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.

[all4one]

Make sure your tanks are full and fill-up extra containers (e.g. gas containers that you would use for lawn tractor).

[all4one]

We can't forget to mention the North Korea nuclear program talks....considering the timing of the war games and other odd news.

China: North Korea Talks Encounter 'differences, Difficulties and Contradictions'

By Ted Anthony Associated Press Writer
Published: Feb 27, 2004

BEIJING (AP) - The six-nation talks over North Korea's nuclear program have encountered "differences, difficulties and contradictions," and will continue as long as necessary, China's government said Friday. But it also said the divide was "gradually narrowing."

As China said the talks would continue Saturday, its chief negotiator, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, said it was "necessary to continue the process."

He acknowledged there were "differences, difficulties and contradictions." But Chinese spokesman Liu Jianchao, at a briefing after the third day of talks concluded, also struck an upbeat note.

"Common ground is growing between the different parties," Liu said. "Gaps between the various parties are gradually narrowing. But it is still an objective fact that there are differences."

The United States promised earlier Friday to stay until the end of six-country talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons development, even without concrete signs yet that Pyongyang would meet Washington's demands to completely dismantle its program.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAYMXO56RD.html

[freeperfromnj]

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[tmp02]

Thanks for clearing up these things for me...

[Velveeta]

You said it. The timing is unnerving.

[Indie]

Timing is VERY unnerving...and more so since The Passion of the Christ has just come out and is such a blockbuster. Could it be a bunch of signs all at once?

[milkncookies]

Thousands Of British Elite Embrace Islam: Study

  LONDON, February 26 (IslamOnline.net) – Jonathan Birt, the son of Lord Birt and Emma Clark, the granddaughter of former liberal prime minister Herbert Asquith, are only two of 14,000 mostly-elite white Britons having converted to Islam.(SNIP)

You can read the whole article HERE, and as always, consider the source.

[Revel]

From some new information posted on Jill's site:

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Allah is the greatest the death brigades The death brigades are coming O America

[Calpernia]

The day I see the Queen in a hijab is the day I know we are all doomed.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Does anyone have an idea what those grayish items are across the bottom and lower right side of the pic? Craters? Debris? Dead bodies? Frogs? I cannot tell at all.

[oceanview]

I really think they should send Geraldo there instead.

[StillProud2BeFree]

Not that picture again :(
See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1065689/posts?page=5086#5086

Here's the translation of the text:

Soon, as Allah as written
Allah is the Greatest
The Attack on America

[WestCoastGal]

The last time we saw this picture Ruth said they were dead bodies. I kind of see lizards??

[Revel]

Must be. I was never able to see it because it was in a yahoo group. I never knew what you were all talking about. Thanks for the translation.

[Revel]

I think they are bodys.
I think they are suppose to represent there warriors who die in the battle.

[knak]

Could it be that GWB signed this Proclamatian regarding Cuba today, because there is a threat by Al Queada to get their Islamic brothers from Guantanamo? Maybe these "confidential" calls that were made by the Saudi prisoners, uncovered an Al Queada plot.

Funny you said that. I had the same thought yesterday. I was googling for qaeda and the number 100. Found out that Guantanamo was made to hold 100 prisoners.

[StillProud2BeFree]

If anyone wants to hear excerpts from the Zawahiri tape in Arabic it is located at http://www.alsr7.com/upload/files/rm/Al-dwahry.rm

This is the portion that was broadcast on Al Jazeera and includes the introduction by the Al Jazeera broadcaster.

[knak]

I haven't been able to connect to Jill's site for a week. Anyone else having trouble?

[Revel]

oops...My last reply should have been to you. It could be the bodys of the Americans killed in 911 or those the Americans they plan on killing in the future as well.

[Revel]

No problems connecting. But after trying to view something there I now get a blank page for her site. This happened once before there. I am not sure what corrects that. Rebooting or clearing web cache.