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"

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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!

[Revel]

People don't take any of these images really seriously unless something happens. And with all of the images out there that mean nothing then it is hard to get too worried about any given one. They can be eriee sometimes though.

[texasbluebell]

JG, it's not there anymore. The link is dead.

It was at 532, but gone now.

[knak]

has this been posted here?

The Next 9/11? (14 Syrians priactice planting a bomb on an LA bound plane)

It's a story about that story from womens wall street

[Quix]

THX.

[Revel]

Pulled off freerepublic. You don't have the article URL do you. You are saying this is not the same exact story as we have been reading.

[Revel]

Anyone missing Granny? Long time since she has posted.

[Cindy]

Thank you Revel

[knak]

It was about the same story. They pulled the thread though. It did say that NBC news was going to do a story about it I think on Monday?

[HipShot]

I'm not sure that it matters, honestly. I really don't know what to think about picture analysis for clues. Is there some kind of track record associated?

I am aware of the "calendar" picture from May, 2001, that shows the aircraft & towers.

[knak]

Middle Eastern Investors Make Huge Strides into U.S. Real Estate

I don't know about anybody else but I don't like this.

[Myrddin]

Wonder why they call it a nuclear bag?

I suspect bag == suitcase. Some variation in a mechanical Arabic to English translation preferred "bag".

[jerseygirl]

homelandsecurityUS.com has the images of the bull, the nuke going off in NYC as the wake of the ferry recedes, and another one of OBL hovering over NYC while there is blood running off the island.

I still can't find the one with the dead people in gasmasks- in NYC. Not that finding it would help much.

At this point, we all pretty much know what they would like to do to us

[jerseygirl]

That- is a supreme problem. I know we threatened Iran. However- IMO Russia would eventually take the hit because they gave the stuff to AQ and trained them in how best to use it.

[HipShot]

Five French citizens kidnapped in Gaza

Seattle Post-Inquirer

[jerseygirl]

Yes- I've read of Russia's Doomsday plan. Power goes out significantly in Moscow, communications down---automatically the missiles fire

Israel has a similar plan.

[jerseygirl]

Well- it's almost 5- so I will be heading off. Prayers for all, stay safe, and let's try to figure out if there is anything else we can do to help foil AQ.

[HipShot]

Another corpse in orange jumpsuit found in Iraq

Al Jazeera

[HipShot]

Stay frosty!

[TexKat]

Statement Threatens Attacks Vs. Italy

CAIRO, Egypt - A statement purportedly written by an al-Qaida-linked group threatened to launch attacks on Italian soil if Premier Silvio Berlusconi remains in office.

The statement, signed by the Brigades of Abu Hafs al-Masri and posted Friday on an Internet site known for carrying extremist Islamic content, follows the expiration of a three-month offer of a terrorism truce purportedly made by Osama bin Laden to European states, including Italy.

"Either you get rid of the inefficient Berlusconi, or we will really burn Italy," the undated statement said, adding, "Berlusconi is dragging you into more blood plus absolute slavery to America."

There was no way to verify the authenticity of the statement.

The Italian government didn't immediately respond to the new threat. Berlusconi, a staunch supporter of President Bush, said recently that the Italian contingent would stay in Iraq until democracy takes hold.

The premier, however, has faced strong opposition for his pro-U.S. stance, and many here have called for a troops' withdrawal.

The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigade is a shadowy group that takes its name from a top al-Qaida lieutenant who was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan (news - web sites) in 2001. It has claimed responsibility for a number of attacks on Western targets, including the March 11 train bombings in Madrid. Counterterrorism experts question whether the group has any agents capable of launching attacks and say some of its claims are obviously false or exaggerated.

The latest statement attributed to the group urges Italians to get rid of their premier or "the next message will be on your land not on the Internet," threatening to use "unconventional weapons" in a strike similar to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.

"We are in Italy, and not one of you is safe so long as you refuse our sheik's (bin Laden's) offer (for a truce)," said the statement, which appeared in Italian and Arabic.

"We will turn his promise into reality. A bloodbath similar to Sept. 11 awaits you," the statement said. "We are able to aim at qualitative targets with unconventional weapons that will cause a grand catastrophe."

Italy sent 3,000 troops to Iraq after the ouster of Saddam Hussein to help rebuild the country. The contingent is based in the southern city of Nasiriyah.

In November, a truck bombing at an Italian barracks in southern Iraq killed 19 Italians, the country's worst military loss since World War II. In May, an Italian soldier died of wounds suffered in a battle with militants believed loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

[appalachian_dweller]

>> will be heading off <<

A safe, peaceful, and happy weekend to you jerseygirl. See ya' next week.