Posted on 04/11/2010 9:33:03 AM PDT by Velveeta
Obama amputates our nuclear arms
By: Charles Krauthammer
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Under President Obama’s new policy, however, if the state that has just attacked us with biological or chemical weapons is “in compliance with the Non-Proliferation Treaty,” explained Gates, then “the U.S. pledges not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against it.”
Imagine the scenario: Hundreds of thousands are lying dead in the streets of Boston after a massive anthrax or nerve gas attack. The president immediately calls in the lawyers to determine whether the attacking state is in compliance with the NPT. If it turns out that the attacker is up-to-date with its latest IAEA inspections, well, it gets immunity from nuclear retaliation. (Our response is then restricted to bullets, bombs and other conventional munitions.)
However, if the lawyers tell the president that the attacking state is NPT noncompliant, we are free to blow the bastards to nuclear kingdom come.
This is quite insane. It’s like saying that if a terrorist deliberately uses his car to mow down a hundred people waiting at a bus stop, the decision as to whether he gets hanged or 100 hours of community service hinges entirely on whether his car had passed emissions inspections.
Apart from being morally bizarre, the Obama policy is strategically loopy. Does anyone believe that North Korea or Iran will be more persuaded to abjure nuclear weapons because they could then carry out a biological or chemical attack on the United States without fear of nuclear retaliation?
The naivete is stunning.
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INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: 'DALIA MOGAHED: A MUSLIM GEORGE GALLUP OR ISLAMIST IDEOLOGUE?" (SNIPPET: "Few American Islamists receive the kind of glowing media coverage given to Dalia Mogahed, executive director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, who is sometimes described as the "most influential person" shaping the Obama Administration's Middle East message. Mogahed, who claims to have played an important role in the drafting of President Obama's historic Cairo speech to the Muslim world, was appointed to serve on the President's Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. The council released its final recommendations last month.") (April 15, 2010)
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(Pakistan) Military vehicle hit road-side bomb, 3 killed
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077245&Language=en
(Pakistan) Police in Pakistan releases sketch of Peshawar suicide bomber
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077160&Language=en
(Pakistan) Taliban blow up NATO tankers in Khyber Agency
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\20\story_20-4-2010_pg7_19
Pakistan military fails to woo tribal allies under grip of Taleban
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7103260.ece
(Pakistan) Taliban release footage of captured former ISI men
— “Taliban releasing the footage of two captured former ISI men Colonel (r) Imam and Khalid Khawaja have asked the government to swap them with some of their leaders including Mullah Brothers.”
http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=161664
— Militants kidnap filmmaker and former intel officials
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/19/pakistan.taliban.filmmaker/
— Taleban put hostages on show as market bomb death toll rises
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7102185.ece
(Pakistan/U.S.) “CIA accused of ordering kidnap of former Pakistani spy”
— wife of Khalid Khawaja claims
— “Shamama Khalid, said she did not believe her husband had been captured by the Taliban”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7611189/CIA-accused-of-ordering-kidnap-of-former-Pakistani-spy.html
(Pakistan/U.S.) Jamaat-e-Islami blames US for suicide bombing
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-jamaat-e-islami-blames-us-for-suicide-bombing-ss-04
— Terrorists attack police, JI rally in Peshawar
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-blast-in-peshawars-qissa-khwani-bazaar-ss-09
— February 2009: Pakistan: U.S. Envoy Richard Holbrooke meets with “Jamaat-e-Islami, whom some U.S. officials compare to the banned Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, to visit the heavily guarded American embassy compound in Islamabad”
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/pakistan-holbrooke-meets-with-supremacist/
Pakistan: Muslim party leader blames attacks on ‘US alliance’
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.276738533
(Pakistan/U.S.) US hopes Pakistan will join fissile material talks
http://thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=28429
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-us-hopes-pakistan-will-join-fissile-material-talks-rs-04
(Pakistan) UN hopes to restart aid after attack in Pakistan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-un-hopes-to-restart-aid-after-attack-in-pakistan-ss-09
(Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pak court reserves order on Kasab, Ansari
— Times of India: “A Pakistani court has reserved its decision on a petition filed by authorities challenging an anti-terrorism court’s order rejecting a plea to declare Ajmal Kasab and Fahim Ansari as fugitives.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-court-reserves-order-on-Kasab-Ansari/articleshow/5836608.cms
Afghanistan: NATO soldiers killed in bomb attack
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.276738215
(Afghanistan) Kandahar deputy mayor shot dead in mosque
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/798074—kandahar-deputy-mayor-shot-dead-in-mosque
Afghanistan: Taliban wants US troops out before peace talks
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.278317676
(Afghanistan) Taliban No. 2 interrogations yield useful intel - U.S.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE63J65X20100420
Iraq launches operation “Leap of the Lion” to hunt down Al-Qaeda
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077301&Language=en
(Iraq) Third Al-Qaida Leader Killed in Iraq — Ahmed al-Obeidi
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Third-Al-Qaida-Leader-Killed-in-Iraq-91618064.html
(Iraq) Identity of slain Al Qaida leader shrouded in mystery
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/iraq/identity-of-slain-al-qaida-leader-shrouded-in-mystery-1.615352
Iraqi Forces Kill 1, Arrest 9 Terror Suspects
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/news/72362
(Iraq) Al Qaeda safe haven now rubble
http://bit.ly/dsvcpZ
Iraqi officials: Gunmen kill family of Awakening Council leader
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/04/20/iraq.violence/index.html?hpt=T2
(Iraq) Police officer killed in bomb blast in Iraq
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077184&Language=en
(Iraq) Arrest Warrant Issued for Saddam’s Daughter
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/14/arrest-warrant-issued-saddams-daughter/
(Iran) Blast in Iran kills two people
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077253&Language=en
(Iran) UNSC sanction against Iran in place by spring: White House
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/UNSC-sanction-against-Iran-in-place-by-spring-White-House/articleshow/5835355.cms
Iranian missiles may reach US by 2015
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=173528
(Iran) WSJ: “Israeli Officials Weigh Option of Attacking Iran Without U.S. Consent”
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/20/israeli-officials-weigh-option-attacking-iran-consent/
(Iran) US strike against Iran an option, says military chief
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7607800/US-top-military-official-says-strike-against-Iran-would-halt-nuclear-programme.html
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terror org
Leading Europeans: Sanctions against IRGC to stop nuke development.
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=173564
(Syria/Lebanon) US summons Syrian diplomat over missile transfers to Hezbollah
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7102380.ece
— US warns Syria over Hizbollah Scud missile ‘deal’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/7611258/US-warns-Syria-over-Hizbollah-Scud-missile-deal.html
— Lebanon dismisses Scud claims as ‘weapons of mass destruction’ scaremongering
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7103137.ece
(U.S.) “Presentation of ‘McVeigh Tapes’ on Bombing Anniversary Raises Questions of Politics, Terrorism”
http://www.globalshift.org/2010/04/mcveigh-tapes-raises-questions/
(Yemen/Somalia) As al-Qaida expands, enter Pakistani Ilyas Kashmiri
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/04/20/As-al-Qaida-expands-enter-Ilyas-Kashmiri/UPI-41711271783751/
(Canada) Terror plotters wanted to announce Canadian beheadings on air
http://sify.com/news/terror-plotters-wanted-to-announce-canadian-beheadings-on-air-news-international-keqluceicgj.html
Russia Constitutional Court upholds ban on jury trials for terrorism suspects
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/04/russia-constitutional-court-upholds-ban.php
Russia: Moscow, Chechnya See Next Stage Of War Against Terrorism Differently
http://bit.ly/bFXlBi
Indonesia: Terror chief’s relative gets 8 years
— AP: “Saefudin Zuhri, 40, was convicted under the country’s anti-terror laws of harboring alleged militant mastermind Noordin Top”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jyOw-Q3TkbCc0bCpvS_hsDTjalWAD9F6O8080
(Philippines) Communist rebels kill 4, wound 5 policemen in Philippines
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Communist-rebels-kill-4-wound-5-policemen-in-Philippines/articleshow/5835125.cms
War on Women News:
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Saudi Citizen’s Appeal on Sexual Abuse, False Imprisonment Conviction
— Homaidan Ali Al-Turki
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/homaidan_ali_al-turki/
Iraq: Women’s Rights researcher states “honor killing” is “major religious factor in the Middle East”
— “’Honor killing in general is an action that is a major religious factor in the Middle East,’ said women affairs researcher Mrs. Qaradaghi.”
http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-04-20/iraq-kurdistan-honour-killing.html
(Northern Ireland/Pakistan) Court stops Muslim girls ‘being sent abroad for marriage’
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/court-stops-muslim-girls-lsquobeing-sent-abroad-for-marriagersquo-14773163.html
Saudi cleric fired for advocating mixing of sexes
— AP: “The head of Saudi Arabia’s powerful religious police has fired the chief of the Mecca branch for advocating the mixing of the sexes, an official from the force said Tuesday.”
— “Ahmed bin Qassim al-Ghamidi’s suggestion in a newspaper interview this week that men and women should be left to mingle freely directly clashed with a central preoccupation of the force.”
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/20/saudi-cleric-fired-advocating-mixing-sexes/
Other News:
Egypt: ICC Report - Third Time trial of Naga Hammadi murders has been postponed
http://www.persecution.org/suffering/newssummpopup.php?newscode=12152&PHPSESSID=1f287aaa39ce00874ad5656ffa7c4187
Egypt: US aid cuts hit Egypt’s democracy groups
http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/us-aid-cuts-hit-egypt-s-democracy-groups-1.614822
Egypt seeks UN pressure on Israel over nuke arms
http://bit.ly/a1QACv
Nigeria: Pastor, Wife Killed in Northern Nigeria
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/nigeria/17497/
Nigeria: loss of confidence in army grows as attacks continue
— “A man and woman were killed and three people are missing after Fulani tribesmen attacked a group of miners near Rim village, Plateau State, Nigeria, yesterday at midday.”
http://www.inspiremagazine.org.uk/news.aspx?action=view&id=4411
Pakistani Brothers Threaten Family of Catholic Who Wed Muslim
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/17368/
Pakistan: Speakers stress need for religious tolerance
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\20\story_20-4-2010_pg12_9
— Pakistan Newspaper Criticizes Pakistan as “Becoming an Increasingly Intolerant Nation”
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/pakistan-intolerance/
Indonesia: Jakarta, Constitutional Court: blasphemy law is legitimate
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Jakarta,-Constitutional-Court:-blasphemy-law-is-legitimate-18188.html
Indonesia under fire for upholding scripture over rights
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gOzktbjytGwSVCUwDrSXckH_4CjA
Indonesia: Official Orders Halt to Beleaguered Church in Indonesia
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/indonesia/17518/
Iran: Two Kurdish Political Prisoners Dead Under Torture
http://bit.ly/dn7OZq
Iran: Female converts go before Iranian judge
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/14126
Italy: Shariah friendly Italian financial instruments
http://www.independent.com.mt/news.asp?newsitemid=104850
(UK) ‘Forgery’ mosque: new developments
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100035554/forgery-mosque-new-developments/
“U.S. Muslim groups walk fine line in efforts to confront extremism”
— LA Times quotes MPAC, MAS, CAIR
— no mention of extremist role of such organizations or unindicted co-conspirator roles
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf
— see also March 12, 2010: IPT: “DOJ: CAIR’s Unindicted Co-Conspirator Status Legit”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1854/doj-cairs-unindicted-co-conspirator-status-legit
— PDF file
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/360.pdf
(Sudan) SPLM Official Denies Agreement to Accept Sudan’s Election Results
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/SPLM-Official-Denies-Agreement-to-Accept-Sudans-Election-Results-91657499.html
— White House ‘Regrets’ Irregularities in Sudan’s Elections
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/White-House-Regrets-Irregularities-in-Sudans-Elections-91617564.html
(Sudan) May 23, 2010: DC – Hope for Darfur – Justice in Sudan March
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/may-23-2010-dc-darfur-march/
Google discloses censorship demands to users
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36670814/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Against Totalitarianism News:
‘North Korean mini-sub torpedoed South’s navy vessel in revenge for November attack,’ spy claims
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1267439/North-Korean-mini-sub-torpedoed-Souths-navy-vessel-revenge-attack-spy-claims.html
Against Racial Supremacism News:
(UK) Nick Griffin lies to black people about BNP race ideology
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/04/20/nick-griffin-lies-to-black-people-about-bnp-race-ideology/
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Gunman opens fire at Tenn. hospital; kills 1, self<<<
Now I remember it and no, did not hear anything else about it.
Thanks for bringing me up to date.
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http://www.myvalleynews.com/story/47185/
“Hemet police arrest 23 people for recent attacks”
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010.
Issue 16, Volume 14.
SNIPPET: “HEMET - Hemet police arrested 23 people today while serving search warrants in at least 35 locations countywide as part of an investigation into recent attacks on police and city facilities.
About 200 law enforcement personnel from federal, state, county and city agencies took part in today’s raid, which also yielded 16 firearms, along with other evidence and contraband, Hemet police Capt. Dave Brown said.
As of this afternoon, no charges have been filed in connection with the ongoing investigation into a series of attacks on city and police facilities.
The operation came about a week after the Hemet City Council gave the city manager emergency purchasing power to outfit police with whatever equipment, resources and personnel were deemed necessary to combat the attacks that have put police on the defensive.”
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Previously...
“200 officers conduct raids at RivCo locations as part of probe into Hemet police attacks”
By Jose Arballo Jr., SWRNN
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
SNIPPET: “As of 4 p.m., Brown said 23 people were arrested or detained during the sweep of 35 different locations, but none of the allegations against those arrested involve the series of attacks that started Dec. 31, Brown said in a news release. The charges involved parole violations, narcotic offenses and weapons allegations, Brown said.”
SNIPPET: “Brown said he wanted remind the public there is a $200,000 reward being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for these crimes.
Police have created confidential tip lines where the public can give information related to these crimes – the number is 951-765-3897, and the email address is tips@cityofhemet.org.
The Hemet Police Department will protect the identity of the tipsters and those wanting to remain anonymous can do so, Brown said. Please contact us if you feel you may have information related to these crimes.”
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/64385
“Arizona Sheriff Says Cops Are Being Killed by Illegal Aliens; Joins Call for U.S. Troops at Border”
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer
Malmö: A quarter of Swedish-born students aren’t seen as Swedes
More than a quarter of students born or raised in Sweden aren’t seen as Swede, according to a study by Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan of seniors in some of Malmö’s gymnasium schools.
To be born or raised in Sweden doesn’t mean that people treat you like a Swede.
A large ratio of youth who took their final examinations at St. Petri school, Malmö Borgar school, Malmö latin school, Rönnen’s gymnasium and Klara Nya Gymnasium are treated as immigrants.
“[If] you have the wrong color and wrong name, you’ll never be treated as a Swede,” wrote one of the respondents.
“I’m a foreigner both in Sweden and in my homeland,” answers a student who wrote he was born in Sweden.
More than 600 seniors at the St. Petri school, Malmö Borgar school, Malmö latin school, Rönnen’s gymnasium and Klara Nya Gymnasium answered Sydsvenskan’s survey. The schools have 1,041 students. In total there are 3,000 final-year students in Malmö.
Of the 600, 551 said they were born in Sweden, or came to the country before they were 7. Here are their answers:
* 28.2% aren’t treated as Swedes at all.
* 23% answered that they’re treated as immigrants.
* 5.2% are treated as something else, for example ‘foreigners’, ‘Blatte’ (non-Europeans) or ‘Arabs’.
* 11.6% are treated as both immigrants and Swedes.
* 1.2% are treated as something else and Swede.
* 59% are treated as Swedes. “I’m Polish, but I’m treated as a Swede,” wrote one of them.
Source: Sydsvenskan (Swedish)
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Just following up on the Knoxville Hospital shooting.
Evidently, the perp had psyche issues. A naturalized citizen from Ethiopia: Abdo Ibssa Mohammed.
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/53178
Thanks Velveeta.
I’ll link to that.
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Posted on April 21, 2010 5:59:33 PM PDT by Cindy
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Pakistan: Taliban attacking US forces in Afghanistan from FATA
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\22\story_22-4-2010_pg7_19
Pakistan: On the run, Pakistan militants find new haven - in North Waziristan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100421/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_new_militant_haven
(Pakistan) Taliban still powerful in Swat
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7615207/Taliban-still-powerful-in-Swat-Valley-one-year-after-Pakistani-army-offensive.html
(Pakistan) Now, Islamic terror strikes Pakistan’s top university
— Professor attacked by Islami Jamiat Talaba, which is allied alliances with its parent organization, Jamaat-e-Islami
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Now-Islamic-terror-strikes-Pakistans-top-university/articleshow/5841852.cms
— U.S. representative Holbrooke met with Jamaat-e-Islami in February 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE57I0LO20090819
(India) US warns of possible attacks in New Delhi
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\22\story_22-4-2010_pg7_17
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/21/americans-warned-about-possible-terror-attacks-in-india/
(India) Bomb-hit India fights to secure major sports events
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63K4B920100421
Indian Kashmir: Police scuttle ‘militant’ seminar in IHK
— Pakistan militant leader accused of Mumbai attacks was to address
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\22\story_22-4-2010_pg7_7
Bangladesh detains head of outlawed Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir — Mohiuddin Ahmed
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE63J0J3.htm
— Hizbut-Tahrir chief arrested, placed on 2-day remand
— THe New Nation: “he two cases were filed against Mahiuddin with Uttara Police Station—one for possessing explosives and another for his alleged attempt to conduct subversive activities”
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/04/21/news0138.htm
(Afghanistan) Former UN officials say Afghan police were involved in killing of American soldier
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36693905/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
(Afghanistan) US directly interrogating Taliban Mullah Baradar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\22\story_22-4-2010_pg1_3
(Afghanistan) NATO Apologizes for Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/NATO-Apologizes-for-Civilian-Deaths-in-Afghanistan-91699209.html
Iraq claims key gains in dismantling Al Qaeda in Iraq
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0421/Iraq-claims-key-gains-in-dismantling-Al-Qaeda-in-Iraq
— Dead? Again?
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/dead-again/
(U.S.) Detroit: Let U.S. pay cost of Flight 253 terror trial security, Miller asks
http://www.freep.com/article/20100421/NEWS15/100421072/1285/news15/Let-U.S.-pay-cost-of-Flight-253-terror-trial-security-Miller-asks
(U.S.) Al-Qaeda Expert Philip Mudd Retires From FBI
http://washingtonindependent.com/82879/al-qaeda-expert-philip-mudd-retires-from-fbi
Iran Revolutionary Guard Announces Military Maneuver in Persian Gulf
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Iran-Revolutionary-Guard-Announces-Military-Maneuver-in-Persian-Gulf-91714459.html
(Iran) Pentagon: Iranian Missiles No Match for U.S. Missiles
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/21/pentagon-confident-intercept-iranian-missile/
(Iran) US: Iran strike ‘off table’ for now
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=173602
Iran’s “Plausibly Deniable” Terror Network
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#1911
‘Hizbullah arms real danger to Israel’
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=173584
Gaza: Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Hamas Foiled Our Ambush
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/137143
Hamas executions in Gaza go unscrutinized
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/04/21/hamas-executions-in-gaza-go-unscrutinised/
(Somalia) 5 headless bodies found in Somalia, 11 killed
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\22\story_22-4-2010_pg4_4
4 Saharan Nations Establish Joint Anti-Terror Command
— Algeria, Mali, Mauritania and Niger
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/4-Saharan-Nations-Establish-Joint-Anti-Terror-Command——91703379.html
Yemen police arrest three Qaeda suspects
http://bit.ly/b5SLW6
Egypt: Leading Islamists, including Saudi, charged
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=173608
http://www.zeenews.com/news621053.html
(Canada) Terrorism victims could sue under bill
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/04/21/terrorism-lawsuits-bill.html
(Thailand) Pattani: Two killed, 42 injured in blast at police station in Thailand
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077618&Language=en
War on Women News:
Afghanistan: Girls inhale ‘poison’ at Kunduz school
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.281862305
(UK) Save Bita Ghaedi from Deportation and honour killing
http://www.onlydemocracy4iran.com/2010/04/21/save-bita-ghaedi-from-deportation-and-honour-killing/
Saudi Cleric Fired for Rejecting Segregation of Sexes – Ahmed Qassim Al-Ghamdi
— Additional report with further background from Saudi Gazette
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/saudi-cleric-fired-for-rejecting-segregation/
(Egypt/U.S.) House Members Press White House to Confront Egypt on Forced Marriages
— “Seventeen members of Congress are pressing the State Department to act on the “grim reality” faced by Coptic Christian women in Egypt, who frequently are coerced into violent forced marriages that leave them victim to rape and captive slavery.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/21/house-members-press-white-house-confront-egypt-forced-marriages/
Pakistan: 10-year-old raped, strangled
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\22\story_22-4-2010_pg12_1
(UAE) British woman goes to jail in Dubai kissing case — Charlotte Adams
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7613229/British-woman-goes-to-jail-in-Dubai-kissing-case.html
— Hollywood glamour could boost tourism in Abu Dhabi
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100404/BUSINESS/704049938/1001/1.3
— Sex in the City 2 film tells story in UAE - but “was banned from being filmed in Abu Dhabi and Dubai despite writers basing the story in the region”
http://www.ahlanlive.com/20681-abu-dhabi-to-benefit-from-sex-and-the-city-2
— see also January 2010: “UAE: British Woman Raped, Then Arrested and Put in Jail for ‘Illegal Sex’”
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/01/uae-rape-victim-arrested/
Other News:
Pakistan: Hindu (Dalits) demand their rights in Sindh , Pakistan
— Pakistan Hindu Post reports: “Pakistan has nearly 4m Hindus, 75% of whom are Dalits. About 70 Dalit families have moved from Aakli to the plains near Mithi, where they are protesting the abduction of their women and demanding security”
http://pakistanhindupost.blogspot.com/2010/04/hindu-dalits-demand-their-rights-in.html
Plight of Hindus in Pakistan & Bangladesh
http://pakistanhindupost.blogspot.com/2010/04/plight-of-hindus-in-pakistan-bangladesh.html
Pakistan: Young Christian Woman Allegedly Abducted in Pakistan — Sonia Mohan
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/17318/
Egypt: Trial for Suspects in Terror Attack on Christian Copts Postponed Again
— additional report with links to further background
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/naga-hammadi-trial-delay/
Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood seeking deals with regime
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/news/democratic-front-brotherhood-seeking-deals-regime-dina
Egypt: “Sports Commentator on Egyptian TV Turns His Show Into Platform for Spreading Antisemitism, Conspiracy Theories, and Anti-Americanism, Features Producer of Notorious 2002 Antisemitic Series ‘Knight Without a Horse’”
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4112.htm
(Iran) Ongoing detention of a Christian couple in Isfahan with no charges filed ye
http://www.fcnn.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1152:ongoing-detention-of-a-christian-couple-in-isfahan-with-no-charges-filed-yet&catid=127:iranian-christian&Itemid=593
Google hackers duped system administrators to penetrate networks, experts say
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/20/AR2010042005300.html
Indonesia: Kelly Clarkson concert banned in Jakarta — due to “fatwa”
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/21/kelly-clarkson-concert-banned-in-jakarta/?hpt=Sbin
(Malaysia) Should Christians be allowed to say ‘Allah’ in Malaysia?
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2010/0420/Should-Christians-be-allowed-to-say-Allah-in-Malaysia
Macedonia: Islamic community accuses gov’t of Islamophobia
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/macedonia-islamic-community-accuses.html
Georgia confirms highly enriched uranium seizure — most have come from Russia
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/21/georgia-confirms-highly-enriched-uranium-seizure/
Netherlands: Parliament wants debate on Islamic conference — involving Muslim Brotherhood
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/netherlands-parliament-wants-debate-on.html
(France) Sarkozy to submit bill banning Islamic face veils
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hK82ydQcO5FBaL5caQTmftPnyNLwD9F7HHPG3
“French Comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala Promotes His New Song ‘Shoahnanas’ (’Holocaust Pineapples’), Claims: Greater Freedom of Speech in Iran Than in France; Most Slave Traders Were Jews”
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4113.htm
Belgium lawmakers to ban Islamic burqa Thursday
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/-Belgium-lawmakers-to-ban-Islamic-burqa-Thursday-/articleshow/5842254.cms
(UK) Radio Ramadan team loses access to the airwaves
http://www.guardian.co.uk/edinburgh/2010/apr/21/radio-ramadan-edinburgh-ofcom-licence-lost
(U.S.) Islamic group: ‘South Park’ post a call to protest, not violence
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/21/south.park.islamic.reaction/index.html
— RevolutionMuslim.com: “We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and they will probably wind up like Theo Van Gogh for airing this show.”
— then provides addresses
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/19/security-brief-radical-islamic-web-site-takes-on-south-park/
(U.S.) Jacksonville panel votes again to recommend Parvez Ahmed for human rights commission
http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-04-19/story/council-panel-again-backs-unf-professor-jacksonville-commission
— Muslim UNF Professor’s Nomination Sparks National Opposition
— “Ahmed served as both the Florida chair and national chairman for CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations from 2002-2008.”
http://wokv.com/localnews/2010/04/muslim-professors-nomination-s.html
— no mention of CAIR role as unindicted co-conspirator in terror trial - in United States of America vs. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development CR NO. 3:04-CR-240-G, List of Unindicted Co-conspirators and/or Joint Venturers, Attachment A, page 5, Section III, item 11
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Attachment+A+(List+of+Unindicted+Co-conspirators).pdf
— see also March 12, 2010: IPT: “DOJ: CAIR’s Unindicted Co-Conspirator Status Legit”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1854/doj-cairs-unindicted-co-conspirator-status-legit
(U.S.) Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Cheers on Oil Rig Explosion in Louisiana
— 17 injured, 7 critically injured
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/westboro-baptist-church-cheers-explosion/
— see also:
-– Hate Group “Westboro Baptist Church” Cheers on Shooting of NYC Police Officer
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/westboro-hate-group-cheers-police-shooting/
— Westboro Baptist Church Hate Group Finds Ally in Dove World Outreach
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/westboro-baptist-church-hate-group-finds-ally-in-dove-world-outreach/
The Palestine Telegraph and David Duke
— David Duke is former leader of the Ku Klux Klan and a supporter of numerous “white nationalist” groups
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/04/21/the-palestine-telegraph-and-david-duke/
Against Racial Supremacism News:
(Missouri) Federal judge in KC temporarily blocks Missouri’s decision to deny Klan group a picnic permit
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/04/20/1890838/klan-group-challenges-denial-of.html
Against Nazi News:
Neo-Nazi’s defame Chabad school in Kiev
— with vandalism graffiti reading “Death to the Jews” and “Death to Israel,” as well as white supremacist slogans
http://www.chabad.info/index.php?url=article_en&id=18476
Against Totalitarianism News:
North Korean spies arrested on kill mission
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7103410.ece
-— South Korea says it arrested 2 N. Koreans linked to plot to kill a defector
http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_14931613
North Korea promises limited nuclear bomb production
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/21/2879392.htm
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The Story behind the nuclear scare
by: Ameen Izadeen
http://www.dailymirror.lk/print/index.php/opinion1/8766.html
Education Jihad Sweeps the Country [Gulen-radical islam]
Source: http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.6047/pub_detail.asp
[Good old American names on their schools, a long list at link... granny]
Quote:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2498654/posts
Afghanistan: Girls’ school attacked with toxic chemicals
(ADNKRONOS INTERNATIONAL - AKI, April 21, 2010) via JIHAD WATCH.org ^ | Posted by Marisol on April 22, 2010 5:19 AM | n/a
Posted on April 22, 2010 5:04:29 PM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: “Kabul, 21 April (AKI) - At least 12 female students were hospitalised in Afghanistan on Wednesday after inhaling a poisonous substance sprayed at a school in northern Afghanistan.
The 12 students of the Fatima Zahra Girl School, and a teacher and an assistant were mysteriously poisoned, Hamayon Khamush, director of the hospital in Kunduz city, was quoted as saying by Xinhua.”
SNIPPET: “To defend their ideology, Taliban militants have attacked girl students with gas and acid.”
SNIPPET: “In May last year 90 girls were hospitalised in Kapisa province, north-east of the capital, after someone sprayed toxic chemicals in the classroom.
A similar gas attack reportedly took place on Tuesday in Shina, a suburb of Kabul, where over a dozen girl students had to be sent to hospital after exhibiting symptoms of poisoning.”
(Excerpt) Read more at jihadwatch.org ...
Thanks to Freeper SevenOfNine for pointing to this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2498680/posts
“Fake Dollars Flood N.Korea-China Border Area”
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 04/23/10
Posted on April 22, 2010 5:42:42 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
April 22, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
— Note UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks are also online at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/
Newslinks:
(Afghanistan) Taleban defectors ‘are rejoining insurgency’
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7104508.ece
(Afghanistan) Early Afghan pullout would be worse than 9/11: Germany’s Merkel
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-early-afghan-pullout-would-be-worse-than-911-merkel-ss-08
(Pakistan) Suspects in 471 terror cases acquitted in Punjab
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg7_3
— Where terrorists walk free
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg3_1
(Pakistan) “Editorials in Pakistani Media on Nuclear Security Summit: ‘It is Significant That None of the 47 Countries Represented... Raised Any Concern over Pakistan’s Nukes’; ‘Obama Has So Far Achieved None of His Nuclear Disarmament... Goals – And We Need to Ensure that His Only ‘Success’ Does Not Come at Pakistan’s Expense’”
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4116.htm
(Pakistan) 7 terrorists enter Gujranwala to ‘target Chinese’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\21\story_21-4-2010_pg7_14
(Pakistan) 26 Taliban, 2 soldiers killed in Orakzai
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg7_4
— 48 pro-Taliban militants killed in Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/48-pro-Taliban-militants-killed-in-Pakistan/articleshow/5845825.cms
(Pakistan) Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief ready to act as intermediary between Taliban and government
— Syed Munawar Hassan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg7_24
— April 19, 2010: Jamaat-e-Islami blames US for suicide bombing
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-jamaat-e-islami-blames-us-for-suicide-bombing-ss-04
(Pakistan) ‘Jihadi channels’ opened to secure release of former ISI spies
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg1_8
(India) Three Kashmiris get death for Delhi bombings
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\23\story_23-4-2010_pg7_6
(Iraq) Arrest of Al-Qaeda boss ‘led to Baghdadi strike’
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20100422/twl-arrest-of-al-qaeda-boss-led-to-baghd-3cd7efd.html
Iraq: ‘Al-Qaeda’s foreign relations chief arrested’
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.286493117
Iraqi officer escapes south Baghdad blast
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2077699&Language=en
(U.S.) Nigeria - Man put on ‘no-fly list’ while in air to NYC
— Gambian was detained when plane stopped to refuel in Puerto Rico
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36718880/ns/us_news-security/
(U.S.) Terror suspect’s lawyers can take laptop, disks into prison
— Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted December 25, 2009 jet terror attack on Detroit
http://www.freep.com/article/20100422/NEWS05/100422022/1318/Terror-suspects-lawyers-can-take-laptop-disks-into-prison
(U.S.) Chinese Uighur Muslims plead in court for US release
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100422/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamotrialuighurs
(Iran) Ahmadinejad condemns ‘satanic pressures’ on Iran and Zimbabwe
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Ahmadinejad-condemns-satanic-pressures-on-Iran-and-Zimbabwe/articleshow/5846606.cms
Syria-Hezbollah ‘Scud deal’ taking center stage in Arab world
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1164579.html
(Israel) Jordan confirms rocket strike in Red Sea port city - toward southern Israel city of Eilat
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1164634.html
— Jordan: We were target of rocket
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=173665
‘Palestinian 2-state support waning’
http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=173710
(Yemen) Gaza extremist group calls on Al-Qaida to target Yemen’s Jews
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1164820.html
Indonesia anti-terror efforts ‘need work’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8636445.stm
(Thailand) Three Muslim men killed in southern Thailand - by “suspected Islamic militants”
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jIYkRceqgd5uWXKeTNTX4sW7wxUA
(Thailand) Pattani leading list of attacks in South
There have been 234 violent incidents in the southern border provinces from January to March
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Pattani-leading-list-of-attacks-in-South-30127724.html
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/36467/pattani-tops-most-violent-province-list
(Thailand) Bomb terror grips Silom
- Four grenades hit business district - 3 people killed, up to 75 injured
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/36462/bomb-terror-grips-silom
War on Women News:
(Canada) Muslim woman fears reprisal
— Pakistani woman Roohi Tabassum claims death threats for working in men’s hair salon
— Toronto Sun: “Tabassum claims family members in Pakistan are still receiving threats from ex-husband, Faisal Javed, who has threatened to kill her.”
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/04/22/13684156.html
(Somalia) Report exposes religious brutality in Somalia
— Women living in al-Shabaab-controlled areas are routinely beaten
http://bit.ly/c1WZE7
Uganda: Acholi-leader says no to gender violence
http://www.saynotoviolence.org/around-world/news/ker-kwero-acholi-leader-says-no-to-gender-violence
Other News:
Voice of Martyr’s Fund Raising Letter States Middle East Christians Receiving Death Threats with Bullets
http://etools.781net.com/a/vomso/bg_vomso_wdbm_399.html
Turkey: “alleged Navy plan targeting Turkey’s non-Muslim communities”
http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1434
(UK) Blunkett: Change needed to oust Islamic extremists
http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/30856/blunkett-change-needed-oust-islamic-extremists
(UK) Guardian: “Student Islamic societies are radical, not extremist”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/22/student-islamic-societies-radical
(Sweden) “Malmo: Anti-Islam party posters show Muhammad naked”
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/04/malmo-anti-islam-party-posters-show.html
(U.S.) ‘South Park’ Mohammed issue sparks debate among Muslims
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/22/south-park-mohammed-issue-sparks-debate-among-muslims/
— ‘South Park’ gets modified by Comedy Central
http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/22/south-park-gets-modified-by-comedy-central/
— No Joke: Comedy Central censors South Park episode after threat
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Joke%20Comedy%20Central%20censors%20South%20Park%20episode%20after%20threat/2939167/story.html
(U.S.) IPT News: “Keith Ellison’s Muslim Brotherhood Support”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1913/keith-ellisons-mb-support
(U.S.) Oklahoma: Proposed Bill Seeks Punishment for Unauthorized Militia
http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0410/728050.html
Against Totalitarianism News:
Communist North Korea: South Korean ship sunk by crack squad of ‘human torpedoes’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/7619087/South-Korean-ship-sunk-by-crack-squad-of-human-torpedoes.html
Communist China: Christian activist Shen Peilan arrested on the heels of human rights attorney’s release
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/14140
U.S.: Tiananmen Square Leader Chai Ling Embraces Christian Faith and Freedom
http://www.chinaaid.org/qry/page.taf?id=105&_function=detail&sbtblct_uid1=1436&month=04&year=2010&_nc=e2e91bc0cf9212979f7c150af6455cc3
Against Nazi News:
(Poland) Auschwitz sign thieves fail to show up for prison terms
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1164415.html
(Russia) Row over Second World War tribute featuring Nazis
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7619413/Row-over-Second-World-War-tribute-featuring-Nazis.html
Against Racial Supremacism News:
Contributor to Pro-White Nationalist VDARE Leads List of Extremists
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/publications/the-patriots?page=0,0
— Chuck Baldwin’s Must Read list includes “Was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A Christian?”
http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?page_id=109
— Chuck Baldwin: Martin Luther King, Jr was not a hero — describes “King was an apostate”
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2002/cbarchive_20020125.html
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Haaba | Cargo plane fire forces brief closure of Bahrain airport
An engine fire on takeoff aboard a DHL cargo plane headed for Afghanistan
forced the closure on Saturday of the main international airport in the
Gulf state ...
http://www.haaba.com/news/2010/04/10/1-406796/cargo-plane-fire-forces-brief-closure-of-bahrain-airport
Cargo plane crashes in the Philippines; 3 dead
The Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines — An electrical fire forced a cargo plane’s pilots to
attempt an emergency landing in a Philippine rice field when the aircraft
burst ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlh6Wy21hAzNisuQ9JdyeORIB-NAD9F7SSV80
See all stories on this topic:
http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlh6Wy21hAzNisuQ9JdyeORIB-NAD9F7SSV80&hl=en
Sources: Man Added To No-Fly List In Air
FOXNews (blog)
Two sources confirmed to Fox News that the man in question, a citizen of
Gambia, had been added to the no-fly list while Flight 215 was in the air.
...
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/04/22/sources-man-added-to-no-fly-list-in-air/
See all stories on this topic:
http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/04/22/sources-man-added-to-no-fly-list-in-air/&hl=en
Russian woman gets seven days in jail after overseas flight ...
Russian woman gets seven days in jail after overseas flight diverted to ...
causing a disturbance on an overseas flight that had to be diverted to
Labrador. ...
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100421/national/nl_unruly_passenger
Evidently, the perp had psyche issues.<<<
That is true for all of them.
Thanks for the update.
Osama taken away from Facebook
| Newzglobe.com
By lubna.jafar
Reports suggested that, Facebook users were getting access to Osama bin
laden’s profile, which evidently got active around march 25th, and had
already attracted around 1000 ‘fans’ under his status but was seized after
a security expert urged Facebook’s U.S. ... named “The leader/prince of the
Mujahedeen-Osama bin Laden, and the location (place) been posted as “the
mountains of the world”. The language used was Arabic initially, but was
later followed by English messages. ...
http://www.newzglobe.com/article/20100422/osama-taken-away-facebook
Ment.se
http://www.newzglobe.com/
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