Al Qaeda again threatens America (Thread 3) Daily Terror Threat

World Tribune ^ | Thursday, February 5, 2004

[Mossad1967]

SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A purported statement by al-Qaida in Yemen warned Saturday of a "major strike" soon in the United States.

The statement, distributed by the Yemeni Tagamoo Party for Reforms, said: "A major strike, a big event will take place in America soon," reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Previous threads

[Velveeta]

Insult and injury in Islamabad

How A Q Khan’s nuke confessional has reversed the mood in the US — and given India a rare opportunity

SHEKHAR GUPTA

It is easy to see General Musharraf ko gussa kyon aata hai. How else can you feel when your nation’s greatest hero and role model is caught smuggling mass death to rogue states, making piles of money and investing it, among other things, in a hotel in Timbuktu and then, touchingly, names it after his wife? And how does General Musharraf express his anger? By threatening yet another missile test, a Shaheen with 2,000-km range.

Now we do not know what else this missile would do to enhance his security, redeem his nation — and his army’s — honour, or scare us Indians any more than the missiles that we know to be in his arsenal already do. A 2,000-km missile will perhaps take him to Chennai or thereabouts. But a valid question you may ask is, why should he even be bothering to reach that far when he can hit Delhi, Mumbai and even Bangalore at will anyway? Unless, either he has a problem with Jayalalithaa, or he wants to collect more frequent-flier miles? Or, are we missing the point? That the general is now seriously working at increasing the range of his missiles to reach the one city that should be the most serious target of his ire, namely, Washington, DC. He needs 12,000 km — 2,000 is at least a step forward. More seriously, don’t forget how close it takes him to Tel Aviv. (snipped...long article, but a good read)

http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=40571

Nothingman: How does India fit in to the picture?

SP2BF: In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word "Shaheen"....am I recalling correctly that Shaheen means Falcon?

[freeperfromnj]

and if Kerry wins, then what?

President Bush had it right when he first defined the axis of evil. Kerry doesn't get it and none of the rats get it. If Kerry wins, we are so screwed.

[thecabal]

They just did it again! This time they played the tones, then said that they were cancelling the alert. That seems even worse than the first time. The good news is that they caught the suspect and got the kid back OK. Yes, the Amber Alert is great, just use a different set of alert tones!

[freeperfromnj]

Here's another one for your list:

(Windsor Locks-AP Feb. 6, 2004 7:30 AM) _ State and federal agents are investigating the discovery of a powdery substance at the post office at Bradley International airport.

Its the third such discovery this week. Discoveries in Wallingford and Bridgeport proved harmless.

The powder was discovered just before midnight. A sample has been taken to the Department of Public Health for testing.

Nobody has required medical attention.

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=1633276&nav=3YeXKexo

[milkncookies]

The 15 April 1999 test marked the debut of the "Shaheen" [a royal white falcon] nomenclature in Pakistan's missile inventory, as well as the genesis of some confusion concerning Pakistan's missile imports from China. The claimed 750 km range of the Shaheen is roughly double the standard range of the Hatf-3/M-11, and is consistent with the range of the much large Chinese M-9.

Hatf-3 / Shaheen-I / M-11

[StillProud2BeFree]

Shaheen means delicious in Arabic.

You're thinking about Saqr which means Falcon.

Another similar word, shaheed, means martyr.

[Domestic Church]

"Shaheen means Falcon"

My head is starting to spin. So in addition to the jihadi falcon operation having possible chem/bio overtones we now get to add nuke?!

No amount of chocolate can ease this.

Time to go find a haystack,lol.

[Revel]

Thanks...LOL

[freeperfromnj]

Given all of the recent talk by the jihadis on the flight of the falcon and the discovery that nuclear secrets were leaked by the Pakistani scientist, I'd say the information in your post is quite disturbing -- to say the least. "Shaheen" [a royal white falcon] -- geez.

[Revel]

One of my favorite articles that talks about Gramsci. An FR clasic from the old days of old:

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b80051c3e46.htm

[Velveeta]

Royal white falcon. Thank you for the link.

[Velveeta]

Thanks!

To the Pakistanis it looks like it means "Royal White Falcon" with reference to that specific missile.

See post #387

[Rushmore Rocks]

Please add me JustPiper, It would really suck to miss out on anything.

[swarthyguy]

None dare call it Communitarianism....takes a village, after all. On the left and right, exemplified by restrictions on individual behavior for all good reasons, and the children, of course.

But, lookit this....Germans get wind of something?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1073061/posts?page=1

Germans search mosque in terror sweep.

[milkncookies]

President Bush Announces Formation of Independent Commission

(Article Snippet) "The commission I have appointed today will examine intelligence on weapons of mass destruction and related 21st century threats and issue specific recommendations to ensure our capabilities are strong. The commission will compare what the Iraq Survey Group learns with the information we had prior to our Operation Iraqi Freedom. It will review our intelligence on weapons programs in countries such as North Korea and Iran. It will examine our intelligence on the threats posed by Libya and Afghanistan before recent changes in those countries. Members of the commission will issue their report by March 31, 2005."

LINK

[Letitring]

OMG I found everybody. I about panicked when I couldn't find our thread. LOL. Whew. Got to catch up. I've got miles of posts to read. :)

[Donna Lee Nardo]

"No amount of chocolate can ease this."

Perhaps some brandy?

[Rushmore Rocks]

Don't go away. You have so much wisdom and knowledge to share. Thanks for contributing.