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Events: May 23, 2010: DC – Hope for Darfur – Justice in Sudan March
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/04/may-23-2010-dc-darfur-march/
http://www.hope4darfurmarch.org/march

Newslinks:

(Pakistan/U.S.) U.S. drone attack kills at least six in Pakistan
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64E0UB20100522

(Pakistan/U.S.) US warns Pakistani leaders their children could be terrorists
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7750824/US-warns-Pakistani-leaders-their-children-could-be-terrorists.html

(Pakistan/U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: Taliban funded plot, reveals Faisal Shahzad
— AP: “The Times Square bomb suspect claimed during his lengthy interrogation that he received financial support from the Pakistani Taliban for his failed one-man operation, two US law enforcement officials close to the probe said.”
— “Investigators believe funding for Faisal Shahzad in the United States was channeled through an underground money transfer network known as “hawala”, the officials said. But, one official said, “there’s a belief that no one in the US who got him the funds was aware of what they were for.” “
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Taliban-funded-plot-reveals-Shahzad/articleshow/5963946.cms
— NYC bomb suspect claims Taliban support: US officials
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/16-nyc-bomb-suspect-claims-taliban-support-us-officials-02-sa

(Pakistan/U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: Soldier linked to accused bomber
— “The army officer was arrested in Rawalpindi, home to the headquarters of the Pakistani army, the official said.”
http://www.smh.com.au/world/soldier-linked-to-accused-bomber-20100522-w2yr.html

(Pakistan/U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: Pakistan detains at least four over New York plot
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64K4PP20100522

(Pakistan/U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: Pakistan detainees proud of role in NYC bomb case
-— Pakistan Daily Times: “Two men detained in Pakistan for alleged links to the attempted Times Square bombing have admitted playing a role in the botched attack and are unrepentant, with one angrily accusing interrogators of ‘siding with the infidels’, a senior intelligence official said on Saturday.”
-— “The intelligence official, part of the team questioning the men, cited the two suspects as saying they did not do anything wrong and ‘proudly’ describing Shahzad as their friend.”
-— “The official said one of the suspects had even accused his interrogators of ‘siding with the infidels’.”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\23\story_23-5-2010_pg7_9

(Pakistan/U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: US Embassy caterer linked to ‘Times Square bomber’ arrested
— Daily Telegraph: “The co-owner of the Hanif Rajput Catering Service, Salman Ashraf Khan, was recruited because two other suspects “wanted him to help bomb a big gathering of foreigners” whose event his company was catering, the Pakistani intelligence officer said.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7751928/US-Embassy-caterer-linked-to-Times-Square-bomber-arrested.html
— Pakistani caterer may have met failed NYC bomber
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64L0OZ20100522
— Times Square suspect’s father denies son had role
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/22/pakistan.times.square.father/?hpt=Sbin

(Pakistan/U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: Times Square bomber: Pakistani novels shed light on why
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/05/21/94628/times-square-bombing-suspects.html

Pakistan: Girls’ school blown up in Peshawar
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\23\story_23-5-2010_pg7_12

(Pakistan) Balochistan: Doctor gunned down in Quetta target killing
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\23\story_23-5-2010_pg7_5

“Pak efforts have pressured Qaeda: US official”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\23\story_23-5-2010_pg7_16

Pakistan: Gunfire in Quetta city kills 1, wounds 2
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085431&Language=en

Kashmir: Kids lured to Jihad in Kashmir
http://expressbuzz.com/nation/kids-lured-to-jihad-in-kashmir/175539.html

Afghan police seize 300 rockets on Kabul outskirts
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\23\story_23-5-2010_pg7_17

Afghanistan: Insurgents launch ground assault against NATO’s main base in southern Afghanistan
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/22/afghans-killed-paktia-province-south-kabul/

Afghanistan: Three NATO soldiers killed in south
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.431447931

Afghanistan: UK Defense Minister refers to Afghanistan as “13th Century”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/7753140/Cabinet-rift-opens-over-Afghanistan.html

Afghanistan: In Kandahar, the Taliban targets and assassinates those who support U.S. efforts
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/21/AR2010052104950.html?hpid=topnews

(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb: Will Shahzad Win Leniency for Cooperating?
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/05/20/will-shahzad-win-leniency-for-cooperating/

(U.S.) Arkansas: Claims police shooting suspects had extremist ‘anti-government’ links
— CNN: “Jerry R. Kane, 45, and his 16-year-old son Joseph Kane fatally shot two police officers and wounded two others during a wild shootout Thursday, according to Arkansas state police.”
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/22/arkansas.police.shot/index.html
-— Arkansas Cop-Killer Apparently Part of ‘Patriot’ Movement
http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/05/21/arkansas-cop-killer-apparently-part-of-patriot-movement/

(U.S.) Pentagon insider a leading candidate for intel spot - James Clapper
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64K5Q420100521

(U.S.) Obama unveils security strategy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37291693/ns/politics-washington_post/

US Apologizes to Billionaire Added to Terror No-fly List
— Gilbert Chagoury Still Doesn’t Know ‘Why I Was Branded A Terrorist’
— ABC reports Gilbert Chagoury of Lebanese descent
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/us-apologizes-billionaire-added-terror-fly-list/story?id=10698917

(UK) MPs at risk from radical Islamic loners
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article7134053.ece

(UK) One in six terror suspects flee control orders
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/7753357/One-in-six-terror-suspects-flee-control-orders.html

Iraqi car bomb kills 23
— A car bomb exploded at a crowded open-air market in a Shiite town northeast of Baghdad, killing 23 people and wounding more than 50.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iraq/7751498/Iraqi-car-bomb-kills-23.html

Iraq: Policeman, civilian killed with four injured on roadside bomb in Irbil
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085442&Language=en

Iraqi-US forces arrest two al-Qaeda suspects
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1557731.php/Iraqi-US-forces-arrest-two-al-Qaeda-suspects-Roundup

Iran May Benefit From Sanctions Loophole
http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/05/21/iran-may-benefit-from-sanctions-loophole/

Iran to go ahead with Turkey atom fuel swap: report
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64L19A20100522
— Report: Iran to notify UN of nuclear swap agreement with Turkey
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/22/iran.nuclear.swap/

Iran to West: Accept nuke deal as is
http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=176142

(Syria/U.S.) Hizbullah arms of ‘grave concern’
US says Obama to discuss Syria’s arming of terrorists with Hariri.
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=176129

(Lebanon) Hezbollah promotes itself through ‘jihadi tourism’
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hop-6ztalXMekworSFnLXdBq9Y3wD9FS3PL00

Lebanon: Hezbollah inaugurates museum highlighting its ‘resistance’ against Israel
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/hezbollah-inaugurates-museum-highlighting-its-resistance-against-israel-1.291498

Gaza: IDF soldier wounded by Palestinian sniper fire on Gaza border
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/idf-soldier-wounded-by-palestinian-sniper-fire-on-gaza-border-1.291399

Gaza: Islamic Jihad buries gunmen
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=363284&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17

Palestinians ready to swap some land with Israel: President Abbas
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Palestinians-ready-to-swap-some-land-with-Israel-President-Abbas/articleshow/5963587.cms

Yemen says war against terrorism won’t stop
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085489&Language=en

Sudanese army refutes reports of death of 200 soldiers in Darfur clashes
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085371&Language=en

(South Africa) Will Prophet Mohammad cartoon in South Africa threaten World Cup?
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2010/0522/Will-Prophet-Mohammad-cartoon-in-South-Africa-threaten-World-Cup

Kosovo: Police arrest five radical Islamists
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.430610481

(Spain) ETA terrorists jailed for 1,040 years for Madrid bombing - Basque separatist terrorists
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/7749601/ETA-terrorists-jailed-for-1040-years-for-Madrid-bombing.html

(Canada) Anarchists getting act together for summits
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/05/22/14047486.html

Chile: Pakistani suspect back in Chile jail for explosives
— AFP: “The court designated 28-year-old Mohammad Saif Ur Rehman Khan ‘a danger to society’ and revoked his freedom after he was released last week on probation following charges of illegally possessing weapons, but not of violating an anti-terror law.”
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/16-pakistani+suspect+back+in+jail+in+chile+for+explosives-hs-05

Other News:

Pakistan Christian Post: “Bible says: Give None Offense. By Brig. Aftab Khan” — comments on “cartoon controversy”
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1990

Pakistan: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani lodges official protest over Facebook images with US
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\23\story_23-5-2010_pg7_2
— May 20, 2010: Pakistan Government Blocks Facebook and YouTube Sites -— more reports on protests
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/pakistan-blocks-facebook-youtube/
— 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

Pakistan blocks 800 web pages over ‘blasphemy’
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-pakistan-blocks-800-web-pages-over-blasphemy-ss-08

Pakistan: Locals shout ‘Death to Facebook’, burn US flags
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/metropolitan/03-locals-shout-death-to-facebook-burn-us-flags-ss-08

Politics, not Islam, behind ban: Google chief
http://www.watoday.com.au/world/politics-not-islam-behind-ban-google-chief-20100522-w2yg.html
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/03-google-chief-suspects-ulterior-motive-in-pakistan-ss-01

Pakistan: British family killed in Pakistan in revenge killing - following breakdown in arranged marriage
— Daily Telegraph: “A close friend of the family, Councillor Mohammed Sakib, condemned the murder as a cold blooded ‘honour killing’”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7750027/British-family-killed-in-Pakistan-in-revenge-killing.html

Pakistan: ‘Honor killing’ relatives in fear
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/136506/-Honour-killing-relatives-in-fear-/

Pakistan: Attempt to ‘end medieval treatment of women’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\23\story_23-5-2010_pg12_9

Pakistan: Woman stabbed to death ‘by stepsons’
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\23\story_23-5-2010_pg12_11

(U.S.) West Virginia: One killed in W.Va. pipe bomb explosion
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/22/west.virginia.pipe.bomb/index.html

Iran: Mothers of Jailed American Hikers in Iran Return Back to U.S.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/22/mothers-jailed-american-hikers-iran-return/

Saudi scholar’s fatwa wades into controversy
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/saudi-scholar-s-fatwa-wades-into-controversy-1.630494

Thailand Civil War News:

Vengeful redshirts threaten tourism
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7133938.ece

Curfew on a ‘day-to-day’ basis
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/178856/curfew-on-a-day-to-day-basis

Uneasy feelings, doubts linger on all sides
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/05/23/politics/Uneasy-feelings-doubts-linger-on-all-sides-30130003.html

Red leaders not staying in comfort, police insist
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/05/23/politics/Red-leaders-not-staying-in-comfort-police-insist-30130002.html

Against Totalitarianism News:

North Korea may return to terrorism sponsor list
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/21/north-korea-may-be-put-back-on-list-of-terrorism-s/

United Nations probes North Korea’s possible truce violation
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64L1AG20100522

Communist China: Hillary Clinton Ignores Human Rights Issues at Shanghai Expo
http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/shanghai-expo/

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