Threat Matrix: March 2008

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[nwctwx]

Petraeus: Al Qaida Trying to 'Come Back In'

U.S. military officials said there will be no significant reduction in coalition troops in the Baghdad area as part of an effort to stop the Al Qaida offensive in northern Iraq.

They said Al Qaida was trying to reenter Baghdad and reverse its losses in 2007.

"Al Qaida is trying to come back in," U.S. military commander Gen. David Petraeus said. "We can feel it and see it, and what we're trying to do is rip out any roots before they can get deeply into the ground." Read More

	Militants Assert Themselves in Pakistan
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	‘You Have to Rethink War’

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[nwctwx]

Europe is Facing a Triple Threat

(REUTERS/Matt Dunham)

At a recent security conference in Munich, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told European nations that they were under direct threat from Islamist extremists and that this phenomenon would not go away. Gates tied European security to NATO success in Afghanistan.

In fact, Western intelligence services have recently established operational links between al-Qaida in Afghanistan and al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) whose goals include striking at the heart of Europe. Read More

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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

March 2008

Architect of Global Jihad
Brynjar Lia

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 march... sorry a little late. as mentioned in old thread, had some computer difficulties and was unable to find time at work to put the new one up!

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Thanks for the ping.

[PGalt]

Thanks for the ping Ian, and thanks to all of the outstanding posters on the TM threads.

[Cindy]

Thank you nw and I the thread header is excellent.

[Cindy]

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[Cindy]

"It is a fact: our enemies hate us." -Cindy

"Death to America" (On The Internet)

"Death to America" (On The Blogs)

"Death to America" (In Pictures)

"Death to America" (In Videos)

[Cindy]

RECAP Small Sampler:

REWARDS FOR JUSTICE.net: "WANTED TERRORISTS" (View Posters. Read More...)

FBI.gov: "MOST WANTED TERRORISTS" (View Posters. Read More...)

FBI.gov - War On Terrorism: "SEEKING INFORMATION" (View Posters. Read More...)

ICE.gov - Public Information: "MOST WANTED" (View Posters. Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NBC NEWS): "JIHADISTS COULD HIT TRAINS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "However, the authors of the intelligence analysis make clear that there are no known, immediate dangers. "At this time, there is no credible intelligence regarding specific plans by any extremist groups or individuals to perpetrate an act of terrorism against the U.S. mass transit system," they write.") (March 5, 2008) (Read More...)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org: ("Source: Al-Watan, Kuwait, February 25, 2008"): "REPORT: HIZBULLAH PLANNING ATTACK ON ISRAEL IN MARCH" (February 25, 2008) (Read More...)

Link (Read More...)

YNET NEWS.com - Israel News: "ISRAEL ISSUES HIJACK ALERT TO ALL AIRLINES" (February 22, 2008) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "HIZBALLAH CHIEF: 'THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ISRAEL IS INEVITABLE, IT IS DIVINE LAW'" (February 22, 2008) (Read More...)

ALARABIYA.net: Beirut - "NASRALLAH SAYS 'DISAPPEARANCE OF ISRAEL INEVITABLE' Hezbollah slams Israel vows to avenge Mughniah" (February 22, 2008) (Read More...)

YNET NEWS.com: "IRAN: CANCEROUS ISRAEL TO BE DESTROYED BY RADIATION" (Published February 18, 2008, 12:43) (Read More...)

YNET NEWS.com - Israel Nerws: "ISRAEL WILL VANISH SOON, SAYS IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS COMMANDER" (Published February 18, 2008, 12:18) (Read More...)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: www.elaph.com, February 22, 2008"): "THREAT OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN GULF STATES IN PROTEST AGAINST MUGHNIYA ASSASSINATION" (February 22, 2008) (Read More...()

JIHAD WATCH.org (LOS ANGELES TIMES): Washington - "FBI WARNS OF POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH REVENGE IN U.S." (February 17, 2008) (Read More...)
MEMRI IWMP.org - blog: "COMMANDER OF FATH AL-ISLAM IN PALESTINE: PALESTINIANS' WAR WITH THE JEWS IS PART OF GLOBAL JIHAD" (Posted February 14, 2008) (Read More...)

FOX NEWS.com: "DHS, FBI WARN OF POSSIBILITY OF FEMALE HOMICIDE BOMBERS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The growing use by terrorist groups of women -- some disguised as expectant moms -- to deliver deadly homicide bombs has prompted the Department of Homeland Security and FBI to issue a rare warning that such attacks could take place on American soil.") (February 12, 2008) (Read More...)

MEMRI IWMP.org: "AL-HESBAH FORUM SUBSCRIBER POSTS DEATH THREATS AGAINST DUTCH MP GEERT WILDERS" (Posted February 11, 2008) (Read More...)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Munich, Germany - "GATES CONNECTS NATION AFGHANISTAN EFFORT WITH TERROR THREAT IN EUROPE" by Jim Garamone (February 10, 2008) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "PAKISTANI JIHADISTS FUELING JIHAD IN EUROPE" (February 10, 2008) (Read More...)

GLOBAL POLITICIAN.com: "ISLAMIZATION OF EUROPE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION" -Fjordman (February 10, 2008) (Read More...)

THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Turkish Islamist website Takva.com"): "TURKISH ISLAMIST WEBSITE: EACH MUSLIM MUST KILL AN INFIDEL FOR ALLAH'S GRACE" (February 8, 2008) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "'GERMANY IS AT THE CENTRE OF AL-QAEDA'S ATTENTION AND IN THEIR LINE OF FIRE': INTERIOR MINISTRY" (February 9, 2008) (Read More...)

WASHINGTON POST.com (REUTERS): Berlin - "AL QAEDA PLANS ATTACKS ON GERMANY: REPORT" (February 8, 2008) (Read More...)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "AL QAEDA SEEN PLANNING ATTACK ON U.S." by Sara A. Carter (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The officials added that al Qaeda is recruiting Westerners to terror camps in Pakistan.") (February 6, 2008) (Read More...)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "AL QAEDA RECRUITS CHILDREN, WOMEN FOR TERROR MISSIONS" by Fred W. Baker III (February 6, 2008) (Read More...)

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THE MEMRI BLOG.org: "ARTICLE IN JIHADIST E-JOURNAL: ATTACK U.S. INTERESTS WORLDWIDE TO BREAK GAZA SIEGE" (Posted on February 4, 2008) (Read More...)

MEMRI IWMP.org: "ARTICLE IN JIHADIST E-JOURNAL: ATTACK U.S. INTERESTS WORLDWIDE TO BREAK GAZA SIEGE" (Posted February 4, 2008) (Read More...)

ADNKRONOS.com (AKI): Kabul - "TERRORISM: AL-QAEDA 'EYEING NUCLEAR WEAPONS'" (February 4, 2008) (Read More...)

ABU KHABAB TRAINING RECRUITS FOR WMD ATTACKS" (February 4, 2008, 11:51 am) (Read More...)

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Google - search term: "ABU KHABBAB" (Read More...)

[Cindy]

http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/testimony/testimony_1204746985090.shtm

“Testimony of Secretary Michael Chertoff before the House Committee on the Judiciary
Release Date: March 5, 2008
Rayburn House Office Building
(Remarks as Prepared)”

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http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080305/EDITORIAL01/171921370/1013/EDITORIAL";
WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Editorial: “BORDERING ON INANITY” by Tony Blankley
(March 5, 2008)

[angcat]

Thank you!

[Cindy]

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“March Madness: Homeland Security Issues Warning on Sports Arenas
FBI and DHS Issue Warning Just in Time for March Madness”

By RICHARD ESPOSITO
March 4, 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “As the spring sports season moves into high gear, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI today issued an assessment, called “Potential Threats to Popular Sports and Entertainment Venues,” that said arenas and stadiums are attractive “potential targets during events.”

The assessment repeatedly noted that the FBI and DHS have no “information on any credible or specific current terrorism plots to attack stadiums or arenas in the United States.””

[Cindy]

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“Terror accused told to kill 1,000 in Australia - ‘FOOTBALL JIHAD’”
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hRzIXHiPMUG6GG-_W6tzEHhDu7Qw ^ | 02-13-08
Posted on 02/15/2008 8:15:09 AM PST by Righting

[Cindy]

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Russian bomber again intercepted near U.S. Navy ship
Reuters ^ | Mar 5, 2008
Posted on 03/05/2008 5:30:17 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian bomber aircraft approached a U.S. aircraft carrier off the Korean coast on Wednesday and was intercepted by American fighter jets — the second such incident in less than a month, U.S. defense officials said.

According to the U.S. officials, a Russian bomber came within three to five nautical miles and flew 2,000 feet (610 meters) above the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and its accompanying ships.

Two U.S. F/A-18 fighters were launched to intercept the Russian aircraft and escort it out of the area, according to one defense official.

Russian bombers over the past year have increased their flights near U.S. territory and U.S. naval assets, demonstrating their long-range strike capability.

In February, two Russian bombers approached the Nimitz near Japan and one flew over the carrier, escorted by a U.S. fighter jet. That was the first Russian overflight of a U.S. carrier since 2004.

Those operations come as Russian officials say they will revive some of the military power and reach allowed to collapse with the Soviet Union.

U.S. defense officials on Wednesday said they did not consider the Russian bomber flight a threat or concern.

[Cindy]

from K-oneTexas:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1981104/posts

“Current news on terrorism”
Various | various
Posted on 03/05/2008 6:52:34 PM PST by K-oneTexas

[Cindy]

http://www.dhs.gov/xinfoshare/programs/Copy_of_press_release_0046.shtm

“Homeland Security Advisory System”

“Current Threat Level”
SNIPPET: “March 5, 2008 — The United States government’s national threat level is Elevated, or Yellow.
The U.S. threat level is High, or Orange, for all domestic and international flights.”

[Oorang]

Thanks NW. I hope your computer is doing better.

[Oorang]

Salah Al-Din Brigades Spokesman on Al-Jazeera Calls on Muslims to Bomb, Burn Down Danish Embassies and Kidnap Danish Ambassadors to Slaughter Them at Muhammad's Tomb
March 6, 2008

"Following are excerpts from a press conference held by Abu 'Abir, spokesman for the Salah Al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committee, in Gaza. The press conference aired on Al-Jazeera TV on February 18, 2008. "

Excerpted

http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD186208

Muslim Woman Arrested for Terrorist Threat against University of Illinois
March 5, 2008

A 24-year-old Wheaton, Illinois resident was arrested for making e-mail threats against the University of Illinois-Chicago campus. Mahtab Shirani was nabbed Tuesday, February 26th, by members of the Chicago FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), according to John W. Richardson, Chief of the University Police Department.

Excerpted

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/terrorism.php?id=1386826