Threat Matrix: June 2007

Thank you callmejoe.

Adding links here too for archival purposes:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=26055_Car_Bomb_Plot_in_London_-_Update-_Threat_Message_Posted_on_Jihad_Forum&only

Friday, June 29, 2007
“Car Bomb Plot in London - Update: Threat Message Posted on Jihad Forum”

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/29/terror/main2997517.shtml

“Was London Bomb Plot Heralded On Web?
Internet Forum Comment From Night Before: “London Shall Be Bombed””

LONDON, June 29, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Hours before London explosives technicians dismantled a large car bomb in the heart of the British capital’s tourist-rich theater district, a message appeared on one of the most widely used jihadist Internet forums, saying: “Today I say: Rejoice, by Allah, London shall be bombed.”

CBS News found the posting, which went on for nearly 300 words, on the “al Hesbah” chat room. It was left by a person who goes by the name abu Osama al-Hazeen, who appears regularly on the forum.

Al Hesbah is frequently used by international Sunni militant groups, including al Qaeda and the Taliban, to post propaganda videos and messages in their fight against the West. “

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http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/27apr07/27apr07-salafy_forums.html

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www.alhesbah.org
al-hesbah.org/v/

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http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/001262.html

June 29, 2007
“How long before our luck runs out?”

So much for the hypothesis that this was due to Irish extremists...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=internet

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=germany

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/006128.html

29 June 2007
Germany indicts Iraqi for spreading al-Qaeda propaganda online
DPA - Jun 28, 2007 - Karlsruhe, Germany

An Iraqi alleged to have published al- Qaeda propaganda online, including video messages from terrorist kingpin Osama bin Laden, has been indicted in Germany, prosecutors said Thursday.

Ibrahim R was arrested last October at his home in the German town of Georgsmarienhuette, where his wife voiced astonishment to reporters at what he was alleged to have done while on the internet in an upstairs room.

Police patrolling the internet monitored him 28 times in the space of a year as he played back terrorist videos live in chat rooms, offered hyperlinks to the web sources for such propaganda, or quoted speeches by terrorist leaders, according to the prosecutors.

The material quoted bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and the late Iraqi terrorist boss Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi.

At his trial in the northern city of Celle, R will be accused of appealing to people to join on support al-Qaeda, a charge with a maximum sentence of five years in jail.

As detailed Thursday, the indictment does not accuse him of making any of the videos himself, but only of spreading them in an open live forum on the internet. Nor is he alleged to have personally met with Qaeda operatives.

The indictment says the messages incited to hatred of Coalition forces in Iraq, Jews and Shiite Muslims and called on chat-room participants to join the ‘jihad’ and commit suicide bombings. He is to remain in custody till trial. No date has been set.

www.alrafidayn.com/Crim.wmv

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http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/2007/06/time-for-british-forces-to-distance.html

surely.

http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,274814,00.html

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/28/threat.info/

http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2006/09/29/al_qaeda_in_iraq_beckons_nuclear_scientists/

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-tenetnuke28apr28,1,7017349.story?coll=la-news-a_section

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2007-05-21T174319Z_01_BLA148747_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAN-USA.xml

June 28, 2007

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://sacramento.fbi.gov/pressrel/2007/sc062807.htm

FBI SAFE STREETS GANG TASK FORCES ARREST 22 NUESTRA FAMILIA/NUESTRA RAZA/NORTHERN
STRUCTURE/NORTENO GANG MEMBERS IN “OPERATION VALLEY STAR”

Stockton, Calif.: McGregor W. Scott, United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, Drew S. Parenti, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Chief Wayne Hose, Stockton Police Department, and Sheriff Steve Moore, San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, announce the arrests on June 27, 2007, of 22 known Nuestra Familia/Nuestra Raza/Northern Structure/Norteno gang members and associates as a result of a nearly two year investigation by the Stockton Violent Crimes Task Force (SVCTF), a FBI-led Safe Streets Task Force which consists of agents from the FBI and officers from the Stockton Police Department and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, with assistance from the San Joaquin County Metro Narcotics Task Force comprised of officers from the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement and the Manteca Police Department. Other agencies assisting include the Merced County Sheriff’s Office, Los Banos Police Department, the Central Valley Gang Impact Task Force, and the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.

Federal arrest warrants within the Eastern District of California were executed in Stockton, Hanford, Merced, Los Banos, Orangevale, Dos Palos and Manteca. Additional investigation and arrests of Nuestra Familia/Nuestra Raza/Northern Structure/Norteno gang members and associates were made in San Francisco, Castroville, Salinas, Greenfield, Petaluma, and Fremont by the North Central Coast Gang Task Force with assistance from the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, Salinas Police Department, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, Watsonville Police Department, San Francisco Police Department, Fremont Police Department Petaluma Police Department, Capitola Police Department and Marina Police Department. One individual was arrested by the Los Angeles Division of the FBI in Moreno Valley. Federal search warrants were executed in eight locations within the Eastern District of California, nine within the Northern District of California and one within the Central District of California.

The investigation focused on the Mario Diaz drug trafficking organization whose members are presently involved in the distribution of large amounts of illegal narcotics, including methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy, throughout the Eastern and Northern Districts of California with supply lines from Mexico and distribution channels reaching to eastern cities, to include Warren, Ohio, and Atlanta, Georgia. The Diaz organization operates under the umbrella of Nuestra Familia, a violent Hispanic prison gang based within the California prison system whose members exert control over street-level Norteno gang members engaged in drug trafficking and violent crime. Diaz and Manuel Gauna were arrested in Stockton on 5/26/07 in possession of approximately 11.5 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and have since been formally charged in a federal indictment.

The individuals arrested based on federal criminal complaints and indictments were charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy.

In partnership with local, State and Federal law enforcement agencies, the FBI maintains 134 Safe Streets task forces to address the violent gang problem throughout the United States by aggressively investigating, disrupting and dismantling violent street gangs, criminal motorcycle gangs, and prison gangs.

The defendants will make their initial appearance today at the United States federal courthouse in Fresno and Sacramento.

http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june07/iraq062907.htm

“THE FBI IN IRAQ
The Work of Our Legal Attaché”

06/29/07

http://www.memritv.org
http://www.memri.org/jihad.html

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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP164107

Special Dispatch Series - No. 1641
June 29, 2007 No.1641

“Islamist Websites Monitor No. 114-117”

CNN announcing that similar device has been found in a 2nd car (hyde park car).

Laura Mansfield on CNN now

Two Bombs Were Set To Blow In London
Updated: 21:06, Friday June 29, 2007

Police have confirmed that not one, but two massive car bombs were set to explode in the heart of London's West End.

The first, in Haymarket, was packed with petrol, gas cannisters and nails, and was defused after police were alerted by an ambulance crew called to an incident at a nearby nightclub.

The second was in a car that was illegally parked nearby and towed to the Park Lane car pound.

Staff there alerted police because "it smelled of gas."

That device has also been made safe and been taken away for examination.

In a news conference Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke said the second car, a blue hybrid Mercedes, was parked a few hundred yards from the first in Cockspur Street which runs between Haymarket and Trafalgar Square.

It was issued with a parking ticket at around 2:30am before being towed to the Park Lane car pound where staff alerted police.

DAC Clarke said: "The vehicle was found to contain very similar materials to the first vehicle.

"Ther was a considerable amount of fuel, gas cannisters and a quantity of nails.

"This device, like the first was viable and was made safe by officers.

"The discovery of a second bomb is obviously troubling and reinforces the need for the public to remain vigilant."

He also asked anyone who may have seen the blue Mercedes parked in Cockspur Street to come forward.

Sky News sources say one of the first police officers on the scene of the Haymarket car bomb may have saved dozens of lives by defusing the explosives before the bomb squad arrived.

It is believed the quick-thinking cop recognised that the car was wired to blow up, jumped in and disconnected the trigger device, thought to be a mobile phone.

The device, which contained 60 litres of petrol, a large amount of nails and several gas canisters, was found in the Mercedes early this morning.

Police had received reports of a suspicious vehicle close to the Tiger Tiger nightclub in Piccadilly shortly before 2am.

An ambulance crew, who treated a person in the club in an unrelated incident, reported that there was smoke inside the car.

The second device is believed to have been found by police in a blue hybrid Mercedes that was illegally parked in the West End and was towed away to the Park Lane car pound in the early hours of the morning.

Forensic officers and bomb disposal teams spent several hours examining the car.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the UK is "currently facing the most serious and sustained threat" and authorities are doing everything they can to protect the public.

Police believe they have foiled a major terror attack and said if the Haymarket bomb had gone off it could have caused "significant injury or loss of life".

The timing coincided with hundreds of revellers leaving nightspots, but police said there was no intelligence to suggest such an attack.

The area was cordoned off by officers who examined the metallic green car, outside an American Express foreign exchange, and then discovered the device.

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Peter Clarke, head of Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism command, paid tribute to those who manually defused it, saying they had not only saved lives but gave forensic officers the opportunity to gather a substantial amount of material.

He said it was too early to speculate about who was involved, and called on the public to remain vigilant.

Officers have appealed for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious in the Haymarket area last night and early this morning. The number is 0800 789 321.

Extra police patrols are taking place across London following the incident.

Whitehall sources said that the police and security services are looking at possible international links - including similarities to car bombs used by insurgents in Iraq.

Mr Brown said the incident reminds us that Britain faces "a serious and continuous threat" and the public "need to be alert" at all times.

The Haymarket is in the heart of London's theatreland, which is packed with thousands of people through most of the day and night.

Police have begun an investigation and the suspect vehicle was removed from the scene for detailed forensic examinations.

Detectives will be looking at CCTV footage from the area surrounding the Haymarket and interviewing witnesses, including staff from the nightclub.

Congestion charge cameras, which recognise number plates and run 24 hours a day, will be able to track the route of the vehicle into the capital.

Former head of the Flying Squad John O'Connor said the attacker had most probably "bottled it" and was likely to be a homegrown terrorist.

There has been major traffic disruption to the area, with several roads shut, along with Piccadilly Circus Tube station.

The Home Secretary chaired an emergency Cobra meeting about the terror scare and then briefed the Cabinet.

Enhanced security measures have been put in place at the Houses of Westminster in the wake of the incident.

The discovery of the car bomb comes just under two years since suicide attacks killed 52 people in the capital.

Another 784 were injured when four bombs exploded on London's transport network on July 7, 2005.

Saw the report about the first car bomb @ ~ 5:30am this morning. Does not surprise me that a second was found. Surprised there were not/are not more.

With the 4th coming up, we’d best be on our toes.

Stay safe folks.

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Earlier Friday, London police defused an explosive car loaded with gas cylinders, nails and a detonator after an ambulance crew reported seeing smoke coming from the vehicle

Looks like a key component failed. That failure may be why they didn't try to set the second one (designed to hit emergency responders) off.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858162/posts?page=357#357

http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/06/terror-plot-inv.html

“Terror Plot Involves Islamic Extremists; Police Have ‘Crystal Clear’ Picture of Suspect”

June 29, 2007 2:56 PM
Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report:

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “British police have a “crystal clear” picture of the man who drove the bomb-rigged silver Mercedes outside a London nightclub, and officials tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com he bears “a close resemblance” to a man arrested by police in connection with another bomb plot but released for lack of evidence.

Officials say the suspect had been taken into custody in connection with the case of al Qaeda operative Dhiren Barot (pictured), who was convicted of orchestrating a vehicle bomb plot involving targets in London, New York, Newark, N.J. and Washington, D.C.”

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http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/001263.html

June 29, 2007
“Why we support the practice of preventive detention”

357 posted on 06/29/2007 4:26:45 PM PDT by Cindy

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/06/london_car_bomb_found_second_c.php

“London Car Bomb Found; Second Car Bomb and Suspect Identified (updated)”
By Jeffrey Imm
(June 29, 2007, 5:00 pm)

Note: Video Included.

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/29/new-jihad-watch-the-rushdie-affair/
“New Jihad Watch: The Rushdie Affair”

“Robert Spencer examines the latest campaign to murder British novelist Salman Rushdie.”

posted at 8:17 am on June 29, 2007 by Bryan

You have been a busy lady. I hope you were able to get a bit of sleep this afternoon.

Thanks RR...I did get some sleep and ready to close...bad storm tonight so it’s housecleaning, internet and movies at home tonight.

TGIF, huh?

Smiling at you.