Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread 5

CNN ^ | March 12, 2004

[thecabal]

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- This week's deadly train bombings in Spain will not lead to a rise in the U.S. color-coded terror threat alert system, a Department of Homeland Security spokesman said Friday.

"Based on the current intelligence, we have no specific indicators that terrorist groups are considering such an attack in the U.S. in the near term," said department spokesman Brian Roehrkasse.

[JustPiper]

Done for two of us here~! Sending to my email list also!

[Revel]

Yes I remember reading it somewhere. You may have been right.

[Calpernia]

>>>The Japanese breed crickets

I do too.

[Calpernia]

Bump! Good Work!

[JustPiper]

If the theory that after these bombings the Spanish voted for the party that promised to withdraw troops from Iraq - said Castelli - were true, then Al Qaeda achieved an extraordinary political victory, promoting change in Spain, a change in international relations and a change in the European makeup.

Bump to Castelli! This is worse than a schoolyard bully, gangbangers intimidating to avoid victims testifying in court...they will hold the world hostage, Spain should be the last dumba@@es that fall for this!

[Rushmore Rocks]

Uh-Oh!! I leave the 26th of this month for Brazil and
Argentina. Can't help it....business beckons.

[JustPiper]

Our allies best realise, 911 happened 'after' our election, they best wise up!

[JustPiper]

You and I are too on the same mission and wavelength. We've posted about a dozen articles the same, close in time today -g-

[Calpernia]

TexKat

[JustPiper]

And I admire your vast knowledge!

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

DOE raises concerns about nuclear weapons plants security.

March 16, 2004

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Energy Department's internal watchdog is raising concerns about security at the nation's nuclear weapons plants.

A report by the department's inspector general says the plants have eliminated or reduced training for guards responsible for repelling terrorist attacks. And it says that leaves the government unable to guarantee the plants can be adequately defended.

The report says one plant has reduced training hours by 40 percent, and some plants conduct tactical training only in classrooms.

It says only one out of 10 plants surveyed trains guards in the basic use of a shotgun. None of the plants teaches guards how to rappel down buildings or cliffs because of concerns that guards might be injured. The report noted that one guard died rappelling in 1995.

In response to the report, the National Nuclear Security Administration acknowledges that training for guards has suffered because of overtime demands at weapons plants. It promises to review training to make sure it's adequate.

Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=1715978

[JustPiper]

Let him be deported back to Nicaragua, because that country too will fall

[JustPiper]

Soften the hearts of the nations' leaders who seek to protect their own, ignoring the protection of others
Amen!

Pegita, if I could publish your prayers, I would, I wish a philanthropist would see your prayers!

[JustPiper]

And he is so grotesquely homely! He just looks like he'd smell ;)

[JustPiper]

I knew you were going to Brazil. Anyone know if there is an election for Brazil or Argentina and when?

[Selene]

You are really on top of all the germ stories today.

Amsterdam keeps coming up.

Imagine being on a transatlantic flight with the drug resistant TB carriers.

[JustPiper]

Osama bin Laden: missed opportunities [CIA had video of him in fall of 2000]
MSNBC ^ | Mar 16, 2004 | Lisa Myers

Posted on 03/16/2004 5:57:17 PM CST by The Raven

As the 9/11 commission investigates what Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush might have done to prevent the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, one piece of evidence the commission will examine is a videotape secretly recorded by a CIA plane high above Afghanistan. The tape shows a man believed to Osama bin Laden walking at a known al-Qaida camp.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1099185/posts

[Calpernia]

And where is Speicher being held? Do we have 'official' word or just disinformation?

[Revel]

It looks like the last major election in Brazil was in October of 2002.

[JustPiper]

Iran Erupts?
National Review Online's "The Corner" section ^ | 3/16/2004 | Kathryn Jean Lopez

Posted on 03/16/2004 3:49:09 PM CST by WarrenC

IRAN ERUPTS? [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Secondhand, from an Iranian:

I am listening to KRSI (Radio Sedaye Iran) right now. There are many Iranians calling (from Tehran, and Gorgan, etc.).

All reports indicate that almost every neighborhood in Tehran is on fire. People are throwing home-made bombs, Molotov cocktails, etc. into the homes of mullahs, and burning pictures of Khamenei in complete defiance of his recent edict to mourn during the month of Muharram.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1099087/posts