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September 25-26, 2009 News - UnitedStatesAction.com


(Al-Qaeda) 'Bin Laden message' to Europe appears on Internet
-- "A purported message from Osama bin Laden to Europeans urges them to distance themselves from the United States, noting that Americans are losing the war in Afghanistan."
-- "Al Qaeda has recently released threatening videos aimed at Germany, where voters are scheduled to go to the polls Sunday. The militant group has warned Germans not to choose leaders who support the war in Afghanistan."
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/25/binladen.message/index.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/09/25/2009-09-25_al_qaeda_leader_osama_bin_laden_threatens_retaliation_against_europe_in_newly_re.html
--- Bin laden Appeals to Europe: Keep out of Afghanistan or Expect Retaliation
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/osama-bin-laden-warns-europe-entering-afghanistan/story?id=8674199
--- Osama Bin Laden in Audio Message 'To the People of Europe'
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD256209
-- Bin Laden tape indicates upcoming attack: IntelCenter
--- "'This indicator when viewed in light of the five Abu Talha videos this year, three of which have been released in the last eight days and their focus on the upcoming elections in Germany, significantly raises the threat level even further,' IntelCenter said"
--- "'There is currently a very high threat of an attack occurring in Germany or against German interests in the immediate period and extending for at least the next four weeks. A single or multiple-stage attack may occur before, during or after the elections against a German target or targets,' it said."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iamUdX0_EhM7D946nt_iOgrKXBbg


(U.S.) NYC: Prosecutor: Terror plot focus was 9/11 anniversary
-- AP: "Claims that an Afghan immigrant was on the verge of unleashing a terrorist attack on New York City on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 are missing a key element: explosives or the chemicals allegedly used to make them, the man's attorney said."
-- "FBI agents have yet to find those elements and connect them to Najibullah Zazi, charged with conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction in a plot authorities say was aimed at commuter trains, attorney Arthur Folsom told a federal judge in Denver Friday."
-- "U.S. Magistrate Judge Craig Shaffer ultimately ordered Zazi's transfer to New York, and Zazi was taken there by federal marshals"
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=557&sid=1762497
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090926/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_terror
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/25/terror.probe.afghan/index.html


(U.S.) The Beauty Parlor Bomb Plan; Massive Terror Plot Alleged -- more on Zazi case
-- Denver Man, Others Accused of Stockpiling Chemicals, Building Bombs
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/zazi-arrest-nyc-terror-plot-suspect-bought-chemicals/story?id=8662211


(U.S.) Terror Suspect's Ties to Canada Investigated
-- "Authorities are probing Najibullah Zazi's travel north of the border"
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/zazi-investigation-terror-plot-suspect-linked-canada/story?id=8673976


(U.S.) NYC: Attorney: 9/11 plot claim missing key ingredient
-- "Claims that an Afghan man was going to attack New York City on the anniversary of 9/11 are missing a key element: explosives or the chemicals used to make them, the man's attorney said"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33020428/ns/us_news-security/


(U.S.) Men accused of unrelated bomb plots in Illinois, Texas
-- AP: "A man who idolized American born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh and a Jordanian national who frequented extremist Web sites are charged in unrelated cases after attempting to detonate what they thought were bombs outside an Illinois courthouse and a Texas skyscraper, federal officials said."
-- "Michael C. Finton, 29, who also went by the name Talib Islam, was arrested Wednesday in Springfield, Ill., after federal officials said he attempted to set off explosives in a van outside a federal courthouse in the Illinois capital."
-- "Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, 19, was arrested Thursday in Dallas after federal officials said he placed what he believed to be a car bomb in a parking garage beneath the 60-story Fountain Place office tower."
-- "In both cases, decoy devices were provided to the men by FBI agents posing as al-Qaida operatives. Both men are charged with trying to detonate a weapon of mass destruction and face up to life in prison if convicted. Finton also is charged with one count of attempting to murder federal officers or employees."
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_BOMB_PLOT_ARREST?SITE=TXDAM&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
-- FBI arrest 29-year-old who changed his name to Talib Islam as he tried to blow up U.S. court
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1216022/Talib-Islam-FBI-arrest-29-year-old-Michael-Finton-tried-blow-U-S-court.html


(U.S.) Feds: North Carolina Terror Suspects Believed Jihad Was Necessary
-- "Federal prosecutors say two North Carolina terrorism suspects plotted to attack government and military installations in Virginia and elsewhere."
-- "An updated federal indictment released Friday says Daniel Patrick Boyd and Hysen Sherifi believed that violent jihad was obligatory."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,555740,00.html

(U.S.) Dutch Firm and Two Officers Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Export Aircraft Components and Other Goods to Iran
-- Aviation Services International, B.V. ("ASI"), an aircraft parts supply company in the Netherlands; Robert Kraaipoel, 66, a citizen of the Netherlands and the director of ASI; and Robert Neils Kraaipoel ("Neils Kraaipoel"), 40, a citizen of the Netherlands, the sales manager of ASI and son of Robert Kraaipoel, each entered a plea of guilty to a one-count criminal information in federal court in the District of Columbia.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dutch-firm-and-two-officers-plead-guilty-to-conspiracy-to-export-aircraft-components-and-other-goods-to-iran-61167452.html


(U.S.) Spate of terrorism arrests not connected, analysts say
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/25/terrorism.cases/index.html?iref=hpmostpop


(U.S.) September 24 - A Busy Day for Terror
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/#1436


(U.S.) JUSTICE Act May Prevent Civil Suits by Victims of Terrorism
http://www.investigativeproject.org/blog/2009/09/update-justice-act-may-prevent-civil-suits-by


(U.S.) AP Sources: Gitmo closing goal of January may slip
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090926/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_closing_guantanamo
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/26/cuba.guantanamo/index.html


(Pakistan) NWFP - Bannu and Peshawar - 20 dead in twin blasts in Peshawar, Bannu
http://geo.tv/9-26-2009/49799.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/26/pakistan.explosions/index.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33029798/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/
-- Taliban claim Bannu suicide blast in Pakistan that kills 6, wounds 60
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2027546&Language=en
-- Seven killed, 40 wounded in Peshawar car-bomb blast
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2027552&Language=en
-- Blast in Peshawar leaves seven dead
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-huge-blast-heard-in-peshawar-ss-03
-- Peshawar blast reaction of Malakand operation: Iftikhar
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=87661


Pakistan must end use of terror as state policy: India PM Singh
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Pakistan-must-end-use-of-terror-as-state-policy-PM/articleshow/5059892.cms


(Pakistan) Taliban leader says movement stronger than ever -- Qari Hussain Mehsud
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\26\story_26-9-2009_pg1_9
Pakistan unlikely to cooperate with US against Taliban
-- "White House considering stepping up drone attacks in Pakistan"
-- "Analysts believe Pakistan withholding intelligence on key Afghan Taliban"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\26\story_26-9-2009_pg1_11


(Pakistan/Afghanistan) Pakistan President Zardari says U.S. treats Jihadists like George Washington
-- Pakistan Daily Times: "America's erstwhile policy of referring to jihadi leaders in Afghanistan as the 'moral equivalents of George Washington' was a policy that allowed warlords and criminals to destroy civilisations in the name of religion, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Friday"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\26\story_26-9-2009_pg1_2


Pakistan adjourns Mumbai attack hearing: lawyer
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/03-pakistan-adjourns-mumbai-attack-hearing-lawyer-ss-04


(Pakistan/U.S.) Obama urges world to rally behind Pakistan
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/us/Obama-urges-world-to-rally-behind-Pakistan/articleshow/5053707.cms


(Pakistan/U.S.) Anti-US wave endangers efforts in Pakistan
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\26\story_26-9-2009_pg1_8


(Pakistan/U.S.) US Senate votes to triple aid to Pak, India protests
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/India-protests-as-US-Senate-votes-to-triple-aid-to-Pakistan/articleshow/5055089.cms


(Pakistan/U.S.) Kerry-Lugar bill tabled in US Lower House
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\09\26\story_26-9-2009_pg1_10


(India) Suspected Maoists kill MP's son in Chhattisgarh
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/india/Chhattisgarh-MPs-son-shot-dead-by-Maoists/articleshow/5059792.cms


(Afghanistan) 18 Taliban killed in combat with Afghan police
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=18+Taliban+killed+in+combat+with+Afghan+police&artid=dpMU1ovt3kM=


(Afghanistan) Taliban execute three civilians in Afghanistan
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/547652/cs/1/


(Afghanistan) Five US soldiers die in wave of attacks across southern Afghanistan
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6849101.ece


(Afghanistan) Osama Bin laden Appeals to Europe: Keep out of Afghanistan or Expect Retaliation
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/osama-bin-laden-warns-europe-entering-afghanistan/story?id=8674199


Iraq: Soldiers killed in roadside bomb accident -- in Bashika, north of Mosul
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3811929212


Iran official: New nuclear plant 'will blind... the enemies'
http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/26/iran-official-new-nuclear-plant-will-blind-the-enemies/
-- Defiant Iran vows to start up 'secret' nuclear facility
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/6234038/Iran-defies-Obama-and-vows-to-switch-on-secret-nuclear-facility.html
-- New Iran nuclear plant 'victorious step'
-- "Iran's press widely reported on Saturday the building of the country's second uranium enrichment plant, which has angered Western leaders, but there was no commentary"
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle09.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/September/middleeast_September600.xml&section=middleeast
-- 'New plant to be operational soon'
--- "Khamenei adviser tells Fars newly revealed uranium enrichment facility will shortly be ready for use"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253820680895&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- Cryptic Iranian note ignited urgent debate
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33029659/ns/news-msnbcs_top_news/
-- Qom nuclear plant: how secret was uncovered
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6850325.ece
-- Spectre of nuclear confrontation with Iran
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6850397.ece


Iran will reveal uraniam plant to UN
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26130115-23109,00.html


(Iran) U.S. President Obama: Iran Must Cooperate or Face Consequences
-- "President says Tehran must take action to demonstrate its peaceful intentions or they will face increased pressure and isolation as Iran says the newly-disclosed uranium-enrichment facility will 'soon' be operational."
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2009/09/26/obama-iran-cooperate-face-consequences/


(Iran) UK FM Miliband will not rule out force as Iran defiant
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6849530.ece


(Iran) Ahmadinejad calls Obama accusations 'baseless'
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/25/iran.nuclear/index.html


(Iran) UN's Ban Ki-moon 'gravely' concerned over Iran
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2009/September/middleeast_September594.xml


Gaza: Aqsa brigades launch rockets on Southern Israel
http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2027564&Language=en
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=&section=middleeast&xfile=data/middleeast/2009/September/middleeast_September596.xml


Gaza: Palestinians fire Kassams into South
-- "Planes intercept vehicle transporting rockets; Palestinians: 3 killed, 3 others seriously wounded"
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253820679174&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
-- "Military Says Islamic Jihad Members Were About to Fire Rockets Across Border"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092502647.html


(Gaza) Opposition to Incorporating Holocaust Studies in the UNRWA Curriculum
http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD256009


(Libya) Gaddafi in Lockerbie family talks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8276047.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/09/25/world/international-uk-gaddafi-lockerbie-meeting.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1216246/Gaddafi-friendly-talks-relatives-victims-Lockerbie-bombing.html


(Libya) Gaddafi boycotts 'Terror Council'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article6848104.ece


Germany: AP: "Islamic threat hangs over Germany's national vote"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090926/ap_on_re_us/us_nyc_terror


Germany: Man arrested over German threats
-- "A man has been arrested in Germany over the emergence of videos threatening al-Qaeda attacks on the country just days before the general election."
-- "Police in Stuttgart said the 25-year-old Turkish man is suspected of posting a video on the internet."
-- "He is not, however, thought to have produced the video, which said Germany would be punished unless it withdrew its troops from Afghanistan."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8275565.stm
-- Germans arrest terror video suspect
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/25/germany.jihad.video/


Russia's Chechen chief blames CIA for violence -- Kadyrov
http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE58N5O420090924


Australia: Islamist given nine-year sentence for terrorism
-- AKI: "An Australian man has been sentenced to at least nine years in jail for producing a terrorist handbook that advocated assassination and violent acts in the name of restoring Islam. Belal Khazaal faced several charges for producing the terrorism handbook and publishing it on the Internet."
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3811929285



Other News:


(U.S.) IPT News: "Al-Quds Day -- Celebrating Hate and Supporting Terror"
-- "The rally was organized by an employee of the Fairfax County Department of Planning and Zoning, Faheem Darab. It even featured speakers as diverse as leaders from leftist organizations, a radical Reverend and homegrown American Islamists. The event was an expression of homegrown radicalism that sprouted from the seeds of a faraway revolution in Iran and was watered by local Jihadist sentiment."
http://www.investigativeproject.org/1428/al-quds-day-celebrating-hate-and-supporting-terror


(U.S.) Muslims observe day of prayer in Washington
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/25/muslim.prayer.day/index.html
-- Washington Times: "About 3,000 Muslims gathered Friday for a first-ever prayer service in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol in what turned out to be a peaceful assembly despite the taunts of Christian evangelists on the surrounding sidewalks."
-- Times on Malik's Facebook site: "no we don't want to democratize Islam, we want to Islamize democracy"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/26/thousands-of-muslims-rally-pray-at-capitol/
-- "group appeared to be smaller, perhaps only as many as 5,000"
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/20090926day_after_dallas_terrorism_arrest_muslims_gather_at_us_capitol_for_day_of_prayer/
--- WJLA News: "Protests Surround Muslim Prayer Service at U.S. Capitol"
---- "A new group launched Friday called 'Stop Islamization of America,' contends Muslim doctrine is innately a threat."
---- "'They are all obligated to do jihad -- and what is jihad? It is violent war against the kaffir, which is us, the unbeliever,' said D.L. Adams, founder of Stop Islamization of America. "
http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0909/662769.html
--- FOX News: "At remote locations, distanced far away from the proceedings and under the watchful eyes of uniformed and plainclothes Capitol Police, scattered groups of Christians used microphones and public address systems to voice their displeasure with the Muslim event."
---- "One such group, whose members displayed two oversized tablets similar to those seen in Biblical depictions of the Ten Commandments, called itself 'Operation Save America' and distributed pamphlets saying: 'Abortion is Murder!! Homosexuality is Sin!! Islam is a Lie!!'"
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,555801,00.html
--- FOX News: "There was also no denying that the day of prayer attracted some individuals and groups fanatical in their hatred of Muslims. At a separate event, held simultaneously in a conference room at the Rayburn House Office Building, a group calling itself Stop Islamization of America warned about the supposedly hateful, violent, and anti-Western teachings of the Koran."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,555801,00.html
--- Washington Post: "Across the street from the service, Christian protesters gathered with banners, crosses and anti-Islamic messages. One group, which stood next to a 10-foot-tall wooden cross and two giant wooden tablets depicting the Ten Commandments, was led by the Rev. Flip Benham of Concord, N.C."
---- "'I would suggest you convert to Christ!' Benham shouted over a megaphone. Islam 'forces its dogma down your throat.' A few Christian protesters gathered at the rear of the Muslim crowd, holding Bibles and praying."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/25/AR2009092502183.html?hpid=sec-religion



(U.S.) D.C. sniper's ex-wife recalls his desire to kill her
-- "In her new book, Mildred Muhammad recounts her fears and his threat to 'terrorize' a city"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33030668/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/


(U.S.) "The Second Wave: Evidence Grows of Far-Right Militia Resurgence"
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=1092
-- SPLC alarm: 'Militiamen, white supremacists, anti-Semites, nativists, tax protesters coalescing'
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=111078
-- See also: Why It Is "Right" To Reject Racism
http://www.realcourage.org/2009/06/right-to-reject-racism/


(U.S.) Pittsburgh: Police arrest 110 in Oakland clash
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09269/1001054-100.stm
-- Business owners in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood assess G-20 protest damage
--- "She said the tactics of the protesters who caused the damage made them difficult to stop because they wielded hammers and moved quickly to punch out windows before disappearing back into the crowd."
-- "A stretch of Forbes Avenue from Oakland Avenue to Atwood Street saw at least a half dozen storefront windows broken, most belonging to the type of big, corporate, chain retail considered prime targets by protest groups opposed to the global capitalist system. They included McDonald’s, American Apparel, FedEx, Subway, Panera and Rite Aid, among others."
http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2009/09/21/daily78.html
-- Pittsburgh's Pamela's Diner open for business following G-20 protest damage
http://pittsburgh.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2009/09/21/daily70.html
-- Post-Gazette: "anarchists hail protest success"
http://post-gazette.com/pg/09269/1000990-482.stm


(UK) Muslim women's right to happiness under threat
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/47462064-aa36-11de-a3ce-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1
-- Blog: "Muslim women oppose Sharia councils in Britain"
http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/2009/09/muslim-women-oppose-sharia-councils-in.html



Against Totalitarianism News:


Vietnam 'making a mockery of rights'
-- "Vietman is making a mockery of its obligations under the UN Human Rights Council, an international rights group said"
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26128274-23109,00.html


Communist China seeks to ban birds from sky
-- "Authorities in Beijing have ordered that pigeons remain in their birdcages on October 1 to prevent them disturbing celebrations to mark 60 years of communist rule"
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26128120-23109,00.html



Against Racial Supremacism News:


California: Moraga council denounces hate crimes
-- "The Town Council passed a resolution Wednesday denouncing hate crimes in response to an incident earlier this month in which a white cross with "KKK" written on it was left in a Moraga driveway."
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_13419838


















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