Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Thirteen

WND ^ | 7-11-04 | N/A

[JustPiper]

Picture credit: TheCabal

"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"

LINK TO THREAD TWELVE

LUCKY THREAD NUMBER:

HOMELAND INSECURITY

Backup electrical systems failed to kick in

A mysterious power failure at Logan Airport that delayed dozens of flights for more than five hours has still not been explained – six days later.

Airport officials insist airline security was not compromised during the blackout Monday at Logan International's Terminal E, but backup electrical systems failed to kick in as they are programmed under such circumstances.

We are the "Stotters" who make ourselves aware of the enemy who wishes to do us harm

Meet It!
Greet It!
Defeat It!

[JustPiper]

waving to Judith seeya later

[JustPiper]

Top al-Qaeda figures held in Iraq
From correspondents in Cairo
July 15, 2004

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,10146715%5E1702,00.html

[Judith Anne]

Good morning bump! ;-D

[Labyrinthos]

Or Moe as in Stooges?

Great minds think alike. Hee Hee...

[JustPiper]

I need some help in regards to my daughter who is 2 weeks away from having my granddaughter.

She was tested positive for Strep Group B yesterday. She has a very laid back and over extended doctor, can anyone tell me what the complications for her and the baby could possibly be? I'm getting mixed reports on the web.

Thank you from me and Riley -g-

[Judith Anne]

I've never done OB nursing, so I can't help, except to say I'll keep all of you in prayers.

[Judith Anne]

Here's a website with information:

http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/groupbstrep/a/aa101397

[Judith Anne]

Group B Strep
Your Guide, Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE From Robin Elise Weiss, LCCE,
Your Guide to Pregnancy / Birth.
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What you need to know to protect your baby.
Group B Strep, also known as Beta Strep or GBS is a bacteria that can live within humans. About 25% of women are carriers of this bacteria and don't even know it. They don't have any feelings of illness and are not sick. It is not a sexually transmitted disease, so you don't have to worry about your husband or partner getting it. The risk to your baby comes at birth.

Effects on the Baby

98-99% of all babies born to infected mothers will not become infected, if treated. Of those who become infected few will have any problems with the treatment for the infection. There are two types of infections: early and late.

Early infections tend to occur usually within the first six hours after birth, and most by the seventh day of life. This infection can cause inflammation of the baby's lungs, spinal cord or brain. About 15% of these babies will die from the infection.

The other infection, late infection, occur after the first seven days of life. Half of these late infections are not from the mother but from other sources of infection, such as contact with other carriers of GBS, including hospital personnel. Meningitis is the main risk from late infection, which has long term problems associated with the baby's nervous system. However, babies with late infections are less likely to die than those with early infections.

Risk Factors & Testing

During birth as the baby passes through the vagina it comes into contact with the bacteria, making it more likley for the baby to get Group B Strep. To prevent this from happening women who test positive or who have had a previous baby with Group B Strep will be given IV antibiotics during labor. If you were not test at the end of your pregnancy and you go into labor you will be treated if you have any of the following symptoms of a Group B Strep infection:

* Water is broken greater than 18 hours
* You run a fever of 100.4 degrees or higher
* You are in labor prior to 37 weeks

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines are summarized as follows:

* Every woman should be tested between weeks 35-37 of gestation with a simple vaginal and rectal swab.
* If she tests positive she should be treated with antibiotics in labor.
* If a woman has tested negative within five weeks of labor, she does not need to be treated in labor, even if she develops risk factors.
* If a woman has an unknown GBS status in labor, she should only be treated if she develops risk factors.
* A woman should be treated in labor if she has ever had a previous baby born with GBS or if she has tested positive at any time during her current pregnancy.

Common Questions about GBS

How did I get it?

GBS is a naturally occurring bacterium in the body of both men and women.

Can I still breast-feed if I have GBS?

Yes you can. A colonized mother will not pass the bacteria on to her child.

Is there a vaccine?

Not yet, although they are working on it. So, someday there may be a vaccine. The Federal Government is currently funding some studies.

Would a cesarean prevent transmission to the baby?

No. There is not even a need to treat with antibiotics unless your water has broken in this case, or unless you need antibiotics for another reason. There have even been documented cases of babies born by cesarean who have developed infection through the amniotic sac, which was not ruptured until the surgery under way and birth occurred within seconds of rupture.

(from the article at the site I posted above)

[JustPiper]

Morning backatchya my new friend. Did you happen to see GMA about a half hour ago? It was about 7Seas Cybersleuths. After viewing I wrote a lengthy letter and invited them here LOL!

{{{We have a brief summary on TM on what to look for, but is anyone willing to go through posts to write a comprehensive alert type of thing to post each thread?}}}
Here's what the show was based on, it is a 5 page report:

This is a very thorough and eyeopening report!

Cyber Jihad

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Al Qaeda's Webmasters Piggyback and Proliferate on the Web — And They're Winning the Cyber War

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/World/SciTech/cyberterror_alqaeda_040715-1.html

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http://abcnews.go.com/sections/World/SciTech/cyberterror_alqaeda_040715-5.html
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On one day, chat rooms may steer people to a Web site where they can find streaming video of a kidnap victim somewhere in the Middle East, pleading for his life while masked men spell out their demands in Arabic text.

The next time you look, you may see horrific pictures of the man's body. And the next time, nothing but "Error 404: File Not Found" — Internet shorthand that means the kidnappers have removed the evidence.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/SciTech/terror_online_040715-1.html

[Judith Anne]

I don't get ABC, but Fox had an interview with one of the men in 7seas, can't remember if it was this am or yesterday afternoon.

iirc, they said he was the physicist. Almost sure it was yesterday afternoon.

[Velveeta]

I wonder if anyone here knows what that might have been hanging from the back of that plane? Curious.

[Velveeta]

Bumping that post.

[Velveeta]

I've seen the photo as well. Isn't it that pic that has Osama in the center and a male face cropped into a bull?

[Velveeta]

Great list, thanks.

[Velveeta]

Agreed

[Velveeta]

It's pretty common, JP. Although, if your daughter has a temperature, she should go to ER to be monitored.

Usually the docs don't do anything until labor and delivery, when they give the Mom an antibiotic IV.

[Judith Anne]

Here's an article just posted here on FR about a lady's experience on a flight with a lot of ME types. Might have been a "rehearsal."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1171855/posts

"Terror in the skies again"

[TexKat]

BAHRAIN BOMB PLOT ALLEGED

Six out of seven men suspected of plotting an Al Qaeda terrorist attack in Bahrain were re-arrested yesterday.

New evidence reportedly revealed that they were on the verge of launching an attack when they were first arrested on June 22.

An investigation of belongings seized from their homes indicated that they had planned and were ready to execute an attack, said a statement from the Interior Ministry.

Chemicals taken from their homes and files seized from their computers indicated that they had completed the planning stages of their operation and were awaiting a convenient time to strike, said the statement.

The targets of their plot included government, business and tourist establishments, with the aim of causing terror and hurting Bahrain's economy and foreign investment in the country, said the ministry.

It is believed the seventh man, Ali Mahmood Mohieddin Khan, who holds a British passport, left the country less than a week ago allegedly for medical treatment, according to sources.

Files taken from their homes included information about building weapons, bombs, poisons and the chemicals needed for that, said the ministry statement.

It said they also had information revealing how to gain possession of the chemicals needed locally and instructions on how to use them.

The evidence was presented before the Public Prosecutor's Office, which issued an order for their re-arrest because the evidence against them was sufficient, said the ministry.

The men are believed to have been called by police stations near their homes and placed under arrest, according to sources.

Mr Khan, his brother Mohieddin, Bassam Yousif Abdul Karim Al Ali, Abdulrazzaq Bokhowa, Yasser Abdulla Mohammed Kamal, Omar Abdulla Mohammed Kamal were originally arrested on June 22 from their homes.

Shaikh Mohammed Saleh was originally put under house arrest.

All were later temporarily freed pending an investigation of belongings seized from their homes.

Shaikh Mohammed had previously been detained in Saudi Arabia for nine months without charge and later released.

He is now in police custody with five others, said sources.

[Velveeta]

The pic that I was thinking of is here on the NEIN site. Scroll down a bit to the Dec. 20th 2003 entry:

http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/binladen.asp

Does that look like the same skyline?

(One of these days I'm going to learn how to post a pic)

[Judith Anne]

I just finished reading that whole article that I linked above, from Women's Wall Street.

Here's a quote from the article, this just gives me chills. I'll never fly again.

"... published in The Observer (a British newspaper based in London) on February 8, 2004:

Terrorist bid to build bombs in mid-flight: Intelligence reveals dry runs of new threat to blow up airliners

"Islamic militants have conducted dry runs of a devastating new style of bombing on aircraft flying to Europe, intelligence sources believe.

The tactics, which aim to evade aviation security systems by placing only components of explosive devices on passenger jets, allowing militants to assemble them in the air, have been tried out on planes flying between the Middle East, North Africa and Western Europe, security sources say.

… The … Transportation Security Administration issued an urgent memo detailing new threats to aviation and warning that terrorists in teams of five might be planning suicide missions to hijack commercial airliners, possibly using common items … such as cameras, modified as weapons.

…Components of IEDs [improvised explosive devices]can be smuggled on to an aircraft, concealed in either clothing or personal carry-on items … and assembled on board. In many cases of suspicious passenger activity, incidents have taken place in the aircraft's forward lavatory."