July 12, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
R.E.A.L. and Hizb ut-Tahrir News Reports:
Hizb ut-Tahrir Event Canceled — R.E.A.L Challenges HT at Lincoln Memorial
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/07/ht-canceled-and-real-challenge/
News reports on R.E.A.L. and Hizb ut-Tahrir
— Illinois hotel scrubs Muslim group meeting
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/07/11/Illinois-hotel-scrubs-Muslim-group-meeting/UPI-94881278871807/
— Islamic Group Booted From Meeting Spot
http://mystateline.com/fulltext-news/?nxd_id=178265
— Muslim Group Claims Hotel Violated Contract
http://www.wbez.org/Content.aspx?audioID=43144
— Muslim group cancels meeting after hotel cancels them
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/07/muslim-group-cancels-meeting-after-hotel-cancels-them.html
— Illinois hotel backs out of hosting Muslim group
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-muslimpoliticalgr,0,3571446.story
— Muslim group drops conference after host backs out
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/faith/2010/07/muslim_group_drops_conference.html
— Other News reports on R.E.A.L. and Hizb ut-Tahrir
http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&cf=all&ncl=dcA8k6p26YM2pEMd3guSxFPvv72AM
Main Newslinks:
(UK/U.S.) Transatlantic Jet Bombers: Would-be suicide bombers jailed for life
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/10600084.stm
— Daily Star reports each get at least 20 years
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/144125/Islamist-terror-cell-get-20-years-for-plotting-Brit-9-11/
(U.S.) Chicago/Ohio: Cousins sentenced in terrorism case
— LA Times: “Zubair Ahmed and Khaleel Ahmed of the Chicago area had planned to travel overseas and kill U.S. soldiers, although they never got beyond an initial trip to Egypt. They were arrested in 2007.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ohio-terror-20100713,0,6242140.story
(U.S.) Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki puts ‘Everybody Draw Mohammed’ cartoonist Molly Norris on execution hitlist
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/07/11/2010-07-11_cleric_anwar_alawlaki_puts_everybody_draw_mohammed_cartoonist_molly_norris_on_ex.html
— ‘Draw Muhammad’ artist placed on execution hit list; her online sites disappear
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2010/07/draw_muhammad_artist_placed_on.html
(U.S.) Prosecutor: Ark. doctor masterminded bomb attack
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hcsTEIqb0SllC5SbeaAk2cya5oyQD9GTPTEG0
Pakistan: Sufi shrine attack makes Pakistan go after Jaish, others
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Sufi-shrine-attack-makes-Pakistan-go-after-Jaish-others-/articleshow/6160807.cms
Pakistan: Hundreds of suspected militants arrested
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.671950695
(Pakistan) FBI probe of 26/11 terror attack led to Pakistan
http://sify.com/news/fbi-probe-of-26-11-terror-attack-led-to-pakistan-news-international-khmtuecbice.html
Pakistan’s Islamist shock jocks face ban on glamorizing terrorism
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7885606/Pakistans-Islamist-shock-jocks-face-ban-on-glamorising-terrorism.html
Pakistan Daily Times: “US should better define, counter Islamic extremism”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\13\story_13-7-2010_pg7_12
Pakistan: School blown up in Bajaur
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\13\story_13-7-2010_pg7_11
Pakistan must take on Haqqani network: US senator
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan-must-take-on-Haqqani-network-US-senator/articleshow/6156443.cms
Pakistan indispensable in war on terror: Petraeus
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/44-pakistans-support-indispensable-in-war-against-terror-petraeus-fa-02
Pakistan: Suicide bomber killed in a failed attempt on a tribal elder in Pakistan
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2100209&Language=en
(Bangladesh) 13 Shibir men held with arms, books on jihad
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=146524
Afghanistan: Bazaar bombing wounds 21 civilians
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.673824934
Afghanistan frees more suspected Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\13\story_13-7-2010_pg7_2
(Afghanistan) ‘Removal of Taliban leaders from terror list sought’
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iqECDM4L49QqetU3ZaZZEIUGxfSA
(Afghanistan) NATO soldier, 11 police killed in Afghan attacks
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gEpKlQ5vnRYkQqHXUiDx6GfuLKjA
(Afghanistan) More Afghan Civilians Dying From Taliban Attacks
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/12/world/main6670941.shtml
(Afghanistan) Plan to persuade 36,000 Taliban to lay down their arms - by 2015
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7886021/Plan-to-persuade-36000-Taliban-to-lay-down-their-arms.html
India: Minister critically injured in northern blast
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.672506417
Gaza flotilla raid: mistakes made at ‘relatively senior’ level
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/7885696/Gaza-flotilla-raid-mistakes-made-at-relatively-senior-level.html
Iran claims to have produced 20kg of 20 per cent enriched uranium
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7884437/Iran-claims-to-have-produced-20kg-of-20-per-cent-enriched-uranium.html
(Uganda) Blasts hit World Cup watchers in Uganda, kill 64
— AP: “Police feared an al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group was behind the attacks, as Uganda’s president declared Monday “we shall get them wherever they are.’”
— “The blasts came two days after a commander with the Somali group, al-Shabab, called for militants to attack sites in Uganda and Burundi, two nations that contribute troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia.”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hzHMeIMsFmUA1bDTDUdeL_hCMbjAD9GTF1H03
— Al-Qaida-linked Somali group claims Uganda blasts
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38194835/ns/world_news-africa/
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Somali-Group-Claims-Responsibility-for-Uganda-Blasts-98254389.html
— US: Uganda Bombings ‘Backfired’
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/-US—Uganda-Bombings-Backfired-98270279.html
— Uganda Attack May Have Been ‘Plan B’ for Terror Strike on World Cup, Expert Says
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/12/obama-administration-offers-join-forces-uganda-cowardly-attack/
— Bomb outrage in Uganda
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/7886285/Bomb-outrage-in-Uganda.html
AU: Kampala Bombs Will Not Affect Somalia Peacekeeping
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/AU-Kampala-Bombs-Will-Not-Affect-Somalia-Peacekeeping-98263194.html
(Somalia) Al-Shabaab: Somalia’s al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/7885065/Al-Shabaab-Somalias-al-Qaeda-linked-Islamist-militants.html
Mali: Al Qaeda threatens to kill French hostage in 15 days
http://af.reuters.com/article/nigerNews/idAFLDE66A0HR20100712
Tunisia sentences eight to jail on terror charges
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hpHYKkv175gpoGc3z1NqmPdBbGig
— Tunisia: Two Europeans sentenced for terrorism charges
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/tunisia-two-europeans-sentenced-for.html
(Iran) Medvedev: Iran Nearer to Nuclear Weapons Potential
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/Medvedev-Iran-Nearer-to-Nuclear-Weapons-Potential-98239489.html
Russian Suicide Bomb Ring Foiled, Government Says
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/world/europe/13russia.html?_r=1
Germany: Aid group banned for ‘Hamas ties’
— AKI: “German authorities believe the Frankfurt-based Internationale Humanitaere Hilfsorganisation (IHH) has been funnelling money to Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip and is considered a terrorist organisation by the European Union, the United States and Israel.”
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.673190756
— Hamas Fundraising in Germany and the United Kingdom
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/07/12/hamas-fundraising-in-germany-and-the-united-kingdom/
War on Women News:
IRAN: Judiciary official says woman to be stoned for husband’s murder, not just adultery
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/07/iran-stoning-sakineh-ashtiani.html
— Iran stoning halted, but family in danger
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/iran-stoning-halted-but-family-in-danger/story-e6frg6so-1225890918498
— Iran’s stoning death sentence under review
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/07/12/stoning-sentence012.html
— IRAN: Hard-line official insists stoning penalty for adultery stands, but is under a required review
http://bit.ly/avpGjD
— Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani will not be stoned to death - for the time being
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/12/iran-sakineh-mohammadi-ashtiani-stoned-death
Bangladesh: Acid attack on housewife
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=146526
India: ‘Honour killings will continue’
http://news.oneindia.in/2010/07/12/honour-killing-old-khap-tradition-will-continue.html
Other News:
Jordan: Banned Hizb ut-Tahrir members arrested in northern Jordan
http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleNO=8871
Palestinian Authority: Hizb Ut-Tahrir: PA security detained 17 supporters
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=298860
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir charged with three counts of genocide in Darfur
— Daily Telegraph: “The International Criminal Court on Monday charged Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir with three counts of genocide in Darfur, piling further diplomatic pressure on his isolated regime.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/7886123/Sudans-President-Omar-al-Bashir-charged-with-three-counts-of-genocide-in-Darfur.html
Sudan Army drives JEM fighters out of Adola mountains
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2100357&Language=en
India: T.J. Joseph case - Family of Indian professor ‘forgives’ attackers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/10557819.stm
India: Sharjah Sharia court gives capital punishment to Indian labourer
— ANI: “However, according to the court papers, the 35-year-old man, S.S., has denied of the murder charges and claimed that he didn’t even know the victim’s identity.”
http://sify.com/news/sharjah-sharia-court-gives-capital-punishment-to-indian-labourer-news-international-khmrEhfcecf.html
Pakistan: Hindus in Sindh attacked after boy drinks from mosque cooler
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Hindus-in-Sindh-attacked-after-boy-drinks-from-mosque-cooler-/articleshow/6160792.cms
Pakistan: Lahore : interfaith solidarity towards Sufis targeted by terrorism
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Lahore-:-interfaith-solidarity-towards-Sufis-targeted-by-terrorism-18913.html
Egyptian Reformist Thinker Tarek Heggy: ‘Egyptian Copts are Oppressed, Oppressed, Oppressed’
http://www.freecopts.net/forum/showthread.php?13482-Egyptian-Reformist-Thinker-Tarek-Heggy-Egyptian-Copts-are-Oppressed&p=69816&viewfull=1
Turkey: Christians in Danger
http://www.aina.org/news/20100708120749.htm
Indonesia: Moluccas clashes between Christians and Muslims three dead and five injured
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Moluccas-clashes-between-Christians-and-Muslims-three-dead-and-five-injured-18902.html
Saudi Arabia: Judge refuses to see woman without ‘mahram’
http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article83130.ece
Mona Eltahawy on first Muslim Miss America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1qJDLo2XUw&feature=player_embedded
Mona Elthawy on burqa ban
http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/2010/07/12/yes_to_the_burqa_ban/
“Veiled Threats?” - by Martha Nussbaum
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/veiled-threats/?ref=global
“Burqa Barbie: News Anchor” - Video by Mona Eltahawy
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,60482518001_1964931,00.html
French parliament set to vote on veil ban
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jBLvcjYl38M5uHzhqlF2IV8WWOywD9GTERQ80
— France: Businessman to pay burka fines
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/france-businessman-to-pay-burka-fines.html
France: Muslim denied citizenship for refusing to shake hands
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/07/france-muslim-denied-citizenship-for.html
Indonesia: Blonde meets sharia law: when the tourist becomes the attraction
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/blonde-meets-sharia-law-when-the-tourist-becomes-the-attraction-20100708-101s8.html
(UK) British schools advised to cancel swimming during Ramzan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\13\story_13-7-2010_pg7_8
(UK) English Defence League is urged to scrap plans for a “costly” demonstration in Dudley on July 17
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2010/07/12/english-defence-league-is-urged-to-scrap-plans-for-a-costly-demonstration-in-dudley-on-july-17-97319-26830775/
(U.S.) Muslim Outreach Not the Job of NASA, White House Says
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/12/white-house-muslim-outreach-task-nasa/
(U.S.) “Islamic Schools in US Raise Hopes, Fears”
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Islamic-Schools-in-US-Raises-Hopes-and-Fears-98247319.html
(U.S.) NYC: During Staten Island visit, Archbishop Dolan mum on mosque
http://www.silive.com/southshore/index.ssf/2010/07/during_staten_island_visit_arc.html
(U.S.) NYC: Bloomberg: Critics of Ground Zero mosque ‘un-American’
http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/bloomberg-critics-of-ground-zero-mosque-un-american-1.2099749
— NYC mayor: Investigating mosque is un-American
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5islOfKiLRIzex9wNazeryzLJorcgD9GTMCJ00
(U.S.) NYC: King raises questions about ground zero mosque
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gRNQZGtBNzPPPovBXRP6z8t6yrbgD9GTRSNO0
(U.S.) California: Proposed mosque in Temecula faces opposition
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_15500767
(U.S.) Michigan: “Lawmaker calls for probe of arrests of pamphleters at Arab International Fest”
http://www.pressandguide.com/articles/2010/07/10/news/doc4c38959d8b8b0289188561.txt
(U.S.) NAACP considers resolution decrying racist elements in tea-party movement
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/07/11/2076909/naacp-takes-critical-look-at-tea.html
Against Nazi/Racial Supremacism News:
Virginia: Alleged skinhead has court date today — Corey J. Miller
— Virginian-Pilot: “Norfolk police have charged a man believed to be associated with a white supremacist group connected to vandalism at two local synagogues last year.”
http://hamptonroads.com/2010/07/alleged-skinhead-arrested-norfolk-has-court-date-today
Neo-nazism is Europe’s hidden terrorist menace
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/11/islam-white-racist-terror-attack
Germany: World Cup fans’ swastikas sadden German envoy
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=116935#axzz0tWQkXXKz
Polish Neo-Nazi Art Features X-Rated Mickey Mouse
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/138522
Against Totalitarianism:
North Korean soldiers defect to China fueling fears of imminent military clash
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7885642/North-Korean-soldiers-defect-to-China-fuelling-fears-of-imminent-military-clash.html
North Korea Delays Talks Over Sinking of South Korean Ship
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/12/north-korea-delays-talks-sinking-south-korean-ship/
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Date: 12 Jul 2010
From: Ramsay Colin colin.ramsay@nhs.net [edited]
RE: Anthrax, human - UK (20): (Scotland)
If the theory that there was some sort of common contaminated “batch”
initially is correct, this may indicate a (very) gradual petering out
of the “contaminated” stock.
Alternatively, very low level anthrax spore contamination of heroin
supplies may have become a chronic issue, with newly imported
supplies carrying spores. The evidence for the alternative
explanation is scant however, in that we have not seen any further
geographic spread beyond the initial affected areas in Scotland; the
latest case lives in the area originally affected. The lack of
reports from elsewhere in the UK or Europe, apart from the 3 cases in
England and the 2 in Germany in the very early stages of the
outbreak, might be taken to support the original hypothesis of a
contaminated “batch.” Investigations continue.
—
Colin Ramsay, MD
Consultant Epidemiologist
Health Protection Scotland
Clifton House, Clifton Place
Glasgow, G3 7LN
Scotland
colin.ramsay@nhs.net
[The reference to “new” is that latterly, some of the Scots cases
were based on revisiting some cases that didn’t culture during the
clinical phase.
In epidemics that fail to stop but keep on giving, there is always
the concern that the agent might have switched sources. A good guide
in these days would also be whether the genotype had changed. But if
the newly imported contaminated heroin was coming from the same
valley in Afghanistan, one wouldn’t expect to see a new genotype,
even when it came in a different goatskin.
Our thanks to Colin for this update. - Mod MHJ]