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!

[Velveeta]

I'm wondering the same thing.

~~Scratching head~~ Did I go to 007 site? Running Norton now.

[all4one]

This is a really chilling and eye-opening article that everyone should read.

I was shocked that none of the passengers did anything. Even to have at least gotten up to be near the bathroom.

Since 9/11 I always wear high heels when we fly. Just because I want something that I could possibly use as a weapon, if needed. Thankfully my husband is a big former football player type guy, who is level headed and in an emergency would and could do something.

My personal opinion is that if the Islamists thought that any AMERICAN on any flight could possibly be armed....well this scenario may not have happened. And I am talking about life long AMERICANS...not the passport...visa type.

[Judith Anne]

Thanks. I value your opinion.

[Semper Paratus]

Isn't the so-called Al-Queda truce with Europe ending today?

[knak]

Breaking - headless corpse found in Iraq

[milkncookies]

Deleted from where?

[jimbo123]

What was the story of the 3 nukes from S Asia?

[jerseygirl]

expat might know.
IMO they would have been larger nukes of more recent vintage- being serviced by the Russians about a year ago.

I wonder if these were the ones which were divided up and hidden in Mexico and Canada- then recently reassembled and brought back into the US.

They must be fairly close to- if not at- their destinations by now

[jerseygirl]

See Cave of Darkness thread from yesterday, post #22

[Velveeta]

If it wasn't from FR, then WHO deleted it?

Must be getting close, huh?

[jerseygirl]

I'd have to look back at the timing....I had posted it- then people were working on a map and we were talking about some of the cities....was that when the abuse button started going off???

[jerseygirl]

TB2000

[drymans wife]

If I am recalling correctly, everyone was in the
process of putting a map together with the red dots
to indicate were the Red Cross Volunteer sights were.
Then you posted about the bombs. That's when the
thread went down, I was getting ready to reply to
your post.

[jerseygirl]

I put it here on FR first. Later on, I put it on TB.
It was the copy about the 3 nukes- I'm sure- because I put that on the public forum as free republic is public- at least as read-only.

The message I received said that whatever I had posted on TB (it could have been the list, the three nukes, or the fractured map) had been pulled. The reason for the pulling was that the entire forum could be shut down by TPTB above- if TB was felt to be sharing either too sensitive information or information which could cause peope to fear.

Does this make any sense to you? I think we may have hit the nail on the head and TPTB want us HUSHED up. The abuse button was being hit HERE around the time we were discussing similar issues.

[Calpernia]

Not 100% sure yet. It is a machine translation. Lots of mispellings, words used wrong, etc.

I'm going to have to try a human translation later on.

[milkncookies]

Not surprised. Lot of editing goes on over there.

[Quix]

SOBERING, INDEED.

Speculations . . .

It is SOMEWHAT plausible that powers that be are hyper concerned about panic.

It is MORE plausible, to me, that the puppet masters want to avoid cluing too much of the populace in to toooooo much of the truth.

The 'fear of panic' excuse has been used for 50 years to keep the UFO stuff mostly quiet and under the more or less exclusive control of the puppet masters.

Will reply otherwise shortly.

[jerseygirl]

yes

[Calpernia]

or disinformation.

[milkncookies]

Haganah.net
ATTACK IMMINENT. TARGET ITALY?

We're detecting discussion/postings in the Qaida-linked forums suggesting that a signal has just been given for an attack, and that the target *may be* Italy. Interested parties should contact me directly for more info.

This is not a drill.

UPDATE 09:23 CDT (GMT -5):

For some time now Internet Haganah, in cooperation with another counter-terrorism organization that specializes in monitoring discussions on Arabic-language forums known to be popular with Al Qaida operatives, has been actively involved in examining such forums for signs of 'command and control', i.e. that the forums may from time to time be used to pass along orders to field operatives.

One active participant in these forums is widely recognized as a source of credible information that originates with people in the leadership circles of various Al Qaida franchises and affiliates. This individual is not known to post information that is off-topic or old. This individual is suspected of ties to acts of Islamic terrorism going back over a decade. This individual is suspected of having previously given "the signal" for terrorist attacks to occur.

Early this morning this individual posted an old speech from bin Laden on a Jihadist forum. This is not normal behavior for this person. He added the comment:

a day we shall never forget

This is also not normal behavior, nor was it apropos to what he had posted, and in light of the suspicions regarding the man's role in "triggering" previous attacks, we take these comments and behaviors as a bad sign.

The context in which this statement was made also does not bode well.

It is well known that Osama bin Laden issued an ultimatum to Europe that they must make peace with Al Qaida. Today is the deadline. Among the more mature participants in the hardcore Jihadist forums there has been much discussion recently of this deadline and its seriousness, and reminders have been posted in the last week to the effect that time is running out for Europe.

In addition, bin Laden has singled out Italy in particular for criticism, and the fact that Italy has refused to cave in to pressure to remove its forces from Iraq has certainly not won Italy any friends among Jihadists. Then there is the matter of Rome and the Vatican, which is seen as the capital of what Islamists view as an anti-Muslim Crusade. It is also not unusual to find Jihadists discussing a desire to conquer Italy in the name of Islam.

Finally, on another forum popular with Al Qaida types, Jihadists believed to be in Italy have been observed very recently speaking about their expectations of an operation to occur imminently. These Jihadists are of North African ethnicity, which fits the profile of recent Al Qaida operatives in Europe. There has also been an increase in chatter expressing great expectations for an operation in Europe generally.

The sum of all this information leads us to the conclusion that Al Qaida operatives may strike sooner rather than later, and of the possible targets in Europe, Italy would appear to be at the top of the list.

CAVEAT: While the sources cited here are all deemed reasonably credible, it must be noted that "wishful thinking" is a hallmark of the Jihadist mindset, and this might be nothing more than that. However, we feel obliged to err on the side of caution. I apologize for being a little vague about the specifics of our investigation, but this is all I'm able to say right now. Consider yourselves warned.

DISCLAIMER: I really hope we're wrong.
Posted by aaron at July 15, 2004 02:37 AM