April 11, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
Today’s Events Update :
— Washington DC: 100 at Holocaust “March of Remembrance”
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/march-of-remembrance-to-capitol/
— Washington DC: 200 at Freedom Plaza Rally for Chinese Freedom
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/dc-china-rally/
Newslinks:
Afghan soldier wounds U.S. troop member
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/04/11/Afghan-soldier-wounds-US-troop-member/UPI-40501271027778/
(Afghanistan) Karzai Issues Open Invitation to Meet With Insurgents
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/10/karzai-casts-doubt-major-kandahar-offensive/
— U.S.: Karzai is ‘commander in chief’
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/11/us-karzai-commander-chief/
(Afghanistan) U.S. Takes New Tactic With Karzai
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/11/afghan-deminers-killed-roadside-bombing/
(Afghanistan) Italians ‘confess’ to Afghan murder plot
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7094630.ece
Afghanistan: Canadian soldier killed form roadside bomb
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3874477,00.html
(Afghanistan) Compromising with the Taliban
— “The Taliban’s leaders don’t believe in democracy. They don’t accept Afghanistan’s new constitution, especially its commitments to women’s equality and universal education. They don’t seek to share power; they want to take it back.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-mcmanus11-2010apr11,0,5371688.column
Pakistan: ISI still backs Taliban: US
— Times of India: “US officials believe that Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence directorate still supports the Taliban despite recent signals that the spy agency had started cracking down on the Islamist group.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/ISI-still-backs-Taliban-US-/articleshow/5783626.cms
(Pakistan) At least 13 more militants killed in Orakzai Agency
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-at-least-10-militants-killed-in-orakzai-agency-ss-05
Pakistan govt to quiz A Q Khan: Lawyer
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-govt-to-quiz-A-Q-Khan-Lawyer/articleshow/5784176.cms
Pakistan Christian Post: “10 Armed Muslim men and women attack Chapel after Good Friday services in Pakistan”
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1599
India Mumbai Attacks: Maharashtra govt to seek death penalty for Kasab: Patil
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Maharashtra-govt-to-seek-death-penalty-for-Kasab-Patil-/articleshow/5785388.cms
(Iraq) Iraqi, US forces kill three Al-Qaeda armed men in Kirkuk
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2075005&Language=en
— Two Saudis planning Iraq suicide bombings killed
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=354563&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17
(Iraq) Bomb kills three Iraqis from US-allied militia
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gdv3YZ4jDyhgfyCe5nSHKUEsjpdg
(U.S.) Obama warns of nuclear terrorism
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8614695.stm
— Nuclear terrorism is gravest threat to global security, Barack Obama to warn
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7579122/Nuclear-terrorism-is-gravest-threat-to-global-security-Barack-Obama-to-warn.html
(U.S.) Lieberman: Omitting ‘Islamic’ Terrorism From Security Document Dishonest, ‘Offensive’
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/11/lieberman-omitting-references-islamic-terrorism-dishonest-offensive/
(Israel) Two Kassam rockets landed in W. Negev, no one was injured
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=172874
Israel PM slams world silence on Iran
http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=172881
Iran to complain to UN over Obama nuclear “threat”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-iran-to-complain-to-un-over-obama-nuclear-threat-ss-17
Saudi Arabia: Government Warns of Al Qaeda Elements Disguising Themselves as Journalists
http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20543
Somali Islamist group opposes Osama invite
http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/897494/-/1219dfyz/-/index.html
(Canada) Nearly four years after Toronto 18 arrests last trial in terror case begins
— Fahim Ahmad, Asad Ansari and Steven Chand
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jofDgLbidiFPi5HRG5nPQX5GM7iw
Greece deals blow to terror organization
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/greece-deals-blow-terror-organisation
(Indonesia) Six terror suspects arrested in Indonesia: police
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h_L8bMrL9KNIv7PvEh-5d4xYo4yw
Against Nazi News:
Holocaust Remembrance Day News Stories
http://bit.ly/cjkATP
Keep retelling the story was the message of Holocaust Remembrance Day
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/keep-retelling-the-story-was-the-message-of-552094.html
Israel Observes Holocaust Remembrance Day
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Israel-Observes-Holocaust-Remembrance-Day-90580299.html
Portraits of survival
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Books/Article.aspx?id=172662
For some survivors, Holocaust never ends
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36337443/ns/health-picture_stories/displaymode/1247/?beginSlide=1
Hungary: Anti-Semitic party wins favor in Hungary
— Hungary elections: first step to power for far-Right since Nazi era
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/hungary/7578561/Hungary-elections-first-step-to-power-for-far-Right-since-Nazi-era.html
(UK) Scotland: Antisemitic crimes in Scotland tripled last year
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/04/10/antisemitic-crimes-in-scotland-tripled-last-year/
Norway’s Nazi collaborators sought Russia colonies
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixYTpm3DR27DsYmptk0a_MRvmyXAD9EVIFRO1
Sweden extradites former neo-Nazi leader to Poland over Auschwitz theft
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5451752,00.html
War on Women News:
Pakistan: Rethinking jirgas
— Dawn: “The track record of jirgas on women’s rights demonstrates they are incompatible with democracy says Huma Yusuf.”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/19-huma-yusuf-rethinking-jirgas-140-hh-07
Jordan honor killings draw tough response. Finally
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/jordan/100323/honor-killings-jordan
Other News:
Pakistan Christian Post: “10 Armed Muslim men and women attack Chapel after Good Friday services in Pakistan”
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1599
(UK) Hizb ut-Tahrir: Faith forum warning over Muslim call not to vote
— BBC: “A member of the West Midlands Faith Forum has warned Muslims against flyers distributed outside mosques after Friday prayers urging them not to vote.”
— “Leaflets produced by Hizb-Ut-Tahrir, Britain, (HT) state that it is “haram” or forbidden for Muslims to vote in the UK parliamentary elections in May.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/election_2010/england/8614094.stm
Nigeria: Who Will Save Amputees of Sharia Law in Nigeria?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ademola-bello/who-will-save-amputees-of_b_532949.html
(Asia) Islam and Hizb ut Tahrir’s explosive growth in Asia (ch4 UK)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3iUw2TSISE&;
Sudan votes on re-electing indicted President Bashir
— indicted by ICC as war criminal
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/7578785/Sudan-votes-on-re-electing-indicted-President-Bashir.html
— Sudan: The West should put its mouth where its money is
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/maryriddell/100033811/sudan-the-west-should-put-its-mouth-where-its-money-is/
— Sudan’s Darfur and “A Deal with a Devil”
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/a-deal-with-a-devil/
Sudan’s National Electoral Commission acknowledges technical errors in voting
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2075019&Language=en
— Sudanese vote in landmark election
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/04/11/sudan.elections/index.html?hpt=T2
— Sudan poll marked by chaos and confusion
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7094793.ece
“In Pakistani school, nuanced views for new nuclear balance”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/pakistan.school.nuclear.weapons/index.html?hpt=T2
(U.S.) Teachers union memo ‘prays’ for governor’s death
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/09/teachers.union.governor/index.html?hpt=Sbin
(UK) “If Amnesty lies to itself, can it demand the truth of others?”
http://timesonline.typepad.com/oliver_kamm/2010/04/if-amnesty-lies-to-itself-can-it-demand-the-truth-of-others.html
Against Totalitarianism News:
Chinese ISP Hijacks the Internet (Again)
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/04/09/1930220/Chinese-ISP-Hijacks-the-Int
Against Racial Supremacism News:
Rhode Island: Legal advocacy center cites three hate groups in R.I.
http://www.projo.com/news/content/HATE_GROUPS_NEW_ENGLAND_04-11-10_REI0NR5_v26.329ad68.html
South Africa: Murdered White Supremacist Buried with the Honor of the Nazi Salute
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=83719
— London Times: “supporters of his far-right paramilitary Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) movement, clad in khaki uniforms with swastika-style armbands, stood to attention as his coffin was lowered into the red earth of his beloved veld”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7093152.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093
South Africa: white supremacist Terre’Blanche ‘tried to rape farm worker’
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7094625.ece
— Daily telegraph report
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/7578844/Police-investigate-homosexual-link-in-Terreblanche-killing.html
(U.S.) Mississippi Gov. Barbour Backs McDonnell on ‘Confederate History’ Declaration
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/11/mississippi-gov-barbour-backs-mcdonnell-confederate-history-declaration/?test=latestnews
— Virginia Governor Proclaims April as “Confederate History Month” to Praise of White Nationalists
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/virginia-governor-csa/
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April 12, 2010 - UnitedStatesAction.com Newslinks
(U.S.) NYC: Zazi, Al Qaeda pals planned rush-hour attack on Grand Central, Times Square subway stations
http://bit.ly/nyc-subway-bomb-plot
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19763
— new details emerge as a fourth suspect is arrested in Pakistan
— plan was to have new attack between September 14 - 16, 2009 in NYC
— Fourth Suspect Arrested in NYC Subway Bombing Probe
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHVpawbCcuSQ
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_513888.html
(U.S.) Radical Muslim Cleric Lied to Qualify for U.S.-Funded College Scholarship
— Anwar al-Awlaki
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/12/radical-muslim-cleric-lied-qualify-funded-college-scholarship/
US has own nuclear security issues
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/12/AR2010041202654.html
(U.S.) Indiana: White Supremacist-Nazi Propaganda, Hitler Book, Weapons Found in Raid of Suspected Hutaree Militia Members
— the “Turner Diaries” propaganda found was also used to inspire 1995 Oklahoma City terrorist bombing
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/hutaree-hate-materials-weapons-found/
— March 30, 2010 - Michigan: Milita Hutaree Members Indicted for Terror Plot Against Police
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/03/hutaree-arrests/
— April 1, 2010 - Indiana: “Christian Identity” Supporting Church Hosts White Nationalist Speaker, Plans Film Showing
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/indiana-white-nationalist-events/
(Al-Qaeda) Criminals con Al-Qaeda — with bogus nuclear material
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_513890.html
Al Qaeda has long-standing interest in acquiring weapons-usable nuclear material - US
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2075334&Language=en
(Pakistan) Report: Pakistan’s nuke materials at risk
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36443267/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
(Pakistan/U.S.) U.S. Drone Missile Strike Kills 5 Militants in Pakistan
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/12/drone-missile-strike-kills-militants-pakistan/
Pakistan ISI has released two Taliban commanders: report
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\12\story_12-4-2010_pg1_8
(Pakistan) Taliban commander denies death reports - Qari Ziaur Rahman
http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=233941
Pakistan seeks equal access to civil nuclear technology
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/06-pakistan-seeks-equal-access-to-civil-nuclear-technology-rs-04
— Obama says US has no designs on Pak nukes
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/19-meeting-with-gilani-obama-says-us-has-no-designs-on-pak-nukes-340-hh-01
(Pakistan) Forces kill 19 Taliban in Orakzai
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\04\12\story_12-4-2010_pg1_6
(Pakistan) Mumbai Attacks: Pakistan’s Gilani seeks more evidence against Laskar-e-Taiba (LeT) for action
— Times of India: “he also sought more evidence about Laskar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) before acting against the Pakistan-based group blamed for the November 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 persons.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Gilani-seeks-more-evidence-against-Lashkar-for-action/articleshow/5792691.cms
— Obama asks Pakistan to bring 26/11 perpetrators to justice
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Obama-asks-Pakistan-to-bring-26/11-perpetrators-to-justice/articleshow/5786968.cms
— Obama pressed Pak on terror at India’s insistence
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Obama-pressed-Pak-on-terror-at-Indias-insistence/articleshow/5788448.cms
(Pakistan) 7 killed, over 100 wounded in protest against new NWFP name
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2075253&Language=en
(Pakistan) “Murder of Benazir Bhutto was pre-planned conspiracy”
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1912
Pakistan’s Gilani Says He Opposes Afghan Talks With Taliban
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-12/pakistan-s-gilani-says-he-opposes-afghan-talks-with-taliban.html
Afghanistan: Bombers ‘fail to seize intelligence building’
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.240881091
Afghanistan: ‘Arms and explosive vests’ found at Helmand hospital
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.240713044
Afghanistan: ‘No collusion’ between Taliban and aid hospital
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.241639369
Afghanistan: Taleban wants prisoner swap - for two French journalists
http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_513905.html
Afghanistan: A New American Jihadi in Afghanistan, Sayfullah Al-Amriki, Appears in Video
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4096.htm
(Afghanistan) London Times: “Nato Taleban blitz in jeopardy after troops shoot woman and child on bus”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/afghanistan/article7095153.ece
Iraq: Blast targets Iraqi military patrol, kills 2 persons
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2075234&Language=en
UK: Trial of Annfield Plain teen on terrorism charges due to start tomorrow
— Nicky Davison
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/8094589.Trial_of_teen_on_terrorism_charges_due_to_start_tomorrow/
Northern Ireland: Bomb explodes near security Barracks
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2075067&Language=en
(Iran) U.S. Pushes Iran Sanctions, But Communist China Holds Back
http://bit.ly/aityJ9
— while the U.S. continues to ignore Communist China’s own concentration camps...
http://laogai.org/our_work/laogai
Ahwazi Organization: Iran Is Threatening Gulf States with SSMs Armed with Chemical Warheads
http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4095.htm
Gaza: Israeli forces, Gaza militants clash near border
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ioi_0jtO9RjMwPNRoXNCndRPRq3gD9F1VRRG0
Gaza: Al-Quds Brigades accuse Gaza forces of arresting activists
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2075048&Language=en
Saudi Arabia: Gov’t fears Al-Qaeda disguises
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.240712549
Somalia: Fighting in Somali capital kills 13-ambulance service
http://af.reuters.com/article/somaliaNews/idAFLDE63B1KW20100412?rpc=401&feedType=RSS&feedName=somaliaNews&rpc=401
Greece: Six Charged With Left-Wing Terrorism in Greece
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/12/world/AP-EU-Greece-Terrorism.html
Europe ignores Iran’s deadly mix of anti-Semitism and nukes
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=172995
Indonesia: Three more face trial over hotel bombings - in Jakarta
http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/three-more-indonesians-face-trial-over-jw-marriott-and-ritz-carlton-hotel-bombings/story-e6frfku0-1225853219425
Against Totalitarianism News:
Washington DC: Tibet and Falun Gong Activists Protest Outside Nuclear Summit for China Freedom
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/dc-falun-gong-protest-outside-nuclear-summit-for-china-freedom/
Washington DC: 150 Chinese Americans and Supporters Rally for Chinese Freedom
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/dc-china-freedom-rally/
“One in Every 20 Chinese Say ‘NO’ to Chinese Communist Party”
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/one-in-every-20-chinese-say-no-to-chinese-communist-party/
Other News:
Nigeria: New Violence in Jos - Christian Homes Burned, Explosion Injures Others
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/nigeria-new-violence-in-jos/
Iran: Two Christian converts from Islam to face trial April 13
— Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh Esmaeilabad
http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2010/s10040054.htm
— Elam Ministries report
http://www.elam.com/articles/Court-hearing-set/
— November 2009: Iran – Elam Ministries Report: Maryam and Marzieh Released – Face New Court Date
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/11/iran-elam-ministries-report-maryam-and-marzieh-released/
— October 2009: Iran: Judge Charges Christian Converts with “Apostasy and Propagation of Christian Faith”
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/10/iran-judge-charges-christian-converts-with-apostasy-and-propagation-of-christian-faith/
Anti-Semitic incidents rise sharply in 2009, study says
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/04/12/anti.semitic.study/index.html
Hungary’s Jews anxious at far-right rise
European Jewish Congress: “Obsessive” anti-Semitism growing.
http://www.jpost.com/JewishWorld/JewishNews/Article.aspx?id=172991
“French Comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala tells Iranian TV about His New Children’s Song “Holocaust Pineapple” and States: Most Slave Traders Were Jews; More Freedom of Speech in Iran Than in France”
http://www.memri.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/108/0/2444.htm
Italy: Bishop blames Jews for attacks on Pope
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article7095471.ece
Washington DC: Formerly Banned Muslim Scholar Speaks in Washington
— Tariq Ramadan speaks at Georgetown University
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/religion/Formerly-Banned-Muslim-Scholar-Speaks-in-Washington-90710289.html
— Audio of Tariq Ramadan’s opening remarks
http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/4889/prmID/1873
Oklahoma Groups Envision Militia to fight U.S. Federal Government
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=10355773
UK: Gita Sahgal, who criticized Amnesty’s ‘pro-jihadi’ links, leaves job
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7095732.ece
UK: Blog article on Amnesty International’s support of Cageprisoners now has Yvonne Ridley writing there
http://hurryupharry.org/2010/04/12/a-%e2%80%9cleading-human-rights-organisation%e2%80%9d-on-zionist-tentacles/
U.K. KFC Faces Boycott Threat From Muslims Over Halal Trial
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/12/uk-kfc-faces-boycott-threat-muslims-halal-trial/
Netherlands: Female mosque leader offers new European brand of Islam, targeting intolerance
http://www.courant.com/news/nation-world/sns-ap-eu-netherlands-europes-new-muslims,0,4782285.story
Against Nazi News:
Russian judge gunned down in ‘neo-Nazi’ revenge killing
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7582117/Russian-judge-gunned-down-in-neo-Nazi-revenge-killing.html
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