Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty-Four

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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty-Four (Index)

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The Threat Matrix

The title refers to a daily report given to the president of the United States detailing the most serious terrorist threats against the country. To tackle those threats, the government has formed a top-notch task force to infiltrate the terror cells and cut off the danger.

"Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix."

We here at FR are trying to be in conjunction with the daily reports around the world that involve threats. We try to provide a storehouse of information that takes hours of research.

YOU be the judge and get informed!

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Some American Mosques Carry Extremist Tracts, Study Says
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WASHINGTON -- Mosques across the U.S. continue to carry books and pamphlets describing non-Muslims as "infidels" and promoting intolerance against Western society, according to a forthcoming study by Freedom House, a U.S. human-rights group.

Despite vows from American Islamic leaders after Sept. 11, 2001, to proselytize peacefully, New York based Freedom House researchers found 57 documents with incendiary material in more than a dozen mosques and Islamic centers in six states and Washington, D.C., visited over the past year.

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"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat."

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Threat Matrix "TM'er" Tips	Link to Thread Twenty-Three "Code Red Implications: Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word." From Tm'er and Freeper ~MamaDearest~	Cindy's Links of Interest
TM Code of Conduct		ExSoldier's Invaluable Tips
TM's 'Be on the Lookout'		Godzilla's Summaries
Threat Matrix Book List		Tracking the Chatter with TM

[Cindy]

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=29824&NewsKind=Business%20%26%20Economy

IranMania
www.iranmania.com

"Iran-Mexico MoU on oil, gas, petrochemicals"

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Saturday, February 19, 2005 - ©2005 IranMania.com

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ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LONDON,Feb 19 (IranMania) - Iran and Mexico have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote mutual cooperation in oil, gas and petrochemical sectors, it was reported on Friday.

Iran Embassy in Mexico reported that the MoU also concerned Iran-Mexico cooperation in the construction of structures and equipment in those sectors, IRNA reported.
 
The report added that the memorandum was signed by Iran`s Deputy Oil Minister for International Affairs Hadi Nejad-Hosseinian and Mexican Energy Minister Ferdinando Elizondo Barragan in Mexico.

Nejad-Hosseinian and Barragan in their talks discussed Iran-Mexico relations in all fields, and voiced mutual determination to diversify relations in different domains of the energy sector."

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http://www.iranian.ws/iran_news/publish/article_5784.shtml

Feb 18th, 2005 - 12:21:23

"Iran, Mexico sign MoU on oil, gas"
Feb 18, 2005, 12:18
(Persian Journal)

? ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Iran and Mexico have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote mutual cooperation in oil, gas and petrochemical sectors, it was reported here on Friday."

[Cindy]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42935

"Iran imprisons Christian pastor"
Convicted of not declaring conversion from Islam

Posted: February 18, 2005
4:29 p.m. Eastern




© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A U.S. human-rights group is protesting Iran's imprisonment of an Iranian pastor and former army colonel convicted of not declaring his conversion from Islam to Christianity before he was promoted to the rank of officer.

A Tehran military court sentenced Hamid Pourmand, 47, to three years in jail Thursday, the maximum penalty, according to a report from the U.S.-based Christian news service Compass Direct."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&tab=nn&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml%3Ftype%3DtopNews%26storyID%3D7673445

[Cindy]

US-CERT.GOV
http://www.us-cert.gov

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,148106,00.html

"E-Mail Scam Targets Families of Fallen GIs"


Friday, February 18, 2005

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are investigating two e-mail scams, including one targeting families of soldiers killed in Iraq, that claim to be connected to the Homeland Security Department (search).


The scams "are among the worst we have ever encountered," Michael J. Garcia, director of the department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (search) bureau, said Friday.


Both of the online pleas for help — and money — link themselves to the bureau."

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1346517/posts

"Musharraf-Jihadi Confrontation Within Army Reaching Boiling Point (Great Read)"
South Asia tribune ^ | 12/18/05 | Amir Mir


Posted on 02/18/2005 9:04:49 PM PST by Straight Vermonter


LAHORE, February 18

[FairOpinion]

'Terror Attack' Alert for Tsunami Aid Workers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1346601/posts

"Islamic extremists could be planning to attack foreign aid workers in Indonesia’s tsunami-ravaged Aceh province, Australia’s foreign minister warned today.

“New information (has been) received by the government concerning possible terrorist planning for attacks against foreigners involved in relief efforts in Aceh or other areas of northern Sumatra,” Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said in a statement in Canberra. "

[Labyrinthos]

You know how I feel. (Hee hee, chuckle chuckle.)

[crabbie]

Many thanks as always, and I share this one with you.

[ExSoldier]

I wish I could take the credit for that phrase, but it is from the late Robert A. Heinlein book called Time Enough for Love and was also excerpted in a book by the same author: The Notebooks of Lazarus Long. I like to give credit where credit is due. So if you want to put this at the start of each thread, good but give Heinlein the credit. He was one of my favorite authors.

[Selene]

High rise fire Dallas

http://www.dallasfirerescue.com/fadata/fdindex.html

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[TexKat]

Thanks Cindy for the heads up.

[wakingup]

Coroner Looks For Way To Shrink-Wrap Corpses

Wash. -- Officials in Washington state want to find a machine that can shrink-wrap something pretty big -- a human body. The Thurston County Coroner's Office is on the hunt for a machine that can wrap human remains in plastic in case of a natural disaster or terror attack.
Coroner Looks For Way To Shrink-Wrap Corpses



British say foods tainted by cancer-linked additive exported to Canada, U.S.

LONDON (CP) - Britain's Food Standards Agency triggered an international alert Friday involving hundreds of products contaminated with a dye linked to cancer that were shipped to Canada and the United States, as well as most of Europe and the Caribbean.
foods tainted by cancer-linked additive exported to Canada, U.S.



Saudi hands over suspects to Yemen

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia said Saturday it has given Yemen 19 suspected Yemeni terrorists as part of a security accord between the neighboring countries.
Saudi hands over suspects to Yemen

[MamaDearest]

"Selenium is found abundantly in many wholemeal breads and vegetables..."

Yep, with a simple dietary inclusion, we can bolster our immune systems and dillute the effect of viruses on our bodies.

[MamaDearest]

The terrorist threat to Americans in the Philippines remains high

Bringing back military presence to the Philippines

Filipino Armed Forces

This 2002 article discusses the R&R red zones of the Philippines from pre-1992 days

[MamaDearest]

Anti-Israel, Anti-America hatred in Lebanon

Arkansas votes against church-state proposal

Commemoration of death of Imam Hussein - WARNING EXTREMELY GRAPHIC

[MamaDearest]

Police seize $5 million from tractor-trailer

[Cindy]

Thank you Fair Opinion.

[Cindy]

Yep.

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/02/005098print.html

February 19, 2005


Seized Iraqi-Swede Christian Politician Appeals for Help


It seems as if there are elements in Iraq that don't want a party of Christians operating there. From Reuters, with thanks to Nicolei:

"I appeal to Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, His Holiness the Pope, world Christian parties and the Association of Iraqi Muslim Clerics ... to work towards freeing me," Minas al-Yusifi, said in a video aired on Thursday.

The leader of Iraq's Christian Democrats was snatched three weeks ago by the Martyr al-Isawy Brigades whose name was on a black banner behind him during the video released by fighters.


He returned to Iraq two years ago to re-establish the party after seeking asylum in Sweden 20 years ago.

Posted at February 19, 2005 07:46 AM