesses to role in Mumbai terror attacks --- Sabauddin "has revealed how terror was sponsored from across the border" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/LeT_financier_confesses_to_role_in_Mumbai_terror_attacks/articleshow/3869136.cms (India Mumbai Attacks) Interpol chief in India for Mumbai attacks investigation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\21\story_21-12-2008_pg1_4 (India Mumbai Attacks) FBI interrogates Kasab for nine hours --- Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab, aka Azam Amir Kasab, Ajmal Amir Kasab, Azam Amir Kasav, Ajmal Amir Kasab, Ajmal Amin Kamal, Ajmal Amir Kasav http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/FBI_interrogates_Kasab_for_nine_hours/articleshow/3870131.cms (India) Part of Mumbai's Trident Hotel Reopens http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470688,00.html -- India threatens Pakistan as Mumbai hotels reopen http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3884110/India-threatens-Pakistan-as-Mumbai-hotels-reopen.html India capable of giving befitting reply to terror sponsors: Sonia http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_capable_of_giving_befitting_reply_to_terror_sponsors_Sonia/articleshow/3870461.cms (India) Bomb explosion outside Manipur Rajbhavan; no casualty http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Bomb_explosion_outside_Manipur_Rajbhavan_no_casualty/articleshow/3870613.cms (India) Security beefed up in Kota after letter warns of train blasts http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Security_beefed_up_in_Kota_after_letter_warns_of_train_blasts/articleshow/3870429.cms Afghan government humbled by Taliban ambush http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/21/asia/afghan.php (Afghanistan) Taliban dismiss US troop increase http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24830885-23109,00.html (Iraq) One al-Qaida slain, 25 arrested in Iraq http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/21/One_al-Qaida_slain_25_arrested_in_Iraq/UPI-77601229865048/ (Iraq) U.S. troops to replace British forces in southern Iraq http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/21/news/ML-Iraq.php (Iraq) London Times: "Bush attacker 'incensed by bullet-riddled Koran'" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article5375389.ece U.S. unable to secure terror extraditions -- such as Khalid Fawwaz in UK - wanted in 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa -- British attorney Gareth Peirce defends UK unwillingness to extradite suspected Jihadists to U.S. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/21/US_unable_to_secure_terror_extraditions/UPI-80641229871244/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/20/AR2008122002096.html?hpid=topnews http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/12/21/GR2008122100087.html?sid=ST2008122100088&s_pos=list (U.S.) Cheney not sure if Bin Laden still alive http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081221/pl_afp/usattacksqaedabinladencheney_081221163744 (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: http://www.aina.org/news/20081219143742.htm http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/jurors_in_fort_dix_terror_tria_3.html (U.S.) FBI agents switch attention from terrorism to Wall Street http://business.watoday.com.au/business/fbi-agents-switch-attention-from-terrorism-to-wall-street-20081221-72z9.html --- Comment: but Islamic supremacist Sharia Finance on Wall Street not considered worthy of attention (UK) Scotland: Lockerbie marks 20th anniversary of bombing http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/21/scotland.lockerbie.anniversary/index.html --- Lockerbie anniversary a painful reminder http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/21/20-years-later-pain-of-lockerbie-still-fresh/ --- London Times: Lockerbie bomber "Abdul Baset Ali al-Megrahi: a sacrificial lamb, says wife" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5367535.ece (UK) Bilal Abdulla: Doctor by day, terrorist by night – the secret life of a new breed of terrorist http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3867334/Bilal-Abdulla-Doctor-by-day-terrorist-by-night---the-secret-life-of-a-new-breed-of-terrorist.html --- December 17, 2008: Car bomber Bilal Abdulla was known to MI5 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3797943/Car-bomber-Bilal-Abdulla-was-known-to-MI5.html ----- Comment: So much for MI5's "observation" techniques (UK) MI5 spy on jails: undercover officers enter Britain's jails http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/106027/MI5-spy-chiefs-are-putting-undercover-officers-into-Britainrsquos-jails.html (UK) 132 refugees are missing in the UK http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/scottish/scottish_news/106552/132-refugees-are-missing-in-the-UK.html Iran: Russia now delivering missiles capable of repelling Israeli air strike http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1048586.html --- 'Russia sending S-300 parts to Iran' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868801007&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Syria) Diplomats: Assad says he won't restrain arming of Hezbollah http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1048342.html (Israel) Hamas mulls renewal of suicide bombings in Israel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1048360.html Israel to launch large attack on Gaza soon -- paper http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961545&Language=en (Israel) IAF planes strike Gaza rocket launcher -- No casualties reported; Sderot, southern Ashkelon hit as some 15 Kassams slam into western Negev http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728273026&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Gaza Militants Launch More Rockets Into Israel http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470689,00.html -- Eleven rockets launched from Gaza http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/21/Eleven_rockets_launched_from_Gaza/UPI-97331229865168/ http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/174274/ (Israel) Shin Bet chief: Hamas rockets can hit outskirts of Be'er Sheva http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1048576.html (Israel) Netanyahu in Sderot: Israelis can't count on miracles http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728278610&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) 'IDF could conquer Gaza if so ordered' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728268904&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia/U.S.) FBI Probes Terrorism Links in U.S. Somali Enclaves http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122973251332122939.html (Mali) Nine Mali soldiers, 11 assailants killed in attack http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1394.xml§ion=international (France) Paris judge charges 3 suspected of terrorist plot http://www.gmanews.tv/story/140564/Paris-judge-charges-3-suspected-of-terrorist-plot http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/21/europe/EU-France-Terror-Plot.php http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\22\story_22-12-2008_pg7_7 Greek violence rages ahead of vote http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24832410-23109,00.html Belgium: Request to remove couple from terrorism list http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/belgium-request-to-remove-couple-from.html (Russia) 5 people wounded in explosions in southern Russia - in Chechnya http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/20/europe/EU-Russia-Caucasus-Violence.php (Thailand) 1 killed, 7 injured in explosion in front of Pattani supermarket http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30091521 (Thailand) 4 injured in Yala explosion - in front of Park View Hotel http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30091524 (Philippines) Troops foil another bombing attempt in jittery Iligan City http://www.gmanews.tv/story/140552/Troops-foil-another-bombing-attempt-in-jittery-Iligan-City http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20081221-179205/Cops-defuse-bomb-found-in-Iligan (Philippines) Islamic group admits to child soldiers http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/21/asia/child.php (Australia) David Hicks free from control order http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24830122-29277,00.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7794228.stm (Sri Lanka) Tiger rebels say 60 Sri Lankan troops killed http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1399.xml§ion=international Other News: (U.S.) Dr. Rick Warren Addressed 8th annual convention of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) http://www.mpac.org/article.php?id=754 -- "Warren's sincere friendship with MPAC founding father, Maher Hathout, was obvious from their body language." http://www.juancole.com/2008/12/rick-warren-i-love-muslims-i-happen-to.html --- MPAC Senior Advisor Maher Hathout told the National Press Club in 1998 that "Hezbollah is fighting for freedom...This is legitimate." http://www.ourjerusalem.com/opinion/story/opinion20020125a.html --- Steven Emerson: Speech Tape Compounds Questions on Hathout's Human Relations Award http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/09/speech_tape_compounds_question.php --- Controversial Muslim leader Hathout gets award despite opposition" http://www.jewishjournal.com/community_briefs/article/controversial_muslim_leader_hathout_gets_award_despite_opposition_20060922/ --- The mainstream media finds another moderate Muslim http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/011104.php --- Additional Articles referencing Hathout http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.aspx?GUID=D1EE0CDE-514E-42CE-9B1E-FFB064571D3E http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.aspx?GUID=14E87E83-14C6-46B5-9CC5-EDFDE9DF989C --- Additional background on MPAC http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/110.html#MPAC --- MPAC spokeswoman Edina Lekovic was managing editor for Al-Talib when it instructed Muslim readers to "defend our brother" Osama bin Laden, and "refer to him as a freedom fighter, someone who has forsaken wealth and power to fight in Allah's cause and speak out against oppressors. We take these stances only to please Allah." http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/05/ms_lekovica_dozen_printing_mis.php US Court Says Egyptian Christian Should Not Be Deported - due to Egyptian Sharia law http://www.aina.org/news/20081219143742.htm Iran shuts office of Nobel winner's rights group -- Shirin Ebadi http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1229868802404&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull China Defends Censorship Rights, Blocks NY Times Online http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470638,00.html --- NYT: What Hamas Wants - by Ahmed Yousef http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/20/opinion/20yousef.html?_r=1&ex=1185422400&en=29bdf629e7ab3b63&ei=5070 --- NYT: If You Were a Terrorist, How Would You Attack? - by Steven D. Levitt http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/if-you-were-a-terrorist-how-would-you-attack/ http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/09/terrorism-part-ii/ Italy's Muslims 'waiting' for Maltese Shariah-compliant banking http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20081221/business/italys-muslims-waiting-for-maltese-shariah-compliant-banking (France) Lyons: Arson at mosque http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/lyons-arson-at-mosque.html (Pakistan) Mohammed - the profit and loss http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3312176/Mohammed---the-profit-and-loss.html (UK) Briton Liz Jones' complains over security checks in NYC, and while shopping worries about inequality in "Third World" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1099107/LIZ-JONES-Shopping-New-York-terrorists-wear-suits-red-braces.html (UK) Most Britons do not believe in the nativity, survey shows http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/3868265/Most-Britons-do-not-believe-in-the-nativity-survey-shows.html (UK) Security scare over wedding car hire firm run from top terror police chief's home http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1099168/Security-scare-wedding-car-hire-firm-run-terror-police-chiefs-home.html Commentaries: (UK) Britain has lost the stomach for a fight - Michael Portillo http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5375770.ece December 20, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Mumbai attackers part of global jihad: Pak journalist http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080077154&type=News (Pakistan) FATA: NATO fuel tanker crew killed in Pakistan - in Khyber http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/20/pakistan.tanker.attack/index.html http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/20/asia/AS-Pakistan.php http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3641455,00.html (Pakistan) Steps taken by Pakistan against terror not enough: Rice http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak_steps_on_terror_not_enough_Rice/articleshow/3866170.cms (Pakistan) History, dissent cloud Pakistan's Mumbai attack reaction http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/History_dissent_cloud_Pakistans_Mumbai_attack_reaction/articleshow/3867256.cms (Pakistan) Majority of Pakistanis want Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif as president: Survey http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Most_Pakistanis_want_Sharif_as_Prez/articleshow/3866308.cms --- Mumbai Attacker Kasab belongs to Pakistan, says Sharif, also slams Zardari http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Kasab_belongs_to_Pakistan_says_Sharif_also_slams_Zardari/articleshow/3861829.cms --- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)'s Nawaz Sharif has also called for negotiations with Taliban ----- "Pakistan backed the Taliban during Sharif's second spell in power from 1997 to 1999" http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=246412&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 --- "On January 16, 1999 the Nawaz Sharif Government imposed Islamic law in the traditional tribal areas of the north-west straddling the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, vowing to impose it throughout the country" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif --- Nawaz to go ahead with Islamisation Bill - September 1998 http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980906/24950304.html --- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia --- See Also: June 2008 TerrorFreeTomorrow.org Pakistan public poll results http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/PakistanPollReportJune08.pdf -- 74.7 percent think "implementing strict Sharia law throughout Pakistan" important for Pakistan govt (Q8g, page 44) -- 73.7 percent oppose U.S. military action against Taliban and Al Qaeda in Pakistan (Q11c, page 52) -- 69 percent oppose U.S. military working with Pakistan military against Taliban and Al-Qaeda (Q11b, page 52) -- 58.2 percent favor negotiations with Taliban (Q15c, page 63) (India) Delhi accuses Islamabad of failing to deliver on promises: India obliged to consider all options: Mukherjee http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\20\story_20-12-2008_pg1_1 'India may still strike at Pakistan' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\20\story_20-12-2008_pg1_3 India deploys jets to protect against attack http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\20\story_20-12-2008_pg1_2 Indian Mujahideen had warned Karkare, ATS in emails http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Indian_Mujahideen_had_warned_Karkare_ATS_in_emails/articleshow/3864079.cms (India) US offers India package on terrorism http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/US_offers_India_package_on_terrorism/rssarticleshow/3866226.cms (Afghanistan) Eleven Taliban killed in Afghan violence, officials say http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1449542.php/Eleven_Taliban_killed_in_Afghan_violence_officials_say_ (Afghanistan) U.S. to send 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan --- Gen. David McKiernan has requested 20,000 troops http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/19/afghanistan.dutch.soldier.dead/index.html --- McKiernan also calls for a "political solution" to Taliban ---- McKiernan: "the solution in Afghanistan is going to be a political solution not a military solution" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#McKiernan (Afghanistan) Defense Secretary John Hutton: Taliban in Afghanistan 'like the Nazis' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/3854410/Defence-Secretary-John-Hutton-Taliban-in-Afghanistan-like-the-Nazis.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5372585.ece (Afghanistan) Radio Netherlands: "Talking to the Taliban" http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/081220-dutch-taliban (Iraq) Officers in alleged Iraqi plot released from jail http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/20/iraq.arrests/index.html (U.S.) NYC - Report: Tri-State Indians Organization Solidarity Rally NYC Sunday December 20 - to Protest Mumbai Jihad Attacks http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2008/12/solidarity-against-jihad.html (U.S.) NYC Executive Linked to Iranian Nuclear Program Arrested --- Jahedi Farshid, 54, the president of the Alavi Foundation http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470584,00.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728265238&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull----- But Also: ------ December 12, 2008: U.S. Plans to Sign Nuclear Pact With U.A.E. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122904102094400097.html (UK) Intel chiefs raise defenses - concern for attacks during the Christmas season -- "'Mobile fortresses' added to preparations for al-Qaida attacks" http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83964 (Internet) Jihadist Group Trying to 'Invade' Facebook Gets Shut Down --- "Facebook blocked the group, Fursan Ghazawat Alnusra — Arabic for 'Knights in Support of the Invasion' — Thursday evening after the group swelled to about 120 members in just over one week" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470385,00.html --- December 18, 2008: Online Jihadists Plan for 'Invading Facebook' http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/12/online-jihadist.html --- Report: "Facebook Welcomes Islamic Jihadist Thug" - blogger finds additional "Usama Bin Laden" facebook http://cristyli.blogspot.com/2008/12/facebook-welcomes-islamic-jihadist-thug.html ----- Note: last report appears to refer to spoof, anti-American site (U.N.) OIC Secretary-General Ihsanoglu: Don't link Islam to terror, Islamic chief urges http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4BI55L20081219 http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/12/20/62402.html (Iran) Paris: Iran nuclear program is military http://jta.org/news/article/2008/12/19/1001681/paris-iran-nuclear-program-is-military Gaza militant killed in Israeli air strike - Summary http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/247199,gaza-militant-killed-in-israeli-air-strike--summary.html Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Jihad, resistance the only way http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3641364,00.html --- Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen in camouflage at a Gaza rally, Friday http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urlimage&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobheadername1=Cache-Control&blobheadervalue1=max-age%3D420&blobkey=id&blobtable=JPImageSpotlight&blobwhere=1123495332804&ssbinary=true×tamp=1219212835 Rockets strike near Ashkelon as IAF missiles target gunmen http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728263534&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- 2 Kassam rockets land south of Ashkelon; none wounded http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728266245&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Hizbullah supporters protest Gaza siege --- "Thousands heed Nasrallah's call, swarm southern Beirut shouting "Israel is the enemy of Muslims" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728263698&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Egyptian official: Don't let situation in Gaza escalate http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728263992&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Somalia: Explosion in Baidoa, Attacks in Mogadishu http://allafrica.com/stories/200812200002.html Somalia: Deadly Clashes Erupts in Mogadishu http://allafrica.com/stories/200812200003.html Sri Lanka says navy destroys rebel ship; 20 killed http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/20/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: Plan targets Shariah ban on leaving Islam -- Barnabas Fund --- "Christian ministry calls for recognition people can choose religion" http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84096 --- Barnabas Fund launches campaign for the abolition of the Islamic apostasy law http://www.barnabasfund.org/news/archives/article.php?ID_news_items=437 Egypt-Muslim Refuses to Give Child to Christian Mother http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5740&backpage=summaries JihadWatch: US Postal Service won't send "any matter containing religious materials contrary to Islamic faith" to overseas military post offices http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/024002.php --- Postal Bulletin PB22098: US Postal Service Regulations on "Overseas Military Mail" ----- Restrictions - "E2. Any matter containing religious materials contrary to Islamic faith" http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/2003/html/pb22098/apofpo.html http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/12/theres-always-g.html NOTE: However, has that Postal Bulletin since been amended? -- For example, Postal Bulletin PB22217 - October 11, 2007 --- Overseas Military Mail Restrictions Section E2 removes the comments that restricts "Any matter containing religious materials contrary to Islamic faith" http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/bulletin/2007/pb22217.pdf --- See pages 44 and 48 ---- It is curious that the old restrictions are also still online ---- Certainly there is an important news story behind it, if these did indeed get changed, as to who made that happen Muslim Congressman's Hajj paid for by Muslim Brotherhood front group http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024003.php http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/36417549.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsr --- Keith Ellison's "expenses were paid for by the Muslim American Society of Minnesota" Google haunted by web 'terrorism' -- "Web attackers have started paying the search engine to host their malicious websites." -- "Websense Security Labs has discovered a sponsored malicious link hosted by Google." http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Infotech/Internet_/Web_Terrorism_Google_haunted_by_web_attackers/rssarticleshow/3864494.cms (France) Paris: Teen Accused Of Bringing Bombs To School - specifics unknown http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28295736/ Commentaries: (UK) Defense no longer starts at home -- by Margaret Blunden -- but Margaret Blunden fails to grasp the idea that defense starts with identifying the Islamic supremacist enemy http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/19/opinion/edblunden.php December 19, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) NWFP: 10,000 Pakistanis at anti-U.S. rally protest allowing U.S. forces to ship supplies through Pakistan into Afghanistan http://www.charlotteobserver.com/world/story/420478.html --- 10,000 urge Pakistan to cut US-NATO supply line http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/19/asia/AS-Pakistan.php --- Images http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&p=Pakistan+10%2C000&fr=sfp&c=images http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//081218/481/5cd6f16b70384870b3b54940594c9197/ http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2008/12/18/11/Pakistan.sff.embedded.prod_affiliate.138.jpg http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2008/12/18/11/520Pakistan.sff.embedded.prod_affiliate.138.jpg http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2008/12/18/11/426Pakistan.sff.embedded.prod_affiliate.138.jpg http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2008/12/17/14/742Pakistan_Charity_Protest.sff.embedded.prod_affiliate.138.jpg (Pakistan) 'US has given $1.2bn aid to Pakistan in a year' -- U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg1_12 --- May 9, 2008: 'Pakistan has receievd $1bn a year since 9/11' -- Patterson defended U.S. funding to Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\09\story_9-5-2008_pg1_3 --- November 20, 2007: U.S. Ambassador Anne Patterson has met with Taliban promoter Maulana Fazlur Rehman, as part of promoting "free and fair elections" http://www.dawn.com/2007/11/21/top8.htm --- Global Security, Maulana Fazlur Rehman is well-known "defender of the interests of the Taliban in the grand Deobandi alliance mostly spearheaded by the jihadi militia." http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/mma.htm (Pakistan) US plans to give more funds to Pakistan --- Pentagon Spokesman Geoff Morrell http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US_plan_to_give_more_funds_to_Pak/articleshow/3862159.cms --- Pak to get Chinese AWACS for $278m http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak_to_get_Chinese_AWACS_for_278m/articleshow/3859479.cms Pak should try to get to the bottom of the terror network: US -- State Department's Richard Boucher http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pak_should_try_to_get_to_the_bottom_of_the_terror_network_US/articleshow/3861446.cms (Pakistan) US think tank shows dismal scenario for Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg1_11 (Pakistan) FATA: Zardari: 'Full control over Bajaur, Mohmand by end of December' http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/19/top4.htm Pakistan must help find those behind Mumbai attacks: EU http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pakistan_must_help_find_those_behind_Mumbai_attacks_EU_/articleshow/3863838.cms (Pakistan) LeT's Jamaat-ud-Dawa's Hafiz Muhammad Saeed reported links to Massachusetts http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/12/preachin-jihad.html --- December 13, 2008 - house arrest of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/13/asia/pakistan.php http://misskelly.typepad.com/miss_kelly_/2008/12/hafiz-saeed-declared-terrorist-pakistan-puts-him-under-house-arrest.html (Pakistan) Kasab belongs to Pakistan, says former premier Nawaz Sharif , also slams Zardari http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Kasab_belongs_to_Pakistan_says_Sharif_also_slams_Zardari/articleshow/3861829.cms India: Pakistani warplanes flying close to border, govt sources claim http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2832019430 --- India Increases Vigilance Along Border With Bangladesh Amid Terrorism Threat http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-19-voa33.cfm India obliged to consider all options: Pranab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_obliged_to_consider_all_options_Pranab/articleshow/3863468.cms (India J&K) Top militant linked to Mumbai bombings killed http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2832182855 --- "One of the dead was identified as Mudassar - the district commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba - the defence spokesman said" --- "Three suspected militants from the Muslim militant group, Lashkar-e-Toiba, widely blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks, were killed by security forces on Friday in India's frontier state of Jammu and Kashmir, the army said" ---- 4 Islamic rebels killed in Indian Kashmir http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/19/asia/AS-Kashmir-Fighting.php (India) How Google Earth helped Mumbai attackers http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/How_Google_Earth_helped_terrorists/articleshow/3862879.cms -- Japanese seek to scrap Google's street view http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24825920-29277,00.html (India) States asked to set up 24x7 control room to report terror http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/States_asked_to_set_up_24x7_control_room_to_report_terror_/articleshow/3864065.cms?TOI_latestnews (Afghanistan) Report: "Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Urges Seven Point Plan for Peace" -- report claims Taliban seeks return to power in govt http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=dde68d5b822c07d3f57e34e7a2a13a7a -- Mullah Omar's designs on India http://ia.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/19mumterror-mullah-omars-designs-on-india.htm (Afghanistan) Dutch soldier killed in Afghanistan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/19/europe/EU-Netherlands-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) Christmas turkeys fall victim to Taliban bomb in Afghanistan http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/247056,christmas-turkeys-fall-victim-to-taliban-bomb-in-afghanistan.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/3848603/Taliban-blows-up-lorry-of-Christmas-turkeys-for-British-troops.html Iraqis who 'executed' British soldiers can face war crimes trial, judge rules http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1098466/Iraqis-executed-British-soldiers-CAN-face-war-crimes-trial-judge-rules.html (U.S.) Fort Dix plot case jurors embark on day three http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/fort_dix_plot_case_jurors_emba.html -- Jury in Fort Dix Trial Scheduled to Resume Deliberations http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,470006,00.html (U.S.) South Carolina Pipe Bomb Trial: Sob Stories for Terrorists - Ahmed Mohamed http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/912 --- December 18, 2008 - Ahmed Mohamed sentenced to 15 years in prison http://africa.reuters.com/country/EG/news/usnN18412935.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28301065/ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iAtZCOCu6i-MQvVj4csX_VuLyY8QD955C1M80 (U.S.) Florida jury convicts Iranian in night goggle case --- Shahrazad Mir Gholikhan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081219/ap_on_re_us/sentence_switch_2;_ylt=AnF.gPmLOD.PTbPHCTGCyl_5SpZ4 (U.S.) Doomsday detectives battle nuclear terrorism -- "New book outlines U.S. strategy for determining source of a possible attack" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28301954/ --- Jeffrey T. Richelson writes in "Defusing Armageddon" http://www.amazon.com/Defusing-Armageddon-Inside-Americas-Nuclear/dp/0393065154/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1229711714&sr=8-1 (U.S.) After six years, Homeland Security still without 'cybercrisis' plan http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10127134-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 (UK) Al-Qaeda terrorist jailed for 10 years -- Rangzieb Ahmed given life sentence - "ruled that he should serve a minimum of 10 years before he is considered for parole" -- Habib Ahmed"sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3850118/Al-Qaeda-terrorist-jailed-for-10-years.html --- British al-Qaeda ringleader Rangzieb Ahmed to serve at least ten years in jail http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5370573.ece (UK) Any Muslim killed fighting Israel goes to paradise, says MPAC spokesman http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/12/19/any_muslim_killed_fighting_israel_goes_to_paradise_says_mpac_spokesman --- Muslim Public Affairs Committee (MPAC) spokesman Asghar Bukhari "is a particular favourite of the BBC" --- Asghar Bukhari: "Muslims who fight against the occupation of their lands are 'Mujahadeen' and are blessed by Allah. And any Muslim who fights and dies against Israel and dies is a martyr and will be granted paradise..." (Iran) Obama to create Iran outreach post http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/19/obama-will-create-iran-outreach-position/ -- Report: Obama Team Planning Iranian Outreach Post http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/19/report-obama-team-planning-iranian-outreach-post/ -- 'Iran talks should last 12 weeks max' ---- "US foreign affairs chair also tells Post America should not interfere if Israel acts in Gaza" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728256499&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Russian 'air defense deal with Iran under way' http://www.tradearabia.com/news/newsdetails.asp?Sn=DEF&artid=153859 (Lebanon) Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon protest Gaza siege http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/19/hezbollah-supporters-in-lebanon-protest-gaza-siege/ Hamas marks end of six-month Gaza Strip ceasefire by 'firing rockets into Israel' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1098423/Hamas-marks-end-month-Gaza-ceasefire-firing-rockets-Israel.html --- Islamic militants clash with Israel as truce ends http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2832366621 Yemeni mediators say 3 German hostages released http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081219/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_german_hostages --- Yemen kidnappers demand release of men in US custody http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/Yemen-kidnappers-demand-release-of-men-in-US-custody-.html (Turkey) Turkey: Police arrest Al-Qaeda suspects --- "Thirty-eight people were detained in an operation against a radical right-wing group carried out simultaneously in Istanbul, Izmir and Manisa" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2833825211 Belgium holds al Qaeda suspects longer http://www.expatica.com/be/news/local_news/Belgium-holds-al-Qaeda-suspects-longer.html Sweden: Second night of "youth" riots in Malmo over closed mosque http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023996.php http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7791553.stm (Germany) Former German leftist terrorist freed http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081219/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_leftist_terror (Greece) Youths firebomb cultural institute http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24826909-23109,00.html (Philippines) Another bomb found in Iligan City http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20081220hed2.html -- Arroyo outraged by deadly blasts; third bomb found,defused http://www.gmanews.tv/story/140364/Arroyo-outraged-by-deadly-blasts-third-bomb-founddefused (Thailand) 1 suspected insurgent killed, 4 others arrested - in Narathiwat http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30091457 Sri Lankan air force bombs rebels http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/19/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Commentaries: U.S. lawmakers scold AIG over Shariah finance Bailed-out firm 'marketing products that support radical ideology' http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84047 http://anti-jihad.org/Myrick_and_Wolf_AIG_Shariah_Letter_Dec_2008.pdf Family Security Matters: How Dare Taxpayer-owned AIG Do Business with a System that Executes Human Beings? http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2067/pub_detail.asp No Mercy for Jihad Johnny - by Michelle Malkin http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2062/pub_detail.asp Jamaat-ud Dawa - Truth and Fiction - by Adrian Morgan http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2061/pub_detail.asp The Rising Threat of the UAE - by Sultan Knish http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2066/pub_detail.asp http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/2008/12/rising-threat-of-uae.html --- "While the UAE provided 2 of the 9/11 terrorists, had close ties with the Taliban and served a stop on the smuggling network that moved nuclear technology from North Korea to Iran, the UAE has avoided the bellicose confrontational rhetoric, instead operating under the radar" ---- See Also - December 12, 2008: ---- U.S. Plans to Sign Nuclear Pact With U.A.E. ----- "Thorium Power Ltd.of Virginia and CH2M Hill of Colorado -- to oversee the development of its nuclear-power program" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122904102094400097.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_51 ---- Thorium Power Contact http://www.thoriumpower.com/default2.asp?nav=our_company&subnav=contact davidb@bassiounigroup.com ---- CH2M Hill Contact http://www.ch2m.com/corporate/about_us/default.asp feedback@ch2m.com Family Security Matters: 2009 National Security Information Guide http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/docLib/20081104_FSMNSGbookletV4a.pdf CRC Open-Source Intelligence Briefs Maj. W. Thomas Smith Jr., Director of the Counterterrorism Research Center http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2060/pub_detail.asp Nigeria: Re - the Media And the Genocide in Jos -- by Jonathan Ishaku http://allafrica.com/stories/200812190472.html Blogging the Qur'an - by Robert Spencer http://www.jihadwatch.org/articles/bloggingtheq.php Other News: (United Nations) Shariah states want 'defamation' of Islam denounced worldwide --- WND reports that OIC-backed defamation proposal effort losing support --- States "severe blow at the United Nations today when the momentum on their religion 'anti-defamation' proposal suddenly shifted" http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83968 ---- American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) Petition Opposing the Organization of the Islamic Conference https://www.aclj.org/Petition/?ac=1&sc=3387 (U.S.) Salman Rushdie: 'The jihadists are dragging us into the Middle Ages' http://specials.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/19slide1-understanding-the-mumbai-attacks.htm (U.S.) "Legal Scholars" criticize Thomas More Law Center Lawsuit to stop U.S. Bailout of AIG supporting Sharia http://michiganmessenger.com/10395/michigan-man-files-suit-against-bailout-on-religious-grounds --- Lawsuit Filed Against Treasury Dept: Stop AIG Bailout Financing Terrorism http://www.thomasmore.org/qry/page.taf?id=19 http://www.thomasmore.org/downloads/sb_thomasmore/DepartmentoftheTreasury-Complaint.pdf http://www.saneworks.us/uploads/news/applications/35.pdf (U.S./Iran) Feds Seize New York Office Building Tied to Iranian Government http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023974.php http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468804,00.html (Canada) Rejected Complaint Still Makes its Point http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#84 --- Human Rights Complaint against Imam Abou Hammaad Sulaiman Dameus Al-Hayit ----- Complaint states Al-Hayit "writes gays and lesbians should be 'exterminated in this life' and beheaded if caught performing sodomy. Women are inferior to men. Jews 'spread corruption and chaos on earth' and 'injustice will never disappear from the face of the earth before Islam and Sharia are properly applied throughout the world.' Those who leave Islam should have their necks cut, the book said." --- Marc Lebuis on Complaint: Why I filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission against a Montreal Salafi imam for "hate propaganda" http://pointdebasculecanada.ca/spip.php?article365 --- The Canadian Human Rights Commission refuses to investigate the complaint filed by Marc Lebuis, director of Point de Bascule http://pointdebasculecanada.ca/spip.php?article682 --- Rights body dismisses Maclean's case http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=433915 --- Mark Steyn on Lebius decision http://www.steynonline.com/content/view/1569/128/ (Canada) Collection for Headstone of "Honor Killing" Victim Aqsa Parvez in unmarked grave http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/12/canada-no-heads.html (UK) Imam Irfan Chishti: Parents 'share blame' for madrassa beatings http://www.theasiannews.co.uk//news/s/1086201_parents_share_blame_for_madrassa_beatings (UK) 'Forced marriage' daughter gets protection - Humayra Abedin http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24826912-23109,00.html --- Forced marriage doctor 'was drugged in Bangladeshi psychiatric clinic' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/bangladesh/3851698/Forced-marriage-doctor-was-drugged-in-Bangladeshi-psychiatric-clinic.html (Netherlands) Dutch government says Muslim radicalization down http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/local_news/Dutch-government-says-Muslim-radicalisation-down.html (Belgium) Antwerp: Nothing but Allah and his prophet (2) http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/antwerp-nothing-but-allah-and-his_19.html German foreign minister denies helping US fight Iraq war http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/German-foreign-minister-denies-helping-US-fight-Iraq-war--.html (U.S.) Walmart says yes to parents - removes "Islam is the light" doll http://www.labelthatdoll.com/2008/12/19/678/ (U.S.) Congressman Keith Ellison Makes His Pilgrimage To Mecca http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98500879&ft=1&f=1004 Indonesia: Muslim separatists sentenced for treason http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2831973537 (Malaysia) Shariah Banking Hindered by Unprepared Courts http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/article/3686.html Against Nazi News: (Russia) Filmed beheadings show Russian neo-Nazis are borrowing tactics from al Qaeda http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1098035/Filmed-beheadings-Russian-neo-Nazis-borrowing-tactics-al-Qaeda.html (Germany) Myth of 'humane' Nazi Erwin Rommel debunked http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/3836479/Myth-of-humane-Nazi-Erwin-Rommel-debunked.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1097643/The-real-Rommel-Enduring-myth-decent-Nazi-debunked.html December 18, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (U.S.) AIG Update: Congresswoman Sue Myrick and Congressman Frank Wolf's Letter to AIG Regarding AIG's Sharia Business http://anti-jihad.org/Myrick_and_Wolf_AIG_Shariah_Letter_Dec_2008.pdf Anti-Terrorism News: (Pakistan) 'ISI elements support groups backing Taliban' -- Pakistan Policy Working Group http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg1_13 --- Indian Govt says ISI behind all recent terror incidents http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/ISI_behind_all_recent_terror_attacks/articleshow/3853397.cms --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 Pakistan sincere in anti-terrorism co-operation: US State Dept's Robert Wood http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\18\story_18-12-2008_pg7_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Mardan police foil terrorism bid, seize explosives http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg7_7 (Pakistan) NWFP: Four killed in Hangu sectarian violence http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg7_6 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Militants attack alternative supply route in Pakistan for coalition forces in Afghanistan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3833237/Militants-attack-alternative-supply-route-in-Pakistan-for-coalition-forces-in-Afghanistan.html -- Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) slams govt for logistic support to NATO forces http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg7_16 (Pakistan/U.S.) Students want to know who killed Daniel Pearl http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg7_41 (Pakistan) People's support a must to eliminate terrorism: Sherry http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg7_33 --- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia --- "Gallup poll shows public support for crackdown on terrorists" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\18\story_18-12-2008_pg1_3 --- See Also: June 2008 TerrorFreeTomorrow.org Pakistan public poll results http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/PakistanPollReportJune08.pdf -- 74.7 percent think "implementing strict Sharia law throughout Pakistan" important for Pakistan govt (Q8g, page 44) -- 73.7 percent oppose U.S. military action against Taliban and Al Qaeda in Pakistan (Q11c, page 52) -- 69 percent oppose U.S. military working with Pakistan military against Taliban and Al-Qaeda (Q11b, page 52) -- 51.8 percent view U.S. to blame for violence in Pakistan today (Q14, page 52) -- 58.2 percent favor negotiations with Taliban (Q15c, page 63) -- 49.6 percent favor negotiations with Al-Qaeda and Uzbek fighters (Q15a, page 63) -- 56.5 percent agree with Al Qaeda's goals (Q16a, page 64) -- 79.5 percent view Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda's goals are "to stand up to America" (Q29a1, page 75) -- 57.1 percent agreed with Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda's goals "to stand up to America" (Q29a2, page 75) (Pakistan) No firm proof gunmen came from Pakistan: President Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\18\story_18-12-2008_pg1_1 -- Force only option against power-hungry militants, says Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\18\story_18-12-2008_pg1_2 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban positions targeted in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\18\story_18-12-2008_pg7_8 --- Air attacks will go on, Zardari tells Fata elders http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/18/top1.htm (Pakistan) Jailed Al Qaeda Leader Behind Musharraf Death Plot -- Omar Saeed Sheikh http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/12/jailed_al_qaeda_leader_behind_1.asp Pakistan media: 'Indians are yet to accept creation of Pak' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Indians_are_yet_to_accept_creation_of_Pak/articleshow/3860472.cms (Pakistan) Jamaat-ud-Dawa fights UNSC ban with a PR campaign http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Jamaat_fights_UNSC_ban_with_a_PR_campaign/articleshow/3853145.cms --- started even as Mumbai attacks were ongoing --- November 28, 2008: U.S. Evan Kohlmann talks to terror group's Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)'s so-called "political wing" - Jamat-ud-Dawa (JUD) ---- Kohlmann says Jamaat-ud-Dawa terror group's Abdullah Muntazir tells him "we have nothing to do with it", and blamed Indian "propaganda" for "divert[ing] the attention of the public media" ---- Kohlmann says Jamaat-ud-Dawa terror group's Abdullah Muntazir tells him "Islam does not permit killing civilian people" http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/11/jamatuddawa_let_political_wing.php (Pakistan) 55 Jamaat-ud-Dawa leaders detained, 22 on ECL: ministry http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg1_6 (India J&K) Lashkar-e-Taiba commander killed in Jammu http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Lashkar-e-Taiba_commander_killed_in_Jammu/rssarticleshow/3856486.cms (India/Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: 'Pak elements' involvement confirmed' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg7_2 (India) Mumbai Attacks: Dawood directly involved in Mumbai attack: Russia intelligence http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Dawood_directly_involved_in_Mumbai_attack_Russian_intel/articleshow/3856641.cms (India) Terror squad may have sneaked into Bengal -- "There is specific intelligence inputs that an eight-man hit team, including HuJI terrorists have sneaked into West Bengal through the Bangladesh border" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terror_squad_may_have_sneaked_into_Bengal/articleshow/3859806.cms (India) New Indian 'FBI' to help combat terrorism http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3835746/New-Indian-FBI-to-help-combat-terrorism.html Iraqi women activist assassinated in Kirkuk - police http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961148&Language=en -- Women's rights activist beheaded in Iraq http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/18/iraq.arrests/?iref=hpmostpop (Iraq) Blast in popular Bazaar injures 20 in Diyala http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961020&Language=en Iraqi officer 'suspected of terror' --- A top Iraqi general said today that security forces reportedly arrested in connection with an attempted coup were actually detained on suspicion of aiding 'terrorism'" http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24822339-23109,00.html --- 25 held for plotting Iraq coup http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/25_held_for_plotting_Iraq_coup/articleshow/3859526.cms (U.S.) South Carolina Pipe Bomb Trial: Egyptian gets prison term on US terrorism charge --- Ahmed Mohamed gets 15 year prison sentence http://africa.reuters.com/country/EG/news/usnN18412935.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28301065/ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iAtZCOCu6i-MQvVj4csX_VuLyY8QD955C1M80 (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: No verdict in Fort Dix plot deliberations http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081218/ap_on_re_us/fort_dix_plot_1 --- Day and night, Fort Dix jurors stuck together http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-12182008-1640214.html --- Fort Dix jurors ask to review past testimony http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-12182008-1640150.html (U.S.) 'American Taliban' Lindh Asks Bush for Freedom http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/17/american-taliban-ask-bush-freedom/ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/12/18/2008-12-18_parents_of_americanborn_taliban_fighter_.html (U.S.) Cyberwar games show US unprepared for attack http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24822860-23109,00.html (U.S.) Pentagon draws up plans for Guantanamo closure -- per "War on Extremism" Robert Gates http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3835107/Pentagon-draws-up-plans-for-Guantanamo-closure.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg7_10 --- Problems in Closing Guantanamo Detention Camp http://www.cfr.org/publication/18001/problems_in_closing_guantanamo_detention_camp.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2Fpublication_list%3Ftype%3Dinterview US military: Repeat of anthrax attacks harder today http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728256793&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) Department of Homeland Security Expands Collection of Biometrics for Visitors http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/081218/aqth077.html?.v=65 (UK) Two British Muslims convicted of links to terrorist group al-Qaeda -- Habib Ahmed and Rangzieb Ahmed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3832224/Two-British-Muslims-convicted-of-links-to-terrorist-group-al-Qaeda.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\19\story_19-12-2008_pg7_43 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2828780462 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5365911.ece --- Al-Qaeda terror trial: Rangzieb Ahmed was highest ranking al-Qaeda operative in Britain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3832366/Al-Qaeda-terror-trial-Rangzieb-Ahmed-was-highest-ranking-al-Qaeda-operative-in-Britain.html --- British al-Qaeda chief found guilty of directing operations http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3833696/British-al-Qaeda-chief-found-guilty-of-directing-operations.html --- CNN: Video - Terrorists used invisible ink http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/12/18/newton.manchester.qaeda.link.cnn --- Rangzieb Ahmed to appeal conviction being member of Al-Qaeda organization - claims Pakistan ISI torture http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/19/terrorism-al-qaida-pakistan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3832360/WITH-LEGAL-Al-Qaeda-terror-trial-British-Muslim-claims-he-was-tortured-on-instructions-of-MI5.html --- September 28, 2008: Tony Blair's friends were potential targets of terror cell, court hears http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3081276/Tony-Blairs-friends-were-potential-targets-of-terror-cell-court-hears.html (UK) So will Britain ever be able to expel terror case doctor? --- Jordanian Mohammed Asha http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1095591/So-Britain-able-expel-terror-case-doctor.html (UK) Glasgow Airport terror attack: Muslims' plight turned my son into bomber, says mother of Kafeel Ahmed http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2008/12/17/glasgow-airport-terror-attack-muslims-plight-turned-my-son-into-bomber-says-mother-of-kafeel-ahmed-86908-20976577/ (UK) December 22, 1998 - Lockerbie: Bomb fear in UK's worst air disaster http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5366803.ece (Iran) Israel: Iran could attack US with nuclear bomb http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/3815378/Israel-Iran-could-attack-US-with-nuclear-bomb.html (Iran) Binyamin Netanyahu: Iran 'greatest historical challenge' facing the world http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728256365&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Former US admiral William Fallon: Don't fear Iran ---- "He also dismissed Iran's calls to destroy Israel as nothing more than rhetoric." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728256250&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull ---- Fallon's interview comments with Al-Jazeera television http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-09-29-182188295_x.htm http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3452542,00.html ---- US commander quits 'over Iran' http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/03/200852513173528434.html Hamas ends "ceasefire" with Israel http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/palestinianauthority/3834450/Hamas-ends-ceasefire-with-Israel.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728241255&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Palestinian Islamic Jihad military wing fires "Quds" missile on southern Israe http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1961055&Language=en Israeli fighter jets hit targets in Gaza http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/18/news/ML-Israel-Rockets.php Egyptian police nab 28 Islamists in separate raids http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/dec/191208-Egyptian-police-arrest-Islamists.htm Somalia: Fear of Islamist War Grips Central Town -- "in Beletwein, the capital of Hiran region" http://allafrica.com/stories/200812180877.html (Morocco) Madrid Train Bomber Convicted, Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison - Abdelilah Ahriz http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,469826,00.html http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/18/africa/AF-Morocco-Spain-Bombings.php Yemen: Kidnappers up stakes in German hostage negotiations http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2828179802 (Canada) CSIS taping conversations between lawyers, terrorism suspects, judge says http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081218.wcsis1218/BNStory/National/home (Russia) Policeman, Interior Forces serviceman killed in clash with militants in Chechnya http://www.interfax.com/3/455849/news.aspx http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/18/content_10525358.htm Serbia: Wahabis plead not guilty to terrorism charges -- Adis Muric and Enes Mujanovic http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2829523764 (Bosnia) "Algerian Bosnian" released from Gitmo http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023982.php http://www.juliagorin.com/wordpress/?p=1942 http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4AP61220081126 --- Also: --- December 16, 2008: Three Algerians at Guantanamo transferred to Bosnia http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/246571,three-algerians-at-guantanamo-transferred-to-bosnia.html (Bosnia) Daily Telegraph: "Guantanamo prisoner 'never questioned' about his alleged crime" - Mustafa Ait Idir http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3834186/Guantanamo-prisoner-never-questioned-about-his-alleged-crime.html Turkey detains 15 suspected al Qaeda members http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081217/wl_nm/us_turkey_alqaeda_detention_1 http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=161693&bolum=101 --- Thirty alleged Al-Qaeda members arrested in Turkey: report http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=62714 (Greece) Anarchists strike again after Athens shooting http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5366175.ece (Philippines) Twin bombings hit Philippines' Christmas shoppers --- 3 dead as blasts rock Iligan City a day before Arroyo visit - 38 injured http://www.gmanews.tv/story/140135/3-dead-as-blasts-rock-Iligan-City-a-day-before-Arroyo-visit --- AFP: "attack blamed by the authorities on Muslim separatists" -- bombs hidden in packages http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/397212/1/.html --- AP: "Two crude bombs packed with nails exploded minutes apart Thursday at a department store and a nearby clothing shop packed with Christmas shoppers" ---- "blasts in Iligan, a predominantly Christian city" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081218/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_explosions (Philippines) Five killed in clash in southern Philippines -- troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Jihadists clash -- in Piagapo town in Lanao del Sur province http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/246799,five-killed-in-clash-in-southern-philippines.html (Malaysia) A Germ Warfare Guru Goes Free - Why did Malaysia release Al Qaeda's bioweapons expert? -- Newsweek gets around to reporting about Yazid Sufaat http://www.newsweek.com/id/175679 m-- U.S. Officials Worried by Release of Al-Qaeda Bioweapons Operative http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20081218_7766.php China confirms its navy will fight Somali pirates http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/18/africa/pirates.php MEMRI Launches Jihad & Terrorism Threat Monitor Website http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20081218/pl_usnw/memri_launches_jihad___terrorism_threat_monitor_website Cyber Jihad of Losers on Jihadtube Admit Defeat http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195502.php Commentaries: U.S. Funding Islamic Agenda Through Oil? -- by Dale Hurd http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/503814.aspx Other News: (U.S.) Oregon Investigators: Explosives Found in Home of Bank Blast Suspect's Father --- Suspect Joshua Turnidge http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,469264,00.html (U.S.) Retired Admiral Picked as Spy Chief, Officials Say - DNI candidate retired Adm. Dennis C. Blair http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/18/AR2008121803864.html?wprss=rss_world%2Fasia Saudi Arabia and Indian billionaires donated to Clinton charity http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3835521/Saudi-Arabia-and-Indian-billionaires-donated-to-Clinton-charity.html Video: 'I will not let them win' - Dutch lawmaker and maker of 'Fitna' talks about "danger of Islam." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/Page/VideoPlayer&cid=1194419829128&videoId=1228728229315 (Europe) Screening of anti-Islam film stopped --- "The European Parliament banned a planned screening on Wednesday of an anti-Islam film made by far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders, a British euro-deputy said" http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/18/top13.htm (Europe) Irshad Manji and Dalia Mogahed - Who Speaks for Islam? http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/irshad-manji-and-dalia-mogahed-who.html (UK) Over 60 per cent of Britain's Muslim schools have extremist links, says draft report http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/12/17/exclusive_over_60_per_cent_of_britains_muslim_schools_have_extremist_links_says_draft_report --- report "When Worlds Collide" - "written by Denis MacEoin in response to a commission from Civitas" (UK) Archbishop of Canterbury 'laughs' at controversy over Sharia law http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/12/18/archbishop_of_canterbury_laughs_at_controversy_over_sharia_law --- Interview: Rowan Williams http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2008/12/williams-archbishop-lambeth (UK) Mother told to take down her Christmas lights... in case they offend her non-Christian neighbours http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1094868/Mother-told-Christmas-lights--case-offend-non-Christian-neighbours.html (UK) After 130 years of fundraising, Salvation Army told to stop rattling collecting tins because it might 'offend other religions' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1094807/Sally-Army-told-stop-rattling-collecting-tins--offend-religions.html (UK) Prison bans chapel crucifix to avoid offending Muslims http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1094901/Prison-bans-chapel-crucifix-avoid-offending-Muslims.html (Belgium) Antwerp: Nothing but Allah and his prophet http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/antwerp-nothing-but-allah-and-his.html (Egypt) Executive Grovels: "MasterCard Can Be Very Islamic"..... http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2008/12/executive-grovels-mastercard-can-be-very-islamic.html (Egypt) Bush shoe thrower offered a 'sole mate'... Egyptian man offers Iraqi 'hero' his daughter, 20, as wife http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1097245/Bush-shoe-thrower-offered-sole-mate--Egyptian-man-offers-Iraqi-hero-daughter-20-wife.html (Malaysia) Untried courts test Malaysia's Islamic finance appeal http://www.forexpros.com/news/general-news/analysis-untried-courts-test-malaysia%27s-islamic-finance-appeal-15124 Vatican: Three senior clerics back more European mosques http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2829866770 MEMRI: "Pro-Syrian Former Lebanese Minister Wiam Wahhab: Saudi Royal Family Was Originally Jewish, and Was Behind Mumbai Terror Attacks" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD215708 Against Nazi News: (Germany) 'Former Nazi war criminal' may be brought to justice over massacre of 60 Jews thanks to Austrian student-turned-detective http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1096955/Former-Nazi-war-criminal-brought-justice-massacre-60-Jews-thanks-Austrian-student-turned-detective.html December 17, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Casualty toll in Baghdad car blast reaches 18 dead, 52 wounded http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1960719&Language=en --- Double-bombing in Baghdad targets traffic police http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/17/news/ML-Iraq.php (Iraq) Britain to pull troops from Iraq by May 31 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq;_ylt=AqA1YkQo.plGs1c_eM7kiOpbbBAF (Afghanistan) US: 3 militants killed in raid in Afghanistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_1 (Afghanistan) UK Foreign Minister David Miliband: Afghanistan Needs A Political Solution http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98369744&ft=1&f=1004 --- October 5, 2008: War on Taliban cannot be won, says army chief --- Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith --- says British public should be "prepared for a possible deal with the Taliban" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4882597.ece (Pakistan) "I believe the children are the future..." http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023966.php --- "Students from schools run by Islamic charity organization Jamaat-ud-Dawa chant slogans during a protest in Karachi, December 17, 2008" http://www.daylife.com/photo/0emYcpQ4tv28s (Pakistan) Action against LeT's Jamaat-ul-Dawa in national interest: Zardari http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/articlelist/30359534.cms --- December 16, 2008: Is Pak crackdown on LeT's Jamaat-ul-Dawa an eyewash? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Is_Pak_crackdown_on_Jamaat_an_eyewash/articleshow/3843054.cms (Pakistan) Jaish-e-Mohmmad chief Maulana Masood Azhar not under house arrest: Pakistan envoy http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Masood_Azhar_not_under_house_arrest_Pakistan_envoy/articleshow/3852880.cms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Turnaround_Pak_envoy_says_Jaish_chief_is_not_under_house_arrest/articleshow/3853446.cms (Pakistan) Move in US to get Pakistan aid stopped http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/17/top4.htm --- Dawn report: "US investigators have concluded after interrogating the lone captured suspect, Ajmal Amir Kasab, that the Inter-Services Intelligence is not involved in the Mumbai attacks" http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/17/top2.htm (India J&K) Two top Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed in Jammu, Kashmir http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1960705&Language=en http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Two_top_Hizbul_terrorists_killed_in_JK_/articleshow/3851119.cms Indian Parliament’s Lower House Approves Bills on Security http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=ahJhPbxH8M5o&refer=india (India) Maharashtra to probe top cops' lapses during Mumbai attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Maharashtra_to_probe_top_cops_lapses_during_Mumbai_attack/articleshow/3852753.cms?TOI_latestnews (India) Antulay raises doubts over Anti-Terror Service chief Karkare's killing http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Antulay_raises_doubts_over_Karkares_killing/articleshow/3852273.cms (U.S.) Fort Dix case goes to jury http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-12172008-1639461.html --- Deliberations begin in Fort Dix plot trial http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/104-12172008-1639501.html (U.S.) Iranian woman says ex-husband dragged her into plot --- Sharhazad Mir Gholikhan "defense to charges she tried to export American-made night vision goggles to Iran: that she had no choice but to obey the orders of her former husband, who dragged her into the illegal plot" http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flbgoggles1217pndec17,0,4930438.story (U.S.) Washington Post: "A Pragmatic Pair Chosen to Confront Terrorism Threat" --- Eric H. Holder Jr. for DOJ and Janet Napolitano for DHS --- "neither nominee boasts much direct experience with the most significant and pressing counterterrorism matters that will cross their desks" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120102892.html?wprss=rss_politics/administration (UK) Glasgow car bomb plot - the al-Qaeda connection http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3797973/Glasgow-car-bomb-plot---the-al-Qaeda-connection.html (UK) Glasgow car bomb trial: British-Iraqi doctor gets life sentence for terror -- Bilal Abdulla http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081217/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_terrorism_trial --- Glasgow bomber Bilal Abdulla jailed for 32 years http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5357521.ece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3812810/Glasgow-car-bomber-Doctor-who-tried-to-blow-up-nightclub-and-airport-given-32-years.html http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1093.xml§ion=international (UK) Daily Express pays Ł45k for slur against leading Muslim --- Inayat Bunglawala, an assistant secretary of the Muslim Council of Great Britain http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/17/express-libel-inayat ---- Daily Telegraph: March 9, 2002: Blair-link Muslims backed bin Laden ----- "Inayat Bunglawala, a senior member of the Muslim Council of Britain, circulated material written by bin Laden, whom he regarded as a 'freedom fighter', to hundreds of Muslims in Britain last year." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1387288/Blair-link-Muslims-backed-bin-Laden.html ----- December 2007: The Spectator: The real Inayat Bunglawala http://www.spectator.co.uk/stephenpollard/406871/the-real-inayat-bunglawala.thtml ---- "In January 1993 Bunglawala wrote a letter to Private Eye, a satirical magazine, in which he called the blind Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman 'courageous.'" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inayat_Bunglawala#Controversies Iran leader: Arab states won't support US on Iran http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728234705&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) IDF official: Sderot is like Iraq and Afghanistan for the US http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728212690&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Palestinians launch six missiles at Israel http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1960605&Language=en --- Rocket fire raises concern over Gaza truce http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December246.xml§ion=middleeast (Gaza) 'US officials visiting Gaza belt must use armored vehicles' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728234910&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Somali pirates board Chinese ship, fail to hijack http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/17/news/Piracy.php Somali Pirates Seize Four Ships on Day UN Passes Plan http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=alJSj7gtuWHw&refer=africa Algerian jailed for 3 years for fighting in Iraq http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/17/africa/AF-Algeria-Iraq-Insurgent.php (Algeria) Security services dismantle Al-Qaeda support group in El-Oued http://www.elkhabar.com/quotidienFrEn/?ida=135475&idc=114 Algerian Air Forces to back up Malian Army against Al-Qaeda http://www.elkhabar.com/quotidienFrEn/lire.php?idc=158&ida=135473 Egypt remands Brotherhood leader on "jihad" charge http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnLH579960.html http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/238672 Turkey charges two over US consulate attack http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3640200,00.html --- Prosecutor: Al Qaeda behind July attack on US consulate http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/246675,prosecutor-al-qaeda-behind-july-attack-on-us-consulate.html France on terror alert --- shoppers being searched http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24817250-23109,00.html http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/France-on-terror-alert.html --- Comment: Such Paris stores have previously had history of shoppers being searched French Defense Minister rules out involvement of Islamists in bomb scare http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1960730&Language=en http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/17/europe/EU-France-TNT-Found.php Belgium to hold al Qaeda suspects until Jan 7. http://www.asharqalawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=15073 (Philippines) 5 killed in clashes between rebels and troops in Lanao http://www.gmanews.tv/story/139944/5-killed-in-clashes-between-rebels-and-troops-in-Lanao (Philippines) Philippine court convicts 4 Muslim militants http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081217/tap-as-philippines-resort-attack-fe2a5de.html -- Court convicts 4 Abu Sayyaf militants blamed for resort attack http://www.gmanews.tv/story/139915/Court-convicts-4-Sayyaf-militants-blamed-for-resort-attack (Philippines) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF): No back-channeling talks with gov't panel http://www.gmanews.tv/story/139813/MILF-No-back-channeling-talks-with-govt-panel China hands death penalty to 2 'bent on jihad' http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28275240/ http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/246656,china-sentences-two-to-death-for-terrorism-in-far-western-region.html (Sri Lanka) Battle for Sri Lankan rebel headquarters rages http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December1096.xml§ion=international http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/17/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (United Nations) Rights experts attack Islam defamation drive at UN http://africa.reuters.com/country/DZ/news/usnLH387871.html --- "The United Nations should stop passing resolutions, largely promoted by Islamic countries, calling for laws against 'defamation of religion', according to international experts on freedom of expression" --- "The experts were Frank La Rue, a Guatemalan who is the Human Rights Council's investigator for freedom of expression, Hungarian writer Miklos Haraszti of the OSCE, South African jurist Faith Pansy Tlakula of the African Union, and Catalina Botero of the Organisation of American States." --- Experts state: "The concept of 'defamation of religions' does not accord with international standards regarding defamation, which refer to the protection of reputation of individuals.... Religions, like all beliefs, cannot be said to have a reputation of their own" --- "Countries which had such limits to protect religion, they said, had often used them 'to prevent legitimate criticism of powerful religious leaders and to suppress the views of religious minorities, dissenting believers and non-believers.'" http://africa.reuters.com/country/DZ/news/usnLH387871.html -- See Also: December 10, 2008: Human Rights, Islamic Supremacism, and our Responsibilities http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/119.html (India) Shari'ah Finance advisory reaches India http://www.cpifinancial.net/v2/blog.aspx?b=1&v=1&aid=20&sec=Islamic%20Finance France: Muslims opt out of state system http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/france-muslims-opt-out-of-state-system.html (Malaysia) Catholic newspaper faces ban for writing "Allah" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/3811703/Catholic-newspaper-faces-ban-for-writing-Allah.html Andrew Bostom: Audio: 'Koran Spawns Anti-Semitism among Mainstream Muslims' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Radio/News.aspx/400 (U.S.) Georgia judge orders Muslim woman arrested for refusing to remove her headscarf to enter court - at security checkpoint http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-muslim-headscarf-arrest,0,5638945.story Commentaries: The Last Days of CAIR -- by Jamie Glazov --- Interview with David Yerushalmi http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1E2CA713-7658-4384-B61E-9E017121523C Against Nazi News: (Netherlands) Nazi entertainer loses German case http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/european_news/Nazi-Entertainer-loses-German-case-.html (U.S.) New Jersey: Little 'Adolf Hitler' Denied Birthday Cake at New Jersey Grocery Store http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468250,00.html December 16, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Taliban issue video of beheaded 'spies' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\17\story_17-12-2008_pg1_9 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 ---- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) vows to continue fight against India in Kashmir http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Lashkar_vows_to_continue_fight_against_India_in_Kashmir/articleshow/3847054.cms --- 'LT will continue armed struggle against India' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\17\story_17-12-2008_pg1_4 (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) to ask UN to delink it from Al Qaeda, Taliban http://www.sindhtoday.net/south-asia/43895.htm http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/LeT_to_ask_UN_to_delink_it_from_Al_Qaeda_Taliban/articleshow/3846335.cms (Pakistan) Is Pakistan crackdown on Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) an eyewash? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Is_Pak_crackdown_on_Jamaat_an_eyewash/articleshow/3843054.cms Pakistan authorities in efforts to cover up Ajmal links http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_authorities_in_efforts_to_cover_up_Ajmal_links/articleshow/3840038.cms Pakistan's handling of intrusion sends right signal: Kerry http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\17\story_17-12-2008_pg7_16 --- Kerry says Pakistan 'sincere' in Mumbai crackdown http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_124 --- Kerry admits drone strikes are counter-productive http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\17\story_17-12-2008_pg1_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Two injured in Peshawar rocket attack - suspected Taliban attack http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\17\story_17-12-2008_pg7_6 (Pakistan) FATA: Frontier Corps (FC) kills seven Taliban in Mohmand http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\17\story_17-12-2008_pg7_5 (India) 'Al Qaeda is a corporate entity' http://specials.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/15slid1-society-will-make-a-hero-of-a-dead-officer-not-when-he-is-alive-but-dead.htm (India) Al-Qaeda link to Mumbai attacks, former spy say -- Shimson Issaki http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=1076908 (Afghanistan) Bid to split Taliban, Al Qaeda --- Christian Science Monitor: "In Afghanistan, US and NATO reassess their strategy amid concerns that their efforts are failing" ---- Comment: would that be the "strategy" against an Islamic supremacist enemy that they refuse to define? --- "'Some ministries have started a program to try to separate Al Qaeda and the Taliban,' says Ursala Rahmani, a former Taliban official who has been involved in talks with the government." --- Pentagon's senior policy official Eric Edelman describes a "big T Taliban" versus a "small T Taliban," but can't describe Islamic supremacism enemy http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1216/p01s01-wosc.html ----- See previous article: October 17, 2008 - Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html Afghanistan: Elections the 'key' in Taliban fight, says NATO official --- Giampaolo Di Paola denies increase in Taliban support: "In actual fact there are only three critical provinces [under Taliban control] - Helmand, Uruzgan and Kandahar." http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2820117869 (U.S.) Guantanamo General Tells Story of the Hidden Khalid Sheikh Mohammed http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,468125,00.html (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Deliberations to begin in Fort Dix trial http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/16/Deliberations_to_begin_in_Fort_Dix_trial/UPI-95971229474818/ (U.S.) Muslim Cleric's Lawyers Challenge Surveillance Program, Conviction -- more on Ali al-Timimi http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/16/AR2008121602602.html (UK) Glasgow bomber Bilal Abdulla was in Iraq terrorist cell http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5355522.ece http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1095591/The-terrorist-doctors-coat-Iraqi-infiltrated-NHS-guilty-bungled-bomb-plot.html (UK) Glasgow Car Bomb: The 'unlikely' jihadi bomber -- Bilal Abdulla http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7786906.stm (UK) Glasgow Car Bomb: Phone clues to terror conviction http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7783737.stm (UK) Glasgow Car Bomb: Surgeon cleared of bomb plots to fight deportation -- Jordanian Mohammed Asha http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/16/glasgowairporttrial --- Daily Express: Muslim doctor who plotted mass murder on streets of Britain http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/76051/Muslim-doctor-who-plotted-mass-murder-on-streets-of-Britain --- Glasgow bomb plot: Profile of Mohammed Asha http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3689905/Glasgow-bomb-plot-Profile-of-Mohammed-Asha.html --- BBC: Cleared terror suspect 'bullied' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7773727.stm Iranian official gives nuke plant schedule http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/16/Iranian_official_gives_nuke_plant_schedule/UPI-11551229480023/ Lebanese Sunni Cleric Bilal Daqmaq Attacks Iran and Hizbullah, States: We Are Terrorists in the Service of What Is Right http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD215308 (Lebanon) Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel: It's Time For Hizbullah's Weapons to Return to the Control of the Lebanese State http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD215408 (Israel) Security upped at anti-Jihad conference following alert -- "Islamist groups with suspected terror links 'displayed an interest' in an anti-jihad conference held in Jerusalem on Sunday, Dutch legislator Geert Wilders told Haaretz yesterday" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1046918.html (Saudi Arabia) Report: "Major Saudi operation foiled Al Qaeda plot against haj" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\17\story_17-12-2008_pg1_10 Somalia: Islamist factions in Somalia merge http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=9494&tirsan=3 Yemen: Police arrest over 100 in German hostage standoff http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2821366830 (Somalia) UN empowers land operations against Somali pirates http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5219748/un-empowers-land-operations-against-somali-pirates/ (Niger) Canadian diplomats abducted: Insurgents http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canadian+diplomats+abducted+insurgents/1078435/story.html (Indonesia) Radicalizing Indonesia http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122937199710107957.html --- WSJ writes about "imposition of Sharia law" but then says "Indonesia has made great strides fighting the most visible manifestation of radical Islam -- terrorism" --- Comment: WSJ clearly does not grasp that Sharia is "the most visible manifestation" of Islamic supremacism (Bosnia) Three Algerians at Guantanamo transferred to Bosnia http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/246571,three-algerians-at-guantanamo-transferred-to-bosnia.html France detains man linked to Afghan jihadist cell http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/15/europe/EU-France-Terror-Suspect.php (France) Paris bomb scare raises question: jihadis, or not? -- "The note announcing the explosives lacked references to Islam, jihad, or the Taliban" http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1217/p10s01-woeu.html France beefs up security after dynamite found in Paris store http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\17\story_17-12-2008_pg7_7 (Netherlands) No al-Qaeda branch active in the Netherlands http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/081215-qaeda-dutch (Canada) Shocka! Moderate Canadian Muslim Leader Shows Up In AlQaeda Propaganda Video -- Mohammed Musab aka "Mohammed" Robert Heft http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195435.php (Canada) Special advocate rules not working: Mohamed Harkat's lawyer http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Special+advocate+rules+working+Harkat+lawyer/1082719/story.html (China) US, China discuss NKorea, Iran, terrorism: US http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081216/pl_afp/uschinatalks Other News: (U.S.) AIG - WND Report: Federal Reserve sued for funding Shariah products -- 'There is an internal cultural jihad under way against our great nation' http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83704 --- See also: http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/12/aig-update-1216/ (U.S.) GE unit gets $4.2M Homeland Security contract http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081216/general_electric_contract.html?.v=1 (UK) Islamic Bank of Britain launches dedicated website for advisers http://ftadviser.com/FTAdviser/Mortgages/Products/Specialist/News/article/20081216/b685b872-cb84-11dd-a7ab-00144f2af8e8/FTA-IslamBank-200-DW.jsp -- UK Government launches consultation on Islamic finance in the UK http://europenews.dk/en/node/17396 (UK) Some Imams 'biased against women' --- "A Muslim think tank has found some UK Imams discriminate against women when enforcing Islamic Sharia law." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7783627.stm ---- Comment: Never dawns on BBC that Sharia is inherently discriminatory (Iraq) Islamists drive Christians out of Nineveh -- "Iraqi city declared 'most dangerous place on Earth' for non-Muslims" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83780 (Finland/Saudi Arabia) Finnish Convert on the Path of Allah: Jihad and Sharia are Cool....... http://tundratabloid.blogspot.com/2008/12/finnish-convert-on-path-of-allah-jihad_16.html Pakistan - Dowry Demanded from Captor of Christian Girl http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5727&backpage=summaries (Sudan) Darfur civilians 'seized as slaves by Sudan military' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/3795607/Darfur-civilians-seized-as-slaves-by-Sudan-military.html ---- Sudan under Islamic Sharia Law http://www.exorthodoxforchrist.com/sudan_under_islamic_sharia_law.htm ---- Sharia in Sudan http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/000050.php Wafa Sultan: "Is it not a duty for each one of us to view Islam not frivolously but in a most serious manner?" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023953.php Recent Rise in Sunni–Shi'ite Tension http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA48008 http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA48108 http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA48208 Commentaries: Lashkar-e-Taiba in America - by Stephen Schwartz --- "A convicted terror recruiter plays victim of the NSA" http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/927uxqry.asp The Campaign Against Sharia -- by Deborah Weiss http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=0ED97C88-3537-49F8-B858-3A8936708BAB Why Britons get caught in the Pakistan web -- Anatol Lieven http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5354981.ece Propaganda: (Saudia Arabia) Saudi "Human Rights Commission" [sic] moots plan to promote 'rights culture' --- "especially in the context of Shariah" http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=117196&d=15&m=12&y=2008&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom (Pakistan) Jamaat-i-Islami (JI): Anti-Islamic forces want 1971-like situation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\17\story_17-12-2008_pg7_37 December 16, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) US: thwarted Iraqi bomber blows himself up http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728222672&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iraqi police: Bomb in downtown Baghdad wounds 6 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_violence_1 (Iraq) Four Iraqi Soldiers Killed In Car Bomb North Of Baghdad http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081216\ACQDJON200812160456DOWJONESDJONLINE000172.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Four%20Iraqi%20Soldiers%20Killed%20In%20Car%20Bomb%20North%20Of%20Baghdad (Afghanistan) Taliban Courts Filling Justice Vacuum In Afghanistan http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98261034&ft=1&f=1004 Afghanistan: Top UN officials urge greater protection for children http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2819152851 (Pakistan) FATA: Two killed in suspected US missile strike in Miranshah http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\16\story_16-12-2008_pg7_4 (Pakistan) FATA: 2 Taliban killed as troops continue Bajaur advance http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\16\story_16-12-2008_pg7_2 (Pakistan) Kerry says Pakistan 'sincere' in Mumbai crackdown http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_123;_ylt=AhB8d1Do8HYC470ob_PGKYUBS5Z4 -- Kerry urges Pakistan to control spy agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\16\story_16-12-2008_pg1_5 (Pakistan) Truckers refuse to haul NATO, US supplies http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\16\story_16-12-2008_pg1_10 Pakistan refuses UK Mumbai appeal http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7784559.stm --- We won't let foreigners investigate suspects: PM http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\16\story_16-12-2008_pg1_1 Indian official: No plans for military action against Pakistan http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-12-16-india-pakistan_N.htm?csp=34 -- India had prepared for strike on Pak: CNN http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\16\story_16-12-2008_pg1_11 India to Pak: We want results, not assurances http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/No_plans_of_military_action_against_Pak_Antony/articleshow/3844285.cms (India) No bail under proposed anti-terror law http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/No_bail_under_proposed_anti-terror_law/articleshow/3846827.cms (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Closing arguments to resume Tues. in N.J. Fort Dix trial http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-12-15-fort-dix-trial_N.htm?csp=34 -- Closing arguments continue in Fort Dix terrorism trial http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-12162008-1638876.html -- Prosecution rests its case in Ft. Dix trial http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081210/NEWS01/812100353/-1/special27 -- Prosecutor: Fort Dix defendants meant what they said about waging interior spiritual struggle http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023939.php -- Defense rests its case in Fort Dix trial http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081211/NEWS01/812110361/-1/special27 -- Defense says Fort Dix defendants were wrongly portrayed http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/defense_says_fort_dix_defendan.html -- Defense: Fort Dix defendant was goaded by FBI informant http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20081215_Prosecutor__Fort_Dix_defendants_meant_what_they_said.html (UK) Scotland Glasgow Airport Car Bomb: Doctor guilty of car bomb attacks --- Bilal Abdulla found guilty --- "Another NHS doctor, Mohammed Asha, was cleared of helping Abdulla and a second attacker, Kafeel Ahmed" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7773410.stm --- Glasgow bomb plot: Profile of airport terrorist Bilal Abdulla http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3689244/Glasgow-bomb-plot-Profile-of-airport-terrorist-Bilal-Abdulla.html --- Doctor accused of car bomb plot funding was 'urged to concentrate on afterlife' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3514339/Doctor-accused-of-car-bomb-plot-funding-was-urged-to-concentrate-on-afterlife.html --- Iraqi NHS doctor guilty of plot to murder hundreds in terror attacks on London and Glasgow - but fellow medic is cleared http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1095591/Iraqi-NHS-doctor-guilty-plot-murder-hundreds-terror-attacks-London-Glasgow--fellow-medic-cleared.html --- Glasgow bomb plot: NHS doctor found guilty of terror attack on airport http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3688837/Glasgow-bomb-plot-NHS-doctor-found-guilty-of-terror-attack-on-airport.html --- Glasgow bomb plot: Wills to families left by airport terrorists ----- "The London and Glasgow car bombers, Bilal Abdulla and Kafeel Ahmed, both wrote wills to their families asking them to celebrate their deaths." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3689301/Glasgow-bomb-plot-Wills-to-families-left-by-airport-terrorists.html --- Glasgow bomb plot: The bombs constructed by airport terrorists http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3689253/Glasgow-bomb-plot-The-bombs-constructed-by-airport-terrorists.html Also related reports: --- Glasgow bomb plot: Profile of Mohammed Asha http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3689905/Glasgow-bomb-plot-Profile-of-Mohammed-Asha.html --- Glasgow bomb plot: Profile of airport terrorist Kafeel Ahmed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3689248/Glasgow-bomb-plot-Profile-of-airport-terrorist-Kafeel-Ahmed.html (UK) The Britons with us in their sights -- "British-born terrorists are returning to the UK after learning deadly skills in the world’s most dangerous country" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3778462/The-Britons-with-us-in-their-sights.html (West Bank) Palestinian Islamic Jihad "militant shot dead by Israeli forces" http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/16/israel.palestinian.militant/index.html (Gaza) Rockets strike Israel from Gaza after West Bank killing http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2819461269 (Israel) Boy in shock as 3 Kassams hit Negev -- "Rockets land in Eshkol region, mortar shell hits Sdot Negev; none hurt; Barak orders Gaza crossings shut" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728212690&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) 'Most Israelis oppose Arab peace plan' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728221188&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Yemen: Police surround German hostages' prison http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2819245435 Somali pirates seize 2 vessels in Gulf of Aden http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/16/somali-pirates-seize-2-vessels-in-gulf-of-aden/ Turkish jets attack Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq http://www.wbay.com/global/story.asp?s=9531789 France arrests 7 suspected Islamists --- "official said the seven were arrested Tuesday morning but that they are not linked to the discovery of explosives in a Paris department store on the same day" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728222636&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (France) Explosives Found, Defused in Paris Department Store -- Reportedly dynamite found in Printemps Department Store restrooms -- "Afghan Revolutionary Front" sends letter calling for all troops to be removed from Afghanistan by February 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,467530,00.html -- Paris police find suspected explosives at store --- AP report says dynamite "relatively old" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/16/europe/EU-France-Explosives-Defused.php --- Sky News report: --- Reported Letter: "If you do not send someone to intervene before Wednesday December 17, they will explode. Send the message to your president that he must withdraw his troops from our country before the end of February 2009 or else we will take action in your capitalist department stores and this time, without warning." http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Paris-Explosives-Defused-In-Department-Store-In-French-Capital/Article/200812315182164?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_ID15182164_Paris%3A_Explosives_Defused_In_Department_Store_In_French_Capital -- CNN report: French police probe suspicious package at Paris department store http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/16/paris.department.store.explosives/index.html -- BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7785440.stm -- IHT report http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/16/europe/16paris2.php -- Daily Mail: "Islamic extremist plot to blow up landmark Parisian store Printemps foiled after police find explosives in restrooms" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1095341/Islamic-extremist-plot-blow-landmark-Parisian-store-Printemps-foiled-police-explosives-restrooms.html Germany charges 4th man in terrorist plot -- Attila Selek -- "in connection with a foiled plot to bomb US targets in Germany. " http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728222244&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Greece) Report: Rioters Using Lasers on Greek Police http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,467567,00.html --- Greek protesters invade TV studio and demand to be put on air http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/3795821/Greek-protesters-invade-TV-studio-and-demand-to-be-put-on-air.html (Philippines) Sayyaf releases school principal, holds trader http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/dec/17/yehey/prov/20081217pro3.html (Philippines) MILF hails EU for its humanitarian concern http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/dec/17/yehey/prov/20081217pro1.html Sri Lanka says 145 killed in northern fighting http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728219161&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull AIG Sharia Business News Updates: (U.S.) Uncle Shariah -- by Frank Gaffney -- on AIG's Sharia Businesses http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/16/uncle-shariah/ (U.S.) Lawsuit Filed to Stop AIG's Sharia Businesses --- Lawsuit Filed Against Treasury Dept: Stop AIG Bailout Financing Terrorism http://www.thomasmore.org/qry/page.taf?id=19 --- SANE's David Yerushalmi joins Thomas More Law Center to sue USG for its support of Shariah http://www.saneworks.us/SANEs-David-Yerushalmi-joins-Thomas-More-Law-Center-to-sue-USG-for-its-support-of-Shariah-newsblog-2346.htm --- PDF of Legal Complain to Department of Treasury: Murray v Paulson et al http://www.thomasmore.org/downloads/sb_thomasmore/DepartmentoftheTreasury-Complaint.pdf http://www.saneworks.us/uploads/news/applications/35.pdf Related Reports: Jeffrey Imm articles on Sharia Finance: http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/immscf.html --- End U.S. Ownership of Sharia Business Now Petition - nearly 5,600 Signatures as of today! http://www.petitiononline.com/stopaig/petition.html December 4, 2008 - AIG Defies U.S. Taxpayers by Promoting Sharia in America http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/12/aig-defies-us-taxpayers/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/118.html -- Source Documents http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_aig_dec.html Other News: Indonesia: Destroyed churches to be fixed in time for Christmas -- "Riots broke out on 9 December after a teacher at an elementary school in Masohi allegedly insulted Islam during an extracurricular tutorial for sixth-graders." http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2819020051 Turkey - Regulations Hobble Protestant Churches http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5726&backpage=summaries (UK) British Prison Bans Crucifix From New Chapel to Avoid Offending Muslim Inmates http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,467306,00.html (UK) Blind man turned away from Indian restaurant after owner says guide dog is against his Muslim beliefs http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1095583/Blind-man-turned-away-Indian-restaurant-owner-says-guide-dog-Muslim-beliefs.html Iraqis take to streets to back shoe-thrower http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/16/shoe.reporter.profile/index.html -- Shoe-Thrower in Iraqi Custody http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,467504,00.html Saudi offers $10 million for shoe thrown at Bush --- Saudi Hasan Muhammad Makhafa http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2819245224 Millions warned not to use Internet Explorer after Chinese fraudsters use security flaw to hijack computers http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1095266/Millions-warned-use-Internet-Explorer-Chinese-fraudsters-use-security-flaw-hijack-computers.html Against Nazi News: US to unveil court rulings against Nazis http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728215488&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Nazi hunters give trial papers to Holocaust Museum http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728222796&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Nazi-era cabaret star loses bid to clear his name http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/3795874/Nazi-era-cabaret-star-loses-bid-to-clear-his-name.html December 15, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Security Developments in Iraq "Five people were killed and 35 wounded when a car bomb exploded near a police checkpoint and an adjacent market in the area of Khan Dhar" http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM529594.htm Iraqi gov't calls Bush shoe attack 'shameful' http://www.arabianbusiness.com/541068-iraqi-journalist-hurls-shoes-at-dog-bush (Iraq) Yazidis targeted in Iraq attack http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7783278.stm (Iraq) For some Mehdi Army fighters the pen is mightier http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=12790 (Afghanistan) Bush talks with Karzai on surprise Afghan visit http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December963.xml§ion=international (Afghanistan) 40 Taliban killed in Afghan-NATO Operation http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December964.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) NATO Convoys resume from Pakistan amid militant attacks http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1960046&Language=en (Pakistan) Gilani Warns Against Adventurism http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18957 (Pakistan) US Senator Kerry warns Pakistan govt over spy agency http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December959.xml§ion=international (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks hit economy as foreigners stay away http://www.arabianbusiness.com/541034-mumbai-attacks-hit-economy-as-foreigners-stay-away (India) Cross-border terrorist hunt illegal "The Chief Justice of India has counseled restraint in the concept of hot pursuit in cross-border hunt for terrorists, advocating instead a new legal definition for terrorism that could boost international cooperation, instead of violating sovereignty of maligned nations" http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/15/top3.htm (India) Singh says ties depend on militant crackdown "Our desire to normalise relations with our neighbour will not get fulfilled until our neighbour prevents its land from being used for terrorist activities against India," he said." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\15\story_15-12-2008_pg1_2 (US) TIMELINE - US President Bush makes farewell visit to Iraq http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed2/idUSLE448639 US Wants Gulf to Buy into Missile Defense System http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/12/15/us_wants_gulf_to_buy_into_missile_defense_system/9891/ Israel Continues prisoner release policy http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/About+the+Ministry/Behind+the+Headlines/Behind_the_Headlines_Israel_continues_prisoner_release_policy_15-Dec-2008.ht --Abbas: Our happiness won't be complete until all 11,000 prisoners are freed http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1046487.html (West Bank) Crowds greet freed Palestinians http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7783697.stm (Gaza) Gaza Truce 'most likely' over - Hamas http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=12800 (Lebanon) 4th Arab Nation attempts to break Israeli blockade of Gaza http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/12/lebanon_will_at.php (Lebanon) Hezbollah threatens first use of Veto Power http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2008/12/opposition_thre_1.php (Jordan) Islamists, activists plan further aid ships to Gaza http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=12782 (Kenya) Somalia's Prime Minister Fires Prime Minister but May Not Have the Power to Do So "The latest bone of contention is a peace agreement that Mr. Nur helped broker between the government and a group of moderate Islamist opposition leaders." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/world/africa/15somalia.html?ref=africa (Niger) Battle in a Poor Land for Riches Beneath the Soil http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/15/world/africa/15niger.html?_r=1&hp (Uganda) Attack 'ends Uganda peace talks' "The LRA has led a rebellion for more than 20 years in northern Uganda, displacing some two million people." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7783417.stm Turkey tries 46 alleged conspirators to overthrow the government http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1960042&Language=en Other News: (Israel) Egyptian officials: Hamas willing to continue truce beyond Friday http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1046533.html Syria's Own 'war on terror' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7778951.stm (Pakisan) Government launches action against Al-Amin Trust http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\15\story_15-12-2008_pg1_5 (Algeria) Dismay at Algeria constitution vote http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7727927.stm Iran's YouTube Generation http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122929986273305283.html Commentaries A New Tack in Kashmir http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122930169820005503.html December 14, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) Green Zone comes under missile attack during Bush's visit http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959963&Language=en (Iraq) Gunmen shot, injure Iraqi professor in Mosul http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959947&Language=en (Afghanistan) ISAF soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959814&Language=en (Afghanistan) Taliban kidnaps seven in Afghanistan, one dead --- Taliban: "We abducted them after they continued to sing and play music despite a recent ban on music announced by Taliban. One of them died of a heart attack" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Taliban_kidnaps_seven_in_Afghanistan_one_dead/articleshow/3836898.cms (Afghanistan) 3 Afghan police killed in Kandahar bomb blast http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/14/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) Taliban's 12 Child Bombers http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/75627/Taliban-s-12-child-bombers-chain-of-terror-that-brought-child-killers --- UN Denounces Taliban's 'Unscrupulous' Use of 13-Year-Old Bomber http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abLWUJvvpRrE&refer=worldwide ----- Comment: But not enough to condemn the Islamic supremacist ideology behind Taliban (Afghanistan) 35 Taliban militants killed in 'clean-up': Afghan commander http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081214/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunresttalibanhelmand (Afghanistan) UK PM Gordon Brown ready to defy Barack Obama over Afghanistan troop surge http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5342404.ece --- October 5, 2008: War on Taliban cannot be won, says army chief --- Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith --- says British public should be "prepared for a possible deal with the Taliban" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4882597.ece Pak's intelligence agencies no longer backing Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT): Pakistan President Zardari http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ISI_no_longer_backing_Lashkar_says_Zardari/articleshow/3835222.cms --- No ISI link with LT, says Zardari ---- Comment: Zardari continues to think U.S. are fools: "Maybe before 9/11, that may have been a position. [But] since then, things have changed to a great extent" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\14\story_14-12-2008_pg1_1 (Pakistan) Blacklist terror charity still open -- "Main complex of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, linked to Mumbai attacks, is still open four days after it was placed on UN terrorist list" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5340567.ece Pakistan yet to formally ban Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)'s Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD): Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_yet_to_formally_ban_JuD_Report/articleshow/3837159.cms --- "'There is no need to issue any such notification against the organisation once it is banned by the UN,' the official was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper on Sunday." ---- Dawn: "'Formal notification not required to proscribe Dawa': Over 100 offices sealed, 50 leaders held" http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/14/top18.htm ---- No proof Dawa is terror front, says Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\14\story_14-12-2008_pg1_2 (Pakistan) Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) ban not under Indian pressure: Pak PM Gilani http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Jamaat_ban_not_under_Indian_pressure_Pak_PM/articleshow/3836725.cms --- Dawa leaders have right to appeal UNSC decision: Pakistan UN Ambassador Haroon http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\14\story_14-12-2008_pg7_53 --- 'Dawa cannot appeal to ICJ against UNSC resolution' -- say legal experts http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\15\story_15-12-2008_pg7_26 --- 'Action against Dawa to continue until goals met' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\14\story_14-12-2008_pg1_6 (Pakistan) Detained Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) leaders may be let off: Pak police --- "he told The News daily that detained leaders would be freed if no evidence of their involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks is received from India." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Detained_Jamaat_leaders_may_be_let_off_Pak_police/articleshow/3836500.cms (Pakistan) 'JuD transferred money out of most banks' http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18967 --- Money Eludes Pakistan's Crackdown on Accused Terror Group http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122913894799103941.html (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: How Indian-born Islamic militants are trained in Pakistan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3741868/Mumbai-attacks-How-Indian-born-Islamic-militants-are-trained-in-Pakistan.html --- India did not present evidences of Mumbai attacks: SM Qureshi http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=62243 (Pakistan) India, Pakistan should stop blame game, says Pakistan's Malik http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Stop_blame_game_Pakistan_tells_India/articleshow/3837881.cms (Pakistan) Terrorists in Pakistan planning over 20 attacks on Britain, says Gordon Brown http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/3757357/Terrorists-in-Pakistan-planning-over-20-attacks-on-Britain-says-Gordon-Brown.html -- UK PM Brown blames Pakistan militants over Mumbai -- Lashkar-e-Taiba -- Pakistan 'linked to 75% of all UK terror plots', warns Gordon Brown http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5339975.ece -- Brown: "three-quarters of the most serious terrorist plots investigated by the British authorities have links to al Qaeda in Pakistan." http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081214/ts_nm/us_india_mumbai_brown_5 --- Britain promises more anti-terror aid to Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_south_asia_brown_visit;_ylt=ArwYt21tnEZAB6smlQsfJECROrgF --- UK PM offers pact to stop Pakistan exporting terror http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/dec/15/pakistan-gordon-brown-terrorism-pact Pakistan must take 'significant action' against terrorists: McCain http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_must_take_significant_action_against_terrorists_McCain/articleshow/3838403.cms?TOI_latestnews --- December 6, 2008: US senators says Pakistan will act http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/06/asia/AS-Pakistan.php --- McCain with Pakistan PM Gilani http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Gilani-Prime-Minister-Sen-John-McCain-Pakistan/photo//081206/481/7e643ab9c8684570850f809d34753e81//s:/ap/20081206/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_4 --- December 3, 2008: US will not back Indian attack against Pakistan: McCain http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg1_2 'Pakistan needs improved gear to fight Taliban' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\15\story_15-12-2008_pg1_9 --- December 12, 2008: Pakistan acting against terror 'but army support in doubt' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg1_12 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 ---- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia (Pakistan) Heavy artillery movement causes scare in Lahore http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Heavy_artillery_movement_causes_scare_in_Lahore/articleshow/3836633.cms (Pakistan) NWFP/FATA: Taliban (TTP) owns attacks on NATO supplies, warns of more assaults http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\15\story_15-12-2008_pg1_7 --- Taliban torch 11 more NATO trucks http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\14\story_14-12-2008_pg7_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban kill rival cleric, eight followers in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\15\story_15-12-2008_pg1_4 -- Militants kill rival chief, capture 22 in Swat http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18970 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban torch 18 CD shops -- in Hangu http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\15\story_15-12-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban commander, three Afghans killed in Bajaur Agency http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\14\story_14-12-2008_pg7_2 (Pakistan) Baluchistan: Two killed in Dera Bugti bomb blast http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\15\story_15-12-2008_pg1_8 (India) Stop terrorism for better ties: PM to Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Stop_terrorism_for_better_ties_PM_to_Pak/articleshow/3837719.cms (India) Mumbai attacks: Kasab can't be denied legal aid, say experts http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Kasab_cant_be_denied_legal_aid_say_experts/articleshow/3836854.cms (India) Mumbai gunman's confession sheds light on massacre http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting (India) Mumbai attacks: British agents want to interview surviving suspect http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/3757260/Mumbai-attacks-British-agents-want-to-interview-surviving-suspect.html (India) Jurists call for curbs on countries soft on terrorism http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/15/stories/2008121554231300.htm --- Comment: like UK? (UK) Terrorism adviser to Scotland Yard is on wanted list -- Mohamed Ali Harrath http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5342730.ece --- Interpol notice urges arrest of Islam TV chief --- Tunisian Islamic Front (FIT)'s "Mohamed Ali Harrath has been the subject of the Interpol red notice since 1992" --- "Tunisia has accused Mr Harrath, the chief executive officer of the Islam Channel in Britain and an adviser to the Scotland Yard Muslim Contact Unit, of seeking help from Osama bin Laden. It says that the FIT wants to establish 'an Islamic state by means of armed revolutionary violence.'" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5342730.ece --- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1094792/Wanted-terror-suspect-Scotland-Yard-advisor-Muslim-extremism.html?ITO=1490 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1094792/Wanted-terror-suspect-Scotland-Yard-advisor-Muslim-extremism.html?ITO=1490 (UK) Tunisia claims exile met Osama bin Laden and recruited trainees for terror camps --- Mohamed Ali Harrath http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5342735.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093 (UK) Unanswered questions about a 'man of peace' on Interpol list -- Mohamed Ali Harrath --- "The Islam Channel founded and run by Mohamed Ali Harrath, who is wanted by Interpol, is watched by 59 per cent of Britain's 1.6 million Muslims" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5342734.ece (UK) Mohamed Ali Harrath: "Nothing criminal about trying to establish an Islamic state" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5342766.ece (U.S.) Chertoff: Obama shouldn't rush on Guantanamo Bay http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081214/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_chertoff_1 (Iran) 'Offering 'carrots' to Iran a mistake' -- Republican Senator Kit Bond http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728196448&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Conference on Jihad Tackles Islamic Totalitarianism Head-On -- "Facing Jihad" conference in Jerusalem http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128850 http://facingjihad.com/ --- Wilders: "Islam is a Totalitarian Ideology" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/TV/?act=one&id=2964 --- Text of Wilders' speech http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/12/geert-wilders-speech-in-jerusalem.html (Gaza) Palestinians launch missile towards Israel http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959887&Language=en http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959821&Language=en (Gaza) Islamic Jihad: Gaza will be "graveyard for Israelis" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023924.php (Gaza) IMF/World Bank: Top officials: Israel's halting cash flow to Gaza counterproductive http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728198239&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Hamas) Former US president Carter meets Hamas leader http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728196097&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas plays hardball with Israeli ceasefire http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83639 Somalia: 20 Feared Dead in Lower Shabelle Clashes between Ethiopian Soldiers, Insurgents http://allafrica.com/stories/200812140002.html Algerian army kills 2 Islamists after gun battle http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/14/africa/AF-Algeria-Violence.php (Russia) Five police, one soldier wounded in Russian Caucasus attacks http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n163028 (Greece) Militants firebomb Athens police after death vigils http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/greeceviolence;_ylt=Apa6yS3q.uM8cpQu_GA5u79g.3QA --- Greek riots spark fear of Europe in flames http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5337633.ece ---- Comment: history of Anarchist terrorism (Philippines) Suspected Abu militants abduct trader in Jolo http://www.gmanews.tv/story/139363/Suspected-Abu-militants-abduct-trader-in-Jolo http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081214\ACQDJON200812142157DOWJONESDJONLINE000468.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Muslim%20Extremists%20Kidnap%20Filipino-Chinese%20Businessman (Philippines) Cops hunt rogue Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) bomb squad http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081214-177899/Cops-hunt-rogue-MILF-bomb-squad (Philippines) Palace to resume talks with MILF http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view/20081214-177966/Palace-to-resume-talks-with-MILF -- MILF: Talks on resumption of talks empty talk http://www.tribune.net.ph/nation/20081215nat1.html (China) Beijing holds anti-terrorist drill http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081214/wl_asia_afp/indiaattackschina Sri Lankan military: Battle kills 2 Tamil rebels http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/14/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (U.S.) Act for America: AIG responds http://www.slantright.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1530 (U.S./Iran) Aayan Hirsi Ali decries sharia law for women http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=128&id=17176&t=Aayan+Hirsi+Ali+decries+sharia+law+for+women Somalia: Islamists Execute Two Men -- "Judge Mohamed Abdirahman Awow from the Islamic administration in Lower Shabelle region told Radio Shabelle that they did the first step of practicing Sharia law since Al-shabab formed the new Islamic administration in the region" http://allafrica.com/stories/200812150010.html (Israel) High Court delays release of 227 Palestinian prisoners http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728196416&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) New York: Islamic star and crescent join town's Christmas tree http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83620 (U.S.) Arrest Made in Oregon Bank Bombing - rationale unknown http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,466884,00.html (Australia) Report: "Sheik Feiz Mohammad 'dumped' as leader of Sydney youth centre" http://sheikyermami.com/2008/12/13/sheik-feiz-mohammad-dumped-as-leader-of-sydney-youth-centre/ (Afghanistan) Bush arrives in Kabul for talks with Karzai http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081215/ts_afp/usafghanistanbushtalks_081215033103;_ylt=AmBsJbSUjZBjV9g4t.ylWh4BS5Z4 --- Bush says US committed to Afghanistan on surprise visit http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/246220,bush-says-us-committed-to-afghanistan-on-surprise-visit-.html (Iraq) Shoes thrown at George Bush during surprise farewell visit to Iraq http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3759214/George-Bush-makes-surprise-farewell-visit-to-Iraq.html (India) US Senator John Kerry arrives in India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/US_Senator_John_Kerry_arrives_in_India/articleshow/3836671.cms Commentaries: Separating the Terror and the Terrorists -- Clark Hoy --- Comment: NYT's version of "stop the presses" commentary --- Hoy manages to gather enough backbone to say that terrorists should be called terrorists, talks about "T-words" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/opinion/14pubed.html Propaganda: Christian Science Monitor's Caryle Murphy: "Ideological clash of two jihadi titans shakes Al Qaeda" -- Murphy writes from Saudia Arabia how Al-Sharif is "an example of how some once-fierce zealots of violent jihad are having second thoughts" -- More nonsense about "reformed" Sayyed Imam al-Sharif - ignoring Sharif's continued support for Jihad http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1215/p01s01-wome.html --- "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.'" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/13/heretic.alqaida.part.two http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/092.html#Al-Sharif Columbia University's Philip Bobbit: "'Terror' Is the Enemy" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/opinion/14bobbitt.html?_r=1 -- Refuses to identify enemy ideology of Islamic supremacism - the word Islam not even in article CNN's Peter Bergen - "Safe at Home" --- More don't worry, be happy nonsense from the journalist who wants to convince America to engage with Islamic supremacists http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/14/opinion/14bergen.html ---- December 5, 2008: CNN's Peter Bergen claims "WMD terrorism fears are overblown" http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/05/bergen.wmd/index.html --- Bergen is more focused on getting U.S. to "engage with Islamists.... [who] are not our enemies and can even be our friends." (Reference, New America Foundation working papers, page 11). http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Bergen http://www.americaspurpose.org/downloads/working_group_papers.pdf ---- Bergen "not to engage with Islamists is ridiculous" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Bergen --- and more recently, Bergen dismisses Islamic supremacist Jihad in Mumbai as merely a "regional problem" ----- Bergen: "It is a regional problem requiring a regional solution" http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/04/bergen.pakistan/index.html?section=cnn_latest Against Nazi News: German police chief stabbed, neo-Nazi suspected http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/14/europe/EU-Germany-Officer-Attacked.php December 13, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Militant group goes underground in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (LeT's Jamaat-ud-Dawah) http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/13mumterror-militant-group-goes-underground-in-pok.htm -- Major Jihadi groups in Pak go underground http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Major_Jihadi_groups_in_Pak_go_underground/rssarticleshow/3832025.cms (Pakistan) Jamaat-ud-Dawa may have moved funds before UN ban http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Jamaat-ud-Dawa_may_have_moved_funds_before_UN_ban/rssarticleshow/3832005.cms (Pakistan) "The house arrest of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, accused of indirect links to the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, seems more of a forced vacation" http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/13/asia/pakistan.php (Pakistan) I am going away for jihad: Kasab told his mother in Pak http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/I-am-going-away-for-jihad-Kasab-told-his-mother-in-Pak/398067/ -- Captured terrorist Kasab my son, says father in Pakistan - another report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3827622.cms (Pakistan) FATA: Pakistan militants kill 2 alleged US spies: Police - in North Waziristan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_militants_kill_2_alleged_US_spies_Police/articleshow/3832621.cms (Pakistan) US denies move to brand Pakistan terrorist state http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_denies_move_to_brand_Pakistan_terrorist_state/articleshow/3832794.cms -- Pakistan not a terrorist-assisting state: US ---- US State Department Sean McCormack http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/Pakistan_not_a_terrorist-assisting_state_US/articleshow/3832053.cms Pakistan Commentators: 'Time to bid goodbye to jihad diplomacy' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Time_to_bid_goodbye_to_jihad_diplomacy/rssarticleshow/3831524.cms -- Pakistan's The News: "Degrading... but do we have a choice?" by Ayaz Amir http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=151432 --- Amir: "From which the slow conclusion emerges that it may be time to bid a final farewell to the diplomacy of 'jihad'. There was a time when Pakistan could get away with the sponsoring of cross-border 'jihad'. We did it in Afghanistan, forgetting that what made that such a resounding success was American sponsorship. Profiting by the Afghan experience, and indeed spurred by it, we did it again in Indian-occupied Kashmir. When a few thousand fighters tied down nearly half a million Indian troops we considered it brilliant strategy." --- Amir also seeks: Pakistan to say "goodbye to the military alliance with the United States which sits like a yoke round our neck" India to share Mumbai evidence once probe ends http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_to_share_Mumbai_evidence_once_probe_ends/articleshow/3831784.cms (India) PM asks govts 'in our region' to act swiftly against terror http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/PM_asks_govts_in_our_region_to_act_swiftly_against_terror/articleshow/3832351.cms?TOI_latestnews -- India heaps fresh pressure on Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081213/wl_afp/indiaattacksdiplomacy_081213111341;_ylt=Aqe7tFjlNXh0rfgUHOMDqpgBS5Z4 (India) RDX used in Nov 26 taxi explosions: Police http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/RDX_used_in_Nov_26_taxi_explosions/articleshow/3832936.cms (India) Human chains circle terror sites in Mumbai http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/12/Human_chains_circle_terror_sites_in_Mumbai/UPI-79141229143261/ (India J&K) One killed, six injured in J&K poll clashes http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/One_killed_six_injured_in_JK_poll_clashes/articleshow/3832483.cms?TOI_latestnews (India) Maoists kill four in Jharkhand http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Maoists_kill_four_in_Jharkhand/articleshow/3832545.cms (Afghanistan) Police: Taliban renew attack on NATO cargo http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/13/pakistan.violence.nato/index.html?section=cnn_latest (U.S.) Gates asks Middle East nations to help fight spread of terror http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728175766&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iraqi PM dismisses comment US to stay 10 years http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_30 (Iran) Tehran diplomat says nuclear sanctions have united Iran http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iranqa13-2008dec13,0,4414011.story?track=rss (Syria) IAEA: 'Syria must cooperate within three months or be punished' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728176077&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Palestinians fire Kassam into western Negev; none wounded http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728176309&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Saudi Arabia) A Saudi's luxurious plight in terror's shadow -- Yassin Kadi -- US Treasury OFAC Director Adam Szubin on Yassin Kadi: "we have found that he is a supporter of terror." http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/12/africa/profile.php (Somalia) Seattle Jihad Barber Killed in Somalia fighting for al Qaeda --- Ruben Shumpert (aka, "Amir Abdul Muhaimin") http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/195408.php http://fredfryinternational.blogspot.com/2008/12/escaped-criminal-suspected-terrorist.html http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/187514.php (Somalia) US lacks intelligence to fight pirates in Somalia: Robert Gates http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_lacks_intelligence_to_fight_pirates_in_Somalia_Robert_Gates/articleshow/3832790.cms?TOI_latestnews (Somalia) Indian Navy repulses attack on ship off Somalia http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Navy_repulses_attack_on_ship_off_Somalia/articleshow/3832886.cms (Somalia) Pirates release seized chemical tanker http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24794947-23109,00.html (Yemen) Police arrest 8 in Yemeni Jew's murder http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728172536&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Philippines) 3 killed in suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) attack in Basilan; 3 snatched by Abu Sayyaf http://www.gmanews.tv/story/139290/3-killed-in-MILF-attack-in-Basilan-3-snatched (Philippines) Gov't, MILF may resume talks on Dec. 22 - Palace http://www.gmanews.tv/story/139225/Govt-MILF-may-resume-talks-on-Dec-22---Palace (Thailand) Rebel attacks kill four in Thai Muslim south - in Pattani and Yala http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK333736.htm Other News: (U.S.) Oregon: Officer killed, police chief injured in Oregon bank explosion - rationale unknown http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/12/oregon.bank.bomb/index.html --- AP: West Coast Bank and Wells Fargo banks received telephone bomb threats http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_re_us/bank_bombing_10 (U.S./Canada) ID Rules To Change For Canada Crossings DHS Defies Congress By Going Forward Now http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/21/AR2008012101961.html?wprss=rss_world%2Fnorthamerica (Egypt) Christian-Muslim Strains Flare At Cairo Church --- After Christians have "secret" service in abandoned warehouse in Cairo --- "A crowd of angry Muslims quickly gathered, threw stones at the building and burned banners that said, 'No to the church.' They tried to storm the gates, clashed with police and chanted, 'The church has fallen, the priest is dead,' according to witnesses." http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/12/13/religion/121308cairochurch.txt (Iran) Calls in Iran to Topple Egyptian, Saudi Regimes http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA47908 (UK) British Muslims must follow law of the land: Sir Ghulam Noon http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/British_Muslims_must_follow_law_of_land/articleshow/3826929.cms (U.S.) Harvard Conference: "If we're careful, Al Qaeda may self-destruct" -- Harvard University has speaker Nelly Lahoud claiming "some people undertaking jihad 'because they either wanted to redeem themselves or had nothing better to do.' Many are ignorant of religion and lacking knowledge of Islamic jurisprudence, a deficiency bemoaned by other jihadis." http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/12/13/if_were_careful_al_qaeda_may_self_destruct/ http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/3794/will_alqaida_self_destruct.html http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/1822/nelly_lahoud.html?back_url=%2Fpublication%2F18664%2Fislamic_responses_to_europe_at_the_dawn_of_colonialism.html&back_text=Back+to+publication http://www.lsu.edu/artsci/groups/voegelin/EVS/2003%20Papers/N.Lahoud2003.htm (Pakistan) Obama associate Kerry likely to visit Pakistan: Policy options for South Asia to be discussed http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/13/top20.htm Commentaries: How Can We Make the Dog Bark? by Bill Warner http://www.actforamerica.org/index.php/home/10-newsmaster/652-how-can-we-make-the-dog-bark- Propaganda: Washington Post: The Other Front by Sarah Chayes http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/12/AR2008121203290.html -- claims only reason Taliban successful is due to ineffective government -- completely ignores ideology of Islamic supremacism ---- In Response See: ----- October 17, 2008: Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/10/reconciliation/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html Against Nazi News: (UK) Neo-Nazi Racist who had bomb kit jailed for campaign against couple -- Nathan Worrell http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/13/uk-security-nazi-terrorist-jailed (U.S.) White Supremacists: Obama plotters' case set for April -- Daniel Cowart and Paul Schlesselman http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/12/Obama_plotters_case_set_for_April/UPI-37101229133469/ AIG and Sharia Finance - Sunday, December 14 5:30 PM ET Radio Jeffrey of Anti-Jihad League of America will be addressing AIG and its business ventures in Sharia-Compliant Finance on Sunday, December 14, at 5:30 PM ET on John Batchelor Radio Program http://www.johnbatchelorshow.com/ New York, WABC-AM 770 Washington DC, WMAL-AM 630 San Francisco, KSFO-AM 560 Los Angeles, KFI-AM 640 -- see related report AIG Defies U.S. Taxpayers by Promoting Sharia in America http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/12/aig-defies-us-taxpayers/ -- ongoing petition End U.S. Ownership of Sharia Business Now Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/stopaig/petition.html December 12, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Popularity of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) zooms on jihadi websites, chatrooms http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/LeT_popularity_zooms_on_jihadi_sites/articleshow/3830090.cms (Pakistan) We will challenge ban in court: LeT's Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/We_will_challenge_ban_in_court_JuD/articleshow/3829949.cms (Pakistan) Gulf Times: LeT's Jamaat-ud-Dawah "Charity gets JuD nothing but trouble" --- "'Our aim is to establish the supremacy of Islam in the world. To fulfil this duty we are ready to devote our life, property, and abilities. For the supremacy of Islam, we will employ all means,' said a charter posted in Urdu section of the organization's website." http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=260441&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 (Pakistan) Action against Jamaatud Dawa to please India: Jama'at-i-Islami (JI) http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_45 Pakistan acting against terror 'but army support in doubt' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg1_12 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) No military action if Pakistan tackles terror: US http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/No_military_action_if_Pakistan_tackles_terror_US/articleshow/3827674.cms --- India must act with restraint: Negroponte http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_49 --- Washington does not fear Pak-India war, says Rice http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg1_6 'Pak driven by terror tag fear' -- Times of India report on previously reported story http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_driven_by_terror_tag_fear_/articleshow/3830657.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg1_3 --- Ex-DG ISI Javed Ashraf justifies raids on Dawa http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg1_2 Pakistan paper Dawn establishes Faridkot link to Mumbai terror attack -- Mumbai Jihadist Amir Kasab link to Pakistan village of Faridkot http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_paper_Dawn_establishes_Faridkot_link_to_Mumbai_terror_attack/articleshow/3828933.cms --- Dawn: "Crackdown hints at Faridkot-Mumbai link" http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/12/top6.htm --- Report: "Poverty turned Mumbai attacker to terrorism, says father" http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/12/12/poverty-turned-mumbai-attacker-to-terrorism-says-father/ Pakistan tightens screws on Jamaatud Dawa --- "Banned group says 150 operatives held, 46 offices sealed in NWFP" --- "Five offices sealed in Rawalpindi, two in Lahore" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg1_1 (Pakistan) NWFP: Police arrest would-be suicide bomber -- Dera Ismail Khan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban abduct retired policeman - in Hangu http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_12 (Pakistan) NWFP: MNA's house, school blown up in Swat --- "According to official statistics, the number of schools destroyed by the Taliban over a year in Swat has risen to 148, while more than 180 schools have been closed for fear of attacks. Around 90,000 students have been affected by the Taliban attacks on schools." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_7 --- December 11, 2008 - Pakistan President Zardari "reiterated the resolve that Pakistan would uphold basic human rights" http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/12/top16.htm ---- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html ---- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia (Pakistan) NWFP: Peshawar the new front line in the fight with Taliban http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081213/FOREIGN/446079960/1002/rss (Pakistan) NWFP: Containers carrying supplies for NATO troops destroyed in militants attack --- 30 trucks destroyed on Friday night in Peshawar http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959618&Language=en --- Taliban attack terminal storing NATO supplies http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg1_9 --- Pakistan sends troops to guard NATO supply trucks http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_afghan_supply_line_1 'Pakistan most dangerous in world' - Bruce Reidel http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_13 --- Reidel also states: "It is one of the most important allies we have" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,595148,00.html (India) LeT Mumbai Attack Mastermind Lakhvi's son was killed in J&K encounter in 2007 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Lakhvis_son_was_killed_in_JK_encounter_in_2007/articleshow/3830086.cms (Afghanistan) Four British marines killed in Afghanistan blasts http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081212/wl_uk_afp/britainmilitaryafghanistantoll_081212223929 (Afghanistan) Taliban use lad, 13, to kill troops --- "Once the unsuspecting child got close enough, fanatics hiding nearby detonated the giant payload by remote control. The boy also died." http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/article2033568.ece http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1094311/Boy-13-kills-Marines-bomb-wheelbarrow.html (Afghanistan) Karzai reviews process for Afghanistan air strikes http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/ml_navy_karzai_1;_ylt=Ah3yC64IYcreYwpUkh7fIbsBS5Z4 (Afghanistan) SAS to take on Taleban 'decapitation' mission after leaving Iraq http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5333416.ece -- Comment: Tactical measures certainly, challenging the ideology of Islamic supremacism another matter ---- October 5, 2008 - London Times: War on Taliban cannot be won, says army chief --- Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith ----- says British public should be "prepared for a possible deal with the Taliban" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4882597.ece Afghan improvised roadside blasts rise sharply http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4BB09J20081212 Iraq may need U.S. troops for decade: Iraqi official http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081211/ts_nm/us_iraq_usa_troops_2;_ylt=Asyago0wl59YWkRx_iTDJ9b5SpZ4 (Iraq) Soldiers Fearing Terrorism Take Toy Guns From Iraqi Kids http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,466049,00.html US calls on Europe to take Guantanamo inmates -- London Times: "America is putting increasing pressure on Britain and other European countries to take in dozens of Guantánamo detainees so that Barack Obama can close down the infamous prison camp." --- "A senior State Department official confirmed that the response from Britain and most European Union members had been to refuse. Mr Bellinger said: 'It is not helpful for countries to keep calling for the closure of Guantanamo while doing nothing to enable us to do it.'" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5333753.ece (UK) On YouTube This Week - Islamist Protest in London to Free Abu Hamza: 'Pharaoh Had a Dream That One Day His Kingdom Would Fall' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214908 (UK) Police launch investigation into how restaurant bomber was radicalized by Pakistani extremists -- "British police have launched an investigation in Pakistan to hunt down two men suspected of radicalising nail bomber Nicky Reilly" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3725980/Police-launch-investigation-into-how-restaurant-bomber-was-radicalised-by-Pakistani-extremists.html (U.S./Lebanon) Jimmy Carter regrets not meeting with Hezbollah http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/12/jimmy-carter-regrets-not-meeting-with-hezbollah/ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/world/story/411478.html --- Carter, who seeks to promote "human rights" misses not having a chance to legitimize Islamic supremacist Hezbollah http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/01/jimmy.carter.rights/index.html http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/119.html Palestinian president to meet Bush for ME peace talks http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_50 Morocco arrests Islamists in anti-terrorism swoop http://africa.reuters.com/country/MA/news/usnLC719838.html http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/12/africa/AF-Morocco-Terror-Arrests.php Africa: Another anti-terrorism front http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/12/africa/mali.php (Somalia) U.S. Navy: Land attack on pirates unwise http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28197285/ Belgium: "Mother of al-Qaeda in Europe" saved by Belgian secret service --- More on Malika El-Aroud --- "The Belgian intelligence services knew already then that she was involved with a dangerous extremist. But they hoped that by saving her they could convince their compatriot to go over to their side" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/belgium-mother-of-al-qaeda-in-europe.html --- Source: HLN (Dutch) http://hln.be/hln/nl/957/Belgie/article/detail/546202/2008/12/12/Europese-mama-van-al-Qaida-door-onze-staatsveiligheid-gered-in-Afghanistan.dhtml (Russia) Car carrying chief of investigative office in Karabulak blown up http://www.interfax-news.com/3/454639/news.aspx Russia's lower house votes to end jury trials for terrorism and treason http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/12/europe/russia.php Turkish authorities announce 670 PKK insurgents killed this year http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959609&Language=en (Malaysia) Al Qaeda's anthrax scientist -- follow-up on Yazid Sufaat released by Malaysia http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/907cjrcs.asp?pg=1 http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/12/al_qaedas_anthrax_sc.php Other News: U.S. Plans to Sign Nuclear Pact With U.A.E. -- "Proposed Cooperation With Middle Eastern Nation Would Face Hurdles in Congress on Proliferation Fears" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122904102094400097.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_51 --- "In recent months, the U.A.E. signed agreements with two American engineering companies -- Thorium Power Ltd. of Virginia and CH2M Hill of Colorado -- to oversee the development of its nuclear-power program." --- "The Bush administration also is working on nuclear-cooperation agreements with the governments of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Bahrain... Washington to share nuclear fuels, technologies and know-how..." --- Comment: why would U.S. have a "nuclear pact" with ANY Islamic supremacist country? ---- See Also: ---- 'Pakistan most dangerous in world' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_13 -- Comment: does U.S. govt seek to create more "Pakistans"? (Pakistan) NWFP: Movement of 46 clerics restricted during Moharram in NWFP http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\13\story_13-12-2008_pg7_14 (UK) Mohamed Ali Harrath: CEO of Islam Channel, Anti-Semite, and Convicted Terrorist http://www.hurryupharry.org/2008/12/12/mohamed-ali-harrath-ceo-of-islam-channel-anti-semite-and-convicted-terrorist/ (UK) Birmingham Muslims 'made to feel guilty' about Western lifestyles http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/12/12/birmingham-muslims-made-to-feel-guilty-about-western-lifestyles-65233-22465617/ (UK) "Non-Muslim children will be taught Arabic and study the Koran under plans for a new faith school" http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/62092/Learn-the-Koran-muslims-bid-to-teach-your-kids/ (UK) Church leaders fear religious Christmas stamps will be scrapped -- "Church leaders fear religious Christmas stamps could be scrapped for pantomime designs after Royal Mail forced them to be sold 'under the counter'" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3723487/Church-leaders-fear-religious-Christmas-stamps-will-be-scrapped.html (Denmark) UN reschedules 2009 climate talks for Muslim feast http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/12/europe/EU-Poland-Climate-Talks-Muslims.php Yemenite Cleric Abd Al-Majid Al-Zindani Presents 'Scientific' Proof that Women Cannot Talk and Remember Simultaneously http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD215008 December 12, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Pakistan not to hand over its citizens to India -- "decided at a meeting of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani here on Friday" http://www.geo.tv/12-12-2008/30556.htm Pakistan seeks evidence against Mumbai suspects http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081212/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_99 Pakistan says crackdown on militants launched to avoid terrorist label http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959583&Language=en http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Crackdown_to_avoid_terror_state_tag_Pakistan/articleshow/3828607.cms --- LeT's Jamaat-ud-Dawa ban averted Pak being declared terrorist country: Defense Minister, Ahmad Mukhtar ---- Pakistan DM Mukhtar reportedly tells media: "Pakistan could fight against enemy, but it is not possible to go on war against the entire world." http://www.geo.tv/12-12-2008/30550.htm (Pakistan) Countrywide crack down against LeT's Jamaat-ud-Dawa continues http://www.geo.tv/12-12-2008/30532.htm Pakistan PM Gilani admits links between Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa --- Gilani: "the two groups have the same leadership." http://www.newsweek.com/id/173825 (Pakistan/Germany) Banning JuD not sufficient: Germany http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Banning_JuD_not_sufficient_Germany/articleshow/3829214.cms (Pakistan/Germany) Lashkar-e-Taiba members (LeT) in Germany, interior minister says http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245920,lashkar-e-taiba-members-in-germany-interior-minister-says.html (Pakistan/Europe) Could Mumbai Attackers Have Europe in Their Sights? http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1865614,00.html?xid=rss-world (Pakistan/U.S.) Senator Lugar: 'US erred in not shutting down Lashkar, Jaish after 9/11' http://in.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/11mumterror-us-erred-in-not-shutting-down-lashkar-after-911.htm --- But Senator Lugar openly calls for negotiations with Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood by endorsing U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Report http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/storage/usme/documents/rgl_us_muslim_engagement_dear_colleague.pdf http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=51 http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html --- Report calls for engagement with Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html#engage_mb --- Report calls for considering discussions with Islamic supremacist Hamas and Hezbollah http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html#engage1 (Pakistan) Probe Mumbai blasts thoroughly: US http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Probe_Mumbai_blasts_thoroughly_US/articleshow/3829741.cms -- Comment: like Pakistan's investigation of Rashid Rauf? (Pakistan) Captured terrorist Kasab my son, says father in Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Captured_terrorist_Kasab_my_son_Pakistani/articleshow/3827622.cms --- Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab, aka Azam Amir Kasab, Ajmal Amir Kasab, Azam Amir Kasav, Ajmal Amir Kasab, Ajmal Amin Kamal, Ajmal Amir Kasav (Pakistan) NWFP: NATO containers attacks' investigation underway http://www.geo.tv/12-12-2008/30545.htm --- Planner of attacks on NATO supplies arrested? Taliban's Musatafa Kamal Kamran Hijrat ---- Peshawar police dismiss as "gossip" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\12\story_12-12-2008_pg7_19 Bangladesh Islamist party pledges military training in seminaries -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami seeks military training in madrassas http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-59413.html (India) Mumbai police get Fahim Ansari's custody --- Lashkar-e-Taiba's Fahim Ansari http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai_police_get_Fahim_Ansaris_custody_/articleshow/3829516.cms (India) Manipur: Three militants shot dead in India -- "People's United Liberation Front" (PULF) http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959551&Language=en (Afghanistan) Gates Predicts 'Sustained' Afghan Mission http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/11/AR2008121103382.html?wprss=rss_world --- October 6, 2008 - AP reported that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates "endorsed efforts to reach out to members of the Taliban or other militants in Afghanistan who may be considered reconcilable, much like what has happened in Iraq." http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Oct06/0,4670,EUGatesAfghanistan,00.html --- More on Gates and "reconciliation" with Islamic supremacist Taliban http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Gates Afghan troops losing support from locals -- NATO spokesman: "The insurgents however, seek to exploit the civilian population, using them as human shields, causing terror and destruction to their homes, infrastructure and livelihoods" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/3724570/Afghan-troops-losing-support-from-locals.html --- October 15, 2008 - Christian Science Monitor: Some Afghans live under Taliban rule – and prefer it http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1015/p01s01-wosc.html (Afghanistan) NATO: Forces kill 4 civilians in Afghanistan - bus refused to stop in Wardak http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/12/asia/AS-Afghan-Violence.php (U.S.) Fort Dix jurors prepared for closing arguments http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081212/NEWS01/812120345/1006/RSS01 -- Closings set for Monday in Fort Dix plot trial http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/crime_courts/story/1011532.html (UK) Time to tackle the non-violent extremists, says Home Secretary Smith http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/11/counter-terrorism-strategy-extremists --- yet fails to define "extremism" or address Islamic supremacism UK Jury: Police failures led to death of Brazilian mistaken for terrorist http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728174173&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) 'Israel has reached the end of the road' --- Iranian protestors "chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" as they demonstrated on streets leading to the Teheran University compound" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728173271&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iran accuses Barack Obama of 'cowboy talk' --- Ali Larijani: "We are proud of supporting Hizbollah since they are defending their homeland and you are wrong in calling them terrorists." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3711108/Iran-accuses-Barack-Obama-of-cowboy-talk.html (Israel) 2 Kassam rockets hit western Negev http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728172230&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Report: 'US spies on Israel to gain info on its atomic capabilities' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728174058&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Yemen) 'Muslim extremist kills Yemeni Jew' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728172536&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Moshe Yaish Nahari killed in Riydah (U.S./Somalia) Minneapolis: Teen disappears: 'Mom, I'm in Somalia' -- 17-year-old Burhan Hassan http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/12/minneapolis.somalis/index.html?eref=ib_topstories (Somalia) 'Thousands' desert Somalia forces -- BBC: "More than 80% of Somalia's soldiers and police have deserted, some taking weapons, uniforms and vehicles, the UN says" -- "head of the UN monitoring group on Somalia, Dumisani Kumalo, said Islamist insurgents got many of their weapons and ammunition from the deserters" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7779525.stm Sudan: Gunmen kill leader of Darfur camp http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2806501521 -- 3 policemen, others die in attack in Darfur http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/12/africa/AF-Sudan-Darfur-Attack.php Turkey keeping military option against Kurds: minister http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081212/wl_afp/mexicoturkeykurdsmilitarypolitics_081212041332;_ylt=AkPXXWcYi6qswuj_cZDYlND7SpZ4 (Belgium) 6 Suspected Al Qaeda-Linked Extremists Charged in Belgium http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465855,00.html --- Woman who preached jihad on internet charged with five other 'al Qaeda militants' over suicide plot to kill EU leaders http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1093876/Woman-preached-jihad-internet-charged-al-Qaeda-militants-suicide-plot-kill-EU-leaders.html?ITO=1490 (Belgium) Antwerp: The Jihadis of Antwerp North (1) http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/antwerp-jihadis-of-antwerp-north-1.html --- Antwerp: Youth leave for Jihad training in Pakistan http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/antwerp-youth-leave-for-jihad-training.html (Germany) Prosecutor: Computer terrorists now key part of Islamist network -- Monika Harms: "The desk man in front of a personal computer has become an essential component of the global jihad" -- DPA qualifies her comments adding "referring to the Arabic term for 'struggle.'" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245932,prosecutor-computer-terrorists-now-key-part-of-islamist-network.html (Spain) Dissident ETA prisoners moved to Basque jails: report http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Dissident-ETA-prisoners-moved-to-Basque-jails_-report.html (Europe) Der Spiegel: Anarchists in Europe - What Unites the Stone-Throwing Black Bloc? http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,595938,00.html --- Greek Youths Also Angry at Govt's Fiscal Policies http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6447235 (Philippines) Metro bomb plot bared -- MILF's Guiamalodin Edsrafil arrested ---"Moro Islamic Liberation Front planning to carry out bomb attacks in key cities around the country" http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20081212-177647/Metro-bomb-plot-bared http://www.gmanews.tv/story/139163/PNP-Arrested-MILF-member-was-out-to-carry-out-Manila-bombings http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN124618.htm (Philippines) UN: Muslim rebels agree to end use of child soldiers http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/7f01c65d06dce5276887d45369261f20.htm (Philippines) Senator Pimentel hails plan to create advisory panel on talks with MILF http://www.gmanews.tv/story/139089/Pimentel-hails-plan-to-create-advisory-panel-on-talks-with-MILF Indonesia: Muslim separatists jailed for five years -- Suganda, Dedi Mulyadi, Dede Suparman http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2806501703 Indonesia: Southeast Asian Informant Taken Off UN Terror List -- Jemaah Islamiyah's Nasir Abbas, http://www.mysinchew.com/node/19206?tid=37 China downplays attack on French embassy website http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/China-downplays-cyber-attack-on-French-embassy-website-.html (North Korea) French Doctor: Kim Jong Il Did Have a Stroke http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465853,00.html (Colombia) Betancourt urges Dutch government to talk to FARC Terrorist Group http://www.expatica.com/nl/news/local_news/Betancourt-urges-Dutch-government-to-talk-to-FARC.html (Colombia) France takes in first Colombian ex-rebel -- former FARC terror group memhttp://www.expatica.com/fr/news/local_news/France-takes-in-first-Colombian-ex_rebel.html Commentaries: Jihad Made in the USA -- by Patrick Poole -- "Incredibly, jihadist recruiting events in America have long been ignored by government and media." http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/somalis-leaving-us-for-jihad/ Stop pampering Pakistan's military -- by Brahma Chellaney http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081212/cm_csm/ychellaney_1 Let us be Realistic about relations with Pakistan - by Prem Prakash http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-59561.html Other News: (Pakistan) Rawalpindi: 'Honour' killing accused remanded in police custody -- Mustafa Syed charged with killing ex-fiancee Rizwana Juanjua for exercising free will -- she "feared that her family might kill her in the name of honour" http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/12/top18.htm "Pakistan to uphold human rights: Zardari" http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/12/top16.htm ----- August 1, 2008 - Pakistan and Delusions about Negotiating on Jihad http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/095.html ----- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html ----- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia ------ See Also: December 10, 2008: Human Rights, Islamic Supremacism, and our Responsibilities http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/119.html "Islam: The way of life of Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023896.php --- South Florida Muslims use bus ads, hotline to counter "Obsession" DVD campaign http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023894.php http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2008/12/south_florida_muslims_use_bus.php Islamic supremacist terrorists gush over CNN coverage -- 'Defeat for Christians,' proof Islam 'will shine all over the world' gush over CNN coverage http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83407 Japan moves carefully toward Islamic finance http://islamicfinanceupdates.wordpress.com/2008/12/12/japan-moves-carefully-toward-islamic-finance/ Saudi Arabia may be making more than just peace with the Taliban. http://www.newsweek.com/id/173828 (Israel/Belgium) Haaretz: "Far-right Belgian party Vlaams Belang says invited to Jerusalem meet" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1046051.html (U.S.) Washington Post: "Pentagon May Have Mixed Propaganda With PR" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/11/AR2008121103319.html --- Comment: according to Washington Post, an unapologetic propaganda arm for Islamic supremacists ----- June 20, 2007: Washington Post - Engage With Hamas - We Earned Our Support - by Ahmed Yousef http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/19/AR2007061901736.html?sub=AR ---- Washington Post: Hezbollah Supporter - Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah - Muslims Speak Out http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/muslims_speak_out/2007/07/sayyed_fadlallah.html Propaganda: (Saudi Arabia) Saudi Gazette: "Efforts in human rights exemplary, says HRC " --- states "[t]he Kingdom’s efforts and contributions in protecting human rights have been widely praised by the concerned international organizations and institutions" --- boasts over Islamic supremacist Kingdom of Saudi Arabia support for "human rights" http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=2008121224123 ---- Ignores Saudi "abstention" in support of Universal Declaration on Human Rights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights#History ----- see also: ------ December 10, 2008: Human Rights, Islamic Supremacism, and our Responsibilities http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/119.html (Saudi Arabia) VIDEO: Call for dialogue on Islam - Saudi King Abudallah during Mecca coverage by CNN http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/12/12/nasr.islam.internal.dialogue.cnn --- November 12, 2008: Saudis in move to improve image of Islam http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4bd05afa-b03b-11dd-a795-0000779fd18c.html -- November 13, 2008: Saudi King Abdullah "advocating peace, justice and tolerance as the key Islamic values" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\13\story_13-11-2008_pg7_1 -- November 15, 2008: Bush: Changing your religion is a right ---- "Addressing the UN General Assembly, he said that the UN Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 60 years ago, enshrines 'the right to choose or change religions and the right to worship in private or public.'" ---- "European speakers stressed the supremacy of individual human rights in speeches that amounted to veiled criticism of Muslim governments." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3454228/Bush-Changing-your-religion-is-a-right.html -- November 18, 2008: Saudi Arabia: Asian immigrant forced to clean mosques for 'skipping prayers' http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2720941512 (Saudi Arabia) Middle East Online: "Jihadis doing mea-culpa as Riyadh preaches anti-terrorism" http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=29177 --- "However, Hamza Wahid Hashem, political science professor at the University of King Abdel Aziz, said that extremism is inherent in Saudi society" Financial Times: "Islamists are questioning the merits of their embrace of the political process" --- Roula Khalaf portrays Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood as "moderate" http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fbb33f82-c7b5-11dd-b611-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/roulakhalaf --- May 28, 2005 - Roula Khalaf: US should open dialogue with Islamists http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0f03208a-cee4-11d9-8cb5-00000e2511c8,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0f03208a-cee4-11d9-8cb5-00000e2511c8.html&_i_referer= Against Nazi News: Germany gets go-ahead to prosecute 'Ivan the Terrible' in last Nazi trial http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/3724126/Germany-gets-go-ahead-to-prosecute-Ivan-the-Terrible-in-last-Nazi-trial.html December 11, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Afghanistan) Taleban tax: allied supply convoys pay their enemies for safe passage --- One fuel importer: "We estimate that approximately 25 per cent of the money we pay for security to get the fuel in goes into the pockets of the Taleban" --- "Another boss, whose company is subcontracted to supply to Western military bases, said that as much as a quarter of the value of a lorry's cargo went in paying Taleban commanders" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5327683.ece (Afghanistan) Taleban extract heavy tribute to let vital NATO supplies pass http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5327618.ece (Pakistan) Pak media raises fears of a Taliban takeover http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pak_media_raises_fears_of_a_Taliban_takeover/articleshow/3825455.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks 'mastermind' placed under house arrest -- Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) front Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD)'s Hafiz Mohammed Saeed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3709448/Mumbai-attacks-mastermind-placed-under-house-arrest.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_bans_Jamaat-ud-Dawa_arrests_Saeed/articleshow/3824291.cms Pakistan on tightrope with raid on Jamaatud Dawa --- Rand's Christine Fair: "I almost see them as a state actor" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\12\story_12-12-2008_pg7_4 --- US hopes for Pakistani 'shift' on Lashkar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\12\story_12-12-2008_pg7_14 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban attack NATO supplies terminal in Peshawar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\12\story_12-12-2008_pg7_20 (Pakistan) NWFP/FATA: 'Terrorist' killed, another injured - Hangu/Orakzai http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\12\story_12-12-2008_pg7_24 (Pakistan) FATA: Six killed in suspected US missile strike in S Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\12\story_12-12-2008_pg1_11 http://www.geo.tv/12-12-2008/30522.htm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3710796/US-missile-strike-kills-6-in-Pakistan.html (Pakistan) US to blunt any threat from Tribal Areas: Bush http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\12\story_12-12-2008_pg1_10 (Pakistan) 'Pakistan to defend itself if war imposed' -- Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\12\story_12-12-2008_pg7_2 (Pakistan) 'Terrorist camps exist in Pakistan' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\12\story_12-12-2008_pg7_21 (U.S.) Stop using songs to 'break' terror suspects: Pop stars -- Burce Springsteen and Britney Spears complain http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/No_songs_to_break_terror_suspects/articleshow/3825402.cms Belgian police arrest 'al Qaeda legend' --- "federal prosecutor's office in Belgium identified one of the suspects as Malika El-Aroud" --- "El-Aroud's late husband was one of two men who killed Ahmed Shah Massoud, a leader of the Northern Alliance, in a suicide mission ordered by Osama Bin Laden" http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/11/belgium.terror.arrests/index.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023882.php --- Belgian Police Break Up Plot Linked to al-Qaeda http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1865917,00.html?xid=rss-world Greek protests spread to European cities http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/3709695/Greek-protests-spread-to-European-cities.html (Italy) AKI: "Italy: Jailed leader of Christian terror group wanted to target academic, police say" --- "Jailed former far-left Italian terrorist Roberto Sandalo" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2804874580 Other News: Iran arrests blogger who visited Israel -- "Derakhshan had previously defended his visit, saying that it countered "horrific" Israeli propaganda" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728163521&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Indonesia: Muslims burn Christian church, riot http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023881.php http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=17085&t=Muslims+burn+Christian+church+in+Indonesia Nigeria-Six Pastors Killed, 40 Churches Razed in Jos Violence -- Compass report on Thanksgiving attack on Christians in Nigeria http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5725&backpage=summaries MEMRI: Liberal Author Dr. Shaker Al-Nabulsi: Secularism Will Triumph in the Arab World; Terrorism's Crimes Are 'The Death Struggle of Fundamentalism' http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214808 (Pakistan) Dancing girls of Lahore strike over 'Taliban' law http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/dancing-girls-of-lahore-strike-over-taliban-law-1062907.html Commentaries: How a Real "War Within Islam" Would Look - by Andrew Bostom http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2008/12/11/how-a-real-%E2%80%9Cwar-within-islam%E2%80%9D-would-look/ (Afghanistan) Time: "Before he sends another U.S. soldier off to die or be maimed in Afghanistan, President-elect Obama needs to deliver the blunt message to the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan that we will no longer tolerate their complicity in the deaths of Americans and our allies, a slaughter that began on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and continues to this day" http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1865730,00.html?xid=rss-world --- Comment: But Time article fails to identify the ideology of Islamic supremacism as the root problem --- See also regarding "our allies": ----- December 9, 2008: Afghanistan ready to accept mediation with Taliban from Muslim countries http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959173&Language=en ----- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 ----- November 26, 2008: Karzai Offers Taliban Leader Mullah Omar 'Protection' For Peace http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081126\ACQDJON200811261221DOWJONESDJONLINE000762.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na ----- November 25, 2008: Karzai: "If there is no deadline, we have the right to find another solution for peace and security, which is negotiations" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/25/asia/AS-Afghan-UN.php ----- November 24, 2008: Karzai: Talks With Taliban Are The Only Solution To The Conflict In Afghanistan http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/11611.htm ----- November 23, 2008: CNN: "Obama promises Afghanistan more aid" http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/23/afghanistan.karzai.obama/index.html ----- October 17, 2008 - Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html ----- October 15, 2008 - Christian Science Monitor: Some Afghans live under Taliban rule – and prefer it http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1015/p01s01-wosc.html ----- October 3, 2008: Karzai proposes Mulla Umar to return to Afghanistan http://www.geo.tv/10-3-2008/26156.htm ----- August 1, 2008 - Pakistan and Delusions about Negotiating on Jihad http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/095.html ----- June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html ----- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia Against Nazi News: (U.S.) White Supremacist Leader Indicted on Federal Charges for Threats, Witness Intimidation -- "William White, the self-proclaimed commander of the neo-Nazi group the American National Socialist Workers Party, was charged with five counts of communicating threats in interstate commerce, one count of communicating an extortionate threat in interstate commerce and one count of witness intimidation" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465684,00.html Nazi hunters fault Australia, Hungary for inaction http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728164172&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull December 11, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Iraq) At least 55 killed in Iraq restaurant bombing - north of Kirkuk http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28173545/ (Iraq) US captures 6 in raids against al-Qaida - near Tarmiyah http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_7 (Iraq) US to begin transfer of Iraqi prisoners on Feb 1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081211/wl_mideast_afp/iraqusmilitaryprisoners_081211151714 (Afghanistan) Coalition moves on Taliban before election -- "Persuading isolated locals to back government a tough sell" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/11/disruptive-operation-coincides-with-voter-registra/ (Afghanistan) US general David McKiernan warns British forces are in Afghanistan stalemate in war on Taliban http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/12/11/us-general-warns-british-forces-are-in-afghanistan-stalemate-in-war-on-taliban-115875-20961746/ --- Same General Kiernan that supported Afghan govt efforts for "reconciliation" with Taliban, calls for "political solution," view war against "bad guys" --- When McKiernan asked why Taliban fight, he says "[p]overty, fear, intimidation, some for ideological reasons, some because it's the fighting season" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#McKiernan (Afghanistan) U.S. to send more troops to Afghanistan - Secretary of Defense Robert Gates http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/11/gates.afghanistan/index.html --- October 6, 2008 - AP reported that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates "endorsed efforts to reach out to members of the Taliban or other militants in Afghanistan who may be considered reconcilable, much like what has happened in Iraq." http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Oct06/0,4670,EUGatesAfghanistan,00.html --- More on Gates and "reconciliation" with Islamic supremacist Taliban http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Gates --- More from the Defense Secretary who brought us the "War on Extremism" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/04/13/Gates_Enemy_in_Iraq_is_extremism/UPI-69821208117940/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/national_defense_strategy_073108.pdf (Pakistan) Mumbai terror mastermind placed on UN blacklist -- Pakistani LeT Jihadist Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5322840.ece (Pakistan) UN says Pakistan charity front for terrorist group -- Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) front Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_re_as/un_un_terror_sanctions --- Lashkar founder says U.N. action defames Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081211/india_nm/india369804 --- Pakistan vows to comply with UN curbs after Mumbai http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081211/india_nm/india369831 (Pakistan) Report: Pakistan closes charity linked to Mumbai attacks -- Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) front Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081211/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_88;_ylt=AqxgRJC5tTv1BcjRVJgNR3cBS5Z4 --- Report: Pakistan Govt launches crack down against Jamat-ud-Dawa http://www.geo.tv/12-11-2008/30510.htm (Pakistan) Report: Govt bans statements of banned outfits in media http://www.geo.tv/12-11-2008/30506.htm --- But will Pakistan Jihadists continue to directly contact members of counterterrorism community to spread propaganda? http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/11/jamatuddawa_let_political_wing.php (Pakistan) Lashkar chief Hafeez Saeed remains defiant --- Hafiz Saeed lead of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) front Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/mumbaiterrorstrike/Story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20080076157&type=News -- Terror chief in Mumbai attacks denial http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/11/pakistan.mumbai.attacks/index.html?section=cnn_latest --- AKI: "Pakistan: Charity chief challenges UN sanctions" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2804587884 --- IHT: "Pakistani charity rejects being added to terror list" http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/11/asia/nations.php (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief brainwashed Mumbai attackers -- Hafiz Saeed lead of LeT front Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/LeT_chief_brainwashed_Mumbai_attackers/rssarticleshow/3823282.cms Pakistan epicentre of terrorism, says Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1447802.php/Pakistan_epicentre_of_terrorism_says_Indian_premier__2nd_Roundup__ --- Pakistan needs to do more: Manmohan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pakistan_needs_to_do_more_Manmohan/articleshow/3824381.cms --- India demands Pakistan hand over 40 wanted 'terrorists' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5323757.ece (Pakistan) NWFP: Bomb explosion wounds 12 Afghan refugees in Pakistan - in Kohat http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959424&Language=en (Pakistan) Warning over danger posed by Pakistan-based terrorists http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3705889/Mumbai-attacks-Warning-over-danger-posed-by-Pakistan-based-terrorists.html --- December 10, 2008: Joint Chiefs of Staff Mullen praises Pakistan for arrest of militants http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_pakistan (Pakistan) US increasingly entangled in Islamist web in south Asia http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081211/pl_afp/indiaattacksuspakistanafghanistan --- Comment: Analysts never consider identifying enemy ideology of Islamic supremacism and developing strategy (Pakistan) Mumbai Terror Group Trained American Jihadists http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/12/let-usa.html (India) Mumbai attacks war on India, says India Congress MP Rahul Gandhi http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai_attacks_war_on_India_says_Rahul_Gandhi/articleshow/3824194.cms (India) Transcript: Mumbai terrorist confession http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/beeea092-c697-11dd-97a5-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 (India) War with Pakistan "no solution", India says http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081211/india_nm/india369822 (India) Terror in India not linked to Kashmir: external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terror_in_India_not_linked_to_Kashmir_Pranab/articleshow/3823846.cms (India) IED defused in Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/IED_defused_in_Srinagar-Muzaffarabad_road/articleshow/3823644.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Arrested terrorist Kasab remanded to police custody till Dec 24 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Arrested_terrorist_Kasab_may_not_be_produced_in_court_today/articleshow/3821920.cms (U.S.) Officials Worry Attacks in Mumbai Could Spur Copycats in the West http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122895354114996367.html?mod=googlenews_wsj (U.S.) Justices voice concerns about 9/11 detainee lawsuit -- by Pakistani Muslim Javaid Iqbal lawsuit -- "'"What you have to show is some facts,' said a skeptical Chief Justice John Roberts to the lawyer for the Pakistani native bringing the suit, 'showing that they (top officials) knew of a policy that was discriminatory based on ethnicity and country of origin.' http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/10/scotus.detainees/index.html?eref=ib_us (U.S.) Holy Land Foundation Post-Trial: U.S. Attorney responds to Star-Telegram column on Holy Land http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/12/us-attorney-responds-to-starte.html --- Prosecutor: Sanders draws wrong conclusion about trial ---- Sanders challenges Star-Telegram columnist Bob Ray Sanders who claimed convictions based on"religious bigotry and political pressure than facts" http://www.star-telegram.com/242/story/1077640.html ----- November 30, 2008: Star-Telgram: "SANDERS: Holy Land Five convictions mark sad day for American justice system http://www.star-telegram.com/242/story/1064204.html (U.N.) Security Council, Expressing Deep Concern Over "Continuous Terrorist Attacks" --- Malaysia: "called on the international community to reject any attempt to link Islam with terrorism" --- Azerbaijan: concerned about "unacceptable attacks against Islam... [and] "defamatory manifestations and misconceptions" http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2008/sc9524.doc.htm ---- clearly no concern about Islamic supremacism on 60th anniversary of UDHR http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/12/human-rights/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/119.html (Iran) Obama's atomic umbrella: U.S. nuclear strike if Iran nukes Israel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1045687.html http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2008/12/11/report-obama-offer-israel-nuclear-umbrella-iran/ (Lebanon) US State Dept Dailey: There are few members of al-Qaeda in Lebanon http://www.iloubnan.info/politics/actualite/id/30332/lebanon/Dailey:-There-are-few-members-of-al-Qaeda-in-Lebanon (Israel) Army readies for Gaza border attacks http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728155998&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Somalia: Sheik Sharif Says Ethiopia is Committed to Withdraw http://allafrica.com/stories/200812110672.html (Somalia) Pirates cashed in $120m - UN http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_2440845,00.html --- Somalia backs US plan to hunt Somali pirates http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/11/africa/AF-Somalia.php Algeria: UN chief recalls victims of Al-Qaeda attack http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2804736067 (Russia) One person wounded in Ingushetia blast http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959404&Language=en (Turkey) Chechen warlord gunned down in Instanbul http://en.rian.ru/world/20081211/118804141.html (Belgium) Brown in 'suicide bomb plot' as police seize 14 al-Qaeda terrorists 'targeting EU summit' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1093876/Brown-suicide-bomb-plot-police-seize-14-al-Qaeda-terrorists-targeting-EU-summit.html?ITO=1490 -- Al-Qaeda terror plot fears at EU summit http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5326082.ece -- Belgian police 'thwart imminent al-Qaeda attack' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/3708568/Belgian-police-thwart-imminent-al-Qaeda-attack.html (Belgium) 14 alleged Islamic extremists held in Belgium -- "Terror expert says men wanted to free an imprisoned al-Qaida member" - Nizar Trabelsi http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28174400/ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465292,00.html http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Belgian_police_arrest_14_al-Qaida_suspects/articleshow/3824019.cms?TOI_latestnews --- "suspects include a man who was allegedly ready to launch a suicide attack" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2804857308 German Islamists face no charges after deportation from Egypt http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245774,german-islamists-face-no-charges-after-deportation.html (Philippines) Damage, no injuries from south Philippines bomb http://ph.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081211/tap-philippines-blast-unrest-5cc1ef8.html Philippines says kidnappings may revive militants http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN280148.htm (Philippines) In Basilan, Philippines, a US counterterrorism model frays -- Think-tank analyst Scott Harrison claims Philippines Jihad due to "Poverty, neglect, and abuse" -- No acknowledgement of Islamic supremacism http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081211/wl_csm/ovacuum_1 China may be next in al-Qaeda's crosshairs http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1213078 Sri Lanka: Militants claim to have killed 89 soldiers http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2804627573 North Korean prison life detailed http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28170220/ Other News: Iranian Activist Lawyer Not Allowed To Leave Tehran For Award -- for Human Rights http://www.payvand.com/news/08/dec/1109.html --- Demonstrating the type of "human rights" that Iran's support of "Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam" represents http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/cairodeclaration.html http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#A http://web.archive.org/web/20060501234759/http://mypage.bluewin.ch/ameland/Islam.html MEMRI: "Eminent Indian Islamic Scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Calls for Deconditioning the Muslim Mind to Eliminate Supremacist Views and Hatred" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214708 (U.S.) Texas: Controversial doll to remain on most store shelves http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2008/12/11/pasadena_citizen/news/113008_baby_doll.txt Somalia: Islamists Destroy Graves, Kill Robbers -- "Sheik Hassan Yaqub Ali, the information secretary of the Islamic administration in Kismayu told reporters that the graves in temples are against the Sharia law" http://allafrica.com/stories/200812100134.html Takaful Malaysia eyes Indonesia for expansion http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSKLR14101020081210 The Rise of Islamic Banking in a Time of Economic Crisis http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/12/10/the-rise-of-islamic-banking-in-a-time-of-economic-crisis.html Italy: Muslim cemetery to open in south http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2801516997 (Australia) Court gives Islamic school project go-ahead - Bass Hill http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/11/2444237.htm http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24786462-5001021,00.html November 13, 2008: Lawyers Broadside Mideast Bloggers, Media With 'Hisba' Lawsuits http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/11/13/lawyers_broadside_mideast_bloggers_media_with_hisba_lawsuits/4257/ Philippine pigs found with Ebola Reston virus -- note that this has historically been found to be NOT harmful to humans http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/11/asia/AS-Philippines-Sick-Pigs.php --- Ebola Reston discovered by USAMRID in 1989 in Reston, VA --- 20 miles from White House --- documented by Richard Preston in "The Hot Zone" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_Reston http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hot_Zone Propaganda: (Egypt) Middle East Times: "Muslim Brotherhood Bloggers Could Be Washington's New Hope" -- Khalil al-Anani questions how many "reformers" are within the Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood -- but Anani sugggests Washington "reach out" to so-called "reformer bloggers" who love "Charlise Theron and Brad Pitt" http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/12/09/muslim_brotherhood_bloggers_could_be_washingtons_new_hope/6874/ ---- Comment: no mention of Muslim Brotherhood's inherent Islamic supremacist nature ---- IPT Profile on Muslim Brotherhood http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/135.pdf ---- Muslim Brotherhood Movement Page (Hizb Al-Ikhwan Al-Muslimoon) http://www.ummah.net/ikhwan/ ---- Theme: "Allah is our objective. The messenger is our leader. Quran is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope." ---- June 11, 2008: Muslim Brotherhood: Friend or Foe – New IPT Profile http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/685 Commentaries: "Honest, rather than defensive, introspection about why terrorism has found a home in Islam might help find the answer" - Frida Ghitis --- No more mollycoddling: Attack jihad at source http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/122008/12112008/430869 The Saudi plan: 100 years of dhimmitude? - by Elihu D. Richter --- "The first requirement of any peace plan has to be respect for life and human dignity of all minorities." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728145886&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hugo's Hezbollah - by Alan Levine http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=DE00261D-D4E1-428C-A8AA-698495018B83 There is no moral equivalence -- by Ramesh Thakur http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081210.wcoindia11/BNStory/specialComment/?page=rss&id=RTGAM.20081210.wcoindia11 AIG and Sharia Finance - Sunday 5:30 PM ET Radio Jeffrey of Anti-Jihad League of America will be addressing AIG and its business ventures in Sharia-Compliant Finance on Sunday, December 14, at 5:30 PM ET on John Batchelor Radio Program http://www.johnbatchelorshow.com/ New York, WABC-AM 770 Washington DC, WMAL-AM 630 San Francisco, KSFO-AM 560 Los Angeles, KFI-AM 640 -- see related report AIG Defies U.S. Taxpayers by Promoting Sharia in America http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/12/aig-defies-us-taxpayers/ -- ongoing petition End U.S. Ownership of Sharia Business Now Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/stopaig/petition.html Sharia Finance Commentaries: Learn Sharia Finance at MIT http://mitsloan.mit.edu/academic/courses/15.994.php http://bokertov.typepad.com/btb/2008/12/learn-sharia-fi.html Islamic Banking - by Rachel Ehrenfeld and Samuel A. Abady http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=A3900E8D-E619-46F3-943F-EB6BB86A8C3A Hugging Shari'a Finance at the Fed - by Alyssa A. Lappen http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=1EBFAAF7-CFB8-4B05-8966-B8DDF998A748 Against Nazi News: (Germany) Munich prosecutors get Demjanjuk's Nazi guard case http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/11/europe/EU-Germany-Nazi-Guard.php December 10, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (U.S.) Georgia: Terrorism charges against Georgians detailed http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/12/10/georgia_terrorism_suspects.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=13 --- "Atlanta terrorism defendants Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee communicated with and gave information to terrorists bent on waging violent jihad, according to new indictments by a federal grand jury" --- "That includes their trying, in 2005, to join Lashkar-e-Taiba" --- Praised attack on Pentagon in video --- "Khan also had maps and timetables for the Washington and New York public transit systems; information on truck routes into New York; schematics of the financial district in lower Manhattan; aerial photos of the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; and information on paramilitary training camps in Pakistan, the indictment said" (U.S.) Supreme court weighs lawsuit against FBI Director Robert Mueller, former Attorney General John Ashcroft -- Pakistani Muslim Javaid Iqbal lawsuit that "claims prisoners detained after the Sept. 11 attacks were abused because of their religion and ethnicity" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_detainee_lawsuit (U.S.) Economy puts emergency readiness in peril http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-12-09-biocutbacks_N.htm?csp=34 Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba training in US, Canada, UK, Australia http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/10mumterror-lashkar-training-in-us-canada-uk-australia.htm (Pakistan) Joint Chiefs of Staff Mullen praises Pakistan for arrest of militants http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_pakistan (UK) Home Secretary Jacqui Smith: Councils to be told of local extremists and terror threat -- Daily Telegraph says "veiled reference to Hizb ut Tahrir" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/3701980/Jacqui-Smith-Councils-to-be-told-of-local-extremists-and-terror-threat.html Iranian nuclear workers arrested for spying http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/10/iran.spy.arrests/index.html Israel Pardons 45 Fatah Terrorists http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128800 (Hamas) U.S. accused of meeting secretly with terrorists -- Hamas political adviser says Obama administration will favor dialogue http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83245 Arab Islamist Clerics to Palestinians: Slaughter the Jews Like You Did in 1929; Blow Yourselves Up in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1940.htm Somalia: Islamist Leader in Hiran Region Declares 'Jihad On Ethiopia' http://allafrica.com/stories/200812100054.html Somali pirates 'put down Ukranian hostage revolt' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/piracy/3698083/Somali-pirates-put-down-Ukranian-hostage-revolt.html North Korea nuclear talks hit impasse http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081210/wl_nm/us_korea_north_22 Other News: Somalia - Christian in Kenya Refugee Camp Attacked, Shot -- "Muslim zealots jail convert, burn home of another; in Somalia, a mother and daughter raped" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5724&backpage=summaries (Australia) Young Oz kids to be taught Islamic tenets at new Sydney center http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-58699.html --- Global Islamic Youth Center --- "A group founded by a Muslim extremist plans to build a huge complex in Sydney to teach young people Islam." --- GIYC founder Sheik Feiz Mohammad "was exposed two years ago for having called on children to sacrifice themselves to Allah, describing Jews as 'pigs' and calling non-believers 'filth'" ---- Australian Daily Telegraph: Teach the children - Sheik's vile lesson of hate http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24777277-5001021,00.html?from=public_rss ---- Australian Daily Telegraph: Education in hate for 'tender hearts' ------ Sheik Feiz Mohammad: "We want to have children and offer them as soldiers defending Islam. Teach them this: there is nothing more beloved to me than wanting to die as a mujahid (holy warrior). Put in their soft, tender hearts the zeal of jihad and a love of martyrdom." http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24777133-5001021,00.html?from=public_rss (Canada) Dishonored in life, dishonored in death: Honor killing victim lies in numbered grave - Aqsa Parvez http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023865.php http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/joe_warmington/2008/12/10/7692161-sun.html http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/12/canada-no-heads.html (UK) Academics 'have abandoned Israeli boycott', say opponents http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/dec/10/boycott-israel-ucu-palestinians UNHRC slams Israel for 'crimes against humanity' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728129426&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) November 30: Homeland Security in disarray, officials warn http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2008/11/30/homeland_security_in_disarray_officials_warn/ Mattel Doll Related Stories http://www.wsbtv.com/news/18245568/detail.html?rss=atl&psp=news#- http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2008/12/10/local_news/doc4938c1f582483655025934.txt ACT!For America — Northern Virginia & DC Metro Chapter http://actdcmetro.wordpress.com/ December 10, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Pakistan confirms Mumbai arrests -- second arrest of Zarrar Shah http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan;_ylt=A0wNcwZa_D9J8wEAKARvaA8F http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28153891/ Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Taiba arrests met with Indian mistrust http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081210/india_nm/india369615_1 (Pakistan) Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)'s Jamaat ud Dawa will be banned, if evidences against it found: Pakistan security Advisor Mahmood Ali Durrani http://www.geo.tv/12-10-2008/30430.htm (Pakistan) U.S. sharpens focus on Lashkar-e-Taiba --- "'We have seen a potential broadening' of Lashkar-e-Taiba's ambitions, said a senior U.S. intelligence official. 'By taking a page out of Al Qaeda's playbook, it exalts itself as a movement.'" http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan10-2008dec10,0,2872223.story Pakistan Media: Wicked CIA-RAW-Mossad axis against Islamabad http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Wicked_CIA-RAW-Mossad_axis_against_us_Pak_media/articleshow/3819866.cms --- Pakistan's Frontier Post: "A wicked axis" http://frontierpost.com.pk/News.aspx?ncat=ed&nid=220 (Pakistan) Ready for crushing reply to any aggression: Pak Air Force http://www.geo.tv/12-10-2008/30435.htm Pakistan won't be provoked by India's jingoistic attitude: PM Gilani http://www.geo.tv/12-10-2008/30439.htm (Pakistan) Being responsible nuclear power will not take action under pressure: PM Gilani http://www.geo.tv/12-10-2008/30431.htm Pakistan govt blocks UN resolution against former ISI chief Hamid Gul -- Pakistan PM Gilani: "a resolution was moved in the (UN) Security Council but we got it put on hold" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Pak_govt_blocks_UN_resolution_against_former_ISI_chief_Hamid_Gul/articleshow/3819301.cms Pakistan: PM Gilani renews pledge to prosecute Mumbai terrorists http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2800328820 (Pakistan/U.S.) US warns Pak of 'unintended consequences' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_warns_Pak_of_unintended_consequences/articleshow/3819808.cms (India) Mumbai terrorists had Pakistani IDs http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/10/mumbai-terrorists-had-pakistani-ids/ (India) Police say Indian helped smuggle Pakistani gunmen -- Sabauddin Ahmed http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting (India) Mumbai attacks: Mumbai terrorists 'part of a larger group' --- "'Another 20 were trained in the same way,' Deven Bharti, Mumbai Police Deputy Commissioner, told The Times. 'We suspect they were being trained for similar missions. This is a worry for all parts of the world, these men could strike in any one of several countries.'" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5316934.ece (India) Mumbai attack: Police question fifth suspect as search for 20 terrorists begins http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3698896/Mumbai-attack-Police-question-fifth-suspect-as-search-for-20-terrorists-begins.html (India) Mumbai terrorists thwarted security agencies by using internet telephones http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5317075.ece (India Assam) Powerful bomb found in Guwahati cinema hall http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Powerful_bomb_found_in_Guwahati_cinema_hall/articleshow/3818576.cms (India) Terrorism tops agenda as parliament reopens http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081210/india_nm/india369610 Terror attacks to push up security spending in India: study http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081210/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattackseconomysecurity (Afghanistan) 6 Afghan police killed in mistaken US strike - Zabul province http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/10/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (U.S.) Fort Dix prosecutors rest; case could reach jury next week http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20081210_Fort_Dix_prosecutors_rest__case_could_reach_jury_next_week.html (U.S.) Executing Accused Terrorists May Be Left to Obama http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20081210/pl_bloomberg/aoywhtkg3spu US courts reconsider whether 'tortured' man mistaken for a terrorist and sent to Syria can sue http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1093494/US-courts-reconsider-tortured-man-mistaken-terrorist-sent-Syria-sue.html (UK) Ex-MI5 chief 'astonished' at how many organisations use anti-terror law http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2008/dec/10/terrorism-law (Iraq) US forces in Iraq kill al-Qaeda suspect, arrest 18 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245569,us-forces-in-iraq-kill-al-qaeda-suspect-arrest-18.html -- Iraq arrests 10 Al-Qaeda suspects for Fallujah bombings http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081209/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestqaeda_081209155143 (Iraq) British troop withdrawal from Iraq to begin in March -- report http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959229&Language=en http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/3692049/British-troops-to-withdraw-from-Iraq-by-June.html (Iran) U.S. Official stands by Iran nuke report --- Thomas Fingar insists Tehran froze program http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/10/official-stands-by-iran-nuke-report/ (Israel) Kassam rocket strikes open area in western Negev; none wounded http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728131598&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Israel unveils new anti-rocket radar http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/10/Israel_unveils_new_anti-rocket_radar/UPI-69281228914898/ http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728130021&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Barak okays NIS 100m transfer to Gaza -- "Decision for Sunday transfer follows appeals from Fayad, Fischer; Yishai calls move 'a terror prize.'" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728142547&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Lebanon: Hezbollah refuses to meet former US president http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2800530710 (Algeria) Report: Roadside bombs wound 2 Algerian soldiers - Al-Qaeda in Islamic North Africa suspected http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/10/africa/AF-Algeria-Roadside-Bombs.php Somalia: Blast Occurs in Galkayo http://allafrica.com/stories/200812100292.html (Somalia) Four dead in battles between Somali Islamists http://www.kyivpost.com/world/31797 (Somalia) Top Islamist returns to Somalia -- Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed's Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7775697.stm http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4B943G20081210?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews (Somalia) Ethiopian troops launch major offensives against Islamist insurgents in Somalia http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1210/p99s01-duts.html Somali fighting kills 16,210 civilians since 2007 http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5204874/somali-fighting-kills-16210-civilians-since-07/ (Somalia/Germany) Germany's gov't agrees on military operations against maritime piracy http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959237&Language=en Somali piracy backed by international network http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/10/africa/AF-Somalia-Global-Piracy.php Somalia: Human Rights Day is 'Just Another Day of Suffering' --- Faliz Ali "said human rights in Somalia were 'just words and nothing more'" http://allafrica.com/stories/200812100804.html ---- See also: Human Rights, Islamic Supremacism, and Our Responsibilities http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/12/human-rights/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/119.html (Russia) Police officer, civilian wounded in southern Russia -- in Russia's North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081209/118761949.html German charity wants spying charge probed -- linked to Afghanistan http://www.expatica.com/de/news/local_news/German-charity-wants-spying-charge-probed--.html (Germany) A Terrorist Gets the Judicial Middle Finger http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,595609,00.html (Spain) Guns, computers found in arrested ETA chief's car http://www.expatica.com/es/news/local_news/Guns_-computers-found-in-arrested-ETA-chief_s-car.html (Greece) Firebombs greet police at court http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24783805-23109,00.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/3700248/Greece-comes-to-a-standstill-as-riots-continue.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,595573,00.html Malaysia Frees Jemaah Islamiah (JI) Man With Links To 11 Sept Plotters --- Malaysian Yazid Sufaat http://www.mysinchew.com/node/19103 --- Malaysia: Yazid Sufaat is 'no longer a threat' ----- Yazid Sufaat is "US-trained biochemist" and was arrested on suspicion "of working on a biological and chemical weapons program" ----- "Yazid emerged as a key figure in JI's regional network because of his link to Zacarias Moussaoui, a French citizen of Moroccan descent who was convicted of conspiracy charges in the Sept 11 attacks in New York" http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/SE%2BAsia/Story/STIStory_312587.html http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=3050&sec=1 (Philippines) Thirteen Muslim rebels, one soldier killed in southern Philippines http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245485,thirteen-muslim-rebels-one-soldier-killed-in-southern-philippines.html Other News: (U.S.) Barack Obama plans to reach out to Muslim world --- Obama: "I think we've got a unique opportunity to reboot America's image around the world and also in the Muslim world in particular" http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/obama/chi-barack-obama-muslim-1210,0,5694976.story ---- Barack Obama plans major address in Islamic capital http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3700476/Barack-Obama-plans-major-address-in-Islamic-capital.html (U.S.) Homeland Security gets more time to appeal Paterson Muslim cleric's immigration status --- Mohammad Qatanani, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Center of Passaic County http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/homeland_security_gets_more_ti.html (U.S.) North Carolina: Muslim Women Start Swim Lessons At Curran Aquatic Center --- "for those who want to learn to swim but need to adhere to the requirements of the Shariah" http://wake.mync.com/site/wake/news|Sports|Lifestyles/story/21449/muslim-women-start-swim-lessons-at-curran-aquatic-center (UK) Muslim lawyer Anjem Choudary brands Christmas 'evil' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3699565/Muslim-lawyer-Anjem-Choudary-brands-Christmas-evil.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1093414/Christmas-pathway-hell-Muslim-lawyers-extraordinary-rant-evil-celebration.html (UK) Britain targets phony Afghan asylum seekers http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_immigration Netherlands: "An Interview with Mohammed" http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/netherlands-interview-with-mohammed.html Sweden: Pool rents out burkinis http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/sweden-pool-rents-out-burkinis.html (Israel) MK Arye Eldad to push 'anti-Islamization' laws http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728129918&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull MEMRI: Sa'd Eddin Ibrahim: The Muslims Should Learn Openness from the Catholic Church in France http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214508 AIG owes $10 billion on trades gone bad: report http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081210/ts_alt_afp/financeeconomyinsuranceuscompanyaig_081210123530 - But AIG can afford to promote Sharia! --- AIG Defies U.S. Taxpayers by Promoting Sharia in America http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/12/aig-defies-us-taxpayers/ --- End U.S. Ownership of Sharia Business Now Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/stopaig/petition.html (U.S.) Homeland Security Issue: How to prepare for February's digital-TV switchover http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/09/digital.tv.switch/index.html Commentaries: Human Rights, Islamic Supremacism, and Our Responsibilities - by Jeffrey Imm http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/12/human-rights/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/119.html http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1980/pub_detail.asp -- Video: Universal Declaration of Human Rights: 60 years on http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2008/dec/10/united-nations-declaration-of-human-rights 9/11 Defendants Claim Divine Praise While Pleading Guilty - by Robert Spencer http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29845 Propaganda: Baltimore newspaper defends Pakistan-born Syed Fahad Hashmi aka "Fahad" -- defends Al Muhajiroun and compares to "Christian Right" http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/2008/121008Lendman.shtml --- Syed Fahad Hashmi extradited from UK in May 2007 --- accused of "supplying unspecified equipment for Al Qadea 'to fight against United States forces in Afghanistan.'" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276181,00.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/016648.php The 'end' of human rights -- Guardian's Costas Douzinas - in the hands of western governments human rights have lost their true aim http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/10/humanrights-unitednations December 9, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Arrests won't affect jihad: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Arrests_wont_affect_jihad_LeT/rssarticleshow/3815424.cms (Pakistan) 'India may question suspects but jointly with Pak' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_may_question_suspects_but_with_Pak/articleshow/3814815.cms Pakistan's mixed feelings on terror groups perilous http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2008/12/10/kellyed_1210.html (Pakistan) Bush Warns Pakistan as He Defends Military Strategy http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/washington/10prexy.html?_r=1 (Pakistan) Jamaat-ud-Dawa could be banned following UN plea: Pakistan’s permanent representative to UN Haroon http://www.geo.tv/12-10-2008/30419.htm (India) Declare Jamaat-ud-Dawa a terrorist outfit: India to UN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Declare_Jamaat-ud-Dawa_a_terrorist_outfit_India_to_UN/articleshow/3815595.cms India steps up pressure on Pakistan by publishing details of Mumbai gunmen -- listing their home towns in Pakistan http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5314311.ece -- India gives info tying Mumbai gunmen to Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting India closely "monitoring and verifying" Pakistan arrests http://www.geo.tv/12-10-2008/30409.htm (India) Mumbai attacks: Terror boat was almost nabbed off Mumbai http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terror_boat_was_almost_nabbed_off_Mumbai/articleshow/3815507.cms (India) Mumbai attacks: Police name new suspect in Mumbai attack probe -- Sabauddin http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081209/india_nm/india369466 (India) What high alert? For a price, you can speed past security http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/What_high_alert_For_a_price_you_can_speed_past_security/articleshow/3816205.cms Afghanistan ready to accept mediation with Taliban from Muslim countries -- "The interior minister of Afghanistan, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, said here Tuesday that Kabul has sought help from Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries to mediate with Taliban to end violence in the Muslim country." http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1959173&Language=en (Afghanistan) No winter lull in fight with Taliban rebels, says NATO http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=259954&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23 Iraqi police arrest 30 in fatal truck bombings http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq (U.S.) Rice welcomes Pakistan measures, doesn't confirm arrests http://www.geo.tv/Pakistan.htm -- U.S. calls Pakistan efforts 'credible' but expects more http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081210/wl_mcclatchy/3119635 (U.S.) Fort Dix: Government rests case in Fort Dix plot trial http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081209/ap_on_re_us/fort_dix_plot_4 http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/09/government-rests-case-in-fort-dix-plot-trial/ http://www.nbc40.net/view_story.php?id=7715 --- Fort Dix terror suspects won't testify at conspiracy trial http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/fort_dix_terror_suspects_wont.html --- Jihadist videos take center stage at Fort Dix trial http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/12/09/3844753.htm (U.S.) Millenium Jihadist Bomber: Prosecutors seek yet another sentencing for Ahmed Ressam http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iROzvsopJ-9vJVh3zDUiJJwa0BzgD94VF0SO1 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008486762_webressam09m.html US supports UN's'central role' in fighting terrorism http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245442,us-supports-unscentral-role-in-fighting-terrorism--summary.html UN focuses on global threat of terrorism http://www.vancouversun.com/news/focuses+global+scourge+terrorism/1054131/story.html (U.N.) Criticism of US heard at UN session on terrorism http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3636114,00.html (UK) Lockerbie bomber's wife appeals for mercy http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/scotland/3690544/Lockerbie-bombers-wife-appeals-for-mercy.html Miniature Nuclear Reactors Could Provide Energy -- and Opportunity for Terrorists http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,464625,00.html Iran warns of Fatah al-Islam activity http://www.metimes.com/Security/2008/12/09/iran_warns_of_fatah_al-islam_activity/581a/ (Lebanon) Former Pres. Jimmy Carter Ready to Meet Hezbollah Officials, If They Agree http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,464585,00.html (Syria) Fatah al-Islam says leader captured or killed in Syria: report -- "group said Shaker al-Abssi and two other members of its group were ambushed in Syria while trying to link up with other Islamic militants from Iraq and Afghanistan" http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081209/twl-fatah-al-islam-says-leader-captured-3cd7efd.html Other News: (UK) Teachers 'beat and abuse' Muslim children in British Koran classes http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5315021.ece --- Madrassas case study: a brave face, then the tear http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5314736.ece --- Law to protect the young must cover madrassas as well http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5314757.ece (UK) Al Jazeera to produce children's show with Welsh language channel S4C http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/3691108/Al-Jazeera-to-produce-childrens-show-with-Welsh-language-channel-S4C.html When Do Online Attacks Cross the Line Into Cyberwar? http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2008/12/09/when-do-online-attacks-cross-the-line-into-cyberwar.html HSBC: "How Brazil Can Profit from US$ 80 Billion-Rich Islamic Bonds" http://www.brazzil.com/articles/198-november-2008/10139-how-brazil-can-profit-from-us-80-billion-rich-islamic-bonds.html Commentaries: Still asleep after Mumbai - by Daniel Pipes http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728128921&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull First among freedoms - Matthew Jones http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2008/dec/09/religion-unitednations December 9, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Al-Qaeda suspects saw Guantanamo trial as 'joke' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3688378/Al-Qaeda-suspects-saw-Guantanamo-trial-as-joke.html --- Ramzi bin al-Shibh: "'I reaffirm my allegiance to Osama bin Laden,' he said in Arabic at the end of the hearing. 'I hope the jihad continues and I hope it hits the heart of America with weapons of mass destruction.'" --- Ramzi bin al-Shibh offers "congratulations" to Osama Bin Laden and "the entire Islamic world" on Eid al-Adha (Al-Qaeda) 9/11 plotters offer, withdraw guilty plea -- "withdrew their offer to plead guilty when a military judge raised questions about whether the plea would bar them from receiving the death penalty, something the five want" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/09/911_plotters_offer_withdraw_guilty_plea/UPI-18981228832445/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/08/AR2008120801087.html?hpid=topnews Pakistan: We're ready for war -- "Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, also insisted he would not hand over any suspects in the Mumbai attacks" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3688288/Pakistan-Were-ready-for-war-with-India.html (Pakistan) Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Maulana Masood Azhar under house arrest http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/JeM_chief_Masood_Azhar_under_house_arrest/articleshow/3811634.cms http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1de1f448-fb14-41b6-b674-3411bdbd9347&ParentID=4b698260-a435-449d-bc22-2d8102525aa9&&Headline=Masood+Azhar+put+under+house+arrest Pakistan arrests Mumbai 'mastermind' fingered by surviving terrorist in raid on militant camp --- follow-up report on Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1092802/Pakistan-arrests-Mumbai-mastermind-fingered-surviving-terrorist-raid-militant-camp.html Pakistan arrests do little to stop Lashkar-e-Taiba -- LeT tells Washington Times that "Militant group thousands strong" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/09/pakistan-arrests-do-little-to-stop-lashkar/ (Pakistan) After Dawood, Masood and Memon, Pak denies India access to Mumbai attack mastermind http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/After_Dawood_Masood_and_Memon_Pak_denies_India_access_to_Mumbai_attack_mastermind/articleshow/3813657.cms Pakistan not to hand over Mumbai terror suspects to India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_not_to_hand_over_Mumbai_terror_suspects_to_India/articleshow/3812333.cms http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5311366.ece http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081209/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattacks_081209125808;_ylt=AtINzjHDjy5APerV4k0O3PoBS5Z4 -- Pakistan Arrests 20 Mumbai Suspects, Won't Extradite to India http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,464046,00.html (Pakistan) Zardari to India: 'Take a breath' http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/09/pakistan.india/index.html -- Action being taken against non-state actors: Zardari http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Action_being_taken_against_non-state_actors_Zardari/articleshow/3812705.cms ---- December 4, 2008: Pakistan to try suspects, not surrender them to India, says Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg1_5 ---- December 3, 2008: Pakistan refuses to hand over suspects to India http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3544329/Pakistan-refuses-to-hand-over-suspects-to-India-bombay-india.html ---- December 2, 2008: Pakistan President Zardari: 'Pakistan in no way responsible' for Mumbai attacks http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/pakistan.zardari.lkl/index.html (Pakistan/U.S.) Pakistan aid must be linked to its terror record: US lawmaker -- Congressman Frank Pallone http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Fight_terror_or_face_aid_cut_US_lawmaker_to_Pakistan/articleshow/3807285.cms (Pakistan) WND: Taliban threatens Pakistan takeover http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83045 (Pakistan) Bruce Riedel: "It would be a nightmare if the Indians do find evidence of Pakistani government participation either through the army or the intelligence services" --- When asked "Is Pakistan really an ally of the United States in the war against terror?" --- Reidel states: "It is one of the most important allies we have" http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,595148,00.html ---- See Also: ---- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 ---- August 4, 2008: Pakistan and Another "Wake-Up Call" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/096.html ---- August 1, 2008: Pakistan and Delusions about Negotiating on Jihad http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/095.html ---- August 2, 2008 - Wall Street Journal: U.S. Ties Pakistani Intelligence to Attack in Kabul http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121755998577303583.html?mod=rss_whats_news_asia ---- August 1, 2008 - International Herald Tribune: Pakistanis aided attack in Kabul, U.S. officials say http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/01/asia/01pstan.php ---- July 30, 2008 -International Herald Tribune: CIA outlines Pakistan links with militants http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/30/asia/30pstan.php ---- June 10, 2008: Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html ---- May 22, 2008: Another Pakistan Deal with the Taliban Jihadists http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/086.html --- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia (India) Mumbai attackers used sophisticated technology -- "attackers used GPS handsets and satellite photos, and communicated with their handlers via hard-to-trace Internet phones" http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/09/asia/attack.php (India) Google Earth accused of aiding terrorists http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article5311241.ece -- PIL demands removal of country's images from Google Earth http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/PIL_against_India_pics_on_Google_Earth/articleshow/3814679.cms India not impressed by Azhar detention, wants handover http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=4b698260-a435-449d-bc22-2d8102525aa9&&Headline=India+not+impressed+by+Azhar%27s+detention%2c+wants+handover (India) Hindustan Times: "Have your say: Are the actions taken by Pak merely an eyewash?" http://www.hindustantimes.com/Submitcontent/SubmitFeedback.aspx?Mode=Story&FId=dd6f3df3-848a-495e-b75a-fdfc985f612f&StoryId=4b698260-a435-449d-bc22-2d8102525aa9&StoryHeadline=India+not+impressed+by+Azhar%27s+detention%2c+wants+handover&FHeadline=Are+the+actions+taken+by+Pak+merely+an+eyewash%3f&RefUrl=..\StoryPage\StoryPage.aspx?Id=4b698260-a435-449d-bc22-2d8102525aa9 (India) Police release names and photos of all 10 terrorists involved in Mumbai attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cops_release_names_and_photos_of_all_10_terrorists_involved_in_Mumbai_attack/articleshow/3814427.cms?TOI_latestnews (India) Chabad to rebuild Mumbai Jewish Center http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/Chabad_to_rebuild_Mumbai_Jewish_centre/articleshow/3813497.cms http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/09/asia/AS-India-Shooting.php --- Heroism vs. terrorism http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1050034 (Afghanistan) NATO Kills Taliban Commander in Targeted Operation - Mohammad Bobi http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,464064,00.html Iraq police arrest mastermind behind Falluja explosions -- Tariq al-Qurbali http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245377,iraq-police-arrest-mastermind-behind-falluja-explosions--summary.html (Iran) Cleric: Muslim anger will burn Israelis -- Former Iranian president Rafsanjani http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728119814&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Russian diplomat: Iran not yet able to build nuclear bomb http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/3689314/Russian-diplomat-Iran-not-yet-able-to-build-nuclear-bomb.html (Iran/U.S.) Ex-officials: Obama can settle Iranian nuclear standoff -- Former US Defense Secretary William Perry: Strong cooperation between Moscow and Washington essential for settling Iranian nuclear program dispute http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728124586&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Lebanon) Carter to meet with officials in Beirut -- "Former US president does not rule out meeting with Hizbullah leaders; visit to also include Syria" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728114042&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Hezbollah Meeting on the Agenda for Jimmy Carter? ---- Carter's press secretary Deanna Congileo: "We are in contact with major parliamentary blocs, and we anticipate meeting with almost all" http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=40451 -- Naharnet News: Carter will meet with Lebanese President and parliamentary speaker --- "Carter is also scheduled to meet with representatives of several parliamentary blocs, including Hizbullah" http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/Lebanon/115AE0E447BC58A8C2257518002FD0E0?OpenDocument (Israel) Livni: I am ashamed to call situation with Gaza a ceasefire http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728121439&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia) Witnesses: Ethiopians troops pouring into Somalia -- "to fight radical Islamists who have taken over much of the country" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/09/africa/AF-Somalia.php Somali pirates threat force cruise ship evacuation http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/09/news/Piracy.php (Germany) Suitcase bomber jailed for life in Germany -- Lebanese Yusef Mohammed al-Hajj Dib -- German state prosecutor Duscha Gmel: "Germany was never closer to an Islamist attack" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/3688833/Suitcase-bomber-jailed-for-life-in-Germany.html http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,595339,00.html http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2795286938 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/09/europe/09germany-sentence-cnd.php --- Germany: Lebanese sentenced for 15 years in train terrorism case http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/germany-lebanese-sentenced-for-15-years.html http://www.thelocal.de/national/20081209-16001.html Greek youths occupy consulate office in Berlin http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Greek_youths_occupy_consulate_office_in_Berlin/articleshow/3810831.cms -- Greek violence spreads to parliament http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5312867.ece Philippines: 'No ceasefire during Christmas', says rebel leader -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2794626023 (Thailand) Southern terrorist bomb claims sixth victim -- in Narathiwat http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=135197 Other News: (U.S.) Pentagon Turnover Rolls Hesham Islam http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#68 -- Inside the Ring: Islam leaving http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/04/inside-the-ring-70978545/?page=4 (Canada) Stir over talking doll's 'Islamic' message http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/09/Stir_over_talking_dolls_Islamic_message/UPI-21801228828952/ http://www.labelthatdoll.com/ http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ask-mattel-to-recall-islam-promoting-doll (Denmark) Copenhagen: Muslims riot on Eid al-Adha http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/copenhagen-muslims-riot-on-eid-al-adha.html http://www.cphpost.dk/get/110149.html (UK) Prison cops in 5 hour Muslim riot http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2018421.ece (UK) Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK (MPACUK): "Understanding The Philosophy Of Muslim Violence" http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/5140/102/ -- MPACUK uses video of Black Panther Stokely Carmichael to justify calls for violence by Islamic supremacism http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGisMOY6M4c&eurl=http://www.mpacuk.org/content/view/5140/102/&feature=player_embedded --- historical challenge of identity-based supremacism justifying violence http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html -- Background on Black Panther Stokely Carmichael http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1516 -- Wikipedia on Black supremacy ideology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_supremacy -- SPLC article on Black Supremacism: "Black Supremacists" http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=705 -- SPLC on Black Separatist Active U.S. Hate Groups, includes New Black Panther Group http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3 (Netherlands) Dutch founder of ex-Muslim group to present film critical of Islam -- Ehsan Jami http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245304,dutch-founder-of-ex-muslim-group-to-present-film-critical-of-islam.html Iran students protest amid heavy security -- on Sunday: "Iranian students held a protest on Sunday at Tehran University calling for freedom and denouncing the policies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a pro-reform student group said" http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081207/wl_mideast_afp/iranstudentdemo_081207231005;_ylt=AgmUsZtOiSP35_PvARj_3OT5SpZ4 Morocco: King pardons hundreds of convicts for Eid al-Adha http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2794698706 (Saudi Arabia) Muslims stone the 'devil' as hajj nears end http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28137066/ World's first virtual world for Muslims is launched http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1093102/Worlds-virtual-world-Muslims-launched.html Australian Newspaper The Age - Business Day: "We are all Islamic bankers now" http://business.theage.com.au/business/world-business/we-are-all-islamic-bankers-now-20081208-6tli.html Israel pioneers electric car network http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/3687048/Israel-pioneers-electric-car-network.html Commentaries: A Modern-day Islamist Inquisition? by Walid Phares http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/12/a_modernday_islamist_inquisiti.html The Confrontation Requires Adopting "The Plan" by Walid Phares http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=975&pageid=20&pagename=Security ====================================== "institutional supremacism" December 8, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Ex-Taliban hostage's 3 months in Pakistan terror training camp --- Islamic supremacist Taliban showed hostage photo of son - "bomb-strapped kid blowing up a U.S. Humvee" http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/12/06/2008-12-06_journalist_sean_langan_tells_of_life_in_.html Pakistan rejects India's demand to hand over Dawood, Memon, Masud -- Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon, and Maulana Masood Azha (aka Masud) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_rejects_Indias_demand_to_hand_over_Dawood_Memon_Masud/articleshow/3809950.cms (Pakistan) Punjab: Pak cracks down on terror outfits -- "Police in Pakistan's Punjab province on Monday ordered the sealing of all offices of banned religious groups, hours after security forces launched a crackdown on the outlawed Lashker-e-Taiba and its front organization Jamaat-ud-Dawah in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_cracks_down_on_terror_outfits/articleshow/3810519.cms --- Army confirms operation against banned organisations http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\09\story_9-12-2008_pg1_2 http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2791218851 (Pakistan) MEMRI: Lashkar-e-Taiba Leader: 'Indians Will Continue to Mislead the World Community By Linking Us to Lashkar[-e Taiba], The ISI, Even Al-Qaeda' http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214308 (Pakistan) US wants me on terror list: Pak former ISI chief Hamid Gul http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US_wants_me_on_terror_list_Pak_former_ISI_chief/articleshow/3810119.cms --- Hamid Gul "godfather of the Taliban" http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL13Df01.html http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/12/us_moves_to_declare.php http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/09/hamid-gul-alqaedas-man-in-paki/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/069.html#Gul (Pakistan) FATA: Govt official kidnapped - Mir Ali Asmatullah Wazir -- in North Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\09\story_9-12-2008_pg1_5 (Pakistan) NWFP: NATO route's future depends on seriousness of government, or Taliban http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\09\story_9-12-2008_pg7_13 (Pakistan) NWFP: Troops, Taliban clash after attack on army vehicle --- Decapitated bodies found on Mingora outskirts http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\09\story_9-12-2008_pg7_1 (Pakistan) NWFP: Attacks increase fears of Peshawar's fall to Taliban --- "Residents of the city’s Hayatabad locality believe fall is imminent" --- Taliban assailants chanting Allahu Akbar and "death to America" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\09\story_9-12-2008_pg7_12 --- see also: June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html --- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia (India) Mumbai attacks: Tausif, who supplied SIMs, was arrested a year ago http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Tausif_who_supplied_SIMs_was_arrested_a_year_ago/articleshow/3811224.cms (Afghanistan) US Marines to 'shift from Iraq to Afghanistan' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3686246/US-Marines-to-shift-from-Iraq-to-Afghanistan.html (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Fort Dix conspiracy trial could be nearing end http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/fort_dix_conspiracy_trial_coul.html -- NJ terror suspect said group 'not going to kill' http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_re_us/fort_dix_plot (U.S.) Guantanamo's Jihad: The Show Begins... by Walid Phares http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/12/08/phares_gitmo/ (U.S.) 9/11 'mastermind' postpones guilty plea --- "Sheikh Mohammed and two defendants initially told the judge of the tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that they were prepared to enter pleas immediately and intended to confess to terrorism charges that could bear the death penalty." --- "However, they reversed course and said they would delay entering pleas until mental capacity hearings were held on two of their fellow defendants http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24772851-23109,00.html -- Make us martyrs, 9/11 suspects dare President Bush http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article5309977.ece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3685099/Alleged-911-mastermind-wants-to-confess-to-plot.html -- Pentagon: 9/11 conspirators want to confess http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/08/guantanamo.defendants/index.html -- 9/11 Jihadists to U.S. Military Court: "Our success is the greatest praise of the Lord" -- Bloomberg Report: Sept. 11 Suspects Offer to Plead Guilty 'in Full' (Update3) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axjP5cpUSs7k --- Judge reads document from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other defendants --- "'Our success is the greatest praise of the Lord,' the judge read from the document." (U.S.) Oklahoma: Tulsa highway patrolman subdues armed man who "was praying for Allah to help him carry out his mission" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023830.php -- Trooper honored for subduing man with a gun http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20081205_16_A1_OKLAHO761585 (U.S.) America's Bioterrorism Labs Under the Microscope http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/04/americas-bioterrorism-labs-microscope/ 'Iran rocket arsenal tripled in 2008' -- "Channel 10 reports that the Iranian arsenal of Shihab-3 missiles increased from 30 to over 100" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728112652&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull French police arrest suspected new Basque ETA chief http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081208/wl_afp/francespainbasques (Philippines) Filipino militants free 7 hostages after battle http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/09/asia/AS-Philippines-Abu-Sayyaf.php Other News: Bangladesh - Christian Family Beaten, Cut – and Faces Charges --- Muslim neighbors, local council threaten to burn home of Christian converts if they file assault case http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5722&backpage=summaries MEMRI: Saudi Cleric, Women's Rights Activist in TV Debate on Types of Marriage in Arab World --- Saudi cleric Ahmad Al-'Omari defends denying women's equality based on Islamic supremacist Sharia http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214408 'Fight radical Islam with ideology' -- Tawfik Hamid -- "Former terrorist tells 'Post': Counterbalance the brainwashing tactics that are used by teaching love" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728114280&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- May 19, 2008 - Call radical Islam by its name http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/05/19/2008-05-19_call_radical_islam_by_its_name.html -- January 21, 2008: The development of a jihadist's mind http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019659.php --- April 3, 2007: "Traditional and even mainstream Islamic teaching accepts and promotes violence" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015908.php Malaysia's RHB Islamic drops controversial contract http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSKLR37969520081209?rpc=401& (U.S.) AIG Says More Will Get Retention Pay, Top Award of $4 Million http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601203&sid=ai_nK0aSYPtA&refer=insurance --- End U.S. Ownership of Sharia Business Now Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/stopaig/petition.html --- AIG Defies U.S. Taxpayers by Promoting Sharia in America http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/12/aig-defies-us-taxpayers/ Commentaries: Guantanamo's Jihad: The Show Begins... by Walid Phares http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/12/08/phares_gitmo/ Why India Is Still Skeptical of Pakistan's Anti-Terror Efforts http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1865044,00.html?xid=rss-world The United Islamist Nations by Supna Zaidi http://www.meforum.org/article/2020 'Islamophobia' or 'Truthophobia'? - by Matthias Kuntzel http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122869182286886467.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/023826.php Iraq is still Iraq, but end of al-Qaeda in Iraq puts end truly in sight -- Author Michael Totten does not get that Al-Qaeda is not the only enemy in Iraq http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/12/08/2008-12-08_iraq_is_still_iraq_but_end_of_alqaeda_in.html December 8, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (U.S.) Reuters: Sept. 11 defendants ask to plead guilty at Guantanamo -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) "self-styled mastermind of the September 11 attacks and four co-defendants sent a note to a military judge at Guantanamo on Monday saying they wanted to confess and plead guilty" http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4B73SF20081208 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463405,00.html --- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty: judge http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081208/wl_afp/usattacksjusticeguantanamoplea_081208151329 --- Judge reads document from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other defendants ---- document states: "Our success is the greatest praise of the Lord" http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axjP5cpUSs7k (U.S.) Sept. 11 Defendants to Face Guantanamo Court, Victims' Families http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463244,00.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1092816/9-11-victims-relatives-attend-Guantanamo-hearing-attack-mastermind-Khalid-Sheikh-Mohammed.html (Pakistan) Mumbai terror mastermind among 20 Lashker-e-Taiba activists held: Report -- Lashker-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi -- crackdown in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, similar actions planned in Pakistan's Punjab http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_terror_mastermind_among_20_LeT_activists_held_Report/articleshow/3807337.cms http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3681764/Mumbai-attacks-Pakistan-arrests-suspected-mastermind-Zakiur-Rehman-Lakhvi.html --- "Pakistan previously arrested Haifz Mohammed Saeed, 63, the head and ideological director of Lashkar-e-Taiba, but then released him" http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/08/asia/08pstan-raid.php --- Pakistan Security forces take over Lashkar camp, says witness -- in Pakistan occupied Kashmir http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg1_4 --- Security forces take control of Jamaat-ud-Dawa office http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61996 --- Pakistan reportedly arrests Mumbai planner http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28104738/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7771360.stm ---- Note - no reports yet of Hamid Gul or other Islamic supremacists in Pakistan nation arrested (Pakistan) Official silence as Pakistan nabs Mumbai plot suspect http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSISL6112920081208 (Pakistan) London Times: "It is unlikely to satisfy either Delhi or Washington unless Islamabad follows up by prosecuting those arrested and taking further action against other militant groups linked to attacks on Indian soil" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5305642.ece -- interviews India's B. Raman, a former head of the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing: ---- Raman: "We've seen before how Pakistan will arrest some militants, keep them for a couple of months and then release them when the world's not paying attention" ---- Raman: "It must not be allowed to do that this time. They have to prosecute these people and dismantle the whole terrorist infrastructure" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5305642.ece (Pakistan) "Asia Times Online has learned that the public faces of the Jamaatut Dawa, such as its chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, will be spared" http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JL09Df01.html --- Asia Times: "Jamaatut Dawa, which was formed separate from the LET's military activities when the LET was banned in 2002, will continue to operate as a political and welfare group" --- Asia Times: "this does not mean the end of militancy - the move will simply pass the LET-Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) nexus to the al-Qaeda network in South Asia" Pakistan militant group builds web of Western recruits -- Lashkar-e-Taiba recruits in U.S. and UK http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-militants8-2008dec08,0,3556399.story (Pakistan/U.S.) Mumbai attacks seen planned in Pakistan --- "U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Mumbai terror carnage doubtless was planned on Pakistani territory, a charge also made by India" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/07/Mumbai_attacks_seen_planned_in_Pakistan/UPI-20421228710607/ ---- Rice denies 48-hour deadline for Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg1_5 (Pakistan/U.S.) US military aid to depend on Pakistan anti-militancy role http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg7_1 --- Bush aides preparing Afghanistian strategy review for Obama ---- "proposal amounts to a tacit acknowledgment that roughly $10 billion in military aid provided to Pakistan as 'reimbursements' for its efforts to root out militant groups has largely been wasted" http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/07/asia/strategy.php (Pakistan/U.S.) Zardari sent right signals after attacks, says Obama http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/08/top2.htm ---- December 4, 2008: Pakistan to try suspects, not surrender them to India, says Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg1_5 ---- December 3, 2008: Pakistan refuses to hand over suspects to India http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3544329/Pakistan-refuses-to-hand-over-suspects-to-India-bombay-india.html ---- December 2, 2008: Pakistan President Zardari: 'Pakistan in no way responsible' for Mumbai attacks http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/pakistan.zardari.lkl/index.html (Pakistan/U.S.) Obama vows partnership with Pakistan to resolve Afghan challenges http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec08/08/07.htm (Pakistan/U.S.) They Hate Us — and India Is Us -- by Patrick French http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/opinion/08french.html?em --- "The remark by Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari (a man whose history of shady business dealing makes him demonstrably unfit for high, or even low, office), that he did not think the terrorists came from Pakistan would be funny if it were not tragic" Pakistan's spies aided militants tied to attacks in Mumbai http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/08/asia/08terror.php -- Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) backed Lashkar, gave protection during Mumbai attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ISI_backed_Lashkar_protected_it_during_Mumbai_attack/articleshow/3809256.cms -- ISI helped LeT plan Mumbai terror attack: NYT http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/08mumterror-isi-helped-let-plan-mumbai-terror-attack-says-nyt.htm (Pakistan) Ex-ISI chief Gul dismisses charge of Taliban, al-Qaeda link as 'lies' --- Hamid Gul "Dismissing US charge of his having links with the Taliban and al-Qaeda" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Ex-ISI_chief_Gul_dismisses_charge_of_al-Qaeda_link_as_lies/articleshow/3808873.cms --- Hamid Gul "godfather of the Taliban" http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL13Df01.html http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/12/us_moves_to_declare.php http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/09/hamid-gul-alqaedas-man-in-paki/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/069.html#Gul (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants attack trucks carrying supplies for NATO troops, 90 destroyed -- Peshawar http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958950&Language=en --- Taliban raids NATO convoys for second night http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3682067/Taliban-raids-Nato-convoys-for-second-night.html (Pakistan) NWFP: Peshawar slipping into chaos http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg1_3 (Pakistan) NWFP: Three beheaded bodies found in Mingora -- barbers http://www.geo.tv/12-8-2008/30323.htm (Pakistan) Lahore: 'Explosives' recovered from Alhamra theater http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg7_20 Pakistan's Khan obtains key nuclear components in Japan -- Kyodo http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958940&Language=en (India) Mumbai Attacks: Mumbai attackers used every trick in the book, say experts http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg7_45 (India) Secret Cabinet note warns of Qaida threat http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Secret_Cabinet_note_warns_of_Qaida_threat/rssarticleshow/3806253.cms (Afghanistan/Pakistan) Taliban chief: More fighting to come -- Mullah Omar http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/08/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) Top Taliban commander rejects negotiations with Afghan government -- Mullah Hassan Rahmani second to Mullah Omar http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/12/08/rahmani-interview.html?ref=rss Afghanistan: Taliban 'de facto' power in many provinces, says report -- by ICOS --- "International Council on Security and Development [ICOS] said that the Taliban now holds a permanent presence in 72 percent of Afghanistan" --- Islamic supremacist Taliban advanced from southern stronghold to "western and north-western provinces, as well as provinces north of Kabul" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2791226538 ---- ICOS: Struggle For Kabul: The Taliban Advance http://www.icosgroup.net/modules/reports/struggle_for_kabul ---- ICOS Full Report (PDF) http://www.icosgroup.net/documents/Struggle_for_Kabul_ICOS.pdf ---- ICOS Map of Taliban Advance http://www.icosgroup.net/modules/reports/struggle_for_kabul/taliban_advance (Afghanistan) Taliban in 72 Percent of Afghanistan, Think-Tank Says -- NATO, Afghan Government Reject the Figure as Too High http://abcnews.go.com/International/Terrorism/wireStory?id=6414377 (Afghanistan) Report: Taliban closing in on Kabul http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/08/Report_Taliban_closing_in_on_Kabul/UPI-42611228747188/ --- Report: Taliban now encircle Kabul http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Thinktank_West_in_danger_of_losing_1208.html (Afghanistan) Fresh US troops to be deployed around Kabul http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/08/top11.htm (Afghanistan/Germany) German intelligence spied on charities in Afghanistan http://www.expatica.com/de/articles/news/German-intelligence-spied-on-charities-in-Afghanistan--.html Iraqi mayor among 34 hurt by roadside bomb -- in Baquba http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December130.xml§ion=middleeast (Iraq) American troops nab four Hezbollah militants in Iraq http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958943&Language=en (U.S.) Jurors in Fort Dix plot case face real dilemma http://www.timesleader.com/news/Jurors_in_Fort_Dix_plot_case_face_real_dilemma_12-07-2008.html --- Fort Dix Five: jihad or talk? http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20081208_Were_Fort_Dix_Five_just_talking_tough_or_planning_for_a_jihad_.html Iran Rejects Obama's Carrot and Stick Policy http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463324,00.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702464942&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) 45 known terrorists granted amnesty -- "Pardoned Fatah members from same group that planned bus station bombing" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82998 Hamas Connected to Muslim Brotherhood -- "According to the source, the Egyptian government recently uncovered this connection" http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/157114 --- Report: Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood confer on Gaza siege http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3635232,00.html Somalia: Police Commander Surrenders to Insurgents --- Mogadishu Wadajir district police station --- Captain Adan Mohamed Yusuf (Adan Bolis): "The country is under occupation, that is why I have decided to join Islamic fighters" http://allafrica.com/stories/200812080704.html Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Capture Town -- border town of Balanbal in Galgadud region -- After Islamic supremacist Al-Shabaab capture three towns in central Somalia on Sunday http://allafrica.com/stories/200812080276.html Somalia: We Are Not Fighting With Sufis, Says Abu Mansur -- Al-Shabaab's Sheik Muqtar Robow Ali (Abu Mansur) --- Muqtar Robow: "Muslims slaughter animals in this holiday but I call for the Mujahidin (Islamic fighters) to slaughter the Amharas (the Ethiopian soldiers) who invaded our beloved country" http://allafrica.com/stories/200812080277.html Somalia 'most danger place on earth for aid workers' http://www.stuff.co.nz/4786525a12.html --- Comment: notably for Western aid groups -- Rights group berates West over Somalia failure ---- Human Rights Watch blames Bush, not Islamic supremacists - by CNN "Journalist Abdinasir Mohamed Guled" http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/somalia.downward.spiral/index.html?section=cnn_latest Somalia: Muslim Aid Foundation Supplies Medicine http://allafrica.com/stories/200812080703.html (Somalia) U.S. Somalis fear teens left to join jihad -- AP report on Minnesota Somalians http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/08/us-somalis-fear-teens-left-to-join-jihad/ Sudan's Leaders Brace for U.S. Shift http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/07/AR2008120702819.html?hpid=topnews German court to rule in Lebanese train bombs case http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245180,preview-german-court-to-rule-in-lebanese-train-bombs-case.html Turkey: Kurdish militants halt attacks during Muslim holiday http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2791226212 Greece rocked by third day of riots http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/08/greece.riots/index.html Northern Ireland man gets 16 years for attempted murder http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/08/europe/EU-NIreland-Protestant-Militant.php Philippines: Troops clash with Islamist militants in south http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2790955104 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/08/asia/phils.php --- 24 soldiers killed in Philippines clashes http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/24_soldiers_killed_in_Philippines/articleshow/3806888.cms Sri Lanka seizes bunkers outside rebel capital http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/08/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (U.S.) Tancredo retires http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16296.html --- On September 18, 2008, Congressman Tom Tancredo's office introduced "Jihad Prevention Act" (H.R. 6975) http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/HR6975.pdf http://tancredo.house.gov/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1386 (U.S.) Congressional panel wants inquiry into wiretapping of Muslim scholar -- Ali al-Timimi --- Representative Rush Holt says wiretapping may have impacted trial http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/08/america/wiretap.php --- April 26, 2005: Jury Convicts Islamic Scholar of Exhortation ---- convicted in 10 counts that "of exhorting his followers in the days after Sept. 11, 2001, to join the Taliban and fight U.S. troops" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154635,00.html http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=62840&d=27&m=4&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World ---- Dept of Justice press release on Ali al-Timimi conviction http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/73.pdf (U.S.) Laptop searches at border might get restricted -- complaints by Cisco's Mohamed Shommo in overseas travel -- native of Sudan, not U.S. citizen, referenced in those seeking U.S. Constitutional protections from searches http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20081208/ap_tr_ge/travel_brief_laptop_searches_1 Dutch politician to tour world with Fitna film -- Geert Wilders http://www.nationmultimedia.com/worldhotnews/read.php?newsid=30090490 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245146,dutch-politician-to-tour-world-with-anti-islam-film.html (UK) We must fight extremism, says top Muslim scholar -- Dilwar Hussain http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1092757/We-fight-extremism-says-Muslim-scholar.html?ITO=1490 (Turkey) 350 'honour killings' in Turkey: report http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1034045 Nigeria: Sharia Council Moves Against PDP in Kwara http://allafrica.com/stories/200812080535.html (Bangladesh) London doctor a forced marriage captive in Bangladesh -- Humayrah Abedin http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-57694.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1092822/Fears-London-doctor-held-hostage-family-Bangladesh-plot-make-marry-Muslim.html?ITO=1490 (Africa) Teen stoning death casts shadow on conference http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_News&set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20081208110808538C982142 -- Commenting on the Somali stoning incident, [Imam Handemine Ould] Salek said some countries instituting Sharia law do so in ignorant ways" -- Salek "who heads a network of Imams for the rights of women and children, expressed exasperation that Islam was once again being pointed out as a religion that fuels gender-based violence" (Egypt) Muslim plea to Obama: Return to 'Islamic roots' - WND version of MEMRI report -- Egyptian cleric Hassan Abu Al-Ashbal: "Allah will reward you for all who convert in your footsteps" http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82984 Iranian prof who "Islamized" Iran's universities now teetering on the edge of heresy -- Jihad Watch follow-up comments on Soroush in December 5 NYT report http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023815.php http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/magazine/07wwln-essay-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine (Saudi Arabia) Iran report: 'Al-Qaeda helps curb Saudi unrest' http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=77745§ionid=351020205 (Saudi Arabia) Militants have no link with Islam: haj sermon -- Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh aka Abdelaziz Al al-Sheikh http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg7_6 Saudi cleric cites crisis to press for sharia -- Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh aka Abdelaziz Al al-Sheikh --- "Muslim countries must have sharia-compliant economies and unite to become a formidable economic power" http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6aeb1b9a-c4a0-11dd-8124-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 Saudi Arabia: Millions of Muslims take part in Haj 'stoning' ritual http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2790978502 (France) Vandals hit French Muslim graves http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7771491.stm U.S. Shoots Downs Missile in Simulation of Long-Range Attack http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503319.html Commentaries: They Hate Us — and India Is Us -- by Patrick French http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/opinion/08french.html?em --- "The remark by Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari (a man whose history of shady business dealing makes him demonstrably unfit for high, or even low, office), that he did not think the terrorists came from Pakistan would be funny if it were not tragic" Mohamed El-Baradei Clouseau Admits His Failure to "Harness" Iran's Nuclear Weapons Quest -- by Andrew Bostom http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2008/12/06/mohamed-el-baradei-clouseau-admits-his-failure-to-%e2%80%9charness%e2%80%9d-iran%e2%80%99s-nuclear-weapons-quest/ December 7, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com We Remember This Date That Will Live in Infamy - December 7, 1941 http://www.pearlharborday.org/ -- Day lives in infamy for Pearl Harbor survivor http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1137320&srvc=rss -- Pearl Harbor commemoration to focus on US response http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_on_re_us/pearl_harbor_anniversary =============================================== Anti-Terrorism News online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/ (Pakistan) No deadline to act against LeT: Pakistan -- DENY any 48 hour deadline for action against LeT --- former ISI director Hamid Gul "reports seeking my extradition is laughable" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/No_deadline_to_act_against_LeT_Pak/articleshow/3804270.cms --- Mumbai attacks: Ex-ISI chief Gul terms Post report 'nonsense' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Mumbai_attacks_Ex-ISI_chief_Gul_terms_Post_report_nonsense/articleshow/3804814.cms --- Pakistan ex-spy chief: US wants him on terror list http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL27578520081207?rpc=401& ---- Comment: if Gul is on terror list would media stop using him as source or give him his own op-ed column? http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/069.html#Gul (Pakistan) Hamid Gul "godfather of the Taliban" http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/12/us_moves_to_declare.php http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/09/hamid-gul-alqaedas-man-in-paki/ http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL13Df01.html --- western media whitewash of Hamid Gul - concealing his Islamic supremacist background http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/069.html#Gul (Pakistan/India) Mumbai Attacks: November 26 terrorists trained by Pak army, navy instructors: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_terrorists_trained_by_Pakistan_army_navy_Report/articleshow/3804856.cms (Pakistan/India) Mumbai Attacks: Villagers confirm surviving Mumbai attacker is Pakistani http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/57251.html --- Surviving terrorist hails from Pakistani Punjab: Report http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/07mumterror-captured-terrorist-is-from-pakistan-punjab-uk-daily.htm --- India attacks: 'Jihad was his calling' http://www.santafenewmexican.com/World%20News/India-attacks---Jihad-was-his-calling- (Pakistan/India) Mumbai Attacks: 'India Was Ready to Strike Pakistan' http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463126,00.html http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Mumbai-Attacks-Wajid-Shamsul-Hassan-Claims-India-Was-Ready-To-Retaliate-Against-Pakistan/Article/200812115173987?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15173987_Mumbai_Attacks%3A_Wajid_Shamsul_Hassan_Claims_India_Was_Ready_To_Retaliate_Against_Pakistan --- Hoax phone call 'almost took Pakistan to war' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5302549.ece (Pakistan) Mumbai suspect lives freely in Pakistan -- Hafiz Mohammed Saeed of Lashkar-e-Taiba -- Backed by military, accused militants go unchallenged http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-pakistan-militants_barkerdec07,0,706488.story Pakistan to thwart terrorist designs, US senators told http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/07/top2.htm http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/07/images/top01.jpg (Pakistan) NWFP: More than 160 US, NATO vehicles burned in Pakistan - in Peshawar http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_16 --- Pakistan militants torch 65 NATO supply trucks: police http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081207/wl_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrestnato_081207133711;_ylt=Aie.sXp4pLoSHeoKvnjXqIEBS5Z4 --- Taliban fighters destroy crucial Nato supplies in Pakistan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3658877/Taliban-fighters-destroy-crucial-Nato-supplies-in-Pakistan.html ---- Reminder: ---- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (India) Indian FM Pranab: Pakistan diverting attention by hoax call story http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pakistan_diverting_attention_by_hoax_call_story_Pranab/articleshow/3804478.cms (India) Andhra Pradesh Police averts Maoist attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/AP_Police_averts_Maoist_attack/articleshow/3805201.cms (India) Nine injured in Assam bomb blast - Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KNLF) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Nine_injured_in_Assam_bomb_blast/articleshow/3802644.cms (Pakistan/Afghanistan) Taliban urges Western troops to leave Afghanistan --- Mullah Omar http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINL748385520081207?rpc=401& -- Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Calls On Afghans To Boycott Election http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081207\ACQDJON200812070920DOWJONESDJONLINE000284.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na --- Comment: Mullah Omar is given safe haven by "ally" Pakistan, and "ally" Afghanistan seeks to negotiate with him ----- See also: --- U.S. Rewards for Justice: "Seeking Information Against International Terrorism: Wanted - Mullah Omar - Up to $10 Million Reward" http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=MullahOmar --- November 26, 2008: Karzai Offers Taliban Leader Mullah Omar 'Protection' For Peace http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081126\ACQDJON200811261221DOWJONESDJONLINE000762.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na --- October 3, 2008: Karzai proposes Mulla Umar to return to Afghanistan http://www.geo.tv/10-3-2008/26156.htm --- October 17, 2008: Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html (Afghanistan) Latest violence leave five Afghan soldiers, 12 Taliban dead -- in Gereshk district and Kapisa province http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245082,latest-violence-leave-five-afghan-soldiers-12-taliban-dead--summary.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702457231&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- US troops kill three militants in Afghanistan -- of Hezb-e-Islami in Kapsia province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958872&Language=en (Afghanistan) Taliban militants release four policemen in Afghanistan http://en.rian.ru/world/20081207/118736213.html (Iraq) Bomb targets Iraqi police as they lift barricades - Diyala province http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081207/ts_nm/us_iraq_violence_1 Iraqi authorities detain 30 fugitives http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958829&Language=en (U.S.) Rice: Chance of terrorist attack is top threat http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rice_2 -- Comment: not enough of a priority to define enemy ideology of Islamic supremacism though (U.S.) Daily Telegraph report on Obama's Views on Guantanamo Bay and KSM Trial http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3630797/Barack-Obama-storms-the-Guantanamo-Bay-torture-chamber.html 'Iran test-fires sea-to-sea missile' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702455812&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Rocket fire on western Negev continues -- "In wake of attacks, Barak decides to keep border crossings closed; IAF attacks rocket squads in Gaza" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702449129&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull ---- Palestinians fire three Kassam rockets at Israel; no wounded or damage http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702459770&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull ---- IAF attacks Kassam launching squad in northern Gaza Strip http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702461843&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Livni attacks Barak, calls for reassessment of Gaza truce -- FM: "Whoever is responsible for security must act" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702453952&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia) Islamists regain ground and strength in Somalia http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-somalia-islamists7-2008dec07,0,1139540.story?track=rss (Somalia) Ten Somalis die as insurgent group sets up local administration -- in Merka --- Al-Shabaab's Sheik Muqtar Robow Abu Mansoor: "The new administration will implement the (Islamic) Sharia Lawand will govern justly in the interest of the people in this town" http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/07/content_10466944.htm (Somalia) Denmark: Somalis leaving to fight in Somalia http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/denmark-somalis-leaving-to-fight-in.html Source: DR (Danish) http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2008/12/06/000304.htm Somali pirates fail to seize ship off Tanzania http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/07/somali-pirates-fail-to-seize-ship-off-tanzania/ (Germany) Verdict due in German train bomb plot -- Yusef Mohammed al-Hajj Dib http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081207/wl_mideast_afp/germanylebanonattackstrial_081207150819 Greek Government Urges Restraint After Riots http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463146,00.html (Thailand) Southern terrorist bomb claims sixth victim -- in Narathiwat http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=135197 (Philippines) Marines-Sayyaf clashes erupt in Sulu, Basilan http://www.gmanews.tv/story/138044/Marines-Sayyaf-clashes-erupt-in-Sulu-Basilan --- Troops raid Sayyaf hideout in Sulu village, seize weapons http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137944/Troops-raid-Sayyaf-hideout--in-Sulu-village-seize-weapons Other News: (U.S.) Maryland - IPT News: More Muslim Students Association (MSA) Extremism -- regarding Islamic Supremacist lecture hosted by MSA to MD's Towson University http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#66 --- lecture was alleged to by on war on terror and on drugs --- Maryland Towson University's Tower Light (Molly Groo) reports on Islamic supremacist Imam Abdul Alim Musa: "Instead, with virtually no evidence to back up his points, Imam Musa claimed that the United States and the Israelis were responsible for the attacks on 9/11; that President-elect Barack Obama is an "idiot" because "no black man should believe in America"; that Martin Luther King Jr. was a coward who should have rebelled against the system more actively and violently; that al-Qaeda doesn't exist; and that by 2050, the Imam aims to change the United States into an Islamic state run by Sharia law." http://media.www.thetowerlight.com/media/storage/paper957/news/2008/11/24/Opinion/Lecture.Demonstrated.Hate-3559238.shtml --- Imam Abdul Alim Musa (aka) Clarence Reams --- Musa is Founder and director of the As-Sabiqun movement, calls for Islamic supremacism: ---- "This way of life called Islam, will dominate all others." http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2087 http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7438 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As-Sabiqun --- ADL states: "Sabiqun traces its ideological roots to 20th century Islamic revivalism, including the radical Muslim Brotherhood and Imam Khomeini of Iran, as well as to Malcolm X" --- ADL states Musa "propagates a radical and anti-Semitic ideology," support Hezbollah, and attended Black Panther supremacist meetings http://www.adl.org/israel/alim_musa.asp --- Wikipedia says Musa "references the writings of Malcolm X, Ayatollah Khomeini, Sayyid Qutb, Maulana Maududi, and Kalim Siddiqui" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Alim_Musa (U.S.) Muslim Terrorist Burials: India Refuses, but US Agrees http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128727 (U.S.) CNN courts US newspapers to expand its reach http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,27753,24763637-31037,00.html (Afghanistan) McCain: Afghanistan situation will get harder before it gets easier http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702460410&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- Comment: no mention of confronting ideology of Islamic supremacism Saudi Mufti urges Muslim unity --- Saudi Mufti Sheikh Abdelaziz Al Al-Sheikh discusses idea of Islamic "security," and links economy with Islamic supremacist Sharia http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958871&Language=en Netherlands: Study of Muslim youth http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/netherlands-study-of-muslim-youth.html UK: Campaigners welcome force marriage legislation http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/uk-campaigners-welcome-force-marriage.html (UK) Asian police chief to sue Scotland Yard http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/dec/07/scotland-yard-police-chief-sue-descrimination Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary on December 10 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/01/universal-declaration-of-human-rights http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/11/30/eleanorroosevelt.jpg Commentaries: Mark Steyn: Jews get killed, but Muslims feel vulnerable http://www.ocregister.com/articles/mumbai-muslims-time-2248410-jews-muslim# Westerners welcome harems - by Daniel Pipes http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/07/westerners-welcome-harems/ What if Muhammad never existed? -- by Robert Spencer http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023811.php Guest Columnist: The gospel truth? -- by Sean Gannon http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702431692&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Never Again? -- by Irwin Cotler http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702438188&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Against Nazi News: Romania and the Holocaust http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,594036,00.html December 6, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Pakistan on track to being named terrorist state --- Times of India: "The United States is dusting off a long-discarded proposal to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism. But with the Bush administration now in its final six weeks in office, a decision in this regard is being left to the incoming Obama government, sources said, contingent on corrective actions taken in the meantime by Islamabad to the satisfaction of India, US and other countries affected by Pakistan's toxic export of death." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_on_track_to_being_named_terrorist_state/articleshow/3803272.cms --- Pakistan extends 'war exercise' along border http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pak_extends_war_exercise_along_border/articleshow/3803527.cms (Pakistan) Gunmen had elite training 'from Pakistan' -- "India says the killers were among 500 schooled by special forces" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5298993.ece US senators says Pakistan will act http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081206/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_4 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/06/asia/AS-Pakistan.php --- Indian airstrikes if Pakistan does not act fast: McCain http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\07\story_7-12-2008_pg1_1 --- McCain with Pakistan PM Gilani http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Gilani-Prime-Minister-Sen-John-McCain-Pakistan/photo//081206/481/7e643ab9c8684570850f809d34753e81//s:/ap/20081206/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_4 --- December 3, 2008: Pakistan refuses to hand over suspects to India http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3544329/Pakistan-refuses-to-hand-over-suspects-to-India-bombay-india.html --- December 3, 2008: Pakistan will not hand over terror suspects: Reports http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_will_not_hand_over_terror_suspects_Reports/articleshow/3787462.cms --- December 1, 2008: We're yet to see proof on Pak link to Mumbai attacks: Gilani http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Were_yet_to_see_proof_on_Pak_link_to_Mumbai_attacks_Gilani/articleshow/3781257.cms Pakistan 'feared Indian attack' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7769297.stm http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081206/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattackspakistandiplomacy_081206215834;_ylt=ArQM3OyvA_gy5Mh..vIhFMUBS5Z4 Pakistan agrees to 48-hour timetable for action against LeT: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_agrees_to_48-hour_timetable_for_action_against_LeT_Report/articleshow/3802793.cms (Pakistan) Two suspected Al-Qaida terrorists held in Lahore - suicide bomb jackets recovered from Sher Rehman and Sharafat Gul http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Two_suspected_Al-Qaida_terrorists_held_in_Lahore/articleshow/3802384.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: ANP leader says Swat out of govt's control http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\07\story_7-12-2008_pg1_2 --- see also: June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html --- Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia (Pakistan) NWFP: 13 Taliban killed in Swat clashes http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\07\story_7-12-2008_pg7_8 (India) Mumbai attacks: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) picked old hands for Mumbai attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/LeT_picked_old_hands_for_Mumbai_attack/articleshow/3803546.cms --- Indian terror suspects linked to Mumbai plot http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5292508.ece (India) Mumbai attackers involved in operations before: Police --- "Three months ahead of the Mumbai terror attacks here, the group of ten terrorists who carrired out the strikes were shown photos of their targets and not allowed to meet anyone else lest the plot was leaked, a senior police official said on Saturday." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai_attackers_involved_in_operations_before_Police/articleshow/3802561.cms (India) Mumbai attacks: Cops called him 'Kasav' as dad was a butcher http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Cops_called_him_Kasav_as_dad_was_a_butcher/articleshow/3803542.cms --- India attacker rose from crook to militant http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/06/asia/AS-India-Shooting-Gunman.php (India) Mumbai attacks: No prior information of attack on Nariman House, says intel http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/No_prior_information_of_attack_on_Nariman_House_says_intel/articleshow/3803544.cms (India) Explosives found at Indian nursing home -- in Nagpur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\07\story_7-12-2008_pg7_15 (India) Qaida 'threat' has Goa in tizzy http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Qaida_threat_has_Goa_in_tizzy/rssarticleshow/3803525.cms Hezbollah blames Sunni group for Mumbai attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Hezbollah_blames_Sunni_group_for_Mumbai_attacks/rssarticleshow/3803531.cms (Afghanistan) Ghazni Province: In the lair of the Taliban http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5288230.ece --- Taliban promises: "We will put the Americans in their graves." (Afghanistan) Taliban and civilians hit by bombardment - Helmand province http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081206/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistannatoviolencecivilians (Iran) IAEA: 'World failed to rein Iran nuke program' -- "ElBaradei: Policy hasn't addressed issues; tells LA Times Teheran not planning nuclear attack on Israel" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702448771&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) IAF aircraft target Gaza Kassam crews as rocket attacks continue -- "Palestinians say two injured; defense official predicts large-scale Gaza op possile only if 'many people are killed in a Kassam attack'" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702449129&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Palestinian Islamic Jihad: PA forces arrest wanted senior member Fa'ady Qitani http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702451205&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Russia) Three killed in storming of southern Russia hotel --- Dagestan province http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702448853&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Police attack on southern Russia hotel leaves 2 militants, 1 officer dead http://www.startribune.com/world/35653324.html December 6, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (U.S.) 'Architect' of 9/11 to go on trial -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) -- trial to begin Monday, December 8 -- "charged with 2,973 counts of murder, one for each person killed on September 11" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3628457/Architect-of-911-to-go-on-trial.html (India) Mumbai attacks: police admit there were more than ten attackers - at least two escaped http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3628614/Mumbai-attacks-police-admit-there-were-more-than-ten-attackers.html (India) Mumbai Attacks: Two more arrested for Mumbai terror attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Two_more_arrested_for_Mumbai_terror_attacks/articleshow/3800470.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: ABC: "Mumbai Terrorist Amped Up on Steroids, Amphetamines" -- "Investigators Say the Drugs Were Used to Enhance the Attackers' Performance" http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6401729&page=1 (India) Mumbai Attacks: Murder and torture shakes an ancient pillar of the city http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5295469.ece (India) Al-Qaeda to target Goa installations http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Al-Qaida_may_target_Goa_State_govt/articleshow/3802141.cms (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: Rice asks Pak to act urgently, else US will act --- Times of India reports "Rice has told Pakistan that there is "irrefutable evidence" of involvement of elements" in Pakistan in Mumbai attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Rice_asks_Pak_to_act_urgently_else_US_will_act/articleshow/3801376.cms ----- Comment: Why doesn't India have a right to defend its nation? (Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: We don't condemn attacks on a retail basis: LeT man Abdullah Muntazir http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/We_dont_condemn_attacks_on_a_retail_basis_LeT_man/articleshow/3799667.cms --- December 2, 2008: LeT/JUD's Rashid Minhas: "We teach jihad because it's part of Islam and we can't remove it from holy Quran ... but we don't give jihadi training." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg7_48 http://in.reuters.com/article/specialEvents2/idINIndia-36832020081202?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true --- (India) Terrorists distort Quran: Shah Rukh Khan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terrorists_distort_Quran_Shah_Rukh_Khan/rssarticleshow/3802104.cms (Pakistan) Dawn reader comments: "If you are saying that these terrorists are stateless actors then you also agree to the fact that any state or agency may hunt down these men" http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/what-are-our-readers-saying2-yn (Pakistan) Death toll in Peshawar blast rises to 30, 140 wounded http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958684&Language=en http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jrwyNnNC5zttXGVXDkJ9fz4K3OMA --- Police probe deadly Peshawar bombing http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/06/Police_probe_deadly_Peshawar_bombing/UPI-75861228565235/ (Pakistan) Washington Post: "Pakistan and U.S. Have Tacit Deal On Airstrikes" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111002897.html?wprss=rss_politics%2Fadministration (Afghanistan) Three ISAF soldiers, four militants killed in Afghanistan - in Herat and Patika provinces http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958685&Language=en (Iraq) Suicide attack targets Iraqi police recruits http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702448236&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Police: Attacks Targeting Security Kill 6 in Iraq http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122856917871585483.html?mod= (Iraq) Three Sahwa members killed in Diyala Province http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958707&Language=en (Iraq) The Girl Turned Into A Human Bomb -- interview with Rania al Ambaki, fitted with suicide bomb and handcuffed to a gate http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/05/eveningnews/main4651268.shtml?source=mostpop_story (U.S.) Chertoff Cites Mumbai Attacks in Calling for Tighter U.S. Security http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120303383.html?wprss=rss_politics%2Fadministration -- Comment: won't define Islamic supremacist enemy ideology, however (UK) Royal Navy and police step up River Thames patrols after Mumbai terror attacks http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/3569769/Royal-Navy-and-police-step-up-River-Thames-patrols-after-Mumbai-terror-attacks.html (UK) Don't deny campus radicalization http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/06/islam-religion-edmunds (Israel) Palestinian factions fire missiles at S. Israel overnight http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958681&Language=en --- Gaza terrorists fire 8 Qassam rockets, two mortars into western Negev http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1044028.html (Egypt/Gaza) Report: Egypt finds massive weapons cache in Sinai -- "Cache destined for Gaza reportedly contains 250 k. TNT, shells from which terrorists planned to extract dynamite; 2 mortar shells hit Negev" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702448383&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Palestinians: Gunman killed in Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3634195,00.html Somalia's Al Shabaab seize central town, 13 dead -- town of Gurael under control of Al Shabaab http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L6272113.htm http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2008/12/06/somalias_al_shabaab_seize_central_town/ Somalia: Al Shabaab And Sufi Group Battle for Second Time -- more fighting among Islamic supremacists http://allafrica.com/stories/200812060003.html (Somalia) Defiant Somali pirates await EU navy http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view/20081206-176508/Defiant-Somali-pirates-await-EU-navy German group petitions to confiscate terrorists' fees http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/244983,german-group-petitions-to-confiscate-terrorists-fees.html (Philippines) 2 suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels captured in Zambo City --- Hassan Abejarin and Jay Alpad linked to kidnapping operations http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137927/2-suspected-MILF-rebels-captured-in-Zambo-City http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081206/tap-philippines-muslim-unrest-5cc1ef8.html (Philippines) Troops clash with MILF rebels in Zamboanga City http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137878/Troops-clash-with-MILF-rebels-in-Zamboanga-City (Philippines) Army links 'rogue' MILF men to Isulan bombing http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137877/Army-links-rogue-MILF-men-to-Isulan-bombing (Philippines) Bangkok Post: "Anti-terrorist gun fight kills 17 in Manila" --- NOTE: other reports state this was only a battle with "robbery gang" http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=135180 Sri Lankan military jets bomb rebel positions http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702448333&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Other News: (U.S.) WND Poll on AIG's Sharia Business What do you think of U.S. insurance companies offering Shariah-compliant financial products? http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82860 --- Related Article - "Bailed-out AIG offers Islamic insurance to U.S." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82726 (U.S.) Online Petition Calling for Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury to Demand AIG Divest Sharia Business As U.S. Owns $40 Billion in AIG Shares http://www.petitiononline.com/stopaig/petition.html (U.S.) Radical Rabbi Arthur Waskow calls for Obama to praise efforts with unindicted co-conspirator group ISNA --- Washington Post reports Waskow says Obama "should praise the efforts at Jewish-Muslim inter-education by the Union for Reform Judaism and Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), and urge churches and mosques to pursue the same kind of efforts" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503402.html http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/arthur_waskow/2008/12/obama_act_now_to_heal_religiou.html --- Radical Rabbi Seeks Obama Praise for ISNA, CAIR, and MPAC http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/18981 --- Radical Arthur Waskow has history of celebrating radicals, including black supremacist Black Panther group http://www.israpundit.com/2006/?p=835 --- Black Panther supremacist group listed on SPLC's Hate Group listing http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3 (U.S.) Get an insider's view of CAIR's banquet - See more Islamic leaders served with notice of lawsuit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82826 (U.S.) The Saudis' New Man in Congress --- Representative Gerry Connolly -- article by Paul Sperry http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=33562844-321D-460F-930D-1BF93922637C Abdulkarim Soroush comments on Muhammad's role in creating Qur'an http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/magazine/07wwln-essay-t.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1228573481-6Mq7Rs8vwAwypyhoApv7RA Propaganda: UK Guardian: Inayat Bunglawala: "Our stake in free speech" -- Inayat Bunglawala defends Hizb-ut Tahrir while claiming support for Universal Declaration of Human Rights --- "Inayat Bunglawala is an Advisor on Policy and Research at ENGAGE, an initiative designed to encourage British Muslims to interact more effectively in politics and the media in the UK" http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/06/humanrights-islam http://www.iengage.org.uk/ -- In fact both Hizb-ut Tahrir and other Islamic supremacists are against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- this is why Islamic supremacists created the Sharia-based, Islamic supremacist "Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#A http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/cairodeclaration.html Archive Articles: Mapping Sharia Project related to December 5 reports -- 3 in 4 US mosques preach jihad and anti western sentiments http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57141 November 11, 2008 - (Afghanistan) Obama to Explore New Approach in Afghanistan War --- "looks favorably on the nascent dialogue between the Afghan government and 'reconcilable' elements of the Taliban, according to Obama national security advisers" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111002897.html?wprss=rss_politics%2Fadministration ---- See also: October 17, 2008 - Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/10/reconciliation/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html December 5, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (India) Mumbai attacks: 3 Kolkata SIM cards used in Mumbai attacks --- "The cards were procured and sent to Pakistan in the last two months not just for Mumbai terrorist attacks but as part of a larger terror design" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/3_Kolkata_SIMs_used_in_2611_attacks/articleshow/3798259.cms (India) 'Scan barren islands for LeT, JeM presence' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Scan_barren_islands_for_LeT_JeM_presence/articleshow/3798959.cms India sets sights on Pakistani camps -- in Pakistan-administered Kashmir http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JL06Df04.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\06\story_6-12-2008_pg7_2 (India) Pakistan's ISI involved in attacks, alleges Indian media http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\06\story_6-12-2008_pg1_7 (India) Terror link whiff in Bangladesh border arrest http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Kolkata_/Terror_link_whiff_in_Bangla_border_arrest/articleshow/3794523.cms (India) 'We'll enable cops to tackle international terrorism' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Well_enable_cops_to_tackle_international_terrorism/rssarticleshow/3798808.cms (India) Maoists kill 5 cops, loot rifles in Jharkhand http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Maoists_kill_5_cops_loot_rifles_in_Jharkhand/articleshow/3798486.cms (Pakistan) "Islamabad has assured the United States it will take action at the right moment against those involved" --- LeT/JUD spokesman Yahya Mujahid: "There is no pressure on us so far, nor is there is any reason for the arrest of the top leadership" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2786256406 ---- Pakistan Daily Times: "Pakistan now acting on shared Mumbai evidence" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\06\story_6-12-2008_pg1_4 Pakistan link to Mumbai attacks evident: Obama's adviser - Bruce Riedel --- also "a new report said ISI had a plan to deploy sea-borne terrorists for an operation in Kashmir last year" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pakistan_link_to_Mumbai_attacks_evident_Obamas_adviser/rssarticleshow/3798295.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban conflict jeopardizes security in northwest --- Taliban kidnaps 60 people this week in Peshawar http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2786700561 (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill 'US spy' in Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\06\story_6-12-2008_pg7_5 (Pakistan) FATA: Three dead in suspected US missile strike in Pak: Official - North Waziristan -- "targeted the houses of a suspected Taliban militant north of Mir Ali" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Three_dead_in_suspected_US_missile_strike_in_Pak_Official/articleshow/3798603.cms http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\06\story_6-12-2008_pg1_3 (Pakistan) Rawalpindi: Police submit charge sheet to Anti-Terrorism Court against Marriott blast suspects http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\06\story_6-12-2008_pg11_5 (Pakistan/Afghanistan) Taliban's Mullah Omar Warns U.S. -- MEMRI: Taliban Leader Warns U.S, NATO Not to Send New Troops to Afghanistan; Claims Current Financial Crisis Result of 'Belligerent U.S. Policy'; Warns Mujahideen Against Internal Strife http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214108 --- U.S. Rewards for Justice: "Seeking Information Against International Terrorism: Wanted - Mullah Omar - Up to $10 Million Reward" http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=MullahOmar --- November 26, 2008: Karzai Offers Taliban Leader Mullah Omar 'Protection' For Peace http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081126\ACQDJON200811261221DOWJONESDJONLINE000762.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na --- October 3, 2008: Karzai proposes Mulla Umar to return to Afghanistan http://www.geo.tv/10-3-2008/26156.htm AP: "Afghanistan, Pakistan to fight al-Qaida together" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_eu/eu_turkey_afghanistan_pakistan_6 --- Comment: Just like they are fighting Mullah Omar together... (Afghanistan) Troops kill 17 insurgents in Afghanistan: military -- in Herat and Helmand provinces http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December345.xml§ion=international (Afghanistan) US preparing for troop buildup in Afghanistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghanistan;_ylt=AlV5v2VsfvzWfQfkBPHtsl6s0NUE Afghanistan looms as potential quagmire for Barack Obama administration -- tactical-focused article makes no mention of the challenge in fighting an undefined enemy based on Islamic suprmemacism http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/12/05/2008-12-05_afghanistan_looms_as_potential_quagmire_.html (U.S.) Families of 9/11 victims seek answers at Gitmo http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_sept11_trial (U.S.) Supreme Court to hear appeal of only 'enemy combatant' held in U.S. --- Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri in Navy brig in North Charleston, South Carolina http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/05/scotus.enemy.combatants/index.html --- Court to decide president's reach on detentions http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28072004/ (Israel) Rocket fire on western Negev continues -- "5 Kassams, 2 mortar shells fired from Gaza; no casualties; Palestinian protest on Gaza streets" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702446524&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Kassam lands near in open area near Sderot; no casualties http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702446440&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Somalia: Top UN envoy appeals for release of hostages -- 4 journalist, 2 nuns held -- UN's Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah: "On the eve of Eid al-Adha, a period of forgiveness, I appeal to all Somalis to help ensure that those hostages being held, both Somalis and foreigners, are allowed to enjoy their freedom and to return home safe and sound" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2786257142 (Somalia) New York Times' John S. Burnett says Somalian Islamic Supremacists Answer to Somalian Pirates (my title) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/opinion/05burnett.html?em --- See also: ---- November 19, 2008 - Somalia: Pirates 'working with Islamists' http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7737375.stm ---- November 22, 2008 - Battles over booty loom as militias and rebels drawn to pirate gold http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5209344.ece Moroccan sentenced over links to Madrid bombings -- Hicham Ahmidan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/05/africa/AF-Morocco-Spain-Bombings.php (Sudan) Article in Sudanese Daily: 9/11 – A Great Victory for the Jihad-Fighting Muslim Nation http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214208 (Denmark) IPT News: New Danish Book Draws Jihadist Ire --- Danish journalist Lars Hedegaard's book Groft Sagt (Rough Talk) http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/909 Turkish planes bomb Kurdish rebel bases in Iraq http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Turkish_planes_bomb_Kurdish_rebel_bases_in_Iraq/articleshow/3798916.cms?TOI_latestnews Spain: Basque militant lawmakers must go http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/05/europe/EU-Spain-Basques.php Other News: (U.S.) Pentagon to recruit aliens on visas -- seeks foreigners in U.S. military for "language skills" -- "Defense Secretary Robert Gates has authorized the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps to recruit certain legal residents whose critical medical and language skills are 'vital to the national interest'" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_recruiting --- More from the Defense Secretary who brought us the "War on Extremism" --- October 6, 2008 - AP reported that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates "endorsed efforts to reach out to members of the Taliban or other militants in Afghanistan who may be considered reconcilable, much like what has happened in Iraq." http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/06/gates-afghan-militants-key-to-countrys-future/ --- More on Gates and "reconciliation" with Islamic supremacist Taliban http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Gates --- April 13, 2008 - Gates: Enemy in Iraq is extremism http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/04/13/Gates_Enemy_in_Iraq_is_extremism/UPI-69821208117940/ --- June 2008 - U.S. National Defense 2008 document (PDF) -- enemy defined as "extremists" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/national_defense_strategy_073108.pdf (U.S./Indonesia) Donor: Obama suggested Jakarta visit http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1208/Donor_Obama_suggested_Jakarta_visit.html --- August 13, 2007: Indonesian group rallies for world Islamic rule http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/13/2002914.htm Kenyan girls flee forced genital mutilation --- "some as young nine years old" --- "One aid worker says at least 200 girls are being circumcised in the area every day" http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/06/2439586.htm?section=justin (Italy) 'Honour killing': Italian court upholds sentence for Pakistani father --- claims that 21-year old Hina Saleem was murdered because she "disrespected... ethnicity and culture" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\06\story_6-12-2008_pg7_44 (Germany) Mosques are 'land grab, not a place of prayer', says Ralph Giordano http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5295628.ece (Australia) Islamic school lifts ban on national anthem http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/05/Islamic_school_lifts_ban_on_anthem/UPI-58771228518266/ (Pakistan) John McCain arrives in Islamabad http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\06\story_6-12-2008_pg7_48 (Saudi Arabia) 3 million Muslims in Mecca for pilgrimage -- "Just 50 years ago, the pilgrimage attracted only about 10,000 people" http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_saudi_hajj;_ylt=Ai3qAisZpzuxRHPPoKFNaUms0NUE Propaganda: (U.S.) CNN's Peter Bergen claims "WMD terrorism fears are overblown" http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/05/bergen.wmd/index.html --- Bergen is more focused on getting U.S. to "engage with Islamists.... [who] are not our enemies and can even be our friends." (Reference, New America Foundation working papers, page 11). http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Bergen http://www.americaspurpose.org/downloads/working_group_papers.pdf ---- Bergen "not to engage with Islamists is ridiculous" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Bergen --- and more recently, Bergen dismisses Islamic supremacist Jihad in Mumbai as merely a "regional problem" ----- Bergen: "It is a regional problem requiring a regional solution" http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/04/bergen.pakistan/index.html?section=cnn_latest December 5, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (India) Mumbai attacks: First evidence of home-grown terror link -- more ties to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3567048/Mumbai-attacks-First-evidence-of-home-grown-terror-link--bombay-india.html --- Faheem Ansari, born in India, accused of joining Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) "after emigrating to Dubai five years ago" --- "Officials said that he subsequently travelled to Pakistan where he was trained by LeT leader Yusuf Muzammil at the same camp where the lone survivor of the Mumbai attacks, Amir Azam Qasab was allegedly trained" --- "Ansari was arrested in February [2007] in northern India carrying hand-drawn sketches of hotels, the train terminal and other sites that were later attacked in Mumbai, said Amitabh Yash, director of the Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh police" --- "Mr Ansari also had up-to-date blueprints of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel that were better than those available to the security services, Mr Yash said" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3567048/Mumbai-attacks-First-evidence-of-home-grown-terror-link--bombay-india.html (India) Mumbai attacks: Mumbai cops to seek custody of LeT's Fahim Ansari from India's Uttar Pradesh police http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai_cops_to_seek_custody_of_LeTs_Fahim_Ansari_from_UP/articleshow/3798281.cms Indian terror suspects linked to Mumbai plot --- "Four Indian Muslims arrested as early as February were involved in the plot by Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistan-based militant group, to attack Mumbai, a senior police officer who handled the case told The Times today" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5292508.ece (India) Mumbai attacks: Perpetrators of Mumbai carnage should be punished: PM --- report: "India will await the outcome of the international community's efforts in this regard before deciding on its options" http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=4422f185-99fd-4dfe-9db3-e825311e99a3Mumbaiunderattack_Special&&Headline=India+will+await+the+outcome+of+int%27l+effort%3a+PM ----- Indian Congress rejects joint India-Pakistan probe http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\05\story_5-12-2008_pg1_2 (India) Mumbai attacks: There were security 'lapses' in Mumbai: Union Home Minister Chidambaram http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_attack_Chidambaram_admits_security_lapses/articleshow/3796698.cms -- Sole Mumbai terrorist captured alive reveals he training in Pakistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958563&Language=en India to take tips from Israel on tackling terror --- Times of India refers to India as "[a] known 'softie'" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_to_take_tips_from_Israel_on_tackling_terror_/articleshow/3794987.cms ---- December 3, 2008 - 4100 terror attacks in India from 1970-2004 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/4100_terror_attacks_in_India_from_1970-2004/articleshow/3788135.cms (India) Hero nanny tells her story for 1st time http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702443015&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Pakistan will not hand over LeT founder to India: Front organization Jamaat-ud-Dawah --- Front organization Jamaat-ud-Dawah "created by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Mohammed Saeed has said the Pakistan government is not 'so weak' that it will accept India's demand for the handing over of the 'jehadi' leader and ideologue in the wake of the Mumbai terror strikes." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_will_not_hand_over_LeT_founder_to_India_Jammat-ud-Dawa/articleshow/3797463.cms?TOI_latestnews ---- Rice hopes Pakistan, India will keep communicating http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\05\story_5-12-2008_pg1_1 (Pakistan) India has sought three suspects, not 20, says interior adviser http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\05\story_5-12-2008_pg1_5 (Pakistan) US demand on LeT a litmus test for Pak http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/US_demand_on_LeT_test_for_Pak/articleshow/3794437.cms Pakistan army chief reviews troop preparedness http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_army_chief_reviews_troop_preparedness/articleshow/3794379.cms (Pakistan) ISI chief meets Pak PM amid tension with India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/ISI_chief_meets_Pak_PM_amid_tension_with_India/articleshow/3797972.cms (Pakistan) NWFP: 20 dead, 70 injured as bomb explodes in Pakistani market -- in Peshawar http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/244886,20-dead-70-injured-as-bomb-explodes-in-pakistani-market.html --- Car bomb kills 17 in Pakistani city of Peshawar http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/05/asia/AS-Pakistan-Violence.php (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban militants kill policemen in rocket attack - in Bannu http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2784544631 http://www.geo.tv/12-5-2008/30136.htm -- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) NWFP: Girls' school set on fire in Swat http://www.geo.tv/12-5-2008/30139.htm (Pakistan) NWFP: Swat militants announce ceasefire on Eid --- after knocking out power, burning down school, and suicide bombing http://www.geo.tv/12-5-2008/30160.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Ten killed in suicide explosion in Pakistan -- Orakzai tribal agency http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958561&Language=en http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24757824-23109,00.html --- July 19, 2008: Pakistan signs peace accord with Taliban in Orakzai tribal agency http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/07/pakistan_signs_peace_1.php --- November 6, 2001: Orakzai Taliban chief extends full help http://www.dawn.com/2001/11/06/nat19.htm (Pakistan) MEMRI: In TV Interview, Pakistani Security Expert Accuses Western Zionists, Hindu Zionists of Planning 11/26 Mumbai Terror Attacks --- MEMRI version of report on previously reported story http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214008 Pakistan has created its own Frankenstien monster: Defense analyst Maroof Raza http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pakistan_has_created_its_own_Frankenstien_monster_Defense_analyst_Maroof_Raza/articleshow/3798132.cms Afghan jail operation kills 8 prisoners in Kabul http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/wl_nm/us_afghan_violence_7 (Afghanistan) Denmark's Kabul embassy moved for security reasons http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_eu/eu_denmark_afghanistan_embassy_1;_ylt=Ajkw1_C3_3dObRYx2Hvpw_gBS5Z4 (Iraq) Sadr movement focuses on reinvention in Iraq http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28065554/ (U.S.) Fort Dix plot suspect talks about a holy war in the U.S. http://www.njherald.com/story/news/NJ-FortDixPlot-web2008-12-03T21-02-39 (U.S.) Pentagon raises status of 'irregular warfare' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Pentagon_raises_status_of_irregular_warfare/articleshow/3794832.cms (U.S.) FBI helps bring remains of Somali suicide bomber back to US; given Muslim burial http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023791.php --- One of Five Suspected Somali Suicide Bomber Laid to Rest http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7997132&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1 Iranian tech threat -- regarding AMD proposed joint venture --- Senator Kyl "worried that sensitive U.S. chip technology will reach Tehran" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/04/inside-the-ring-70978545/?page=2 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/04/inside-the-ring-70978545/?page=3 Lebanon's Hezbollah says sure to win legislative polls http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December61.xml§ion=middleeast&col= (Lebanon) Progressive Socialist Party's (PSP) meets with Hizbullah http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=98108 (Lebanon) Hizbullah Women March on Border, Yell 'Death to Israel' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/156807 (Gaza) UN Security Council Rejects Libyan Attempt to Reach Gaza http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128699 Palestinians reject partition, blame a misunderstanding http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/05/palestinians-reject-partition-blame-a-misunderstan/ (Israel) Kassam rocket strikes western Negev; no wounded reported http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702444579&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Security forces arrest Hamas operative north of Ramallah http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702443224&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Fatah Terrorist, Pardoned by Olmert, Plotted Tel Aviv Bombing http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128692 (Somalia) Shelling kills at least 15 in Somalia's capital http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5194754/shelling-kills-at-least-15-in-somalias-capital/ (Somalia) German Navy wards off suspected pirate attack on cruise ship http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/244882,german-navy-wards-off-suspected-pirate-attack-on-cruise-ship.html -- Danish navy sinks suspected pirate vessel drifting off Somalia http://www.canadaeast.com/rss/article/156501 Sudan: Gunmen attack aid workers in Darfur http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2784544168 Nigeria: Senate Probes Jos Mayhem --- Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu blames "selfish persons," not Islamic supremacism http://allafrica.com/stories/200812050030.html Switzerland bans al-Qaida for another 3 years http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702444992&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Spaniards protest against ETA violence http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/Spaniards-protest-against-ETA-violence.html (Thailand) 5 killed, 10 police and 2 civilians injured in Narathiwat bomb attack http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30090295 --- Also ---- "In nearby Pattani province on Thursday evening, a 60-year-old man and a 32-year-old policeman were killed in separate drive-by shooting" http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=&id=713b9a4c-5272-4f36-b3f7-9d8b74aba573&&Headline=%275+killed+in+bomb%2c+shootings%27 (Philippines) Three government troops wounded in southern Philippine explosion http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/244814,three-government-troops-wounded-in-southern-philippine-explosion.html (Philippines) Blast in southern Philippines wounds 6 civilians - outside drug store http://ph.news.yahoo.com/ap/20081205/tap-as-philippines-explosions-fe2a5de.html (North Korea) US envoy says next NKorea nuke talks will be tough http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/05/asia/AS-NKorea-Nuclear.php Other News: (U.S.) WorldNetDaily: Bailed-out AIG offers Islamic insurance to U.S. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82726 ---- Should US Taxpayers Be Bailing Out Sharia? by Diana West http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/627/Default.aspx ----- See Also: ----- AIG Defies American Taxpayers by Promoting Sharia in the United States - by Jeffrey Imm http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/12/aig-defies-us-taxpayers/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/118.html ----- End U.S. Ownership of Sharia Business Now Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/stopaig/petition.html (U.S.) Mapping Shari'a Project http://www.mappingsharia.us/ ---- Pamela Gellar reports on Mapping Sharia Project's findings http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/12/mapping-sharia.html ----- "75% of the mosques are Shariah-adherent (on a scale of 1-10, they are 7 or higher)" ----- "The correlation between Shariah-adherence and the use of literature calling for violence against the infidel and apostate and Jihad was 0.9--an almost 1:1 relationship" ----- "In most mosques where this violent literature was found, the Imam actively encouraged our researcher posing as a new attendee to study this violent material" (UK) Campaign against Sharia law in Britain to be launched at the House of Lords - on December 10 http://www.secularism.org.uk/campaignagainstsharialawinbritai.html (Gambia) British missionaries in Gambia spend seventh day in prison --- "after being accused of spreading sedition in the Muslim state" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/gambia/3567113/British-missionaries-in-Gambia-spend-seventh-day-in-prison.html --- British missionary couple in Muslim African country face months in jail 'hell hole' after being charged with sedition http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1092040/British-missionary-couple-Muslim-African-country-face-months-jail-hell-hole-charged-sedition.html --- London Times report http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article5293461.ece ---- Related Reports: ----- October 2007: Gambia: Jammeh Calls for Islamic Solidarity http://foehammer.net/2007/10/jammeh-calls-for-islamic-solidarity-while-blaming-the-west.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200710170786.html ----- Gambia Tourist Support: Shariah the Debate http://www.gambiatouristsupport.com/Sharia.htm (Bulgaria) Sofia: Calls against Islamic center http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/sofia-calls-against-islamic-center.html Italy: Top Muslim representative responds to Vatican official -- on "mixed marriages" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2784827320 (Italy) Rome: 'The deserted mosque' http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/rome-deserted-mosque.html Europe: EU court rules headscarf ban not a human rights violation http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/europe-eu-court-rules-headscarf-ban-not.html http://www.expatica.com/fr/articles/news/European-court-upholds-French-headscarf-ban.html (Sweden) The Local: "Sweden's Sharia pension fund outperforms market" http://www.thelocal.se/16162/20081205/ (Mexico) Suspicious package near Israeli embassy in Mexico http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Suspicious_package_near_Israeli_embassy_in_Mexico/articleshow/3795310.cms Commentaries: The 'Islamophobia' canard after Mumbai -- by Joel J. Sprayregen http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/12/the_islamophobia_canard_after.html December 4, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com AIG Update: -- AIG Defies American Taxpayers by Promoting Sharia in the United States - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/118.html --- End U.S. Ownership of Sharia Business Now Petition http://www.petitiononline.com/stopaig/petition.html Anti-Terrorism News: (India) Mumbai attacks: 17 terrorists set sail from Pakistan, seven went back http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/17_terrorists_set_sail_from_Pak_seven_went_back/articleshow/3795021.cms --- Mumbai gunmen 'may have escaped http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24754845-23109,00.html --- India names Pakistan masterminds, date plot to 2007 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/04/asia/AS-India-Shooting.php (India) Mumbai attacks: India has proof of ISI role in Mumbai attacks: Sources http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_has_proof_of_ISI_role_in_Mumbai_attacks_Sources/articleshow/3793773.cms -- Retired Pakistan officials trained Mumbai attackers: US intel --- "Lashkar-e-Toiba has hidden in plain sight for years. It has had a long history of ties to Pakistan’s intelligence agencies" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Retd_Pak_officials_trained_attackers/articleshow/3794459.cms --- Mumbai attacks put spotlight on Lashkar-e-Taiba http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-lashkar5-2008dec05,0,1044129.story?track=rss --- Behind the fence at 'terror' training camp http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3550462/Mumbai-attacks-Behind-the-fence-at-the-terror-training-camp.html --- Pakistan LeT/JUD facility - Is Pakistan campus educating students - or cultivating terrorists? ----- LeT/JUD's Abdullah Muntazir: "This is all Indian propaganda" http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081204/wl_mcclatchy/3116003_1 --- December 2, 2008: LeT/JUD's Rashid Minhas: "We teach jihad because it's part of Islam and we can't remove it from holy Quran ... but we don't give jihadi training." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg7_48 http://in.reuters.com/article/specialEvents2/idINIndia-36832020081202?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true (India) Mumbai attacks: Israel links Mumbai suspects to al-Qa'ida http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/israel-links-mumbai-suspects-to-alqaida-14095351.html --- Missing bomb keeps Mumbai on edge http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Missing_bomb_keeps_Mumbai_on_edge/articleshow/3794562.cms --- Kasav planted bomb at CST, kept cops in dark http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Kasav_planted_bomb_at_CST_kept_cops_in_dark/articleshow/3794983.cms --- 'Mumbai attack mirrors foiled plot to target NY hotels' http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai_attack_mirrors_foiled_plot_to_target_NY_hotels/rssarticleshow/3793845.cms (India) Mecca Masjid blasts: Missing Hyderabad men in terror camps? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mecca_Masjid_blasts_Missing_Hyderabad_men_in_terror_camps/articleshow/3794985.cms (India) Battling jihadis: India has few options http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Battling_jihadis_India_has_few_options/articleshow/3794488.cms --- India tightens visa policy for Pakistanis http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_tightens_visa_policy_for_Pakistanis/articleshow/3793643.cms (India) IAF gears up to foil 9/11 type strikes http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/IAF_gears_up_to_foil_911_type_strikes/articleshow/3793917.cms (India) Terror in Afghanistan, Pak spilling over into India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terror_in_Afghanistan_Pak_spilling_over_into_India/articleshow/3794978.cms (India) Security forces swarm Delhi airport after gunfire alert - note reports say "not a terrorist incident" http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1091426/Security-forces-swarm-Delhi-airport-gunfire-alert.html --- BBC corrects erroneous report http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7766139.stm (India/Pakistan) ISI hyper-activity on border has India worried http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/ISI_hyper-activity_on_border_has_India_worried/articleshow/3794981.cms Pakistan: Kashmiri separatists may be questioned over Mumbai attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2782778205 (Pakistan) Rice asks Pakistan to ban LeT/Jamaat-ud-Dawa, "take action" against Hafiz Mohammed Saeed (my title) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Rice_goes_soft_asks_Pak_to_ban_Lashkar_front/articleshow/3792200.cms (Pakistan) No links with Mumbai attacks, says LeT chief http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/No_links_with_Mumbai_attacks_says_LeT_chief/articleshow/3793755.cms (Pakistan/U.S.) Mumbai masterminds to be on FBI list -- Yusuf Muzammil and Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai_masterminds_to_be_on_FBI_list/articleshow/3794357.cms -- Comment: Just like Taliban's Mullah Omar who has also found safe haven in Pakistan? --- U.S. Rewards for Justice: "Seeking Information Against International Terrorism: Wanted - Mullah Omar - Up to $10 Million Reward" http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=MullahOmar --- Karzai Offers Taliban Leader Mullah Omar 'Protection' For Peace http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081126\ACQDJON200811261221DOWJONESDJONLINE000762.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na --- Karzai proposes Mulla Umar to return to Afghanistan http://www.geo.tv/10-3-2008/26156.htm (Pakistan) Troops conduct 'close to real' exercise http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\05\story_5-12-2008_pg7_23 --- Pakistan nuclear scientist 'Nuclear missiles can be fired within minutes in case of war' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\05\story_5-12-2008_pg7_24 --- May 26, 2008: The Emir of the Pakistani Taliban Beitullah Mahsoud: Pakistan Should Use Its Nuclear Weapons to Challenge the Enemies http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1778.htm http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1778.htm (Pakistan) U.S. plea: Fight Islamists, not India http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/04/us-plea-fight-islamists-not-india/ -- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 'Pakistan mulls downing US drones' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\05\story_5-12-2008_pg7_10 (Pakistan) NWFP: 3 explosions rock Lower Dir - bombs near video and CD stores http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\05\story_5-12-2008_pg7_27 (Pakistan) NWFP: 10 Taliban killed in Swat, ANP leader shot dead http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\05\story_5-12-2008_pg1_9 (Pakistan) NWFP: Tribesmen to hand over Taliban to govt by 20th http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\05\story_5-12-2008_pg7_4 (Pakistan) Is Pakistan campus educating students - or cultivating terrorists? http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081204/wl_mcclatchy/3116003_1 Pakistan police losing terrorism fight http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28057057/ Afghan women leaders face growing Taliban threats http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/04/asia/AS-Afghan-Women.php (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Suspects in Fort Dix Terror Plot Trial Told FBI Informant They Weren't Brave Enough to Attack http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,462106,00.html http://www.startribune.com/nation/35574849.html --- Fort Dix terror suspects' attorneys grill second FBI informant http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/fort_dix_terror_suspects_attor.html (U.S./Germany) Update: Treasury Designates Members of German IJU Terrorist Cell -- update press release on earlier OFAC report http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1313.htm (U.S.) Chertoff: Don't divide Homeland Security http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/04/Chertoff_Dont_divide_Homeland_Security/UPI-95901228426237/ (U.S.) ABC to air 'Homeland Security' series http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2008/12/04/ABC_to_air_Homeland_Security_series/UPI-80181228430757/ --- Comment: including the part about memos calling for the promotion of "progress" instead of "liberty" to appease Islamic supremacists? http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#H.3 (West Bank) High alert in West Bank following Beit Hashalom evacuation http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702434796&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia/U.S.) Missing Somali-Americans could be training as terrorists: FBI http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Missing_Somali-Americans_could_be_training_as_terrorists_FBI_/articleshow/3795127.cms?TOI_latestnews (Nigeria) Christians in Jos are 'scapegoats,' says bishop http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=67258 (Russia) Explosion of improvised bomb kills woman in Daghestan http://www.einnews.com/russia/newsfeed-dagestan (Russia) Former special police officer gunned down in S.Russia http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081204/118685511.html (EU/Iran) Court rules against EU decision to keep Iranian group on terrorism list http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/12/04/3834666.htm Australia: Police uncover 4.5 million dollar 'jihadist' drug ring in prison http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2781767667 Other News: Egyptian Cleric Hassan Abu Al-Ashbal Calls on President-Elect Obama to Convert to Islam, and Threatens: We Have People Who are Eager to Die http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023781.php http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1934.htm http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1934.htm Vatican says no to anti-mosque proposal in Italy http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/244692,vatican-says-no-to-anti-mosque-proposal-in-italy.html -- Vatican: Church backs more mosques for worship http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2782120547 (U.S.) Nonie Darwish speaks at Pennsylvania State University: "Human rights are non-negotiable, even if it's in the name of God" http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/12/04/crusader_talks_about_islam_mil.aspx (U.S.) Obama: Islamic Speech in First 100 Days http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Obama_Islamic_Speech/2008/12/04/158308.html?utm_medium=RSS (U.S./Israel) CAIR Refutes Wiesenthal Center's 'False Claims' on Muslim Cemetery http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-04-2008/0004937059&EDATE= Commentaries: AIG Defies American Taxpayers by Promoting Sharia in the United States - by Jeffrey Imm http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/118.html Defy Islamic Supremacism - Questions with Jeffrey Imm http://unitedagainstislamicsupremacism.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/defy-islamic-supremacism/ Chris Carter Interviews Jeffrey Imm on Islamic Supremacism http://unitedagainstislamicsupremacism.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/chris-carter-interviews-jeffrey-imm/ The worst is yet to come - by Amos Harel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1043776.html December 4, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (India) Mumbai attacks - Officials: Pakistan militants masterminded attacks -- evidence points to two members of Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Yusuf Muzammil -- Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Yusuf Muzammil believed to be in Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting;_ylt=Aqkaq68OwtN2sRPbLPrBrdBg.3QA http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28044522/ (India) Mumbai attacks: Lashkar-e-Taiba Served as Gateway for Western Converts Turning to Jihad --- have included British Jihadist Richard Reid (shoe bomber who tried to attack U.S.), British Jihadist Dhiren Barot (who plotted to attack NYC), and Australian David Hicks --- FBI counterterrorism analyst, Sarah Linden: "Lashkar and al Qaeda have been intertwined for a number of years" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122834970727777709.html?mod=article-outset-box (India) Mumbai attacks: Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari vows 'action' against militants http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3548014/Mumbai-attacks-Pakistans-Asif-Ali-Zardari-vows-action-against-militants.html --- See Also: ---- Pakistan refuses to hand over suspects to India http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3544329/Pakistan-refuses-to-hand-over-suspects-to-India-bombay-india.html ---- Pakistan to try suspects, not surrender them to India, says Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg1_5 ---- Pakistan LeT/JUD's Rashid Minhas: "We teach jihad because it's part of Islam and we can't remove it from holy Quran ... but we don't give jihadi training." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg7_48 ---- Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (India) Mumbai attacks: Rice satisfied with Pakistan's anti-terror stance http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28026423/ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/04/asia/AS-Rice.php -- Rice urges 'robust' Pakistani response to Mumbai attacks - finds Pak leaders "focused and committed" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Rice_urges_robust_Pak_response_Zardari_vows_action/articleshow/3792200.cms -- No military stand-off between Pak, India: Rice http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61704 --- Comment: While Mumbai bombs were still being found, Rice played piano ---- December 1, 2008: Condoleezza Rice plays piano for Queen at palace http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081202/pl_nm/us_rice_queen_1 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081201/od_afp/usbritainroyalsoffbeat_081201224605 (India) Mumbai attacks: US moves to contain regional fallout from Mumbai attack http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i_pj3-7YyKizTIAXr0JtpVdCB2Uw (India) Mumbai gunman says he was paid $1,900 for attack - as new CCTV emerges http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5284594.ece --- India asks Pakistan to hand over Mumbai attacks suspects ----- Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon and Maulana Masood Azha http://www.geo.tv/12-4-2008/30101.htm (India) High alert across airports, air chief Major confirms aerial attack threat http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Airports_on_high_alert_threats_of_aerial_attack/articleshow/3791511.cms --- India under threat of 9/11-style hijackings http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/3547138/Mumbai-attacks-India-under-threat-of-911-style-hijackings.html --- India fears more terror strikes, as airports put on high alert ----- "Major airports on high alert amid fears that up to 14 highly-trained terrorists are at large and preparing attacks" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5285077.ece (India) Bombay High Court sends notices to Maharashtra, Centre on terror PILs http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/HC_sends_notices_to_Maharashtra_Centre_on_terror_PILs/articleshow/3793225.cms (India) Intelligence agencies fell for terrorists' deception: Coast Guard http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Intelligence_agencies_fell_for_terrorists_deception_Coast_Guard/articleshow/3791613.cms -- Mumbai cops 'ignored' IB warning on threat from sea http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Police_ignored_IB_warning_on_sea_threat/articleshow/3793504.cms -- FBI helping India gather evidence on Mumbai attacks ---- Attorney General Mukasey "would not confirm whether FBI is also working with Pakistan" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/FBI_helping_India_gather_evidence_on_Mumbai_attacks/articleshow/3790836.cms (India) No explosives in bag found near Cama hospital http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai_No_explosives_in_lost_bag/articleshow/3793139.cms (India) Mumbai Jews on edge after attacks in India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbais_Jews_on_edge_after_attacks/articleshow/3792227.cms (India J&K) LJP poll candidate's house attacked in Jammu and Kashmir http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/LJP_poll_candidates_house_attacked_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir/articleshow/3793293.cms (India/U.S.) Stratfor: "From the New York Landmarks Plot to the Mumbai Attack" http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20081203_new_york_landmarks_plot_mumbai_attack (Pakistan) NWFP: Militants attack Pakistani police station - in Bannu http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958286&Language=en (Pakistan) Blast in Internet cafe in Quetta http://www.geo.tv/12-4-2008/30094.htm (Afghanistan) Suicide bombers hit Afghan southeast - in Khost - killing police http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081204/ts_nm/us_afghan_violence --- Twin suicide attacks kill five in Afghanistan http://www.geo.tv/12-4-2008/30092.htm Jihadist forum calls for 'YouTube Invasion' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3547072/Jihadist-forum-calls-for-YouTube-Invasion.html ---- Al-Qaeda uses Youtube in new media strategy http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/CultureAndMedia/?id=3.0.2781767590 (Iraq) 2 US soldiers killed in Iraq suicide attack - in Mosul http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565415320752621547 Iraq officials: Car bombings in Fallujah kill 10 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq --- Twin suicide attacks west of Baghdad http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958381&Language=en (Iraq) MNF kills four, arrests 32 Qaeda militants across Iraq http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958349&Language=en (Iraq) Raid detects al-Qaeda child recruitment http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/raid-detects-alqaeda-child-recruitment/2008/12/04/1228257230004.html Iraqi council gives final approval to pact with US http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_us_pact (Iraq) Book Details How U.S. Forces Brought Down al-Zarqawi http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,460944,00.html (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: FBI informant under scrutiny in Fort Dix trial http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081204/NEWS01/81204018/-1/special27 (U.S.) Terrorist Ressam recants everything he said as informant --- Millenium Bomber Jihadist Ahmed Ressam says FBI "put words in my mouth" http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008466935_ressam04m.html?syndication=rss --- July 4, 2001 - CNN: "Ressam testified that he told Haouari the United States was being targeted because 'it was an enemy of Islam and that if one is to carry out an operation it would be better to hit the biggest enemy.'" http://archives.cnn.com/2001/LAW/07/03/millennium.bomb.plot.trial/ --- Seattle Times background articles on Ressam http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/nation-world/terroristwithin/ (U.S.) Treasury Takes Office of Foreign Assets Control Actions Against German Jihadists -- Fritz Martin Gelowicz, Daniel Martin Schneider, Adem Yilmaz http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/actions/20081204.shtml --- September 2, 2008 - Germany: Three men charged over 2007 terror plot http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2454941963 ---- see also: ---- September 8, 2007 - Fritz the jihadist http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/018082.php ---- September 5, 2007 - Germany foils Jihadist bomb plot http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/044.html ---- September 6, 2007 - German Jihad Plot Investigation (Updated) http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/045.html (U.S.) DHS Secretary Nominee Napolitano Calls Fighting Terror 'Top Priority' http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/12/03/napolitano_calls_fighting_terr.html --- Comment: what about identifying enemy ideology?? not such a priority (UK/US) Religious groups' fury at Osama bin Lego toy --- by US toy manufacturer BrickArms --- also designs Nazi-based toys http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23597009-details/article.do?ito=newsnow& http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,461647,00.html ---- US toy manufacturer calls toy "Bandit 'Mr. White'" http://www.brickarms.com/toys/minifigs/bandit_white.aspx (UK) Plans to shut down information networks in event of terror attack (my title) http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/04/social-networking-terrorism (Iran) MEMRI: Discussion in Iran on Possible Dialogue with U.S. http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA47708 (Iran) U.S. Think-tank comments on Iran worry Israel --- Council on Foreign Relations and the Brookings Institution report to be discussed at Saban Center Forum http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702420961&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran/Pakistan) All 16 Iranian hostages have been killed -- Iran officially confirms http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958440&Language=en Morocco: Madrid bombing trial adjourned http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2781496212 Somalia: Blast Hits Ethiopian Convoy in Arbiska Village http://allafrica.com/stories/200812040762.html (Somalia) Brutal Terror Group Seeks Power in Somalia -- Islamic supremacist group Al-Shabaab -- addresses recent beheading of Christian convert http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6386869&page=1 ---- Somalia - Christian Aid Worker Beheaded for Converting from Islam http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5661&backpage=summaries (Nigeria) 2 foreigners reportedly kidnapped off Nigeria http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/04/africa/AF-Nigeria-Oil-Unrest.php (Russia) Police: Attacks kill 5 in Russia's North Caucasus - three killed in Chechnya overnight http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/04/europe/EU-Russia-Caucasus-Violence.php (Netherlands) Terror threat still high in Netherlands -- Dutch anti-terror chief "Tjibbe Joustra says in a newspaper interview that right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders' film 'Fitna' is the driving force behind a threat level he describes as 'substantial-plus.'" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/04/europe/EU-Netherlands-Terror.php --- De Volkskrant report - "Joustra: dreiging terreur groter dan ooit" Kamer eist uitleg over uitspraken terreurdreiging http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article1103222.ece -- related report http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article1103727.ece/Kamer_eist_uitleg_over_uitspraken_terreurdreiging --- Bablefish translation of Volkskrant reports http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.volkskrant.nl%2Fbinnenland%2Farticle1103222.ece+&lp=nl_en&btnTrUrl=Translate http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_url?doit=done&tt=url&intl=1&fr=bf-home&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.volkskrant.nl%2Fbinnenland%2Farticle1103727.ece%2FKamer_eist_uitleg_over_uitspraken_terreurdreiging+&lp=nl_en&btnTrUrl=Translate Italy: Plot to blow up Milan Cathedral http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/italy-plot-to-blow-up-milan-cathedral.html Greece: Firebomb attacks on 2 ministry buildings http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/04/europe/EU-Greece-Firebombs.php (Canada) Judge denies bail for Gatineau man arrested in 1980 Paris bombing --- Canadian-Lebanese Hassan Diab http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/12/03/ot-diab-081203.html?ref=rss http://www.expatica.com/de/articles/news/Suspected-Paris-synagogue-bomber-denied-bail-.html ---- November 20, 2008: Evidence unsealed in case of Ottawa man accused in Paris bombing http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2008/11/20/ot-diab-081120.html (Philippines) At Least Five Wounded In Southern Philippine Blast, Police Say http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081204\ACQDJON200812040948DOWJONESDJONLINE000686.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=At%20Least%20Five%20Wounded%20In%20Southern%20Philippine%20Blast,%20Police%20Say (Philippines) Bangladeshi Probed In Philippines For Alleged Terrorism Links --- Muhammad Alpariz said to be linked to Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) --- erroneously reported as Pakistani yesterday http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081204\ACQDJON200812040646DOWJONESDJONLINE000516.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Bangladeshi%20Probed%20In%20Philippines%20For%20Alleged%20Terrorism%20Links ----- Philippines files charges against Islamic militant http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/MAN408934.htm Sri Lanka says it seizes rebel villages http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/04/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Sri Lankan militia to release child soldiers http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/04/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Child-Soldiers.php Other News: Iran arrests 49 of its citizens for wearing 'satanic' Western-style clothes and haircuts http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1091925/Iran-arrests-49-citizens-wearing-satanic-Western-style-clothes-haircuts.html Muslim World League calls for "a strategic plan to introduce Islam as a solution to major problems facing humanity" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023772.php --- Forum calls for strategic plan to reach out to non-Muslims http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=116970&d=4&m=12&y=2008 Reuters: "Arab-American hate crimes down after 9/11" --- says "average" of 120 to 130 reports each year between 2003 and 2007 --- no mention of other hate crimes by Reuters for context http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081204/ts_nm/us_crime_usa_arab --- December 1, 2008 - Steven Emerson regarding 2007 report: "Of the total 1,628 victims of anti-religious hate crimes, 69.2% were Jewish and 8.7% were Muslim." http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/867 (UK) London Times: "Keeping the faith" --- on UK business schools offering a Master's degree program on Sharia Finance http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/management/masterclass/article5279874.ece (UK) Muslims welcome UK plans to extend equality to cover religion -- Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) http://www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=613068 Italy's Northern League seeks a ban on mosques http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/12/04/61361.html --- Italy: Muslims reject move to stop new mosques http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2781502028 (U.S.) Boeing explores sharia compliant finance options http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/boeing-explores-sharia-compliant-finance-options/ Pakistan to acquire 100 air-to-surface missiles from Brazil http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_to_acquire_100_air-to-surface_missiles_from_Brazil/articleshow/3789299.cms Thailand: the next Asian basket case? http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66ce00d4-c15f-11dd-831e-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 (U.S.) Florida: Truckload Of Stolen Guns Recovered http://www.news4jax.com/news/18180792/detail.html (U.S.) Electric cars put Hawaii on the road to independence -- having to use imported automobiles from Nissan and Renault http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5282411.ece Commentaries: Let's Give Pakistan the Attention It Deserves - by Bernard-Henri Levy http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122826746064374589.html?mod=loomia&loomia_si=t0:a16:g12:r2:c0.439065:b0 "Spiritual" Islam and Jihad -- by Carl Goldberg http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=23A2DC12-FD88-4E58-8EA7-43F6210441F8 Propaganda: Peter Bergen at CNN: "It is a regional problem requiring a regional solution" http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/04/bergen.pakistan/index.html?section=cnn_latest --- See Also: ---- September 26, 2008: Peter Bergen Calls for Engagement with Islamists (Again) http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Bergen ---- August 22, 2008: The Regional Conflict Perspective to Jihad http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/099.html#Regionalization Tariq Ramadan - "Muslims are facing a new racism" -- per Ramadan negative European views towards Islam is European's fault http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2008/dec/04/religion-islam-europe Against Nazi News: German noble wants Nazi-seized property back http://www.expatica.com/de/articles/news/German-noble-wants-Nazi_seized-property-back-.html December 3, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (India) Times of India: "US sets stage for strikes if Pak does not act" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/US_sets_stage_for_strikes_if_Pak_does_not_act/articleshow/3789520.cms --- India warns all options open with Pakistan after Mumbai attacks http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081203/wl_afp/indiaattacks_081203205630 (India) Pak continues to foment terror against India, Advani tells Rice http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/Pak_continues_to_foment_terror_against_India_Advani_tells_Rice/articleshow/3789499.cms -- Pakistan needs to co-operate fully and transparently: Rice : US urges caution as India keeps all options open http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg1_1 -- Mullen for action against extremists all over Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg1_2 -- Police: Mumbai suspect admits Pakistan link http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/india.attacks/index.html?section=cnn_latest -- Ex-U.S. Official Cites Pakistani Training for India Attackers http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/04/world/asia/04india.html?_r=2&hp http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Former_Pakistan_army_officials_trained_Mumbai_attackers_NYT/articleshow/3790889.cms (India) Terror threat to Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai airports http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terror_threat_to_Delhi_Bangalore_Chennai_airports/articleshow/3789629.cms --- Deccan Mujahideen threaten to attack Indian airports http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg1_3 http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61673 (India) Mumbai Terrorist Wanted to 'Kill and Die' and Become Famous http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6385015&page=1 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/03/asia/AS-India-Shooting-Gunman.php --- Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab, aka Azam Amir Kasab, Ajmal Amir Kasab, Azam Amir Kasav, Ajmal Amir Kasab, Ajmal Amin Kamal, Ajmal Amir Kasav ----- India and Pakistan argue over mystery of Azam Amir Kasab http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5282641.ece (India) Mumbai attacks: al-Qaeda plotter behind Bali bombing linked to terror attacks -- linked to Bali bombings http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3546197/Mumbai-attacks-al-Qaeda-plotter-behind-Bali-bombing-linked-to-terror-attacks-Bombay-india.html --- LeT may be Qaida's implementing arm http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/LeT_may_be_Qaidas_implementing_arm/articleshow/3789445.cms --- Lashkar-e-Taiba's goals http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/12/03/lashkar-e-taibas-goals/ (India) Mumbai attacks: Terrorists were shown footage of Modi, Togadia --- Ajmal Amir Kasav names other Mumbai Jihadists: "Soheb (20), Chota Abdul Rahman (21), Umar (22), Abu Ali (23), Fahadullah (24), Ismail Khan (25), Bada Abdul Rahman (25), Abu Akasha (26), Umair (28)" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists_were_shown_footage_of_Modi_Togadia/articleshow/3789413.cms (India) Mumbai jihadists released 17 Russian hostages http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023768.php http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/nov/28mumterror-terrorists-let-go-17-russian-hostages.htm India: Thousands protest against Mumbai terror attacks http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2780059535 --- Anger, defiance in Mumbai http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24749103-23109,00.html (India) Unhabitated islands can become jihadi bases - in Indian seas http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Unhabitated_islands_can_become_jihadi_bases/articleshow/3789429.cms (India) IBN report: "Jihadi world angry with India, says al-Qaeda expert" http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jihadi-world-angry-with-india-says-alqaeda-expert/79655-3.html (India) Attacks Not Expected to Halt India Investment http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122828423164375463.html?mod=googlenews_wsj (India/Pakistan) Dawood Ibrahim sitting pretty in Karachi http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Dawood_confident_Pak_establishment_wont_touch_him/articleshow/3789890.cms (Pakistan) Attack on complex will be unfortunate: LeT's Jamaatud Dawa (JUD) - just "educational institutions" in Muridke http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/03/top18.htm --- December 2, 2008: JUD's Rashid Minhas: "We teach jihad because it's part of Islam and we can't remove it from holy Quran ... but we don't give jihadi training." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg7_48 http://in.reuters.com/article/specialEvents2/idINIndia-36832020081202?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true --- Pakistan Fears India May Strike Muridke http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/12/pakistan_fears_india_may_strik.asp Pakistan media outraged by India's 'belligerence' --- "Dawn's editorial titled 'A go-ahead for India?' says US president-elect Obama is stoking India-Pakistan hostilities" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_media_outraged_by_Indias_belligerence/articleshow/3789926.cms --- Dawn: 'A go-ahead for India?' ----- Dawn critical of Obama's comments: "I think that sovereign nations, obviously, have the right to protect themselves." http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/03/ed.htm#1 Pakistan to try suspects, not surrender them to India, says Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg1_5 (Pakistan) APC Takes: Strong Exception to Allegations against Pakistan --- meeting of those taking such "exception" included Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman (JUI-F) http://www.pakistantimes.net/2008/12/03/top.htm --- Per GlobalSecurity.org Maulana Fazlur Rehman is well-known "defender of the interests of the Taliban in the grand Deobandi alliance mostly spearheaded by the jihadi militia." http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/pakistan/mma.htm -- 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#Rehman2 (Pakistan/U.S.) Next terror attack on US will originate in Pak: Report http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Next_terror_attack_on_US_will_originate_in_Pak_Report/articleshow/3788824.cms (Pakistan) Security committee urges stern policy against drone attacks http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg1_7 (Pakistan) Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) NWFP organises rally to cut NATO supply route http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg7_30 (Pakistan) FATA: Army takes control of key town in northwest - in Bajaur Agency http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2779666761 (Pakistan) FATA: 23 killed as jets pound Taliban hideouts in Mohmand Agency --- NWFP: Atomic Energy Commission engineer kidnapped in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg1_9 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban deny Fazlullah's death http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg7_29 Pakistan handing over 'foreigners' to US -- Pakistan's UN ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg7_55 Iraq: Thirteen bodies found in mass grave near Baquba http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2779899267 (U.S.) Attorney general: US can prosecute Mumbai gunman http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702419230&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (U.S.) India siege raises concerns at U.S. hotels http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28032477/ (U.S.) Court Upholds $156 Million Judgment Against Hamas Supporters --- IPT News: "The ruling favors Joyce and Stanley Boim, whose son David was shot and killed by Hamas terrorists in 1996. It upholds the damages against the Quranic Literacy Institute, a Chicago-area non profit that was accused of laundering money for Hamas and the American Muslim Society" http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/870 ---- Court upholds $156M Palestinian terror verdict http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081203/ap_on_re_us/terrorism_suit (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Prosecutors: That 'vacation' was jihad training -- Ft. Dix jury sees videos of snipers, bin Laden that the defendants watched in Poconos http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-12/1228282632220180.xml&coll=1 -- Fort Dix plot suspects spoke of sniper training on tape http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081203/NEWS01/812030360/-1/special27 (U.S.) Judge Re-Imposes 22-Year Sentence on Would-Be Millennium Bomber -- Ahmed Ressam http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,461246,00.html (U.S.) Judge: Man acquitted of terrorism can sue prosecutor (former assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Convertino) -- Karim Koubriti acquitted in 2007 of obstruction of justice and other criminal charges http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081203/METRO/812030455/1409/METRO (U.S.) Rendell: Napolitano Has 'No Life,' Perfect for Homeland Security Job http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/03/rendell-family-makes-napolitano-perfect-homeland-job/ US generals call on Obama to end 'torture' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3546388/US-generals-call-on-Obama-to-end-torture.html (UK) Glasgow bomb trial: Man too brainy to be terrorist - lawyer -- Jordanian Mohammed Asha http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24749320-23109,00.html (Iran/Israel) IDF preparing options for strike at Iran without US assent --- "The IDF is drawing up options for a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include coordination with the United States, The Jerusalem Post has learned." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702421218&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Yemeni al Qaeda leader: State conducts terror attacks http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/12/yemeni_al_qaeda_lead_2.php (Somalia) Pirates free ship, hold supertanker http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24749110-23109,00.html Other News: People in Muslim Nations Conflicted About UN http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/575.php?nid=&id=&pnt=575&lb= -- Questionnaire/Methodology (PDF) http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/dec08/WPO_MuslimsUN_Dec08_quaire.pdf (U.S.) Georgia: Mosque official may get jail time for not complying with order -- Al-Hedaya Islamic Center http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/cobb/stories/2008/12/03/mosque_zoning_marietta.html Bangladeshi elections should be fair and free: McCain http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61665 -- No comments reported on issue of Islamic supremacism -- See Also: ---- US will not back Indian attack against Pakistan: McCain http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg1_2 Algerians massively seek to migrate - illegally to Europe http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/03/africa/AF-Algeria-Illegal-Migrants.php Against Nazi News: Belgian Midfielder handed five-match ban for Nazi salute http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702418665&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull December 3, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Pakistan refuses to hand over suspects to India -- "Pakistan has said it won't hand over 20 terrorist suspects wanted by India in the wake of the Mumbai attacks" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3544329/Pakistan-refuses-to-hand-over-suspects-to-India-bombay-india.html -- Pakistan will not hand over terror suspects: Reports http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_will_not_hand_over_terror_suspects_Reports/articleshow/3787462.cms -- Pakistan President Zardari: 'Pakistan in no way responsible' for Mumbai attacks http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/pakistan.zardari.lkl/index.html -- Pakistan President Zardari sues for peace, says "stateless actors" involved in Mumbai attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_attackers_are_stateless_actors_says_Zardari/articleshow/3787556.cms Pakistan must cooperate with India: Rice http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_must_act_fast_cooperate_with_India_Rice/articleshow/3787222.cms -- Pakistan ("Islamabad") to demand handing over of most wanted terrorists from India ("Delhi") http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61614 -- 'Pakistan to reply to wanted list' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg1_3 -- US will not back Indian attack against Pakistan: McCain http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg1_2 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December179.xml§ion=international -- US Joint Chiefs Mullen reaches Islamabad today http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg1_7 (Pakistan/India) Mumbai gunmen traveled from Pakistan -- Hijacked boat for 'suicide mission,' Indian officials say http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/03/gunmen-traveled-from-pakistan/ --- Mumbai attackers came from Pakistan: India http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61646 India to US: We've right to protect ourselves -- Pranab Mukherjee: "I informed Dr. Rice there is no doubt that the terrorist attacks in Mumbai were perpetrated by individuals who came from Pakistan and whose controllers are in Pakistan" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_to_US_Weve_right_to_protect_ourselves/articleshow/3789256.cms Indian External Affairs Minister Mukherjee rules out Indo-Pak war http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?date=12/3/2008%204:51:16%20AM India Defense Minister Antony to armed forces: Be prepared for airborne threats http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Antony_to_armed_forces_Be_prepared_for_airborne_threats/articleshow/3789071.cms India will not bow before terrorism says Sonia Gandhi http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3544760/India-will-not-bow-before-terrorism-says-Sonia-Gandhi.html -- Reuters: "Sonia Gandhi says India wants peace with neighbours" http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-36845220081203 (India) Mumbai attacks: Mumbai police to use truth serum on 'baby-faced' terrorist Azam Amir Kasab --- Azam Amir Kasab, aka Ajmal Amir Kasab, Azam Amir Kasav, Ajmal Amir Kasab, Ajmal Amin Kamal, Ajmal Amir Kasav http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5280084.ece (India) Mumbai attacks: Police find explosives at Mumbai train station, none wounded -- said to be left over from last week's attacks http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702416772&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull ---- Bombs found at Mumbai railway station http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5279854.ece (India) Mumbai attacks: Terrorist triggers alert for 'sister' who guided him -- Burqua-wearing Azam Amir Qasab reportedly guided Mumbai Jihadist around city before and after attacks http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3543969/Mumbai-attacks-Terrorist-triggers-alert-for-sister-who-guided-him.html --- ABC: "Where are the 14 Other Pakistani-Trained Terrorists?" http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6378603&page=1 (India) Mumbai attacks: US Director of National Intelligence McConnell blames LeT for attacks --- Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/US_Director_of_National_Intelligence_McConnell_blames_LeT_for_attacks/articleshow/3786715.cms -- Rice: Mumbai attacks were al Qaeda's kind of terror http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/03/india.attacks/index.html (India) 4100 terror attacks in India from 1970-2004 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/4100_terror_attacks_in_India_from_1970-2004/articleshow/3788135.cms (India) Many Indians Angry About Failure to Stop Terror Strikes http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-03-voa10.cfm Washington Times/Middle East Times Columnist Claude Salhani: "India must not repeat U.S. mistakes" http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/03/india-must-not-repeat-mistakes-made-by-the-us/ --- Salhani is concerned about "pre-emptive action" by India, but not concerned about need to confront ideology of Islamic supremacism --- Salhani expresses concern that India "risks alienating its 154 million Muslims" (Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Update on Report on "Jamaatud Dawa charity fears Indian reprisal" --- Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)'s Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) aka Jamaatud Dawa --- group calls India demands for JUD leader Hafiz Saeed's extradition "ridiculous" --- JUD's Rashid Minhas: "We teach jihad because it's part of Islam and we can't remove it from holy Quran ... but we don't give jihadi training." http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg7_48 http://in.reuters.com/article/specialEvents2/idINIndia-36832020081202?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true (Pakistan) Militants offer to fight India to prove their patriotism - updated report --- Taliban: "We are fighting Pakistan Army because it has launched operations in our tribal areas but we cannot allow India or any other power to invade our country." http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18755 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,460646,00.html (Pakistan) NWFP/FATA: Suicide car-bomber kills four in Pakistan -- "bomber targeted a paramilitary Frontier Corps convoy, 32 km (20 miles) northwest of the city of Peshawar city, near the Mohmand region" http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/12/03/asia/OUKWD-UK-PAKISTAN-VIOLENCE.php (Pakistan) NWFP asks Centre to act over Taliban buildup in Jamrud - on outskirts of Peshawar http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg7_4 (Pakistan) Balochistan: Rockets fired at Dera Bugti security posts - no injuries http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg7_8 (Pakistan) Three alleged terrorists held in Lahore http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61618 Additional Southeast Asia Terrorism News http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=12/03/2008 (Afghanistan) Afghan, coalition forces kill 13 Taliban fighters http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Afghan_coalition_forces_kill_13_Taliban/articleshow/3788902.cms http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December187.xml§ion=international (Afghanistan) French aid worker freed in Afghanistan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/03/europe/EU-France-Afghanistan-Hostage.php (Iraq) Bus explosion kills, injures five Iraqis - IED exploded near bus in Baghdad http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958056&Language=en (Iraq) US Commander: Iraq attacks at lowest level since 2003 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3632928,00.html (Iraq) Some female Al Qaida operatives bailing on their suicide missions http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/me_terror0760_12_02.asp Iraq turns to lie detectors to outsmart Al-Qaeda http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081203/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestussecurity_081203073313;_ylt=Ahb6_L2syg2htq3EPemIcIEHS5Z4 (U.S.) Texas Terrorism Trial Ties Boston Mosque Leaders to Extremist Network -- Holy Land Foundation ties to Islamic Society of Boston -- "Citizens for Peace and Tolerance, called today for a public investigation of the Boston Redevelopment Authority's sale of land to the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB)" http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Texas-Terrorism-Trial-Ties-Boston/story.aspx?guid={674019B2-2BE3-4A50-950C-196C0320E0B3} (U.S.) Federal prosecutors will seek 45-year sentence for would-be millennium bomber -- Ahmed Ressam http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008461263_webressam02m.html?syndication=rss (U.S.) Follow-up Articles on WMD Report -- Interview with Representative Bob Graham on WMD Report http://www.newsweek.com/id/171826 -- Congressional Representative Jane Harman comments on Graham-Talent WMD report ---- Says "it's time to retire the fear card" http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ca36_harman/12_2WMB.shtml -- PDF of report http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/WMDReport.pdf (UK) Attacks show need to help Pakistan: Britain -- David Milband http://www.geo.tv/12-3-2008/30023.htm (UK) Guardian: "The evidence from UK campuses is that young Muslims are not terrorists in the making" - June Edmunds http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/03/islam-religion http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/dec/03/student-politics-islamic-radicals-cambridge --- Are British universities hotbeds of Islamic radicalism? ---- Anthony Glees points out that June Edmunds research incomplete http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/mortarboard/2008/dec/03/student-politics-islamic-radicals ---- See also: July 2008 poll of British Muslim students shows that 32 percent believe that killing in the name of religion is justifiable (another 15 percent are "not sure") and 40 percent were supportive of introducing Sharia law to Britain --- A third of Muslim students back killings - Radicalism and support for sharia is strong in British universities http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4407115.ece --- July 2008 - Centre for Social Cohesion (CSC) Full Report - "Islam on Campus" - YouGov poll on Muslim students http://www.socialcohesion.co.uk/pdf/IslamonCampus.pdf 'Facebook terrorists' pose new challenges, warns general --- UK Telegraph: "Radicalised Islamic terrorists from the 'Facebook generation' are working across national borders and creating unprecedented challenges for security forces, MPs have been warned" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3545065/Facebook-terrorists-pose-new-challenges-warns-general.html --- Islamic Extremists Getting YouTube Tutorials (PC Magazine) http://tech.yahoo.com/news/zd/20081203/tc_zd/234573 (Iran) Experts warn Barack Obama of a nuclear Iran http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article5275647.ece (Hamas) Analysis: Al-Qaida-style extremism gains real power within Hamas http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702404879&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Palestinian Authority to purge Hamas-controlled councils http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702405880&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (West Bank) IDF opposes plan for NATO in W. Bank http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702404886&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas frees 3 Fatah reporters in Gaza http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3632886,00.html (Israel) Palestinians fire two Kassam rockets at western Negev; no wounded http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702414526&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Palestinian Islamic Jihad claims rocket fire on western Negev http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3632791,00.html (Israel) A solemn Israel buries dead from Mumbai attack http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/03/mideast/funeral.php Somalia: Islamist Groups Clash in Central Region - Two Dead --- al Shabaab versus Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jamee'a - in Galgadud http://allafrica.com/stories/200812030005.html Somalia: Clashes Erupt Around Presidential Palace http://allafrica.com/stories/200812030711.html Somalia: UN Security Council Calls On States, Regional Bodies to Help in Fight Against Pirates http://allafrica.com/stories/200812020922.html (Europe) NATO warns of terror strike in Europe --- NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer: "The war on terror (in Afghanistan and Pakistan's Tribal Areas) must continue and succeed. If we don’t succeed, these people (the terrorists) will hit western Europe like Islamabad and Mumbai" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg7_10 ----- June 16, 2008: NATO's General David McKiernan: "The Taliban, I look at as a regional threat" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25200121/ ----- see also October 17, 2008: Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html (Russia) Dagestan: 1 policeman killed, 4 wounded in southern Russia http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/03/europe/EU-Russia-Caucasus-Violence.php (Russia) Five suspects detained over Vladikavkaz mayor's murder http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081202/118640328.html (Germany) Defendant claims bomb plot was meant to scare German public -- follow-up article on Lebanese Yusef Mohammed al-Hajj Dib http://www.expatica.com/de/articles/news/Defendant-claims-bomb-plot-was-meant-to-scare-German-public.html Italy: Al-Qaeda website users urge terror suspects' release -- Ilhami Rachid and Abdelkader Ghaffir held for plot to attack Milan locations http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2779726799 -- Moroccans charged in Italy al-Qaida plot http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/02/Moroccans_charged_in_Italy_al-Qaida_plot/UPI-50831228250444/ Italian suspects discussed making firecracker bomb http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/03/europe/EU-Italy-Terror-Arrests.php Italy: Muslim group had 'no contact' with terror suspects -- "Union of Islamic Communities of Italy (UCOII) says it has no relationship with the two Moroccans suspected of planning terror attacks in the northern city of Milan" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2779530222 Italy: CIA rendition trial postponed pending secrecy ruling http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2779504103 (Netherlands) Jihadists call for attacks on Danish targets in revenge for book containing new Muhammad cartoons http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023762.php http://ict.org.il/Default.aspx (Spain) ETA shoots dead businessman working on high-speed Spanish train link http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5280323.ece (Northern Ireland) British army explodes 4 grenades found in Belfast http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/03/europe/EU-NIreland-Bombs.php (Canada) Religious rants spark terror scare http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2008/12/03/7614736-sun.html (Philippines) Pakistani linked to militants arrested in Philippines --- Muhammand Alpariz alleged to be member of Jemaah Islamiyah --- Muhammand Alpariz arrested with bomb materials http://www.yehey.com/news/Article.aspx?id=230160 --- "being interrogated in connection with a plot to bomb several targets in Mindanao" http://www.mysinchew.com/node/18828?tid=37 --- Bombs seized as Philippines raids Pakistani http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20081203/tpl-uk-philippines-militant-sb-81f3b62.html (Philippines) Maoist rebels kill 5 troops in southern Philippines http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/12/3/worldupdates/2008-12-03T134245Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-368429-1&sec=Worldupdates Sri Lanka says jets attack rebel locations http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/03/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (Thailand) Police asked to press terrorism charges against PAD leaders http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30090138 Other News: (U.S.) Sharia Finance: AIG Offers First Takaful Homeowners Insurance Product for U.S. http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2008/12/02/95930.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/18960 --- U.S. Taxpayers have partial ownership of AIG http://federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/other/20081110a.htm -- See also: ---- November 10, 2008 - America Must Not Own a Sharia-Based Financial Business http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/11/stopsharianow http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/116.html ---- October 3, 2008 - America Must Not Bail Out Sharia Finance http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/10/sharia-bailout/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/108.html (U.S.) Dow Jones Indexes Named Most Outstanding Islamic Index Provider At Kliff Awards http://www.mondovisione.com/index.cfm?section=news&action=detail&id=79269 (U.S.) CAIR "Lawyer" Has Own Legal History -- IPT News on Morris J. Days http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/869 -- lawsuit http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/224.pdf (UK) School cancels Christmas nativity in favour of Muslim Eid celebrations http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/christmas/3545246/School-cancels-Christmas-nativity-in-favour-of-Muslim-Eid-celebrations.html -- Primary school cancels nativity play because it interferes with Muslim festival of Eid http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1091594/Primary-school-cancels-nativity-play-interferes-Muslim-festival-Eid.html (France) ACERFI, the first French-speaking 'Shariah Comittee for Islamic Finance' http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20081203104139/ACERFI,%20the%20first%20French-speaking%20%27Shariah%20Comittee%20for%20Islamic%20Finance%27 German constitution 'to be rewritten' because of rise of Arabic and Turkish http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/3542749/German-constitution-to-be-rewritten-because-of-rise-of-Arabic-and-Turkish.html "Czech Muslims' complaint against extremists rejected" http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/index_view.php?id=347829 Islamic finance no longer immune to crisis http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-36842420081203 Nigeria: "Shari'a Commission... to inculcate enterprise, civility, morality, peaceful co-existence" http://allafrica.com/stories/200812020822.html (Malaysia) Funky Islamic fashion struts conservative catwalk http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/02/funky-islamic-fashion-struts-conservative-catwalk/ (Pakistan) Dr. Qadeer's detention: Federation asked to reply in 15 days http://www.geo.tv/12-3-2008/30008.htm Spain blast injures 25 people, some seriously -- media -- near Spanish Barcelona City --- cause unknown - investigating potential gas leak http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958030&Language=en http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/25-injured-in-suspected-gas-explosion-in-Spain.html Commentaries: Still Unprepared Against Terror -- by Robert Spencer http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29735 Islam as B-Matter -- by Diana West http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryID/619/Default.aspx http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/02/AR2008120202968_pf.html Radical Muslims Succeeding In Taking Over The US -- by Herb Denenberg, The Bulletin http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=20211030&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=623508&rfi=6 Against Nazi News: (Belgium) Court case against neo-Nazis -- "'Blood, Soil, Honour and Loyalty' group are suspected of terrorism and racism." -- "Bloed, Bodem, Eer en Trouw (BBET)" http://www.expatica.com/be/articles/news/Court-case-against-neo_Nazis.html (France) Petty disputes led to Nazi denunciation in WWII France http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/3543112/Petty-disputes-led-to-Nazi-denunciation-in-WWII-France.html (Germany) Searching for Nazi-looted art http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,594232,00.html December 2, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Taliban ready to defend Pakistan against India http://blogs.reuters.com/pakistan/2008/12/02/taliban-ready-to-defend-pakistan-against-india/?rpc=401& --- Pakistan Islamists fan tensions with India ---- Taliban's deputy chief Maulvi Faqir Mohammad: "Tehrik-e-Taliban will defend Pakistan and Islam" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/02/asia/AS-Pakistan-Shootings-Militant-Glee.php --- Taliban, Lashkar-e-Taiba Leaders Declare Readiness To Fight India In Event of Indian Military Action in Pakistan http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA47608 -- Pakistan to defend its territorial integrity: National Security Conference (NSC) http://www.geo.tv/12-3-2008/29980.htm (India) Military chiefs urge raid inside Pakistan --- "Pakistan was bracing last night for a retaliatory airstrike by India against the sprawling headquarters of the al-Qa'ida-linked Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist organisation near Lahore" http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24743163-2703,00.html -- India doesn't rule out military option aginst Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_doesnt_rule_out_military_option_aginst_Pak/articleshow/3785697.cms -- India weighing all options before taking on Pakistan http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-weighing-all-options-before-taking-on-pak/79582-3.html -- India not interested in Pak offer of joint probe http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/India_not_interested_in_Pak_offer_of_joint_probe/articleshow/3785709.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Bombs assembled on board trawler Kuber -- "The timing devices are like the ones commonly used by militants in Kashmir, police said" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Bombs_assembled_on_board_trawler_Kuber/articleshow/3785693.cms -- Police: Mumbai gunmen came by sea from Pakistan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/02/asia/AS-India-Shooting.php -- Police Commissioner Gafoor makes it official: Only 10 terrorists - boarded boat from Karachi, Pakistan http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=fbb3341b-cb79-475d-9f06-c23667e58bc0Mumbaiunderattack_Special&&Headline=All+10+terrorists+came+from+Karachi%3a+police --- "Systemic failure" led to Mumbai attacks - Indian navy http://in.reuters.com/article/specialEvents2/idINIndia-36827420081202 (India) Mumbai Attacks: Mumbai Police Home In on Attack Mastermind --- "Mumbai police believe a senior Lashkar-e-Taiba planner in Pakistan masterminded the Mumbai terrorist attacks last week and was among several leaders of the militant group who were in touch by satellite links with the 10 terrorists in the two days before they landed in India." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122823715860872789.html http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,460484,00.html (India) Mumbai Attacks: We were reassured of escape after the attack: Kasav --- Ajmal Amir Kasab aka Azam Amir Kasav, Ajmal Amir Kasab, Ajmal Amin Kamal, Ajmal Amir Kasav --- "Mumbai terror attacks were originally planned for September 27 but Lashkar mastermind Zakiur Rahman suddenly aborted the plot, arrested terrorist Ajmal Amir has told his interrogators" --- "He also said that Abu Hamza, the Lashkar jihadi who carried out the attack on Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, had, citing his own example, reassured that the gang would get away after the strike on Mumbai" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/We_were_reassured_of_escape_after_the_attack_Kasav/articleshow/3785601.cms -- Kasab squeals, nails Lashkar role in attack http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=3144c8d9-1af6-49e7-81d9-8a786dda3dd7Mumbaiunderattack_Special&&Headline=Kasab+squeals%2c+nails+LeT+role+in+attack (India) Mumbai Attacks: Arrested terrorist admits to be a Pakistani: Mumbai police --- Ajmal Amir Kasab aka Azam Amir Kasav, Ajmal Amir Kasab, Ajmal Amin Kamal, Ajmal Amir Kasav http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Arrested_attacker_a_Pakistani_Mumbai_Police/articleshow/3785228.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: U.S. says Pakistani-based group likely hit Mumbai -- U.S. State Department http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081202/india_nm/india368316 --- Reuters: "Militant-linked charity fears Indian reprisal" LeT's Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD) http://in.reuters.com/article/specialEvents2/idINIndia-36832020081202?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true -- LeT adopted an agenda for global jihad: Pak diplomat said in article --- Husain Haqqani - "currently Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, had in an article, 'The Ideologies of South Asian Jihadi Groups' in the April 2005 issue of 'Current Trends in Islamist Ideology' described Lashkar-e-Taiba as having 'adopted a maximalist agenda for global jihad'" --- "LeT or the 'Army of the Pure', he said, is backed by Saudi money and protected by Pakistani intelligence services http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/LeT_adopted_an_agenda_for_global_jihad_Pak_diplomat_said_in_article/articleshow/3785685.cms -- Pakistan Militant group denies role in Mumbai attacks -- Lashkar-e-Toiba -- Religious head incited killers http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24731818-2703,00.html -- A Quick Backgrounder on Lashkar-e-Taiba http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/11/a_quick_backgrounder_on_lashka.asp --- "Lashkar-e-Toiba was more than happy to take responsibility for its attacks, the spokesman told AKI" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2777577853 -- Behind the walls of Lashkar's rumored breeding ground http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2008/1202/1228169324799.html (India) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan accepts terrorists may be from its territory: US http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Islamabad_accepts_terrorists_may_be_from_Pak/articleshow/3786207.cms -- Britain and US rush to mediate between India and Pakistan http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5273774.ece -- India calls in foreign intelligence to fight terrorists http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3543045/Mumbai-attacks-India-calls-in-foreign-intelligence-to-fight-terrorists--bombay-india.html (India) Mumbai Attacks: CCTV shows start of Mumbai massacre -- reports "that Kasab speaks fluent English, suggesting that he is from Pakistan's relatively wealthy middle classes" -- terrorist accomplice "named by reports in the Indian media as Abu Ismail Dera Ismail Khan" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5274161.ece --- Mumbai police chief: No warning given of impending attack http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/mumbai.warning/index.html (India) Mumbai Attacks: Pak TV channel says 26/11 hatched by Hindu Zionists -- Zaid Hamid --- "Mumbai attack plan was hatched by 'Hindu Zionists' and 'Western Zionists,' a self-styled Pakistan security expert said on a Pakistan news television show" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_TV_channel_says_2611_hatched_by_Hindu_Zionists/articleshow/3785654.cms (India) Mumbai attacks: Rabbi's wife killed in attacks was pregnant http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/3542754/Mumbai-attacks-Jewish-victim-of-Mumbai-attacks-was-pregnant-Bombay-india.html -- Rabbi killed in Mumbai was reading anti-terrorist handbook http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5274030.ece (India) Mumbai Attacks: Deepak Chopra on CNN --- Deepak Chopra: "if we do not appease and actually recruit the help of this Muslim world, we're going to have a problem on our hands." http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/king.chopra.mumbai/index.html?section=cnn_latest (India) Mumbai Attacks: Reuters India News Coverage http://in.reuters.com/news/globalcoverage/battleground (India/Israel) Extremist ideology links Mumbai attackers and Hamas says Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=3.0.2778408758 (India) Hotels, restaurants put strict security in place http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hotels_restaurants_put_strict_security_in_place/articleshow/3785506.cms (UN) Security Council to discuss global terrorism after Mumbai attacks http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/244404,security-council-to-discuss-global-terrorism-after-mumbai-attacks.html Pakistani-American Anjum Niaz Defends Pakistan's ISI in "Targeting the ISI" -- interviews former Pakistan ISI leader General Shujaat Ali Khan http://thenews.jang.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=150069 --- Anjum Niaz, student with Harvard University http://www.thecrimson.com/writer.aspx?id=1202125 ---- See also: Pakistan's ISI: the world's number one sponsor of terrorism http://agonist.org/hannes_artens/20081202/pakistans_isi_the_worlds_number_one_sponsor_of_terrorism (Pakistan) NWFP: Six militants killed in Swat skirmishes http://www.geo.tv/12-2-2008/29972.htm (Afghanistan) Pentagon: Pakistan force near Afghanistan unchanged http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4B14U320081202 (Afghanistan) Taliban scatter bombs along route to women's conference http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=1022721 (Iraq) Ten Iraqis killed, 42 injured in blasts N. Iraq - police post in Tal Afar and in Mosul http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1957942&Language=en (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Informant: Alleged plotters wanted sniper training http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/104-12022008-1631051.html http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/12/ap_dix_trial_120208/ (U.S.) NY court orders resentencing of bin Laden aide -- Mamdouh Mahmud Salim http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-39/1228237452225920.xml&storylist=simetro http://africa.reuters.com/country/SD/news/usnN02268769.html --- Al-Qaeda Suspect's 32-Year Term Set Aside By Court ----- Appeals Court: "we conclude that the sentence imposed was unreasonable" http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601127&sid=aYlolpEsQuNw (U.S.) Behavioral screening -- the future of airport security? http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/02/airport.security/index.html?iref=mpstoryview (U.S.) CNN Commentator Jami Floyd calls for reduction in sentence for "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2008/12/02/the-american-taliban/ (U.S.) Analysis: Is Obama Ready for a Bomb on the Train? http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6375596&page=1 (U.S.) Update: PDF file of The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/WMDReport.pdf (UK) Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada back in jail but could be free in weeks -- "he could be free again by Christmas if the House of Lord's rules that he will not get a fair trial in Jordan" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3542747/Radical-Muslim-cleric-Abu-Qatada-back-in-jail-but-could-be-free-in-weeks.html (UK) Evening Standard: Is Sir Hugh Orde the man to restore confidence in the Met? --- Evening Standard article concludes that he is --- Evening Standard: "His experience of security and intelligence matters may be vital for the Met in the coming years" http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23595044-details/Is+Sir+Hugh+Orde+the+man+to+restore+confidence+in+the+Met/article.do -- Note: Sir Hugh Orde has called for talks with Al-Qaeda http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/30/alqaida.terrorism http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7426874.stm --- see also "The Challenge of Britain's "Northern Ireland Conflict" Perspective towards Jihad" http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T06 (UK) Birmingham families urged to help terrorism fighting police officers http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/12/03/birmingham-families-urged-to-help-terrorism-fighting-police-officers-97319-22390651/ UK Muslim leader Anjem Choudary: "In an Islamic state, non-Muslims will have to wear a sign to show what they are – it should say Kaffir. We won’t discriminate on height, race or appearance but we will discriminate on faith." http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023747.php -- Terror cops fear 'Mumbai attack' in UK http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/60771/Terror-cops-fear-Mumbai-attack-in-UK/ -- Associated video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C73ePf_2KVw&eurl=http://www.jihadwatch.org/&feature=player_embedded U.N. Investigates Electromagnetic Terrorism http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/12/un-investigates.html --- UNESCO Seminar: "Electromagnetic Fields: Mechanisms Of Action And Potential Threat As A Terrorism Agent" http://www.icsu.org/eXcal2/calendar.php4?mode=flyer&date=2008-11-01&PHPSESSID=cb1894f6df7333dafb81c6934d0c1ec9 (Lebanon/U.S.) Petraeus meets Lebanese officials http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1957941&Language=en Hamas top dog: Within several years, the world will submit to Muslim will -- Hamas Leader Khaled Mash'al http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023741.php http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1929.htm --- See also April 18, 2008: Carter meets Hamas chief Mashaal in Syria http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3533491,00.html --- See also December 2, 2008: Jimmy Carter: U.S. must lead world on human rights http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/01/jimmy.carter.rights/index.html (Somalia) Islamist calls on pirates to free ships http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24744131-23109,00.html (Italy) Update: Police arrest two Moroccan terrorism suspects --- Ilhami Rachid and Abdelkader Ghaffir "planned attacks on a supermarket, a bar, night club car park, and two police stations, as well as the immigration office at police headquarters in Milan" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2778566399 (Germany) Train bomb plot trial: Terrorism suspect insists bomb in Germany was hoax -- Lebanese Youssef al-Hajj Dib: "I knew when I took the bag in my hand that it was not going to explode." http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/244401,terrorism-suspect-insists-bomb-in-germany-was-hoax.html Turkish military expels 24 officers accused of ties to radical Islamists http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702404166&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Thailand) Rubber taper shot dead -- in Yala http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30089887 Other News: Jordanian Man Stabs Sister in "Honor Crime" After She Gives Birth --- " third such conviction this week in Jordan" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,460485,00.html Egypt- Christian in Muslim ID Case Wins Right to Appeal --- "Arrest warrant rescinded for woman imprisoned because her father briefly converted to Islam" --- "Under sharia (Islamic law), which heavily influences Egyptian law, the sisters are considered Muslims due to their father's temporary conversion" http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5708&backpage=summaries (UK) Girl fights off abduction attempt -- by "two Asian men" http://www.eastkilbridenews.co.uk/lanarkshire-news/scottish-news/2008/12/02/girl-fights-off-abduction-attempt-68653-22391486/ (Malaysia) Maybank Islamic Ikhwan Card Launch http://www.creditcard2u.net/latest-promotion/maybank-islamic-ikhwan-card-launch (U.S.) Moms Ask Mattel for Accountability -- "Islam is the Light" Doll http://www.labelthatdoll.com/ --- Store Information Packet http://www.labelthatdoll.com/take-action/information-packet/ ----- PDF File http://www.labelthatdoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/storemanagerinformationpac_mama.pdf ---- Word File http://www.labelthatdoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/store-manager-information-packet.doc --- MAMA FTC & SEC Letters http://www.labelthatdoll.com/2008/11/28/mama-letter-to-ftc/ --- Store Finder http://www.labelthatdoll.com/2008/11/29/store-finder/ --- Local Press Finder http://www.labelthatdoll.com/2008/12/02/local-press-finder/ (U.S.) Liberty City mosque leader goes to prison for housing fraud -- Sameer Muhammad "stole homes from the elderly -- and even from dead people" http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/796176.html (U.S.) $25B Is 'Chump Change': Ford Lifts Spirits But 'Big 3' Need $100B Bailout http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/article/137376/%2425B-Is-Chump-Change%3A-Ford-Lifts-Sprits-But-Big-3-Need-%24100B-Bailout http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28012984/ --- see also November 19, 2008: Oil, U.S. Auto Industry, Jihad, and Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/117.html Commentaries: Transcript of "Unto the Breach" Interview with Jeffrey Imm http://unitedagainstislamicsupremacism.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/chris-carter-interviews-jeffrey-imm/ --- Audio at BlogTalkRadio.com http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29735 CAIR's Make or Break Moment -- by Steven Emerson http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/868 (UK) Memo to Jon Snow: the Mumbai 'practitioners' were Islamic terrorists http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/12/02/memo_to_jon_snow_the_mumbai_practitioners_were_islamic_terrorists If this Isn't Terrorism, What Is? -- by Tom Gross http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122816892289570229.html Propaganda: Jimmy Carter: U.S. must lead world on human rights http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/01/jimmy.carter.rights/index.html --- Jimmy Carter embraced Islamic supremacist Hamas terrorist group leaders ---- See also: April 15, 2008 - Where Does America Draw the Line on Consorting with Terror Groups? http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/080.html Against Nazi News: (U.S.) Lawmakers to Army chief: Honor soldiers held as slaves by Nazis http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/02/slave.camp.folo/index.html (Germany) Grandson of anti-Hitler plotter seeks restitution http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/02/europe/EU-Germany-Gestapo-Claim.php (Germany) How Hitler perverted the course of science http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/3540339/How-Hitler-perverted-the-course-of-science.html (Russia) 7 Russian convicted in hate killings http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/02/europe/EU-Russia-Hate-Killings.php December 2, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Pakistan) Pakistani Taliban bomb Afghan supply convoy - on Tuesday - 18 miles from NWFP's Peshawar http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE4B12KU20081202?rpc=401& (Pakistan) NWFP: Taliban kill 2 truck drivers, torch 21 US vehicles in Peshawar - update on Monday report http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\02\story_2-12-2008_pg7_16 Pakistan Daily Times: "More than 1,500 people have been killed since July 2007 in a wave of Taliban bombings across the country" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\02\story_2-12-2008_pg7_1 --- December 1, 2008: Pakistan's The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) FATA: Troops kill 15 Taliban in Bajaur http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\02\story_2-12-2008_pg7_2 --- December 1, 2008: Report suggests Pakistan Taliban "have offered a ceasefire if the Pakistan Army also stops its operations" http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 (Pakistan) 11 more dead in Karachi violence http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\02\story_2-12-2008_pg1_9 (Pakistan/Afghanistan) South Asia main threat to US: Obama http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\02\story_2-12-2008_pg1_6 Pakistan, an international migraine, says former US Secretary Madeleine Albright --- Albright claims that "Pakistanis understand what the issue is" --- fails to acknowledge widespread ideology of Islamic supremacism in Pakistan http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Pakistan_an_international_migraine_US_ex-secy_of_state_M_Albright/articleshow/3783028.cms --- See Also: June 2008 TerrorFreeTomorrow.org Pakistan public poll results http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/PakistanPollReportJune08.pdf -- 74.7 percent think "implementing strict Sharia law throughout Pakistan" important for Pakistan govt (Q8g, page 44) -- 73.7 percent oppose U.S. military action against Taliban and Al Qaeda in Pakistan (Q11c, page 52) -- 69 percent oppose U.S. military working with Pakistan military against Taliban and Al-Qaeda (Q11b, page 52) -- 51.8 percent view U.S. to blame for violence in Pakistan today (Q14, page 52) -- 58.2 percent favor negotiations with Taliban (Q15c, page 63) -- 49.6 percent favor negotiations with Al-Qaeda and Uzbek fighters (Q15a, page 63) -- 56.5 percent agree with Al Qaeda's goals (Q16a, page 64) -- 79.5 percent view Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda's goals are "to stand up to America" (Q29a1, page 75) -- 57.1 percent agreed with Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda's goals "to stand up to America" (Q29a2, page 75) (Pakistan) Adviser on Interior Rehman Malik calls for proof of Pakistan involvement in Mumbai attacks -- says Mumbai attacks were designed to force Pakistan to deploy its troops on the country's eastern borders http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\02\story_2-12-2008_pg1_2 --- Another 'Khyber to Panipat' warning by Pakistan's UN envoy http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\02\story_2-12-2008_pg7_14 (India) Coast Guard seize Pakistan fishing boat off Gujarat coast http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Coast_Guard_seize_Pak_fishing_boat_off_Gujarat_coast/articleshow/3785154.cms?TOI_latestnews (India) Mumbai attacks: Hand over 20 wanted terrorists, India tells Pak; Pak to frame response http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hand_over_20_wanted_terrorists_India_tells_Pak/articleshow/3783791.cms http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2776877169 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/02/India_says_Pakistan_must_return_fugitives/UPI-54261228219482/ http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/india.attacks/index.html?section=cnn_latest -- India: Pakistani extremist leader should be arrested, says expert --- "Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is the head of the Islamic wahabi fundamentalist group, Jama'at-ud-Da'wah, that spawned Lashkar-e-Toiba" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2776916569 -- No military action against Pakistan: India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/No_military_action_against_Pakistan_India/articleshow/3783853.cms -- India may take Mumbai attacks to UN council http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\02\story_2-12-2008_pg7_6 -- China quizzes Pakistan over Mumbai attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Post-Mumbai_attack_Pak_terror_link_worries_China/articleshow/3784746.cms (India) Mumbai attacks: We wanted to hit CST at peak hour, says arrested terrorist http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/We_wanted_to_hit_CST_at_peak_hour_Arrested_terrorist/articleshow/3783239.cms -- Terrorists took cocaine to stay awake during assault http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3540964/Mumbai-attacks-Terrorists-took-cocaine-to-stay-awake-during-assault.html -- FBI files case in Mumbai terror attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/FBI_files_case_in_Mumbai_terror_attacks/articleshow/3784214.cms (India) Mumbai attacks: Father of Mumbai gunman, Azam Amir Kasab, 'paid by terrorists to hand him over' --- "introduced him to a commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5272189.ece -- Spy Agencies Gather Intel on Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) After Mumbai Attacks http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/12/02/spy_agencies_gather_intel_on_let_after_mumbai_attacks/8268/ -- 'Mumbai attack was a jihadi fundraiser' ---- Namrata Goswami: "Three days of terror, beamed live to living rooms around the country and transmitted around the world. There's a lot of money in it, and an attack of this kind usually sees a spike in sponsorships and donations from abroad." http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/02mumattacks-mumbai-attack-was-a-jihadi-fundraiser.htm -- US expert says Mumbai attackers could be linked to 'global jihad' http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-54774.html -- Article mentioning link of Deobandi ideology to Lashkar-e-Taiba http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/david_aaronovitch/article5269730.ece?openComment=true (India J&K) Reuters: "Fear grows in Kashmir in aftermath of Mumbai attacks" http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/02/asia/kashmir.php (India Assam) 4 killed, 35 hurt in Assam train blast http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/4_killed_35_hurt_in_Assam_train_blast/articleshow/3782797.cms (India) Malegaon: Terror 'guru' in judicial custody till Dec 12 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Malegaon_Terror_guru_in_judicial_custody_till_Dec_12/articleshow/3780958.cms (Iraq) 'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death in Iraq -- Hassan al-Majid -- second death sentence http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081202/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_trial (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Fort Dix informant says he was scared -- Besnik Bakalli http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20081202_Fort_Dix_informant_says_he_was_scared.html (U.S.) International Activists Use Facebook To Fight Terrorism -- quotes State Department's James Glassman http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459945,00.html ---- James K. Glassman, U.S. undersecretary of state for public diplomacy - has promoted Al-Sharif (aka "Dr. Fadl") who alleges to be against Al-Qaeda methods, but who is PRO-JIHAD http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/31/inside-the-ring-9598419/ http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/092.html#Al-Sharif --- "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.'" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/13/heretic.alqaida.part.two US panel warns biological terror attack likely by 2013 http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702400327&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Nuclear or Biological Attack Called Likely http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/01/AR2008120102710.html --- Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism http://www.preventwmd.gov/report/ --- Chances of WMD attack in big city greater: report http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4B11EG20081202 (UK) Extreme preacher Abu Qatada jailed indefinitely -- aka Mohammad Ofman -- "to be detained indefinitely in prison after a court ruling that the risk of him absconding has increased" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5272586.ece http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3541555/Radical-Muslim-cleric-Abu-Qatada-returned-to-jail-for-breaching-bail-terms.html -- Timeline: Abu Qatada http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/jun/18/uksecurity.terrorism -- Qatada 'plotted to leave Britain' http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/qatada+plotted+to+leave+britain/2861487 (UK) Glasgow Car Bombing: Airport bomb accused 'planned murder on a terrible scale' -- Bilal Abdulla and Mohammed Asha http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Airport-bomb-accused--39planned.4750320.jp http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.2472332.0.docs_had_planned_to_kill_in_uk_bomb_plots.php Iran speaker mulling talks with US Congress -- Ali Larijani http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081202/wl_mideast_afp/iranusparliamentdiplomacy_081202081230 ---- Ali Larijani has history of obfuscation on Iran's nuclear objectives http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/ali%20larijani%20interview/162470 Iran holds naval war games in strategic waterway http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/12/02/africa/OUKWD-UK-IRAN-WARGAMES.php Iranian Fighters Test New Air-to-Air Missile, Press TV Reports http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601104&sid=aLYBbuRx.AMM (West Bank) IDF troops shoot and kill wanted Palestinian during raid in Nablus http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1042933.html Palestinians shift position on peace accord http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/02/plo-ready-for-state-in-west-bank/ (Israel) Police call off terror alert in Tel Aviv; three suspects arrested http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1042936.html Somalia: Islamists Carry Out Attacks in Mogadishu Over Night -- Al-shabab claims responsibility http://allafrica.com/stories/200812020011.html Somali Terrorists Head For Kenya http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20081202.aspx --- "Since early October al-Shebaab has said that it will fight 'a jihad' in Kenya if Kenya does not end its training program for the Somali Transitional National Government (TNG)" Somalia: Islamists Capture Military Base Near Baidoa http://allafrica.com/stories/200812011266.html Somalia: Islamic Courts Flog Five People in Baledwein Town -- for violating Sharia law http://allafrica.com/stories/200812010143.html Somali prime minister seeks international help http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/02/africa/AF-Somalia.php Nigeria: 'Inaccurate reporting' could fuel further violence against Christians --- "Sources in Jos told CSW, however, that voting took place peacefully and that the violence broke out in the early hours of last Friday, before electoral results had been announced" http://www.christiantoday.com/article/nigeria.inaccurate.reporting.could.fuel.further.violence.against.christians/22037.htm (Russia) Mine explosion in Chechnya wounds 2 servicemen http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/02/europe/EU-Russia-Caucasus-Violence.php (Italy) Two terrorism suspects arrested in Italy -- on outskirts of Milan -- "men were suspected of being part of a cell operating in Italy's financial capital" http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnTRE4B14G3.html Turkish Planes Bomb PKK in North Iraq http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/world/turkey-bomb-pkk-iraq-7949.html (Northern Ireland) Lawmaker targeted by N.Ireland extremists http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/02/europe/EU-NIreland-Assassins.php (Philippines) Troops launch offensive vs. Abu Sayyaf militants in Basilan http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137029/Troops-launch-offensive-vs-Abu-Sayyaf-militants-in-Basilan (Philippines) 7 abducted in Basilan -- Authorities unsure if MILF or Abu Sayyaf http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20081202-175640/7-abducted-by-MILF-in-Basilan--police http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136976/Armed-group-abducts-seven-workers-in-Basilan http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/244280,muslim-militants-snatch-seven-construction-workers-in-philippines.html Thai protesters to abandon blockade after PM Somchai Wongsawat resigns http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5273092.ece N. Korea Critics Clash with Peace Groups in South Over Leaflets http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-02-voa17.cfm?rss=asia Other News: (U.S.) Defense Secretary Gates: Nuclear Gaffes Unacceptable http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2008/12/02/defense-secretary-gates-nuclear-gaffes-unacceptable/ --- Comment: War on Extremism and refusal to define the Islamic supremacist enemy is acceptable by Gates --- October 6, 2008 - AP reported that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates "endorsed efforts to reach out to members of the Taliban or other militants in Afghanistan who may be considered reconcilable, much like what has happened in Iraq." http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/06/gates-afghan-militants-key-to-countrys-future/ --- More on Gates and "reconciliation" with Islamic supremacist Taliban http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html#Gates --- April 13, 2008 - Gates: Enemy in Iraq is extremism http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/04/13/Gates_Enemy_in_Iraq_is_extremism/UPI-69821208117940/ --- June 2008 - U.S. National Defense 2008 document (PDF) http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/national_defense_strategy_073108.pdf (U.S./Iraq) Army translator in Iraq used Western image to advantage http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/183/story/333045.html (Egypt) Custody Battles in Egypt Bring Islamic Law into Question http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/11596359/ (UK) Police and Muslims to swap roles so officers can be more sensitive http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Police-and-Muslims-to-.4750170.jp (UK) Muslim prayer rooms should be opened in Catholic schools, say church leaders http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1091218/Muslim-prayer-rooms-opened-Catholic-schools-say-church-leaders.html (UK) Anti-Israel carol service condemned by religious leaders -- St James's Piccadilly --- "Among the guests were Baroness Tonge, the Liberal Democrat peer who was sacked from the party's front bench in 2004 after saying she 'understood' why Palestinians became suicide bombers and that she would consider becoming one if she were Palestinian" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/3541118/Anti-Israel-carol-service-condemned-by-religious-leaders.html --- Anti-Zionist parody of a Christmas Carol to be sung in St James's, Piccadilly http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/11/11/antizionist_parody_of_a_christmas_carol_to_be_sung_in_st_jamess_piccadilly UK Guardian: "Islamic finance sector needs more sharia scholars" http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8104979 Reuters: "More non-Muslims trying Islamic banking-OCBC" http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSKLR28619820081201 Netherlands: Make the Burka hip http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/netherlands-make-burka-hip.html http://www.enews20.com/news_Dutch_artists_integrate_veil_debate_in_artworks_14482.html Hague: Radical mosque gets monetary benefits --- "the As-Soennah mosque, where Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali were loudly cursed, is regard by the tax authority as an 'institution for general benefit'." http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/hague-radical-mosque-gets-monetary.html Norway: Proposal to offer only halal food in prisons http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/norway-proposal-to-offer-only-halal.html http://www.aftenbladet.no/english/955033/Prison_served_pork_to_muslim_prisoners_%0A.html (Mexico) Three police among nine beheaded -- reports as drug cartel-related http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24739428-23109,00.html December 1, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Al Qaeda's No. 2 Praises Executed Bali Bombers --- "Ayman al-Zawahiri says in an audio recording posted Monday on an Islamic Web site that Indonesia and other governments in the Islamic world are protecting the interests of the Crusaders and the Jews and preventing Muslims from joining the jihad against them" --- also includes recorded statements by two Indonesian Jihadists executed calling for Muslims to continue Jihad against US http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459684,00.html ---- Zawahiri Speaks Again, Still No Mention of Mumbai http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6367527&page=1 (Pakistan) Defiant Taliban vows to annex Pakistan --- "In an interview to a news channel, Hakeem Ullah Mehsud, believed to be right-hand man of Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud, said that his group will capture Pakistan if Islamabad continues to support NATO’s operation in Afghanistan. In fact, Taliban will not hesitate in taking over Peshawar, Hangur, and eventually the whole Pakistan, he said" http://www.zeenews.com/world/2008-12-01/487646news.html --- Video: Taliban threatens to take over Pakistan -- seeks to capture Peshawar http://broadband.indiatimes.com/toishowvideo/3780906.cms --- see also: June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html (Pakistan) Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah 'patriots' http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709 --- Pakistan's The News: "A top security official told a group of senior journalists on Saturday: 'We have no big issues with the militants in Fata. We have only some misunderstandings with Baitullah Mehsud and Fazlullah. These misunderstandings could be removed through dialogue.'" --- Report suggests Pakistan Taliban "have offered a ceasefire if the Pakistan Army also stops its operations" --- Report states Pakistan Army views Islamic supremacist Taliban leaders as "patriots" --- Pakistan National Assembly member Munir Orakza: "I see a bright ray of peace in the tribal areas and if we come out of the American pressure, I can guarantee that there will be peace in the tribal areas in a few days and we will be ready to fight against India on the eastern border along with the Pakistan Army" (India/Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: Rift between Pakistan army and government http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3540095/Mumbai-attacks-Rift-between-Pakistan-army-and-government-Bombay-India.html --- "A senior Pakistani army official was quoted by The News newspaper as saying that several Taliban militant leaders were 'patriots' for offering to fight against India" --- Lashkar-e-Taiba -- is "a terrorist outfit formed by the ISI in the 1990s to fight in Indian-held Kashmir" -- Pakistan: Mourning India talking out of anger http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/01/india.attacks2/index.html -- India demands strong action from Pakistan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_india_shooting (India/Pakistan) In the Wake Of the Mumbai Attacks: India's Deputy Interior Minister: All Mumbai Attackers Came From Pakistan; Pakistani Leader: "If India Attacks, Several Pakistans Will Be Created Within India" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD213608 -- India's Deputy Interior Minister: All Mumbai Attackers Came From Pakistan http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/11743.htm -- Pakistani Leader: "If India Attacks, Several Pakistans Will Be Created Within India" http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/11744.htm -- Roznama Jang: Militant Organizations Support Pakistan Against India http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/11745.htm (India) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan village yields few clues about captured gunman http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/56808.html -- A journey into the Lashkar http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/02/stories/2008120259961000.htm (India) Mumbai Attacks: U.S. Warned India in October of Potential Terror Attack ---- NSA Now Tracking Captured Phones, U.S. Connections http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6368013&page=1 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/01/US_warned_India_of_terror_attack/UPI-86041228166715/ -- Terror mail routed through Pakistan's Lahore --- Deccan Mujahideen (text vesion follow-up of video report) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terror_mail_routed_through_Pakistans_Lahore/articleshow/3781555.cms -- Under doctors' care, the gunman who carried out the hospital attack http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090719/Massacre-Mumbai-Under-doctors-care-gunman-carried-hospital-attack.html -- Security agencies search for scapegoats amid claims Mumbai attack warnings were ignored http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5270153.ece -- After Terror Attack, Indians Rage at Government, Pakistan http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6361390&page=1 -- FBI agents arrive in Mumbai http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/01/asia/agents.php -- Orphan of New York Rabbi and Wife Killed in Mumbai Attacks Leaves India http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459564,00.html -- Hotels emerging as terror magnets http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/01/Hotels_emerging_as_terror_magnets/UPI-82991228168055/ -- India has right to protect itself: Obama http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_has_right_to_protect_itself_Obama/articleshow/3781630.cms (India/UK) BBC criticized for refusing to call Mumbai gunmen terrorists http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3539646/BBC-criticised-for-refusing-to-call-Bombay-gunmen-terrorists.html --- England know this time they may be targets after Westerners attacked in Mumbai http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/3540346/England-know-this-time-they-may-be-targets-after-Westerners-attacked-in-Bombay-Cricket.html (India) Truck with explosives hijacked in Bokaro -- by Maoists http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Truck_with_explosives_hijacked_in_Bokaro/articleshow/3781556.cms (Iraq) Baghdad blasts target Iraqi police - update on earlier report http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081201/wl_nm/us_iraq_1;_ylt=AmvE3JmGq3.8j.F_0framhL5SpZ4 (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Informant: Fort Dix suspects trained for 'jihad' http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/01/informant-fort-dix-suspects-trained-for-jihad/ http://www.centredaily.com/news/state/story/991104.html -- Defendant talked to cop about Dix map http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081127/NEWS01/811270366/-1/special27 -- Witness: Man in Ft. Dix case attempted to shake agents http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20081126/NEWS01/811260383/-1/special27 (U.S.) AP loses appeal on FOIA request for US Taliban -- John Walker Lindh http://www.silive.com/newsflash/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-39/1228150160259070.xml&storylist=simetro (Lebanon) Rumors fly over fugitive Fatah al-Islam leader http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=98171 (Israel) Palestinians throw Molotov cocktail at bus near Bethlehem; no casualties http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702389345&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) Kassam rocket falls south of Ashkelon; no casualties or damage http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702388750&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Somalia) Al-Qaida allies said gaining in Somalia http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/01/Al-Qaida_allies_said_gaining_in_Somalia/UPI-56641228164681/ (Nigeria) Deadly Nigerian riots tied to rifts over election (updated) --- "Iki Atsen told the women in his family to flee and grabbed an ax as a man with a bullhorn urged 100 Muslim men to storm Atsen's Christian homestead and kill all nonbelievers" --- "Atsen survived, but his two brothers were cut down by machetes and tossed by the mob into a well" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/01/africa/AF-Nigeria-Clashes.php ----- Youths invade mosque in Nigerian riot city http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=258144&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21 (Germany) Pakistan-born man silent at terrorism trial -- Aleem Nasir -- Aleem Nasir "who lives in the German town of Germersheim, has had German citizenship since 1992 and has a German wife, had encouraged others to join al-Qaeda" http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/244204,pakistan-born-man-silent-at-terrorism-trial--summary.html (Russia) Gunmen kill 2 police officers in Russian region - North Ossetia http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702390696&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/01/europe/EU-Russia-Caucasus-Violence.php (Thailand) One died and about over 20 injured by a bomb explosion at Don Mueng http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30089958 Commentaries: They're Winning -- by Steven Emerson --- Steven Emerson: "can you imagine the New York Times focusing its coverage sympathetically on the families of the convicted members of the KKK or neo-Nazis?" http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/867 http://www1.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-01/theyre-winning/ Islam and Terrorism -- by Michael Rubin http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzYzMmYwOWQ0ZmNhYjhmMTRlMzAxY2U0NGU0ZGE5ODk= Propaganda: Criminal Injustice Against the Holy Land Foundation Charity -- by Stephen Lendman http://www.baltimorechronicle.com/2008/120108Lendman.shtml Other News: Egypt - Two Copts Wrongly Detained, Tortured http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5707&backpage=summaries Israeli Company Provides Muslim Text on the Go --- "business is business, and Cohen said Pelephone is happy to take advantage of an uptapped market" http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459928,00.html (U.S.) California: "Someone familiar with law enforcement told me if we'd had an Arab or Muslim agent on the force, this whole Lodi thing would not have happened" http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/023735.php --- Local FBI chief rebuilds trust with Muslim leaders http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1438316.html Nepal: Muslims disregard state divorce laws in favor of sharia; women wind up in the street http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/023730.php --- Muslim women in the streets against 'talak' or Islamic divorce http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=13892&size=A (U.S.) Growth Areas in Homeland Security Discussed in Wall Street Transcript Homeland Security http://biz.yahoo.com/twst/081201/zhh800.html?.v=1 Against Nazi News: Germany's Nazi-hunting agency turns 50 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/01/Germanys_Nazi-hunting_agency_turns_50/UPI-59501228166395/ December 1, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (India) Deccan Mujahideen email threatens Delhi http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Deccan_Mujahideen_email_threatens_Delhi/articleshow/3777787.cms (India) Deccan Mujahideen's e-mail traced to Pakistan -- terror email traced to Lahore, Pakistan - email's IP address traced to Russia http://broadband.indiatimes.com/toishowvideo/3780597.cms (India) Mumbai attacks: more terrorists 'on the run' -- "Thirteen terrorists believed to have been involved in the Mumbai (formerly Bombay) attacks last week were feared to be on the run on Monday" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3538762/Mumbai-attacks-more-terrorists-on-the-run.html -- Mumbai attacks - city fears five terrorists are 'missing' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5265938.ece http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459349,00.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090719/Massacre-Mumbai-Fears-terrorists-loose-toothbrushes-attack-boat.html -- India clears last Mumbai siege site; 172 dead http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27993782/ -- 3 RDX bombs found around Taj and Trident http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/3_RDX_bombs_found_around_Taj_and_Trident/articleshow/3777638.cms -- Terrorists did not make any demands: National Security Guard (NSG) chief http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists_did_not_make_any_demands_NSG_chief/articleshow/3776944.cms -- CNN aids Mumbai jihad: "We thought we were safe... then CNN stepped in!" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023728.php http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2008/11/29/we-thought-we-were-safe-then-cnn-stepped-in-91466-22368124/ -- Terror will be dealt with firmly: Chidambaram http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terror_will_be_dealt_with_firmly_Chidambaram/articleshow/3780856.cms -- Latest on death toll http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Whats_the_body_count_at_Taj/articleshow/3778029.cms -- List of the deceased http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080074486 -- Bloggers provide raw view of Mumbai attacks http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=803d6ede-c05f-4698-9a39-a6f109493a12Mumbaiunderattack_Special&&Headline=Bloggers+provide+raw+view+of+Mumbai+attacks+ -- Mumbai attacks: Jews tortured before being executed during hostage crisis http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3539171/Mumbai-attacks-Jews-tortured-before-executed-during-hostage-crisis.html http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023716.php -- Murdered rabbi foresaw Mumbai attacks http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82375 (India) Mumbai attacks: Ex-soldier trained terrorists, says Kasab --- Ajmal Amir Kasab aka Azam Amir Kasav and Ajmal Amir Kasab --- Ajmal Amir Kasab: "There were 24 of us who took one-year training in camps organised by Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT) at Mansera and Muzzarafabad in Punjab province of Pakistan. Ten of us were later handpicked for the Mumbai operation" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Ex-soldier_trained_terrorists_says_Kasab/articleshow/3776975.cms --- Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kamal played dead after Mumbai attacks http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24731923-401,00.html http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1989791.ece --- 'Lashkar-e-Taiba is behind Mumbai terror' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702367673&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Lashkar-e-Taiba -- Bin Laden-inspired group wants Asian caliphate http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5258501.ece --- More on Lashkar-e-Taiba http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/2531 --- Lashkar-e-Tayyaba linked to Mumbai attacks? http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\01\story_1-12-2008_pg1_5 --- CNN: "although the Lashkar-e-Toiba is banned in the United States and the European Union, it has tried to operate under different names, including Jamaat-Ud-Dawa and Idara Khidmat-E-Khalq" http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/30/gohel.mumbai/index.html --- India asks for Dawood, Masood Azhar's head ----- "suspected to have helped the LeT terrorists who attacked Mumbai" http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-asks-for-dawood-masood-azhars-head/79482-3.html (India) Mumbai Attacks: India says all Mumbai attackers Pakistani http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1957370&Language=en -- Mumbai gunmen trained in Pakistan: investigators http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081201/wl_nm/us_india_mumbai_6 http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/12/01/asia/OUKWD-UK-INDIA-MUMBAI.php http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=5f2a61c2-0cc5-4753-8830-a6e332b8e53f&ParentID=04db8eee-40b7-4856-beef-91bfe8a24ee1&&Headline=Mumbai+gunmen+trained+in+Pak-investigators -- Rice urges Pakistan to cooperate in Mumbai inquiry http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081201/pl_nm/us_india_mumbai_rice_5 -- Pakistan blames 'non-state actors' for attacks http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081201/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_india_1 -- India summons Pak envoy, issues protest note http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India_summons_Pak_envoy_lodges_protest/articleshow/3781021.cms -- We've yet to see proof on Pak link to Mumbai attacks: Pakistan PM Gilani http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Were_yet_to_see_proof_on_Pak_link_to_Mumbai_attacks_Gilani/articleshow/3781257.cms -- Mumbai attacks: India's relationship with Pakistan in the balance http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3537954/Mumbai-attacks-Indias-relationship-with-Pakistan-in-the-balance.html -- Walid Phares: "Pakistan must show it is against terror" http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1210325 -- Malaysia to contact Interpol over Mumbai attack links http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Malaysia_to_contact_Interpol_over_Mumbai_attack_links/articleshow/3778809.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: "Unfortunately, we have yet to see a distinguished popular condemnation in the traditional Arab or Muslim communities that strongly rejects what is happening in the name of Islam" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023722.php -- Muslims condemn Mumbai attacks, worry about image http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/nov/30/muslims-condemn-mumbai-attacks-worry-about-image/ http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6362691 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jmYQYFZDeAoSVdNlEFffh6HvOT-QD94PH2B00 --- See also: Whodunit!? by Mark Steyn http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1208/steyn113108.php3 Pakistan army to stop operation against local militants http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_army_to_stop_operation_against_local_militants_/articleshow/3780486.cms?TOI_latestnews -- Pak may relocate 100,000 armymen to border http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_may_relocate_100000_armymen_to_border/articleshow/3775552.cms (Pakistan) Taliban's New Warning: We Will Attack Pakistani Troops, President Asif Zardari And His Allies http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/11710.htm (Pakistan) FATA: Taliban kill 'US spy' in North Waziristan, says official http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\01\story_1-12-2008_pg7_17 (Pakistan) NWFP: Suicide explosion kills over 15 in Pakistan - Swat Valley checkpoint attacked http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1957376&Language=en -- NATO trucks attacked in Pakistan; bomber kills 8 ---- trucks attacked in Peshawar - checkpoint attacked in Swat valley http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081201/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan;_ylt=Ahs3qs8U_AVuhbrWvSE7s9Ub.3QA --- Over 35 wounded in suicide explosion in Pakistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1957387&Language=en http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/01/welcome.htm#e8 (Pakistan) NWFP: CD shop torched in Swat http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\01\story_1-12-2008_pg7_28 (Pakistan) Six policemen, three Taliban die in Bannu and Lakki Marwat - update on Sunday reports http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\01\story_1-12-2008_pg7_16 (Afghanistan) Taliban kill Afghan district governor -- in Andar district in the province of Ghazni, south of Kabul http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/December/international_December34.xml§ion=international (Afghanistan) Police: suicide bomber kills 10 Afghans in market -- in Musa Qala in Helmand province http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081201/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan;_ylt=AvcJjW00jkMesNCQlqNcNHT9xg8F http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1957467&Language=en (Afghanistan) 23 dead in Afghan clashes, Kabul suicide attack -- update on Sunday's attacks http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081130/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest_081130133658 Afghans wary of Taliban, U.S. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/01/afghans-wary-of-taliban-us/ Iraq: Multiple blasts leave dozens of casualties in two cities -- "multiple attacks on Monday have killed at least 30 people and injured 82 others in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and the northern city of Mosul" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2772074628 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/01/news/ML-Iraq.php Iraqi blast death toll up to 15 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1957501&Language=en -- Bombs Kill Seven In Baghdad, Senior Iraqi General Wounded http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081201\ACQDJON200812010609DOWJONESDJONLINE000155.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=UPDATE:%20Bombs%20Kill%20Seven%20In%20Baghdad,%20Senior%20Iraqi%20General%20Wounded (Iraq) US army in Iraq arrests four Hezbollah members http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1957390&Language=en (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Informant testifies suspects talked mostly of Islam, jihad, war, guns --- FBI informant Besnik Bakalli testifies http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/informant_testifies_suspects_t.html (U.S.) Pentagon to detail military to bolster security -- Plan would dedicate 20,000 uniformed troops inside U.S. by 2011 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27989275/ (U.S.) Panel foresees unconventional terror threat http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/01/america/terror.php http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/01/Nuke_bioterror_attack_called_likely/UPI-46751228135170/ (U.S.) Obama chooses Arizona governor Janet Napolitano for Homeland Security http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081201/ap_on_re_us/obama_napolitano_1;_ylt=Ap0.4ks5j46LB8C69w6M_Of3SpZ4 (UK) Glasgow Car Bomb Trial: Trial hears of car bombing plans -- Mohammed Asha and Bilal Abdulla http://www.shropshirestar.com/2008/12/01/trial-hears-of-car-bombing-plans/ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/12/01/accused-doctors-planned-murder-on-a-terrible-scale-91466-22379647/ (UK) Intelligence services look at possible threat to UK targets http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/01/mumbai-terror-attacks-uk-india (UK) Islamic terrorist 'planned Mumbai-style massacre in Britain' -- Kazi Nurur Rahman --- Kazi Nurur Rahman associate of Omar Khyam who trained with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3537523/Islamic-terrorist-planned-Mumbai-style-massacre-in-Britain.html (UK) The Mumbai atrocity is a wake-up call for a frighteningly unprepared Britain http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090762/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-The-Mumbai-atrocity-wake-frighteningly-unprepared-Britain.html?ITO=1490 (Iran) Tehran dismisses Israeli military threat http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/244101,tehran-dismisses-israeli-military-threat.html (Iran) German firms seek to bypass Berlin sanctions on Iran http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1042594.html (Lebanon) Palestinians urge caution in moves to capture fugitive Fatah al-Islam militant http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=98138 Israeli navy blocks Libyan boat near Gaza http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080074809 (Israel) After Mumbai attacks, Israel debates protection for Chabad Houses -- Yigal Palmor: "Of course we care, of course we worry, but there's not much we can actually do... Not only is it not governmental, it's not even Israeli." --- "report in the Times of India on Sunday said the sole surviving gunman had told Indian police the attackers had specifically targeted the Nariman House with the goal of killing Israelis" http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-targets1-2008dec01,0,772795.story?track=rss Somalia: Somaliland Leader Blames 'Foreigners' for Hargeisa Terror Attacks http://allafrica.com/stories/200812010038.html (Somalia) Forum debates direction of Islamic jihad in Somalia http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=9247&tirsan=3 Somalia: A New al Qaeda Safe Haven? -- Emerging Islamic Extremist Group Threatens U.S. Security, Experts Say http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6363800&page=1 (Somalia) No way to stop us, pirate leader says http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/01/pirate.interview/index.html -- Pirates attack cruise ship off Somali coast http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/cruises/3538744/Pirates-attack-cruise-ship-off-Somali-coast.html -- Somali pirates to free Yemen cargo ship http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081201/wl_nm/us_somalia_piracy -- Saudi ship 'to be freed without ransom' http://www.thewest.com.au/aapstory.aspx?StoryName=534410 http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/01/Officials_say_supertanker_to_be_freed_soon/UPI-36331228141052/ Nigeria - Violence Erupts in Jos -- update on Friday's report http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5706&backpage=summaries (Russia) Gunmen kill 4 people in south Russia: Agencies -- in Dagestan http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081130/wl_nm/us_russia_dagestan_1 (Germany) Pakistani-German tried on al-Qaida charge -- Aleem Nasir http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/01/europe/EU-Germany-Terror-Trial.php Spanish government to probe Guantanamo flights http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/3536959/Spanish-government-to-probe-Guantanamo-flights.html Philippines May Resume Muslim Rebel Talks Before Christmas http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081201\ACQDJON200812010506DOWJONESDJONLINE000121.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Philippines%20May%20Resume%20Muslim%20Rebel%20Talks%20Before%20Christmas -- Philippines Names New Negotiator For Muslim Rebel Talks http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081201\ACQDJON200812010350DOWJONESDJONLINE000092.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Philippines%20Names%20New%20Negotiator%20For%20Muslim%20Rebel%20Talks -- No need for foreign mediator in talks with MILF, senators say http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136733/No-need-for-foreign-mediator-in-talks-with-MILF-senators-say (Thailand) Blast at Democrat office; Gunshots near PAD rally http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=135011 Sri Lanka: Military seizes key rebel-held town http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest_of_World/Sri_Lanka_Military_seizes_key_rebel-held_town/articleshow/3779153.cms http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/01/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (Colombia) Mass desertions from FARC as Colombia government seeks to end conflict http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/colombia/3537081/Mass-desertions-from-FARC-as-Colombia-government-seeks-to-end-conflict.html (Colombia) FARC Hostage families in Colombia ask Ingrid Betancourt to represent them http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/colombia/3537479/FARC-Hostage-families-in-Colombia-ask-Ingrid-Betancourt-to-represent-them.html -- Ingrid Betancourt begins new mission in Colombia http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/Ingrid-Betancourt-begins-new-mission-in-Colombia.html Other News: (U.S.) SANE: Updated with Letter to the IRS: CAIR in violation of IRS 501c3 statute http://www.saneworks.us/Updated-WND-homes-in-on-the-lawsuit-alleging-CAIR-is-a-racketeering-enterprise-newsblog-2281.htm --- CAIR's banquet, website, donations: all illegal! http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023725.php US Muslims worry about new federal rules -- worry about new FBI guidelines for investigating suspected terrorists http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/US_Muslims_worry_about_new_federal_rules/articleshow/3778156.cms http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008811300455 ---- article quotes Nabih Ayad ----- Per Debbie Schlussel: "Next, there's Abdrabboh's law partner, Nabih Ayad. Both Abdrabboh and Ayad go on annual trips to the Middle East with Hamad. The trips involve meetings with Lebanese and Syrian officials tied to Hezbollah, and their travel-mates include officials of a Detroit charity that openly donated millions to HAMAS and privately raised money for Iraqi insurgents at a Los Angeles area fundraiser. Federal officials suspect that money laundering--and who knows what else--may be going on during these trips." http://debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/01/whos_behind_the.html (Jordan) "Girl strangled slowly for family's honour" --- "A Jordanian man slowly strangled his 16-year-old married sister, using wire and the girl's scarf, after she visited a female friend because he had to 'cleanse family honour.'" --- Sentenced to only 7 years in prison for MURDER http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24738055-23109,00.html Pakistani women victims of acid throwing family members http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\01\story_1-12-2008_pg7_18 --- Nicholas D. Kristof: Terrorism that's personal http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/30/opinion/edkristof.php ---- Comment: articles fail to address the basis of Islamic supremacism that leads to such inequality and contempt for human life Iranian dress code creates veil of confusion -- "Iranian women literally travel at the back of the bus" http://www.freep.com/article/20081130/FEATURES07/811300359/1025/rss05 "US State Department praises religious freedom in UAE" http://www.wam.org.ae/servlet/Satellite?c=WamLocEnews&cid=1226857625616&p=1135099400124&pagename=WAM%2FWamLocEnews%2FW-T-LEN-FullNews --- Restrictions on religious freedom in UAE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_religion_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates#Restrictions_on_religious_freedom --- July 20, 2008: Dubai Islamic's sharia consultancy to expand abroad http://www.arabianbusiness.com/525353-edit-dubai-islamic --- Divorce in United Arab Emirates (UAE / Dubai) http://www.international-divorce.com/uae_divorce.htm Vatican: Muslim writer in state newspaper - in 2009 -- Khaled Fouad Allam -- professor at the University of Trieste http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/vatican-muslim-writer-in-state.html ---- September 19, 2006 - La Repubblica - Italy: Khaled Fouad Allam on interreligious dialogue ---- "Following the polemic triggered by Benedict XVI and his comments on Islam, Khaled Fouad Allam, Islam specialist and professor at the University of Trieste, considers that it is urgent for dialogue between religions to be re-established." ---- Khaled Fouad Allam: "Our times are marked by the odd characteristic of frequently resorting to medieval unintelligibility to get a riposte. Muslims, like Christians, evoke texts from distant times, times that are coming back to life at a vertiginous speed. ... Today, Muslims, like Christians and the west, suffer from a real impairment concerning their view of others..." http://www.eurotopics.net/en/presseschau/autorenindex/autor_allam_khaled_fouad/ (UK) Scout leaders plan more Muslim troops http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5263987.ece (UK/US) "British robotics expert has been recruited by the US Navy to advise them on building robots that do not violate the Geneva Conventions" -- Comment: This assumes that the US can find an enemy willing to fight according to Geneva Convention, which remains the real problem that tax dollars are NOT focused on addressing http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3536943/Pentagon-hires-British-scientist-to-help-build-robot-soldiers-that-wont-commit-war-crimes.html Commentaries: Interview with Walid Phares: "Pakistan must show it is against terror" http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1210325 Whodunit!? by Mark Steyn --- Mark Steyn: "we're in danger of missing the forest for the trees. The forest is the ideology." --- Mark Steyn: "And if you don't have a strategy for beating back the ideology, you'll lose." http://www.jewishworldreview.com/1208/steyn113108.php3 --- on the mainsteam media bafflement of identity of Jihadists in Mumbai terror attacks MEMRI: "UAE Columnist Sultan Al-Qassemi on Mumbai Attack: Those Who Cite Various Conflicts as an Excuse for Terror Must Be Silenced" --- Translation states that Sultan Al-Qassemi writes: "The stories of reformed radicals such as Sayyed Imam, also known as Dr. Fadl, must be highlighted to the ignorant minority." http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD213508 ---- Comment: however, there is nothing "reformed" about Al-Sharif, aka Dr. Fadl, who continues to call for Jihad in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Israel http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/092.html#Al-Sharif --- "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.'" http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/13/heretic.alqaida.part.two Analysis: Terrorism has truly become war, and we need to rethink how we fight it - by David Altman http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702352531&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jihad’s True Face - by William Kristol http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/01/opinion/01kristol.html?_r=1&ref=opinion (UK) The Mumbai atrocity is a wake-up call for a frighteningly unprepared Britain http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090762/MELANIE-PHILLIPS-The-Mumbai-atrocity-wake-frighteningly-unprepared-Britain.html?ITO=1490 --- "statement that the terrorists' agenda is non-negotiable" --- "Britain now harbours the most developed infrastructure of Islamist terrorism and extremism in the Western world" After Mumbai, the war against terror has changed - by Amos Harel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1042321.html Archive: The Quranic Concept of War - by Joseph C. Myers http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usawc/parameters/06winter/win-ess.htm#Myers November 30, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (India) Mumbai attacks: Jihadists see "invasion" as a triumph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3535740/Mumbai-attacks-Jihadists-see-invasion-as-a-triumph.html (India) Mumbai Attacks -- Militants 'wanted an Indian 9/11' http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081130-175236/Militants-wanted-an-Indian-911 -- "Operation Cyclone successful" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3774027.cms -- 6 Americans Among the Dead in India Terror Attacks http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459125,00.html -- Terror begins with corpses on train platform http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27971837/ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/29/asia/AS-India-Three-Days-of-Terror.php -- Terrorists did not have enough explosives to blow up Taj: NSG chief http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists_did_not_have_enough_explosives_to_blow_up_Taj_NSG_chief/articleshow/3775992.cms?TOI_latestnews -- Terrorists used Google Earth - to plot attacks http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/terrorists-used-google-earth/18/03/341730/ -- Foreign SIM cards, fake IDs from Bangladesh http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Foreign_SIM_cards_fake_IDs_from_Bangladesh_/articleshow/3776197.cms -- Taj hotel was warned of terrorist attack: Ratan Tata http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Taj_hotel_was_warned_of_terrorist_attack_Ratan_Tata/articleshow/3775558.cms -- Mumbai attack prompts new guidelines for hotels http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Terror_attack_prompts_new_hotel_rules/articleshow/3774665.cms -- Traumatized Mumbai attack survivors recount horror http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=f6b703d5-13c9-436c-ace1-04273fee5865Mumbaiunderattack_Special&MatchID1=4858&TeamID1=1&TeamID2=5&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1224&MatchID2=4863&TeamID3=9&TeamID4=8&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1225&PrimaryID=4858&Headline=Mumbai+attack+survivors+recount+horror http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/27/mumbai-terror-attacks-india-accounts -- Gunman 'smiled as he shot' http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2434503,00.html -- Mumbai cop, left for dead, rides with gunmen http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/30/asia/AS-India-Left-for-Dead.php -- 600+ rescued in Mumbai attacks http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2434644,00.html -- Analysis: Bad Intelligence Helped Mumbai Attacks Succeed http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459093,00.html -- India faces a reckoning as terror toll eclipses 180 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/29/asia/30mumbai.php -- India security chief resigns after Mumbai attacks http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081130/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5260632.ece -- People of Mumbai Survey Damage, Mourn Losses After Terror Attack http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459044,00.html -- Mumbai horror: Rescue workers shocked by Chabad massacre site http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3630601,00.html -- Chabad house victim: 'His prayer book was open' http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3630558,00.html -- Mumbai attacks: First look inside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3536206/Mumbai-attacks-First-look-inside-the-Taj-Mahal-Palace-hotel.html -- Mumbai assault shows gaping holes in India's security http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081130/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattackssecurity (India) Mumbai Attacks -- Times of India's Complete coverage of Mumbai terror attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Complete_coverage_of_Mumbai_terror_attack/articleshow/3770364.cms -- Mumbai attacks: Lashkar-e-Taiba, India's chief suspect http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3536219/Mumbai-attacks-Lashkar-e-Taiba-Indias-chief-suspect.html -- Kashmir group' behind Mumbai attacks - US -- points to Lashkar-e-Taiba http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24728757-23109,00.html -- Mumbai attackers from Pakistan, says captured gunman http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24728742-401,00.html -- Follow the 8 links to al-Qaeda http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20081130-175235/Follow-the-8-links-to-al-Qaeda (India) Mumbai terrorists were 'funded by cash raised in UK mosques' ---- "A banned Islamic terrorist group funded with cash raised in British mosques is believed to be behind the Mumbai attacks" ---- Lashkar-e-Taiba http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090565/Mumbai-terrorists-funded-cash-raised-UK-mosques.html?ITO=1490 -- Britain's shameful links to extremists killing for Islam http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Britain39s-shameful-links-to-extremists.4745094.jp (India) Mumbai Attacks: Indians claim terrorists took orders from Pakistan -- Pakistan makes troops threat over India standoff --- "senior Pakistani security official has warned that Pakistan would pull back troops fighting Islamist militants on the Afghan frontier if India builds up its forces on Pakistan's border" http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5259622.ece -- Pakistan: Don't over-react http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2434755,00.html http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\30\story_30-11-2008_pg1_3 -- India raises security footing to 'war level' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3536416/Mumbai-attacks-India-raises-security-footing-to-war-level.html -- India should not over-react, says Zardari http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\30\story_30-11-2008_pg1_1 -- India warns Pakistani boats against Sir Creek violation http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\30\story_30-11-2008_pg1_2 -- Pakistan moves army from terror front to India border http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24731282-25837,00.html -- U.S. opposes India military response --- "instead work with Pakistan on extremism" http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/30/US_opposes_India_military_response/UPI-11601228048190/ -- US fears heightening of tension http://www.dawn.com/2008/11/30/top4.htm (India J&K) Seven militants killed in Kashmir http://www.dawn.com/2008/11/30/top12.htm (Pakistan) Taliban (TTP) denies role in Mumbai attacks http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\30\story_30-11-2008_pg7_4 (Pakistan) Eight killed in Karachi violence http://www.dawn.com/2008/11/30/top5.htm (Pakistan) Six policemen, three militants die in NW Pakistan clashes http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081130/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanunrestnorthwestpolice_081130081609 (Afghanistan) Suicide bomber hits German embassy vehicle in Kabul http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Suicide_bomber_hits_German_embassy_vehicle_in_Kabul/articleshow/3776138.cms?TOI_latestnews (Afghanistan) Taliban frees 2 kidnapped Afghan journalists http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/30/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php Iraqis find 33 bodies beneath former Al-Qaeda 'court' http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081129/wl_afp/iraqunrestqaedagrave_081129170106;_ylt=AtZXwm3M.6_joM0dc4oIIOMHS5Z4 (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Status of the case against Ft. Dix defendants http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20081130_Status_of_the_case_against_Ft__Dix_defendants.html http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20081130_Status_of_the_case_against_Ft__Dix_defendants.html?viewAll=y (U.S.) Report Sounds Alarm Over Bioterror -- "Due for release next week, a draft of the study warns that future bioterrorists may use new technology to make synthetic versions of killers such as Ebola, or genetically modified germs designed to resist ordinary vaccines and antibiotics" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112901921.html?sub=AR (U.S.) Russian hackers penetrate Pentagon computer system in cyber attack http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3535165/Russian-hackers-penetrate-Pentagon-computer-system-in-cyber-attack.html (UK) Britain unprepared for Mumbai-style attack, former head of SAS says http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3535668/Britain-unprepared-for-Mumbai-style-attack-former-head-of-SAS-says.html (UK) MI5 Investigating How Telethon Funded Al Qaeda Terrorists http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/world/telethon-funded-al-qaeda-terrorists-7857.html --- "MI5 is investigating how Britain’s major telethon to raise money for the Children In Need charity has “unwittingly provided money” that was used to recruit and train terrorists involved in attacks, including the London bombings which killed fifty-two people in July 2005." Iran Proposed Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants With Arab Countries http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459285,00.html Iran raises profile in Latin America http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/27/iran-raises-profile-in-latin-america/ Lebanon recognizes 'state of Palestine' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702372301&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Hamas prevents Muslim pilgrims from leaving Gaza http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702364190&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) 2 rockets hit Sderot area; none hurt http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702358174&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Somalia: Explosions Rock Baidoa http://allafrica.com/stories/200811300005.html Somalia: Upsurge of Fighting Among Heaviest in Recent Months, UN Reports -- 55 killed this week http://allafrica.com/stories/200811290147.html Somalia an overlooked front in war on terror -- US-backed side losing ground to radical Islamists http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/news/269481.php Somalia: Islamic Courts Spokesman Rejects Power-Sharing Deal http://allafrica.com/stories/200811300004.html (Somalia) Pirates 'to release Ukraine ship' -- full of tanks and military hardware --- based on "deal" with owners http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7757259.stm (Nigeria) Death toll over 300 in Nigerian sectarian violence -- Muslim/Christian clashes http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/29/africa/AF-Nigeria-Clashes.php (Russia) Two soldiers injured in mine blast in Chechnya http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081130/118614067.html (Russia) Mosque worker killed in Russia's Ingushetia region - also store firebombed for selling liquor http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/30/europe/EU-Russia-Caucasus-Violence.php (Russia) Two servicemen wounded in shootout in Ingushetia http://www.itar-tass.com/txt/eng/level2.html?NewsID=13326350&PageNum=0 (Russia) Four killed in Makhachkala attack http://www.interfax.com/3/450632/news.aspx (Philippines) 3 suspected troops of MILF's Kato nabbed http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20081130-175322/3-suspected-troops-of-MILFs-Kato-nabbed (Philippines) MILF protecting marijuana farms--Sotto http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20081130-175311/MILF-protecting-marijuana-farms--Sotto (Philippines) Bomb planted in yet another church -- Saturday bomb in front of a church in Kabacan, North Cotabato http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/regions/view/20081129-175205/Bomb-planted-in-yet-another-church (Sydney) Trial of Muslims grips Australians http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/30/trial-of-muslims-grips-australians/ Sri Lankan helicopters bomb rebels http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/30/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php (Thailand) 51 protesters wounded in Thailand explosions -- not Jihad-related http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081130/ap_on_re_as/as_thailand_political_unrest;_ylt=AqoZcX3tIIfKgyrZg_KAl9_9xg8F Other News: (Pakistan) TNSM camp likely to continue beyond Eidul Azha http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=149515 Bangladesh police arrest 8 radical Muslims for damaging stork sculpture http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-bangladesh-statue-attack,0,1047953.story (UK) Birmingham robber given ÂŁ10,000 to fight terror --- "A convicted robber who converted to Islam after being jailed for 12 months has been handed ÂŁ10,000 funding by Midland police and council leaders" http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2008/11/29/birmingham-robber-given-10-000-to-fight-terror-66331-22369256/ (UK) MI5 Investigating How Telethon Funded Al Qaeda Terrorists http://en.epochtimes.com/n2/world/telethon-funded-al-qaeda-terrorists-7857.html Norway: Saudis finance northenmost mosque http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/norway-saudis-finance-northenmost.html (Nigeria) Zamfara: Sharia on the wane http://www.vanguardngr.com/content/view/22944/48/ (U.S.) Criminalizing Christians now losing steam at U.N http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82221 Iranian Shariah court: Eyes For An Eyes punishment - Acid http://www.bradcolbourne.com/2008/11/29/iranian-shariah-court-eyes-for-an-eyes-punishment-acid/ Commentaries: Hindus, Jews, and Jihad Terror in Mumbai - by Andrew Bostom http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/11/hindus_jews_and_jihad_terror_i.html The Most Practical Thing You Can Do To Defeat The Third Jihad http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2008/11/most-practical-thing-you-can-do-to.html The U.S. Terror Support Network Exposed - by Patrick S. Poole http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-us-terror-support-network-exposed/ Interview with Jeffrey Imm from Anti-Jihad League on Islamic Supremacism http://www.blogtalkradio.com/untothebreach/2008/12/02/Supremacist-Movements -- December 2, 2008, 4 PM Playing games at Gitmo -- by Michelle Malkin http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/30/playing-games-at-gitmo/ (Afghanistan) Robert Fisk: 'Nobody supports the Taliban, but people hate the government' --- Comment that "nobody supports the Taliban" based on interview with ONE Kabul businessman --- Fails to acknowledge the underlying Islamic supremacist ideology that supports both Taliban and other Islamic supremacists --- States "This is not the democratic, peaceful, resurgent, 'gender-sensitive' Afghanistan that the world promised to create after the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001. Outside the capital and the far north of the country, almost every woman wears the all-enshrouding burkha, while fighters are now joining the Taliban's ranks from Kashmir, Uzbekistan, Chechnya and even Turkey. More than 300 Turkish fighters are now believed to be in Afghanistan, many of them holding European passports." --- But does not grasp that it never was - the underlying widely supported ideology of Islamic supremacism --- Claims dividing country into partitions is the answer http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-nobody-supports-the-taliban-but-people-hate-the-government-1036905.html Tip-toeing round extremists will not make Britain a safer place - by Ed Husain http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/11/30/do3004.xml --- Comment - but this is same individual supporting Sharia law and also belonging to group whose "scholar" supports Hezbollah November 29, 2008 - PM - Mumbai Attacks Update (India) Mumbai attacks: 300 feared dead as full horror of the terrorist attacks emerges http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3536220/Mumbai-siege-300-feared-dead-as-full-horror-of-the-terrorist-attacks-emerges.html -- Indians claim terrorists took orders from Pakistan http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5258458.ece -- Mumbai locals helped us, terrorist tells cops http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_locals_helped_us_terrorist_tells_cops/articleshow/3774106.cms -- 10 terrorists had entered Mumbai: Police http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/10_terrorists_had_entered_Mumbai_Police/articleshow/3774122.cms -- The audacious attack which took a year to plan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3535801/The-audacious-attack-which-took-a-year-to-plan.html -- Indian official: Terrorists wanted to kill 5,000 http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/india.attacks/index.html November 29, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (India) Mumbai terrorism: Battle for Mumbai ends, death toll rises to 195 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Battle_ends_in_Mumbai_death_toll_rises_to_195/articleshow/3771119.cms http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3535230/Mumbai-attacks-Taj-Mahal-siege-ends-as-total-death-toll-rises-to-195-Bombay-India.html http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5256660.ece -- Focus on abandoned boat as Mumbai seige ends ---- "Phones found on boat showed calls had been placed to Jalalabad, Pakistan" http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/india.attacks/index.html -- Navy investigating ship found with corpse on board http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702361659&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull -- At least 22 foreigners dead in Mumbai attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/At_least_22_foreigners_dead_in_Mumbai_attacks/articleshow/3772476.cms -- Five US citizens killed in Mumbai attacks: State Dept http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/Five_US_citizens_killed_in_Mumbai_attacks_State_Dept/articleshow/3772026.cms -- Terrorists attacked with precision http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/29/asia/tock.php -- Mumbai weapons stashed before attack http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24724263-23109,00.html -- Mumbai Attack Sites http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/26/world/asia/20081126-mumbai-attacks.html (India) Mumbai terrorism: US intelligence sees Lashkar-e-Taiba behind Mumbai attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/US_intelligence_sees_Lashkar-e-Taiba_behind_Mumbai_attacks/rssarticleshow/3772167.cms -- Intelligence aides in U.S. point to Kashmiri militants ---- "American intelligence and counterterrorism officials said Friday there was mounting evidence that a Pakistani militant group based in Kashmir, most likely Lashkar-e-Taiba, was responsible for the deadly attacks in Mumbai." http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/28/asia/pakistan.php (India) Mumbai terrorism: Al Qaida in partnership with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Qaida_in_partnership_with_Lashkar_in_India/articleshow/3771746.cms -- Times of India: "Lashker militants began killing spree in high seas" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Lashker_militants_began_killing_spree_in_high_seas/articleshow/3772913.cms -- Arrested terrorist says gang hoped to get away ---- "Ajmal made another important disclosure: that all terrorists were trained in marine warfare along with the special course Daura-e-Shifa conducted by the Lashkar-e-Taiba in what at once transforms the nature of the planning from a routine terror strike and into a specialized raid by commandos" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Arrested_terrorist_says_gang_hoped_to_get_away/articleshow/msid-3771598,curpg-1.cms -- Mumbai attacks: Investigation focuses on Pakistan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3534905/Mumbai-attacks-Investigation-focuses-on-Pakistan.html -- Pakistani militants at center of Mumbai probe http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27964767/ -- 'Pakistan involved' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\29\story_29-11-2008_pg1_3 -- Pakistan U-turns on sending spy chief to India http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/29/asia/AS-Pakistan-India.php -- Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi cuts short India visit http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pakistan_foreign_minister_cuts_short_India_visit/articleshow/3772909.cms -- Indian, Pakistani leaders talk over telephone : ISI representative to visit India: govt http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\29\story_29-11-2008_pg1_1 -- Pakistan President Zardari rejects Pakistan’s involvement in Indian violence http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\29\story_29-11-2008_pg7_24 (India) Mumbai attacks: Terrorists monitored British websites using BlackBerry phones http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3534599/Mumbai-attacks-Terrorists-monitored-coverage-on-UK-websites-using-BlackBerry-phones-bombay-india.html -- Official denies Mumbai attackers were British http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24727482-23109,00.html -- British Muslims have become a mainstay of the global 'jihad' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/british-muslims-have-become-a-mainstay-of-the-global-jihad-1040232.html ---- "More than 4,000 British Muslims have passed through terrorist training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to security agencies, providing a fertile recruitment pool for the Islamist international jihad." ---- "Men from the UK's Kashmiri community have joined groups such as Lashkar-e-Toiba, the prime suspects in the Mumbai attacks" http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-53488.html -- Lax laws have let radical Muslims flourish in Britain http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/73506 -- Terrorists trained by renegade Westerners? http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82226 -- Mumbai attacks: Tracking British Islamists is an immense task for MI5 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/11/28/do2802.xml -- Too early to say anything: UK Prime Minister Brown http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\29\story_29-11-2008_pg1_5 -- India: Who are the militants who attacked Mumbai? http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081129/wl_csm/odu1128_1 (India) Mumbai terrorism: Rabbi among dead hostages discovered at Jewish centre in Mumbai -- at Chabad Lubavitch http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2763483191 http://lubavitch.com/news/article/2024620/Confirmed-Chabad-Emissary-Couple-Killed-in-Mumbai.html -- Militants at Mumbai's Jewish centre killed hostages as help arrives http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24724175-23109,00.html -- Israel Foreign Ministry confirms deaths of eight Israelis in Mumbai http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702336066&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Chabad of Mumbai Relief Fund https://www.mychabad.org/templates/relief/donate.asp?&lang=en&site=chabadindia.org (India) Mumbai terrorism: Complete coverage of Mumbai terror attack http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Complete_coverage_of_Mumbai_terror_attack/articleshow/3770364.cms -- No indications of our staff involved in terrorist attack: Taj http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/No_indications_of_our_staff_involved_in_terrorist_attack_Taj/articleshow/3772893.cms -- Mumbai falls prey to rumors http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_falls_prey_to_rumours/articleshow/3771065.cms -- Terrorists seemed to be sure of Taj hotel terrain http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists_seemed_to_be_sure_of_Taj_hotel_terrain/articleshow/3770533.cms -- National Security Guard (NSG) commandos "black cats" earned nation's gratitude during Mumbai terror siege http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Black_cats_earned_nations_gratitude_during_Mumbai_terror_siege/articleshow/3772904.cms India J&K police had warned of holes in coastal security http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/JK_police_had_warned_of_holes_in_coastal_security/articleshow/3772862.cms (Pakistan) FATA: Suspected US missile strike kills 2 in NW Pakistan - Miran Shah in North Waziristan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/29/asia/AS-Pakistan-Missile-Attack.php (Pakistan) NWFP: 7 killed in Bannu suicide attack http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\29\story_29-11-2008_pg7_1 (Afghanistan) Troops kill 44 rebels in Afghanistan: Coalition http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Troops_kill_44_rebels_in_Afghanistan_Coalition/articleshow/3773289.cms?TOI_latestnews (Afghanistan) U.S. Troops Kill Taliban Commander, Clad in Woman's Clothes -- Haji Yakub in Ghazni province http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,459025,00.html http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702361582&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- Taliban in dress, 52 others killed in Afghanistan http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/29/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Al-Qaeda) Video pushes Islam for U.S. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/29/video-pushes-islam-for-us/ (Iraq) UNAMI says 3 people killed in attack against the mission in Baghdad http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956993&Language=en --- Two killed, seven wounded in blast targeting UN mission in Baghdad http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956927&Language=en Iran threatens to shut Hormuz again http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956998&Language=en Hamas claims mortar attack on army base http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702361705&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) Eight Israeli soldiers wounded in Palestinian attack on Nahal Oz http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956932&Language=en Egyptian Police Arrest 28 Islamists - Security Official --- Muslim Brotherhood http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081129\ACQDJON200811290851DOWJONESDJONLINE000467.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na Somali Islamist leader wants international force http://africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE4AS09V.html?rpc=401& Kyrgyzstan Jails 32 Islamists Over Riots - State Television http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081129\ACQDJON200811290731DOWJONESDJONLINE000458.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na Turkish planes raid PKK targets in N. Iraq http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956953&Language=en Italy: Gov't recognises danger posed by militants, says diplomat http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2767799022 (Philippines) 13 hurt in grenade incidents in Butuan http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20081129-175183/13-hurt-in-grenade-incidents-in-Butuan http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081129/tap-philippines-blast-crime-5cc1ef8.html Thai protesters attack cops at besieged airport http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27902801/ Sri Lanka: air force bombs rebel positions http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/29/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php North Korea Says It Opposes Terrorism http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2008/11/113_35285.html (Colombia) Rallies for Colombian hostages shrink http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/29/america/colombia.php http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/colombia/3535183/Colombians-call-for-an-end-to-kidnapping.html Other News: (Gaza) Islamic Movement calls on Arabs to donate money to Gaza residents http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3630447,00.html November 28, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (India) CNN report on Mumbai interpreting Jihad -- "although 'jihad' in Islam can mean any endeavor that requires dedication, the term has taken on a militant tone in recent years" http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/india.attacks.responsibility/index.html (India) Taxi was meant to blow up Mumbai airport http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21166§ionid=4&issueid=81&Itemid=1 November 28, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com Newlink website online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/ (Al-Qaeda) Terror leader slams US, Afghanistan gov'ts - new video by No. 2 Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri (aka Zawahri) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_qaida_zawahri_3 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24722062-23109,00.html --- Zawahiri blames global financial crisis on 9/11 in latest al-Qaeda video http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/3533079/Zawahiri-blames-global-financial-crisis-on-911-in-latest-al-Qaeda-video.html --- Al-Qaida No. 2 to U.S.: Overcome meltdown with Islam http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/6136495.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qaida_zawahri --- Al-Qaeda's No. 2 tells Americans to embrace Islam http://www.albawaba.com/en/news/238232 --- Al Qaeda's No. 2 Leader Says U.S. Gains in Iraq Are Temporary http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458566,00.html --- Karzai's desire for Taliban talks shows weakness: Zawahiri http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081128/wl_sthasia_afp/usattacksqaedazawahiriafghanistan_081128092132 --- Qaeda's Zawahri says U.S. wars behind financial crisis http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081128/ts_nm/us_qaeda_zawahri_crisis_2 (India) Mumbai attacks: "Death toll climbs to 146 as commando says attackers showed no remorse" http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/india.attacks/index.html?section=cnn_latest --- Mumbai attacks: Indian commandos storm besieged Jewish center -- Chabad Lubavitch http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting;_ylt=AlgkPTGah4XOlJmlxEzdJJAUewgF --- Explosion Rocks Mumbai Jewish Center as Indian Commandos Battle Terrorists http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458564,00.html --- Terrorists kill 5 hostages at Nariman House Jewish Center http://ibnlive.in.com/news/terrorists-kill-5-hostages-at-nariman-house/79296-3.html --- Commandos abseil onto Bombay Jewish Centre http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5249295.ece --- Rabbi's toddler son saved from hostage house http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5248330.ece --- Israel - India's rescue efforts 'premature and badly planned' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5249585.ece (India) Mumbai attacks: Trident-Oberoi hotel under control: NSG chief http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Oberoi-Trident_secure_2_terrorists_killed_NSG/articleshow/3767649.cms --- Fresh explosions continue at Taj Mahal hotel http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Fresh_explosions_at_Taj_hotel_more_hostages_rescued/articleshow/3768265.cms --- Final operation on at Taj hotel, hostages rescued http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_Final_operation_on_at_Taj_hotel/articleshow/3763863.cms --- 93 hostages freed from Mumbai hotel http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24720900-23109,00.html --- 24 more bodies found at Trident Oberoi http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=7cc395b9-87cf-458b-a506-5f9362a6f722Mumbaiunderattack_Special&MatchID1=4858&TeamID1=1&TeamID2=5&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1224&MatchID2=4862&TeamID3=9&TeamID4=8&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1225&PrimaryID=4858&Headline=24+bodies+found+in+Oberoi+hotel%3a+Police (India) Mumbai attacks: India: Mumbai attackers had 'no remorse', says commando http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2762161309 --- Terrorists may have hijacked Porbander fishing boat http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists_may_have_hijacked_Porbander_fishing_boat/articleshow/3766632.cms --- Terrorist 'mothership' found http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5249754.ece --- Coast Guard launches major search operation in the Arabian Sea http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Coast_Guard_launches_major_search_operation_in_the_Arabian_Sea/articleshow/3770143.cms?TOI_latestnews --- India: Navy scans coast for terrorist vessel http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2762084070 --- City on high alert, pro-SIMI men picked up http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Delhi_on_high_alert_pro-SIMI_men_held/articleshow/3766727.cms --- Terrorists were well-trained: Marine Commandos http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080074435 --- Terrorists were trained, knew hotel layout: commandos http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=94b70697-7eb9-48ed-8592-913f2c41ce90Mumbaiunderattack_Special&MatchID1=4858&TeamID1=1&TeamID2=5&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1224&MatchID2=4862&TeamID3=9&TeamID4=8&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1225&PrimaryID=4858&Headline=%27Terrorists+were+trained%2c+knew+hotel+layout%27 --- Mumbai jihadists freed Turkish hostages because they were Muslims http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023695.php http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3766609.cms --- 148 hostages rescued from Oberoi hotel http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=4980b88c-5525-4702-9bb6-023b9b37e2e1Mumbaiunderattack_Special&MatchID1=4858&TeamID1=1&TeamID2=5&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1224&MatchID2=4862&TeamID3=9&TeamID4=8&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1225&PrimaryID=4858&Headline=148+hostages+rescued+from+Oberoi+hotel --- Bush phones Manmohan Singh, FBI on way to Mumbai http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-52830.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27949652/ --- Pakistan Daily Times: "US spies killed in terrorist raid" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\28\story_28-11-2008_pg1_3 --- Israeli intel officers sent to Mumbai http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/28/Israeli_intel_officers_sent_to_Mumbai/UPI-20061227852867/ --- Terrorist complains of abuses in IHK - PDT reports Jihadist complains of Indian Kashmir http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\28\story_28-11-2008_pg1_4 (India) Mumbai Attacks: Three LeT men arrested; Lashkar strikes in a big way after 6 years http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Three_LeT_men_arrested_Lashkar_strikes_in_a_big_way_after_6_years/articleshow/3768688.cms ---- Three Pakistani militants held in Mumbai: Reports ----- "Three of the militants who attacked Mumbai have confessed they are members of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba group" ----- "Newspapers squarely blamed Lashkar-e-Taiba [LeT], one of the largest Islamist militant groups in South Asia, for the attacks that killed more than 100 people and wounded more than 300 which began late on Wednesday" --- Times of India also says LeT denies http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Three_Pakistani_militants_held_in_Mumbai_Reports/articleshow/3767631.cms --- Lashkar-e-Taiba responsible for Mumbai terroristic act http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n160999 --- Lashkar-e-Taiba denies role in Mumbai attacks http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081127/india_nm/india367404 --- Captured terrorist a Pakistani: Patil http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-53020.html --- Pak may be pushing hardened jihadis http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pak_may_be_pushing_hardened_jihadis/articleshow/3767597.cms ---- Times of India: "The operation carried out by terrorists in Mumbai was clearly the handiwork of jihadis from across the border -- an indication of their having chipped in to give a fresh impetus to terror, which had for some time now been entrusted to outfits like the locally formed Indian Mujahideen" --- Mumbai attack: Pak role under scrutiny http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_attack_Pak_role_under_scrutiny/articleshow/3766765.cms --- Pakistan warns India against attack accusations -- Says linking it to Mumbai terrorism would 'destroy all the goodwill' http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27943544/ --- Pakistan ISI chief to visit India to coordinate in investigation http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/FullcoverageStoryPage.aspx?id=68232b72-7c02-4c09-886b-c8e7cf53cce4Mumbaiunderattack_Special&MatchID1=4858&TeamID1=1&TeamID2=5&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1224&MatchID2=4862&TeamID3=9&TeamID4=8&MatchType2=2&SeriesID2=1225&PrimaryID=4858&Headline=Pak+agrees+to+send+ISI+chief+on+Manmohan%27s+urging --- India: Pakistan 'elements' behind Mumbai attacks -- Indian Foriegn Minister Pranab Mukherjee says "Proof cannot be disclosed at this time." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting_135 http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/28/india.attacks/index.html --- Attributes Suggest Outside Help - Analysts Cite Scale, Compared With Previous Onslaughts http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27949496/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/27/AR2008112702177.html --- Clues suggest homegrown terrorists in India attack http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/nov/27/clues-suggest-homegrown-terrorists-india-attack/ --- Bombay terror attacks: Why the Taj Mahal Hotel was chosen http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3529804/Bombay-terror-attacks-Why-the-Taj-Mahal-Hotel-was-chosen.html --- Mumbai attacks: the terrorists' tactics ---- "As India burns, Amir Taheri examines how radical Islamists may be changing their tactics to inspire home-grown jihadists" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3532157/Mumbai-attacks-the-terrorists-tactics.html (India) Mumbai Attacks: Who could be behind the Mumbai attacks and why? - Reuters http://ibnlive.in.com/news/who-could-be-behind-the-mumbai-attacks-and-why/79213-3.html --- Television asks: Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Marine Wing Behind Attack? -- CNN/IBN --- Background on Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) aka Lashkar-e Tayyiba (LT) (Army of the Righteous) http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/terrorist_outfits/lashkar_e_toiba.htm --- Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) designated as Foreign Terrorist Organization on December 2001 by Secretary of State Colin Powell http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/terrorist_outfits/lashkar_e_toiba.htm http://www.investigativeproject.org/profile/136 http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/08/103392.htm --- "Lashkar-e-Taiba group has repeatedly claimed through its journals and websites that its main aim is to destroy the Indian republic and to annihilate Hinduism and Judaism. LeT has declared Hindus and Jews to be the 'enemies of Islam,' as well as India and Israel to be the 'enemies of Pakistan.'" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashkar-e-Toiba#Activities --- U.S. Evan Kohlmann talks to terror group's Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)'s so-called "political wing" - Jamat-ud-Dawa (JUD) ---- Kohlmann says terror group's Abdullah Muntazir tells him LeT "we have nothing to do with it", and blamed Indian "propaganda" for "divert[ing] the attention of the public media" ---- Kohlmann says terror group's Abdullah Muntazir tells him LeT "Islam does not permit killing civilian people" http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/11/jamatuddawa_let_political_wing.php ---- April 28, 2006 - Addition of Aliases Jamaat-Ud-Dawa and Idara Khidmat-E-Khalq to the Specially Designated Global Terrorist Designation of Lashkhar-E-Tayyiba http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2006/65401.htm ---- LeT's JUD "Previously called Markaz Daw'a wal Irshad, the organisation changed its name after the United States Department of State declared Lashkar-e-Taiba to be a terrorist organisation" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jama%27at-ud-Da%27wah ---- Kohlmann has also called for talks with Islamic supremacist Muslim Brotherhood http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.html#Kohlmann http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/780 (India) Mumbai Attacks: US Muslim outfit cautions India over retaliation -- CAIR --- Pakistan Daily Times: "The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) -- the largest Muslim rights group in the US and Canada -- while condemning the Mumbai terrorist attacks asked the Indian government to protect its citizens from the type of retaliatory attacks that have followed similar incidents in the past" --- condemns attacks against "innocent civilians" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\28\story_28-11-2008_pg7_29 --- report cites unindicted co-conspirator organization in HLF terror finance trial and documented supporter of Hamas terrorist organization http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/223 (India) Mumbai gunmen 'were BRITISH': Indian authorities say two of arrested militants are from UK --- British-born Pakistanis among arrested militants http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1089711/Mumbai-gunmen-BRITISH-Indian-authorities-say-arrested-militants-UK.html --- Mumbai attack: 'British men among terrorists' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3533472/Mumbai-attack-British-men-among-terrorists.html --- Mumbai attacks: How young Britons are radicalised in Pakistan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3533425/Mumbai-attacks-How-young-Britons-are-radicalised-in-Pakistan.html --- (UK) British student admits trying to join mujahideen terrorists -- Mohammed Abushamma http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3533365/British-student-admits-trying-to-join-mujahideen-terrorists.html (India) Red alert sounded across Tripura, Indo-Bangla border sealed http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Red_alert_sounded_across_Tripura_Indo-Bangla_border_sealed/articleshow/3768951.cms (India) Mumbai Attacks: Local Jihadi network marks 'a whole new challenge' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702352471&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull India: Countries warn travelers to avoid Mumbai http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2757409378 (India) Major Media Continuing Coverage: -- NDTV Coverage - Terror Strikes http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/gentemplate_generic.aspx?template=terrorstrikes -- Special coverage by Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/specialcoverage/3296778.cms -- IBN Coverage of Mumbai attacks http://features.ibnlive.in.com/special/web2/mumbai-terror-attack.html (India J&K) Five militants killed in encounter; IED detected in J&K http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Five_militants_killed_in_encounter_IED_detected_in_JK/articleshow/3769346.cms?TOI_latestnews (India J&K) Pakistan troops violate ceasefire again: Army http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pak_troops_violate_ceasefire_again_Army/articleshow/3769766.cms (India J&K) Lashkar-e-Toiba militant and civilian killed in Jammu and Kashmir http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=11/25/2008#6 'Pakistan fears war against Taliban spreading' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\28\story_28-11-2008_pg1_14 (Pakistan) FATA: Blast kills five in South Waziristan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\28\story_28-11-2008_pg7_3 (Pakistan) NWFP: 13 'terrorists' arrested in Peshawar raids http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\28\story_28-11-2008_pg7_50 Pakistan Daily Times: "Rifts surface in Tehreek-e-Taliban" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\28\story_28-11-2008_pg7_15 (Afghanistan) Official: Taliban kill 13 Afghan troops in ambush -- in Bala Murghab district of Badghis province http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/28/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php (Afghanistan) Gunmen kill former Taliban spokesman Mohammad Hanif http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702356390&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iraq) At least 12 killed in Baghdad mosque blast http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2762168076 -- Suicide bomber kills 9 south of Baghdad http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702357587&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Iraq: Car bomb explodes in Mosul, killing 2 http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-11-27-mosul-bomb_N.htm Iraq presidency to review US pact in two weeks http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/November/middleeast_November566.xml§ion=middleeast (U.S.) NYC - Al Qaeda talked of bombing city trains & LIRR, say feds -- additional report -- "threat conceived two months ago at an Al Qaeda enclave in Pakistan" http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/26/2008-11-26_al_qaeda_talked_of_bombing_city_trains__.html (U.S.) Guantanamo Bay: Ex-terrorism prosecutor flags flaws at tribunal http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081128/ap_on_re_us/guantanamo_observer (U.S.) Homeland Security Committee Questions Deal With Chinese Company -- Nuctech Inc. of Beijing deal to "X-ray cargo being loaded onto cruise ships in Los Angeles" http://www.usnews.com/blogs/washington-whispers/2008/11/27/homeland-security-committee-questions-deal-with-chinese-company.html?s_cid=rss:washington-whispers:homeland-security-committee-questions-deal-with-chinese-company (U.S.) Der Spiegel report on Aafia Siddiqui dated today - 'The Most Dangerous Woman in the World' http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,593195,00.html (UK) British student admits trying to join mujahideen terrorists -- Mohammed Abushamma -- "A university student from London has admitted trying to get to Afghanistan to join mujahideen terrorists fighting coalition forces" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3533365/British-student-admits-trying-to-join-mujahideen-terrorists.html --- UK student admits plotting terror attacks ---- Mohammed Abushamma detained while trying to board flight in Turkey ---- trial with Qasim Abukar http://www.capitalradio.co.uk/news-travel/london/uk-student-admits-plotting-terror-attacks/ (Syria) Lack of Syria nuke info baffles IAEA -- "ElBaradei criticizes Israel for supposedly bombing nuclear site and US for waiting to provide intel" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702351218&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Israel) El Al plane carrying 300 Israelis arrives from Mumbai http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702356437&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Gaza) IDF reportedly kills Gaza gunman --"Palestinian medical official says clashes erupt in southern Gaza; IDF has no immediate comment" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702358174&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull IDF soldiers arrest 5 Palestinian terror suspects southeast of Nablus http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702354924&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Somali Jihadists Call on American and European Muslims to Join Jihad in Somalia -- video by Somali jihad group Shabab Al-Mujahideen http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD213408 Somali pirates hijack ship, Indian crew aboard http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Somali_pirates_hijack_ship_Indian_crew_aboard/articleshow/3769403.cms?TOI_latestnews (Somalia) Ethiopia to withdraw from Somalia by end of year http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/28/africa/AF-Ethiopia-Somalia-Withdrawal.php (Somalia) Spain, Britain seek journalists' release in Somalia http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/Spain_-Britain-seek-journalists_-release-in-Somalia.html Nigeria: Militants - JTF Arrests Two Foreigners, 14 Citizens http://allafrica.com/stories/200811280721.html EU lawmakers dodge bullets in Mumbai hotel attacks http://www.expatica.com/fr/articles/news/EU-lawmakers-dodge-bullets-in-Mumbai-hotel-attacks.html Belgian police hold 11 in Morocco-linked attacks probe http://www.expatica.com/be/articles/news/Belgian-police-hold-11-in-Morocco_linked-attacks-probe-.html (France) Paris: Tunisian terror suspects connected to Belgian cell http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/paris-tunisian-terror-suspects.html France repatriating Europeans from Mumbai http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/28/europe/EU-France-India-Shooting.php (France/Afghanistan) Video shows kidnapped French aid worker http://www.expatica.com/fr/articles/news/Video-shows-kidnapped-French-aid-worker.html Norway: Taliban's health minister avoiding war crimes tribunal http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/norway-talibans-health-minister.html (Russia) RIAN: Three killed in North Ossetia car attack http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081127/118578737.html (Russia) RIAN: Border guard, police officer killed in Daghestan http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081127/118562809.html (Russia) Interfax: Two police vehicles attacked in Ingushetia's Karabulak http://www.interfax.com/3/449982/news.aspx (Russia) Six Women Shot Dead In Chechnya http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LQ588673.htm (Russia) Two militants killed after checkpoint assault in Chechnya http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081126/118541396.html Kosovo releases three German intelligence servicemen http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956724&Language=en (Philippines) Test case for new anti-terror law - 3 bombing suspects charge http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20081128-174892/Test-case-for-new-anti-terror-law Sri Lanka troops slowed by rain in battle: military http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/November/international_November2108.xml§ion=international Other News: (U.S.) Detroit: Campaign warns Americans about looming Shariah code -- Detroit billboard says religious law imposed by Islam threatens rights http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82062 Report: "Vatican thanks Muslims for returning God to Europe" --- Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Catholic Church's department for interfaith contacts --- It's thanks to the Muslims... Muslims, having become a significant minority in Europe, were the ones who demanded space for God in society." http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3630245,00.html Netherlands: New Mohammad movie -- "Interview with Mohammed" -- Al-Jarida al-Ula calls for Dutch boycott due to claims of because of the publication of "a cartoon movie about the wives of the prophet Muhammad." http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/netherlands-new-mohammad-movie.html --- Short Dutch Film Could Cause Next Islamic Storm http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/156592 (Russia/Saudi Arabia) Moscow: Saudis want mosque in Moscow, Russians want Church in Riyadh http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/moscow-saudis-want-mosque-in-moscow.html (UK) Police state UK: Outcry as anti-terror police arrest top Tory MP over 'immigration leaks to media' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1090062/Police-state-UK-Outcry-anti-terror-police-arrest-Tory-MP-immigration-leaks-media.html -- Judge throws out police 'leak' case http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5251192.ece UAE to give $1bn to Pakistan http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\28\story_28-11-2008_pg7_13 Thai protesters, police talk at airports http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/28/Thai_protesters_police_talk_at_airports/UPI-26721227873630/ Commentaries: The Legacy of Jihad in India -- by Andrew G. Bostom http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/07/the_legacy_of_jihad_in_india.html Former U.N. Ambassador Bolton on Terror Attacks in India http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458389,00.html November 27, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (India) Mumbai terrorists: 'India should return Muslim land' --- ""We urge the Indian government to return stolen Muslim lands" http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702333602&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (India) Mumbai: 125 dead, 327 injured in Mumbai attacks: MHA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/125_dead_327_injured_in_Mumbai_attacks_MHA/articleshow/3766520.cms -- Final operation on at Taj hotel, hostages rescued http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_Final_operation_on_at_Taj_hotel/articleshow/3763863.cms -- Special coverage by Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/specialcoverage/3296778.cms -- Mumbai death toll rises to 125 http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24719246-23109,00.html -- Mumbai Massacre: British tycoon killed moments after TV interview as death toll hits 125 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1089711/Mumbai-Massacre-British-tycoon-killed-moments-TV-interview-death-toll-hits-125.html -- Siege After Mumbai Terror Attacks http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Mumbai-Hotel-Terror-Attacks-Scores-Killed-In-Violence-Against-Foreigners-By-Islamist-Militants/Article/200811415162745?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15162745_Mumbai_Hotel_Terror_Attacks%3A_Scores_Killed_In_Violence_Against_Foreigners_By_Islamist_Militants -- Mumbai: PM blames 'outsiders' as hotel battles rage - Hostages freed, Americans hurt http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/india.attacks/index.html -- "Police free 10 hostages from Mumbai's Oberoi Hotel" -- "101 dead, 314 wounded in attacks on multiple sites, police say" -- "Gunmen, guests remain at two hotels; police conducting random car checks" http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/27/india.attacks/index.html --- Terror attacks in Mumbai; six foreigners among 101 dead http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terror_attacks_in_Mumbai_101_dead_firing_on/articleshow/3761410.cms --- We want all Mujahideen released: Terrorist inside Oberoi http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Release_all_mujahideen_Terrorist/articleshow/3762100.cms --- 'Free our Mujahideens' demand Bombay terrorists http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5242602.ece --- Indian special forces battle terrorists in bid to rescue Bombay hotel hostages http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5246197.ece --- Mumbai attackers may be Pakistani nationals http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_attackers_may_be_Pakistani_nationals/articleshow/3764564.cms --- India searches Pakistani boat after night of horror in Bombay http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5244196.ece http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956480&Language=en --- Govt warned of terrorists' entry to city through sea: Police http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Govt_warned_of_terrorists_entry_to_city_through_sea_Police/articleshow/3764556.cms --- Lashkar-i-Tayyiba denies role in Bombay attacks http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61133 --- Pak denies any role in Mumbai terror attacks http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_denies_any_role_in_Mumbai_terror_attacks/articleshow/3766591.cms?TOI_latestnews --- 6 killed, 200 trapped in Oberoi Trident http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/6_killed_200_trapped_in_Oberoi_Trident/articleshow/3765951.cms --- Mumbai strike similar to Akshardham Temple attack: Police http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai_attack_similar_to_Akshardham/articleshow/3764508.cms --- Mumbai gunmen were like young 'boys', say eyewitnesses http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai_gunmen_were_young_boys/articleshow/3764492.cms --- Nine foreign nationals killed in terror attacks in Mumbai http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Nine_foreign_nationals_killed_in_terror_attacks_in_Mumbai/articleshow/3765937.cms?TOI_latestnews --- 'Eight Israelis held by terrorists in Mumbai Chabad House' http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702336066&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull --- 5 Terrorist hold 5 families hostage in Nariman House http://www.ttkn.com/world/5-terrorist-hold-5-families-hostage-nariman-house-239.html --- Israeli Hostages Still Held Incommunicado http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128578 --- India's 'Mujahideen' groups: a home-grown militancy? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Mumbai/Indias_Mujahideen_groups_a_home-grown_militancy/articleshow/3763290.cms --- India TV Reports Explosions, Shots Fired as Commando Teams Storm Mumbai Hotels, Conduct Room-to-Room Searches for Terrorists and Hostages http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458270,00.html -- Mumbai under siege, 104 killed, over 314 wounded http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/mumbaiterror/2008/November/mumbaiterror_November21.xml§ion=mumbaiterror --- Why hotels are easy terror targets http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27934097/ --- Mumbai victim: 'They just fired randomly' http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27939007/ --- India: Mumbai attacks 'most sophisticated in recent times' http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2756410606 --- The Mayhem in Mumbai http://www.newsweek.com/id/171006 --- Mumbai attacks: Blasts heard across Indian city as hostages freed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3530669/Mumbai-attacks-Blasts-heard-across-Indian-city-as-hostages-freed-in-Bombay-India.html --- Mumbai attacks: Terrorists 'copied al-Qaeda blueprint' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3530543/Mumbai-attacks-Terrorists-copied-al-Qaeda-blueprint-Bombay-India.html --- Islamic terror group e-mailed threat to attack Mumbai two months ago http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1089821/Islamic-terror-group-e-mailed-threat-attack-Mumbai-months-ago.html?ITO=1490 --- India: Al-Qaeda inspired foreign group behind attacks, says expert http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2756411110 --- Saudi detained on suspicion of funding Indian Mujahideen http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3537624.cms --- Russian intelligence sees Al-Qaeda link to India attacks http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61145 --- Muslim Brotherhood: The Jews and Hindus attacked Mumbai, not Islamic jihadists http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023681.php http://ikhwanweb.com/Article.asp?ID=18774&SectionID=100 --- Experts debate India attack al-Qaida link http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/27/Experts_debate_India_attack_al-Qaida_link/UPI-71851227788530/ --- Mumbai attacks Microblog http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Mumbai-Terror-Attacks-Microblog-Latest-Breaking-News-Covered-Live-Line-by-Line/Article/200811415162921?lpos=World_News_Carousel_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15162921_Mumbai_Terror_Attacks_Microblog_Latest_Breaking_News_Covered_Live_Line_by_Line --- Terrorists seize Jewish center in Mumbai http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82137 --- Behind the Mumbai Massacre: India's Muslims in Crisis - Time claims Islamic "rage" based on discrimination http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081127/wl_time/08599186265000 --- Terrorist attacks in Bombay: hour by hour so far http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5244888.ece --- Analysis: a new tactic by Islamist militants http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5240621.ece --- Timeline of Attacks in India http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122772515602360289.html?mod=googlenews_wsj --- Obama slams Mumbai attacks, vows to root out terror groups http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/USA/Obama_says_Indias_democracy_will_win_over_terrorism/rssarticleshow/3762125.cms (Al-Qaeda) Intelligence chiefs were expecting Al-Qaeda spectacular http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5241036.ece (Al-Qaeda) U.S./NYC: More on New Terrorist Threat Targeting MTA http://gothamist.com/2008/11/27/mta_the_target_of_new_terrorist_thr_1.php (Iraq) Two killed, nine wounded in two Baghdad blasts http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956441&Language=en (Iraq) Female suicide bombers vow to reconcile http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/11/27/Female_suicide_bombers_vow_to_reconcile/UPI-27031227804007/ Iraqi Parliament Approves U.S. Security Pact Allowing American Troops to Stay Until 2011 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458350,00.html (Afghanistan) 4 Killed in Blast Near U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,458284,00.html (Afghanistan) Two ISAF soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack - southern Afghanistan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956632&Language=en Afghanistan: Drugs financing Taliban war machine, says UN http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2758058990 (Pakistan) 'Taliban to target Zardari, his allies' http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\27\story_27-11-2008_pg1_6 (Pakistan) NWFP: TNSM chief renews demand for Shariah http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18642 (Pakistan) FATA: Five killed in US missile attack in Pakistan -- near Wana headquarters in South Waziristan http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956606&Language=en --- UK for direct talks with US on strikes http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\27\story_27-11-2008_pg1_4 (U.S.) CAIR: HLF verdict based on "fear-mongering" http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023677.php http://www.cair.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?ArticleID=25597&&name=n&&currPage=1&&Active=1 (Israel) Palestinians fire two rockets at Israel - fired two Kassam rockets at the western Negev http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702342491&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Egyptian police detain 10 Islamists -- Muslim Brotherhood http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnLR108415.html Somaliland Blames Oct Suicide Attacks On Shebab Group http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081127\ACQDJON200811270745DOWJONESDJONLINE000566.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=UPDATE:%20Somaliland%20Blames%20Oct%20Suicide%20Attacks%20On%20Shebab%20Group (Somalia) 2 arrests in Somali journalists' kidnapping http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/27/africa/AF-Somalia.php Somalia: Islamists Faction Says Djibouti Agreement to Worsen Crisis http://allafrica.com/stories/200811270470.html (Somalia) U.S. Woman Negotiating With Somali Pirates -- Virginia Businesswoman Michele Lynn Ballarin Returned Just Last Week From Somalia http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6343209&page=1 Somalia: New Mogadishu administration vows to adopt Shariah law http://www.mareeg.com/fidsan.php?sid=9193&tirsan=3 (Somalia) Vatican: Pope worried over nuns abducted in Kenya http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136175/Vatican-Pope-worried-over-nuns-abducted-in-Kenya (Yemen) Blast kills two in Yemen http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956494&Language=en (Russia) Islamic group claims Russian mayor killing -- "Kataib al-Khoul — posted on a Web site allied with insurgents in Chechnya" http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/27/europe/EU-Russia-Mayor-Killed.php Belgium arrests 7 suspected in Morocco terror plot -- raids in cities including Brussels, Arlon and Tongeren early Thursday http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/27/europe/EU-Belgium-Terrorism.php Philippines charges suspects under new terror law http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136149/Philippines-charges-suspects-under-new-terror-law (Philippines) Troops foil bomb tries in two Cotabato churches http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136096/Troops-foil-bomb-tries-in-two-Cotabato-churches -- Blast rocks Kabacan, NCotabato; probe on http://www.gmanews.tv/story/136005/Blast-rocks-Kabacan-NCotabato-probe-on -- Muslim rebels blast Christian site in S Philippines http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6541962.html "Suspected rogue Muslim rebels on Wednesday night detonated a bomb in front of a Christian religious site in Kabacan town in North Cotabato while an attempt at another similar site Thursday morning was aborted by security forces" Sri Lanka awaits Tiger's speech, rain slows assault http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2008/November/international_November2034.xml§ion=international (Sri Lanka) Tamil Tiger chief dismisses Sri Lankan offensive http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/27/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php Other News: (Egypt) MEMRI Translation: "Egyptian Daily 'Al-Gumhouriyya' Editor: Drive the Sh'ia Out of Egypt – Before We Become Like Iraq or Lebanon" http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD213108 (UK) London warms to Islamic finance http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1128/p06s02-wogn.html --- "Sharia 'could have averted [financial] crisis'" http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/sharia-039could-have-averted-crisis039 UK should shift security agenda, think tank http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956514&Language=en (UK) British Muslim talent feted by Prince Charles http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2008/11/27/60916.html (UK) Guardian: "Weak states are major threat to British security, report warns" http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/nov/27/uk-security-terrorism (Europe) Community leaders discuss Muslim radicalization at conference --- policy makers of several Dutch, British and German cities http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243680,community-leaders-discuss-muslim-radicalization-at-conference.html Commentaries: The axis of appeasement - by Melanie Phillips http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3045456/the-axis-of-appeasement.thtml November 26, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (Al-Qaeda) U.S. - NY Rail Plot Details Based on 'Reliable' FBI Source http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6338514&page=1 --- PDF of Full FBI Warning: Unconfirmed Report of Terrorists Plotting to Attack New York Transit Systems http://abcnews.go.com/images/Blotter/Homeland%20Security%20Warning.pdf (Al-Qaeda) U.S. - NYC Daily News Update on Warning of NYC Potential Attacks on NY Transit (update) -- "This threat, the U.S. official said, is 'much more significant than the one in 2006' because the individuals are Osama bin Laden operatives in Pakistan." -- "Rep. Peter King said the threat was legitimate... it is serious, and there are specifics." http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/11/26/2008-11-26_fbi_warns_of_possible_terror_plot_agains.html Al Qaeda threatens 'Madrid-like attack' on New York subway over Thanksgiving weekend http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1089713/Al-Qaeda-threatens-Madrid-like-attack-New-York-subway-Thanksgiving-weekend.html (India) Terror attacks in Mumbai; 80 dead, over 250 injured --- Unknown outfit Deccan Mujahideen takes responsibility --- "Terror struck the country's financial capital late on Wednesday night as coordinate serial explosions and indiscriminate firing rocked eight areas across Mumbai including the crowded CST railway station, two five star hotels--Oberoi and TajTerror attacks in Mumbai" http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Terrorists_strike_Mumbai_80_dead_250_hurt/articleshow/3761410.cms --- Seven foreigners among 15 taken hostage at Mumbai's Taj http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Seven_foreigners_among_15_taken_hostage_at_Mumbais_Taj/articleshow/3761833.cms --- American and British hostages seized in Bombay attacks that leave at least 80 people dead http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3528119/British-hostages-seized-in-Bombay-attacks-that-leave-at-least-80-people-dead.html --- Special coverage: India on edge http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/specialcoverage/3296778.cms --- India: a major terror target http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3761713.cms --- Mumbai anti-terrorist chief Karkare killed in attacks - TV http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081126/india_nm/india367200 --- Attacks against Westerners 'kill 80' http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24714144-23109,00.html (India) British Foreign Office stresses "high terrorism threat" in India http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/uk/news/article_1445196.php/British_Foreign_Office_stresses_%26quothigh_terrorism_threat%26quot_in_India_ Iraq: Six killed in separate bomb blasts -- in Baghdad and Tikrit http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2751624591 Afghan President doubts NATO's war against terrorism in Afghanistan --- Karzai: "The Afghans don't understand any more how a little force like the Taliban can continue to exist, can continue to flourish, can continue to launch attacks with 40 countries in Afghanistan, with entire NATO force in Afghanistan, with entire international community behind them - yet still we are not able to defeat the Taliban" http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/southasia/news/article_1445177.php/Afghan_President_doubts_NATOs_war_against_terrorism_in_Afghanistan_ ---- Comment: because neither Karzai, U.S., nor NATO has confronted the Islamic supremacist ideology the Taliban is based on ----- see also October 17, 2008: Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html (Afghanistan) Karzai Offers Taliban Leader Mullah Omar 'Protection' For Peace http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081126\ACQDJON200811261221DOWJONESDJONLINE000762.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na --- Once again from "our ally". ----- October 3, 2008 - Karzai proposes Mulla Umar to return to Afghanistan http://www.geo.tv/10-3-2008/26156.htm ----- September 29, 2007 - Afghan president offers Taliban a place in government for peace deal http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/29/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Taliban-Talks.php ----- U.S. Rewards for Justice: "Seeking Information Against International Terrorism: Wanted - Mullah Omar - Up to $10 Million Reward" http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=MullahOmar (Afghanistan) Opium trade plagues war against Taliban http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24713369-31477,00.html Afghan acid attack girls warned not to go to school: police http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Afghan_acid_attack_girls_warned_not_1126.html (Pakistan) Al Qaeda's Focus Is Pakistan, U.S. Senior Commander Says --- Gen. James Conway: "They've changed their strategic focus not to Afghanistan but to Pakistan, because Pakistan is the closest place where you have the nexus of terrorism and nuclear weapons." http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122766140111858667.html (U.S.) Digging Deeper Into the HLF Trial -- IPT News http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/866 -- online video of Falls Church, VA man who tells of evidence buried in backyard (U.S.) Bin Laden's Driver Returned To Yemen Early --- Freed From Guantanamo Camp, Salim Hamdan Will Serve Final Month Of Sentence In Home Country http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/26/terror/main4635138.shtml (U.S.) NYC: Judge blasts federal air marshals for profiling busts at JFK http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/11/24/2008-11-24_judge_blasts_federal_air_marshals_for_pr.html (UK) Conservative MP Patrick Mercer writes that U.S. should NOT have attacked UK Jihadist Rashid Rauf in Pakistan http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article5233272.ece (Russia) Russian Mayor Killed After Medvedev's Terror Warning -- update on North Osseita report http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aKLEtWL04dfM&refer=worldwide Other News: Germany: Girl injured in mailbox explosion http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/26/europe/EU-Germany-Mailbox-Explosion.php November 26, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com (U.S.) FBI Warns of al Qaeda Attack on New York Commuter Trains --- "'Plausible but Unsubstantiated' Suicide Bomb Threat, 'Nothing Concrete'" ---- "the FBI has warned New York area law enforcement of a 'plausible but unsubstantiated' al Qaeda suicide bomb attack against the area's commuter rail systems over the holiday" ---- "based on a report that al Qaeda terrorists 'in late September may have discussed targeting transit systems in and around New York City' using suicide bombers or explosives" http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6338514&page=1 ---- NYPD Steps Up Security Following News Of Unsubstantiated Subway Terror Plot http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/89639/nypd-steps-up-security-following-news-of-unsubstantiated-subway-terror-plot/Default.aspx ---- Feds Warn of Terror Plotting Against NYC Subways http://www.1010wins.com/Feds-Warn-of-Subway-Terror-Plot/3390840 --- Related video from NYC's WINS 1010 http://video.ap.org/v/Default.aspx?partner=en-ap&g=f0beda9b-9d8c-4aa5-8614-e3e8c0af046d&t=s1179980883147&p=ENAPus_ENAPus&&f=1010WINS -- Other reports: http://www.nypost.com/seven/11262008/news/regionalnews/feds__al_qaeda_planned_subway_attack_140992.htm http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/11/26/2008-11-26_fbi_warns_of_possible_terror_plot_agains.html http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_warning http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081126/ts_nm/us_usa_threat_newyork_5;_ylt=Akshx0ohfDRH3ZmMEb9xKrf3SpZ4 ---- FBI warns of Thanksgiving terrorist threat http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3526660/FBI-warns-of-Thanksgiving-terrorist-threat.html (Iraq) Two US soldiers killed in Iraq -- "while conducting a humanitarian assistance operation near Biaj yesterday" --- Colonel Bill Buckner: "It is unknown if the attacker was an Iraqi soldier or an insurgent in disguise." http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956065&Language=en http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27913916/ (Iraq) Strong explosion shakes Baghdad -- "security sources said a bomb exploded in Firdus Square near the Le Meridien and Sheraton hotels, injuring at least seven people who were transferred to Al-Nafis hospital" http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956094&Language=en Iraqi lawmakers delay vote on U.S. security pact http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27923924/ Taliban threatens attacks against US and allies in new video --- New video "threatening to attack the US, Israel, Australia, Denmark, France and Spain" --- "The video shows the flags of the six countries and the United Nations burning and eventually exploding, only to be replaced by an Islamic white flag showing Islam's 'shehadeh' or creed" http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2750911496 --- Taliban threat video clip (thanks to Islam in Europe) - play button in lower left hand part of frame http://www.cadenaser.com//comunes/multimedia/videoFullScreen/video_iframe.html?xref=20081126csrcsrint_1 --- Islam in Europe: Spain: New Taliban threat video http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/11/spain-new-taliban-threat-video.html --- Taliban Threatens West In Video Message - Spanish Radio http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081126\ACQDJON200811260652DOWJONESDJONLINE000497.htm&&mypage=newsheadlines&title=Taliban%20Threatens%20West%20In%20Video%20Message%20-%20Spanish%20Radio http://www.expatica.com/es/articles/news/Taliban-threatens-attacks-on-West_-Spanish-radio.html ----- November 18, 2008: Taliban threaten France with attacks: video http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081118/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistantalibanunrestfrance_081118053342 ----- June 16, 2008: NATO's General David McKiernan: "The Taliban, I look at as a regional threat" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25200121/ ----- see also October 17, 2008: Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html (Afghanistan) U.S. says troops kill 25 militants in Afghanistan --- in Kandahar, Paktia province. and in the neighboring province of Paktika http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081126/wl_nm/us_afghan_violence_5 http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956108&Language=en --- Five Afghan police, 25 Taliban killed in separate clashes - police attacked in Kandahar http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243431,five-afghan-police-25-taliban-killed-in-separate-clashes--summary.html (Afghanistan) UK Woman soldier's leg amputated --- whose legs were shattered by a Taliban bomb --- Captain Kate Philp http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/3523724/Woman-soldier-loses-leg-in-Afghanistan-blast.html Pakistan: Taliban leader vows to step up attacks -- Hakeemullah Mehsud http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2750735292 Pakistani Taliban shrug off U.S. missile strikes -- Hakeemullah Mehsud says Taliban will press on with Jihad http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL101147.htm (Pakistan) 'Laws have failed to contain 'radicalization' in Pakistan' --- workshop organized by Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-51691.html --- "PIPS director says only 150 seminaries in 1947, more than 20,000 madrassas operating now" http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg7_35 (Pakistan) NWFP minister survives blast -- Labour Minister Sher Azam Wazir http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\11\26\story_26-11-2008_pg7_1 (U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Prosecutors: Fort Dix 5 trained for mission -- week long trip in Pennsylvania Poconos -- shot at red balloons pretending they were the heads of American soldiers http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20081126_Prosecutors__Fort_Dix_5_trained_for_mission.html (Iran) U.S. Treasury Actions: Entities identified as being owned/controlled by the Government of Iran http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/actions/20081126.shtml Iran: More than 5,000 centrifuges are now up and running http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702330039&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull (Iran) Report: Iran launches rocket amid nuke tension -- "'Explorer 2' is believed to be part of Tehran's satellite program" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27923562/ Saudi Arabia 'transfers Bahraini terror suspect to UAE' -- Khalil Janahi http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243303,saudi-arabia-transfers-bahraini-terror-suspect-to-uae.html (Somalia) Journalists kidnapped in Somalia http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7750433.stm Somali pirates warn ship owners -- Saudi supertanker http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/piracy/3525109/Somali-pirates-urge-owners-of-Saudi-supertanker-to-negotiate.html --- Somali pirates are treating us well, says British hostage on hijacked supertanker http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1089321/Somali-pirates-treating-says-British-hostage-hijacked-supertanker.html Somali forces to storm hijacked ship, Yemeni owner says http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243434,somali-forces-to-storm-hijacked-ship-yemeni-owner-says.html (Russia) Mayor killed in North Ossetian capital -- Vladikavkaz not far from Beslan http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/26/europe/27russia.php http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/26/europe/EU-Russia-Mayor-Killed.php (Russia) US group: Ossetian militias attacking Georgians http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/26/europe/EU-Russia-Georgia-War.php (Spain) ETA Militant plotted attack on America's Cup http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/26/europe/EU-Spain-Basque-Militant.php Macedonia: 1 policeman dead in machine gun attack http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/11/26/europe/EU-Macedonia-Policemen-Shot.php Sri Lankan forces to control Tamil stronghold soon -- official http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1956130&Language=en -- Sri Lanka army claims it is poised to oust Tamil Tiger rebels http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/srilanka/3525134/Sri-Lanka-army-claims-it-is-poised-to-oust-Tamil-Tiger-rebels.html (Philippines) 1 soldier, 3 wounded in suspected MILF attack http://www.gmanews.tv/story/135888/1-soldier-3-wounded-in-suspected-MILF-attack http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/243353,one-soldier-killed-three-wounded-in-clashes-in-philippines.html (Thailand) 4 bomb attacks rock Bangkok http://www.nationmultimedia.com/topstory/read.php?newsid=30089454 -- Blasts bring chaos to Bangkok's airports --- "Authorities cancel all flights at Suvarnabhumi Airport after blast; one wounded" --- "People's Alliance for Democracy has been leading protests since May" http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/thailand.protests.airport/index.html Other News: (UK) Make Sharia part of UK law, says QC -- Stephen Hockman QC --- Daily Express: "Sharia law will 'inevitably' become part of the legal system and work should begin now to incorporate it into British law, a leading barrister said last night." --- Daily Express: "Stephen Hockman, QC, former chairman of the Bar Council, spoke at a meeting organised by the website Islam4UK, where another speaker was Anjem Choudary, former head of banned fanatical group al-Muhajiroun." http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/72992/Make-Sharia-part-of-UK-law-says-QC -- Sharia law should be introduced into legal system, says leading barrister http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3523672/Sharia-law-should-be-introduced-into-legal-system-says-leading-barrister.html ---- July 5, 2008: Former chair of Bar Council calls for sharia rules in English law http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1032080/Former-chair-Bar-Council-calls-sharia-rules-English-law.html ---- Chambers Of Stephen Hockman QC http://www.courtserve.net/directories/chambers/fbs0000115/6pump-court-details.htm (UK) Interpal bank closure delayed until new year - January 30, 2009 http://www.charityfinance.co.uk/home/content.php?id=2411&pg=15&cat=58 --- UK Government officials have raised funds for Interpal http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article4293935.ece --- Interpal linked to funding for Hamas terrorist organization http://www.fsmarchives.org/article.php?id=491661 http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.636/pub_detail.asp (UK) "On BBC America, a compelling drama about Muslim intolerance" -- BBC America's "Britz" http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=LIFE&ID=565409857554808848 --- "At one point, Nasima even lashes out at viewers, saying they cannot be considered innocent victims of terrorism because 'you keep electing this government.'" --- "after joining MI-5, Sohail finds himself on the receiving end of discriminatory police practices, proclaiming, 'This is exactly why people are getting radicalized.'" --- "focus is on Sohail's sister, Nasima.... [who] crusades against what she sees as oppressive government policies stemming from the American 9/11 and British 7/7 attacks (a poster in her room features a picture of President Bush and the words 'World's 1 Terrorist')." ------ BBC America Website for "Britz" http://bbcamerica.com/content/345/about.jsp Egypt: 13 Injured in Clashes between Muslims and Christians http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023655.php http://www.almasry-alyoum.com/article2.aspx?ArticleID=187834 Egypt: Islamic judges strip Christian mothers of children -- WND version of Compass report in yesterday's list http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81963 Hamas, Fatah women fist fight as disputes inflame http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/November/middleeast_November533.xml§ion=middleeast (Pakistan/UK) Britain against forced marriage in Pakistan