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July 13, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

Iraq: Seven Christian Churches Bombed - Christians fleeing Iraq when told by Islamic Supremacists to Convert to Islam or Die
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/iraq-churches-bombed/
— CNN: “Wave of Iraq church bombings stretches into third day”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/13/iraq.church.bombings/
— CNN reports: “A church in Iraq was bombed Monday, the seventh Christian house of worship in the country to be bombed in three days.”
— “Three children were wounded in Monday’s attack in northern city of Mosul
— “Car bomb exploded in the morning, damaging church in al-Faisaliya district
— “Six churches in and around Baghdad were bombed over the weekend
— “Many of Iraq’s estimated 1 million Christians have fled the country

— CNN reports: “The car bomb exploded in the morning, damaging the church in the al-Faisaliya district of eastern Mosul.”
-— “Six churches in and around Baghdad were bombed over the weekend, leaving four dead, officials told CNN.
A total of 35 people have been wounded in the wave of attacks, including the three children Monday.”
-— “The first bombing took place Saturday night at St. Joseph’s church in western Baghdad, according to an Interior Ministry
official. Two bombs placed inside the church exploded about 10 p.m. (3 p.m. ET). No one was in the church at the time of the attack.”
-— “Earlier Sunday, three bombs exploded outside churches, wounding eight civilians, the official said. The bombs
detonated within a 15-minute span, between 4:30 and 4:45 p.m. local time (9:30 and 9:45 a.m. ET). Two of the churches
are in central Baghdad’s al-Karrada district, and the third is in al-Ghadeer in eastern Baghdad.”
-— “Sunday evening, a car bomb exploded outside a church on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad just after 7 p.m.
(12 p.m. ET), the official said. Four people died, and 21 were wounded.”
-— “And in southern Baghdad’s Dora district, a bomb outside a church wounded three other civilians.”
-— “Most of the churches were damaged in the bombings, according to video footage.”
-— “St. Joseph’s was one of six churches hit by coordinated bombings of Christian houses of worship in
Baghdad and Mosul in 2004. The church is in the al-Jamiaa neighborhood of Baghdad, a former stronghold
of al Qaeda in Iraq. There have been recent reports of an increase in targeted attacks in the area.”
-— “Many of Iraq’s estimated 1 million Christians have fled the country after targeted attacks by extremists. In October,
more than a thousand Iraqi families fled Mosul after they were reportedly frightened by a series of killings and threats
by Muslim extremists, who apparently ordered them to convert to Islam or face possible death. At least 14 Christians
were killed in Mosul in the first two weeks of October. “
-— “One Christian Iraqi, interviewed outside Sacred Heart Church — one of three churches bombed Sunday afternoon
— said the bomb went off shortly before 5 p.m., as members were arriving for Sunday evening mass. No one was hurt,
Sabhan George told CNN, but the bomb damaged the church building and some cars outside.”
-— “George said he is concerned about the church bombings. If this continues, he said, ‘there will be no Christians left in Iraq.’”

(Iraq) Car bomb explodes outside Iraqi church, kills 4
— AP: “A car bomb exploded near a church as worshippers left Sunday Mass, killing at least four civilians and injuring
18 in one of several attacks on Iraq’s beleaguered Christian minority.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090712/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705316462/Car-bomb-explodes-outside-Iraqi-church-kills-4.html?linkTrack=rss-5
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2009-07-12-carbombing_N.htm?csp=34

Iraq curfew in some Christian areas after church bombs
http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LD550300.htm

(Iraq) U.S. ambassador to Iraq unhurt by convoy bomb
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090713/pl_nm/us_iraq_violence_ambassador

(Pakistan) Deadly blast in Pakistani village - 9 die in bombing south of Lahore
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8147092.stm

(Pakistan) Mullah Fazlullah, Swat leadership safe: Taliban spokesman
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/07/mullah_fazlullah_swa.php

(Pakistan) Training centres in Mehsud’s areas bombed - South Waziristan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/06-training-centres-in-mehsuds-areas-bombed-rs-12

(Pakistan) Shariah to be enforced: Jamaat-e-Islami
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=187717

(Pakistan) Punjab: Explosion Kills 17 in Eastern Pakistan
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-07-13-voa10.cfm

(U.S./Somalia)Minnesota: Minn. man indicted on terror charge
— “Federal prosecutors have indicted a Minnesota man on charges of aiding a terrorist group.”
— “The indictment unsealed in Minneapolis accuses Salah Osman Amed of conspiracy, the Star Tribune reports.
Amed appeared Monday before a magistrate judge.”
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/apArticle/id/D99DQ6JO1/

(U.S./Somalia)
— Feds: They Wanted To Fight Jihad In Somalia
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/07/13/feds-they-wanted-to-fight-jihad-in-somalia/?test=latestnews
— FBI confirms link between terror indictments, missing Somalis
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/07/13/terror_indictment/

(U.S.) CIA Had Secret Al Qaeda Plan
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124736381913627661.html#mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_Popular

Jordan: Death Sentence in Killing of U.S. Diplomat
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/14/world/middleeast/14briefs-Jordan.html?_r=1

Somali President Says Parts of Capital Recaptured
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=a2EZLW80SYyU

Yemen: 6 Al Qaeda Militants Get Death Sentences
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532140,00.html

Yemen forces disperse rally over suspended paper
http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSTRE56B1NA20090712

(Algeria/Switzerland) Al Qaeda frees Swiss hostage for 3 mln euro-paper
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSCHI327625

(Germany) German-Pakistani man jailed for supporting al-Qaeda
— “Aleem N.” sentenced to eight years in prison
— “Prosecutors said Aleem N. supported al-Qaeda for years, raising money, distributing propaganda material
and recruiting new members. He is thought to be a key figure for the organization’s German operations.”
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4475600,00.html

(Philippines) LA Times: “Philippine bombings: No one is a suspect and everyone is to blame”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-philippines-bombings13-2009jul13,0,5580996.story

Other News:

(U.S.) Virginia: Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) Statement to Virginia’s
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on the Islamic Saudi Academy
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/islamic-saudi-academy/
-— also provides links to YouTube videos of public hearings
-— Denise Lee, Jeffrey Imm - on YouTube - Fairfax 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_fAQKcSsF4
—— Denise Lee at 3:06, Jeffrey Imm begins at 8:06
-— YouTube Fairfax 3
—— Jeffrey Imm continues beginning of video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocb_D2oGafI&;
-— R.E.A.L. postings addressing Saudi Arabia
http://www.realcourage.org/?s=Saudi

(U.S.) FOX News: Coalition Fights Expansion of Islamic Saudi Academy in Virginia
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532365,00.html

(U.S.) July 11 Lincoln Memorial Public Awareness Event - Orange Ribbon Campaign Kickoff for Equality And Liberty
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/july-11-lincoln-memorial/

(U.S.) July 21 - DC: Congress to Reintroduce Equal Rights Amendment for Women
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/07/july-21-era/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82398771791#/event.php?eid=102387221863

(U.S.) “New fund provides investment opportunity for Muslims, others”
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2009/07/13/2009-07-13_new_fund_provides_investment_opportunity_for_muslims_others.html

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Wearing the burqa is neither Islamic nor socially acceptable
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/yasmin-alibhaibrown-wearing-the-burqa-is-neither-islamic-nor-socially-acceptable-1743375.html

(France) Caryl Rivers comments on burqa
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/caryl-rivers/ban-the-burka-you-bet_b_230136.html

Saudi Arabia announces penalites for human trafficking
— U.S. State Department: “Women, primarily from Asian and African countries, are also believed to have
been trafficked into Saudi Arabia for commercial sexual exploitation”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h6pcHKXFofSlUGTgD1fzIIWhRN4g
—— see also:
-—— U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report 2009 and Gender Imbalance in Human Trafficking
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/trafficking-in-persons-2009/

Iran Protest News:

Mother of 19 Year Old Slain Iranian Protester “I Won’t Be Silenced”
http://freemenow.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/mother-of-19-year-old-slain-iranian-protester-i-wont-be-silenced/

Against Nazi News:

(Germany) Demjanjuk charged with 27,900 counts of accessory to murder
— “German prosecutors charge Demjanjuk as accessory to murder at Nazi death camp”
-— “German prosecutors formally charged John Demjanjuk on Monday with 27,900 counts of being
an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp during World War II”
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=8067094
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090713/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_demjanjuk

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