Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread FOURTEEN

Yahoo News ^ | 07-18-04 | Randall Mikkelsen

[milkncookies]

That's not the way I read it.
I think we've known for some time that Iran and "other nation states"
have been supporting AQ and other terrorist groups. I think the prior administration knew but did nothing about it. This administration is and will continue to do something about it.

I personally do not believe we went into Iraq simply to combat terrorism
there or "just" to remove Saddam. WMD or not in Iraq, our invasion was
the precursor to a much broader campaign based on intelligence that has been known since the Clinton era. Intelligence that shows there has
been a highly organized, intense and carefully implemented attempt, on the part of several state governments, to bring the U.S. to it's knees through terrorist organization fronts.

Iraq was a strategic move. Our opening move. There will be plenty more to come. And I don't think Saudi Arabia is entirely immune to what may follow.

[drymans wife]

Every time I try to post a picture, the picture shows
up in the preview but when I post it I get the redX.
Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong?

[EternalHope]

Iraq was a strategic move. Our opening move. There will be plenty more to come. And I don't think Saudi Arabia is entirely immune to what may follow.

Agree completely. We have a LONG ways to go before the threat of Islamic fanaticism is defeated.

Too bad we have people like Kerry who put their own personal ambitions ahead of the preservation of civilization.

[angcat]

Thanks!

[Bethshaya]

Hartford CT Outage
Power has been restored to Hartford with the exception of a handful of buildings.

Was caused by an explosion in a manhole. They are still searching for the source. Telephone and power were both knocked out. 911 system was on backups.

Traffic lights are still on the fritz, but other than that, all seems back to semi normal.

[BagCamAddict]

I want that on a bumper sticker or a window decal for my truck. Anyone know where I can find one?

[HipShot]

AWACS has a top mounted dome

[Mrs. Xtrmst]

http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=2068844&nav=1ugFP1OE

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A sport utility vehicle exploded in a parking lot at Nashville's largest hotel, killing one man inside. Authorities said they suspected a homemade bomb was involved. ...


I don't know whether it's worth mentioning here but Nashville's nickname (other than Music City) is "Athens of the South". There's a full-sized replica of the Parthenon there. I only point it out because of the Olympics being held in Athens this year and I have family in Nashville who I have generally considered safer than myself since we are just outside of DC. Aww, it's probably nothing. The guy probably just wanted to commit suicide but didn't want it to be something ordinary.

[HipShot]

What pic?

[HipShot]

Thank you.

[jerseygirl]

Just got on board- trying to catch up with you all. Any horrific updates? Heard on Fox this AM we may be considering blockading Iran....wonder how the Russkies would respond to that!

[BagCamAddict]

Love this, from your link:

Early Bird

There has been a small makeover to one of Washington's best-read publications.

The Pentagon Early Bird, an electronic compilation of that day's defense reporting, no longer leads with the top stories. Instead, Larry Di Rita, the Defense Department's chief spokesman, has ordered the staff to first list that day's corrections as listed by the major dailies.

Aides to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld say the not-so-subtle shift is a message to reporters that the Pentagon is increasingly aware of what it considers the bent by the press to write inaccurate stories about the administration.

On Monday, for example, the Early Bird reproduced a correction in the New York Times. The Times conceded that it erred in reporting that the White House had not disclosed previously that some of President Bush's Air National Guard records were destroyed when they were converted to microfiche.

[drymans wife]

Everytime I try to post a picture, when I hit the
preview button I get the picture but when I go to
post it I get a redX. What am I doing wrong?

[milkncookies]

  WND
SECURITY BREECHES
Al-Qaida-OKC link included in Berger doc?
Author: Missing draft possibly presents evidence of Al-Zawahiri visit

Posted: July 21, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Ron Strom
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

 The woman who wrote the definitive book on a Middle Eastern connection to the Oklahoma City bombing says the classified terror-threat report at the center of a criminal investigation of former Clinton aide Sandy Berger might include information about a high-level al-Qaida operative having visited OKC ahead of the 1995 attack on the Murrah Federal Building.

As WorldNetDaily reported, Berger removed handwritten notes and secret documents from a National Archives reading room prior to his testimony before the 9-11 Commission. One of the documents was the draft of an after-action report he ordered his anti-terror czar, Richard Clarke, to write in early 2000. Berger has spoken publicly about how the review brought to the forefront the realization that al-Qaida had reached America's shores and required more attention. The draft report of the NSC "Millennium After Action Review" addresses the Clinton administration's handling of al-Qaida terror threats during the December 1999 millennium celebration.

Jayna Davis, author of "The Third Terrorist: The Middle Eastern Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing," points out the writing of the report was in the same timeframe Yossef Bodansky, former director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, confirmed that Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, one of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden's lieutenants, traveled to Oklahoma City in the spring of 1995 " to insure the smooth execution of the pending terrorist strike against the Murrah federal complex," said Davis.

"Bodansky explained that he did not confirm Al-Zawahiri's mission to the heartland state until late 1999," Davis told WND. "This revelation coincides with Richard Clarke's drafting of the Berger-directed review regarding the realization that al-Qaida had reached America's shores."

Asked Davis: "Was Bodansky's confirmation that the chief lieutenant of the bin Laden terror network traveled to the U.S. to oversee final preparations for the 1995 terrorist strike on the Oklahoma City federal building included in Clarke's draft reports that are now officially missing from National Archives?

"Did Berger and Clarke review Bodansky's skillful analysis of the Murrah Building bomb that drew striking parallels to the techniques used by known Islamist groups for operations in Argentina and elsewhere?"

Bodansky penned several task force warnings in 1995, which were generated from multiple intelligence sources in several Middle Eastern countries over a period of 18 months prior to the Oklahoma City bombing. Information was also gleaned from terrorist conferences that took place in the fall of 1994 and early 1995 in which Iran's desire to strike inside the "Great Satan" was unveiled. Davis noted President Clinton wielded the power of executive privilege to seal the 1995 task force warnings.

Yesterday, President Bush announced his administration is investigating links between Iran and the 9-11 attacks.

"As to direct connections with September the 11th, we're digging into the facts to determine if there was one," Bush said.

Bodansky is the author of the new book "The Secret History of the Iraq War," as well as "Bin Laden – The Man Who Declared War on America."

Davis' book documents her contention the government purposefully and willfully ignored evidence that implicated Middle Eastern suspects in the OKC attack – evidence that FBI and governmental sources believe possibly could have prevented the terrorist attacks of 9-11..

[jerseygirl]

I tend to agree. I see NO way this could have been kept secret----unless there was an enormous effort made not to upset the populace. Can you imagine the people streaming out of NYC if they knew a nuke had been found in the city???

[flutters]

The explosion occurred late Tuesday about a half-mile from the main entrance of Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, and about 200 feet from a day care center, which was closed, said Jim Cavanaugh of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Police said the blast was felt miles away, and it left nothing but a shell of the SUV.

More here: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-car-explosion,0,3857977.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[angcat]

Can someone please post the list of cities in the US that are top terrorist targets?

Thank you!

[jerseygirl]

Then again---imagine the MASS PANIC if it got out that a nuke was found in the city. People would be cramming onto the trains and busses. Traffic would be backed up all over the city. Businesses would be closed- even the stock exchange. People would do whatever they could do to FLEE. There would be mass chaos.

So it could be possible that the nuke- was discretely removed, with no mention to anyone. (except NEIN)

[Donna Lee Nardo]

< img src="http://www.yourpicnamehere.jpg" >

Just put the exact URL location and name of the pic in between the quotes. Also, delete the 1 space I put after the < sign and the 1 space before the > sign.

[freeperfromnj]

Then there was this little incident this morning. This is the fourth such incident in less than 24 hours.

DOWNED WIRES CAUSING DELAYS ON NEW HAVEN LINE

POSTED: 11:48 am EDT July 21, 2004
UPDATED: 12:42 pm EDT July 21, 2004

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. -- Overhead wires were pulled down on the New Haven Line in New Rochelle, causing big problems for the Metro North Railroad Wednesday morning.

Some 20,000 commuters were affected when the downed wires caused the suspension of service through New Rochelle in both directions.

Metro North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders says the problem began at 8:30 a.m. when an empty train going to New Rochelle to pick up passengers got snarled in the wires when it changed tracks. The wires and the pantograph arm on the train came down.

For the next 40 minutes, nothing moved from New Rochelle, forcing Metro North to stop 17 inbound trains and five outbound trains from New York City. Amtrak also had five trains delayed. The trains were delayed at least 90 minutes.

Anders says one track was restored at 9:10 a.m., allowing Metro North to move southbound trains to New York City through the area. Northbound passengers were provided buses from Mount Vernon West to Rye.

Beginning at 10:10 a.m., Metro North began running hourly northbound service between New York and New Haven. Hourly northbound service from New Haven to New York is leaving New Haven at 59 minutes after each hour.

Anders says the railroad hopes to have at least one more track back in service for the afternoon rush hour.

http://www.wnbc.com/traffic/3559690/detail.html