Threat Matrix: November 2007

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[nwctwx]

U.S. to Offer Turkey Help on PKK

The U.S. is to offer Turkey a package of measures to dissuade Ankara from mounting a large-scale military incursion into Iraq to attack PKK Kurdish guerrillas, who have killed scores of Turkish soldiers in recent weeks.

Ahead of a meeting in Washington on Monday between President George W. Bush and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, U.S. officials said Ankara would have to get concrete American help to combat the PKK, which has bases in northern Iraq from where it frequently launches attacks into Turkey.

“Erdogan has to go back with the belief that for whatever reason, the U.S. is serious” about tackling Turkey’s concerns regarding the PKK, said Matthew Bryza, deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. state department responsible for Turkey policy. Full story...

	Turkey Imposes Sanctions on Iraqi Kurdistan in Bid to Halt PKK
	Ambassador Ryan Crocker to Turkey: Stay Out of Iraq
	Deaths in Baghdad Hit Yearly Low

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[nwctwx]

Al-Qaida on the Run in Iraq

REUTERS/Jaafer Kut

The ability of al-Qaida to spread propaganda, recruit and gain financing for operations has been greatly diminished in Iraq, according to a U.S. commander.

Navy Rear Adm. Gregory J. Smith says al-Qaida is not defeated, but the militant group is on the run, the American Forces Press Service reported.

“We’ve taken out a significant part of their leadership," Smith said in a statement. "We’ve gone after their foreign fighter facilitation network. We’ve gone after their financial networks. And we also have gone after very heavily their propaganda network.” Full story...

Militants Gaining Ground in Pakistan | Abizaid: 50-year Mideast Mission

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"No matter where you live in the world, this is a message that bears repeating: Your assistance is needed to prevent terrorist acts." From TM'er and Freeper ~appalachian_dweller~
Submit Information Online: FBI Tips & Public Leads
CDC ::::: CIA ::::: DHS ::::: DOJ ::::: DOD ::::: FBI ::::: NSA
Government Web Sites			Homeland Security Weekly		Nuclear Threat Initiative
	Most Wanted Terrorists		Terror-Alert.com		NCI: Nuclear Terrorism
	FBI: Seeking Information		Global Crisis Watch		IR and Security Network
	Are you Ready?: Ready.Gov		SOFIR		World Policy Institute
	CDC: Preparedness/Response		Little Green Footballs	Threat Matrix Related
	Defense Dept. War on Terror		Terror Base UK		Terrorism Knowledge Base
	U.S. Immigration & Customs		The Blotter		Terror Information Bank
	DOJ: Combating Terrorism		Middle East Live Daily Thread		South Asia Terrorism Portal
	US-Cert: Current Activity	Think Tanks			Terrorist Scorecard
News & Information			The Terrorism Research Center		Iraq Pipeline Watch
	IPN - Fire & Police Paging		The Jamestown Foundation		National Security Archive
	MEMRI | MEMRI TV		The Brookings Institution		Islamic Dictionary
	The Counterterrorism Blog		Council on Foreign Relations		IACSP Terrorism/Antiterrorism
	Jihad Watch		SITE Institute	Maps
	GlobalTerrorAlert.com		CSIS		Terrorist Network in U.S. Map
	LauraMansfield.com		RAND Corporation		Recent Disasters: Worldwide
	Internet Haganah		International Crisis Group		Nuclear Weapon Effects Calc.
	Topix.net: Terrorism News		The Heritage Foundation		Nuclear Terrorism: Blast Maps
	Faith Freedom International		Foreign Policy Institute		FEMA Nuclear Fallout Map
	TrackingTerrorism.com		Center for Defense Information		U.S. Nuclear Targets Map
	DEBKAfile		The Cato Institute		Global Incident Map
	TerroristWarning.com		Hudson Institute	Pay Sites
	HomelandSecurityUS.net		Homeland Security Institute		Strategic Forecasting
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Threat Matrix: Recommended Reading

November 2007

Winning the Right War
Philip H. Gordon

Being prepared is a good thing, no matter where one lives; no matter what alert level we are on.
From TM'er and Freeper ~Cindy~

Intelligence is the best weapon against terrorism.
National Commission on Terrorism: 1999

Ian Livingston

[nwctwx]

Ping to new TM — 4 years after TM #1.

[STARWISE]

Thanks for all your great work, Ian.

BTW, do you happen to know if Freeport, GBI
was badly affected by Noel?

[null and void]

Time flys!

[nwctwx]

Don’t know much, sorry... only half paying attention to Noel. ;)

[nw_arizona_granny]

4 years and a lot of work by you and Cindy.

Thanks to both of you.

[STARWISE]

No problem .. ;)

[SlowBoat407]

Thank you Ian, and welcome back, Cindy!

[Cindy]

Thank you nw_arizona_granny.

[Cindy]

THANK YOU nw for the ping to the new thread.

I hope you’re settled in to your new place.

[Cindy]

Thanks SlowBoat407 and it’s good to be back.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=gwot
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=Captured

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http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=Wanted_Terrorist
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net

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

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

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: Before, During and After
http://www.truthusa.com/911news.html
http://www.truthusa.com/911news2.html
http://www.truthusa.com/911news3.html
http://www.truthusa.com/911.html

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http://www.internet-haganah.com
http://www.sofir.org
http://sfir-arabicsource.blogspot.com/

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http://www.jihadwatch.org

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

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http://truthusa.com/a/index.php

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http://www.truthusa.com/quicknews.html

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http://www.persecution.org
http://www.memri.org/antisemitism.html

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=jihad%20%2B%20media&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0&search=Search&v=&uploaded=

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www.youtube.com/user/jihadmedia

[Cindy]

Thanks to a special emailer for pointing to this article.

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/whqr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1176117&sectionID=1

“SC Mom Hunts Terrorists Online”
Peter Biello

WILMINGTON, NC (2007-11-01)

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Mansfield even receives fan mail from people thanking her. But online threats from Al Qaeda have her concerned about her family. She uses the pseudonym Laura Mansfield and says the overseas intimidation is partly why she’s moving from South Carolina.

It’s not the ones that post the threats that worry me. It’s the ones that don’t, she says.”

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This story first aired on Day to Day on Monday, October 22. Click here to listen to the original broadcast.
© Copyright 2007, WHQR

[Velveeta]

4 years.

Truly an amazing collection of work and knowledge gained over the years.

Thank you all!!!!

[Velveeta]

U.S. Team Arrives In Pyongyang To Start North Korea’s Nuclear Shutdown
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7009027061

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919896/posts

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/01/saudiarabia.terrorism/index.html

“Ex-Saudi ambassador: Kingdom could have helped U.S. prevent 9/11”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CNN) — Saudi Arabia could have helped the United States prevent al Qaeda’s 2001 attacks on New York and Washington if American officials had consulted Saudi authorities in a “credible” way, the kingdom’s former ambassador said in a documentary aired Thursday.

The comments by Prince Bandar bin Sultan are similar to the remarks this week by Saudi King Abdullah that suggested Britain could have prevented the July 2005 train bombings in London if it had heeded warnings from Riyadh.

Speaking to the Arabic satellite network Al-Arabiya on Thursday, Bandar — now Abdullah’s national security adviser — said Saudi intelligence was “actively following” most of the September 11, 2001, plotters “with precision.”

“If U.S. security authorities had engaged their Saudi counterparts in a serious and credible manner, in my opinion, we would have avoided what happened,” he said.”

[Velveeta]

School Buses as Terrorism Targets: Legitimate Concern?

Terrorism probably wasn’t high on your list of worries when you put your kids on the school bus this morning.

But there are some who are concerned.

They think terrorists are plotting and planning to target schools and school buses.

WBTV’s Jamie Boll is says some are going to say this sounds very alarmist.

And my first reaction to this topic was “come on...”

But then you learn things like, the FBI warning police, members of extremist groups have signed up as school bus drivers.

http://www.wbtv.com/news/topstories/10954466.html

[FlashBack]

You are to be commended...great job!!!!!!


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[Cindy]

THANKS Velveeta for posting this.

More than “some” should be concerned.