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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread 5
CNN ^ | March 12, 2004

Posted on 03/12/2004 8:23:06 PM PST by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 4515sb; alqaida; homelandsecurity; terrorism; threatmatrix
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To: WestCoastGal
Thanks for that article WCG. I'm catching up for today so don't know if there are more articles. Maybe it's the "tin-foil" in me, but, I think they were doing more than just a little R & R. If they get too much crap from Mexico I've got caves on my property they can use for training :-)
4,041 posted on 03/27/2004 4:20:52 PM PST by Oorang (The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it)
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To: jerseygirl
Observe the jihadist double standard: it is OK for them to kill civilians in pursuit of jihad, but it is not OK for Muslim "civilians" to be harmed in a retaliatory strike. The jihadists believe that terror directed against the U.S. is fully justified and ANY retaliation against them is a criminal act. Too bad. It's a two way street and the U.S. has more and bigger toys. And unlike the jihadis, we have the technical expertise to correctly deliver a weapon to a specified target.
4,042 posted on 03/27/2004 4:22:21 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: jerseygirl
There was unusualy activity on the Gold an Currency markets last week. Someone may be playing the EURO to fall big time. Gold was way up.

http://www.forbes.com/reuters/newswire/2004/03/26/rtr1314044.html

http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?s=2562fe4d1a50043da97762b570cf8ffb&threadid=94744
4,043 posted on 03/27/2004 4:23:49 PM PST by SCR1
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To: All
The Southeast Asian Front (Creeping towards Islamization in Indonesia)
The Weekly Standard ^ | April 5, 2004 | Paul Marshall

Posted on 03/27/2004 4:06:29 PM CST by RWR8189

THE STRUGGLE AGAINST extremist Islam is not only military and diplomatic, it is also a war of ideas. In this battle there are few more important countries than Indonesia, whose 230 million people make it by far the largest Muslim country and democracy. It is also home to the largest concentration of Muslims developing an understanding of Islam at home in a democratic and diverse world, and committed to resisting the reactionary versions being exported from Saudi Arabia.

However, the country remains under threat from Islamist radicals, and its IMPENDING ELECTIONS provide ample opportunity for extremist mischief. Its problem is that the radicals are committed, organized, have a clear vision, and are often well funded, and so can intimidate and outmaneuver their larger but more hesitant Muslim and nationalist opponents...

...Despite Indonesia's moderate heritage, militant Islam is gaining ground, and may make further advances this year. The Islamists are trying four ways to impose their views. One is changing the constitution to incorporate Islamic sharia law. Another is terrorism. The third is piecemeal legislative change, and the fourth is domination of towns and provinces where the militants can impose their views through local support or by intimidation. The first two are unlikely to come to anything. The last two--both forms of creeping Islamization--are having more success...

...The failure of this legal route has led to the growth of terrorist groups such as Jemaah Islamiyah, which may have roots in Darul Islam. These groups were active, usually against the country's large Christian population, long before the October 2002 Bali nightclub bombing brought them to world attention. In eastern Indonesia, on the islands of Maluku and Sulawesi, ONGOING FIGHTING BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS HAS LEFT MORE THAN 10,000 DEAD AND UP TO HALF A MILLION REFUGEES. The groups also share bin Laden's view that Australia's effort to "separate East Timor from Indonesia" is part of an "international conspiracy by followers of the Cross." One of the convicted Bali bombers, Amrozi bin Nurhasiym, says his goal is to establish an Islamic state throughout Southeast Asia. Other militant groups, such as Laskar Jihad and the Islamic Defenders Front, are committed to the same end. (Yusuf Galan, one of the suspects of the March 2004 Madrid bombing, is believed to have done terrorist training in Indonesia.)...

http://www.freerepublic.info/focus/f-news/1106360/posts

Emphasis added. Seems radical Islam has no problem with attacking moderate Muslims. Indonesia is well worth our continued attention, especially in light of upcoming elections, and due to the sheer numbers affected.
4,044 posted on 03/27/2004 4:37:37 PM PST by liberallyconservative
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To: WestCoastGal
The flight crew could hold the medication with them. If the person was in a diabetic coma, they would have to land for administration of the drug so as not to risk it being something other than medicine. You're correct, it could be anything in the vial.
4,045 posted on 03/27/2004 4:39:14 PM PST by MamaDearest (We make war that we may live in peace.)
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To: jerseygirl
PERSONAL OPINION: You make a good point jersey girl, however, most of the jihadis/islamic extremists/other anti-Americans already have a web page(s) up on the 'net where we can see the info already. They don't need to have an extra page on Yahoo! do they? Bottom-line thought: How far should free speech go?
4,046 posted on 03/27/2004 4:48:33 PM PST by Cindy
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To: SCR1
WOW! Thanks for posting that SCRI

Remember the AQ demand letters.

One of their demands was the return the Stolen Gold.

I am going to see if I can find the exact statement.
4,047 posted on 03/27/2004 4:53:10 PM PST by Selene
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To: Pegita; All
I pray specifically today for air travel. I am on my sister's pc (mine is out) and she lives right by O'Hare and we have no air traffic, eerie
4,048 posted on 03/27/2004 5:02:10 PM PST by JustPiper (Part of being sane is being a little bit crazy)
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To: SCR1; jerseygirl; All
And a different market....


WorldNetDaily.com (Insight Magazine): "WILL SOROS PANIC MARKET TO DEFEAT BUSH? 11th-Hour Slide Could Send Voters to Polls with 'Fear In Their Hearts'" by Kenneth R. Timmerman (January 24, 2004)

quote.BLOOMBERG.com - BLOOMBERG NEWS: "SOROS SAYS BUSH POLICIES TO CAUSE BOOM IN 2004, BUST IN 2005" (January 25, 2004)

4,049 posted on 03/27/2004 5:03:50 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Selene
Ping Selene to post no. 4049
4,050 posted on 03/27/2004 5:05:05 PM PST by Cindy
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To: MamaDearest
Funny, I've been down for two days and needed this group so bad took a ride to sis's ;) I am so stoopid when it comes to my laptop and my son has not found a driver for it. So I'm ready to go buy an external just to plug in at home and then I still don't know what to do ;(
4,051 posted on 03/27/2004 5:05:51 PM PST by JustPiper (Part of being sane is being a little bit crazy)
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To: JustPiper
Hi JP.
4,052 posted on 03/27/2004 5:05:59 PM PST by Cindy
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To: thecabal
Always my friend
4,053 posted on 03/27/2004 5:09:04 PM PST by JustPiper (Part of being sane is being a little bit crazy)
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To: thecabal
Prayers going out for her recovery...how was surgery?
4,054 posted on 03/27/2004 5:12:03 PM PST by JustPiper (Part of being sane is being a little bit crazy)
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To: JustPiper; All
N.Y. Man Charged With Arms Exports
The Washington Times ^ | 23 Mar 2004 | Jerry Seper

Posted on 03/27/2004 5:05:05 PM CST by XHogPilot

A Brooklyn man has been arrested by federal agents on charges of illegally shipping missile components, radar equipment and F-4 fighter parts through a company in Israel for later transfer to buyers in the Middle East...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1106385/posts

4,055 posted on 03/27/2004 5:13:09 PM PST by liberallyconservative
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To: jerseygirl
Or the too bs statements ;)
4,056 posted on 03/27/2004 5:16:25 PM PST by JustPiper (Part of being sane is being a little bit crazy)
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To: freeperfromnj
Don't worry his track record well...
4,057 posted on 03/27/2004 5:17:51 PM PST by JustPiper (Part of being sane is being a little bit crazy)
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To: TexKat
Considering that most of the gas stations in Florida (and probably elsewhere - certainly in NY and the Northeast) are run by Muslim Pakistanis and Arabs, this is not a comforting thought. I'm sure the station owners are also benefitting from this, or at least permitting it.

I live in Florida, and some of the 9/11 hijackers were thought to have stayed in the back room of a Pakistani gas station (whose owners then disappeared) in a rural area near my small city.
4,058 posted on 03/27/2004 5:18:45 PM PST by livius
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To: WestCoastGal
This is good Threat Matrix, anyone make it yet?
4,059 posted on 03/27/2004 5:27:53 PM PST by JustPiper (Part of being sane is being a little bit crazy)
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To: JustPiper
Hey - I missed you a lot. Glad to finally hear from you. We aren't that computer literate about repairs/driversetc. here either. Our old one evidentally got a virus and died. I didn't have this group for one day and I know personally how traumatizing it is. Welcome back!
4,060 posted on 03/27/2004 5:41:32 PM PST by MamaDearest (We make war that we may live in peace.)
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