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!

[Myrddin]

You would think that to be effective as Psyops, they would have put a longer time on it.

Not if the intention is to instill panic at the imminent execution of the attack. Al Qaeda could start running a broadcast on a public access TV station from now until the moment they push the button. The New Yorkers wouldn't have any hope of getting everyone clear of the target area. Even with the current amount of time on the countdown clock. New York is a captive body of victims who mostly have no means of escape.

[British chick]

Good point.

Having seen all this before it does make one slightly skeptical. The little boy who cried wolf...

[Cindy]

Thanks Myrddin.
I've seen signs in Spanish in California.
I've seen the people crossing signs near
Freeways, but never an Arabic sign.

That's a first.
Wonder what it said.

[JustPiper]

bad link

[JustPiper]

link not found

[JustPiper]

TERROR ON THE MORNING CREW:

[KPIX-TV 5] CALIFORNIA - FBI: BofA Building “Scoped Out” by Al Qaeda

http://cbs5.com/news/local/2004/08/03/FBI:_BofA_Building_%93Scoped_Out%94_by_Al_Qaeda.html

[San Diego Union Tribune] CALIFORNIA - Man says he didn't mean to board plane with gun, knife [ And 10 syringes ]

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20040802-2343-ca-plane-gun.html

[Guardian] USA / NORTH KOREA - North Korean nuclear missile 'could reach US'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,2763,1275587,00.html

[New York Times] USA - New Qaeda Activity Is Said to Be Major Factor in Alert

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/04/politics/04terror.html

[Access North Georgia] USA - Retired Air Force general believes bin Laden is dead

http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=83172

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BOMBS:

[AP] MAINE - Kittery police find "acid bomb" in yard

http://www.wmtw.com/Global/story.asp?S=2124993

[TheReporter.com] CALIFORNIA - Yolo squad neutralizes pipe bomb [Pipe Bomb]

http://www.thereporter.com/Stories/0,1413,295~30195~2311497,00.html

[Access North Georgia] GEORGIA - Monday night bomb scare forces evacuation in Ivey Terrrace Park [Suspicious package in park]

http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=83179

[Newsday] NEW YORK - Threat of bomb on bus prompts evacuation [ No bomb found ]

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--bbus-bombthreat0803aug03,0,7509249.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire

[JustPiper]

[Buffalo News] USA - Borders not affected by elevated terror alert

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040803/1061035.asp

[Wi-Fi Technology (press release)] USA - Expanded Homeland Security Alert System From AlertsUSA To America’s Wireless Users

http://www.wi-fitechnology.com/displayarticle1346.html

[JustPiper]

[Daily TImes] PAKISTAN - ‘CIA and FBI operating freely in Pakistan’

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_4-8-2004_pg7_2

[New Kerala] INDIA - India News > Mumbai on alert after terror threat:

"...FBI warned that Mumbai, Delhi or Bangalore could be the target of terrorist attacks"

http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/index.php?action=fullnews&id=5788

[Times of India] INDIA - Lankans vanish from city airport

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/802287.cms

[The Herald] EUROPE - Mystery smell forces subway to close

http://www.theherald.co.uk/21311.shtml

[4ni.co.uk] UNITED KINGDOM - Army deal with pipe bomb left outside family home

http://www.4ni.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=31802

[Gulf Daily News] UNITED KINGDOM - Britain resists calls to raise terror alert

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=88473&Sn=WORL&IssueID=27137

[JustPiper]

OUTBREAKS/ QUARANTINES/ MYSTERY DISEASES


[Itar-Tass] RUSSIA - Criminal probe launched over Novosibirsk meningitis outbreak

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1097246&PageNum=0

[Medical News Today] UNITED KINGDOM - Mumps outbreak in England and Wales worst in a decade

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=11613

[Marshalltown Times Republican] IOWA - County officials probe salmonella outbreak

http://www.timesrepublican.com/news/story/083202004_new2news.asp

[JustPiper]

it will be more than interesting to see what they fabricate why this happened

[Cindy]

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[Unknowing]

There's some significance to this date/time. Relating to an Aljernaan message, Domestic Church pointed out earlier that Thursday, at "the dinner hour," is the anniversary of the atomic strike on Hiroshima (8/5/1945).

[JustPiper]

Also from the very day TM was born Thread one story

[tmp02]

Ya! It would be interesting to see if there was any radiation on the fish...

[JustPiper]

Thank you Honestly! The female contribution to the next self defense post!

What worked for me saving my life, was classic psyops first, I found out being stalked for a few years/ relocating twice, that the hunter always has a plan in his head. Changing that in any way throws them off guard. We must make ourselves "not the game"


And when he hit me a few times, I lost my balance, fell down 5-6 steps and feigned death.

[JustPiper]

Our guys helping with their collective years of experience for self- defense in any circumstance, the little things we never heard or knew that may save our lives or someone we know one day, although I pray no one here has to go through it, the law of average predicts it will

[JustPiper]

excellent gratitude to you

[freeperfromnj]

FBI fears Qaeda suspects in city


BY GREG B. SMITH
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Employees at Citigroup Center building on Lexington Ave. at E. 53rd St. show photo IDs and have bags checked before entering building yesterday.

The FBI is monitoring suspected Al Qaeda operatives and members of two allied terror groups in the New York City area, the FBI's New York director said yesterday.

Law enforcement sources also said there are indications that the terrorists who cased financial towers in New York, Newark and Washington may have updated their files as recently as this spring.

Pasquale D'Amuro, director of the FBI's New York office and a veteran terrorism investigator, said the individuals under scrutiny here include people linked to Al Qaeda as well as Ansar al Islam and the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.

He said the monitoring began long before this weekend's heightened alert was announced.

While officials have said in the past that they were watching a handful of Al Qaeda suspects in the country, they have not said they were in the metropolitan area.

They also have not mentioned the Ansar al Islam and Egyptian Islamic Jihad.

Ansar al Islam is active in the Iraqi insurgency, while Egyptian Islamic Jihad was founded by Osama Bin Laden's chief lieutenant Ayman Al-Zawahiri.

D'Amuro said his office is poring over the evidence that Al Qaeda carried out a detailed surveillance for a possible attack on five buildings, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Citigroup building.

"One piece we don't have is when is that event supposed to take place," D'Amuro said.

"We are out there trying to find out if there are sleepers in place. Are there people coming in? Are there operators here? That's our No. 1 job."

A key element is trying to determine when the surveillance occurred.

The FBI is going over what appears to be the terrorists' detailed surveillance notes with building security personnel at both buildings, law enforcement sources said.

They're looking at the written descriptions of security procedures, guards' uniforms and architectural details such as lobby renovations to determine when Al Qaeda operatives were taking notes, the sources said.

Most of the material appears to predate Sept. 11, 2001, but it also appears to include updates as recent as this past spring, the sources said.

Officials had previously said it was updated in January.

It's not clear whether the updates are from publicly available sources or from personal surveillance.

"The whole question is, how do we assess all of this?" said FBI counterterror director John Pistole. "Because we know an intended target, does that mean [surveillance] is still ongoing? That's one of the questions that we're wrestling with."

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge met yesterday at the Citigroup Center with security chiefs from the city's largest financial institutions and rejected suggestions that presidential election politics were behind the weekend's terror alert.

He also dismissed the fact that much of the surveillance is several years old.

"We know that this is an organization, a terrorist organization, that does its homework," said Ridge. "So I don't want anyone to disabuse themselves of the seriousness of this information simply because there are some reports that much of it is dated .... This is a resilient organization that does its homework, and we just have to accept that reality."

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/218836p-188214c.html

[JustPiper]

Elbow-strongest bone

What part is the weakest guys? eyes, adams apple, stomp a foot , throw your perp off keel and bam?

I've gone over many techniques with my kids when they were small to empower them just in case

But our guys here, well, they are telling us things that are not textbook, quick, easy if in mortal danger

[JustPiper]

U.S. Strives to Grasp Terror Plot's Scope

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040804/ap_on_go_pr_wh/terror_threats&cid=544&ncid=716