CONFLICT & TERROR

Pakistan: Sectarian violence spreads in Karachi, toll rises to 28


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Sectarian-violence-spreads-in-Karachi-toll-rises-to-28/articleshow/5955688.cms



(Pakistan) British family shot dead in Pakistan

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7747531/British-family-shot-dead-in-Pakistan.html



(Pakistan) Ex-president Musharraf vows return to Pakistan politics

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/pakistan.musharraf/index.html



(Pakistan) Taliban threaten to kill Osama Khalid over action against Hamid Mir

— Pakistan Daily Times: “Osama Khalid, the son of former Inter-Services Intelligence officer Khalid Khawaja, has claimed that the Asian Tigers have indirectly threatened to do the same to him as they did to his father if any action is taken against Hamid Mir, a private TV channel reported on Thursday”

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_27



(Pakistan) Five people gunned down in Balochistan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_8



(Pakistan) Forces arrest 6 suspects, recover arms in Bajaur

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_7


(Pakistan) Mehsud ‘peace broker’ shot dead in Tank

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_2



(Pakistan) Sweden closes embassy in Islamabad due to security

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_9



(India) Mumbai Attacks: Pak major held may be Headley handler

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pak-major-held-may-be-Headley-handler/articleshow/5955537.cms



(India) Mumbai Attacks: Kasab is Qaidi No C-7096

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Kasab-is-Qaidi-No-C-7096/articleshow/5955876.cms



(Afghanistan/Maldives) Taliban in Maldives for meeting

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/05/20/Taliban-in-Maldives-for-meeting/UPI-50551274388787/

-— Taliban in Secret Talks at Mystery Location

-— Talks Being Held Somewhere in the Maldives, Officials Tell ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/International/Afghanistan/secret-taliban-talks/story?id=10700753

-— Afghan Govt, Taliban hold 2nd meet in Maldives

http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=32194

— Kabul denies meeting Taliban in Maldives

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=139424



(U.S.) Terror Comes Home

At least 25 American citizens have faced serious terrorism offenses in the past 18 months, a pattern that has counterintelligence officials concerned.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/238296



(U.S.) Alleged Terrorists Used Social Network Sites

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20005405-10391695.html



(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: Lag in Times Square suspect’s court date defended

— Prosecutors say “uninterrupted access” needed to Shahzad

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2024774820100520



(U.S.) Times Square Car Bomb Plot: U.S. Outlines Moves After Bomb Suspect’s Arrest

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/nyregion/21terror.html?src=mv



(U.S.) Times Square bomb plot: Massachusetts man had suspect’s phone number

http://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0520/Times-Square-bomb-plot-Massachusetts-man-had-suspect-s-phone-number


(U.S.) $200m ‘behavior detection’ officers fail to spot a single terrorist at airports

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7746246/200m-behaviour-detection-officers-fail-to-spot-a-single-terrorist-at-airports.html

— At least 1 6 known terrorists undetected by federal behavior specialists

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37260518/ns/us_news-airliner_security/



(U.S.) Obama fires intelligence chief after security lapses — Dennis Blair

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7132602.ece

-— January 22, 2010: Top Intelligence Chief Says ‘We’ll Make a New Mistake’ When Trying to Prevent Terror Attempts — DNI Dennis Blair

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583666,00.html

-— September 15, 2009: Spy Chief Says U.S. Hunting al Qaeda More Effectively — Dennis Blair

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125305510769813787.html?mod=googlenews_wsj 



Iraq: Two policemen, civilian killed, 10 others injured in explosion western Mosul

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085136&Language=en



Iraq: Bin Laden deputy lauds slain Al-Qaeda leaders

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.421273712



Iran: Pros and cons in UN’s Sanctions Proposal on Iran

http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/rosner/entry/pros_and_cons_in_un



Syria: US to Syria: Stop Hizbullah armsUS to Syria: Stop Hizbullah arms

http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=176014



(Yemen) Al-Qaeda appeals to women to fight in Yemen

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.1.420463777



(Yemen) Al-Qaida in Yemen announces terror leader killed

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/nationworld/ci_15129375



Turkish aircraft raid PKK

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085106&Language=en



(Canada) Suspect knew camp flag similar to jihad symbols — Asad Ansari

http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=3049606



Indonesia seeks seven years for ‘Prince of Jihad’

— Mohammed Jibril Abdurahman

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100520/wl_asia_afp/indonesiaattackstrial



Other News:



Muslims Respond to Cartoon Controversy

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/muslims-respond-to-cartoon-controversy/

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/46/897/Muslims_Respond_to_Cartoon_Controversy.html

— Cartoon Contests and Human Dignity

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/cartoon-contests-and-human-dignity/



Cartoonist draws a line under contest to picture Prophet

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7132388.ece



Thousands of Mohammed images uploaded on Facebook

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/7746258/Thousands-of-Mohammed-images-uploaded-on-Facebook.html

— Anger? Not so much at this Prophet cartoon caper

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/05/20/2324134.aspx



‘Publication of caricatures hurts Muslim sentiments’

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_21 



Tommy DeSeno on “The Facebook Creed?”

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/05/20/tommy-seno-muhammad-cartoons-facebook-islam-christianity/



Pakistan Government Blocks Facebook and YouTube Sites -— more reports on protests

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/pakistan-blocks-facebook-youtube/

— April 16, 2008: Pakistan PM Gilani at National Assembly meeting calling for international death penalty for “blasphemy”

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\04\16\story_16-4-2008_pg7_6



Pakistan netizens up in arms against ban on websites

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pak-netizens-up-in-arms-against-ban-on-websites/articleshow/5955722.cms

— Lawyers boycott courts in support of Facebook ban

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg13_5



Pakistan blasphemy laws used to justify ‘murder’: EU parliament

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h5gdiMztr7yvkNa2KoHeTYpUET3w

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/world/16-blasphemy+laws-eu+parliament-hs-02



Sweden: Arson suspect suffers from burns

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/sweden-arson-suspect-suffers-from-burns.html



(Belgium) Brussels: Municipality doesn’t allow veil ban protest

http://islamineurope.blogspot.com/2010/05/brussels-municipality-doesnt-allow-veil.html



France makes way for grand mosque

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\05\21\story_21-5-2010_pg7_4



Iran: Mothers meet with detained hikers in Iran, report says

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/05/20/iran.hikers.mothers/index.html

— Iranians React to Visit of American Mothers

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/05/20/iranians-react-to-visit-of-american-mothers/



Iraqi believers warned to leave

http://www.mnnonline.org/article/14246



Kuwait: 5 years in jail for beating maid to death - ‘Woman tortured victim, but had no plan to kill’

http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/154062/reftab/73/t/5-years-in-jail-for-beating-maid-to-death/Default.aspx



Saudi woman beats up virtue cop

http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=175779 



UK: Anti-Democracy Leader Anjem Choudary Threats to Woman Muslim MP Sayeeda Warsi

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/uk-anjem-choudary/



Egyptian Professor of Hebrew Literature Ibrahim Farid Denounces Endorsement of Antisemitic Myths by Arab Media and Institutions

http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4183.htm



Sudanese authorities in pursuit of aid workers’ kidnappers in Darfur

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085008&Language=en



(U.S.) Mojave Desert war cross ‘returned’

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7747317/Mojave-Desert-war-cross-returned.html

— Authorities Say Mojave Desert Replacement Memorial Cross Must Come Down

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/20/authorities-replica-cross-placed-mojave-desert-war-memorial/



(U.S.) Newsweek report on Rima Fakih

http://www.newsweek.com/id/238265


(U.S.) North Carolina: Popular local Muslim figure arrested on federal charges

Mohammed “Moe’ El-Gamal of Raleigh, the president of the Muslim American Public Affairs Council charged with exporting computer equipment to Libya without a license

http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/05/20/492673/popular-local-muslim-figure-arrested.html



(U.S.) California: UCSD Students Seek Official Condemnation of Pro-Holocaust Statement

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/ucsd-students-seek-official-condemnation-of-pro-holocaust-statement/



(U.S.) Islamic leaders decry Tea Party reference to Muslim ‘monkey-god’

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/20/islamic-leaders-decry-tea-party-reference-to-muslim-monkey-god/

-— Original report references “monkey-god”

http://bit.ly/9CLBXC



(U.S.) Reports on Rand Paul and Civil Rights Bill Discussions

http://www.realcourage.org/2010/05/reports-on-rand-paul-and-civil-rights-bill/



Thailand Civil War News:



Clash death toll reported at 51

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/178603/clash-death-toll-reported-at-51



Police detain 63 suspects

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/178604/police-detain-63-suspects



Three more protest leaders surrender to police, deny terrorism charges

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2085081&Language=e n



Thai Red shirt stronghold recoups after angry riots

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64J34N20100520



Bangkok aftermath: ‘Not the Thailand we know anymore’

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/thailand.protests.reaction/index.html



Thailand issues three-day curfew as 13,000 protesters rally in provinces

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/thailand/7745657/Thailand-issues-three-day-curfew-as-13000-protesters-rally-in-provinces.html



Thai Forces Restore Order in Bangkok After Clearing Protest Site

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Thai-Forces-Restore-Order-in-Bangkok-After-Clearing-Protest-Site-94507204.html



Bangkok battleground deserted but city life goes on

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64J2ZM20100520



Bangkok Under Curfew as Fears Persis

http://abcnews.go.com/International/bangkok-curfew-fears-civil-war-persist-thailand/story?id=10700890



Peace restored, anger still burns in Bangkok

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/05/20/2323859.aspx



Marian statue spared by rioters thanks to priest

http://www.ucanews.com/2010/05/20/marian-statue-spared-by-rioters-thanks-to-priest



Against Totalitarianism News:



North Korea threatens ‘all-out war’ over warship sinking report

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/7745370/North-Korea-threatens-all-out-war-over-warship-sinking-report.html



North Korea: Pentagon won’t say ship sinking is an act of war

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iBqaJ2ovxmxTV23GCGT5QyilEegwD9FQRHG00

— US warns of ‘consequences’ after Pyongyang is found guilty of sinking ship

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7132500.ece



North Korea slams report that it torpedoed South Korean ship

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/south.korea.sunken.ship/index.html?hpt=T2



Mona Eltahawy: Confronting Tyrants

http://bit.ly/cWGD7X

http://www.monaeltahawy.com/blog/?p=266
http://www.facebook.com/notes/mona-eltahawy/confronting-tyrants/426705696971

Courtesy UnitedStatesAction