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BBC NEWS: "'AL-QAEDA RINGLEADER' WINS APPEAL AGAINST DEPORTATION" (SNIPPET: "...Abid Naseer...") (Page last updated May 18, 2010, 17:42 UK)

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May 18, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

(Afghanistan) Taliban kill 18 with car bomb attack on Nato troops
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/7737250/Taliban-kill-18-with-car-bomb-attack-on-Nato-troops.html
— Kabul suicide bomber kills 18 in attack on Nato convoy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8688635.stm
— Five Americans among 18 killed in Afghan suicide attack
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/18/afghan.blast/

Afghanistan: Taliban should join peace process in Afghanistan, says Afghan president
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n220082

Afghanistan: Western troops must go, Taliban says
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/05/18/Western-troops-must-go-Taliban-says/UPI-91321274194686/

(Afghanistan) Grim milestone: 1,000 Americans dead
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37215944/ns/world_news-the_new_york_times/

Pakistan Taliban claim retaliatory bombing
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0518/Pakistan-Taliban-claim-retaliatory-bombing
— Bomb blast kills 12 in Dera Ismail Khan
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/provinces/14-five-killed-in-dera-ismail-khan-blast-zj-08

(Pakistan/U.S.) Taliban warn North Waziristan Agency (NWA) residents against ‘spying’ for US
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\19\story_19-5-2010_pg7_11

(Pakistan) Audio tape implicates Hamid Mir: Khawaja’s son
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\19\story_19-5-2010_pg7_4
— Pakistan journalist linked to ex-ISI officer’s killing denies report
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-journalist-linked-to-ex-ISI-officers-killing-denies-report/articleshow/5946450.cms

(Pakistan) UN provides Pakistan list of wanted terrorists
http://thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=28948

(Pakistan/India) Two Indian soldiers shot dead along LOC
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\19\story_19-5-2010_pg7_8
— India: Soldiers ‘shot dead by Pakistani troops’ in Kashmir
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.409132452

(U.S./Pakistan) Obama sends top aides to Pakistan over NY plot
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-obama-sends-top-aides-to-pakistan-over-ny-plot-ss-07

(U.S./Pakistan) ‘3 Pakistanis arrested in Boston not involved in terrorism’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010%5C05%5C19%5Cstory_19-5-2010_pg7_20

(U.S.) Times Square bomb suspect enters no plea
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/times-square-bomb-suspect-enters-no-plea/story-e6frfku0-1225868488776
— Times Square car bomb suspect appears in New York court
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Times-Square-car-bomb-suspect-appears-in-New-York-court/articleshow/5947369.cms
— Shahzad appears in Manhattan federal court today for the first time since his arrest two weeks ago, prosecutors said.
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/12-suspected+times+square+bomber+to+appear+in+ny+court—bi-05

(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: Shahzad planned to hit four other US targets: Report
— TOI: “Other locations that he intended to attack were Rockefeller Center, a Grand Central Terminal, the World Financial Center and the Connecticut headquarters of defence contractor Sikorsky, the channel quoted the source as saying.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Shahzad-planned-to-hit-four-other-US-targets-Report/articleshow/5945399.cms
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/18/times-square-bomb-suspect-multiple-targets

(U.S.) NYC: Bail denied for accused al-Qaida aide Sabir Hasanoff
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/05/18/Bail-denied-for-accused-al-Qaida-aide/UPI-66251274188916/

(U.S.) US Intel Agencies Could’ve Stopped the ‘Underwear Bomber,’ New Senate Report Says
Information Fell Through the Cracks and Mistakes Were Made
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/underwear-bomber-couldve-stopped-senate-report/story?id=10681367

(U.S.) CA Ports To Train For Terrorism Attacks
http://www.kcra.com/news/23596055/detail.html

(UK/Pakistan) Terrorism suspects allowed to stay in UK
— Pakistani students arrested in plot on Manchester, released due to lack of evidence, allowed to stay in UK
— Abid Naseer and Ahmad Faraz Khan
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/19/2903295.htm?section=justin
— Express: “Al Qaeda pair plotting bomb attack are allowed to stay in Britain”
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/175974/Al-Qaeda-pair-plotting-bomb-attack-are-allowed-to-stay-in-Britain

(Iran) Russia, China agree on Iran sanctions, says Hillary Clinton
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US/Russia-China-agree-on-Iran-sanctions-says-Hillary-Clinton/articleshow/5947030.cms
— World’s powers agree ‘strong draft’ sanctions against Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7737665/Worlds-powers-agree-strong-draft-sanctions-against-Iran.html

Iranian assassin released from French prison amid ‘deal’ claims
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7738360/Iranian-assassin-released-from-French-prison-amid-deal-claims.html

(Lebanon) Hezbollah’s ‘Disneyland’
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_528020.html

Lebanese Journalist Criticizes Indifference to Terror Attacks in Iraq
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4179.htm

(Iraq) 62 Al Qaeda men get death sentence in Iraq
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/636622/cs/1/

Iraq: Former prisoners ‘becoming Al-Qaeda leaders’
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.411141523

(Somalia/U.S.) American Jihadi Rapping for Recruits
— ABC: “Abu Mansoor al-Amriki, the American jihadist based in Somalia, has developed a new and unusual approach to recruiting Western Muslim recruits: hip-hop. “
— “Over the past year Amriki, whose real name is Omar Hammami, and who was born to a Syrian father and Southern Baptist mother in Alabama 26 years ago , has released a series of five rap songs over the internet extolling the virtues of jihad and condemning America’s presence in Muslim countries.”
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/american-jihadi-abu-mansoor-al-amriki-rapping-recruits/story?id=10669408

(South Africa/Iraq) World Cup bomb ‘plot’ was just an idea, says al-Qaida accused
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/18/al-qaida-world-cup-plot-denied

(Africa) U.S. trains Africans to fight al-Qaida
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2010/05/18/US-trains-Africans-to-fight-al-Qaida/UPI-48891274198423/

Yemen: Somali pirates sentenced to death for brutal hijackings
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.411544206

(Russia) ‘Three police, one guerrilla killed in Caucasus’
http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/three-police-one-guerrilla-killed-caucasus

Sweden: Gothenburg man arrested over Somali terror plot
http://www.thelocal.se/26716/20100518/
— Man arrested for plotting terror attack
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/sweden-man-arrested-for-plotting-terror.html

France arrests suspected militants over jail break plot
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\19\story_19-5-2010_pg7_6
— 14 men arrested suspected of plotting prison break
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7737760/14-men-arrested-suspected-of-plotting-prison-break.html

Turkey: Iran nuclear swap offer shows ‘vision’
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/05/18/iran.nuclear/

(Thailand) Troops, military vehicles gather near Bangkok protest site
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest-of-World/Troops-military-vehicles-gather-near-Bangkok-protest-site/articleshow/5947262.cms

Other News:

(UK) Radical Islamic preacher set to speak at East End conference - Dr. Bilal Philips
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/news/story.aspx?brand=ELAOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsela&itemid=WeED18+May+2010+14%3A31%3A19%3A840

(UK) Abu Hamza’s son admits joining a violent demonstration — Yasser Kamel - in front of Israel embassy
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/135953/Abu-Hamza-s-son-admits-joining-a-violent-demo/

(UK) “The Blunders of MPAC”
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/05/18/the-blunders-of-mpac/

Nigerian MP quizzed on marriage to 13-year-old Egyptian girl
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Rest-of-World/Nigerian-MP-quizzed-on-marriage-to-13-year-old-Egyptian-girl/articleshow/5946911.cms

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directs ISPs to block Facebook link
— regarding “Draw Muhammad Day” - May 20
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\19\story_19-5-2010_pg7_7

German girls held hostage for year rescued in Yemen
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/7736518/German-girls-held-hostage-for-year-rescued-in-Yemen.html

Swedish Centre Party Politician Ove Sviden,: Jews behind 9/11 and Holocaust
http://www.thelocal.se/26654/20100515/

(France) Burka rage as female lawyer rips veil off Muslim woman in French clothes shop
http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1279349/Burqa-rage-female-lawyer-rips-veil-Muslim-woman-French-clothes-store.html

(Belgium) Muslim protest at Belgian veil law
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0519/1224270655012.html

(Belgium) Saudi Columnist: Brussels Increasingly Looks Like Any Great Middle East City; ‘In Years to Come, [Muslims in Europe] Could Only Grow In Numbers, Coming... In Droves’
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4182.htm

(Spain) Catalonia: Town to debate veil ban
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/catalonia-town-to-debate-veil-ban.html

(U.S./Lebanon) Miss USA Hailed by Lebanese Hometown — But No Love From Hezbollah
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/05/18/miss-usa-hailed-lebanese-hometown-love-hezbollah/?test=faces

(U.S.) California: San Diego Cab Driver Attacked After Saying Islamic Prayer
http://www.10news.com/news/23586275/detail.html

(Saudi Arabia) From Car to Donkey: One Saudi Woman’s Campaign for the Right to Drive
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4181.htm

Against Totalitarianism News:

S. Korea: North responsible for warship attack
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37215526/ns/world_news-washington_post/

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Middle East and North Africa
The United Nations (UN) has warned that food shortages in Yemen could give rise to
further unrest or mass migration.2 The situation is further exacerbated by insufficient
donor funds for the UN World Food Program (WFP) which has quite extensive
operations in the country. Approximately 3.4 million Yemenis require food aid but
because of the budget cuts, only 475,000 people are getting rations; half of whom are
people who have been displaced by the fighting between government troops and rebels in
the north.3 (Tags: internal conflict, situational awareness, supply chain)

Sub-Saharan Africa
Meanwhile in Chad, the WFP requested the government to help protect food convoys, aid
workers and civilians once the peacekeeping team withdraws from the country on 16
May 2010.4 The peacekeeping team MINURCAT would wind down its mission and thus
the Chad government has the responsibility of protecting civilians.5 The MINURCAT
and the Chad police provide armed escorts for UN convoys which delivers food rations
which are targeted by frequent car-jackings by armed bandits, especially in the lawless
eastern part of the country, near the Sudan border. The WFP provides food rations to
250,000 refugees from Darfur Sudan and 160,000 internally displaced Chadians.6 The
progressive withdrawal of the MINURCAT gives rise to the possibility of a security
vacuum which could affect food rations and other humanitarian operations in the country.
(Tags: internal conflict, situational awareness, supply chain)
2 “Hunger in Yemen could spark unrest, exodus”, Reuters, 4 May 2010,
http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64310O.htm
3 Ibid
4 “Chad must protect convoys in food crisis”, Reuters, 6 May 2010,
http://alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE6451MB.htm

http://www.pvtr.org/pdf/CT%20Security%20Reponse/03-09May10/Agriculture&Food-03-09May10.pdf

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San Dieguito Academy Evacuated

San Dieguito Academy in Encinitas was evacuated Wednesday after a possible bomb
threat, according to San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

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http://www.10News.com/tu/5PQvr4oLI.html

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RBC firebombed as protest, group claims

Posted on May 19, 2010 at 06:26 AM
An explosive fire at a Royal Bank in Ottawa early Tuesday was a deliberate act of protest against corporate “Kanada,” a video posted online claims.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2010/05/18/ott-glebe-bank-fire.html?ref=rss

[Fifth suspicious fire in past 6 months...]

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Man Arrested For Attempting to Carry Dangerous Weapons On An Aircraft

SAN JUAN, P.R., May 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A complaint was filed late yesterday against Jose Pol for attempting to carry dangerous weapons on an aircraft, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, announced today. The defendant, who was going to board Jet Blue flight number 860, departing from Carolina, P.R., to Boston, was carrying a stun gun, a pepper spray canister, four box cutters and a switch blade knife.

Pol was in line to pass through the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) check point at the Luis Munoz Marin Airport in Carolina, P.R. The defendant was carrying two pieces of luggage, one containing a laptop and the other containing items which could be used to threaten, incapacitate, harm, injure or cause the death of the security personnel on board the aircraft, and/or endanger the lives of the crew members and passengers on board the flight.

The TSA Officer asked the defendant to accompany him to the TSA security office. Pol voluntarily went and waited in the room until FBI agents arrived and took custody of him.

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Tokyo airport confirms security incident on flight to US
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TOKYO, May 19 (AFP) -

SNIPPET: “The pilot of the Boeing 747-400 with 407 passengers and crew bound for Minneapolis turned around late Monday about three hours into the flight from Tokyo’s Narita airport after crew found the two men who refused to leave the cabin bathroom.

Reports said the pair, who identified themselves as Chinese citizens aged in their 20s, had boarded the flight during an earlier stop in Shanghai.

Japanese immigration officials were questioning the men, who said they did not have passports.”

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AL QAEDA SUPPORTER PLEADS GUILTY... [”Khalid Ouazzani, 32, of Kansas City”]
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Al Qaeda Supporter Pleads Guilty to Supporting Terrorist Organization Kansas City Man Also Admits to Bank Fraud, Overseas Money Laundering

KANSAS CITY, MO—Beth Phillips, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court today to his role in a conspiracy to provide material support to the terrorist organization al Qaeda. He also pleaded guilty to bank fraud and money laundering.

“National security is the highest priority of the Department of Justice,” Phillips said. “I applaud the diligent work of our law enforcement partners from local, state and federal agencies that serve on the Heart of America Joint Terrorism Task Force. These agencies have made significant investments of manpower and resources to the task force, and I appreciate their commitment to defeating terrorism. Much of their work is done behind the scenes, investigating and gathering information, but they play a crucial role in preventing terrorist activities.”

Khalid Ouazzani, 32, of Kansas City, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to a federal information that charges him with conspiracy to provide material support to a terrorist organization. Ouazzani also pleaded guilty to charges contained in an indictment that was returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City on Feb. 3, 2010.

Ouazzani, a native of Morocco and a naturalized citizen of the United States, swore an oath of allegiance to al Qaeda in June 2008. Ouazzani admitted that, from August 2007 to February 2010, he participated in a conspiracy to provide material support or resources to al Qaeda.

Ouazzani also admitted that he personally provided more than $23,000 to al Qaeda and performed other tasks at the request of and for the benefit of al Qaeda. Ouazzani had conversations with others about various ways to support al Qaeda, including plans for them to fight in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Somalia.

“Citizens here in the heartland should be alert to suspicious activity and never hesitate to report their concerns to law enforcement. This case serves as a reminder that terrorist-related activities can occur anywhere,” said Special Agent in Charge Brian A. Truchon of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Kansas City field office.

Ouazzani agreed to contribute $6,500 to al Qaeda in August 2007. A co-conspirator, who is not identified in court documents, made that payment on Ouazzani’s behalf. Ouazzani repaid the co-conspirator in November 2007 through a wire transfer to the co-conspirator’s bank account in the United Arab Emirates. Those funds came from Ouazzani’s sale of his business, Hafssa LLC, doing business as Truman Used Auto Parts, a retail operation that bought and sold used auto parts and used motor vehicles.

In June or July 2008, Ouazzani also agreed to pay al Qaeda $17,000, which represented his profit from the sale of an apartment in the United Arab Emirates that was owned by Ouazzani and a co-conspirator (who is not identified in court documents).

Bank Fraud Scheme

Ouazzani obtained a $175,000 line of credit commercial loan from Union Bank in April 2007 for Hafssa LLC (Truman Used Auto Parts). Under the terms of the loan, the funds were to be used as working capital for his business. Ouazzani admitted that he submitted false financial information about himself and the company to obtain the loan, and used substantial amounts of the loan proceeds for various personal purposes.

Ouazzani made only approximately $13,000 in payments on this loan. In September 2008 Union Bank wrote off the loan (then in the amount of $174,028) as uncollectible. On Feb. 11, 2009, Union Bank obtained a civil default judgment against Ouazzani and Hafssa LLC in the amount of $177,001.

Money Laundering

Ouazzani admitted that he used part of the proceeds of the Union Bank loan to purchase an apartment in the United Arab Emirates with a co-conspirator.

On May 23, 2007, Ouazzani caused a wire transfer of $112,830 to be sent to a bank account in the United Arab Emirates. The funds for this wire transfer included funds obtained from the $175,000 Union Bank loan and involved a series of transactions designed to make it more difficult to trace the funds.

Ouazzani used the wire-transferred funds to purchase an apartment in the United Arab Emirates, which he later sold for a profit of approximately $17,000. Ouazzani requested a co-conspirator to pay this $17,000 to al Qaeda.

“The criminal justice system is a valuable tool for disrupting terrorist plots and bringing terrorists to justice,” Phillips said. “We must use every means—criminal prosecutions as well as intelligence and military operations—to protect the American people. Federal prosecutions not only result in long prison sentences, but yield valuable intelligence that can be used in the fight against al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.”

Under federal statutes, Ouazzani is subject to a sentence of up to 65 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $1 million and an order of restitution. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys J. Daniel Stewart, David M. Ketchmark and Brian P. Casey and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Alex Menzel of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri, with assistance from attorneys at the Justice Department’s National Security Division, including the Counterterrorism Section. It was investigated by the Heart of America Joint Terrorism Task Force, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with the assistance of the Missouri Department of Social Services - Division of Legal Services Investigation Section.

Heart of America Joint Terrorism Task Force Federal Bureau of Investigation Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Defense Criminal Investigative Service Federal Air Marshals Service IRS-Criminal Investigation Kansas City, Kan., Police Department Kansas City, Mo., Police Department Kansas Highway Patrol Missouri State Highway Patrol Overland Park, Kan., Police Department U.S. Attorney’s Offices for the Western District of Missouri and the District of Kansas U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement U.S. Marshals Service U.S. Postal Inspection Service U.S. Secret Service

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May 19, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks

Thailand Civil War News:

Bangkok Post: Bangkok in shambles
— Buildings set on fire, looting widespread / Leaders of the red shirts surrender to police / Clashes leave 2 protesters, 1 news photographer dead
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/178466/bangkok-in-shambles
— Anarchy in Klongtoey
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/05/20/politics/Anarchy-in-Klongtoey-30129831.html
— Death toll on Wednesday may rise to 16
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/05/20/national/Death-toll-on-Wednesday-may-rise-to-16-30129811.html
— Nine bodies found in Pathumwanaram Temple
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Nine-bodies-found-in-Pathumwanaram-Temple-30129827.html
— Fires erupt at 27 spots across Bangkok
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/Fires-erupt-at-27-spots-across-Bangkok-30129808.html

Thailand The National:
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/
— Fiery rage hits Bangkok
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/05/20/politics/Fiery-rage-hits-Bangkok-30129829.html

Red-shirts have not concluded their battle
— Rioting broke out in Bangkok’s business district on Wednesday night following a government crackdown on Red-shirt protesters. After looting and firebombing
http://www.bangkoknews.net/story/637180

Death toll from Bangkok military operation on “red shirts” reaches 15
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/thailand/death-toll-from-bangkok-military-operation-on-red-shirts-reaches-12_100366576.html

Thailand’s Red Shirt rebels flee as troops are unleashed in Bangkok
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/thai-rebels-flee-as-troops-are-unleashed/story-e6frg6so-1225868915852

Bangkok burns with anger as protesters riot
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7130366.ece

Clashes persist in Bangkok after army rout
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/clashes-persist-in-bangkok-after-army-rout-2010-05-19

Thai protesters head home
— After their surrender, anti-government protesters make their way home.
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=175929

Thailand’s top banks to close all Bangkok branches amidst civil unrest
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Thailand+banks+close+Bangkok+branches+amidst+civil+unrest/3046658/story.html

Blogs are reporting on Thailand Civil War News at:
http://sopranz.blogspot.com/
http://www.vaitor.com/

Newslinks:

(U.S.) Americans who join militants can be targets - White House
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-48638020100519

(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: Terrorism: Times Square suspect denied bail in New York — Faisal Shahzad
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.415347671

(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: Boston Attorney: Local Men Didn’t Fund Failed Terrorism Plot
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/23611012/detail.html

(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: Jamaican cleric inspired Times Square bomber
Linked to UK deportee Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Jamaican-cleric-inspired-Times-Square-bomber-

(U.S./Pakistan) Pakistan Army Major Reportedly Arrested Over Link to NYC Bomb Suspect
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/19/pakistan-army-major-reportedly-arrested-link-nyc-bomb-suspect-1447466135/
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\20\story_20-5-2010_pg7_8
— Pakistan arrests army officer linked to Times Square bomb suspect
-— The major’s involvement with Faisal Shahzad remains unclear, but authorities say the two met in Islamabad and were in cellphone contact.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan-major-20100519,0,1667275.story

(U.S./Pakistan) US spy chief, security adviser brief Pakistanis on failed Times Square bomb attack
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/19/spy-chief-security-adviser-meet-pakistanis-failed-times-square-bomb-attack/

U.S. citizen pleads guilty to sending funds to al Qaeda
— CNN: “A Moroccan native living in Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to providing funds to the al Qaeda terrorist organization.”
— “Khalid Ouazzani, 32, admitted providing more than $23,000 to al Qaeda, to which he had pledged an oath of allegiance in 2008, federal officials said.”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/19/missouri.al.qaeda.funding.plea/index.html?hpt=T2

(U.S.) Poll finds anxiety in U.S. over terrrorism
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/05/19/Poll-finds-anxiety-in-US-over-terrorism/UPI-37351274313280/

(U.S.) Hutaree: Fourth Member of Michigan Militia Is Released From Jail
— Kristopher Sickles
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/19/fourth-member-michigan-militia-released-jail/?test=latestnews
— 3 Hutaree released from jail
-— Detroit Free Press: “U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts agreed to release Tina Stone 44, of Clayton; her stepson, David Stone Jr., 19, of Adrian, and Jacob Ward, 33, of Huron, Ohio.”
http://www.freep.com/article/20100519/NEWS01/5190325/3-Hutaree-released-from-jail

Afghanistan: Taliban attack U.S. base in Afghanistan; 10 insurgents killed
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/19/20100519afghanistan-taliban-attack.html
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\20\story_20-5-2010_pg7_11
— Bagram Attack: Taliban Keeps Focus Kabul Ahead of Jirga
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100519/wl_time/08599199033400
— Taliban attacks might signal new strategy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37243789/ns/world_news-asiapacific/
— In Ambush, a Glimpse of a Long Afghan Summer
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/world/asia/20marja.html?src=mv&ref=world
-— UAE: “Talk to the Taliban, otherwise the US strategy will fail”
http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100520/OPINION/705199935/1006/rss

Afghan army pays price as it takes fight to Taleban
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7128301.ece

(Pakistan/U.S.) US urges Pakistan to stamp out terror groups
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/us-urges-pakistan-to-stamp-out-terror-groups-950
— Pakistan, US vow to step up efforts against terrorism
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\20\story_20-5-2010_pg1_1

(Pakistan) Four soldiers, 60 Taliban killed in Orakzai clash
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\20\story_20-5-2010_pg7_3

(Pakistan) 21 dead in Karachi target killings
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\20\story_20-5-2010_pg1_2

(Pakistan) Key TTP commander captured
— PDT: “Security forces Wednesday arrested Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) key commander Swat Khan, son of Zar Mohammad”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\20\story_20-5-2010_pg7_4

(Pakistan) Intelligence agencies confirm Hamid Mir’s voice in audio clip
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\20\story_20-5-2010_pg1_6

(India) Maoists kill four security personnel in India’s West Bengal state
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2084636&Language=en

Iran: Draft UN sanctions resolution ‘Illegitimate’
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=175912

Saudi Arabia religious leaders call terrorism financing un-Islamic
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0519/Saudi-Arabia-religious-leaders-call-terrorism-financing-un-Islamic?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+feeds%2Fworld+%28Christian+Science+Monitor+%7C+World%29

Hamas legislator Abu-Tir to be released from Israeli prison
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=175913

(Lebanon/U.S.) US to ‘strengthen Hizbullah moderates’ — John Brennan
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=175931
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/u-s-adviser-washington-hopes-to-promote-hezbollah-moderates-1.291034

Israel: Home Front readies for mass evacuations if Hezbollah rockets strike
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/home-front-readies-for-mass-evacuations-if-hezbollah-rockets-strike-1.291119

Israel: Kassam falls in southern Israel, no casualties
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=175920

(Algeria) Two soldiers killed, 18 injured in explosion E. Algeria
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2084794&Language=en

(South Africa) Dutch authorities fear terrorism threat in South Africa
http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2010/5/20/sports/6300323&sec=sports

France: Carlos the Jackal rages at character assassination in film
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7130998.ece

War on Women News:

Pakistan: “Three killed in Balochistan over honour”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\20\story_20-5-2010_pg7_12

(UK) Lesbian actress fears her script ends in death — Kiana Firouz
— London Times: “A young Iranian actress named Kiana Firouz will attend the London premiere tonight of a film in which she plays a lesbian seeking asylum in Britain because the Iranian authorities are pursuing her.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7131310.ece
— Save the Life of LGBT Activist Kiana Firouz
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/05/19/save-the-life-of-lgbt-activist-kiana-firouz/

Other News:

(U.S.) ‘Draw Mohammed Day’ Unleashes Facebook Fracas
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/19/facebook-fracas-breaks-everybody-draw-mohammad-day/
— Free speech vs. hate speech on Facebook
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37238500/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
— Cartoon Contests and Human Dignity
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/cartoon-contests-and-human-dignity/

Pakistan blocks Facebook access for two weeks
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=175914
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article7130527.ece
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Facebook-blocked-by-blasphemy-regulations-18452.html
— PTA blocks Facebook
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\20\story_20-5-2010_pg1_5
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-lhc-orders-block-of-facebook-over-caricatures-ss-02
— April 16, 2008: Pakistan PM Gilani at National Assembly meeting calling for international death penalty for “blasphemy”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\16\story_16-4-2008_pg7_6

PC World: “Facebook and Islam: Culture Clash Is Just Beginning”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/196724/facebook_and_islam_culture_clash_is_just_beginning.html

(Iraq) Prophet toon ire taking terror turn?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/Prophet-toon-ire-taking-terror-turn/articleshow/5951047.cms

Pakistan: Muslim Teachers in Pakistan Allegedly Abuse Christian Students
— Derogatory remarks, beatings, pressure to convert to Islam drive two girls to drop out.
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/19845/

Pakistan: Forced conversion of Christian and Hindu girls at rise in Pakistan. CLAAS
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1985

(U.S.) Reports on Mark Williams’ comments on Islam
http://bit.ly/9YOOFX
— Original report references “monkey-god”
http://bit.ly/9CLBXC
— Huffington Post acknowledges CAIR comments
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/19/mark-williams-tea-party-l_n_582591.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.) New York mosque plan stirs up 9/11 memories
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Muslim-Americans-How-to-Get-Beyond-Mistrust.html

(U.S.) Muslim, Americans: How to Get Beyond Mistrust?
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Muslim-Americans-How-to-Get-Beyond-Mistrust.html

Iran: no release for jailed US hikers
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7131336.ece
— Mothers of 3 detained Americans arrive in Iran
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=175942

(UK) Andrew Gilligan: “Islamic fundamentalism in London: the threat is not over”
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100040360/islamic-fundamentalism-in-london-the-threat-is-not-over/

France: Cabinet approves veil ban bill
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/france-cabinet-approves-veil-ban-bill.html

Finland: Town backpedals on headscarf ban
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/finland-town-backpedals-on-headscarf.html

Against Nazi News:

Germany: Demjanjuk’s health deteriorates, forcing trial suspension
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=175917

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Hamas house demolitions spark criticism

18 May 2010 13:22:13 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Nidal al-Mughrabi

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE64H110.htm

GAZA, May 18 (Reuters) - Hamas Islamists ruling the Gaza Strip have been
demolishing Palestinian homes they say were built without permits,
leading to unwelcome comparisons to arch-enemy Israel.

[They say 26 houses and are now set to charge ‘taxes’.]

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United States to Assist Palestinian Refugees in Syria

Washington, DC
May 19, 2010

Earlier today officials from the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, the Syrian Arab Republic Government, and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) inaugurated a newly constructed community center that will benefit nearly 144,000 Palestinian refugees living in Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus. The United States contributed $1.4 million to support the construction of the community center.

The United States is UNRWA’s largest bilateral donor. In 2009, the United States provided over $267 million to UNRWA. With this contribution, the U.S will have provided over $115 million to UNRWA in 2010, including $60 million for the General Fund, which supports core services for 4.7 million refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, such as providing education for nearly 500,000 Palestinian children in 691 UNRWA schools.

PRN: 2010/649

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/05/141996.htm

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South Koreans display wreckage of sunken patrol ship
Stars and Stripes ^ | May 19, 2010 | Ashley Rowland
Posted on May 19, 2010 11:10:47 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — Investigators let media have a look at the wreckage of the Cheonan on Wednesday, the day before South Korea was to formally announce that a North Korea torpedo sank the South Korean patrol ship.

The wreckage of the March 26 sinking was retrieved from the Yellow Sea near the maritime border between the two Koreas and hauled to South Korea’s Second Fleet Command base in Pyeongtaek.

Yoon Duk-yong, an investigator with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, told reporters Wednesday that evidence from the recovered pieces of the ship points to a torpedo attack. He said a torpedo likely exploded near the Cheonan, causing a shock wave bubble that split it in half and caused impacted areas of the patrol boat to “dish,” or bend inward.

Yoon said the boat appeared to have been hit in one strike, making it likely that the damage was caused by a torpedo instead of a mine.

Media were granted access to the wreckage Wednesday on condition they not publish material until after 10 a.m. Thursday, when officials at a press conference were expected to formally announce that North Korea is to blame for the sinking that killed 46 sailors.

Experts have said South Korea will ask for more United Nations sanctions against North Korea, instead of responding with a military strike. South Korea will also likely ask the U.S. to delay the transfer of operational wartime control – when South Korea assumes wartime command of its troops – which is now scheduled for April 17, 2012, they said.

U.S. analysts joined the South Korean-led investigation team that determined the cause of the explosion, and U.S. underwater explosive ordnance and rescue-and-salvage teams aided in the search for the wreckage.

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Suspected ETA military chief arrested in France
France24 ^ | 20 May 2010 | Wire
Posted on May 20, 2010 2:40:15 AM PDT by csvset

French police said on Thursday they had arrested the suspected military leader of the Basque separatist movement ETA in the south-western city of Bayonne.

AFP - French anti-terrorist police on Thursday arrested the suspected military chief of the Basque separatist group ETA, Mikel Karrera Sarobe, police sources said.

Two other suspected ETA members — also Spanish nationals — were arrested with Karrera Sarobe when detectives and anti-terrorist police raided a house in the southwestern French city of Bayonne at daybreak, the sources said.

They were a man and a woman, and one of them is suspected of being the number-two figure in ETA’s military branch, the sources said, adding that weapons had been seized.

Two further arrests were made in the Bayonne area, one source said, without giving details.

Cooperation between Madrid and Paris has in the past two years led to the arrests of five top ETA leaders in France, which the group has long used as a rear base from which to stage attacks in Spain.

Karrera Sarobe, alias Ata or “duck” in the Basque language, was identified as ETA’s new military leader on a revised most-wanted list issued by Spanish police on March 16 in their pursuit of ETA militants.

ETA — classified as a terrorist group by the European Union, and held responsible for the deaths of 828 people in a violent campaign for Basque independence — has carried out no attacks on Spanish soil since August 2009.

But it is blamed for the March 16 killing of Jean-Serge Nerin a 52-year-old French police brigadier during a shoot-out in the Paris region that erupted during a standard police identity check.

Police sources told AFP that the second male suspect seized on Thursday is suspected of having been a member of the ETA cell that carried out the March shooting. “We’re checking out this link,” an officer said.

More than 30 suspected ETA members have been arrested in 2010, including ETA’s new leader Ibon Gogeascoechea Arronategui, who was captured in February in northwestern France

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Fatal shooting outside MacDill AFB in Tampa

By TAMARA LUSH (AP) – 14 hours ago

TAMPA, Fla. — A man who sped away from base security on a motorcycle after an altercation at MacDill Air Force Base was shot and killed Wednesday evening, the military said.

U.S. Air Force spokesman Maj. Richard Johnson said the shooting is being investigated but it doesn’t appear to be an act of terrorism.

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Army Veteran Guest Shot at MacDill Air Force Base by FBI

Posted by Aldian Degamo on May 20th, 2010

At MacDill Air Force base gate a man was shot and killed, The man charged at an FBI agent with a knife before the agent opened fire, probably has some issues on the FBI agent to make the FBI his target. But before the man could reach the FBI he was shot dead on the ground it happened around 6:45 p.m.

Army Veteran Guest Shot at MacDill Air Force Base by FBI

The man approached the Dale Mabry gate, got off the motorcycle and charged at the FBI agent with a knife and this is when the FBI open fired, pure self defense. The FBI spokesman said the man got off the motorcycle at the Dale Mabry gate, and came at the agent with a knife. The man that was shot down was an Army veteran that was visiting the base as a guest, no other information regarding the man was released as of now. FBI now heading the investigation of the case, assisting the investigation is the Tampa Police Department. What confuses me is that if the man was a guest, and an Army veteran how come he charged at an FBI Agent with a knife. Stay tune for more updates.

[ExSoldier]

This smells. I'll tell you why and I may be a little bit off base which is why I pinged the folks I have pinged.

Unless the agent already had his gun in hand and was at least semi expecting the attack, OR unless the attacker started his move from more than 21 feet away the Tueller Drill says it's not possible for this to have happened the way described under normal circumstances. Under the Tueller scenario, the attacker moving from 21 feet away can cover the distance in a second and a half and stab his victim before the defender can draw and engage and even then, he should be forced to move out of the path of the attack while still engaging. So to my mind, this stinks of setup. BUT, maybe I'm reading too much into all of this which is why I pinged the Pros from Dover if you remember your M*A*S*H trivia. What say you folks? I also think this is lent an air of conspiracy based on the activities at MacDill: CENTCOM HQ & SOCOM HQ put this on a level above nearly every other Army or USAF installation in CONUS.

[Godzilla]

This smells. I'll tell you why and I may be a little bit off base which is why I pinged the folks I have pinged.

The part about an FBI agent doesn't make sense - are they guarding the gates at AF Bases now? I could see a domestic related dispute at the camp ground, MPs shutting down gates to prevent the guy from leaving and the guy going after one of the MPs or pay cops (perhaps psychotic or under the influence some how) - but an FBI agent?

[ExSoldier]

The part about an FBI agent doesn't make sense - are they guarding the gates at AF Bases now?

Good point. Moreover, an off duty FBI Agent? Who just happened to be at the right place at the right time? On a large installation like MacDill? Uh Huh.