Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Sixteen

Yahoo ^ | 8-02-04 | AP

[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!

[JustPiper]

Hey JM, me too must run for late dinner, thread always takes 1-2 hours -g-

[all4one]

Airport Alert on for Suicide Bombers (Phillipines - 8/3/04)

The Philippine Star 08/03/2004 Aviation authorities said yesterday they are stepping up screening procedures at airports for terrorists who could be trying to board planes after "swallowing" explosives as a technique to avoid detection.

They said the safety measures were put in place to prevent a repeat of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington, when hijacked planes were flown into the World Trade Center twin towers and the Pentagon.

"Methods involving the use of liquid explosives and simple timing devices as used by the terrorists operating out of the Philippines are indicative of the variety of tactics that may be developed by terrorists," said a security directive at the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA).

"The possibility of terrorists, or persons with criminal or other motivation, intent on attacking aviation, carrying explosives internally must also be considered," it added. The memorandum suggested that militants could use methods "similar to the technologies used by drug couriers."

Drug couriers have been known to swallow or even surgically implant packets of narcotics in their bodies or the bodies of their pets to avoid detection at airports. Retired Gen. Angel Atutubo, MIAA Assistant General Manager for security and emergency services, said aviation authorities have recently stepped up security checks, including x-rays and body searches. Bomb sniffing dogs have also been dispatched.

The United States considers the Philippines a key ally in the war on terrorism but expressed disappointment when Manila acceded to Islamic militants’ demands and pulled out its troops in Iraq last month to save the life of Filipino hostage Angelo de la Cruz.

Washington has also expressed concern over training sites allegedly maintained by the Jemaah Islamiyah militant group in the rebellion-torn Mindanao. The two countries say the group is a Southeast Asian proxy of the al-Qaeda network behind the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.

In the memorandum, the MIAA identified the seven main categories of threat to aviation:

• Acts of unlawful seizure of aircraft or hijacking.

• Acts of sabotage to aircraft either on ground or airborne.

• Use of aircraft as weapons of mass destruction.

• Attacks against aviation facilities and infrastructure (airport and air traffic services).

• Missiles and other such attacks against an aircraft in flight, or from exterior sources.

• Use of aircraft to facilitate technical, chemical or biological attacks.

• Use of cyber or other electronic attacks.......

Link to Full Article

[Velveeta]

Beeeeeaaauuuutttiiifffuuullll!!!!

[JustPiper]

Ping!

[JustPiper]

Ping!

[all4one]

JP...have a wonderful dinner.....time for me to take a walk outside with the dog....be back tomorrow.

[Velveeta]

Oh sure, post to me on the other thread just as it's locked so I can't respond!

LOL at your post from last thread. ;-9

[Velveeta]

Amen.

[Indie]

The DC police are also closing roads in the area. I wonder how long it will be before martial law is in effect.

People..sorry sheeple..will put up w no rights in DC. They won't put up with that here in Texas ;) Neither will would-be jihadinazis last very long here either ;)

[Velveeta]

Yep.

[HipShot]

There is no way that we can stay on the defensive with this. We have got to tree these goblins. We need to keep after them relentlessly.

[ExSoldier]

"If gunfire broke out, what would you do....?"

I take cover and make sure those with me are behind good cover. I draw and scan the area for immediate threats and get folks moving to the exit. I cover their withdrawal, but when they reach safety, I'm back inside to try and neutralize the threat. This is Miami, aka "liberal-land." There will be dozens perhaps hundreds of my fellow Americans inside who are unarmed and helpless. Lord knows, I'm not lookin' for "Hero" status, but I would not, could not just abandon them to their fate.

Get back inside and identify the location of shots and perhaps the types of weapons being used. Use "three second rushes" between positions of good cover until I'm in range. Then, start taking out the threat. I'm always armed and I always carry ear plugs just in case. Usually I wind up using them inside overly loud movies!

[WestCoastGal]

Yes you can contact your area leader and provide your e-mail/phone information.

[thecabal]

Important Message

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FReegards,
thecabal

[freeperfromnj]

Fox News with Lauri Dhue just reported that one of the targets named is the Transworld (?) Building in San Francisco.

[Velveeta]

The Philippine Star 08/03/2004 Aviation authorities said yesterday they are stepping up screening procedures at airports for terrorists who could be trying to board planes after "swallowing" explosives as a technique to avoid detection

Criminy! What animals.

[freeperfromnj]

Checking out for the night. Will catch up with you all tomorrow.

[Velveeta]

Good luck with your move. Where are you headed?

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Since our intel and the LE communities have not yet ruled this out:

I am afraid that we cannot rule this out in return:
!

[Myrddin]

I don't know what an elint operator is, but I'll bet Myrddin would know about this too. I think he's on vacation for a few days though.

elint in short for Electronic Intelligence. It is intelligence gathered with radio, radar, satellite, etc. Passive acquisition with analysis by subject matter experts. We also rely on human intelligence (covert operators) to infiltrate organizations. Human intelligence takes longer to cultivate and may place the resources in physical jeopardy if we fail to keep their existence secret.