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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/08/AR2010070803476_pf.html

Russia to release four prisoners in spy exchange with U.S.

By Jerry Markon, Walter Pincus and William Branigin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, July 8, 2010; 6:36 PM

Ten Russian spy suspects pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in New
York and were promptly ordered deported to Russia as part of a deal under
which U.S. officials said Moscow would release four prisoners accused of
spying for the West.

Each of the 10 admitted acting secretly as an agent for Russia in violation
of U.S. law requiring foreign agents to register with the government. U.S.
District Judge Kimba M. Wood then sentenced each of them to time served
since their June 27 arrests and ordered their deportation.

Documents submitted in federal court in Manhattan said Russia has agreed to
release four prisoners incarcerated there “for alleged contact with Western
intelligence agencies.”

The four were not immediately named, but reports from Moscow Wednesday
indicated that the government was preparing to release Igor Sutyagin, a
prominent Russian scientist who has been imprisoned for 11 years on
espionage charges he has steadfastly denied.

Three of the Russian prisoners were convicted of spying and are serving
lengthy prison terms, the court documents said. All have served at least “a
number of years” in prison, and several are in poor health, according to the
documents. The Russian government has agreed to release them and their
families for “resettlement,” the documents said.

Three were accused by Russia of contacting Western intelligence agencies
while they were working for the Russian government or its Soviet
predecessor, according to the documents. They said some of the detainees
worked for the Russian military “and/or for various Russian intelligence
agencies.”

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July 8, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Newslinks:

(U.K./U.S.) Three Britons Convicted in Airliner Bomb Plot - transatlantic 2006 airline plot targeting America
— Arafat Waheed Khan, Waheed Zaman and Ibrahim Savan
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/europe/Three-Britons-Convicted-in-Airliner-Bomb-Plot-—98038874.html
— 3 convicted in third trial in 2006 liquid-bomb plot
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/07/08/britain.liquid.bomb.convictions/
-— Transatlantic Jet Bombers’ Videos
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7330367.stm
-— September 8, 2008: “UK Jury Ruling on Jihadists Ignores Plot to Bomb Transatlantic Jets Headed to America”
http://unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/103.html
-— August 2008: Why Americans Must Reject British Tactics of “Counter-Radicalization” and Quotes from bombers
http://unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html#T08
-— August 16, 2006: “How The Road To Terror Leads Back To London”
http://unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/006.html

(U.K.) Another ISOC President Convicted of Terrorism Offences
— “Waheed Zaman was President of the London Metropolitan University ISOC”
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/07/08/another-isoc-president-convicted-of-terrorism-offences/

(U.K./U.S.) European court halts extradition to US of Abu Hamza
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/185886/European-court-halts-extradition-to-US-of-Abu-Hamza
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/143565/Abu-Hamza-European-Court-of-Human-Rights-delays-US-extradition/
— Terrorist suspects cannot be sent to life in jail in US, European Court rules
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7880076/Terrorist-suspects-cannot-be-sent-to-life-in-jail-in-US-European-Court-rules.html

(U.S.) Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi pleads guilty
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/07/AR2010070704734.html?hpid=moreheadlines

(UK/Lebanon) Britain’s Lebanese ambassador praises Hizbollah founder
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/lebanon/7879884/Britains-Lebanese-ambassador-praises-Hizbollah-founder.html

(Afghanistan) 2 NATO soldiers and Afghan police official killed
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/World/20100708/afghanistan-thursday-100708/

Afghanistan: Death toll rises in UN convoy attack
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.656748202

(Afghanistan) US to spend $3B to combat Afghan homemade bombs
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iaNy3tJyWoa_4EBlPg-ugi89jeKgD9GQVNH80

(Afghanistan) British troops could end Afghan combat in ‘less than three years’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7879879/British-troops-could-end-Afghan-combat-in-less-than-three-years.html

(Afghanistan) Former US envoy calls for Afghanistan’s partition
— Robert D. Blackwill: “The US polity should stop talking about timelines and exit strategies and accept that the Taliban will inevitably control most of its historic stronghold in the Pashtun south”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/16-former-us-envoy-calls-for-afghanistans-partition-970-hs-07

Pakistan: Terror war strategy needs to be changed: ISI chief
“Pakistan should consider making changes in its strategy because of changes in US policy about terrorism in Afghanistan.”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/16-terror-war-strategy-needs-to-be-changed-isi-chief-970-hs-05

Pakistan raises serious objections to UN report on Benazir’s murder
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\09\story_9-7-2010_pg7_2

Iraq: 12 killed in Baghdad on last day of Shiite holiday
— Shiite Muslims again targeted on July 8, 2010, after July 7 suicide bomber kills nearly 60 people
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hwK_CSpBxsNuVUEaDuOwmSSCiqGwD9GQQLQ00

Iraq: Baghdad attacks leave 275 people dead, injured
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2099626&Language=en

(Iran) Obama: Israeli attack on Iran unlikely
http://www.mathaba.net/news/?x=623848

Israel Says Hezbollah Moves Missiles Near Border
http://abcnews.go.com/International/israel-warns-hezbollah-moving-men-missiles-border/story?id=11114502

(Somalia) Al-Shabab Vows Jihad Against New Troops
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Al-Shabab-Vows-Jihad-Against-New-Troops-97939364.html

(Somalia/Kenya) Iraq, Afghan, Pakistan fighters have moved to Somalia: Kenya
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\09\story_9-7-2010_pg7_3

Central African Republic: Ugandan rebels kill four in CAR: Red Cross
— Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) Christian Supremacist terrorists
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100708/wl_africa_afp/centrafricaugandarebelsunrest

(Norway/Germany) Three held in Norway ‘al-Qaeda bomb plot’
— BBC: “Three people have been arrested in connection with a plot to bomb targets in Norway, police in Oslo have said.”
— “Two of the plotters were arrested in Norway and one in Germany, said the head of the Norwegian security police, Janne Kristiansen.”
— “The men - a Uighur from China, an Iraqi and an Uzbek - are said to have ties to al-Qaeda and to be linked to bomb plots in the US and UK, Ms Kristiansen said. “
— “US prosecutors say the Norwegian case is linked to foiled bomb plots in New York and the English city of Manchester.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10554523.stm
— Three linked to Al-Qaeda held: Norway police
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jNuJ-Xtl6niPsJ8geJo2SLnNXRLQ
-— Three arrested in Norway for terror plot
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/breaking-three-arrested-in-norway-for.html#more

(Turkey) US ‘looking at’ IHH on links to terrorism:
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-215528-102-us-looking-at-ihh-on-links-to-terrorism.html

EU Parliament Approves Terrorist Finance Tracking Agreement
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100708-704196.html

Serbia: Investigators start work at site of alleged Kosovo mass grave
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.657455623

Women’s News:

Iran: Reports that Stoning of Sakineh Ashtiani Halted
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/iran-reports-that-stoning-of-sakineh-ashtiani-halted/
— Guardian: Iran halts woman’s death by stoning
-— Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani could still face death penalty, despite reprieve that follows international campaign led by her children
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/08/iran-halts-woman-death-stoning

— CNN: Iran denying Iranian woman will be executed by stoning
-— CNN: “Iran’s government is denying reports that an Iranian woman convicted of adultery will be executed by stoning, though her death sentence may still be carried out by some other method.”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/07/08/iran.stoning/?hpt=T2

— FOX News: Stoning may have been Stopped
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/08/stoning-may-have-been-stopped/
— TVNZ: Iranian woman escapes death by stoning
http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/iranian-woman-escapes-death-stoning-3636353

Iran Faces Calls To Stop Woman’s Stoning
http://bit.ly/cNdBGL

Iran: British government joins celebrities in bid to save Iranian mother from stoning
— Sakineh Ashtiani
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1293064/British-government-joins-celebrities-bid-save-Iranian-mother-stoning.html?ITO=1490

Iran must halt woman’s death by stoning
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/07/07/iftikhar.iran.stoning/?fbid=AY1wgJx0efT

Congressman Quigley Statement on Announced Stoning of Iranian Woman
http://bignews.biz/?id=889945&keys=Congressman-Mike-Quigley-IranianWoman

Iranians still facing death by stoning despite ‘reprieve’
— Fifteen could still die in horrific sentence after being allegedly convicted of adultery
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/08/iran-death-stoning-adultery
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/iranians-still-facing-death-by-stoning-despite-reprieve/

Pakistan: ‘Karo-kari incidents similar to targeted killing’ -
— “honor killings”
— “Describing the complications of honour killings, he said the family members usually end up forgiving each other; hence, the law cannot punish them.”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\09\story_9-7-2010_pg12_15

Pakistan: 342 incidents of violence against women in KP, FATA: report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\09\story_9-7-2010_pg7_29

India: Govt gets cold feet on honour killings Bill
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/split-in-cabinet-over-punishment-to-honour-killers/126196-3.html?from=tn

India - Tamil Nadu: Accused in ‘honour killing’ surrenders
http://thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article504768.ece

India: ‘I’m shocked by caste killings’
http://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/jul/080710-Honour-Killing-Neelam-Katara-Khap.htm

(UK) Murder remand for Lancashire “honour killing” - Naeem Butt
http://www.clicklancashire.com/news/local-news/127504-murder-remand-for-lancashire-honour-killing.html

Russia: Drive-by paintballers attack women in Grozny over ‘non-Islamic’ clothes
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/driveby-paintballers-attack-women-in-grozny-over-nonislamic-clothes-2022135.html

Other News:

Somalia: Al-Hayat Editorial Board Director: Fatwas Banning Soccer Reflect Crisis in Islamic World
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4435.htm

Pakistan: Muslim Mob Kills Wife, Children of Christian in Pakistan
— Jamshed Masih
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/22542/

Pakistan: CLAAS updates on Lahore Factory Area Christian blasphemy victims
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=2111

Pakistan: Punjab soup kitchen forbidden to Christians
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Punjab-soup-kitchen-forbidden-to-Christians-18884.html

Pakistan: Acid thrown on power protesters, 30 injured
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\09\story_9-7-2010_pg7_5

Turkey: Christian children singled out in Turkey
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/14439

Macedonia: Wahabists taking over mosques
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/macedonia-wahabists-taking-over-mosques.html

(U.S.) “Muslims for Peace” Campaign Launches
— “Muslims for Peace” - Naseem Mahdi, National VP, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/muslims-for-peace-campaign-launches/
— Can Muslim Peace Group End Extremism?
http://www.foxnewsinsider.com/2010/07/08/can-muslim-peace-group-end-extremism/

(U.S.) Muslim community member charged in Marietta mosque fire
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution report: “A member of the Muslim community is suspected of setting the fire that occurred at a Marietta mosque Monday night, Marietta fire officials said Thursday.”
— “Tamsir Mendy, 26, a native of Gambia, has been charged with 1st degree arson and is being held without bail at the Cobb County detention center, said Scott Tucker, Marietta assistant fire chief.”
— “Mosque leaders said Mendy, who describes himself as a “devout Muslim,” had attended their prayer services for a few weeks, Tucker said.
— “Mendy was taken into custody around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Marietta Fire Department headquarters. He is believed to have acted alone, Tucker said.”
— “Officials have ruled out the possibility that the arson was a hate crime, and did not provide details on any possible motives for the fire.”
http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/muslim-community-member-charged-566659.html

(U.S.) Dallas: Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group to Protest Holocaust Museum, Synagogue, Jewish Centers
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/dallas-anti-semitic-protests

(U.S.) NY: A move on Staten Island to broker mosque peace
http://www.silive.com/eastshore/index.ssf/2010/07/a_move_on_staten_island_to_bro.html

France: Constitutional Court to decide on burka ban
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/france-constitutional-court-to-decide.html

(Lebanon) France: Islamist preacher warns France against banning the burka — Omar Bakri
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7878011/Islamist-preacher-warns-France-against-banning-the-burka.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

Communist North Korea: UN draft condemns North Korea for South Korea ship sinking
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/UN-draft-condemns-North-Korea-for-South-Korea-ship-sinking/articleshow/6145440.cms

Against Racial Supremacism:

California: Two teens sentenced in hate attacks: Neo-Nazi gang writings found at A.V. home
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/attacks-20347-hate-sentenced.html
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4289660

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