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Ramadan 2003: Current Threat Analysis
Northeast Intelligence Network ^
| 10/27/03
| Douglas J. Hagmann
Posted on 10/27/2003 2:01:38 PM PST by Mossad1967
With the onset the Muslim holy season of Ramadan 1424 (2003), we are becoming increasingly concerned and somewhat alarmed at the raw data and intelligence findings we are obtaining from obscure and often hidden Islamic Jihad web sites and communications intercepted in chat rooms used by fundamentalists. Analysts at the Northeast Intelligence Network have noticed a continuing rise in the "pitch and intensity" of calls for Jihad, Fatwas, Clarifications and other religious "rulings" that certainly suggest that plans for a series of attacks are currently in progress. These attacks appear to fall into two major categories: threats to US and western interests and coalitions forces overseas; and threats of a significant attack or series of coordinated attacks within the continental United States. Subcategories of both suggest that these planned attacks will include the use of unconventional weapons- possibly nuclear, chemical or biological; the use of computer technology to disable key areas of our infrastructure, causing power blackouts and economic losses; and the use of conventional bombs and even homicide bombers in the US.
The operatives belong to groups including but not limited to such well known terrorist organizations as al Qaeda, HAMAS, Ansar al-Islam, The Salfist Group for Preaching & Combat (GSPC), Black September, as well as a number of other forces that are beginning to work together in their effort to destroy the west. We have been watching as some terrorist organizations have split into factions, and others have teamed together in a perfect display of the adage "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
It is important for readers to understand that these terrorists do not operate with the same mindset as we do in what is known as "western culture." They are completely committed to destroy us in any and all manners possible. All people in the United States and western societies are targets regardless of age, sex, or race.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: imamalmahdi; imammahdi; islam; mahdi; ramadan; ramadan2003; twelfthimam
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To: Mossad1967
Subcategories of both suggest that these planned attacks will include the use of unconventional weapons- like fires.
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posted on
10/27/2003 2:08:59 PM PST
by
b9
To: Mossad1967
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posted on
10/27/2003 2:11:03 PM PST
by
LayoutGuru2
(Call me paranoid but finding '/*' inside this comment makes me suspicious)
To: doodlelady
You know, you probably don't even realize that you've got something there.. Setting forest fires was one of the PKK's favorite terrorist pastimes in Turkey during the 90s.. Not counting suicide bombings of malls, etc.. But they have been slapped down and hard, and are in remission hiding in the mountains of northern Iraq.
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posted on
10/27/2003 2:19:29 PM PST
by
a_Turk
To: Mossad1967
Thank you for an excellent article!
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posted on
10/27/2003 2:22:29 PM PST
by
Old Sarge
(Serving You... on Operation Noble Eagle!)
To: Dog; Mr. Mulliner
I've seen this thread.
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posted on
10/27/2003 2:23:05 PM PST
by
Jemian
To: LayoutGuru2
Be very careful on those sites.......very careful.
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posted on
10/27/2003 2:25:33 PM PST
by
Dog
To: a_Turk
You know, you probably don't even realize that you've got something there.. I think the San Diego fires are directly correlated with Ramadan.
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posted on
10/27/2003 2:52:03 PM PST
by
b9
To: doodlelady
Hate to attempt what's probably futile and try to correct you, but this is what really correlates with Ramadan:
A Turkish boy receives a free Ramadan meal in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday Oct. 27, 2003, during the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Many local municipalities in Turkey distribute free meals to the poor during Ramadan. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
Terror, or just plain arson correlates with criminal activity, imho.
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posted on
10/27/2003 3:00:08 PM PST
by
a_Turk
To: a_Turk
Terror, or just plain arson correlates with criminal activity, imho. You are absolutely right.
"God uses the good ones, and the bad ones use God."
The timing of these horrible fires is no coincidence.
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posted on
10/27/2003 3:20:13 PM PST
by
b9
To: a_Turk
Just curious, is your government expecting an increase in PKK activity? Obviously our government can't control any province in Iraq completely, so I'm worried that they will start their nonsense too.
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posted on
10/27/2003 3:21:25 PM PST
by
Beck_isright
(Socialists are like cockroaches. No matter how many die, 300 more are born under every cowpile.)
Debka's Northeast branch office?
To: Beck_isright
>> Just curious, is your government expecting an increase in PKK activity?
Not in connection with Hanuka or Christmas, but yes. The PKK has been emboldened by US ambivelance.. Their plan is to pressure us into accepting their murderous leadership into our mainstream political life. Part of their plan is to force us with terror (?dumbbb?).
Too bad the US administration has found their out in maintaining some kind of status quo.. Strange.. Almost clueless, desperate.. Conservative at the wrong time, trying to conserve and shine shit.. Life will be a bitch all over the old neighborhood for at least ten years I figger, unless someone gets a clue..
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10/27/2003 3:43:05 PM PST
by
a_Turk
(Nothing's good that uses bad...)
To: doodlelady
>> The timing of these horrible fires is no coincidence.
Hope you're wrong..
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posted on
10/27/2003 3:44:08 PM PST
by
a_Turk
(Nothing's good that uses bad...)
To: Mossad1967
Thanks for this post. It's just awful what's happening to California. Enviro wackos are a possibility and most posters on the CA fire threads seem to be leaning in that direction. I can't help but think there is a subplot to all of this and that it is indeed terror related. I think it would be irresponsible to rule it out, especially in light of the recent warnings. The arsonist(s) need to be caught and brought to swift justice, whether foreign or domestic.
To: doodlelady
Yes - like fires
"We promise that we will not let you live safely, and you'll not see from us anything else just bombs, fire, destroying homes, cutting your heads. Our mujahideen is coming to you very soon to let you see what you didn't see before."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1004061/posts
To: a_Turk
It is too bad. If we had 100,000 Turkish troops working with ours around Baghdad, we probably would have caught Sadamn by now. I don't understand the policy and W could lose the election if he doesn't tone down the propaganda and start delivering results.
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10/27/2003 4:05:35 PM PST
by
Beck_isright
(Socialists are like cockroaches. No matter how many die, 300 more are born under every cowpile.)
To: freeperfromnj
"We promise that we will not let you live safely, and you'll not see from us anything else just bombs, fire, destroying homes, cutting your heads..."
Absolutely chilling.
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10/27/2003 4:11:33 PM PST
by
b9
To: Mossad1967; Victoria Delsoul; Travis McGee; harpseal; Dajjal; 2sheep; Quix; Thinkin' Gal; ...
With the onset the Muslim holy season of Ramadan 1424 (2003), we are becoming increasingly concerned and somewhat alarmed at the raw data and intelligence findings we are obtaining from obscure and often hidden Islamic Jihad web sites and communications intercepted in chat rooms used by fundamentalists. Analysts at the Northeast Intelligence Network have noticed a continuing rise in the "pitch and intensity" of calls for Jihad, Fatwas, Clarifications and other religious "rulings" that certainly suggest that plans for a series of attacks are currently in progress.
Counting down... Eclipses during Ramadan by David L. McNaughton In "Hamdard Islamicus" (Karachi, Pakistan), vol. XIX no. 1 (Spring 1996): pp. 81-86.Double Eclipses during Ramadan Sometimes a Ramadan will contain a solar and a lunar eclipse. That inevitably provokes comment, because of traditions that such a "double-eclipse" is a portent for some unusual event. Ithna'asheri Shi'ites, for example, believe that their Twelfth Imam will reappear after a Ramadan double-eclipse (although those two phenomena will supposedly take place in reverse order, with the solar one occurring in mid-month (5); that will require the moon to suddenly double its speed of movement after the onset of the Holy Month!) In March/April 1894 (Ramadan 1311), Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (founder of the Ahmadiyya or Qadiani movement in Pakistan) interpreted a double-eclipse as a sign that he was a genuine modern-day prophet (6). The lunar eclipse during that particular month was only partial, although the solar one two weeks later was total in a few places in eastern Asia (7). However, there was nothing at all extraordinary about those two eclipses: every 22 or 23 Islamic years there is at least one Ramadan featuring a pair of eclipses two weeks apart (8) - one of which is usually partial; see Table 1. Very much rarer is a Ramadan containing two total eclipses. Table 2 lists all such occasions since AH 1, as well as during the next 200 years (9); (its solar eclipses are all central, with annular ones also included). It will be interesting to see whether the two total eclipses scheduled to occur during Ramadan 1424 (AD November 2003) - are cited to support a claim similar to that made by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, or as proof of thesignificance of some extraordinary event. < -snip- >
Table 2 Ramadans with two central eclipses LUNAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOLAR AH . . AD . . . . . . . . . . Date . . . Where visible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Date . . .Where visible .283 . .896 . . . . . . . ..29 Oct . . .Pacific & adjacent . . . . . . . . . . 12 Nov . Canada; Alaska; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(25 Oct) . . landmasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(8 Nov) . NE Pacific .305 . .918 . . . . . . . . .5 Mar . . Eurasia; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Mar . .Antarctic; south . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (28 Feb) .NE Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (15 Mar) . .Indian Ocean .462 . 1070 . . . . . . . . .2 Jul . . .Pacific & adjacent . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Jul . . .Arctic; Siberia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(26 Jun) . .landmasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(10 Jul) .529 . 1135 . . . . . . . . . 4 Jul . . .America; Pacific; . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Jul . . .Antarctic; far . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (27 Jun) . New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(12 Jul) . . .south Pacific .596 . 1200 . . . . . . . . . 5 Jul . . . Pacific & adjacent . . . . . . . . . . *19 Jul . Siberia; Arctic; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (28 Jun) . .landmasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12 Jul) . . NW Atlantic 1200 . 1786 . . . . . . . . .11 Jul . . . Pacific & adjacent . . . . . . . . . . 25 Jul . . South Africa & . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . landmasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . adjacent oceans 1424 .2003. . . . . . . . .9 Nov. . .Europe; SW Asia; . . . . . . . . . .23 Nov . Antarctic; south . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Africa; America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indian Ocean 1580 . 2155 . . . . . . . . .9 Mar . . Europe; Africa; . . . . . . . . . . . . .*2 Apr . .China; Russia; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kashmir; Mongolia; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .Afghanistan Notes for Table 2 Central lunar eclipses are always total. *The central solar eclipses listed above are total unless asterisked - in which case they are annular. Dates apply to the instant of maximum eclipse. Extrapolated Gregorian dates are given even on occasions when the old Julian calendar was in operation; the corresponding Julian date is then shown below in brackets.
A Google search on ramadan mahdi eclipse yielded 243 results. A Google search on ramadan mehdi eclipse (alternate "mahdi" spelling) yielded 83 results.
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posted on
10/27/2003 4:12:53 PM PST
by
Sabertooth
(No Drivers' Licences for Illegal Aliens. Petition SB60. http://www.saveourlicense.com/n_home.htm)
To: Mossad1967
"We're going to find out, sooner or later,If Abdul will pray, to a smoking crater."
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posted on
10/27/2003 4:45:46 PM PST
by
Travis McGee
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