Threat Matrix: October 2006

[nwctwx]

Karzai Says bin Laden Not in Afghanistan
-Full Story-

President Hamid Karzai has insisted that Osama bin Laden is not in his country, in the latest installment in a row with the leader of Pakistan who says the Al-Qaeda chief is in Afghanistan.

Other militant leaders including Islamist warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar were also not in the country, Karzai told reporters in a briefing about his visit to the United States that was overshadowed by the spat.

'I can assure you they are not in Afghanistan,' Karzai said yesterday after being asked for his reaction to comments by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf who said Thursday that bin Laden is here.

	Musharraf: Bin Laden Is Alive and Hiding in Afghanistan
	Pakistan’s Intelligence Agency Comes under Fire
	Musharraf Warns West
	Behind the NIE

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[Velveeta]

Bomb threat clears Lafayette Parish Courthouse (Louisiana)

Searchers with bomb-detecting dogs have cleared the Lafayette Parish Courthouse after a bomb threat was called into the district attorney’s office earlier today, said Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Maj. Roy Frusha.
The courthouse was expected to reopen at 1:30 p.m., Frusha said.

The call was received at 11:25 a.m. from a cell phone, Frusha said. Investigators are working on tracing the call’s owner.

“A guy with a Middle Eastern accent called and said a bomb was on the sixth floor,” Frusha said.
The courthouse was evacuated shortly after.

Bomb dogs cleared the sixth floors and then each floor was cleared as a precaution, he said. (snip)

http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061016/NEWS01/61016015

[freeperfromnj]

So that is the same tape. The NY Post is a little behind on this one.

[Velveeta]

Is organized crime the travel agency of the elusive Adnan El Shukrijumah?

Monday, October 16, 2006

Al Qaeda general Adnan El Shukrijumah really gets around. While his boss man, the world's most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden or his bones remain holed up in a cave, El Shukrijumah continues to be the world's most elusive terrorist globe trotter.

Plotting dirty bomb attacks on seven U.S. cities; Adnan El Shukrijumah could be in Britain, FBI sources said yesterday.(snip)

http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/cover101606.htm

[LucyT]

This could be a worrisome situation:

Cocoa strike may hit chocolate supply
The Toronto Star ^ | Oct. 16, 2006 | PAULINE BAX

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720397/posts

[Velveeta]

Thanks for the warning.
Must stock up now! :-)

[Velveeta]

Yep, they're behind.

[Rushmore Rocks]

Now THAT worries me far more than President Bush buying a ranch in Paraguay!

Just can't get along without my Lindt dark chocolate truffles.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006117.htm
"Freedom is not free"
By Michelle Malkin · October 14, 2006 05:45 PM




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Thanks freeperfromnj for this top link.

We all know the USA is not a loser.

So, let's take a look at REAL LOSERS On The Net:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720174/posts

"AL-QAEDA NO. 2 CALLS BUSH A FAILURE AND LIAR IN VIDEO STATEMENT"

nypost.com ^ | 10/16/2006 | By BASSEM MROUE, AP

Posted on 10/16/2006 5:49:21 AM PDT by Screamname

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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005753.html

15 October 2006
"'United States of Losers' [jihadi propaganda example]"

http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/15oct06-USL.pdf

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/013608.php
October 16, 2006

"California convert to Islam heads up Al-Qaeda propaganda operations in UK"

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/gadahn_a.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/fugitives.htm

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

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http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22955_Newsweek_Mocks_President_Bush_Laughs_at_Caliphate&only

Saturday, October 14, 2006

"Newsweek Mocks President Bush, Laughs at 'Caliphate'"

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http://hotair.com/archives/2006/10/14/hillary-advisor-mocks-mccains-pow-experience/

"Hillary advisor mocks McCain’s POW experience"
posted at 5:25 pm on October 14, 2006 by Allahpundit

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1720139/posts

"DUmmie FUnnies 10-16-06 (DUmmies Discuss Their Bush Derangement Syndrome)"
DUmmie FUnnies ^ | 10-16-06 | DUmmies and PJ-Comix

Posted on 10/16/2006 4:35:33 AM PDT by PJ-Comix

[Cindy]

Daily Kos is not on my reading/rescource list.
Fyi.

[Cindy]

Rolling my eyes.

[Cindy]

"I think it's smart to be prepared."

I agree.

[LucyT]

Latin American News Agency:

http://www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID={EBA55617-2676-4091-ABBC-20650EB6FEE1}&language=EN

[Cindy]

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/006122.htm
MICHELLE MALKIN - blog: "LYNNE STEWART: LAWYER FOR JIHAD
Update: SLAP ON THE WRIST"
(October 16, 2006)

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http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=22980_Terrorists_Lawyer_Gets_Wrist_Slap&only
LittleGreenFootballs.com - blog: "TERRORIST'S LAWYER GET WRIST SLAP"
(October 16, 2006)

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/013612.php
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "LYNNE STEWART GETS 28 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR AIDING THE JIHAD"
(October 16, 2006)

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/005007.php
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "LYNNE STEWART CONVICTED OF AIDING JIHAD TERRORISTS"
(February 10, 2006

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720380/posts

"Civil Rights Lawyer Sentenced to 28 Months (Lynne Stewart)"
WINS News ^ | 10/16/06

Posted on 10/16/2006 11:33:35 AM PDT by areafiftyone

NEW YORK

[Cindy]

Thanks to piasa for the ping to this thread.

STEPPING BACK IN TIME...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/671129/posts

"FBI & Probers Targeted / Say terror sheik's Staten I. aide found (Agents) homes"
New York Daily News ^ | 4/23/02 | GREG B. SMITH

Posted on 04/23/2002 2:07:10 AM PDT by kattracks

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=1614

Kidnap Victim, Weapons Discovered; Terrorists Detained

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2006 – Iraqi and coalition forces freed a kidnap victim and detained two terrorists in Muqdadiya, Iraq, and combined operations yielded more than 35 suspected insurgents and seven weapons caches last week in Anbar province, military officials in Iraq reported.
Iraqi army and coalition forces discovered a cache, freed a kidnap victim and detained two terrorists yesterday in the town of Muqdadiya.

Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, and Company A, 2nd Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Lightning, discovered the cache and kidnap victim after a local citizen pointed to a building in the area while they were conducting a combined operation.

A search uncovered a grenade, a stick of TNT, one flare gun, and multiple fake improvised-explosive devices. The kidnap victim was found chained to a wall in the house next door. Two males were detained from the house where the cache was found.

The kidnap victim, detainees and the cache were transported to a secure location. The cache was later destroyed.

Elsewhere, Iraqi security forces, along with U.S. Marines, soldiers and sailors of Regimental Combat Team 7, detained more than 35 suspected insurgents and discovered more than seven weapons and munitions caches last week in western Anbar province.

Last week’s efforts yielded more than 11,300 pieces of munitions, bomb initiating devices, explosives, weapons and bomb-making material.

The week-long tally started Oct. 7 and ended Oct. 13.

Among the most significant finds: more than 6,500 rifle, pistol and machine gun rounds of various caliber; 70 explosive mortar rounds; five explosive rocket warheads; 30 rocket-propelled grenades; 2,000 sticks of plastic explosive; 34,500 feet of detonation chord; 400 roadside bomb-initiating devices; five machine guns; four AK-47 assault rifles; 17 suicide-bomb vests and other forms of explosives and equipment.

(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=1616


Afghan, Coalition Forces Destroy Terrorist Compound

American Forces Press Service

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 16, 2006 – An Afghan and coalition force destroyed a roadside-bomb-making cell today at a compound in Ghazni province, killing three terrorists and destroying the compound with precision air strikes, military officials here reported.
When the combined force attempted to peacefully search the compound and ask residents to come out for questioning, enemy personnel inside the compound began firing and wounded one coalition solider. The combined force called in close-air support and killed three suspects in the engagement.

Officials provided no information on the nationality or condition of the wounded coalition soldier.

During the engagement, a weapons cache blew up within the compound, causing extensive damage, officials said. When the combined force went back in to search the compound, soldiers found doors booby-trapped with grenades and rocket-propelled grenade rounds. Small arms and ammunition chest racks were found strewn around the courtyard.

When the combined force determined the area to be too dangerous for further searching and an imminent threat to local civilians due to booby traps and unexploded ordinance, a second precision strike was directed to destroy the explosives in the remaining compound buildings.

Based on credible intelligence, the combined force went to great lengths to ensure local civilians were not endangered, officials said. No women and children were present in the compound, which was only occupied by fighting-age males, officials added.

(From a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan news release.)

[Cindy]

Off Topic and FYI:


http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=1623
"DoD Resumes Mandatory Anthrax Vaccinations"

By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2006

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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=1625

"DoD Releases Report on Infectious Deployment Diseases"

By Steven Donald Smith
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2006

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...


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

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221182,00.html
"U.S. Confirms N. Korea Set off Nuclear Explosion"
Monday, October 16, 2006

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1720424/posts

"US Sources: North Korea Moves Consistent With New Test - Report"
Dow Jones Newswire (excerpt) ^ | October 16, 2006

Posted on 10/16/2006 12:52:28 PM PDT by HAL9000


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http://www.globalcrisiswatch.com

[Cindy]

http://billroggio.com/archives/2006/10/the_rump_islamic_emi.php
THE FOURTH RAIL - blog:

"The Rump Islamic Emirate of Iraq"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq Declares the Establishment of a Sunni Islamic State in Iraq, carved from six provinces, however further divisions withing al-Qaeda in Iraq are exposed"
(October 16, 2006)

[Ben Ficklin]

Jenna Bush works for UNICEF in Paraguay