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?
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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

[tmp02]

Is 01/11/04 the target day for attacks?

[British chick]

That's what I wondered as it's mentioned in the above translation. It's got to be either today or Monday, the way I see it. I don't think they'd wait until election day and the weekend is not so "target rich".

[tmp02]

10/29/2004 # 1
TerroristWarning.com Headlines 10/29/2004 # 1

TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 10/29/2004 # 1

National:

[MarineCorpsTimes.com] WASHINGTON DC - Capital placed on high alert through Election Day

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-477197.php

[St Petersburg Times] MICHIGAN - SPC suspect jailed in Michigan [ Suspect has terrorist ties, tried to buy ambulance, police vehicles - possible terrorist act averted. ]

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/10/28/Columns/SPC_suspect_jailed_in.shtml

[KCEN TV] TEXAS - Police on alert after alleged threat on A&M library

"Law enforcement agencies are asked to be on the lookout for five Middle Eastern men who were overheard saying they were going to blow up the George Bush Presidential Library on the Texas A&M campus."

http://www.kcentv.com/news/c-article.php?cid=1&nid=5567

[CBC NEWS] USA - 7 nabbed for sneaking into US through NB

"Border patrol agents then issued a bulletin to other law enforcement agencies in Maine, suspecting that an El Salvador man who had been denied entry into Canada on Saturday might be linked to the group"

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/10/28/border_aliens041028.html

[WAVY-TV] VIRGINIA - Nuclear device stolen from company truck [Portable moisture-density gauge, stolen 10 days ago ]

http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2496103

[Reuters] USA - Refinery, chem workers not ready for attack -survey

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27525436.htm

[Hilltop Times] UTAH - Reporting suspicious behavior important during elections

http://www.hilltoptimes.com/story.asp?edition=177&storyid=5031

[Mattoon Journal] ILLINOIS - Illinois hospitals warned about fake doctors [ Suspicious men, incidents, all hospitals should be on alert]

http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2004/10/27/news/news02.txt

[AP] PUERTO RICO - More acts of sabotage at ASA facilities

"Police said Tuesday that there had been alleged acts of sabotage on electrical panels at Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (ASA) facilities "

http://www.puertoricowow.com/html/general-detail.asp?amaspHidden_listActive=true&amaspField_newshd=More%20acts%20of%20sabotage%20at%20ASA%20facilities&amaspHidden_newshd_dataType=string

[CBC British Columbia] CANADA - False alarm at airport [ Suspicious package ]

"hollowed-out book containing wires and batteries"

http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regionalnews/caches/bc_yvr20041027.html

[KOMO TV] WASHINGTON - Death Threats Found On School Campus [ Date of NOV 1 given ]

http://www.komotv.com/stories/33703.htm

[New York Times] USA - Poll Finds Most Americans Have Not Prepared for a Terror Attack

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/28/national/28homepoll.html

[REUTERS] USA - ABC Airs Videotape of Man Making Al Qaeda Threat

", They have distributed it to 13 current and former federal officials, and the CIA believes that the tape bears all the signatures of al Qaeda tapes we've seen in the past."

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20041029/2004-10-29T001952Z_01_NAS304190_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-SECURITY-ABCNEWS-DC.html

[KLAS] LAS VEGAS - FBI Report Lists Possible Valley Targets

http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2496136&nav=168XSX5C

[Hernando Today] FLORIDA - Suspicious powder found, post office evacuated [ False alarm ]

http://www.hernandotoday.com/MGBI8NL6V0E.html

[KSL TV] UTAH - Companies Aim to Protect Water from Bio-Terrorism

http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=129181

[AP] WYOMING - Threatening letter with powder sent to newspaper [ 4 such letters total ]

http://www.casperstartribune.net/news/wire/ap/?wire_num=28008

[Milwaukee Freeman Newspapers] WISCONSIN - WCTC faces three bomb threats in eight days

http://www.gmtoday.com/news/local_stories/2004/October_04/10282004_07.asp

[WSBtv.com] GEORGIA - Bomb Scare Shuts Atlanta MARTA Station [ No explosives found ]

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/3867115/detail.html

[KYW] PENNSYLVANIA - Health: Vaccinia Outbreak Contained

"Vaccinia is the virus that’s used in the creation of the smallpox vaccine"

http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_302163549.html

[AP] OREGON - Three airport concourses evacuated following security breach

http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=72178

[KLAS TV] LAS VEGAS - Flamingo Hotel Norovirus Outbreak Update [ Hundreds sickened ]

"We want to get the word out there that this outbreak may be at one facility, but these people are going to be visiting other hotels and so every hotel on the Strip could have people who have been infected by this."

http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2496155&nav=168XSX6Y

International:

[Dawn] SAUDI ARABIA - US, Germany issue terror warnings for Saudi Arabia

http://www.dawn.com/2004/10/29/top14.htm

[AFP] GLOBAL - US issues flurry of terror warnings for citizens abroad

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041028/pl_afp/us_attacks_travel_warn_041028160659

[AP] RUSSIA - Citing Recent Terror Attacks, State Department Urges Caution for Americans in Russia

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBR5V36U0E.html

[The Scotsman] GREECE - Bomb Explodes in Central Athens

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3688517

[Turkish Press] INDONESIA - US warns of possible terror attacks in Indonesia during Ramadan

http://www.turkishpress.com/turkishpress/news.asp?ID=32116

[UPI] THAILAND - Two killed in bar blast in South Thailand [ 2 incidents, same day, same town ]

http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/10280000aaa01e95.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=WORLDNEW&Type=News&Filter=World News

[UPI] THAILAND - At least 15 dead in Thai bombing

http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/10280000aaa001ef.upi&Sys=siteia&Fid=WORLDNEW&Type=News&Filter=World News

[AFP] THAILAND  - Malaysia warns citizens to avoid unstable southern Thailand

http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/fri/oct29w3.htm

[Washington Times] IRAQ / RUSSIA/ USA - Russia Tied to Missing Arms

"Russian troops, working with Iraqi intelligence, "almost certainly" removed the high-explosive material that went missing from the Al-Qaqaa facility, south of Baghdad"

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041027-101153-4822r.htm

[PakTribune.com] PAKISTAN - Rumours about Osama's capture afloat

http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=81554

[Daily Times] PAKISTAN - PIA flight grounded after bomb threat

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_28-10-2004_pg7_57

[AFP] FRANCE - Bomb blast hits Bordeaux city hall [ Blast called small ]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1512&ncid=732&e=1&u=/afp/20041028/wl_afp/france_blast

[Kazinform] FRANCE - A great explosion thundered near the Bordeaux urban administration [ Blast called immense ]

http://www.inform.kz/txt/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=98807

[German News] GERMANY - Arrests for railway track sabotage [ Editors Note: ROUTE USED FOR NUCLEAR TRANSPORTS ]

http://www.germnews.de/archive/dn/2004/10/26.html#15

[AFP] AFGHANISTAN - Three US troops hurt in Afghan bomb blast

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Philippines+%26+South+Asia&month=October2004&file=World_News2004102825753.xml

[Reuters] THAILAND - Bomb defused in Thailand's troubled south [ Outside grocery store ]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BKK199700.htm

[Reuters] SPAIN - ETA says open to negotiations with Spain

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L27698470.htm

[AP] JERUSALEM - Ailing Arafat Still in Serious Condition

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041028/D86060400.html

[Xinhuanet] CHINA - Hunan bus explosion suspect seized

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/27/content_2146161.htm

[Xinhua] CHINA - Daqing oil refinery explosion kills 2, five missing [ Cause under investigation ]

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/28/content_386410.htm

[Technology India] INDIA - India tests nuclear capable missile

http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=39356

[UPI] YEMEN - Repenting al-Qaida suspects to be pardoned

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041026-073300-1431r.htm

[AP] HAITI - Gunbattles Break Out Between Aristide Supporters, Police in Haiti's Capital

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBGBJ1KV0E.html

[Reuters] SPAIN - Spain arrests 13 suspected Islamic militants

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B304149.htm

[Xinhuanet] RUSSIA - Anti-terror measures at Russian nuclear facilities insufficient

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-10/29/content_2151512.htm

[ABC News Online] PAKISTAN - US diplomat injured in Pakistani hotel blast

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1230404.htm

[AllAfrica.com] AFRICA - Second West African Coup Plot Emerges

http://allafrica.com/stories/200410280272.html

[Interfax] NORTH KOREA - N. Korea has nuclear program, but no bomb - Russian experts

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=10715545

[Reuters] ALGERIA - Algeria's most-wanted militant taken into custody

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L28369996.htm

[Itar-Tass] RUSSIA - Maskhadov, Basayev preparing new terrorist acts

http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1397546&PageNum=0

[Philippine Daily Inquirer] PHILIPPINES - Grenade explosion kills 1, injures 8 in Zamboanga del Sur

http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=2&story_id=16451

[tmp02]

I have seen 2 A-10s flying over Maryland (close to DC)(never seen them before except for Andrews demonstrations) and F-16 was reported by friend. Something is up...

[tmp02]

correction

F-16 = F-16s

[bored at work]

please keep us posted!

[Velveeta]

Is anyone coming up with anything on the net?

Nope.

[Velveeta]

Much better pic when they're behind bars.

[Velveeta]

Thank you, Godzilla.

[Velveeta]

http://img80.exs.cx/img80/6734/collaborator.jpg

Good work! LOL

[Tilly]

joe,

Interesting post. but .. if Kerry is elected, or maybe even if he's not ... by 2009 ... the nuke scenario might have ALREADY happened.

[Velveeta]

In the code video it is on the left

This, IMO, is a very important distinction.

[Tilly]

True.

Reporters do not always understand the stories they report.

[hankbrown]

From IPN this morning:

New Hampshire - Hillsborough County (Hillsboro)- Mass Casualty - Hillcat Dr - MCI Event @ The Middle School, May be Hazmat Related. 09:12

This is the totality of details.

[Tilly]

To me, he kind of sounds like he's from California .... or maybe Canada ....

But ... I wonder if Bin Laden's son Saad has been English educated.

[TBall]

Yikes. Could this be a drill?

[Tilly]

If there is an attack, Bush WILL be blamed by dems. Hillary started setting that up in 2001.

Whether or not the US public agrees ... remains to be seen.

[Tilly]

And a partridge in a pear tree ;)

[Velveeta]

How many are on that 'jerk list' by now?