Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty

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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty

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The Threat Matrix

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!

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Ramadan terror concerns?
Full Story

ATLANTA (CNN) -- As more than one billion Muslims prepare to celebrate Ramadan, terror experts are mixed about whether the holy month is a tool for recruiting terrorists.

Some terrorism experts and Islamic scholars say Ramadan gives extremists an opportunity to enlist new recruits.

"It's a time which can be exploited by radical clerics to motivate individuals into taking action on the basis they are somehow serving their religion," says terror expert M.J. Gohel.

And analysts see another temptation for terrorists: exploiting the Battle of Badr, a symbolic date in Muslim history, which falls near the U.S. presidential election.

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"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat."

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Link to Thread Nineteen	Terror-Alert.com "Code Red Implications: Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word." From Tm'er and Freeper ~MamaDearest~	Cindy's Links of Interest
Threat Matrix "TM'er" Tips		ExSoldier's Invaluable Tips
TM Code of Conduct		Godzilla's Summaries
TM's 'Be on the Lookout'		nwctwx's Highlighted Links

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Humor break:

Kerry's Secret Plan to Win the War on Terror (Humor)
Clayton Cramer's BLOG ^ | Saturday, October 23, 2004 | Don Kates via Clayton Cramer

Posted on 10/23/2004 3:37:02 PM EDT by FreedomCalls

Since John Kerry announced the existence of his secret plan for victory over terrorism, public and media interest in its secret details has been intense Some of the details are finally surfacing based on perhaps inadvertent comments by the senator and his chief foreign policy adviser, Richard Holbrooke, Predictably the revealed details are stirring up multiple controversies. The controversies have, in turn, prompted various critical revisions of the secret plan.

The center-piece of the plan is the aggressive distribution here and abroad of millions of bumper stickers denouncing terrorism. These stickers will be in bright day-glow lettering with luminescent highlights for better visibility at night. The plan originally envisioned them being in green, red, yellow and black colors. That has now been revised to using neutral colors because of objections that use of an Islamic-Arab color scheme might be offensive to terrorists.

There have also been objections to some proposals for the bumper stickers' wording. Initially the idea was just one version of the sticker with the wording being "Defeat Terrorism." But that wording has been discarded as too belligerent and macho. Next the plan was revised to involve distributing different bumper sticker wordings calculated to appeal to different segments of the population. One wording would be used for East Coast people, another for West Coasters, another for Southerners, yet others for (respectively): intellectuals and Democrats; urban, suburban, and rural residents and yet another for the so-called NASCAR-types Unfortunately it turns out that all suggestions for wording that might appeal to Southerners or the NASCAR crowd seemed unacceptably aggressive to many or most of Kerry's staff and advisers. (Other objections have also been made, for instance the wording "Terrorism Sucks" was rejected as potentially offensive to women and gays.)

Finally the bumper sticker plan has gone back to the idea of a one-wording-suits-all bumper sticker. At this point the Kerry staff seems virtually agreed on the wording "Terrorism May Be Inappropriate."

This hyper-aggressive bumper sticker campaign will be supplemented by the display on all federal buildings of banners reading TERRORISM IS WRONG – but with the subtitle "Of Course, One Man's Terrorist is Another Man'; Freedom Fighter." In response to objections that this phraseology might make women feel excluded or diminished, there is a lot of sentiment to instead usng the subtitle "Of Course, One Person's Terrorist is Another Person's; Freedom Fighter."

A third part of the Kerry Plan which has leaked involves the use of B1 and B52 bombers equipped with a new form of "Daisy Cutter" bomb. Instead of explosives these bombs will be filled with leaflets and pamphlets deploring terrorism. The Kerry staff emphasizes that these materials will be very emphatically written.

A major official on the Kerry staff has stressed that not all of its elements will be so negative, however. Some elements of the Kerry Plan will seek to produce greater understanding between Americans and the peoples of the Middle East, For instance, recognizing that for decades various Middle Eastern and Islamic governments have been reprinting and distributing Arabic language versions of Hitler's autobiography MEIN KAMPF, the Kerry plan calls for mass distribution in the U.S. of English language copies of MEIN KAMPF. While everyone in the Kerry camp deplores the book's sentiments, they also recognize that terrorism can only be dispelled by promoting greater sensitivity to Islamic concerns among Americans.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1254608/posts

[Godzilla]

I'm not convinced we're out of the woods for a major attack in the next week or so.

I'm not convinced either and one would be foolish to think so. I do think that we may have them off balance and looking over their shoulder a lot more, thus causing them to doubt their plans and start to second guess. Both instances are good for us because it provides more exposure to possible detection and interception. However, I am still baffled by the lack of an Afghan attack so I think they are getting impacted in ways not yet exposed to the media. As far as the 'blood moon', it may generate Iraqi attacks, but I think that at this stage in the game, widespread election day attacks that cause general panic may be the most effective.

[Godzilla]

Here's one to add under the North Korea heading...that explosion on the railroad station was an attempted assassination (and it appears China is getting ready to make a land grab):

Interesting lead. However, it doesn't answer the suspected combination of N.K. made missiles, warheads and the associated size of the blast. Secondly, it appeared to be coincidental that the blast reported occured a couple of hours after Kim passed thru the station. However the linkage to Chinese forces is also interesting.

[Godzilla]

Thanks, I will evaluate and incorporate as necessary into the next summary.

[Godzilla]

Dollar sell-off is not on the radar over here (yet) as far as I can tell. Will need to evaluate the WND article to see what kind of traction it may have here.

[MamaDearest]

Ex 9/11 Committee Member says Bin Laden Located

Joan Collins announces she is humiliated after being forced to remove articles of clothing at Heathrow Airport

Militant Taliban kills self, injures 7

Another indication a story about Kerry's truthfulness is about to surface

Sonoma School relents, agrees to allow US Flag in Photo

Court says whales and dolphins cannot sue President Bush

Satellite TV shows global hatred of USA

Containers from Dubai contain ammunition including live anti-aircraft cartridges

Taliban faction looks to elections for comeback

Map of terrorist training sites in Azerbaijan

[Godzilla]

Hmmmm, seems interesting and logical to a point. If AQ has been placed off balance, yet still wanting to strike, then a restart would be possible. A strike on or the day before election day would have serious ramifications and it would be unpredictable whether or not it would help Bush (conventional wisdom would suggest it would help).
What has peaked my curosity is the Chinese factor? If he fears them, why would he move to the Paki-Sino border (as suggested by some intelligence - perhaps being indirectly referenced by ACSA, which would be moving closer to danger? Interesting group and will need to continue to evaluate them.

[subsea06]

re: "800 lb torpedo..."

I guess that it's only of academic interest at this point, but the "800 lbs" surely refers to the warhead, not the gross weight. To my knowledge, the only torpedo (any flag) that had an 800 lb warhead was the USofA WWII era Mark 8 Mod 4 fish.

Me thinks a keepsake belonging to an old sailor with an understanding wife...

[subsea06]

Z - An old I-weenie once told me to try not to overlook the obvious.

If the Afghan elections went off without a hitch from the boys at AQ&T, is it more likely that (a) the bad guys were unable to mount even a single significant disruption, or (b) they wanted the elections to take place.

Hmmmmm.

Just a thought.

sub6

[Cindy]

Pretty neat.

Well, the Iranian site I thought I saw that graphic (or something like it)
was a very nice Iranian site for regime change.

Anyway, I am a proud infidel, praise The Lord!
I'll have to check your link out some more.

[UK Guy]

Hi British chick

Hope you're not flooded out or blown away with this wild weather we've been having!

In your earlier post you mentioned this:

I know there's no real source for this but I thought it was interesting...

http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/04_Money/041022.no.USD.supp2.html

U$D Selloff Continues in Eastern Bloc

The 'U$D selloff' emails on Steve's page originally came from this post on the Final Phase forum
http://p080.ezboard.com/fthefinalphasefrm18.showMessage?topicID=6483.topic

The original source of the story entitled 'Central Bank stops supporting dollar' came from
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2004/10/22/56751.html

Some of the original postings elsewhere for this story gave a WND link, which actually led to a story about witches and Halloween. As of a few moments ago however, it's a broken link.

See my post #1292 for links to discussion on this topic on TB2K and Mutters
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1243381/posts?page=1292#1292

 

Since this broke last night more (possibly related) info has come to light, here's an article by Martin F. Goldberg with the cathcy headline 'CHART FISSURES SUGGEST SOMETHING BIG IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN'

The article by is here
http://www.financialsense.com/Market/daily/thursday.htm

with discussion of it here:
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?t=124440

As I said in my post #1292 yesterday I know nothing of financial markets so whether all of the above is much ado about nothing, or maybe a clue as to what may be coming down the pike I will have to leave to the more financially-savvy members of the thread...

[Domestic Church]

Pinging you to post # 1358....Have you heard of any other financial machinations going on?

[ExSoldier]

Why would he move to the Paki-Sino border, which would be moving closer to danger?

Perhaps he is on the run from our professional warriors and he judges the risk to be the lesser of the dangers. New territory, new terrain, new situation. Just a guess.

[MamaDearest]

Hi Donna Lee! Getting ready for a Halloween party tonight, so I'll post this little message to get myself in a properly frightened mood for it:

Jihad fighters everywhere! This month of Jihad has come with all its blessings and with the double reward [granted to Jihad fighters] in its course. Come closer to Allah through the blood of infidels, do not relent in spilling [their blood], and through [this blood] wipe out humiliation and disgrace from among your Muslim nation! Make this month like the month of the Battle of Badr,(2) the conquest of Mecca,(3) [the conquest] of Shaqhab,(4) and other Islamic victories.

“We ask Allah to turn this Ramadan into a month of glory, victory, and might, to hoist high in [this month] the banner of religion, to strengthen Islam and the Muslims, to humiliate polytheism and polytheists, to wave the banner of monotheism, to firmly plant the banner of Jihad, and to smite the perverts and the obstinate...”

These fanatical maniacs are monsters. Time to rid the planet of them by whatever means necessary. No Halloween creature is as sinister as these who wear the Muslim (religion of peace) costume and rant of their eagerness and desire for our lives and blood. No "B" movie could have a plot any more sinister.

[PureSolace]

FBI hunting 4 ME men in Florida who tried to buy ambulances

Didn't see it here... Thought it should be.

[windchime]

You just beat me to it.......Rita Cosby mentioned this a few minutes ago.  Thought it should be noted here.

SPC auction buyers aroused suspicion  St. Petersburg Times  10-23-04

The two men appeared to be Middle Eastern.

"They said they were interested in vehicles," said Weaver, St. Petersburg College's supervisor of institutional services. They didn't say why.

While Abdalla Deiab didn't buy the college's surplus ambulance or three other vehicles, public records suggest he may have acquired a similar vehicle elsewhere.

A 1997 Navistar 4700 - commonly used as an ambulance or utility truck - was registered in April to Deiab's former address on Shelley Street in Clearwater, according to state records. It is the same address he wrote on the bids he submitted to SPC for a used ambulance, two former police training cruisers and a large truck.

The Navistar was registered under Mintulla Inc., a defunct corporation. Deiab was not an officer in the company, but he did apply for a fictitious business name similar to Mintulla Inc. It was Mintulla International.

[mindspy]

I'm with you. However, I think we're tuned into Iraq because usually something significant happens. However, sometimes it does get really staticky and then poof the dynamics change. I know what you mean. I did dream of a plane crash last night. The first dream I have been able to remember in a few weeks. the plane had a red strip. After the crash someone said a transvestite had been killed. I am interperting this to mean hijackers dressed as women will baod a plane.

[JustPiper]

FBI Probes Leads on Election Terror Plot

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041023/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_threat&cid=542&ncid=716

[JustPiper]

I know it can be found at Prophet of Doom

[JustPiper]

Thank you so much for posting this Donna!

Also:
Oil-for-food investigation throws spotlight on a Texas oilman
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/19/business/oilforfood.html

Muslim Charity List Request Denied
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/101804-charities.html

KERRY CAMPAIGN FINANCED BY TERRORISTS (caught on film)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1248970/posts

Is Kerry Supported By Kosovo Terrorists? (looks that way)
Captain's Quarters ^
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1251607/posts

October 20, 2004
Is Kerry Supported By Kosovo Terrorists?
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/002814.php

Al Gore's Arab Moneyman
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38e076d8237d.htm


Oil-for-food investigation throws spotlight on a Texas oilman
http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/10/19/business/oilforfood.html

Kofi Annan tries to explain away France and Russia's Oil for Food wrongdoing.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/cRosett/?id=110005779