Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Fifteen

CNN ^ | 07/25/04 | N/A

[JustPiper]

Credit: The Cabal

The title refers to a daily report given to the president of the United States detailing the most serious terrorist threats against the country. To tackle those threats, the government has formed a top-notch task force to infiltrate the terror cells and cut off the danger.

"Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix."

We here at FR are trying to be in conjunction with the daily reports around the world that involve threats. We try to provide a storehouse of information that takes hours of research.

YOU be the Judge and get informed.


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

Group linked to al Qaeda warns of 'columns of car bombs'

Australia and Italy have received warnings through a statement purportedly from militants linked to al Qaeda that demanded those countries withdraw troops from Iraq.

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



Meet It!
Greet It!
Defeat It!

LINK TO THREAD FOURTEEN

[nwctwx]

Any guesses who MOE might be? ;)

lol, EOM is a freeper! ;-)

[Oorang]

Any guesses who MOE might be?

Ummmm, Curley's brother?

[drymans wife]

No I think it's worth reading, but as of yet I am not
going to stay up all night and concern myself with him.

[JellyJam]

why Tuesday?

[Bethshaya]

Dancing on the head of the Serpent

There's a fallen angel on a throne
in every capital city
Ruling with "wisdom" that manipulates
the children of this century
Pulling the kings like puppets on strings
bowing their knees to him

Chorus:
Dancing on the head of the serpent
Dancing on the head of the serpent

His name is lust, his name is pride
His name is deceptive knowledge
But still he has a nail in his eye
he can't buy the saints in the city
He tries and he tries but they won't compromise
They show him no mercy no pity
and that's alright, that's alright

Dancing on the head of the serpent
He sits on a throne with an arrogant smile
thinking he's gonna stay there forever
But the King of the Saints is mounting His steps
there is a judgement to settle
And in a short moment his face turns surprised
before he is thrown to the ground
That's alright, that's alright

http://www.jerusalem.se/lyrics/english/dancing.asp

[Chaos]

Someone who claims to be EOM posted this same thing on the Freedom Watchers site yesterday and today both. They are pouncing on him/her/it.

[LayoutGuru2]

The reply to EOM's post over at CN&V2 is from yours truly. I made EOM an honorary Freeper back in January.

[nwctwx]

yeah, I remember. :)

[LayoutGuru2]

I noticed a few weeks ago that EOM spelled backwards is MOE. Yeah, sometimes I am a bit slow. Nyuck, nyuck, nyuck!!!

[JellyJam]

I gather that's not on the current Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

[cmsgop]

Last Night on TM, I thought I read something about the 27th

[MWestMom]

Media at DNC not happy with bathroom facilities. Apparently about 20 porta potties (picture a construction site) are lined up in front of the media pavillion. That's about 1 potty per 60 print media journalists. This could get really ugly!

[Judith Anne]

Some seeds can be frozen, I think.

[Oorang]

Arizona and terrorists:

Biographies of those linked to state

The Arizona Republic
Jul. 23, 2004 12:00 AM

Investigative reports on the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks show that hijacker Hani Hanjour was preceded in Arizona by top-level aides to Osama bin Laden and developed a network of friends and associates here. But he appears to have operated mostly in isolation from the 18 other conspirators until months before the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Nearly three years later, not one of Hanjour's Arizona contacts has been charged with a Sept. 11 terrorism offense. Some were convicted of immigration violations and deported. Some served brief prison sentences for fraud or lying to the FBI. Many claim to be innocent scapegoats.

The 9/11 commission does not say where these individuals are now, but below is a list of Arizona players identified in its report. Most have been the subject of previous news accounts.

Excerpted (copyright) Interesting list at link:

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0723reportlist23.html

[Oorang]

I had not thought of that, thanks. This winter I'll experiment and freeze some.

Davey, when your potatoes sprout, just plant them and you'll get a lovely potato crop. Love those Yukon golds :-)

[liberallyconservative]

Pirate Killings Hit 10-Year Global High
Guardian UK ^ | Monday July 26, 2004 1:46 AM | Sean Yoong

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Pirates killed 30 seafarers worldwide in the first six months of the year - the highest toll in more than a decade - and governments need to boost patrols in dangerous regions to curb the violence, a maritime group said Sunday.

The 30 killings compared to 16 during the same period last year despite an overall decline in pirate attacks, the British-based International Maritime Bureau said in a report released by its Piracy Watch Center in Kuala Lumpur.

``Reports of violence against seamen have risen,'' Capt. Potenggal Mukundan, IMB Director, said in the report. ``Law enforcement agencies should thus increase their presence in these hotspots to prevent the loss of lives and injuries.''

The casualty figures were the highest for the first half of any year since at least 1993, when the IMB began keeping records.

Fifteen deaths occurred in Nigerian waters, where pirates armed with automatic weapons have launched 13 attacks so far this year on commercial ships and passenger ferries plying the coast.

``The increased ferocity and the number of attacks are linked to law and order problems ashore,'' the IMB said. ``The (Nigerian) authorities are under pressure and unable to respond adequately to attacks at sea.''

Most of the other fatalities were in Indonesia, Vietnam, Bangladesh and the Philippines.

Nevertheless, the total number of pirate attacks worldwide fell to 182 so far this year from 234 in the first half of 2003, helped by decreasing attacks in places such as India and the Gulf of Aden.

But Indonesia alone suffered 50 pirate attacks, the most of any country.

That figure did not include another 20 attacks in the Straits of Malacca, which straddle Indonesia's Sumatra island and the Malay peninsula.

Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore last week began their first coordinated naval patrols to deter piracy and terrorism in the straits, through which 50,000 ships pass each year.

``Only time will tell whether or not these patrols prove effective,'' Noel Choong, head of the IMB's piracy watch center, told The Associated Press. ``The countries involved must put in long-term commitment before the situation in these waters can improve significantly.''

Other piracy-plagued nations include Ghana and Venezuela, which each suffered five attacks. Brazil, Colombia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam reported three attacks apiece.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4351281,00.html

[MamaDearest]

Severnaya is a shipbuilding / shipyard in Russia. Tahiya is a ME belly dancer. I wonder if our shipping channels have been swept for ships that were in transit prior to the recent security implementations for ships coming into the country. Another possible meaning for in the BELLY of the beast?

Tahiya ME Belly Dancer

[Myrddin]

My U.K. trips generally start at Heathrow with a non-stop drive from Kenning Car rentals to Cardiff. From there, we head up through Carmarthen and Aberystwyth. I have cousins in Pontrhydygroes and friends in Cwmystwyth.

Lots of Welsh music and books fill my suitcases after a week on vacation. :-)

[knak]

Boxcutter knife found on plane - Sydney International Airport

[Selene]

Terrorists 'missing'

Madrid - Morocco, home to most of the suspects in the Madrid train bombings, has warned Spain it has lost track of about 400 suspected Islamic terrorists, a newspaper reported Sunday

....some 600 Moroccans Muslims were known to have trained in Afghanistan in camps sponsored by Osama bin Laden,



HEY, I HAVE AN IDEA... WE SHOULD GRANT THEM PERMANENT RESIDENT VISAS:
Congress is allowing this. I call it treason.

State Department Announces 2005 Diversity Visa Lottery
Results
United States Department of State (Washington, DC)

July 22, 2004
Posted to the web July 22, 2004

Washington, DC

Diversity Visa Lottery 2005 (DV-2005) Results
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1177820/posts
*50,000 permanent resident visas annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.....

EGYPT 6,070
MOROCCO 5,298