Threat Matrix: January 2008

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[Cindy]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3495323,00.html

“Qassam lands south of Ashkelon, no injuries”
Published: 01.17.08, 01:00 / Israel News

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3495315,00.html

“2 Qassam rockets land in western Negev; no injuries”
Published: 01.17.08, 00:05 / Israel News

[Cindy]

...and in Kansas:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1200475897779&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Jan 17, 2008 1:52
“Airport at Kansas town evacuated when inert grenade found in luggage”
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
HAYS, Kansas

[Cindy]

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/01/credit_cards_and_terrorists.php

“Credit Cards and Terrorists”
By Dennis Lormel

(January 16, 2008, 9:48 am)

[Cindy]

http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=11478

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blog:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/01/alqadi_ruling_threatens_eu_and.php

“Al-Qadi Ruling Threatens EU and Ultimately UN Terrorist Sanctions Process”
By Jonathan Winer

(January 16, 2008, 1:05 pm)

[Cindy]

RECAP AND UPDATE:

blog:

http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003941.html

January 14, 2008

“UK: Muslim Gang Culture: Coming Soon to a Town Near You? (1 of 3)”

(Note: “This article by Adrian Morgan (Giraldus Cambrensis of Western Resistance) appeared today in Family Security Matters and is reproduced with their permission.”

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blog:

http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003942.html

January 15, 2008

“UK: Muslim Gang Culture (Part 2 of 3)”

(Note: “This article by Adrian Morgan (Giraldus Cambrensis of Western Resistance) appeared today in Family Security Matters and is reproduced with their permission.”)

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blog:

http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003943.html

January 16, 2008

“UK: Muslim Gang Culture (Part 3 of 3)”

(Note: “This article by Adrian Morgan (Giraldus Cambrensis of Western Resistance) appeared today in Family Security Matters and is reproduced with their permission.”)

[Cindy]

Thanks to Ali Veritas for the ping to this thread.

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954912/posts

SUV driver rams into gate outside Davis-Monthan (D-M AFB)
Arizona Daily Star ^
Posted on 01/16/2008 5:07:50 PM PST by SandRat

The driver of a dark sport utility vehicle smashed into a gate outside Davis Monthan Air Force Base near South Swan Road Monday night, an official said.

The SUV sustained front-end damage and the driver fled after ramming into the fence about 8:30 p.m. outside the entrance to the base at South Swan Road, said Tech Sgt. James Fisher, a base spokesman.

The gate was damaged and will have to be replaced, but the SUV wasn’t able to smash through it, he said. “I don’t think it was their intention to enter” the base, Fisher said.

The Swan gate is open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. After that another fence is closed to create a buffer zone that keeps intruders from getting into the base, Fisher said. The motorist crashed into a gate in the outer fence, he said.

The Tucson Police Department is assisting base officials with the investigation.

[Cindy]

Thanks to RDTF for the ping to this thread.

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954917/posts

FBI Agents Raid Georgetown DMV Center (DC)
wjla ^ | Jan 16, 2008 | not specified
Posted on 01/16/2008 5:28:01 PM PST by RDTF

The Georgetown Park Mall’s Department of Motor Vehicles service center was closed Wednesday after FBI agents conducted a raid there.

D.C. Police officers along with FBI and ICE agents arrested a female employee for selling driver’s licenses.

The DMV’s own integrity officer said eight months ago, he was investigating for a law enforcement agency when he learned about the incident and alerted the authorities.

The D.C. inspector general’s office took over from there, alerting the FBI and other law enforcement authorities.

Agents also arrested four addition suspects. All five suspects will appear in U.S. District Court Thursday.

Three years ago, a similar incident took place at the same service center.

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(Excerpt) Read more at wjla.com ...

[Oorang]

Germany arrests man for smuggling nuclear material to Iran
Jan 16, 2008

BERLIN - A man with dual German-Iranian citizenship has been arrested in Berlin on suspicion of smuggling nuclear material to Iran, Germany's federal prosecutor said on Wednesday.

The 52-year-old businessman is believed to have tried to send a consignment to a company linked to Iran's disputed nuclear programme, the office of prosecutor Monika Harms said. The man's home and office in Berlin were raided by customs officials on Tuesday. According to the prosecuting authorities, he could face charges of smuggling prohibited material to a blacklisted company.

Excerpted

http://www.spacewar.com/2006/080116160813.un2hoec9.html

[Cindy]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/17/nterror217.xml

“IT ‘anorak’ who spread al-Qa’eda hate”
By John Steele, Crime Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:27am GMT 17/01/2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “His capture led to the arrest of several Islamic terrorists around the world, including 17 men in Canada and two in the US.

Associates linked to Tsouli in Britain have also been detained.”

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stepping back in time...

QUOTE - SNIPPET:

http://www.sofir.org/sarchives/005897.php

27 January 2007
SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT: USA VS. AHMED & SADEQUEE
Filed in open court, USDC Atlanta, 19 July 2006
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
V.
SYED HARIS AHMED
and
EHSANUL ISLAM SADEQUEE

CRIMINAL INDICTMENT (SUPERSEDING) NO. 1:06-CR-147-CC

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UPDATE:

blog:

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/01/15/the-forgotten-jihadists-in-georgia/

“The forgotten jihadists in Georgia”
By Michelle Malkin • January 15, 2008 10:08 AM

SNIPPET: “In April 2006, I noted the arrests of 21-year-old Georgia Tech student Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee on international terrorism charges.”

SNIPPET: “The casing videos, Richards said, were found on the computer of Younis Tsouli, an al-Qaeda-inspired computer expert in London now serving 10 years in prison.”

[Cindy]

Thank you Oorang.

I added it to WOT/Iran here:

http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?topic=1296.0

[Cindy]

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0858.pdf

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blog:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/01/new_gao_report_questions_effic.php

“New GAO Report Questions Efficacy of Sanctions Measures on Iran”
By Victor Comras

(December 17, 2008, 12:14 am)

[Cindy]

Date correction in post no. 712.

Corrected Date: January 17, 2008.

[Cindy]

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

http://www.EzraLevant.com

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http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080117/CULTURE/576105764/1015

“Putting tribunals on trial”
By Pete Vere
January 17, 2008
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Canada’s human rights commissions are a threat to freedom of speech in America, says Ezra Levant, the latest in a long string of conservative writers to be brought before Canada’s quasi-judicial panels for speech about Islam.”

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http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080117/CULTURE/576105764/1015&template=nextpage

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Mrs. Fournier was subject to a similar complaint this past summer when the Canadian Human Rights Commission opened an investigation into FreeDominion.com, a conservative Web forum that Mrs. Fournier moderates as the official Canadian sister-site to U.S.-based FreeRepublic. The complaint was withdrawn after gaining the attention of U.S. media outlets, including The Washington Times.

“Americans need to pay attention before implementing similar hate-speech laws,” Mrs. Fournier states. “It’s very dangerous what’s going on here. Nobody is going to want to say anything on a Web site because the chances of someone coming along and being offended is just too great. Nobody is going to want to bear the risk because the chances of being financially ruined are just too great.””

[Cindy]

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

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Recap and Updated:

http://internet-haganah.com/harchives/006281.html

13 January 2008
“AL-QA`IDA OF YEMEN RELEASES THEIR FIRST MAGAZINE ISSUE”

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blog:

http://memriiwmp.org/content/en/blog_personal.htm?id=344

“Al-Qaeda in Yemen Launches New E-Journal – Sada Al-Malahim”
Posted at January 16, 2008

[Cindy]

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_936.html

Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520

This information is current as of today, Thu Jan 17 2008 00:58:26 GMT-0800 (PST).

YEMEN

September 24, 2007

[Cindy]

blog:

http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/4611.htm
(”Source: IRNA, Iran, January 15, 2008”

“Iran Atomic Energy Organization Official: Russia Will Soon Complete Shipment Of Nuclear Fuel To Bushehr”
Posted at: 2008-01-15

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blog:

http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/4610.htm
(”Source: Jomhouri-e Eslami, Iran, January 15, 2008”)

“Iranian Paper: UAE Leaders Will Pay Price For Bush Visit”
Posted at: 2008-01-15

[Cindy]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080117/FOREIGN/101404669/1003

“Nazi hunters run against time”
By David Crossland
January 17, 2008

Berlin

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16495&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080117-01
January 17, 2008

Suspected al-Qaeda counterfeiter arrested (Baghdad)

4th IBCT PAO, 1st Inf. Div.

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD – Tips led Multi-National Division - Baghdad Soldiers to an alleged al-Qaeda in Iraq extremist in southeastern Rashid Jan. 14.

Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, from Vilseck, Germany, attached to Task Force Dragon, arrested a man sources claimed was an al-Qaeda counterfeit identification maker during a raid in the Hadar neighborhood.

The suspected counterfeiter was taken to a Coalition Forces’ detention facility for further questioning.

Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers are conducting offensive operations in support of Operation Phantom Phoenix to kill or capture al-Qaeda and other extremists in order to deny them rest and sanctuary in the city of Baghdad and the surrounding rural areas.

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[Cindy]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3495363,00.html

“Qassam salvo hits Sderot; 3 people injured”

SNIPPET: “(Video) Western Negev sees 17 rockets during early morning hours; three people sustained mild injuries in the attack, five others suffer from shock. Hamas claims responsibility”

Shmulik Hadad
Latest Update: 01.17.08, 12:02 / Israel News

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “VIDEO - Seventeen Qassams were fired by Palestinians in Gaza Thursday morning toward the western Negev city of Sderot. Three people sustained mild injuries in the attack and a number of others suffered from shock.

Hamas’ Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.”