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!

[Rutles4Ever]

"Fwel to the marine city ..."

Unless he's referring to Marina City in Chicago...

Nah...

[Godzilla]

Charley is now a hurricane. For those in its projected path, it's time to get prepared:

One advantage of living in CA.......except for the earthquakes...........oh and the fires...............oh and the riots...............oh and all the fruits and nuts...........oh and Barbara Boxer...................oh and Nancy Pelosi....................oh and Diane Feinstein......... I guess I better stop while I'm ahead.

[JellyJam]

LOL!

If I had my choice, I'd be back in my beloved Columbus, Ohio. However, my wife's family lives in St. Petersburg, about 40 minutes north of us, so I'm kinda stuck here. I'm an Ohio boy; I miss the change in seasons - I can do without the heat here.

[Myrddin]

Fwel to the marine city ...

Could be a reference to Najaf, Iraq. Lots of Marines dealing with the al Sadr militia.

[Velveeta]

I guess we wait to see who the poor soul was and if it was a hoax.

[Godzilla]

I'm an Ohio boy; I miss the change in seasons - I can do without the heat here.

I'm a MT boy. In CA we only have two seasons - Rain and fire.

[judicial meanz]

You seem really interested in gaining some type of response from someone over a speculative nuclear strike on a city for someone who just signed up a few days ago.

I'm not flaming you, but I;ve seen quite a few newbies coming on FR in the various forums and trying to get people to make stupid "kill em all" statements so they can run off to another forum and discredit the poster, or discredit FReepers as a bunch of extremists.

You want my response to what would happen if that scenario took place? I'll give it to you.

If some group/organization detonated a 10KT tactical nuke or a similar type of weapon on our soil, my first concern would be the preservation of American life by any means possible. This means rescuing the innocent victims, treating them, and helping them recover from the attack. .

Second concern would be finding out exactly who did it, and determining if there were any state sponsors behind them. If they used nuclear weapons, you can bet there is a nation behind them, because terrorists cannot afford the billions of dollars it takes to develop reliable nuclear weapons.

When you do find out who did it, and have enough evidence to prove it beyond the shadow of a doubt, you retaliate with the appropriate weapons array and military options and you limit the scope of the force to those who are guilty of killing your countrymen. If we kill innocents, we are not keeping the best traditions of America, and we are just as bad as the enemy.

You dont kill millions of Arabs because you are pissed. Only a three year old would do this. You bury your dead with respect, firm your resolve to win the war instead of fighting a limp wristed girly man "police action" and you take the battle to the enemy until they scream for unconditional surrender and wish no further part of you in warfare ever again.

What you dont do is debate it death, politicize it, slander your soldiers, engage in lawfare and endless politically oriented lawsuits, and engage in anything that can aid and comfort the enemy, or anything else that sends the signal that we are indecisive and weak. You fight to win, and you match their force with yours in equal proportions.

Thats my answer and I am sticking to it.

[JellyJam]

Fire and rain ... you must like James Taylor. :-)

[Velveeta]

Thank you. Learn something new every day. :-)

[Velveeta]

Nah..then they might have mentioned the goofy corn-cob looking building.

[Velveeta]

Yes, that could be too.

[Velveeta]

Good post.

[Lucy Lake]

all of the windows are completely covered from the outside. Even the ones on the second floor. In other words, there could be NO ambient light on the inside.

Maybe a safe house for terrorist, or part of an underground pipeline for illegals.

[liberallyconservative]

If you scrolled down, there were still photos of the victim prior to the beheading. I am of the opinion that he was dead already. God rest his soul.

[WestCoastGal]

Slowly Stalking an Afghan 'Lion'

The assassins of Northern Alliance chief faced weeks of delays until finally he met with them.

Report on the global terror network behind 9/11.

Ahmed Shah Masoud


KABUL, Afghanistan — When Sept. 11 dawned here, charismatic Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Masoud was stashed in a refrigerator at a Tajikistan morgue--killed 48 hours earlier by Al Qaeda assassins. His death was a desperate secret. A cadre of close aides and officers hid his body--and the truth--while his outnumbered resistance fighters clung to tenuous positions under relentless attack by Taliban and Al Qaeda forces.

Fearing collapse of alliance defenses if word got out, the aides manufactured a fog of disinformation. Hardly anyone was informed--not the field commanders, not even the dead leader's family.

He suffered an accident--only minor injuries, they said. And for days, those lies kept the resistance intact.

"When I heard about the assassination, I was 100% sure that the resistance would be over in a matter of days," recalled one of Masoud's closest advisors, Foreign Minister Abdullah, in a recent interview.

The defeat of the Northern Alliance was much closer than authorities have previously acknowledged. Had Masoud's forces been dispersed, as Abdullah feared, the U.S. military would have lost a surrogate ground force--even before its need was evident. And American troops almost certainly would have been required sooner in Afghanistan and would have been deployed at much greater risk.

Al Qaeda targeted Masoud to eliminate the last obstacle to Taliban control of all of Afghanistan. Masoud was also an impediment to Osama bin Laden's grand plan to create an Islamic empire beyond Afghanistan's northern borders in Central Asia. Some American officials believe that the killing was a personal gift to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar from Bin Laden--in gratitude for the sanctuary provided to Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.

A four-month Times investigation found that Masoud, 48, was assassinated nearly three weeks later than planned. The killers posed as journalists, living and traveling among Masoud's top aides, including his intelligence and military chiefs--apparently without raising serious suspicions. But they repeatedly failed to gain access to him.

The killers were welcomed into Northern Alliance territory by a high-ranking resistance official with old ties to Bin Laden and Taliban leaders who said that they came recommended by a friend.

The plot was carried out by a Europe-based Tunisian terrorist cell, likely as repayment to Al Qaeda for training at its Afghan terrorist camps.

CIA officials were among the handful of insiders informed of Masoud's death. After Sept. 11, the CIA rushed to save the Northern Alliance. Agents helped wire its shaken elements back together and turned resistance fighters into an offensive force that helped sweep the Taliban from power.

The story behind Masoud's assassination is a tale of a patient and calculated plot that nearly undermined America's first steps in its new war on terrorism. It was pieced together from records and scores of interviews on three continents with witnesses, law enforcement officials, intelligence agents and military leaders.

[JellyJam]

I didn't notice this until today, from a NYT story Monday:

Counterterrorism officials have been concerned that terrorists might seek to use a wide range of vehicles and other instruments for attacks, from crop-duster planes and hazardous material trucks to underwater bombs carried by scuba divers, because they are generally subjected to less rigorous security measures than other industries.

[Godzilla]

The assassins of Northern Alliance chief faced weeks of delays until finally he met with them. Report on the global terror network behind 9/11.

Pingero supremo. Are we facing a repeat of history? I wouldn't want to be the prime minister of Italy right about now.

[Godzilla]

Counterterrorism officials have been concerned that terrorists might seek to use a wide range of vehicles and other instruments for attacks, from crop-duster planes and hazardous material trucks to underwater bombs carried by scuba divers, because they are generally subjected to less rigorous security measures than other industries.

Gertz reported the following:

The planning for the attacks to follow involves "multiple targets in multiple venues" across the United States, one official said.

[JellyJam]

Yes, and didn't I read somewhere that they would use women for attacks, because they wouldn't attract the kind of attention that ME males would?