Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread SEVENTEEN

World Net Daily ^ | 8-10-04 | Paul Sperry

[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 Sixteen

With the nation on high alert for al-Qaida terrorists, the Department of Homeland Security is putting its border officers through "etiquette" classes to soften their image and make them less threatening to arriving foreign immigrants, WorldNetDaily has learned.

"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!

[jerseygirl]

Believes- not Selieves

[freeperfromnj]

I taking off next week as well. As much as I would have liked to be part of the excitement I just don't feel like dealing with the hassle at Penn Station. For the past two weeks my office building set up tables in the lobby and has been doing "mandatory bag checks".

[Donna Lee Nardo]

I think young met his due finally, the bastur#$@^. I hope he didn't die immediately, but suffered tremendously and unbearably for a while first...

[nwctwx]

A 'micro burst' is caused by rapidly descending cold air from a thunderstorm that is weakening. They can cause 100mph+ straight-line winds. One brought down a plane landing at DFW about 15 years ago.

It's entirely different from a microwave burst, but could certainly knock a radio station offline if it hit their tower.

[freeperfromnj]

Thanks for the explanation. I guess I meant to type "microwave" burst, as referenced in post 3735.

[Labyrinthos]

Bookmark.

[nwctwx]

Sounds like fun... my dad said everyone within (4 blocks?) had to register for security passes? Not sure if I remember what he was saying correctly, but he made it sound like quite a mess. His employees were complaining that it felt like post-9/11 again.

I was planning on going to the RNC, but decided I better go to the first week of classes instead. ;)

[Donna Lee Nardo]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1197571/posts

The True Origins of Terrorism
WorldThreats.com ^ | August 22, 2004 | Ryan Mauro


Posted on 08/23/2004 2:28:16 PM EDT by Blindboy16


The True Origins of Terrorism: Interview with Dr. Joseph Douglass

By: Ryan Mauro

tdcanalyst@optonline.net

RM: What countries were the most involved in the creation of the current terrorist threat we face?

JD: The most important nation, the granddaddy of terrorism, is Russia. Russia adopted international terrorism as a strategic intelligence operation in 1955. It organized schools for terrorists, terrorist training camps, coordination conferences and much more.

Next to Russia is China. Although not so prominent, nevertheless China was one of the major actors on this stage. There is hardly a communist or former communist nation that was not involved. North Korea sponsored and was itself involved in terrorism. So were Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Bulgaria, Poland and so forth.

The one that had the most important role in the Americas was Cuba. Cuba also hosted tri-continental terrorist coordination meetings and was a base for terrorist training camps. They have been a far more serious terrorist threat to the US than Iraq because of their terrorist expertise, large number of intelligence agents within the United States, and significant BW and CW expertise. They should be one of the prime suspects in the anthrax letters of October 2001...

continued at link...


(Excerpt) Read more at worldthreats.com http://www.worldthreats.com/al-qaeda_terrorism/Douglass%20-%20True%...

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Hi granny
My brother says all he learned in college was to play football and drink beer.

BTW He is a top computer security guy at a major airlines. And is working strange hours for the last few weeks.

No my questions aren't answered. He just blows by some bunch of bull!

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Working link fior that article I just posted:

http://www.worldthreats.com/al-qaeda_terrorism/Douglass%20-%20True%20Origins%20of%20Terrorism.htm

[jerseygirl]

How about the Hamptons? :)

[jerseygirl]

Putin travelling September 2:



2004-08-23


PUTIN TO VISIT TURKEY ON SEPTEMBER 2-3
MOSCOW, August 23 (RIA Novosti)

Vladimir Putin is due to visit Turkey on September 2-3 on an official visit, the presidential press service told RIA Novosti.

The visit agenda includes talks between Putin, his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Sezer and Prime Minister Recep Erdogan along with a visit to Izmir, a major industrial centre.

The current state and prospects of Russian-Turkish relations in all their aspects and actual international issues of mutual interest are to be discussed at the negotiations


en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm...do_alert=0

[4thygipper]

what is the ping list?

[jerseygirl]

Jill has updated her forum. She has posted a crude drawing there (8-23-04). If you get a chance, take a look at it.

[Right_Handed_Writer]

I thought they meant "microburst" on my first read as well, but when I read the part about three strange objects in the sky...

[nwctwx]

just a list of folks who want to be notified about the new threads.

[jerseygirl]

Trenton preps for bio if NYC attacked:




Area hospitals preparing for the worst August 23, 2004

By MATT STRINGER
The Intelligencer



Hospitals in Trenton are bracing for the possibility of a terrorist attack because of their proximity to the upcoming Republican National Convention in New York. Hospitals, EMTs and firefighters in some Bucks communities also are preparing for potential disaster - and have been since Sept. 11, 2001.

New Jersey hospitals recently increased security after state counter-terrorism officials warned that terrorists might attack medical centers as secondary targets to cause further mayhem after an initial attack elsewhere. The alert also warned ambulance drivers to be extra cautious because the vehicles might be stolen and used as car bombs.

"There are two parts of security. One part is visible; the majority is invisible," said Bob Ridge, head of security at Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol Township.

Cameras are constantly monitoring most areas of the hospital. In addition, security guards patrol the hospital to make sure everything is secure.

"If someone leaves a backpack somewhere, we know about it," Ridge said. "Our security people suspect everything. We feel we are significantly more secure than we were on Sept. 10, (2001)."

Unlike New Jersey, no hospitals in Bucks County have their own ambulance services, but Ridge said Lower Bucks Hospital is in contact with all incoming ambulances.

"If a suspicious ambulance came up, we certainly would question it and take steps to make sure it is legitimate," Ridge said.

Nearby New Jersey hospitals are taking a variety of steps to make sure they don't become targets for terrorists.

Lisa Breza, emergency-preparedness coordinator for Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Trenton, said all hospitals in New Jersey conduct a weekly conference call with state Health Commissioner Clifton R. Lacy to discuss the alert.

"We're looking particularly at those patients coming in with a fever or rash," Breza said, which could be the first sign of a possible chemical or biological attack.

Robert Wood Johnson has security posted at entrances at peak times, increased surveillance around the hospital, and asked staff to wear identification badges at all times. All visitors must sign in. Also, the hospital has measures in place to make sure all ambulances are locked and secure.

St. Mary Medical Center in Middletown doesn't like to elaborate on security plans, but communications director Kathleen Smith said the hospital checks out all suspicious people and vehicles on the campus. St. Mary doesn't normally screen visitors, but it has an emergency-response plan for any event.

"Our staff are aware and alert," Smith said.

Katie Farrell, chief operating officer for Warminster Hospital, said the staff is trained to question suspicious people, but security hasn't been enhanced lately. The hospital requires a swipe card to enter all high-risk areas, and vendors aren't allowed into the hospital without a badge.

"We have an emergency-response plan," Farrell said, "whether it's bioterrorism or another type of emergency."

Capital Health System in New Jersey, which operates two hospitals in Trenton, screens all visitors and vendors and has asked its staff to challenge anyone in the halls who isn't wearing identification. Rick Butler, director of emergency medical services for the health system, said it has an extensive network of cameras that monitor the hospitals.





"Anything out of the ordinary, we tell our people to call it in," Butler said.

The hospitals operate their own ambulance system and are in the process of purchasing kill switches for the vehicles in case they are stolen. The remote-controlled kill switches will automatically shut down the engine. In the meantime, the hospitals have told their EMTs to keep a close eye on the vehicles.

Tom Topley, executive director for the Bensalem Rescue Squad, said all its ambulances have a keyless-entry system. The squad has had ambulances stolen in the past, but the thefts had no relation to terrorism.

All full-timers at the rescue squad are trained as hazardous-materials technicians.

"They receive a wide variety of training; that's not true for all the paramedics in Bucks County," Topley said. "We're trying to prepare our people to work in a variety of situations. A lot of it is geared to disaster training."

The Levittown-Fairless Hills Rescue Squad isn't faring as well. Mike Moretti, squad chief, said the biggest problem is funding.

"This is nationwide. There is no funding available for emergency medical services at the federal level," Moretti said.

Moretti said he's trying to make sure his squad is prepared for any type of possible disaster, but without federal funds, it's hard to participate in all the training that's out there. He said that's a problem for most independent emergency medical services.

His paramedics receive eight hours of training in hazardous materials and weapons of mass destruction.

"Are my front-line responders trained to where they should be? No," Moretti said. "When you talk about hazmat and terrorist training, it's not inclusive."

Moretti hopes that by next year funding will be available for emergency medical services.

In the event of a terrorist attack, local fire departments would be called into action. They are gearing up for an emergency-preparedness drill in October.

According to Lower Southampton Fire Co. Chief Mark Kramer, firefighters would not have to handle a terrorist situation alone. The department's fire personnel receive hazardous-materials training, but police would handle any terrorist incident, with fire departments assisting them.

"We would work in conjunction with the police department and homeland security," Kramer said. "We (would) work to isolate and control the incident."

He added that if there were a bomb scare, the fire department most likely would call in the Philadelphia Bomb Squad, as it has done in the past.

The upcoming drill will incorporate area police, rescue squads and other emergency personnel. Kramer said the fire department won't know the nature of the drill until it happens.

"That's the beauty of it," Kramer said. "After it's over, we'll sit back and go over the whole thing and come up with what we did right and what we can do better."

http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/n...004-353274.html

[nwctwx]

It appears to say "Destruction of America" if I am making it out right.

[appalachian_dweller]

OFF TOPIC:

Hi everyone. Back from vacation. Had much fun. No news. No terrorism. No politics. Just much drinking, eating, sleeping, swimming, jet-skiing, and relaxing.

Back to work now. Only takes one day of work to get wound up again. Another project coming down the pipe so I won't be able to post as much.

Please keep me on your ping lists. I'll check in as time allows...

[jerseygirl]

The usual...