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NYC Times Square Terror Attempt News:

(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomb Suspect Waives Rapid Court Hearing - not in court on Wednesday
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/nyregion/06bomb.html

(U.S.) NYC: Bomber went on Times Square dry run
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/bomber_went_on_times_square_dry_2sR0J6vcfHD0MKeFjPjWlO

(U.S.) NYC: Times Square bomb: US tightens no-fly controls
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/7683133/US-tightens-terrorism-no-fly-controls-after-Times-Square-bomb-lapses.html
— Incident raises questions about no-fly list
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/05/05/no.fly.list.questions/

(U.S.) NYC: FBI chasing leads on confessed Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad’s potential terrorist ties
http://bit.ly/aUmHOq

(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomb Suspect May Have Received Online Education in Jihad
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/05/times-square-bomber-faisal-shahzad/

(U.S.) NYC: Feds probing suspect’s terror training claim
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36968032/ns/us_news-security/

(U.S.) NYC: Authorities started tracking down Faisal Shahzad using email address he had given the seller of SUV
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/804705—how-nyc-bomb-suspect-was-caught
— Times Square bombing: trail that led to Faisal Shahzad
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/05/times-square-bombing-faisal-shahzad

(U.S.) NYC: Lapses in security let accused board plane
— NYT: “an FBI surveillance team that had found Shahzad in Connecticut lost track of him — it is not clear for how long — before he drove to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, the officials said. As a result, investigators did not know he was planning to fly abroad until a final passenger list was sent to officials at the federal Customs and Border Protection agency minutes before takeoff.”
— “Emirates Airline failed to act on an electronic message at midday Monday notifying all airlines to check the no-fly list for an important added name, the officials said.”
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2010/05/05/accused_goes_from_anonymity_to_notoriety/
— Authorities Lost Shahzad in Traffic Monday
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/05/national/main6463571.shtml

(U.S.) NYC: Times Square Bomber Left Trail From Keys to Calls
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-05/times-square-bomber-left-trail-from-keys-to-calls-update2-.html

(U.S.) NYC: Suspect’s Gun Proved Easy to Obtain
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/nyregion/06gun.html

(U.S.) NYC: Pa. fireworks store has video of suspected Times Square bomber
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/pa_fireworks_store_has_video_of_4NzBLKadfTh4JzIENPc7cM

(U.S.) Times Square bomb plot spotlights larger U.S. fear
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN0414636120100505

(U.S.) NYC: NYC mayor spares police jobs after failed bomb attack
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6446HO20100505

(U.S.) NYC: “Media Ignore The Fact That Man Who Alerted Police To Failed Times Square Bombing Is A Muslim Immigrant”
-— Aliou Niasse
http://bit.ly/a0gJlF
— May 3 listing we had was — Lance Norton, Duane Jackson, and Mohamate Niasse
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64209V20100503

(U.S.) Connecticut: Faisal Shahzad: accused Times Square bomber ‘gave up American dream for jihad’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7682794/Faisal-Shahzad-accused-Times-Square-bomber-gave-up-American-dream-for-jihad.html
— Suspected NY bomber a married financial analyst
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6436G920100504
— Mystery surrounds suburban dad, accused terrorist
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/05/new.york.bomb.suspect/

(U.S.) Connecticut: Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad ‘was just a normal dude’ before making neighbors suspicious
http://bit.ly/c5OrUH

(U.S.) Connecticut: Suspect in bombing stranger to Connecticut mosques
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/Suspect-in-bombing-stranger-to-Conn-mosques/8o5-Y395c06HY8ovId6mgw.cspx

(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan Army denies Times Square bomb arrests
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.346008263

(U.S./Pakistan) Times Square Bomb Suspect Met With Key Taliban Leader, Pakistani Officials Say
— FOX News: “Pakistani officials confirmed to Fox News that Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad was introduced to Qari Hussain, the No.3 in the top tier leadership of the Pakistani Taliban on his last trip to Pakistan.”
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/05/times-square-bomb-suspect-met-pakistani-taliban-leader/
— “Plausible” link between bomb suspect, Taliban - U.S.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE6446DY20100505

(U.S./Pakistan) Link emerges between Times Square bomb attempt and Pakistani militant group
— Jaish-e-Muhammad
— LA Times: “A member of the Al Qaeda-allied Pakistani militant group Jaish-e-Muhammad is being held by authorities in Pakistan. That man spent time with Faisal Shahzad, the person charged in the failed bomb plot, although sources say that does not mean Jaish-e-Muhammad engineered the plot.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/asia/la-fg-pakistan-shahzad-20100506,0,4293192.story
— Pakistani Group Jaish May Offer Clue in Shahzad Case
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703322204575226443266852562.html

(U.S./Pakistan) NY bomb suspect being probed for links abroad
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg1_1
— Faisal bought one-way ticket to Pakistan: airline
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg1_4
— Three suspects arrested in Lahore
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg1_2
— Faisal’s parents, relatives ‘go underground’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg1_3

(U.S./Pakistan) Car bomb suspect who slipped under radar is son of air force chief
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7117533.ece

(U.S./Pakistan) Probe in failed Times Square attack focusing on Pakistani Taliban
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/05/AR2010050501536.html

US, Pakistan hold high-level talks about bomb plot: US
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=104243

(U.S./Pakistan) “Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told CBS News he believed the failed attack was a retaliation for the United States targeting Taliban followers.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64100G20100505
— NY bomb plot linked to drone strikes: FM
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg1_7
— Qureshi sought U.S. to negotiate with Taliban in February 2009
— “Pakistan advises Holbrooke talk to Taliban moderates” — Pakistan Foreign Minister Qureshi
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSISL24406020090210

(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan frontier a haven for militants
— State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley says does not want to damage “our relationship with Pakistan”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/04/pakistan.lawless.province/

Newslinks:

Pakistan is ‘epicenter of Islamic terrorism’
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/05/05/zakaria.pakistan.terror/index.html
— NOTE: this is why you have seen so many newslinks on Pakistan from me over the years...

(Pakistan/U.S.) Letter of satisfaction on minority rights from US Senators to President of Pakistan is very surprising
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1611

Pakistan receives $468 million from US security fund
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/04-pak-receives-468-mn-csf-qs-04

Pakistan Daily Times: Editorial: A stunning arrest
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\06\story_6-5-2010_pg3_1

Pakistan: Taliban cut off hands of three tribesmen
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/06-taliban-cut-off-hands-of-three-tribesmen-rs-04

Pakistan: Military spokesman denies any arrests after NW bomb plot
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2081035&Language=en

Iraq: Thousands Protest Bus Bomb Against Christians
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/iraq-thousands-protest-bus-bomb-against-christians/
— May 2, 2010 - Iraq: Christians Targeted in Multiple Bus Bomb Attack
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/iraq-christians-targeted/
-— NOTE: Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Praises Attacks on Iraqi Christians
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/wbc-praises-attack-on-iraq-christians/

“Kuwaiti Sheikh: Scholars and Preachers Entice Naive Youth to Join Illegitimate Jihad”
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4134.htm

(Afghanistan) Taliban suicide squad targets Afghan council
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/06/taliban-suicide-squad-targets-afghan-council/
— Afghanistan: Suicide bomber ‘kills’ provincial official
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.345657228

(Afghanistan) Militants launch deadly suicide attack on Afghan city
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/04-afghanistan-militant-attack-qs-08

Afghan President to Visit Washington Amid Efforts to Reconcile with Taliban
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Afghan-President-to-Visit-Washington-Amid-Efforts-to-Reconcile-with-Taliban-92896744.html
— Taliban reconciliation talks to take place in Washington
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/631540/cs/1/

(Afghanistan) Taliban leaders to be offered exile under Afghanistan peace plan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/05/afghanistan-taliban-leaders-offered-exile-peace-plan

(Afghanistan) “Captured Leader Offers Insight Into the Taliban”
— Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/06/world/asia/06baradar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

(Iran) Ahmadinejad vows Iran will continue nuclear program
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3885402,00.html
— Ahmadinejad Defiant in Face of U.N. Sanctions, Israeli Military
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/iran-president-mahmoud-ahmadinejad-defiant-face-sanctions-israeli/story?id=10556122

(Iran) Icelandic Documentary: “Osama bin Laden ‘living in luxury in Iran’”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7680557/Osama-bin-Laden-living-in-luxury-in-Iran.html

(Israel) Cabinet to discuss incitement-monitoring
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=174705

Somali Islamists planning wave of attacks: AU
— Plotting Iraq-style suicide attacks on Mogadishu
http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/05/05/107804.html

(Somalia) Warship ordered to chase Somali pirates after Russian tanker is hijacked
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7117502.ece

(Sweden) Al-Qaida group recruiting Sweden’s youth
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/05/05/Al-Qaida-group-recruiting-Swedens-youth/UPI-75351273100446/

Greece on brink of abyss as three bank workers killed in riots
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7117546.ece

(Canada) Accused terrorism-financer expected to plead guilty in Vancouver court
— Tamil Tigers Prapaharan Thambithurai
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Accused+terrorism+financer+expected+plead+guilty+Vancouver+court/2989907/story.html

War on Women:

(Iraq) Human trafficking female victims jailed in Iraq
http://bit.ly/cLIj6P

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/05/04/jamjoom.iraq.girls.prison.cnn

(UK) Iranian civil rights protester is spared deportation — for NOW
— “Bita Ghaedi, who feared her life was at risk if returned to Iran, wins interim reprieve”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/05/iranian-civil-rights-protester-deportation

Other News:

(U.S.) “Taking a stand” by M. Zuhdi Jasser
http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/05/taking-a-stand/

(U.S.) “Defeat the Ideology — the root cause of Political Islam” by M. Zuhdi Jasser
http://bit.ly/bh9WaF

(U.S.) Reported bomb at Houston’s Bush International Airport a false alarm
http://www.helium.com/items/1823882-reported-bomb-at-houstons-bush-international-airport-a-false-alarm

(U.S.) Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Praises Attacks on Iraqi Christians
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/wbc-praises-attack-on-iraq-christians/

(U.S.) Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Praises Shooting of Detroit Police Officer
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/wbc-detroit-police/

(U.S.) Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Praises Mosque Bombing
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/wbc-mosque-bombing/

(U.S.) Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Praises Floods and Tragic Deaths
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-praises-floods-and-tragic-deaths/

(UK) The British public are demonizing Israel, ambassador says
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7117347.ece

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist China to force internet users to register real names
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7681709/China-to-force-internet-users-to-register-real-names.html

Against Racial Supremacism News:

(U.S.) “Tea party groups battling perceptions of racism”
— “’We don’t want the worst elements to take this over,’ said Brendan Steinhauser, campaign director for FreedomWorks, a national group that helps coordinate tea party activists”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/04/AR2010050405168.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36955637/ns/politics-washington_post/
-— White Nationalists Claim Infiltration of April 15 Event in Washington DC by Using Gadsden Flag
http://bit.ly/gadsdenflag
— St. Louis: White Separatist Chased From Tea Party Political Event
http://bit.ly/stlouiscofcc
— Florida: Racist “Hate Group” Seeks Own “Tea Party” Event – Rejected by Tea Party Leaders
http://bit.ly/floridatea
— “White Nationalists” Seek to Infiltrate “Tea Party” Groups — Finding Mixed Response
http://bit.ly/whiteteaproblems

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