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.

[Velveeta]

OK, thanks. I'm still trying to get caught up on the thread.

[Velveeta]

LOL!

[Calpernia]

I flagged it to go back and read. Thanks.

[Calpernia]

[knak]

It's also my mom & stepdads anniversary...if they last another year! Fight, fight, fight. I tell her she shouldn't have married on that day.

[WestCoastGal]

Number 19

http://www.message-of-god.com/Proof%20of%20the%20Quran.htm

[Calpernia]

You swatted the Butterfly!

Coco, how could you!

[Calpernia]

I heard about that more than a decade ago. Why are they writing that article now as if it is new?

[knak]

re: 4515 sb

possibly related to a flight? I found a page called "dive the pacific" that has lots of flights in and around australia that start with sb.

Dive the Pacific

[Calpernia]

I'm Queen of all message board Typos and proud of it!

I've not yet used that spellcheck button nor will I use it.

Post all typos to me and I will hold it against no one!

[Calpernia]

Graphic was suppose to be:

[Hegemony Cricket]

Bookmarking the new thread (and running WAY behind, I see, LOL).

[tmp02]

Purported al-Qaida statement (More proof that the Spanish cowered to Al Qaeda!)
Aljazeera ^ | 3/13/04

Posted on 03/15/2004 11:53:55 AM EST by areafiftyone

The following is a translation of a statement from the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigadesclaiming responsibility for the Madrid bombings. The statement was published in Arabic in the London based newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi.

In the Name of God

In its last statement (al-Qaida statement in relation to Baghdad and Karbala bombings) dated 11 Muharam 1425 Hijri calendar, corresponding to 2 March 2004, Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades promised that it was preparing more attacks.

Here the brigade is keeping its word. The death squad (of the Abu Hafs Al-Masri Brigades) succeeded in penetrating the crusader European depths to strike one of the pillars of the crusader alliance - Spain - with a painful blow. These bomb attacks were part of settling old scores with the crusader Spain for its war against Islam.

Where is America to protect you today, Aznar. Who is going to protect you, Britain, Italy, Japan and other hirelings from us?

When we hit Italian troops in Nasirya (Iraq) and sent you and other hirelings a warning to withdraw from the alliance against Islam, you did not comprehend our warning – now we have made it clear - we hope that it will be understood this time.

We, in Abu Hafs al-Masri, did not feel sad for the death of the so-called civilians. Is it lawful for them to kill our children, women, the elderly and men in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, and Kashmir and unlawful for us to kill them back. (The statement then refers to Quranic verses saying that Muslims should retaliate with equal force if attacked).

Stop targeting us, release our prisoners and leave our land and we will stop attacking you. The people of the US allied countries have to put pressure on their governments to immediately end their alliance with the US in the war against terror (Islam). If you persist we will also continue … We want to tell you the Death Smoke Squad will reach you soon, and then you will see your dead in their thousands – God willing … This is a warning …

In a separate attack, Jund al-Quds (Soldiers of Jerusalem) targeted a Jewish Masonic lodge in Istanbul. Three top Masons were killed in the operation, and if it was not for technical failure all the masons would have been killed. Thanks to God anyway.

We would like to tell Bilal bin Rabah Squad the leadership has agreed on the proposal and when the representative arrives, work will start.

We also would like to tell Abu Ali al-Harithi Squad the leadership has decided that Yemen would be the third quagmire for the idol of the time, America, and to teach the government which comes second only to (Pakistani president) Musharraf, in treason and infidelity, a lesson.

Therefore, all cells are to be on alert. Action will start at (time and code given) – Do not forget to debilitate, do not forget Abu Ali al-Harithi and do not forget the Muslim scholar who was extradited to Egypt by Yemen, Shaikh Abd al-Qadir Abd al-Aziz (Sayyed Imam Sharif). He was imprisoned three months after the September 11 attacks.

We want to inform those who kill Muslim Sunni scholars (Ulamaa) in Iraq to come to a halt otherwise …

We would like to announce to all Muslims in the world that 90% of the preparations of operation "Wind of Black Death" designed to be performed in America has finished and will be performed soon, God willing (at the Mujahidin's convenience). Believers will celebrate the victory of God.

Warning to the nation:- Avoid being close to the civil and military installations of America and its allies.

God is great, God is great – Islam is drawing closer by the might of the mightyand by humbling the mean.

Signed by "Abu Hafs al-Masri/al-Qaida" and dated 11 March 2004

[JustPiper]

Any updates? My daughter also left me a voice message last night asking

[JustPiper]

Bonds inch higher on terror concerns
Flight-to-safety buying returns after last week's bombings; dollar slides.
03/15/04
Treasury prices gained slightly Monday as strong manufacturing reports offset concerns about Spain's involvement in Iraq and fears that al Qaeda may be behind last week's deadly terrorist attack in Madrid.
FULL STORY
http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/15/markets/bondcenter/bonds/index.htm

[Pegita]

Heavenly Father, we return to give You thanks that You are Sovereign. Cause us to remember that, O God, for surely we can be persuaded by events that the enemy is victorious. We praise You for the truth of Your word ... "greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world." 1 John 4:4. Help us, too, Merciful Father, to remember that You are a jealous God ... that we are to worship and glorify the Creator rather than worship man or things created by man.

Lord, uplift us from our unease that the change in government in Spain could mean the loss of an ally. Give the greatest wisdom to our President and this administration as they quietly present the truth that no one is safe until all of us are safe from terrorism and its threat. Let the flush of the enemy's victory be only momentary ... grant to us an increase in intelligence gathering, swift and sure communication, and complete success in thwarting deadly plans, no matter where the target might be. Stir the eyes and ears of the world to be turned outward in vigilance, rather than inward in hope of evading evil wrath.

Father God, there is no mistaking that we are in a spiritual battle for the soul of this nation, and for the souls of the people throughout the world. Evil is upon us ... there is no doubt ... the enemy is strong and vicious and unrelenting. Equip Your children for deadly conflict, that we might put on the whole armor of God, "for we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12

"Stand, therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the equipment of the gospel of peace; above all taking the shield of faith, with which you can quench all the flaming darts of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." Ephesians 6:14-17

Raise up more throughout the world, O Lord, who will arm themselves with Your full armor, who will besiege the Throne of Grace with intercessory prayer, who will stand in faith believing, for only in You there is victory. In the Name of Jesus, I pray, Amen ...

[JustPiper]

Stocks tumble at open
Major indexes fall, led by technology losses, as investors suffer security jitters.
03/15/04
U.S. stocks tumbled early Monday, extending the previous week's declines, on jitters about national security issues in response to potential al Qaeda links to last week's deadly bombings in Madrid, as well as Spain's surprise change of government.
FULL STORY
http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/15/markets/markets_nyopen/index.htm

[Letitring]

Good grief! Lots of stuff going on underground.

[JustPiper]

Calculating terrorism's cost
Last week's attacks and Spain's vote pose difficult emotional and economic challenges.
03/15/04
No matter how rosy or how cautious the 2004 economic forecast, it seems everyone adds one caveat to their numbers: barring an unforeseen catastrophe like another terror attack on U.S. soil.
FULL STORY
http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/15/commentary/column_hays/hays/index.htm


EU mulls emergency terror summit
03/15/04
EU officials are considering calls to convene high-level security talks to assess how to fight terrorism as Europeans paid silent tribute to the Madrid bombing victims.
FULL STORY
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/15/spain.eu.ap/index.html


Investigators probe al Qaeda link
03/15/04
The investigation continues into whether al Qaeda was involved in last week's deadly train bombings in Spain that killed 200 people and wounded 1,500 more.
FULL STORY
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/03/15/spain.invest/index.html

[freeperfromnj]

Any thoughts on the black winds of death? They've had death planes, death cars, death trains and now the death winds which are supposedly 90% ready to go here in the U.S.