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The New Issue of Technical Mujahid, a Training Manual for Jihadis ...
Also mentioned in other jihadi publications, the “Secrets of the
Mujahideen” is a ... Unmasking Terror Volume III: A Global Review of
Terrorist Activities ...
http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=1057

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http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel08/topten_120508.htm

For Immediate Release
December 5, 2008

Washington D.C.
FBI National Press Office
(202) 324-3691

FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending December 5, 2008

1. Birmingham: Mayor and Others Indicted

Birmingham Mayor Larry P. Langford; Albert W. LaPierre, lobbyist; and William B. Blount, investment banker, were indicted in connection with a long-running bribery scheme. Full Story

2. Chicago: Undercover Sting Nabs 15 Law Enforcement Officers

Fifteen law enforcement officers were among seventeen defendants charged in an undercover FBI operation for allegedly providing armed security for drug deals. Full Story (pdf)

3. Seattle: Millennium Bomber Sentenced Again

Ahmed Ressam, Algerian native and an Al-Qaeda trained terrorist, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his failed plot to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport. Full Story

4. Buffalo: Police Officer Arrested

Niagara Falls Police Officer Ryan G. Warme was arrested for sexually attacking two women and cocaine trafficking. Full Story

5. Washington Field Office: CEO Pleads Guilty in Ponzi Scheme

Preston Pinkett, III, president and CEO of International Fiduciary Corporation (IFC), plead guilty to conspiracy charges relating to a $40 million international Ponzi scheme operated through IFC. Full Story (pdf)

6. New York: Founding Member of American Stock Exchange Pleads Guilty

Elliot J. Smith pled guilty to submitting false documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission during his investigation for insider trading. Full Story (pdf)

7. Boston: Travel Agent Sentenced

Frank Serio, owner of Providence-based Travel Concepts, Inc., was sentenced for defrauding airlines and Amtrak in a bogus ticket refund scheme. Full Story

8. San Antonio: Border Patrol Agent Indicted

Salomon Ruiz was charged with accepting bribes in exchange for escorting narcotic loads. Full Story

9. New Orleans: Chief of Police Convicted

The Chief of Police of Boyce, LA, Claude E. Williams, was convicted of illegal possession of unregistered firearms. Full Story

10. Norfolk: Former Government Employee Arrested

A criminal complaint charged Yue Cheng with five counts including marriage fraud and making false statements to the FBI in order to become a special agent. Full Story

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December 6, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com

(U.S.) ‘Architect’ of 9/11 to go on trial — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM)
— trial to begin Monday, December 8
— “charged with 2,973 counts of murder, one for each person killed on September 11”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3628457/Architect-of-911-to-go-on-trial.html

(India) Mumbai attacks: police admit there were more than ten attackers - at least two escaped
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3628614/Mumbai-attacks-police-admit-there-were-more-than-ten-attackers.html

(India) Mumbai Attacks: Two more arrested for Mumbai terror attacks
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Two_more_arrested_for_Mumbai_terror_attacks/articleshow/3800470.cms

(India) Mumbai Attacks: ABC: “Mumbai Terrorist Amped Up on Steroids, Amphetamines”
— “Investigators Say the Drugs Were Used to Enhance the Attackers’ Performance”
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6401729&page=1

(India) Mumbai Attacks: Murder and torture shakes an ancient pillar of the city
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5295469.ece

(India) Al-Qaeda to target Goa installations
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Al-Qaida_may_target_Goa_State_govt/articleshow/3802141.cms

(Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: Rice asks Pak to act urgently, else US will act
-— Times of India reports “Rice has told Pakistan that there is
“irrefutable evidence” of involvement of elements” in Pakistan in Mumbai attacks
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Rice_asks_Pak_to_act_urgently_else_US_will_act/articleshow/3801376.cms
-—— Comment: Why doesn’t India have a right to defend its nation?

(Pakistan) Mumbai attacks: We don’t condemn attacks on a retail basis: LeT man Abdullah Muntazir
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/We_dont_condemn_attacks_on_a_retail_basis_LeT_man/articleshow/3799667.cms
-— December 2, 2008: LeT/JUD’s Rashid Minhas: “We teach jihad because it’s part of Islam and we can’t remove it from holy Quran ... but we don’t give jihadi training.”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\03\story_3-12-2008_pg7_48
http://in.reuters.com/article/specialEvents2/idINIndia-36832020081202?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true
-— (India) Terrorists distort Quran: Shah Rukh Khan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Terrorists_distort_Quran_Shah_Rukh_Khan/rssarticleshow/3802104.cms

(Pakistan) Dawn reader comments: “If you are saying that these
terrorists are stateless actors then you also agree to the fact that any state or agency may hunt down these men”
http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/what-are-our-readers-saying2-yn

(Pakistan) Death toll in Peshawar blast rises to 30, 140 wounded
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958684&Language=en
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jrwyNnNC5zttXGVXDkJ9fz4K3OMA
-— Police probe deadly Peshawar bombing
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/06/Police_probe_deadly_Peshawar_bombing/UPI-75861228565235/

(Pakistan) Washington Post: “Pakistan and U.S. Have Tacit Deal On Airstrikes”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111002897.html?wprss=rss_politics%2Fadministration

(Afghanistan) Three ISAF soldiers, four militants killed in Afghanistan - in Herat and Patika provinces
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958685&Language=en

(Iraq) Suicide attack targets Iraqi police recruits
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702448236&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-— Police: Attacks Targeting Security Kill 6 in Iraq
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122856917871585483.html?mod=

(Iraq) Three Sahwa members killed in Diyala Province
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958707&Language=en

(Iraq) The Girl Turned Into A Human Bomb
— interview with Rania al Ambaki, fitted with suicide bomb and handcuffed to a gate
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/05/eveningnews/main4651268.shtml?source=mostpop_story

(U.S.) Chertoff Cites Mumbai Attacks in Calling for Tighter U.S. Security
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120303383.html?wprss=rss_politics%2Fadministration
— Comment: won’t define Islamic supremacist enemy ideology, however

(UK) Royal Navy and police step up River Thames patrols after Mumbai terror attacks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/majornews/3569769/Royal-Navy-and-police-step-up-River-Thames-patrols-after-Mumbai-terror-attacks.html

(UK) Don’t deny campus radicalization
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/06/islam-religion-edmunds

(Israel) Palestinian factions fire missiles at S. Israel overnight
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958681&Language=en
-— Gaza terrorists fire 8 Qassam rockets, two mortars into western Negev
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1044028.html

(Egypt/Gaza) Report: Egypt finds massive weapons cache in Sinai
— “Cache destined for Gaza reportedly contains 250 k. TNT, shells from
which terrorists planned to extract dynamite; 2 mortar shells hit Negev”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702448383&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Palestinians: Gunman killed in Gaza
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3634195,00.html

Somalia’s Al Shabaab seize central town, 13 dead
— town of Gurael under control of Al Shabaab
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L6272113.htm
http://www.boston.com/news/world/africa/articles/2008/12/06/somalias_al_shabaab_seize_central_town/

Somalia: Al Shabaab And Sufi Group Battle for Second Time
— more fighting among Islamic supremacists
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812060003.html

(Somalia) Defiant Somali pirates await EU navy
http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/news/view/20081206-176508/Defiant-Somali-pirates-await-EU-navy

German group petitions to confiscate terrorists’ fees
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/244983,german-group-petitions-to-confiscate-terrorists-fees.html

(Philippines) 2 suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels captured in Zambo City
-— Hassan Abejarin and Jay Alpad linked to kidnapping operations
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137927/2-suspected-MILF-rebels-captured-in-Zambo-City
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081206/tap-philippines-muslim-unrest-5cc1ef8.html

(Philippines) Troops clash with MILF rebels in Zamboanga City
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137878/Troops-clash-with-MILF-rebels-in-Zamboanga-City

(Philippines) Army links ‘rogue’ MILF men to Isulan bombing
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137877/Army-links-rogue-MILF-men-to-Isulan-bombing

(Philippines) Bangkok Post: “Anti-terrorist gun fight kills 17 in Manila”
-— NOTE: other reports state this was only a battle with “robbery gang”
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=135180

Sri Lankan military jets bomb rebel positions
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702448333&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Other News:

(U.S.) WND Poll on AIG’s Sharia Business
What do you think of U.S. insurance companies offering Shariah-compliant financial products?
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82860
-— Related Article - “Bailed-out AIG offers Islamic insurance to U.S.”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82726

(U.S.) Online Petition Calling for Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury to Demand
AIG Divest Sharia Business As U.S. Owns $40 Billion in AIG Shares
http://www.petitiononline.com/stopaig/petition.html

(U.S.) Radical Rabbi Arthur Waskow calls for Obama to praise efforts with unindicted co-conspirator group ISNA
-— Washington Post reports Waskow says Obama “should praise
the efforts at Jewish-Muslim inter-education by the Union for Reform
Judaism and Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), and urge churches and mosques to pursue the same kind of efforts”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503402.html
-— Radical Arthur Waskow has history of celebrating radicals, including black supremacist Black Panther group
http://www.israpundit.com/2006/?p=835
-— Black Panther supremacist group listed on SPLC’s Hate Group listing
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=3

(U.S.) Get an insider’s view of CAIR’s banquet - See more Islamic leaders served with notice of lawsuit
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82826

(U.S.) The Saudis’ New Man in Congress -— Representative Gerry Connolly
— article by Paul Sperry
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=33562844-321D-460F-930D-1BF93922637C

Abdulkarim Soroush comments on Muhammad’s role in creating Qur’an
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/magazine/07wwln-essay-t.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&partner=rss&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1228573481-6Mq7Rs8vwAwypyhoApv7RA

Propaganda:

UK Guardian: Inayat Bunglawala: “Our stake in free speech”
— Inayat Bunglawala defends Hizb-ut Tahrir while claiming support for Universal Declaration of Human Rights
-— “Inayat Bunglawala is an Advisor on Policy and Research at ENGAGE,
an initiative designed to encourage British Muslims to interact more effectively in politics and the media in the UK”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/06/humanrights-islam
http://www.iengage.org.uk/
— In fact both Hizb-ut Tahrir and other Islamic supremacists are against the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
— this is why Islamic supremacists created the Sharia-based, Islamic supremacist “Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam”
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#A
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/cairodeclaration.html

Archive Articles:

Mapping Sharia Project related to December 5 reports
— 3 in 4 US mosques preach jihad and anti western sentiments
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=57141

November 11, 2008 - (Afghanistan) Obama to Explore New Approach in Afghanistan War
-— “looks favorably on the nascent dialogue between the Afghan government
and ‘reconcilable’ elements of the Taliban, according to Obama national security advisers”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/10/AR2008111002897.html?wprss=rss_politics%2Fadministration
—— See also: October 17, 2008 - Jihad and the “Reconciliation” with Islamic Supremacism
http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/10/reconciliation/
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html
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December 6, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com

Pakistan on track to being named terrorist state
-— Times of India: “The United States is dusting off a long-discarded
proposal to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism. But with the
Bush administration now in its final six weeks in office, a decision in
this regard is being left to the incoming Obama government, sources
said, contingent on corrective actions taken in the meantime by
Islamabad to the satisfaction of India, US and other countries affected by Pakistan’s toxic export of death.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_on_track_to_being_named_terrorist_state/articleshow/3803272.cms
-— Pakistan extends ‘war exercise’ along border
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pak_extends_war_exercise_along_border/articleshow/3803527.cms

(Pakistan) Gunmen had elite training ‘from Pakistan’
— “India says the killers were among 500 schooled by special forces”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5298993.ece

US senators says Pakistan will act
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081206/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_4
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/06/asia/AS-Pakistan.php
-— Indian airstrikes if Pakistan does not act fast: McCain
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\07\story_7-12-2008_pg1_1
-— McCain with Pakistan PM Gilani
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Gilani-Prime-Minister-Sen-John-McCain-Pakistan/photo//081206/481/7e643ab9c8684570850f809d34753e81//s:/ap/20081206/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_4
-— December 3, 2008: Pakistan refuses to hand over suspects to India
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3544329/Pakistan-refuses-to-hand-over-suspects-to-India-bombay-india.html
-— December 3, 2008: Pakistan will not hand over terror suspects: Reports
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pakistan_will_not_hand_over_terror_suspects_Reports/articleshow/3787462.cms
-— December 1, 2008: We’re yet to see proof on Pak link to Mumbai attacks: Gilani
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Were_yet_to_see_proof_on_Pak_link_to_Mumbai_attacks_Gilani/articleshow/3781257.cms

Pakistan ‘feared Indian attack’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7769297.stm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081206/wl_sthasia_afp/indiaattackspakistandiplomacy_081206215834;_ylt=ArQM3OyvA_gy5Mh..vIhFMUBS5Z4

Pakistan agrees to 48-hour timetable for action against LeT: Report
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Pak_agrees_to_48-hour_timetable_for_action_against_LeT_Report/articleshow/3802793.cms

(Pakistan) Two suspected Al-Qaida terrorists held in Lahore
- suicide bomb jackets recovered from Sher Rehman and Sharafat Gul
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Two_suspected_Al-Qaida_terrorists_held_in_Lahore/articleshow/3802384.cms

(Pakistan) NWFP: ANP leader says Swat out of govt’s control
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\07\story_7-12-2008_pg1_2
-— see also: June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html
-— Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia

(Pakistan) NWFP: 13 Taliban killed in Swat clashes
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\07\story_7-12-2008_pg7_8

(India) Mumbai attacks: Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) picked old hands for Mumbai attack
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/LeT_picked_old_hands_for_Mumbai_attack/articleshow/3803546.cms
-— Indian terror suspects linked to Mumbai plot
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5292508.ece

(India) Mumbai attackers involved in operations before: Police
-— “Three months ahead of the Mumbai terror attacks here, the group
of ten terrorists who carrired out the strikes were shown photos of their
targets and not allowed to meet anyone else lest the plot was leaked, a senior police official said on Saturday.”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Mumbai_attackers_involved_in_operations_before_Police/articleshow/3802561.cms

(India) Mumbai attacks: Cops called him ‘Kasav’ as dad was a butcher
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Cops_called_him_Kasav_as_dad_was_a_butcher/articleshow/3803542.cms
-— India attacker rose from crook to militant
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/06/asia/AS-India-Shooting-Gunman.php

(India) Mumbai attacks: No prior information of attack on Nariman House, says intel
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/No_prior_information_of_attack_on_Nariman_House_says_intel/articleshow/3803544.cms

(India) Explosives found at Indian nursing home — in Nagpur
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\07\story_7-12-2008_pg7_15

(India) Qaida ‘threat’ has Goa in tizzy
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Qaida_threat_has_Goa_in_tizzy/rssarticleshow/3803525.cms

Hezbollah blames Sunni group for Mumbai attacks
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Hezbollah_blames_Sunni_group_for_Mumbai_attacks/rssarticleshow/3803531.cms

(Afghanistan) Ghazni Province: In the lair of the Taliban
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5288230.ece
-— Taliban promises: “We will put the Americans in their graves.”

(Afghanistan) Taliban and civilians hit by bombardment - Helmand province
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081206/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistannatoviolencecivilians

(Iran) IAEA: ‘World failed to rein Iran nuke program’
— “ElBaradei: Policy hasn’t addressed issues; tells LA Times Teheran not planning nuclear attack on Israel”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702448771&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Israel) IAF aircraft target Gaza Kassam crews as rocket attacks continue
— “Palestinians say two injured; defense official predicts large-scale
Gaza op possile only if ‘many people are killed in a Kassam attack’”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702449129&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Palestinian Islamic Jihad: PA forces arrest wanted senior member Fa’ady Qitani
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702451205&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Russia) Three killed in storming of southern Russia hotel -— Dagestan province
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702448853&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-— Police attack on southern Russia hotel leaves 2 militants, 1 officer dead
http://www.startribune.com/world/35653324.html
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More and more Somalis with a residence permit in Denmark are going to back their former homeland to get military training and religious school at the al-Qaeda related terror group al-Shabab. This has gotten the Danish intelligence service to pay more attention to Somalis living in Denmark, reports Politiken.

The head of the Somali Society in Aarhus, Abdirashid Sheikh Mohamud, is concerned about the development and calls it a “very sensitive area.”

“The government in Somalia has complained in the past about people from Scandinavia who support al-shabab either militarily or financially. I believe that about 15 people from Jutland traveled to Somalia to train with the group. In Zealand there are certainly several,” he says to Politiken.

He has unsuccessfully tried to warn against an extremist group among a small, non-integrated part of the 16,000 Somalis in Denmark.

“But we can’t make contact with this group of Somalis, because they often act threateningly,” he explains.

PET, the police intelligence service, has no comment, but points to information in its latest yearly report that “several people with a residence permit in Denmark are involved in or in different ways contribute support to terror related activities in several countries.” PET names here Somalia among others.

“PET is paying more attention to this tendency, because people who participated in fighting and gotten operative experience from conflict zones abroad, can constitute a security risk in Denmark,” writes PET.

Source: DR (Danish)

See also: Denmark: Money going for al-Qaeda attacks, Denmark: Danish citizens active in terrorism abroad

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Islam In Europe

News and Opinions about the Muslim
and Islamic Community in Europe and the West

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com

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December 7, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com

We Remember This Date That Will Live in Infamy - December 7, 1941
http://www.pearlharborday.org/
— Day lives in infamy for Pearl Harbor survivor
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1137320&srvc=rss
— Pearl Harbor commemoration to focus on US response
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_on_re_us/pearl_harbor_anniversary

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Anti-Terrorism News online at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/

(Pakistan) No deadline to act against LeT: Pakistan — DENY any 48 hour deadline for action against LeT
-— former ISI director Hamid Gul “reports seeking my extradition is laughable”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/No_deadline_to_act_against_LeT_Pak/articleshow/3804270.cms
-— Mumbai attacks: Ex-ISI chief Gul terms Post report ‘nonsense’
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Mumbai_attacks_Ex-ISI_chief_Gul_terms_Post_report_nonsense/articleshow/3804814.cms
-— Pakistan ex-spy chief: US wants him on terror list
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL27578520081207?rpc=401&;
—— Comment: if Gul is on terror list would mainstream media stop using him as source or give him his own op-ed column?
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/069.html#Gul

(Pakistan) Hamid Gul “godfather of the Taliban”
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/12/us_moves_to_declare.php
http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/09/hamid-gul-alqaedas-man-in-paki/
http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL13Df01.html
-— western media whitewash of Hamid Gul - concealing his Islamic supremacist background
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/069.html#Gul

(Pakistan/India) Mumbai Attacks: November 26 terrorists trained by Pak army, navy instructors: Report
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_terrorists_trained_by_Pakistan_army_navy_Report/articleshow/3804856.cms

(Pakistan/India) Mumbai Attacks: Villagers confirm surviving Mumbai attacker is Pakistani
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/57251.html
-— Surviving terrorist hails from Pakistani Punjab: Report
http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/07mumterror-captured-terrorist-is-from-pakistan-punjab-uk-daily.htm
-— India attacks: ‘Jihad was his calling’
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/World%20News/India-attacks-—Jihad-was-his-calling-

(Pakistan/India) Mumbai Attacks: ‘India Was Ready to Strike Pakistan’
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463126,00.html
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Mumbai-Attacks-Wajid-Shamsul-Hassan-Claims-India-Was-Ready-To-Retaliate-Against-Pakistan/Article/200812115173987?lpos=UK_News_First_Home_Article_Teaser_Region_4&lid=ARTICLE_15173987_Mumbai_Attacks%3A_Wajid_Shamsul_Hassan_Claims_India_Was_Ready_To_Retaliate_Against_Pakistan
-— Hoax phone call ‘almost took Pakistan to war’
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5302549.ece

(Pakistan) Mumbai suspect lives freely in Pakistan
— Hafiz Mohammed Saeed of Lashkar-e-Taiba
— Backed by military, accused militants go unchallenged
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-pakistan-militants_barkerdec07,0,706488.story

Pakistan to thwart terrorist designs, US senators told
http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/07/top2.htm
http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/07/images/top01.jpg

(Pakistan) NWFP: More than 160 US, NATO vehicles burned in Pakistan - in Peshawar
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan_16
-— Pakistan militants torch 65 NATO supply trucks: police
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081207/wl_afp/pakistanafghanistanunrestnato_081207133711;_ylt=Aie.sXp4pLoSHeoKvnjXqIEBS5Z4
-— Taliban fighters destroy crucial Nato supplies in Pakistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3658877/Taliban-fighters-destroy-crucial-Nato-supplies-in-Pakistan.html
—— Reminder:
—— December 1, 2008: Pakistan’s The News - Army official calls Baitullah Mehsud, Fazlullah ‘patriots’
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=18709

(India) Indian FM Pranab: Pakistan diverting attention by hoax call story
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Pakistan_diverting_attention_by_hoax_call_story_Pranab/articleshow/3804478.cms

(India) Andhra Pradesh Police averts Maoist attack
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/AP_Police_averts_Maoist_attack/articleshow/3805201.cms

(India) Nine injured in Assam bomb blast - Karbi Longri National Liberation Front (KNLF)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Top_Headlines/Nine_injured_in_Assam_bomb_blast/articleshow/3802644.cms

(Pakistan/Afghanistan) Taliban urges Western troops to leave Afghanistan -— Mullah Omar
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINL748385520081207?rpc=401&;
— Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Calls On Afghans To Boycott Election
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081207\ACQDJON200812070920DOWJONESDJONLINE000284.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na
-— Comment: Mullah Omar is given safe haven by “ally” Pakistan, and “ally” Afghanistan seeks to negotiate with him
-—— See also:
-— U.S. Rewards for Justice: “Seeking Information Against International Terrorism: Wanted - Mullah Omar - Up to $10 Million Reward”
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=MullahOmar
-— November 26, 2008: Karzai Offers Taliban Leader Mullah Omar ‘Protection’ For Peace
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20081126\ACQDJON200811261221DOWJONESDJONLINE000762.htm&selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&StoryTargetFrame=_top&mkt=WORLD&chk=unchecked&lang=&link=&headlinereturnpage=http://www.international.na
-— October 3, 2008: Karzai proposes Mulla Umar to return to Afghanistan
http://www.geo.tv/10-3-2008/26156.htm
-— October 17, 2008: Jihad and the “Reconciliation” with Islamic Supremacism
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/109.html

(Afghanistan) Latest violence leave five Afghan soldiers, 12 Taliban dead
— in Gereshk district and Kapisa province
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245082,latest-violence-leave-five-afghan-soldiers-12-taliban-dead—summary.html
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702457231&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-— US troops kill three militants in Afghanistan — of Hezb-e-Islami in Kapsia province
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958872&Language=en

(Afghanistan) Taliban militants release four policemen in Afghanistan
http://en.rian.ru/world/20081207/118736213.html

(Iraq) Bomb targets Iraqi police as they lift barricades - Diyala province
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081207/ts_nm/us_iraq_violence_1

Iraqi authorities detain 30 fugitives
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958829&Language=en

(U.S.) Rice: Chance of terrorist attack is top threat
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081207/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rice_2
— Comment: not enough of a priority to define enemy ideology of Islamic supremacism though

(U.S.) Daily Telegraph report on Obama’s Views on Guantanamo Bay and KSM Trial
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3630797/Barack-Obama-storms-the-Guantanamo-Bay-torture-chamber.html

‘Iran test-fires sea-to-sea missile’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702455812&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Israel) Rocket fire on western Negev continues
— “In wake of attacks, Barak decides to keep border crossings closed; IAF attacks rocket squads in Gaza”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702449129&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
—— Palestinians fire three Kassam rockets at Israel; no wounded or damage
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702459770&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
—— IAF attacks Kassam launching squad in northern Gaza Strip
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702461843&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Israel) Livni attacks Barak, calls for reassessment of Gaza truce
— FM: “Whoever is responsible for security must act”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702453952&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Somalia) Islamists regain ground and strength in Somalia
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-somalia-islamists7-2008dec07,0,1139540.story?track=rss

(Somalia) Ten Somalis die as insurgent group sets up local administration — in Merka
-— Al-Shabaab’s Sheik Muqtar Robow Abu Mansoor: “The new administration
will implement the (Islamic) Sharia Lawand will govern justly in the interest of the people in this town”
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/07/content_10466944.htm

(Somalia) Denmark: Somalis leaving to fight in Somalia
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/denmark-somalis-leaving-to-fight-in.html
Source: DR (Danish)
http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Indland/2008/12/06/000304.htm

Somali pirates fail to seize ship off Tanzania
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/07/somali-pirates-fail-to-seize-ship-off-tanzania/

(Germany) Verdict due in German train bomb plot — Yusef Mohammed al-Hajj Dib
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081207/wl_mideast_afp/germanylebanonattackstrial_081207150819

Greek Government Urges Restraint After Riots
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463146,00.html

(Thailand) Southern terrorist bomb claims sixth victim — in Narathiwat
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=135197

(Philippines) Marines-Sayyaf clashes erupt in Sulu, Basilan
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/138044/Marines-Sayyaf-clashes-erupt-in-Sulu-Basilan
-— Troops raid Sayyaf hideout in Sulu village, seize weapons
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/137944/Troops-raid-Sayyaf-hideout—in-Sulu-village-seize-weapons

Other News:

(U.S.) Maryland - IPT News: More Muslim Students Association (MSA) Extremism
— regarding Islamic Supremacist lecture hosted by MSA to MD’s Towson University
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#66
-— lecture was alleged to by on war on terror and on drugs
-— Maryland Towson University’s Tower Light (Molly Groo) reports on Islamic supremacist Imam Abdul Alim Musa:
“Instead, with virtually no evidence to back up his points, Imam Musa
claimed that the United States and the Israelis were responsible for the
attacks on 9/11; that President-elect Barack Obama is an “idiot” because
“no black man should believe in America”; that Martin Luther King Jr. was a
coward who should have rebelled against the system more actively and
violently; that al-Qaeda doesn’t exist; and that by 2050, the Imam aims to
change the United States into an Islamic state run by Sharia law.”
http://media.www.thetowerlight.com/media/storage/paper957/news/2008/11/24/Opinion/Lecture.Demonstrated.Hate-3559238.shtml
-— Imam Abdul Alim Musa (aka) Clarence Reams
-— Musa is Founder and director of the As-Sabiqun movement, calls for Islamic supremacism:
—— “This way of life called Islam, will dominate all others.”
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2087
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7438
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As-Sabiqun
-— ADL states: “Sabiqun traces its ideological roots to 20th century Islamic
revivalism, including the radical Muslim Brotherhood and Imam Khomeini of Iran, as well as to Malcolm X”
-— ADL states Musa “propagates a radical and anti-Semitic ideology,”
supports Hezbollah, and attended Black Panther supremacist meetings
http://www.adl.org/israel/alim_musa.asp
-— Wikipedia says Musa “references the writings of Malcolm X, Ayatollah Khomeini, Sayyid Qutb, Maulana Maududi, and Kalim Siddiqui”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Alim_Musa

(U.S.) Muslim Terrorist Burials: India Refuses, but US Agrees
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/128727

(U.S.) CNN courts US newspapers to expand its reach
http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,27753,24763637-31037,00.html

(Afghanistan) McCain: Afghanistan situation will get harder before it gets easier
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702460410&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
— Comment: no mention of confronting ideology of Islamic supremacism

Saudi Mufti urges Muslim unity
-— Saudi Mufti Sheikh Abdelaziz Al Al-Sheikh discusses idea of Islamic “security,” and links economy with Islamic supremacist Sharia
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958871&Language=en

Netherlands: Study of Muslim youth
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/netherlands-study-of-muslim-youth.html

UK: Campaigners welcome force marriage legislation
http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2008/12/uk-campaigners-welcome-force-marriage.html

(UK) Asian police chief to sue Scotland Yard
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/dec/07/scotland-yard-police-chief-sue-descrimination

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th anniversary on December 10
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/01/universal-declaration-of-human-rights
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/11/30/eleanorroosevelt.jpg

Commentaries:

Mark Steyn: Jews get killed, but Muslims feel vulnerable
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/mumbai-muslims-time-2248410-jews-muslim#

Westerners welcome harems - by Daniel Pipes
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/07/westerners-welcome-harems/

What if Muhammad never existed? — by Robert Spencer
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023811.php

Guest Columnist: The gospel truth? — by Sean Gannon
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702431692&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Never Again? — by Irwin Cotler
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702438188&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Against Nazi News:

Romania and the Holocaust
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,594036,00.html
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December 5, 2008
FBI helps bring remains of Somali suicide bomber back to US; given Muslim burial

ShirwaAhmed.jpg
Shirwa Ahmed: Duly buried

If the story of how an Islamic group denied Islamic burial to the Mumbai bombers last Monday was so important, why isn’t this one? If the Mumbai burial story was evidence that at least some Muslims reject the jihad ideology (which it may indeed have been), isn’t this story evidence that at least some Muslims, right here in the United States, accept it? And shouldn’t that be something to which at least some people are paying attention?

When the Muslim Jama Masjid Trust refused the Mumbai jihadists an Islamic burial, it made the news everywhere. Muqtedar Khan brought it up to me on the BBC the other day, and in response I pointed out that this gesture would have had much greater significance if not for the fact that Islamic jihad terrorists who have carried out suicide attacks and other attacks against Israel have been treated as heroes and given Islamic burials on numerous occasions.

There is also a question of the sincerity of the Muslim Jama Masjid Trust, for reasons I discussed with a commenter in this Hot Air thread.

But in any case, will this story get the same attention from the people who were so heartened by the denial of Muslim burial to the jihadists in India? After all, this is a story about an Islamic jihad-martyrdom bomber being given a Muslim burial in the United States — and if that isn’t enough, add in the little fact that the FBI seems to have pitched in (at taxpayer expense?) to bring his remains back into the country.

“One of Five Suspected Somali Suicide Bomber Laid to Rest,” by Tom Lyden for FOX 9 in Minneapolis, December 3 (thanks to all who sent this in):

BURNSVILLE, Minn. (FOX 9)—One of the five men suspected to be a suicide bomber who killed himself and 29 others last October in Somalia, was buried Wednesday at a Burnsville Cemetery.

FOX 9 has learned DNA tests have confirmed Shirwa Ahmed was one of five suicide bombers who killed himself and 29 others last October in northern Somalia.

He is also a Minnesotan and a naturalized U.S. citizen.

The FBI helped return Ahmed’s remains to his family.

At a Twin Cities cemetery in Burnsville Wednesday afternoon, the suspected suicide bomber was laid to rest.

Shirwa Ahmed, 27, was given a traditional Muslim burial.

Family and friends did not wish to talk about the circumstances of his death.

Community activist Omar Jamal is one of the few who will.

“Honestly I look at him seriously as a victim and not as a criminal, I think of him as a young victim,” says Jamal....

Uh huh. Meanwhile, we learned last week that Shirwa Ahmed may have been recruiting jihad terrorists among Muslims in Minneapolis:

“MN Man Possibly Behind Recruiting Somali Terrorists,” by Esme Murphy for WCCO.com, November 26 (thanks to Paul):

(WCCO) An investigation into terrorism recruiting among young Somalis leads to Minnesota. Shirwa Ahmed of Minneapolis is believed to have killed himself in a suicide bombing in Somalia last month. However, investigators fear he may have left a deadly legacy of recruiting other young Somalis to leave Minnesota and join terrorist groups in Somalia.

His high school pictures show a clean cut young man and neighbors at his Minneapolis apartment say lately 26-year-old Shirwa Ahmed had a thick beard.

“He doesn’t talk to people,” one neighbor said. [...]

In recent months a dozen young Somalis, some as young as 17, have left the Twin Cities, apparently headed back to Somalia where a civil war rages.

Omar Jamal, a local Somali activist, said the families of the young men are frightened.

“The families didn’t think, it never crossed their mind, that their kids would have gone to Somalia either to blow themselves up or to join the holy war,” said Jamal.

Sources tell WCCO the group suspected of recruiting the young Twin Cities men is know as al-Itihadd al-Islamiya, or AIAI, an organization with known ties to Al-Qaeda. [...]

Canjemi said the Twin Cities Somali community has been a ripe recruiting ground for AIAI for years.

“I believe this recruiting continues on a daily basis,” he said.

According to national reports Al Qaeda is enjoying resurgence in Somalia. The FBI said the U.S. government continues to be involved in an active outreach to young Somalis to keep them from being courted by radical groups.

Which may be why the FBI helped bring Ahmed’s body back to the States. But will the kuffar’s ever-present willingness to help really keep young Somali Muslims in Minneapolis from joining the jihad?
Posted at December 5, 2008 3:50 AM

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December 07, 2008
Bosnia and global jihad
By Leslie S. Lebl

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/12/bosnia_and_global_jihad.html

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A page of U.S. trials, of kinds and subjects:

http://www.courthousenews.com/

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NEW LIGHT ON THE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL

In 2004, Congress enacted an ambiguously-worded statute that made it a
crime to produce, possess, or use the variola virus (which causes
smallpox) or any derivative of it that has more than 85 percent of the
variola gene sequence.

Scientists were alarmed because the statute could be read to prohibit
possession of other viruses that are used in research, and to compromise
the development of vaccines. The National Science Advisory Board for
Biosecurity, which advises the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
recommended that the statute be repealed.

But it wasn’t repealed. Instead, it was “interpreted” by the Justice
Department Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) to eliminate the problem. The
OLC opinion, published by the Justice Department this week, said that the
prohibition extends only to viruses that cause smallpox and those that are
deliberately engineered by human manipulation of the smallpox virus itself.
The vaccine developers and other scientific researchers were off the
hook.

http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/olc/variola.pdf

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December 8, 2008 Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com

(U.S.) Reuter: Sept. 11 defendants ask to plead guilty at Guantanamo
— Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) “self-styled mastermind of
the September 11 attacks and four co-defendants sent a note to a
military judge at Guantanamo on Monday saying they wanted to confess and plead guilty”
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4B73SF20081208
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463405,00.html
-— Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty: judge
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081208/wl_afp/usattacksjusticeguantanamoplea_081208151329
-— Judge reads document from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other defendants
—— document states: “Our success is the greatest praise of the Lord”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axjP5cpUSs7k

(U.S.) Sept. 11 Defendants to Face Guantanamo Court, Victims’ Families
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463244,00.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1092816/9-11-victims-relatives-attend-Guantanamo-hearing-attack-mastermind-Khalid-Sheikh-Mohammed.html

(Pakistan) Mumbai terror mastermind among 20 Lashker-e-Taiba activists held: Report
— Lashker-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhwi — crackdown
in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, similar actions planned in Pakistan’s Punjab
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai_terror_mastermind_among_20_LeT_activists_held_Report/articleshow/3807337.cms
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3681764/Mumbai-attacks-Pakistan-arrests-suspected-mastermind-Zakiur-Rehman-Lakhvi.html
-— “Pakistan previously arrested Haifz Mohammed Saeed, 63, the
head and ideological director of Lashkar-e-Taiba, but then released him”
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/08/asia/08pstan-raid.php
-— Pakistan Security forces take over Lashkar camp, says witness — in Pakistan occupied Kashmir
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg1_4
-— Security forces take control of Jamaat-ud-Dawa office
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=61996
-— Pakistan reportedly arrests Mumbai planner
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28104738/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7771360.stm
—— Note - no reports yet of Hamid Gul or other Islamic supremacists in Pakistan nation arrested

(Pakistan) Official silence as Pakistan nabs Mumbai plot suspect
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSISL6112920081208

(Pakistan) London Times: “It is unlikely to satisfy either Delhi or Washington
unless Islamabad follows up by prosecuting those arrested and taking further
action against other militant groups linked to attacks on Indian soil”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5305642.ece
— interviews India’s B. Raman, a former head of the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing:
—— Raman: “We’ve seen before how Pakistan will arrest some
militants, keep them for a couple of months and then release them when the world’s not paying attention”
—— Raman: “It must not be allowed to do that this time. They have to
prosecute these people and dismantle the whole terrorist infrastructure”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5305642.ece

(Pakistan) “Asia Times Online has learned that the public faces of
the Jamaatut Dawa, such as its chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, will be spared”
http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JL09Df01.html
-— Asia Times: “Jamaatut Dawa, which was formed separate from the
LET’s military activities when the LET was banned in 2002, will continue to operate as a political and welfare group”
-— Asia Times: “this does not mean the end of militancy - the move will
simply pass the LET-Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) nexus to the al-Qaeda network in South Asia”

Pakistan militant group builds web of Western recruits — Lashkar-e-Taiba recruits in U.S. and UK
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-militants8-2008dec08,0,3556399.story

(Pakistan/U.S.) Mumbai attacks seen planned in Pakistan
-— “U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Mumbai
terror carnage doubtless was planned on Pakistani territory, a charge also made by India”
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/07/Mumbai_attacks_seen_planned_in_Pakistan/UPI-20421228710607/
—— Rice denies 48-hour deadline for Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg1_5

(Pakistan/U.S.) US military aid to depend on Pakistan anti-militancy role
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg7_1
-— Bush aides preparing Afghanistian strategy review for Obama
—— “proposal amounts to a tacit acknowledgment that roughly
$10 billion in military aid provided to Pakistan as ‘reimbursements’ for its efforts to root out militant groups has largely been wasted”
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/07/asia/strategy.php

(Pakistan/U.S.) Zardari sent right signals after attacks, says Obama
http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/08/top2.htm
—— December 4, 2008: Pakistan to try suspects, not surrender them to India, says Zardari
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\04\story_4-12-2008_pg1_5
—— December 3, 2008: Pakistan refuses to hand over suspects to India
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3544329/Pakistan-refuses-to-hand-over-suspects-to-India-bombay-india.html
—— December 2, 2008: Pakistan President Zardari: ‘Pakistan in no way responsible’ for Mumbai attacks
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/02/pakistan.zardari.lkl/index.html

(Pakistan/U.S.) Obama vows partnership with Pakistan to resolve Afghan challenges
http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Dec08/08/07.htm

(Pakistan/U.S.) They Hate Us — and India Is Us — by Patrick French
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/opinion/08french.html?em
-— “The remark by Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari (a man whose history
of shady business dealing makes him demonstrably unfit for high, or even
low, office), that he did not think the terrorists came from Pakistan would be funny if it were not tragic”

Pakistan’s spies aided militants tied to attacks in Mumbai
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/08/asia/08terror.php
— Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) backed Lashkar, gave protection during Mumbai attack
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ISI_backed_Lashkar_protected_it_during_Mumbai_attack/articleshow/3809256.cms
— ISI helped LeT plan Mumbai terror attack: NYT
http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/08mumterror-isi-helped-let-plan-mumbai-terror-attack-says-nyt.htm

(Pakistan) Ex-ISI chief Gul dismisses charge of Taliban, al-Qaeda link as ‘lies’
-— Hamid Gul “Dismissing US charge of his having links with the Taliban and al-Qaeda”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Ex-ISI_chief_Gul_dismisses_charge_of_al-Qaeda_link_as_lies/articleshow/3808873.cms
-— Hamid Gul “godfather of the Taliban”
http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL13Df01.html
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/12/us_moves_to_declare.php
http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/09/hamid-gul-alqaedas-man-in-paki/
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/069.html#Gul

(Pakistan) NWFP: Militants attack trucks carrying supplies for NATO troops, 90 destroyed — Peshawar
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958950&Language=en
-— Taliban raids NATO convoys for second night
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/3682067/Taliban-raids-Nato-convoys-for-second-night.html

(Pakistan) NWFP: Peshawar slipping into chaos
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg1_3

(Pakistan) NWFP: Three beheaded bodies found in Mingora — barbers
http://www.geo.tv/12-8-2008/30323.htm

(Pakistan) Lahore: ‘Explosives’ recovered from Alhamra theater
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg7_20

Pakistan’s Khan obtains key nuclear components in Japan — Kyodo
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958940&Language=en

(India) Mumbai Attacks: Mumbai attackers used every trick in the book, say experts
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg7_45

(India) Secret Cabinet note warns of Qaida threat
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Secret_Cabinet_note_warns_of_Qaida_threat/rssarticleshow/3806253.cms

(Afghanistan/Pakistan) Taliban chief: More fighting to come — Mullah Omar
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/08/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php

(Afghanistan) Top Taliban commander rejects negotiations with Afghan government — Mullah Hassan Rahmani second to Mullah Omar
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/12/08/rahmani-interview.html?ref=rss

Afghanistan: Taliban ‘de facto’ power in many provinces, says report — by ICOS
-— “International Council on Security and Development [ICOS] said that
the Taliban now holds a permanent presence in 72 percent of Afghanistan”
-— Islamic supremacist Taliban advanced from southern stronghold to
“western and north-western provinces, as well as provinces north of Kabul”
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2791226538
—— ICOS: Struggle For Kabul: The Taliban Advance
http://www.icosgroup.net/modules/reports/struggle_for_kabul
—— ICOS Full Report (PDF)
http://www.icosgroup.net/documents/Struggle_for_Kabul_ICOS.pdf
—— ICOS Map of Taliban Advance
http://www.icosgroup.net/modules/reports/struggle_for_kabul/taliban_advance

(Afghanistan) Taliban in 72 Percent of Afghanistan, Think-Tank Says
— NATO, Afghan Government Reject the Figure as Too High
http://abcnews.go.com/International/Terrorism/wireStory?id=6414377

(Afghanistan) Report: Taliban closing in on Kabul
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/08/Report_Taliban_closing_in_on_Kabul/UPI-42611228747188/
-— Report: Taliban now encircle Kabul
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Thinktank_West_in_danger_of_losing_1208.html

(Afghanistan) Fresh US troops to be deployed around Kabul
http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/08/top11.htm

(Afghanistan/Germany) German intelligence spied on charities in Afghanistan
http://www.expatica.com/de/articles/news/German-intelligence-spied-on-charities-in-Afghanistan—.html

Iraqi mayor among 34 hurt by roadside bomb — in Baquba
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2008/December/middleeast_December130.xml&section=middleeast

(Iraq) American troops nab four Hezbollah militants in Iraq
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1958943&Language=en

(U.S.) Jurors in Fort Dix plot case face real dilemma
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Jurors_in_Fort_Dix_plot_case_face_real_dilemma_12-07-2008.html
-— Fort Dix Five: jihad or talk?
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20081208_Were_Fort_Dix_Five_just_talking_tough_or_planning_for_a_jihad_.html

Iran Rejects Obama’s Carrot and Stick Policy
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,463324,00.html
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702464942&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Israel) 45 known terrorists granted amnesty
— “Pardoned Fatah members from same group that planned bus station bombing”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82998

Hamas Connected to Muslim Brotherhood
— “According to the source, the Egyptian government recently uncovered this connection”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/157114
-— Report: Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood confer on Gaza siege
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3635232,00.html

Somalia: Police Commander Surrenders to Insurgents
-— Mogadishu Wadajir district police station
-— Captain Adan Mohamed Yusuf (Adan Bolis): “The country is under occupation, that is why I have decided to join Islamic fighters”
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812080704.html

Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Capture Town — border town of Balanbal in Galgadud region
— After Islamic supremacist Al-Shabaab capture three towns in central Somalia on Sunday
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812080276.html

Somalia: We Are Not Fighting With Sufis, Says Abu Mansur — Al-Shabaab’s Sheik Muqtar Robow Ali (Abu Mansur)
-— Muqtar Robow: “Muslims slaughter animals in this holiday but
I call for the Mujahidin (Islamic fighters) to slaughter the Amharas (the Ethiopian soldiers) who invaded our beloved country”
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812080277.html

Somalia ‘most danger place on earth for aid workers’
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4786525a12.html
-— Comment: notably for Western aid groups
— Rights group berates West over Somalia failure
—— Human Rights Watch blames Bush, not Islamic supremacists - by CNN “Journalist Abdinasir Mohamed Guled”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/somalia.downward.spiral/index.html?section=cnn_latest

Somalia: Muslim Aid Foundation Supplies Medicine
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812080703.html

(Somalia) U.S. Somalis fear teens left to join jihad — AP report on Minnesota Somalians
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/08/us-somalis-fear-teens-left-to-join-jihad/

Sudan’s Leaders Brace for U.S. Shift
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/07/AR2008120702819.html?hpid=topnews

German court to rule in Lebanese train bombs case
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245180,preview-german-court-to-rule-in-lebanese-train-bombs-case.html

Turkey: Kurdish militants halt attacks during Muslim holiday
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2791226212

Greece rocked by third day of riots
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/12/08/greece.riots/index.html

Northern Ireland man gets 16 years for attempted murder
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/08/europe/EU-NIreland-Protestant-Militant.php

Philippines: Troops clash with Islamist militants in south
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2790955104
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/08/asia/phils.php
-— 24 soldiers killed in Philippines clashes
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/24_soldiers_killed_in_Philippines/articleshow/3806888.cms

Sri Lanka seizes bunkers outside rebel capital
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/08/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Civil-War.php

Other News:

(U.S.) Tancredo retires
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16296.html
-— On September 18, 2008, Congressman Tom Tancredo’s office introduced “Jihad Prevention Act” (H.R. 6975)
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/HR6975.pdf
http://tancredo.house.gov/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1386

(U.S.) Congressional panel wants inquiry into wiretapping of Muslim scholar — Ali al-Timimi
-— Representative Rush Holt says wiretapping may have impacted trial
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/12/08/america/wiretap.php
-— April 26, 2005: Jury Convicts Islamic Scholar of Exhortation
—— convicted in 10 counts that “of exhorting his followers in the days after Sept. 11, 2001, to join the Taliban and fight U.S. troops”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,154635,00.html
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=62840&d=27&m=4&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
—— Dept of Justice press release on Ali al-Timimi conviction
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/case_docs/73.pdf

(U.S.) Laptop searches at border might get restricted
— complaints by Cisco’s Mohamed Shommo in overseas travel
— native of Sudan, not U.S. citizen, referenced in those seeking U.S. Constitutional protections from searches
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20081208/ap_tr_ge/travel_brief_laptop_searches_1

Dutch politician to tour world with Fitna film — Geert Wilders
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/worldhotnews/read.php?newsid=30090490
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/245146,dutch-politician-to-tour-world-with-anti-islam-film.html

(UK) We must fight extremism, says top Muslim scholar — Dilwar Hussain
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1092757/We-fight-extremism-says-Muslim-scholar.html?ITO=1490

(Turkey) 350 ‘honour killings’ in Turkey: report
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1034045

Nigeria: Sharia Council Moves Against PDP in Kwara
http://allafrica.com/stories/200812080535.html

(Bangladesh) London doctor a forced marriage captive in Bangladesh — Humayrah Abedin
http://www.newkerala.com/topstory-fullnews-57694.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1092822/Fears-London-doctor-held-hostage-family-Bangladesh-plot-make-marry-Muslim.html?ITO=1490

(Africa) Teen stoning death casts shadow on conference
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?from=rss_News&set_id=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20081208110808538C982142
— Commenting on the Somali stoning incident, [Imam Handemine Ould]
Salek said some countries instituting Sharia law do so in ignorant ways”
— Salek “who heads a network of Imams for the rights of women and children,
expressed exasperation that Islam was once again being pointed out as a religion that fuels gender-based violence”

(Egypt) Muslim plea to Obama: Return to ‘Islamic roots’ - WND version of MEMRI report
— Egyptian cleric Hassan Abu Al-Ashbal: “Allah will reward you for all who convert in your footsteps”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=82984

Iranian prof who “Islamized” Iran’s universities now teetering on the edge of heresy
— Jihad Watch follow-up comments on Soroush in December 5 NYT report
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023815.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/magazine/07wwln-essay-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine

(Saudi Arabia) Iran report: ‘Al-Qaeda helps curb Saudi unrest’
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=77745&sectionid=351020205

(Saudi Arabia) Militants have no link with Islam: haj sermon
— Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh aka Abdelaziz Al al-Sheikh
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\08\story_8-12-2008_pg7_6

Saudi cleric cites crisis to press for sharia
— Grand Mufti Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh aka Abdelaziz Al al-Sheikh
-— “Muslim countries must have sharia-compliant economies and unite to become a formidable economic power”
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6aeb1b9a-c4a0-11dd-8124-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1

Saudi Arabia: Millions of Muslims take part in Haj ‘stoning’ ritual
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=3.0.2790978502

(France) Vandals hit French Muslim graves
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7771491.stm

U.S. Shoots Downs Missile in Simulation of Long-Range Attack
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/05/AR2008120503319.html

Commentaries:

They Hate Us — and India Is Us — by Patrick French
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/opinion/08french.html?em
-— “The remark by Pakistan’s president, Asif Ali Zardari (a man whose history
of shady business dealing makes him demonstrably unfit for high, or even
low, office), that he did not think the terrorists came from Pakistan would be funny if it were not tragic”

Mohamed El-Baradei Clouseau Admits His Failure to “Harness” Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Quest — by Andrew Bostom
http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2008/12/06/mohamed-el-baradei-clouseau-admits-his-failure-to-%e2%80%9charness%e2%80%9d-iran%e2%80%99s-nuclear-weapons-quest/

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BREAKING NEWS ALERT: F-18 PLANE CRASH IN UNIVERSITY CITY

December 8, 2008 (12:22 PM) — An F-18 aircraft has crashed in a residential area near Interstate 805 and Genessee in University City , according to a News 8 report. The pilot was reportedly able to eject before the crash. At least one home may be on fire; fire crews are at the scene. The cause of the crash was unknown.
Log on to http://www.cbs8.com/ for further details on this story as they become available.

[Radio news says 2 houses destroyed.]

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December 8, 2008 PM Anti-Terrorism News - UnitedStatesAction.com

(Pakistan) Ex-Taliban hostage’s 3 months in Pakistan terror training camp
-— Islamic supremacist Taliban showed hostage photo of son - “bomb-strapped kid blowing up a U.S. Humvee”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2008/12/06/2008-12-06_journalist_sean_langan_tells_of_life_in_.html

Pakistan rejects India’s demand to hand over Dawood, Memon, Masud
— Dawood Ibrahim, Tiger Memon, and Maulana Masood Azha (aka Masud)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_rejects_Indias_demand_to_hand_over_Dawood_Memon_Masud/articleshow/3809950.cms

(Pakistan) Punjab: Pak cracks down on terror outfits
— “Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province on Monday ordered the
sealing of all offices of banned religious groups, hours after security
forces launched a crackdown on the outlawed Lashker-e-Taiba and
its front organization Jamaat-ud-Dawah in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir”
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pak_cracks_down_on_terror_outfits/articleshow/3810519.cms
-— Army confirms operation against banned organisations
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\09\story_9-12-2008_pg1_2
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2791218851

(Pakistan) MEMRI: Lashkar-e-Taiba Leader: ‘Indians Will Continue to
Mislead the World Community By Linking Us to Lashkar[-e Taiba], The ISI, Even Al-Qaeda’
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214308

(Pakistan) US wants me on terror list: Pak former ISI chief Hamid Gul
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/US_wants_me_on_terror_list_Pak_former_ISI_chief/articleshow/3810119.cms
-— Hamid Gul “godfather of the Taliban”
http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL13Df01.html
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/12/us_moves_to_declare.php
http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2008/09/hamid-gul-alqaedas-man-in-paki/
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/069.html#Gul

(Pakistan) FATA: Govt official kidnapped - Mir Ali Asmatullah Wazir
— in North Waziristan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\09\story_9-12-2008_pg1_5

(Pakistan) NWFP: NATO route’s future depends on seriousness of government, or Taliban
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\09\story_9-12-2008_pg7_13

(Pakistan) NWFP: Troops, Taliban clash after attack on army vehicle
-— Decapitated bodies found on Mingora outskirts
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\09\story_9-12-2008_pg7_1

(Pakistan) NWFP: Attacks increase fears of Peshawar’s fall to Taliban
-— “Residents of the city’s Hayatabad locality believe fall is imminent”
-— Taliban assailants chanting Allahu Akbar and “death to America”
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\12\09\story_9-12-2008_pg7_12
-— see also: June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html
-— Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/sources_reconciliation.html#Pakistan_Sharia

(India) Mumbai attacks: Tausif, who supplied SIMs, was arrested a year ago
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Tausif_who_supplied_SIMs_was_arrested_a_year_ago/articleshow/3811224.cms

(Afghanistan) US Marines to ‘shift from Iraq to Afghanistan’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/3686246/US-Marines-to-shift-from-Iraq-to-Afghanistan.html

(U.S.) Fort Dix Trial: Fort Dix conspiracy trial could be nearing end
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/12/fort_dix_conspiracy_trial_coul.html
— NJ terror suspect said group ‘not going to kill’
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_re_us/fort_dix_plot

(U.S.) Guantanamo’s Jihad: The Show Begins... by Walid Phares
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/12/08/phares_gitmo/

(U.S.) 9/11 ‘mastermind’ postpones guilty plea
-— “Sheikh Mohammed and two defendants initially told the judge of
the tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba that they were prepared to enter
pleas immediately and intended to confess to terrorism charges that could bear the death penalty.”

-— “However, they reversed course and said they would delay entering
pleas until mental capacity hearings were held on two of their fellow defendants
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24772851-23109,00.html
— Make us martyrs, 9/11 suspects dare President Bush
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article5309977.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3685099/Alleged-911-mastermind-wants-to-confess-to-plot.html
— Pentagon: 9/11 conspirators want to confess
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/08/guantanamo.defendants/index.html
— 9/11 Jihadists to U.S. Military Court: “Our success is the greatest praise of the Lord”
— Bloomberg Report: Sept. 11 Suspects Offer to Plead Guilty ‘in Full’ (Update3)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axjP5cpUSs7k
-— Judge reads document from Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other defendants
-— “’Our success is the greatest praise of the Lord,’ the judge read from the document.”

(U.S.) Oklahoma: Tulsa highway patrolman subdues armed man who “was praying for Allah to help him carry out his mission”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023830.php
— Trooper honored for subduing man with a gun
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20081205_16_A1_OKLAHO761585

(U.S.) America’s Bioterrorism Labs Under the Microscope
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008/12/04/americas-bioterrorism-labs-microscope/

‘Iran rocket arsenal tripled in 2008’
— “Channel 10 reports that the Iranian arsenal of Shihab-3 missiles increased from 30 to over 100”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728112652&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

French police arrest suspected new Basque ETA chief
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081208/wl_afp/francespainbasques

(Philippines) Filipino militants free 7 hostages after battle
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/12/09/asia/AS-Philippines-Abu-Sayyaf.php

Other News:

Bangladesh - Christian Family Beaten, Cut – and Faces Charges
-— Muslim neighbors, local council threaten to burn home of Christian converts if they file assault case
http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=short&idelement=5722&backpage=summaries

MEMRI: Saudi Cleric, Women’s Rights Activist in TV Debate on Types of Marriage in Arab World
-— Saudi cleric Ahmad Al-’Omari defends denying women’s equality based on Islamic supremacist Sharia
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD214408

‘Fight radical Islam with ideology’ — Tawfik Hamid
— “Former terrorist tells ‘Post’: Counterbalance the brainwashing tactics that are used by teaching love”
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1228728114280&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
— May 19, 2008 - Call radical Islam by its name
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/05/19/2008-05-19_call_radical_islam_by_its_name.html
— January 21, 2008: The development of a jihadist’s mind
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019659.php
-— April 3, 2007: “Traditional and even mainstream Islamic teaching accepts and promotes violence”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/015908.php

Malaysia’s RHB Islamic drops controversial contract
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews/idUSKLR37969520081209?rpc=401&;

(U.S.) AIG Says More Will Get Retention Pay, Top Award of $4 Million
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601203&sid=ai_nK0aSYPtA&refer=insurance
-— End U.S. Ownership of Sharia Business Now Petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/stopaig/petition.html
-— AIG Defies U.S. Taxpayers by Promoting Sharia in America
http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/12/aig-defies-us-taxpayers/

Commentaries:

Guantanamo’s Jihad: The Show Begins... by Walid Phares
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/12/08/phares_gitmo/

Why India Is Still Skeptical of Pakistan’s Anti-Terror Efforts
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1865044,00.html?xid=rss-world

The United Islamist Nations by Supna Zaidi
http://www.meforum.org/article/2020

‘Islamophobia’ or ‘Truthophobia’? - by Matthias Kuntzel
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122869182286886467.html
http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/023826.php

Iraq is still Iraq, but end of al-Qaeda in Iraq puts end truly in sight
— Author Michael Totten does not get that Al-Qaeda is not the only enemy in Iraq
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/12/08/2008-12-08_iraq_is_still_iraq_but_end_of_alqaeda_in.html

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Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 11:05:13 -0500
From: National Security Archive archive@GWU.EDU
Subject: Reagan, Gorbachev and Bush at Governor’s Island

National Security Archive Update, December 8, 2008

Reagan, Gorbachev and Bush at Governor’s Island

Previously Secret Documents from Soviet and U.S. Files
On the 1988 Summit in New York, 20 Years Later

Edited by Dr. Svetlana Savranskaya and Thomas Blanton

For more information contact:
(202) 994-7000 or nsarchiv@gwu.edu

http://www.nsarchive.org

Washington, DC, December 8, 2008 - Previously secret Soviet documentation shows that Mikhail Gorbachev was prepared for rapid arms control progress leading towards nuclear abolition at the time of his last official meeting with President Reagan, at Governor’s Island, New York in December 1988; but President-elect George H. W. Bush, who also attended the meeting, said “he would need a little time to review the issues” and lost at least a year of dramatic arms reductions that were possible had there been a more forthcoming U.S. position.

The new documentation posted today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University (www.nsarchive.org) includes highest-level memos from Gorbachev advisors leading up to Gorbachev’s famous speech at the United Nations during the New York visit, notes of Politburo discussions before and after the speech and the Reagan-Bush meeting, CIA estimates before and after the speech showing how surprised American officials had been and how reluctant the new Bush administration was to meet Gorbachev even half-way, and the declassified U.S. transcript of the private meeting between Reagan, Bush and Gorbachev on December 7.

Visit the Web site of the National Security Archive for more information.

http://www.nsarchive.org

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http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/wfo120808a.htm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008 (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888

Colombian Terror Organization Leader Indicted for Two Separate Hostage Takings of U.S. Citizens in 1999 and 2003

WASHINGTON—A federal grand jury in the District of Colombia has indicted Carlos Marin Guarin, also known as “Pablo,” also known as Gustavo Anibal Giraldo Quinchia, a high-ranking member of the terrorist group the National Liberation Army (in Spanish the “Ejercito De Liberacion Nacional,” or “ELN” for short), in connection with two separate hostage takings of United States citizens which took place in Colombia in 1999 and 2003, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor and Patrick Rowan, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice, announced today.

Carlos Marin Guarin, 40, is currently incarcerated in Colombia on other charges. The ELN has been designated a foreign terrorist organization by the Secretary of State of the United States since 1997.

The indictment in the first matter, which was returned on December 4, 2008 , alleges that on May 13, 1999 , armed members of the ELN kidnapped American citizen Matthew A. Burchell and held him hostage for fifteen months, until August 5, 2000 . The ELN told Burchell, and those negotiating for his release, that Burchell had been seized in the hope that a ransom would be paid to the group by a United States or British company.

During his fifteen months of confinement, Burchell was put through two mock executions, bound, taken on long journeys while blindfolded and given numerous death threats. Guarin, then the ELN’s Eastern Front Commander, conspired with others to carry out the hostage taking of Burchell. In addition, Guarin acted as the primary negotiator for the ELN throughout the ransom negotiations. The indictment charges Guarin with conspiracy to commit hostage taking and hostage taking (aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done).

The indictment in the second matter, which was returned on December 5, 2008, alleges that on January 21, 2003, Scott A. Dalton, a United States and citizen, and Alison Ruth Morris, a British citizen by birth and a United States permanent resident, were working as professional journalists on assignment for The Los Angeles Times in the Arauca province of Colombia, when they were taken hostage and held captive under armed guard for twelve days by the Eastern War Front of the ELN, under the command of Guarin.

During that time, Guarin forced the journalists to interview him. Guarin also caused a letter bearing his nom de guerre “Pablo” to be sent on behalf of the General Command of the ELN to the Reuters international news agency, demanding that the government of Colombia form a commission and undertake certain actions as a condition for the release of the hostages. The hostages were eventually released unharmed. The indictment charges Guarin with conspiracy to commit hostage taking and hostage taking (aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done) and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence. This indictment supersedes a previous indictment that was returned in 2003 and unsealed today.

In announcing the indictments, U.S. Attorney Taylor and Assistant Attorney General Rowan praised the hard work of the FBI’s Miami Extraterritorial Squad, in particular lead case agents Special Agent Christopher Carbonneau and Special Agent Manuel Ortega, as well as Special Agent M. Alexandra Montilla, Supervisory Special Agent Alex Barbeito, Intelligence Analyst Christopher Wright of FBI Miami, FBI Legal Attaché Joseph Jeziorski based in Bogotá, Colombia.

Furthermore, they acknowledged the efforts of Paralegal Nadia Arnett Snoddy of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, and Trial Attorney Matthew F. Blue of the Counterterrorism Section of the National Security Division of the Department of Justice and Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brenda J. Johnson and Jeanne M. Hauch, who are prosecuting the case.

The charges contained in these indictments are allegations only and the defendant is presumed innocent until convicted at trial.

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http://washingtondc.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/wfo120808.htm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008 (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888

Five Blackwater Employees Indicted on Manslaughter and Weapons Charges for Fatal Nisur Square Shooting in Iraq

A Sixth Blackwater Employee Pleads Guilty to His Role in the Shooting

WASHINGTON —A 35-count indictment was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging five Blackwater security guards with voluntary manslaughter, attempt to commit manslaughter, and weapons violations for their alleged roles in the Sept.16, 2007, shooting at Nisur Square in Baghdad, Iraq. The defendants are charged with killing 14 unarmed civilians and wounding 20 other individuals.

In addition, a sixth Blackwater security guard pleaded guilty on Dec. 5, 2008, to charges of voluntary manslaughter and attempt to commit manslaughter for his role in the Sept. 16, 2007, shooting at Nisur Square. This guilty plea was also unsealed today.

The indictment against the five defendants and the guilty plea by a sixth defendant were announced today by Patrick Rowan, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia; and Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge, FBI Washington Field Office.

The indictment, which was returned under seal on Dec. 4, 2008, charges Paul A. Slough, age 29, of Keller, Texas; Nicholas A. Slatten, age 24, of Sparta, Tennessee; Evan S. Liberty, age 26, of Rochester, New Hampshire; Dustin L. Heard, age 27, of Maryville, Tennessee; and Donald W. Ball, age 26, of West Valley City, Utah. Each of the defendants is charged with 14 counts of voluntary manslaughter, 20 counts of attempt to commit manslaughter, and one count of using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

The defendants, who surrendered to federal authorities this morning in Utah, are scheduled to appear today in federal court in Salt Lake City at 1:30 pm (Mountain Time). If convicted of the charges against them, the defendants face a potential maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment for each count of manslaughter, seven years of imprisonment for each count of attempt to commit manslaughter, and a mandatory minimum imprisonment of 30 years for the firearms count.

The indictment represents the first prosecution under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) to be filed against non-Defense Department private contractors, which was not possible prior to the 2004 amendments to MEJA that specifically expanded the reach of MEJA to non-Defense Department contractors who provide services “in support of the mission of the Department of Defense overseas.”

“The government alleges in the documents unsealed today that at least 34 unarmed Iraqi civilians, including women and children, were killed or injured without justification or provocation by these Blackwater security guards in the shooting at Nisur Square. Today’s indictment and guilty plea demonstrate that those who engage in unprovoked and illegal attacks on civilians, whether during times of conflict or times of peace, will be held accountable,” said Patrick Rowan, Assistant Attorney General for National Security.

“We honor the brave service of the many U.S. contractors who are employed to support the mission of our Armed Forces in extremely difficult circumstances. Today, we honor that service by holding accountable the very few individuals who abused that employment by committing some very serious crimes against dozens of innocent civilians,” stated Jeff Taylor, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia .

“Today’s indictments illustrate the FBI’s expanded responsibilities and its dedication to respond to any crime scene; be it in the United States or on foreign soil. The FBI will continue to work with its law enforcement partners in this country and abroad to ensure that the nation’s federal laws are enforced,” said Joseph Persichini, Jr., Assistant Director in Charge, FBI Washington Field Office.

According to the indictment, the defendants were all employed by the Armed Forces outside the United States—that is, the defendants were employed as independent contractors and employees of Blackwater Worldwide, a contractor of the Department of State, to provide personal security services related to supporting the mission of the Department of Defense in the Republic of Iraq, within the meaning of MEJA.

All events alleged in the indictment took place outside of the jurisdiction of any particular State or district and within the venue of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, as provided by 18 U.S.C. § 3238.

Counts 1-14 of the indictment charge the defendants with committing voluntary manslaughter by killing the following individuals: 1) Amed Haithem Ahmed Al Rubia’y, 2) Mahassin Mohssen Kadhum Al-Khazali, 3) Osama Fadhil Abbas, 4) Ali Mohammed Hafedh Abdul Razzaq, 5) Mohamed Abbas Mahmoud, 6) Qasim Mohamed Abbas Mahmoud, 7) Sa’adi Ali Abbas Alkarkh, 8) Mushtaq Karim Abd Al-Razzaq, 9) Ghaniyah Hassan Ali, 10) Ibrahim Abid Ayash, 11) Hamoud Sa’eed Abttan, 12) Uday Ismail Ibrahiem, 13) Mahdi Sahib Nasir, and 14) Ali Khalil Abdul Hussein.

Counts 15 through 34 of the indictment charge the defendants with attempting to commit manslaughter by attempting to kill the following 20 additional individuals who were wounded as a result of the shooting: 15) Majed Salman Abdel Kareem Al-Gharbawi; 16) Jennan Hafidh Abid al-Razzaq; 17) Yasmin Abdul Kidr Salhe; 18) Mohanad Wadhnah; 19) Haydar Ahmad Rabie Hussain Al-Khafaji; 20) Hassan Jaber Salman; 21) Farid Walid Hasoun Al-Kasab; 22) Abdul Amir Raheem Jihan Yasser; 23) Wisam Raheem Fliah Hasan Al-Miri; 24) Talib Mutluk Diwan; 25) Adel Jaber Sham’ma Al-Jadiri; 26) Nasir Hamzah Latif Al-Rikabi; 27) Mahdi Abid Khider Abbas Al-Faraji; 28) Abdul Wahab Abdul Qadar Al-Qalamchi; 29) Bara Sadoon Ismail Al-Ani; 30) Sami Hawa Hamud Al-Sabahin; 31) Fawziyyah Aliwi Hassoon; 32) Ali Hadi Naji Al-Rubaie; 33) Alah Majeed Sghair Zaidi; and 34) Jassim Mohammad Hashim.

Count 35 of the indictment charges the defendants with knowingly using and discharging firearms, that is, an SR-25 sniper rifle; machine guns (M-4 assault rifles and M-240 machine guns); and destructive devices (M-203 grenade launchers and grenades), during and in relation to a crime of violence for which each of them may be prosecuted in a court of the United States.

Also announced today was the unsealing of a guilty plea by Jeremy P. Ridgeway, age 35, of California. On Dec. 5, 2008, Ridgeway pleaded guilty in the District of Columbia before U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina to a superseding criminal information charging him with voluntary manslaughter and attempt to commit manslaughter for his role in the September 16, 2007, shooting at Nisur Square. A sentencing date has not been set by the court.

This investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The Iraqi Ministry of Interior and the Iraqi National Police also provided cooperation and assistance in the investigation.

The prosecution is being handled Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kenneth C. Kohl and Jonathan M. Malis from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, as well as Barry Jonas, Trial Attorney from the Justice Department’s National Security Division.

The public is reminded that an indictment is merely a formal charging document notifying a defendant of the charges against him or her. All defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.