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April 30, 2010

Empire Wars:

17 Iraqis Killed, Scores Injured in 9 Attacks, April 28-30, 2010  

15 Pakistanis Killed by Army in Orakzai, 4 Policemen Killed by Suicide Attack in Peshawar, April 30, 2010  

NATO Forces Kill Two Women, a Girl, Two Taliban Fighters, NATO Soldier Killed, April 30, 2010  

3 People Killed, 11 Injured in Car Bomb Attack on Dagestan Police Station, April 30, 2010  

Enablers of Israeli Aggression:

Hamas Holds Egypt Responsible for Killing Four Palestinian Tunnel Workmen  

CAIR Applauds Pentagon Decision to Drop Franklin Graham  

Israeli Aggression:

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill Two Palestinian Little Girls in Jordan Valley, a Third in Gaza, Kidnap 13 in the West Bank  

Illegal Israeli Settlers Attack A Palestinian Town In Northern West Bank And Destroy Property And Trees  

Zahhar Says Zionists Do Not Want to Pay the Price for Shalit, Keeping Thousands of Palestinian Prisoners in Captivity  

Jerusalemite Palestinian Woman, Maysoon Moussa, Says Expelled to the West Bank  

World:

US Works to Contain Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico, Says Napolitano  

President Hu promises "unforgettable" Shanghai Expo to bridge China, the world  

U.S. FDA approves new therapy for advanced prostate cancer

April 27, 2010

Empire Wars:

8 Taliban Fighters Killed in US Drone Missile Attack in North Waziristan, April 27, 2010  

3 Afghanis Killed by US Air Strike in Kuduz, 2 Killed in Attacks on Police in Kabul, April 27, 2010  

Israeli Occupation Forces Assassinate Qassam Fighter in West Bank  

Medvedev Hints Russia to Join NATO Sanctions Against Iran  

World: 

Russia, Norway Reach Agreement to Divide Arctic Territories After 40 Years of Talks  

Al-Bashir Wins Sudanese Presidential Election, Faces Stability, Unity Challenges  

Smoking, Heavy Drinking, Inactivity, Poor Diet cut 12 Years of Life  

Muslim American News:

Muslim American News Briefs, April 26, 2010  

Muslim American News Briefs, April 25, 2010  

Muslim American News Briefs, April 24, 2010

April 25, 2010

Empire Wars:

Scores Killed in Taliban Attacks on NATO-Led Forces, Fuel Tanks Burned, Protests Over Civilian Deaths, April 25, 2010  

22 Pakistanis Killed in Attacks, Including 7 by US Air Strike, 10 by Army, 5 Policemen by Taliban, 12 NATO Tankers Burned, April 25, 2010  

Israeli Aggression:

Clashes in Shaikh Jarrah, Silwan, after illegal Israeli settlers curse Prophet Muhammed, in Provocative March  

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Attack Nonviolent Protest In Hebron, Kidnap Four  

Israeli Occupation Forces Raid Southern Gaza Strip, in Khan Younis

April 24, 2010

Empire Wars:

30 Taliban Fighters, 38 NATO-Led Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan War Attacks, April 24, 2010  

Israeli Aggression:

Mitchell-Abbas meeting ends without progress

Austrian delegation visits Gaza to observe humanitarian situation  

Bil'in Ends Its Fifth Conference, Israeli Occupation Soldiers Attack Protest Injuring a Dozen Civilians  

Israeli occupation forces deport 2 Palestinian residents of Israel to Gaza  

Israeli Occupation Forces Shoot, Injure Six Palestinians East of Al-Maghazi  

Israeli Police Shoots a Tourist in the Church of Holy Sepulcher  

Palestinians Protest Illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall in Al-Ma'assarah, Al-Wallajah, Bil'in, Ni'lin, Attacked by Israeli Occupation Soldiers

Israeli Jewish Settler website attacks, incites against Palestinian journalist, Khalid Amayreh  



April 23, 2010


The Empire Wars:

61 Iraqis Killed, 112 Injured in Bombing Spree, Targeting Shi'i Mosques, April 23, 2010  

9 Pakistani Soldiers, 26 Pakistani Taliban Fighters Killed in Clashes, April 23, 2010  

2 US Soldiers Killed by Taliban Fighters, 5 Afghani Civilians Killed by NATO Forces, April 23, 2010  

Scores of US, NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan, According to Taliban Sources, April 23, 2010  

3 Thais Killed, 75 Injured in Bangkok Bombing, Red Shirt Protesters Clash with Police, April 23, 2010  

Enabling Israeli Aggression:

Netanyahu Tells Mitchell No Freeze in Illegal Israeli  Settlement Activities  

PLC Condemns Arab Leaders Who Congratulated Netanyahu for the 62nd Anniversary of Zionist Usurpation of Palestine  

World:

Arctic research may be threatened by global cooling, says Russian scientist  

Russia, Qatar plan joint gas projects in Russian Arctic  

April 22, 2010

Enabling Israeli Aggression:


US National Security Advisor, James L. Jones, Presents Statement of Support for Israel Before AIPAC's WINEP Branch

Thabet to Obama Palestine for Palestinians, Not for Jews

Israeli Aggression:

Illegal Israeli Settlers Invade Silwan Neighborhood, with Protection from Israeli Occupation Forces, Clashes Reported with Palestinian Residents

IOF troops round up 24 Palestinians including Hamas activist

Israeli Occupation Government Continues to Change the Arab and Islamic Heritage of Jerusalem, Warns Tafakji

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Force Palestinian Child to Drink Sewage Water

Palestinian Child Reveals Abuse, Beating, and Drinking Sewage Water By Israeli Occupation Soldiers

Palestinian Detainee, Raed Abu Hammad, Who Died Last Week, Was Hit On His Spine, Neck by Israeli Interrogators

Thousands March Towards A Destroyed Arab Village Near Al-Teera



April 19, 2010

Empire Wars:

24 Pakistanis Killed in Peshawar Market Bombing, April 19, 2010  

NATO Soldier, 4 Afghanis Killed in Two Attacks, April 19, 2010  

Maliki and Biden Announce Killing Two Top Leaders of Iraqi Qaeda  

Israeli Aggression:

Illegal Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Cars at the Ramallah-Nablus Road, in Central West Bank  

OCHA warns of disastrous situation in Bethlehem  

Richard Falk Slams Israel's Deportation Orders  

World:

EU ministers agree to gradually lift flight restrictions  

Buffett rented good name to Goldman too cheaply  

Muslim American News:

Anti-Islam Ads Pulled from Miami Buses  

Judge Sends Muslim's Bias Suit Against PNC Bank to Trial  

Delaware DMV Apologizes to Muslim Over Hijab Incident  

EEOC Complaint Filed Against Michigan McDonald's Over Hijab  

Muslim American News Briefs, April 19, 2010  

Muslim American News Briefs, April 18, 2010  

Muslim American News Briefs, April 17, 2010

April 17, 2010


The Empire Wars:

17 Pakistanis Killed by Army in Orakzai, 11 killed in Quetta hospital Suicide Blast  

41 Pakistanis Killed, 64 Injured in Twin Blasts in Kohat  

Car Bomb Explosions in Kandahar, Pro-Taliban Website Reports Many Afghani, NATO Casualties, April 17, 2010  

3 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces Infiltrating Gaza Strip, PCHR Weekly Report  

Iran, the Next Target:

Tehran Conference Calls for Nuclear-Free Middle East, Pointing to Israel Which Refuses Sign Non-Proliferation Treaty  

Syrian FM, Walid Al-Mu'allem, Views Israel's Nuclear Arsenal as Main Threat to Middle East Peace  

China Increases Gasoline Exports to Iran After Malaysian Fuel Export Halt  

Death toll rises to 1,339 in China quake in Yushu  

Israeli Aggression:

Clinton, Judeh, Moratinos, Kochner Lament Lack of Peace in the Middle East, While Helping the Israeli Occupation Government!  

3 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces Infiltrating Gaza Strip, PCHR Weekly Report  

Friday protests continue at Bil'in, Ni'lin, Ma'assara, Walaja homes raided  

Israeli Occupation Forces Detain Palestinian Presidential Guard at Huwwara Checkpoint  

Illegal Israeli settlers Torch Cars in Palestinian Village of Jinsafut  

Hamas leader: Israel seeks to expel indigenous people  

Gaza Islamic University Awards Turkish Premier, Erdogan, Honorary Doctorate  

Reuters Cameraman, Fadel Shana'a, Was Deliberately Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces, Says Mezan Center  

8,500 Palestinian Detainees Still Imprisoned Illegally By Israeli Occupation Government

April 15, 2010

4 German Soldiers Killed in Kunduz, 4 Civilian Family Members Killed by NATO Soldiers in Southern Afghanistan  

Taliban claim win after US leaves 'Valley of Death', Obama reaffirms 2011 Afghanistan withdrawal  

Ehud Barak Rejects Obama's Call on Israel to Sign  Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty  

Obama Outlines New US Space Exploration Plan for Mars Exploration  

Sarkozy Receives Peres in Paris, Glorifying Ben Gurion, Responsible for Evicting Palestinians from their Homeland  

Former Israeli Prime Minister, Olmert, Jerusalem Mayor Lupolianski, to Be Tried for Corruption, Bribery, Money Laundering  

Iceland volcanic ash grounds flights across northern Europe, widespread airline cancellations  

Icelandic authorities say volcanic eruption stabilizing  

China GDP Grows 11.9% in First Quarter of 2010

New adoption scandal blows up over Russian boy left in Caribbean

April 14, 2010

About 400 dead, 10,000 injured in 7.1-magnitude quake in China's Qinghai  

Obama Says the US Can't Impose Peace in the Middle East

Obama Says All Countries Should Sign NPT, Nuclear Security Summit Makes World More Secure  

Full text of Communiqué of Washington Nuclear Security Summit, April 13, 2010  

Full text of Work Plan of Washington Nuclear Security Summit  

Illegal Israeli Settlers Vandalize Mosque, Burn Cars in Huwwara, Tulkarem  

Jerusalem Mayor Wants More Palestinian Homes Demolished, Israeli Occupation Forces Demolish A House in Bethlehem

Israeli Occupation Forces Fire at Peaceful Protest in Gaza and Hebron  

Israeli Occupation Forces Invade Nablus, Bil'n, Kill a Palestinian in Gaza  

April 12, 2010

CAIR Asks GOP, N.C. Rep. Sue Myrick to Repudiate Quran Desecration  

Florida Anti-Muslim Hate Group, ACT, Threatens Muslims, FBI Asked to Restrain Alan Kornman and J. Mark Campbell

Muslim American News Briefs, April 11, 2010

Muslim American News Briefs, April 12, 2010

April 10, 2010

Empire Wars:

48 Pakistanis Killed by their Army Air Strike on Khyber,  North Western Region, April 10, 2010

4 US Servicemen Killed, Many Injured in Plane Shot Down, 9 Afghani Civilians Killed in Attacks, April 9-10, 2010  

2 US Soldiers, 4 Iraqi Policemen, Soldier, Sahwa Fighter Killed, April 9-10, 2010  

World:

Polish President, Lech Kaczynski, his Wife, 95 High Ranking Officials Killed in Plane Crash in Russia  

Obama, Medvedev Sign New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, START II, in Prague  

China's nuclear posture important for disarmament, non-proliferation, says Thomas Pickering  

Israeli Aggression:

Netanyahu Skips US Nuclear Summit Amid Calls to Rid Middle East of Israeli Nuclear Weapons  

Ki-Moon's Political Hypocrisy: Intent to Visit Shalit's Father While Ignoring Families of 8,000 Palestinian Prisoners, Says Dr. Askool  

Israeli Occupation Forces Injure Demonstrators in Nabi Salih, Detain 11 Anti-Wall Protesters in Bethlehem  

Two-thirds of Gaza without power due to the Israeli-led siege

Peace Activists Commemorate Dair Yassin Massacre of April 9th, 1948  

ECESG Slams Threats Against Activists Participating In Gaza Solidarity Ships

April 7, 2010

Permanent Empire Wars:

18 Pakistanis Killed in Attacks, Clashes Between Army and Taliban Fighters, April 7, 2010  

NATO Forces Kill Five Women and Children, 27 Men in Afghanistan, April 6-7, 2010  

49 Iraqis Killed, 160 Injured in Seven Baghdad Blasts, April 6, 2010  

Video shows Reuters journalists killed in Baghdad in 2007  

US-Russian Relations

Russia, United States set to sign new arms reduction treaty
 

Obama Sets US Nuclear Agenda by Introducing Nuclear Posture Review  

Washington Nuclear Summit Ignores Israeli Nuclear Arsenal, Targets Iran and North Korea  

Two contrasting views could present obstacles to upcoming global nuclear security summit  

World:

Kyrgyz Opposition Claims to Take Power, Form New Government, Scores Killed  

Medvedev Calls Kyrgyz Events Extreme Form of Public Protest, Putin Says Russia Not Involved  

Israeli Aggression:

Israeli Occupation Forces Invade Northern Gaza Strip, Destroy Farm Lands, Injure, Detain Palestinians in West Bank  

Illegal Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians in Northern West Bank, to Evict Two More Palestinian Families in Jerusalem  

Rajmohan Gandhi Barred by Israeli Government from Entering Gaza, Protests Mistreatment of Palestinians, Robbing their Land  

Palestinian Christian Leaders Resent Israeli Permits to Enter Jerusalem, Call for Permit Boycott  

After Insulting Biden and Obama, Arrogant Israelis turn to Erdogan  

Egypt Accelerates Building the Steel Wall Besieging Gaza Strip, Under US-French Supervision  

In Israel, There Are No Israelis, Only Jews, Arabs, and Others, Says the Racist, Apartheid, Zionist State !  


April 5, 2010

Permanent Empire Wars:

46 Pakistanis Killed in Taliban Attack on US Consulate in Peshawar, 41 Killed Suicide Car Bomb in Lower Dir, April 5, 2010  

10 Afghanis Killed by NATO Forces, Hamid Karzai Threatens to Join Taliban  

41 Iraqis Killed, Hundreds Injured in Explosions and Attacks Around the Country, April 4-5, 2010  

Israeli Aggression:

Erekat Says Mitchell Avoiding Region Over Israeli-US Tensions  

Illegal Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Rally in East Jerusalem, Rajmohan Gandhi Applauds Non-Violent Protest  

Illegal Israeli settlers pour boiling water on Palestinian worker in the West  Bank    

Erdogan Inaugurates El-Turkiye Arabic TV Channel, Confirms Ties With Arabs, Support for Palestine  

US:

U.S. space shuttle Discovery lifts off on mission to int'l space station  

Visiting US Congressman, Keith Ellison, Calls for Ending Israeli blockade of Gaza  

US-UK Muslim News

US Muslims in New York Back Jewish Candidate, Jonathan Tasini, in his Senate Bid, for his Stance on Gaza Siege and Illegal Israeli Settlements  

Protesters Disrupt Performance by the Jerusalem Quartet in London  

ADC & CAIR Welcome Revised TSA Policy on Airline Profiling  

CAIR Seeks Info on Militia Threats to US Muslim Groups: FBI reportedly raids militia after threats of violence against Islamic  organizations  

Muslim American News Briefs, April 3, 2010  

Muslim American News Briefs, April 4, 2010  

Muslim American News Briefs, April 5, 2010

April 3, 2010

Empire Permanent Wars:

24 Iraqi Members of Two Families Massacred by Gunmen Wearing Army Uniform, a Week After the Maliki Warning  

6 Pakistani Soldiers, 30 Taliban Fighters Killed in Clashes, in Orakzai, North Western Region, April 3, 2010  

4 NATO Soldiers, Including 3 Germans Killed in Afghanistan, April 3, 2010

Israeli Continuous Aggression:

Mossad Collaborators, Including Banker Munir S. Diba, Arrested in Lebanon  

3 Palestinian children wounded in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, an illegal Israeli  settler runs over and kills a 21-year-old Palestinian young woman north of Ramallah  

Illegal Israeli Settlers Attack 89-Year-Old Palestinian Woman, Rifqa Al-Kurd, and 50-Year-Old Daughter Nadia, in Jerusalem  

Israeli Occupation Forces Attack Demonstrators Protesting Against the Illegal Israeli Land-Grab, Apartheid Wall in Bil'in, Dair Istiya, Ni'lin, Al-Ma'assara  

Mossad Collaborators, Including Banker Munir S. Diba, Arrested in Lebanon  

Seeing no opposition from US, Arab leaders, Israeli occupation government proceeds to new provocations building another synagogue near Al-Aqsa Mosque  

April 1, 2010

Permanent Wars:

11 Taliban killed in Orakzai, 25 Taliban, six soldiers killed in Bara firefight  

14 People Killed in Two Suicide Bombing Targeting Police in Dagestan, Moscow Metro Suicide Bombers Identified as "Black Widows"  

Bicycle bomb kills 8 in southern Afghanistan, pro-Taliban website reports many NATO casualties  

Israeli Aggression:

Israeli Occupation Forces Shell Beit Lahiya, Detain Civilians in the West Bank  

Chaos at the Sham Israeli Military Trial of Palestinian Palm Sunday Detainees  

Settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh create new outpost  

Israeli planes drop fliers on Gaza warning of more attacks  

Israeli journalist, Anat Kam, under secret house arrest for releasing information about procedures of assassinating Palestinians  



 

 

 

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