Solsticewitch13's BOS: [unitedstatesaction.com news] August 29, 2009 News

August 29, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com

(U.S./Germany) Germany arrests suspect in plot to attack U.S. targets
-- "German federal prosecutors said Friday they have arrested a man suspected of helping a terrorist cell that allegedly plotted attacks against U.S. troops in Germany."
-- "The prosecutor's office identified the man only as "Kadir T.," and said he is a German of Turkish origin."
-- "He is suspected of acquiring a video camera and night-vision equipment for the Islamic Jihad Union group, prosecutors said. The items were allegedly shipped to Waziristan in Pakistan, prosecutors said."
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/28/germany.terror.arrests/
-- Islamist Terrorism Suspect Arrested as German Case Widens
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=a5r2xRi_0dpo
-- Germany arrests Islamist bound for Pakistan
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1497896.php/Germany-arrests-Islamist-bound-for-Pakistan

(Pakistan) Additional report on kidnapping of Pakistan Christians:
--- Taliban kidnap Christians in Waziristan
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewnews.php?newsid=1481

(Pakistan) Advocate of blasphemy victim survives gunshot attack by Islamic extremists
-- regarding the "high profiled blasphemy case of young Christian shopkeeper Imran Masih S/O Ghafoor Masih resident of Hajweri Town Faisalabad"
http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/headlinenewsd.php?hnewsid=1386

(Pakistan) Al-Qaeda leader: Pakistan is the main battleground
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/6106380/Al-Qaeda-leader-Pakistan-is-the-main-battleground.html

Pakistan suicide bomber training camp destroyed
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD9ACD6V00

(Pakistan) Karachi: Taliban deputy commander held
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\29\story_29-8-2009_pg12_1

Pakistan President Zardari sees popularity sink
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-pakistan-zardari29-2009aug29,0,1162500.story

Pak court adjourns 26/11 trial till Sep 1, bars media coverage
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/World/Pakistan/Pak-court-adjourns-26/11-trial-till-Sep-1-bars-media-coverage/articleshow/4948149.cms

'Taliban, al-Qaeda trying to put pressure on int'l coalition'
http://www.ptinews.com/news/252388_-Taliban--al-Qaeda-trying-to-put-pressure-on-int-l-collation-

Afghan bomb kills US soldier
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25997602-23109,00.html

(Afghanistan) Blast kills two Afghan civilians
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2022376&Language=en

(Iraq) Truck Bombs Kill at Least 16 in Iraq
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,544266,00.html

(Iraq) Five Iraqis killed, 22 others wounded in booby-trapped car blast N. Mosul
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2022390&Language=en

(Iraq) More bloodshed in Iraq, Christians cry out for help
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/13152

(U.S.) Brother of Lockerbie victim decries Libyan's release
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/evanston/news/1736522,evanston-lockerbie-082709-s1.article

(U.S.) NY: Feds monitoring apparent bias case involving Muslims
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/feds-monitoring-apparent-bias-case-involving-muslims-1.1404546
-- NY Hate Crime - Police: Islandia Man tried to run down Muslim mom, daughter
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/ny-hate-crime-police-islandia-man-tried-to-run-down-muslim-mom-daughter/

(U.S./Saudi Arabia) Khalid bin Mahfouz; Saudi banker denied terrorism ties
-- Khalid bin Mahfouz dies of heart attack
-- "One writer who fought back was Rachel Ehrenfeld, author of 'Funding Evil: How Terrorism Is Financed - and How to Stop It.'"
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/08/29/khalid_bin_mahfouz_saudi_banker_denied_terrorism_ties/

(U.S.) 9/11 planner is recast as key asset for CIA
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32605529/ns/us_news-washington_post/

(Iran/Israel) Netanyahu compares Iranian bomb to Auschwitz; Merkel ignores PM and calls for settlement freeze
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1110760.html

Iran: IAEA report proves we're peaceful
-- "But UN agency says Iran hiding program's full scope; urges Teheran to clarify role of explosives expert."
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251145144104&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Israel) Kassam hits open area in Sdot Negev region
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251145144661&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Gaza) IDF denies Palestinian report of clash with Gaza gunmen
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251145145494&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Jordan's Islamic opposition praises Hamas visit
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3768848,00.html

(Jordan) IPT News: "Brothers of Hamas = The Brotherhood"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#1396

Algeria provides Mali military aid against al-Qaeda-linked group
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1498020.php/Algeria-provides-Mali-military-aid-against-al-Qaeda-linked-group

(Libya) Lockerbie bomber calls for a public inquiry
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6814735.ece

(Nigeria) Sect members captured in Nigeria -- Boko Haram
-- "Police in Nigeria say they have captured 30 members of a sect behind last month's Islamist uprising"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8226140.stm

(Germany) Dresden attacker may have planned killing of Muslim women
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1498112.php/Dresden-attacker-may-have-planned-killing-of-Muslim-women

Philippines extradites Muslim militant to US to face kidnap charges -- Madhatta Haipe
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/asiapacific/news/article_1498068.php/Philippines-extradites-Muslim-militant-to-US-to-face-kidnap-charges
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090829/wl_asia_afp/philippinesusmuslimattackskidnap

Islamic Supremacist War on Women News:

(Saudi Arabia) 10 year old child bride in Saudi Arabia
http://www.examiner.com/x-10853-Portland-Humanist-Examiner~y2009m8d27-10-year-old-child-bride-in-Saudi-Arabia

(U.S.) An Underground Railroad for a Muslim Girl
http://frontpagemagazine.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=36079

Other News:

Saudi Arabia in $2.4bn Russian arms deal
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25999889-23109,00.html

(Indonesia) Jakarta Post: "Why should there be sharia law in Indonesia?"
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/28/why-should-there-be-sharia-law-indonesia.html

"Turkey calls for closer NATO ties with Islamic world"
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1497949.php/Turkey-calls-for-closer-NATO-ties-with-Islamic-world

(UK) Bishop of Rochester to aid persecuted Christians in Islamic world
-- Dr Michael Nazir-Ali
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article6814346.ece

Against Nazi News:

NC neo-Nazi conference prompts ribbon protest
http://www.reflector.com/news/state/nc-neo-nazi-conference-prompts-ribbon-protest-798485.html
-- Ribbons, rally planned to oppose neo-Nazis
-- "Houses of worship planning to hand out ribbons include Beth David Synagogue, Hinshaw United Methodist Church, and Temple Emanuel . Residents also are encouraged to make their own."
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/08/26/article/ribbons_rally_planned_to_oppose_neo_nazis
-- Nancy McLaughlin: A message to the neo-Nazis about Greensboro
http://www.news-record.com/content/2009/08/28/article/nancy_mclaughlin_a_message_to_the_neo_nazis_about_greensboro

North Carolina: Protests planned over neo-Nazi gathering in Greensboro
-- "The National Socialist Movement will hold a regional conference in the Greensboro area, and though the group doesn’t plan a public presence, opponents feel the need to speak out."
http://news14.com/content/local_news/triad/613944/protests-planned-over-neo-nazi-gathering-in-greensboro/

Serbia: Neo-Nazi group leader's retrial begins - Goran Davidovic
http://www.ictmag.info/politics/neo-nazi-group-leader%E2%80%99s-retrial-begins/

Poland marks 65th anniversary of Lodz ghetto liquidation
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5glXAZjIIbEq17oqQeftJWnRHxAbA

Against Racial Supremacism News:

Virginia - More Ku Klux Graffiti:
-- "Klan graffiti, thought by James City Police to be mischief, could be a sign of something serious"
http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_kkk_0828aug29,0,7984936.story

Michigan: Ex-teacher: 'KKK is alive and well'
-- Cathy Cantu
-- "'I know the KKK is alive and well; a faction of the Klan came after me and my job through the media and through my administration,' Cantu wrote in 'Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writer Teachers,' released Aug. 18."
http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20090828/NEWS01/908280318

(U.S.) From KKK, Mideast to church, film explores hate and hope
http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/08/27/anatomy.of.hate/
-- "The Anatomy of Hate"
http://anatomyofhate.com/

North Carolina: KKK charge dismissed: Man says he said 'man' not 'klan'
http://www.gastongazette.com/news/says-37339-charge-cherryville.html

Tennessee - Arson Attack on Church Previously Vandalized with "KKK"
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/08/tennessee-arson-attack-on-church-previously-vandalized-with-kkk/
-- "On Sunday, August 23, the St. Elmo United Methodist church on St. Elmo Avenue in Chattanooga went up in flames."
-- "Church members suspect that hate had something to do with what the 70 federal, state, and local officials are investigating."
-- "St. Elmo resident Charles King told Chattanooga News Channel 12 that 'KKK' was spray painted on the church’s sign just months ago."