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Threat Matrix: April 2008
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Posted on 04/01/2008 8:13:21 PM PDT by nwctwx

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Afghanistan to Ask NATO for Bigger Army

Afghan officials will go to the NATO summit in Romania Thursday with a request: pay to increase our national Army by 40 percent. A bigger Army, Afghan officials argue, will allow the US and other coalition members to scale back in the coming years.

This appeal comes amid pleas from the US and Canada for other NATO members to commit more to the Afghanistan mission, which many analysts say has floundered over the past year for lack of resources and a coherent strategy. France is expected to contribute another 1,000 forces and Germany is likely to make a bigger commitment.

But American and Afghan government sources with knowledge of the expected Afghan proposal say that an increase from the current authorization of 86,000 Afghan Army soldiers to 120,000 is the only way to create an enduring defense against a resurgent Taliban and elusive Al Qaeda operatives. Read More


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To: drymans wife

I saw the report on FOX.

Still waiting for more info.


61 posted on 04/02/2008 1:22:12 PM PDT by Rushmore Rocks
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To: drymans wife; Jet Jaguar; ExSoldier; JellyJam; backhoe; All

ADDING links to post no. 52:

Note: Photo included.

http://www.local6.com

http://www.local6.com/2008/0402/15771327.jpg

http://www.local6.com/news/15772304/detail.html

“FBI: Bomb Case Suspect Wanted To Show Friends ‘Iraq Explosives’”
POSTED: 11:41 am EDT April 2, 2008
UPDATED: 1:24 pm EDT April 2, 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “ORLANDO, Fla. — A Jamaican man accused of trying to bring pipe bomb-making materials onto an airplane told the FBI he wanted to show friends in his home country how to build explosives like he saw in Iraq, according to documents released Wednesday.

Brown apparently waived his rights and told investigators that the purchased the materials to build explosives from Gainesville, according to a report.
Local 6 confirmed that Brown used Camp Stryker in Iraq as an address at one point.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “He said he intended to build a pipe bomb during an interview with an FBI task force agent, the report said.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Meanwhile, Brown, who was believed to have been homeless, may have been living with his wife in Ocala, a Jamaican newspaper reported Wednesday.

The Jamaican Gleaner newspaper posted a story that revealed Kevin Brown is a Jamaican national with a permanent green card to be in the United States.
The paper also reported that Brown lives in Ocala with his wife, a member of the U.S. military.”


62 posted on 04/02/2008 1:26:13 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Rushmore Rocks

Yes and I hope it doesn’t get filed away in
“The Nothing To See Here File”.


63 posted on 04/02/2008 1:26:52 PM PDT by drymans wife (They is nothing like the mind of a TM;'er)
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To: All

ADDING 1 link to post no. 62:

http://tampa.fbi.gov/pressrel/2008/aiirportinvest040108.htm

April 1, 2008

“FBI INVESTIGATING PASSENGER WITH SUSPICIOUS ITEMS AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT”

Orlando, Florida


64 posted on 04/02/2008 1:29:04 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

He doesn’t sound too homeless to me. He is buying
bomb making material and an airline ticket or
someone is buying it for him.


65 posted on 04/02/2008 1:35:09 PM PDT by drymans wife (They is nothing like the mind of a TM;'er)
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To: drymans wife

He must be getting the money from somewhere.


66 posted on 04/02/2008 1:37:52 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: drymans wife

OPINION: Either sent by a jerk or testing 1-2-3.


67 posted on 04/02/2008 1:39:21 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Opinion...Lot’s of Testing 1-2-3, going on.


68 posted on 04/02/2008 1:41:03 PM PDT by drymans wife (They is nothing like the mind of a TM;'er)
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To: drymans wife

Yep, it sure seems that way.


69 posted on 04/02/2008 1:53:15 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

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

#

http://treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/iran/iran.shtml
Office of Foreign Assets Control

“IRAN SANCTIONS”


70 posted on 04/02/2008 1:55:04 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/turkey/
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/istanbul/

#

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995670/posts

Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5715231/Police-arrest-45-alQaeda-suspects-in-Istanbul

olice arrest 45 al-Qaeda suspects in Istanbul
Published: Wednesday 02 April 2008 14:10 UTC
Last updated: Wednesday 02 April 2008 14:12 UTC

Istanbul - Turkish police have arrested 45 suspected members of al-Qaeda in eight districts of Istanbul. The militants were reportedly planning attacks against foreign embassies.

In January, police carried out raids at 18 locations in southeastern Turkey after receiving information that an al-Qaeda cell was planning car bomb attacks. One police officer and four militants were killed in a gunfight. Seventeen people were arrested.


71 posted on 04/02/2008 2:15:47 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/6511.htm
(”ource: Hurriyet, cihaderi.net, velfecr.com, March 29, 2008”)

“Turkish Islamist Websites Glorify Turkish Jihadist Who Killed Two U.S. Soldiers, Two Civilians In Suicide Attack In Afghanistan”

Posted at: 2008-03-30

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FSGTPY6O4A


72 posted on 04/02/2008 2:21:51 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/6511.htm
(”Source: Hurriyet, cihaderi.net, velfecr.com, March 29, 2008”)

“Turkish Islamist Websites Glorify Turkish Jihadist Who Killed Two U.S. Soldiers, Two Civilians In Suicide Attack In Afghanistan”

Posted at: 2008-03-30

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FSGTPY6O4A


73 posted on 04/02/2008 2:23:29 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

Note: Includes photos.

http://www.thememriblog.org/turkey/blog_personal/en/6512.htm

“Radical Islamist Vakit Columnist To Crowds: “Allah Wants You To Become Shahids””

SNIPPET: “At an event organized by Islamist Milli Gorus’s Human Assistance Foundation [IHH] that took place on March 17, 2008 at an Istanbul sports complex, columnist Abdurrahman Dilipak of the radical Islamist daily Vakit told thousands of Turks that if Muslims woke up and stood up together neither America nor Israel could ever harm them. He asked the Muslims not be customers of imperialists and told them to boycott American products such as Coca Cola, and cigarettes.

At the event that was organized to support the Palestinians and was called “Not Only Verbally, But Urgently”, Dilipak told passionate crowds that the road to heaven was through fighting [jihad] and that he was a soldier in the Third World War. He said, “Allah wants to you to become shahids. This is the easiest way to reach Allah. Allah wants to punish the cruel infidels through your hands. If you don’t do this, you will carry the fuel to your fire when you die. If you don’t cling to Allah, Allah will let go of you”.”
Posted at: 2008-03-30


74 posted on 04/02/2008 2:30:54 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: nwctwx; All
Thanks much for the new thread NW.

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Spain holds Morocco bomb suspect
4/2/08

Spanish police have detained two men wanted by Moroccan authorities, including one sought in relation to the May 2003 suicide attacks on Casablanca. One of the men is said to be Ali Aarass, wanted over the attacks which killed 45, including 12 bombers.

The second man is said to be Mohamed El Bay, who is wanted for links to an extremist group broken up last month. The two men were arrested on Tuesday in Melilla, a Spanish enclave on Morocco's north coast.

Excerpted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7326974.stm

Algerian security forces foil Belkhadem assassination plot
04/01/2008

Algerian security services have foiled a plot to assassinate Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem and his family, El Khabar reported on Tuesday (April 1st).

An investigation reportedly found that the assassination order had been passed down through al-Qaeda leaders in Europe and Algeria. Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb's leader in Algiers, Fatah Bouderbala, was reportedly ordered by the terrorist group's co-ordinators in Europe to kill Belkhadem during his annual holiday in Marsa Ben M'Hidi, Tlemcen wilaya.

Algerian security forces said they intercepted a letter to Bouderbala containing the assassination order. They also reported that they arrested Abderrahmane Telemcani, who had been in charge of delivering the letter. Bouderbala and the alleged courier are both in custody.

http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/news/awi/newsbriefs/general/2008/04/01/newsbrief-01

75 posted on 04/02/2008 2:35:48 PM PDT by Oorang (Tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people - Alex Kozinski)
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RECAP and UPDATED:

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "CAIR HAS BACKED ISLAMIST MEETINGS, DENIGRATED MUSLIM MODERATES" by Steven Emerson (April 2, 2008)

Link (pdf)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR's MARCH WITH TERROR" by Joe Kaufman (April 2, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "CAIR SEEKS TO DEFINE AWAY THREAT POSED BY RADICAL ISLAMISTS" by Steven Emerson (April 1, 2008)

Link (pdf)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "CAIR PROTRAYS 'WAR ON TERRORISM' AS MALICIOUS 'WAR ON ISLAM'" by Steven Emerson (March 31, 2008)

Link (pdf)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: "QUICK TO DEFEND ALLEGED TERRORISTS, CAIR EVEN QUESTIONED AL QAEDA 9/11 ROLE" by Steven Emerson *(March 28, 2008)

Link (pdf)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "HATE AND TERROR AWARDED" by Joe Kaufman (March 28, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "CAIR REMAINS APOLOGIST FOR TERRORIST HAMAS, SEEKS TO SILENCE CRITICS" by Steven Emerson (March 27, 2008)

Link (pdf)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "SOME CAIR OFFICIALS CONVICTED OF CRIMES, MORE TIED TO EXTREMIST GROUPS" by Steven Emerson (March 26, 2008)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "FUNDING TIES WITH HLF AND FOREIGN DONORS SHOW CAIR's TRUE AGENDA" by Steven Emerson (March 25, 2008)

Link (pdf)

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org: "CAIR EXPOSED: PART 1 As IAP Offshoot, CAIR Followed Pro-Hamas Agenda From the Start" by Steven Emerson, IPT News (March 24, 2008)

Link (pdf)

Link

76 posted on 04/02/2008 3:28:11 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad/
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jihad/

#

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995708/posts

Imam’s speaking engagement dropped at St. Cloud State (MN)
StarTribune ^ | 4/2/08 | Paul Walsh
Posted on 04/02/2008 3:17:44 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

One of two outspoken Muslim clerics scheduled to speak at St. Cloud State University this week is unable to attend, the school said today.

The clerics were booked as part of St. Cloud’s Islam Awareness Week, which started Monday.

Siraj Wahhaj was supposed to speak Thursday on the topic “What is Jihad?” The school was unaware of a reason for his inability to participate. Wahhaj was also scheduled to speak to other college student groups in the state this week.

His appearance at the University of Minnesota has also been canceled, said Lolla Mohammed Nur, a U student organizer.

Wahhaj, an American-born imam of a mosque in Brooklyn, N.Y., is on the executive committee of the Muslim Alliance in North America, a network of organizations addressing needs in American Muslim communities.

Scheduled in his place at St. Cloud and the U is imam Hamdy El-Sawaf, secretary-general of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of Minnesota.

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


77 posted on 04/02/2008 3:34:25 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet

~~~Navy.mil~~~4-2-08~~~

Ships and Submarines
Deployable Battle Force Ships: 280

Ships Underway (away from homeport): 131 ships (47% of total)

On deployment: 107 ships (38% of total)

Attack submarines underway (away from homeport): 32 submarines (59%)

On deployment: 20 submarines (37%)
Ships Underway

Carriers:
USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) - Pacific Ocean
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - visit Hong Kong
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) - Pacific Ocean
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - 5th Fleet
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) - Pacific Ocean

Amphibious Warfare Ships:
USS Nassau (LHA 4) - 6th Fleet
USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Boxer (LHD 4) - Pacific Ocean

Tarawa Expeditionary Strike Group:
USS Tarawa (LHA 1) - 5th Fleet
~~~
Here’s todays,,,

Not much change,,,again...;0)


78 posted on 04/02/2008 3:34:44 PM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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http://www.michaelyon-online.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=654:holy-brothel&catid=34:dispatches&Itemid=55

“Holy Brothel”


79 posted on 04/02/2008 3:43:10 PM PDT by Cindy
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UPDATED and RECAP:

SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: "DEFENSE MUST PROVE INSANITY IN JEWISH FEDERATION SHOOTINGS, JUDGE RULES" by Tracy Johnson (Last updated April 2, 2008, 11:26 a.m. PT)

SEATTLE TIMES.com: "11 NEW CHARGES FILED IN JEWISH FEDERATION SHOOTINGS; DEFENDANT PLEADS INSANITY" by Christine Clarridge (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Haq is accused of forcing his way into the secure Belltown offices of the federation on July 28 by holding a gun to the back of a 14-year-old girl. He carried two guns, court documents allege, and spewed anti-Semitic statements as he made his way through the office, randomly shooting people he encountered as some screamed and tried to escape or hide. The shooting came a day after the FBI had warned Jewish organizations nationwide to be on alert after Hezbollah leaders in Lebanon and al-Qaida's second in command urged that the war raging in the Middle East be carried to the U.S. Haq reportedly told operators in a 911 call during the shooting, "These are Jews. I want these Jews to get out."") (May 30, 2007, 11:20 am)
SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: "HAQ WON'T FACE DEATH PENALTY" by Tracy Johnson (Last updated Decembr 20, 2006, 2:27 p.m. PT)

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: "JEWISH FEDERATION SHOOTING VICTIM GIVES BIRTH" by Phuong Le (November 29, 2006, 11:17 am, PT)

SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: "JEWISH FEDERATION SHOOTING SUSPECT TRIES TO PLEAD GUILTY" by Tracy Johnson ()August 11, 2006)

DANIEL PIPES.org (NEW YORK SUN): "'SUDDEN JIHAD SYNDROME' IN SEATTLE" by Daniel Pipes (August 8, 2006)

DANIEL PIPES.org - blog: "MORE ON NAVEED HAQ, SEATTLE'S SUDDEN JIHADI" (August 8, 2006)

SEATTLE TIMES.com: ""I'M REALLY PROUD OF WHAT ID DID," HERO OF JEWISH FEDERATION SHOOTINGS SAYS" by Jennifer Sullivan (Updated August 8, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "A HATE CRIME WITH NO HATER" (August 3, 2006)

SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: "'I AM A MUSLIM AMERICAN, ANGRY AT ISRAEL' Six shot, one killed at Seattle Jewish Federation" (July 29, 2006)

SEATTLE TIMES.com: "HATRED HITS HOME: 6 SHOT AT JEWISH OFFICE" (July 29, 2006)

WorldNetDaily.com: "1 Dead, 5 Hurt in Seattle Terror" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Haq's father was a founding member of the Islamic Centre of Tri-Cities in Richland. He and his wife moved to Pasco three years ago. According to Chris Richey of Everett, Haq had been his neighbor until two weeks ago, when he abruptly moved. The landlady at their apartment told Richey Haq was going to Pakistan. Haq spoke often about guns and politics, said Richey, and didn't like President Bush. A law-enforcement source said Haq had a licence to carry a concealed weapon.") (July 29, 2006)
MICHELLE MALKIN.com - Weblog: "MEET THE MUSLIM SHOOTING SUSPECT" (July 29, 2006)

SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER.com: "SUSPECT'S BAIL SET AT $50 MILLION" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "After listening to the 911 tapes, Kerlikowske described Haq as initially enraged. Haq "wanted the U.S. to leave Iraq, that his people had been mistreated, that the U.S. was arming Israel, and he didn't care if he died," Kerlikowske recounted.") (Saturday, July 29, 2006 Last updated 10:06 p.m. PT)

80 posted on 04/02/2008 3:51:30 PM PDT by Cindy
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