Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty

[nwctwx]

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

[Teri0811]

"Would voting be cancelled in these places?"

I'm confused. Why would anyone orchestrate an attack within the US either right before or on election day? I mean, without an election, GWB would remain president at least, until elections could be held, right? This is assuming, of course, that GWB wouldn't be a target in any attack, I suppose. Anyone know or care to venture a guess as to what would happen with the election and presidency if only those states with the most electoral votes were attacked or if those states in which Kerry wasn't ahead of GWB were attacked...would the election continue and would those votes which are already in be counted?

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1259268/posts

"A new frontline for Islamic anger . . . . Thailand"
The Times ^ | October 28, 2004 | Andrew Drummond


Posted on 10/27/2004 3:46:44 PM PDT by MadIvan

[steve86]

Why would anyone orchestrate an attack within the US either right before or on election day?

I'm with those who believe that the consequences of a pre-election attack in the U.S. would be entirely unpredictable with respect to the popular vote.

[JustPiper]

U.S. Threatened in Video
Officials believe American Adam Yahiye Gadahn appears in tape, promising large attack against America

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,136815,00.html

threatens an assault on the United States that would "dwarf" the Sept. 11 attacks.

Gadahn, whose whereabouts are unknown, is believed to have knowledge of an imminent attack on the United States and is being pursued by federal officials.

But officials said Wednesday that Gadahn is "just one possibility" as the tape's speaker. One factor complicating the identification is that the speaker's face is completely masked.

Fast Facts: Profiles of 7 Suspects
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,121030,00.html

American Sought Had '97 Arrest, 'Extreme' Ideas
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — The "turning point" in Adam Yahiye Gadahn's (search) journey toward Islam was when the Californian got involved in online religious discussions on his grandmother's computer.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,121040,00.html

Agents on Worldwide Hunt for Terrorists
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,121047,00.html

[JustPiper]

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

From Google:
Severed tentacle of terror

... bombs. One the Taliban's websites (now defunct) was www.muslimthai.com/ taliban before it went to jwebs.com (now defunct). OPINION ...
209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/988983/posts

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Google Search Term: "Taliban"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Taliban%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0

Google Search Term: "Taleban"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Taleban%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0

[JustPiper]

Ian, why not have thread 21 on 11-3? Whatchya think? ;)
The First Anniversary thread?

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Freeper StillProud2beFree translated that entire document back a few months ago, maybe it was back in early June. It was a multi-page document.

She posted a portion of her translation here on the Threat Matrix. It was an interesting document centering on the European threat. Thank God, Europe has not taken another hit since then.

[nwctwx]

I was thinking about doing that. I suppose I could... It will give me something to do next Tuesday night while waiting on the results of the election. ;)

[JustPiper]

if they are sure it is an American, then the tape went to ABC because the perp is in the US?

[JustPiper]

I vomitted constantly from my gallstones

[Donna Lee Nardo]

A large pic with that mug requires a warning, one would think...

Yet, pics of hitlery and her hubby and daschle and mcauliffe and kennedy and kerry and edwards and moore are still worse. Oh my, my list has sure grown in the past few years!

[Donna Lee Nardo]

No, it has been reported that the video came to the abc ME affairs guy by the name of Brian Ross via Pakistan over the weekend. Then abc sent it to their NY office where it arrived this past Monday.

[JustPiper]

pinging my well of info

[JustPiper]

close to where UBL was spotted last week?

[Cindy]

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "RUSSIA TIED TO IRAQ'S MISSING ARMS" by Bill Gertz (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Most of Saddam's most powerful arms were systematically separated from other arms like mortars, bombs and rockets, and sent to Syria and Lebanon, and possibly to Iran, he said. The Russian involvement in helping disperse Saddam's weapons, including some 380 tons of RDX and HMX, is still being investigated, Mr. Shaw said. The RDX and HMX, which are used to manufacture high-explosive and nuclear weapons, are probably of Russian origin, he said.") (October 28, 2004) (Read More...)

[Donna Lee Nardo]

I wouldn't think so. The area where usama may be roaming or the area he may already have passed through would not be one where the media or even U.S. or coalition troops would be right now.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1259605/posts

"Syria's WMD locations. GOTTA SEE THIS!
2LA (Lebanese Association), Credit: DigitalGlobe.com ^ "


Posted on 10/27/2004 9:50:56 PM PDT by blahdeblah


"Open sources report that there are at least three Syrian facilities currently engaged in producing Chemical Weapons, located near Damascus, Hama, and Safira village (in the Aleppo area).

A senior Syrian journalist reports Iraq's WMD located in three Syrian sites"

[Teri0811]

"pinging my well of info" :)

[Teri0811]

I was actually appreciating your well of info but I don't know where that part of my reply to your post went...