Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Sixteen

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[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."

Link to Thread Fifteen

Police Secure Businesses on Terror Alert
NEW YORK - Police searched trucks, blocked streets and posted machine-gun toting officers outside financial landmarks Monday, a day after the government's chilling warning that terrorists might target the buildings with bombs.

"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."
-- Jewish proverb

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




"What good are the color codes at all if we are suddenly hit with a bio or chem attack? There would be no warning and the danger would be instant."

"Code Red Implications
Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word."
by MamaDearest

Meet It!
Greet It!
Defeat It!

[ladyjane]

You mentioned recently about sharing personal experiences/observations. Here's one: I bumped into an old acquaintance the other day. He is a very big donor to the Dims. Also a longtime friend of Kerry and Ter-ray-zuh. After our usual kidding around and listening to him rant about the current administration - all the while with a big smile on his face - I said, "So do you think these terrorist warnings are all a political ploy on the part of the Bush administration?" His reaction was most interesting. The smile immediately left his face, replaced by a very serious look. He lowered his voice and said (paraphrasing) "Absolutely not. It's a real concern." I pushed more with some nuke questions - with a tone of voice that implied I was skeptical. He avoid the question. His response: "Of course the same briefings go to both candidates - he (Kerry) gets the briefings but he is not saying a word." This guy has spent a lot of time with those folks over the past 10 years. The change of expression on his face really said a lot to me.

[Velveeta]

Suburb's downtown closed after suspicious device found (Downer's Grove, IL)

Published August 9, 2004, 11:12 AM CDT

Authorities shut down a section of downtown Downers Grove in the western suburbs today after a suspicious-looking pipe was discovered by a village employee. (snip)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-040809downersgrove,1,1986968.story?coll=chi-news-hed

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Interesting. Shaven beards for Muslim men is ok in the West since 911 in order to protect their lives. And --- it goes without saying -- for jihad, too. ;)

http://www.mutah.com/

[Velveeta]

Wasn't there another scenario just like this one recently?
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Bomb squad detonates typewriter

RACINE, Wis. - Bomb squad members called to a Home Depot store because of a suspicious object detonated what they later discovered was just a typewriter.

Sgt. Steve Herold said a caller reported finding a briefcase outside the store Sunday.

A bomb squad was brought in from Kenosha to investigate and ended up detonating the item. The store was evacuated for a short time.

http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/9356026.htm

[Velveeta]

"They're being attacked and killed on a daily basis"

Oh, really?????

[appalachian_dweller]

Howdy folks. Hopelessly behind (1000+ posts) here and swamped with work. Looks like it was a busy weekend for TMers. Will try to catch up later this evening.

Glad we're all still here. Things pretty quiet in my neck of the woods.

Stay safe everyone. Gear list still on my FR homepage if anyone needs it.

[Cindy]

http://img35.exs.cx/img35/7596/SOUIDAN.jpg

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http://memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD76104
Special Dispatch Series - No. 761

August 10, 2004
No.761

"Egyptian Government Papers: The American Intervention in Darfur is a Plot to Control the Sudanese Oil"



ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Several articles and reports recently published in Egypt allege that the American intervention in Darfur is nothing but a plot to control the oil in Sudan and help President Bush in the upcoming elections. The following are excerpts from the articles:

Al-Ahram Al-Arabi Weekly: 'Sudan is the Key to the American Voting Booths'

The Egyptian government weekly magazine Al-Ahram Al-Arabi published an investigative report by Dr. Amani Al-Tawil titled: "The Key to the American Voting Booths is in Darfur: The Plot which is Called 'Oil.'"(1)"

[Lucy Lake]

Thanks Indie, this was in the article:

Jason Korsower of the Washington, D.C., counter-terrorism think tank, The Investigative Project, told CNSNews.com that

"these events could be dry runs or decoys designed to divert the intelligence community's attention to planes while the next attack might be maritime or a truck bomb."

Another counter-terrorism official,

who spoke with CNSNews.com on condition of anonymity,

said air passengers must take steps to ensure their own safety in situations similar to the one involving the Northwest Airlines flight from Detroit to Los Angeles.

"The only real line of defense in isolated situations such as on airlines is intentional chaos.

Being a compliant hostage in the post 9-11 period will not buy you safety," the official said.

"You have a gun at both temples, one wielded by the terrorists aboard the plane and the other by the U.S. Air Force scrambling fighter jets to prevent another disaster on the ground such as on September 11th."

Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations,

dismissed the reports of suspicious behavior on the part of Middle Eastern individuals.

"In these kinds of situations if the people had not looked -- quote -- Middle Eastern, I doubt the same behavior would have attracted any attention whatsoever," Hooper told CNSNews.com.

"Going to the restrooms or other activity somehow becomes suspicious when the person looks Middle Eastern. That's the reality we live in today," he added.

E-mail a news tip to Scott Wheeler.

Send a Letter to the Editor about this article.
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Well, if it wasn't middle eastern men causing the problem, people wouldn't be observing them.

No blonde Methodists have tried to hijack a plane, that I've read about.

[Labyrinthos]

"In these kinds of situations if the people had not looked -- quote -- Middle Eastern, I doubt the same behavior would have attracted any attention whatsoever,"

Seems to me that the flight attendants actually treated these people with kid gloves because they looked ME, whereas any other person would have been told in no uncertain terms to sit down or face prosecution.

[brucecw]

"They're being attacked and killed on a daily basis"

Oh, really?????

There has apparently been a noticeable increase in violence against anyone who looks like they might be from the Middle East - don't know if shaving off one's beard would help that much however.

The letter though does sound rather overblown - there are a lot of people in this country who have Middle Eastern ancestry or origins; one would expect a certain amount of violence as one would with any large group of people. I don't get the impression that the actual numbers we're talking about are all that large. Most of it would be of the same routine criminal activity to which anyone living in a big city would be at risk.

In other words I don't think violence against people purely because of their ethnic origin being from the Middle East has risen to large numbers of incidents compared to total incidents of violence - just that there been a big increase from a tiny number to a somewhat less tiny number.

[Rutles4Ever]

Sometimes I wonder if we shouldn't just "throw down" and get this coming world war over with. The world is our enemy.

Sad.

[Cindy]

http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewPolitics.asp?Page=\Politics\archive\200408\POL20040809b.html

"International Monitoring of US Election Called 'Frightening'"
By Roch Hammond
CNSNews.com Correspondent
August 09, 2004

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - The State Department's invitation for an Austrian human rights group to monitor this year's U.S. presidential election is a "frightening" development and "an absolute threat" to America's independence and sovereignty, according to the head of a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.

Tom DeWeese, president of the American Policy Center, said he's especially angry that the Bush administration would reach out to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which is based in Vienna, Austria."

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http://www.osce.org/general/
OSCE.org - General Information - Structures and Institutions: "The OSCE headquarters are located in Vienna, Austria. The Organization also has offices and institutions located in Copenhagen, Geneva, The Hague, Prague and Warsaw."

[appalachian_dweller]

Thanks for post this WCG!!! Much appreciated. I refuse to put a 'puter in my home (else I'll be working there and I don't want work to invade my peaceful home).

Still haven't caught up yet, but the drop in chatter worries me.

Thanks again for getting this out to the TMers!

[flutters]

Sorry I didn't get back with those that pinged & FRmailed. I don't have much time and will post this message to all. My brother-in-law passed away unexpectedly at 1:15 this morning. We’re not sure exactly what happened, but something ruptured in his spleen or liver. Med-flight brought him to Columbus (from Southern Ohio) at 7:30 last night but he didn’t make it. It's the hardest thing I've ever watched in my life.

Prayers for my husband and Mike’s wife & kids would be appreciated.

I won't be able to put the TM headlines together until next week. Someone else might want to post them. I'm going to Gallipolis tonight and won't be back until Sunday. I'll ping when I return.

[Cindy]

"Astley doesn't claim 7Seas "knows everything" or can predict the next attack."

Answering the unasked question:

No. I am not with 7Seas.
I am a wife, mother, housewife.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

They (the Muslims) claim to be worshipping the same god, after all. And besides, "Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light" (2 Corinthians 11:14) so one would not expect a cult worshipping him to call him by his proper name; indeed he "sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God"
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Because some people on this board are searching and do not know this.
It is indie,yours and my responsibly to speak THE TRUTH to those who will listen.
Th karon was copied by mohammah to twist and change THE TRUTH. Sometimes there is more about Islam on this board than Christianity. Who knows who who might read this and see THE TRUTH. We have had one person change his life. This is a religious war and you need to see both side. IMHO

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

the geopolitical and even Biblical ramifications of taking out the DOR.

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If this happens don't stop looking up.

the geopolitical...it will not matter to us.

Biblical ramifications...we know the end.

[freeperfromnj]

I'm very sorry -- prayers for all.

[freeperfromnj]

That is very telling. Surprisingly, there have been a few diehard rats who have admitted to the seriousness of the threat.

[JustPiper]

Frightening and should be ILLEGAL!