Threat Matrix- Daily Terror Thread (4):

New York Post ^ | February 24, 2004 | By NILES LATHEM

[Revel]

February 24, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has dispatched the elite commando force that hunted down Saddam Hussein to Afghanistan for a new operation aimed at getting Osama bin Laden, officials said yesterday. Military sources confirmed that members of the shadowy Task Force 121, the unit that conducted the high-tech search for Saddam and his henchmen, have recently begun operating in the remote mountainous region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border where bin Laden and key al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives are believed to be hiding. The Task Force is made up of highly trained Delta and SEAL commandos, as well as CIA paramilitary operators. It operates outside normal military channels.

[thecabal]

Is the Mirage the casino with the pyramid that was in some of jihadi pix ?

No, the pyramid is the Luxor. The Mirage has the volcano in front of it, which was also mentioned at some time on this thread.

[Domestic Church]

Thanks...not much of a gambler here.

[nw_arizona_granny]

The last time there was Luxor talk/threats, there was the
Egypt plane crash.

Didn't that also show or have dealings with an island?

Or was it the island that Blair was on for his vacation?

[Indie]

The tolerant teachings of Islam and its peaceful spirit....

BWA HA HA AHA !!! [I am sorry, I could not resist.] Now back to serious.

[TexKat]

Bin Laden, Al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan - Aljazeerah.info

Agence France Presse, Arab News

WASHINGTON, 26 February 2004 — Wanted Al-Qaeda terror network chief Osama Bin Laden and his top aide, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, have moved out of Pakistan and are believed to have crossed the mountainous border back into Afghanistan, ABC News reported.

Zawahiri's son captured in Pak - Times of India

AFP[ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2004 03:12:13 PM ]

ISLAMABAD : A son of Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri , has been captured by Pakistani forces , one of Pakistan 's leading newspapers reported on Wednesday.

Top al-Qaeda man's son caught - News24

25/02/2004 12:25 - (SA)

Interrogators squash report on arrest of Zawahiri's son - Gulf News, United Arab Emirates

Zawahiri, son not arrested, says Faisal - Daily Balochistan Express

Feb 25, 2004

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister, Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat has denied reports on arrest of Dr Ayman Al-Zawahiri, right hand man of Osama Bin Laden or his son in ...

Islamabad - A son of Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has been captured by Pakistani forces, one of Pakistan's leading newspapers reported Wednesday.

The Urdu-language Jang daily said Khalid al-Zawahiri was arrested in an operation against Al-Qaeda suspects in South Waziristan, a semi-autonomous area bording Afghanistan, on Tuesday.

[Indie]

A license is not required to purchase tranceivers.

[Indie]

BUT....take Myrddin's advice. PLEASE> It's not that hard. People jumping on breaking emergency communications would destroy the system.

[TexKat]

Prayers going up crabbie.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Thanks Indie. Oh, I would not ever wish to jeopardize any emergency situation for the authorities. I would just like to listen and know what is going on when I can.

[thecabal]

Indie is correct, you don't have to have a ham license to buy a transciever. Maybe you would want to do that if you think you would be serious about getting a license. I can attest to the book that Myrddin refered you to. I used the first version of it about 12 years ago to get my first license. It would be worth picking up a used one; I'd give you one if I had one. It doesn't take that much time to learn what you need to know. If you are dedicated, you can easily learn everything in less than a month. Just study a little each day.

[thecabal]

FYI, most scanner radios don't have the capability to receive the HF bands (from 3 MHz to 30 MHz), which is where a lot of the ham activity is. You would also miss out on shortwave broadcasters, which might be able to get you some kind of news if things get really bad here. Occasionally, on HF you can catch Air Force One and SAC command planes as well. There's a lot of interesting stuff there.

[Indie]

Bush is like the losing gambler, who gambles more when his losses increase, running after the mirage of impossible gain.

Nice try Zawahiri...we don't buy your theory or your propaganda, you impotent Schwein Hund.

[Velveeta]

It's good to chuckle, happy to oblige!

[Velveeta]

Healing prayers for your Godmother.

[tmp02]

correct me if I'm wrong...to get a technician license (the lowest license to get a ham) you can only transmit from 144 and up. The get a general license, which you need to know Morris Code and is pretty extensive, then you would gain a license for short wave...so most people have technical status which give you basically every frequency from 144 and up...general license only gives you 3 to 144...a lot of people have technician license, but not too many have general...does this sound correct?...I'm trying to explain what my friend at work (who has general lic.) said.

[Old Sarge]

A little tidbit of news out of Kentucky tonight:

Knox County reported that a routine bust of a rural meth lab revealed the presence of an IED in the perp's garage shop.

ATF and Emergency Mngt. have rolled. They're going to blow it in place - and to hell with the garage!!!

[Velveeta]

The Luxor is the pyramid casino.

[rickylc]

Whoa!! What the heck do drug dealers need IED's for? Guns I can understand, but why an explosive device?

[tmp02]

while hammers don't like the CB band...you can still transmit without on CB without a license...but hammer's have the advantage of using repeater frequencies which will give you further distance or up to about 50 miles...CB is line-of-sight or about 25 to 20 miles or less, depending on weather, mountains, etc.

[Old Sarge]

We're still trying to puzzle that one out.

Not sure if the IED was black powder in a pipe, or ammonium nitrate...

Anyway, the EOD guys are about to light the candles...