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?
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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

[JustPiper]

Are they 'in' Mexico? Are they and UBL under house arrest , something is just not right about the release of these tapes Ian

[JustPiper]

Good ? JJ

[JustPiper]

Wish 24 wasn't waiting until January to tell us whats going on ;)

[nwctwx]

Are they 'in' Mexico?

They could be anywhere really. All they have to do is set up a camera, videotape their 'speech,' send it to be 'produced,' and have it passed to American media. It is certainly possible IMO that they sent out the tape as a message that they were ready to go.

[JellyJam]

I just hope he has that level of protection ... he certainly needs it. These are dangerous times.

[nwctwx]

I also think Azzam and whoever is interviewing him are in America. If you watch the tape, he is very weary of letting his face covering fall too far down his nose. He is obviously very worried about being easily ID'ed. If he is the one who will carry out the attack (let's remember the suitcase bomb possibility), it is likely he does not want the public to have an easy time telling who he is. We've seen a lot of pictures of this Gadahn guy, but there is no telling if he still looks like he does in the photos.

[JustPiper]

VERY important read thanks to Pure Pursuit
www.purepursuitintelnetwork.com
Thank to Nena and Col. John H. Wambough, Jr. USAF (Ret.)

Hoaxes Propped Up CBS's Fraudulent Memos (Part III)
Dan Rather's CBS' 60 Minutes Hit Piece on President Bush's ANG Record based on Left-Wing Media Hoaxes.
By Col. John H. Wambough, Jr. USAF (Ret.) October 31, 2004

Read: Bush and Uncommon Valor - View "Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal" View "SwiftVets Video"

380 Tons of RDX and HMX Missing Hoax

Sugarcoated Officer Efficiency Report Hoax

Left-Wing Media (LWM) treachery, deception and distortion laid a solid foundation for Dan Rather's CBS' 60 Minute fabricated story and fraudulent memos. Thousands of communications misled the American people about George W. Bush's (GWB's) service in the Air National Guard (ANG). LWM fraudulently orchestrated so many hoaxes on President Bush's Air National Guard (ANG) service that it is not practical to debunk them all, so I'll focus on some of the most outrageous ones. The first article featured the Leapfrogged Hundreds Hoax and Political Influence/Favoritism Hoax. The second article addressed the Coward/Draft Dodger Hoax. This article features the 380 Tons of RDX and HMX Missing Hoax and Sugarcoated Officer Efficiency Report Hoax (Dan Rather's CBS' 60 Minutes memos scandal).

I will discuss the Sugarcoated Officer Efficiency Report Hoax below. However, a new hoax has just hit the wire this week - just in time to impact our national elections. Let's call it the "380 Tons of RDX and HMX Missing Hoax". Let's put this in perspective. We have a candidate for President that has said the Iraq War was the wrong war at the wrong time and the wrong place. Of the 1,000,000 tons of munitions in Iraq located in 10,000 storage facilities, our forces have destroyed 400,000 tons and now 380 tons (1/1000) has allegedly gone missing. Kerry has gone ballistic on the campaign trail over the "alleged" missing of 380 Tons of RDX and HMX from the al Qaqaa facility in Iraq - an event that likely took place prior our troops entering Iraq. But how does this make sense? Iraq was supposedly no threat to the United States with 1,000,000 tons of munitions - to include RDX and HMX (even though these munitions could "easily" have been put in the hands of terrorists, used against Iraq's neighbors and used in the United States). Having 380 tons of RDX and HMX missing now is a catastrophic event to Kerry, why? He had little concern about 1,000,000 tons being under the control of Saddam Hussein and his sons (we will contain them) but now has great concern about 380 tons - less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the munitions already destroyed by our Armed Forces? Again, Kerry and the New York Times have not been concerned about the 1,000,000 tons but very concerned about all the horrible things 380 tons could do. According to Kerry, the 380 tons have put our citizens in greater danger.



The 380 Tons of RDX and HMX missing is a hoax story. The story (when it broke) gave no time-line for when the RDX and HMX went missing (other than sometime after military operations commenced in Iraq). The thrust of the NYT story is that our troops were incompetent; that the 380 tons were taken away right under their nose; that the President was incompetent. We now know possible scenario time-lines for the removal of the explosives (March and April 2003). We now know that it was likely that most of these sensitive explosives were moved out of the al Qaqaa facility in a prewar dispersal ordered by Saddam Hussein (before March 19, 2003). See interview with John A. Shaw regarding Russian Special Forces removal of critical sensitive items from these facilities and explosives prior to U.S. Armed Forces arriving at the al Qaqaa facility. Photos point to removal of weapons within weeks prior to the beginning of military operations in Iraq (March 2003). We now know that an NBC News report showed that the HMX and RDX explosives were not present when coalition forces first arrived at Al Qaqaa on April 10, 2003. Three weeks into the war, the Army's 101st Airborne didn’t find the nearly 380 tons of conventional explosives, called HMX and RDX, which is now alleged missing.



The ABC crew video of April 18 showed explosives in the Al Qaqaa facility indicating "not" all munitions or explosives had been removed. Units of the 101st Airborne Division were near Al Qaqaa for "two to three weeks," starting April 10. Then they headed north to Baghdad. When they returned to the AL Qauaa facility in May, the explosives were gone. So who removed these munitions/explosives? We now know who the infamous looters were that LWM has been so concerned about one week before our national election. We (the United States) were the looters. Major Pearson of the United States 3rd Infantry Division stated on October 29, 2004 that his unit picked up 250 tons of munitions and explosives in April 2003 (which may have included RDX and HMX), took them to Baghdad and destroyed those munitions. We now know that we bombed bunkers containing HMX which could have destroyed much of the tonnage over and above the 250 tons we removed (if HMX were still in bunkers). An IAEA document obtained by ABC News showed that as of Jan. 14, 2003, the agency's inspectors recorded "only" just over 3 tons of RDX stored at the Al Qaqaa facility. The final answer is yet to come; however, we now know Kerry used a hoax story to discredit our soldiers and Commander-In-Chief.

We now know that our military planners took appropriate steps to reduce the stockpiles of dangerous munitions in Iraq and that they had taken measures to destroy these munitions after our forces entered Iraq. The "380 Tons of RDX and HMX Missing Under Bush's Watch Hoax" was designed to create a windfall campaign issue for Kerry, discredit the President and discredit the actions of our troops in Iraq. The players in this hoax are a disgruntled UN employee (Mohammed ElBaradei), the Left-Wing New York Times, CBS's 60 Minutes and the Kerry Campaign. Kerry made guarding of the munitions storage facilities an issue in his second Presidential debate. Hmmm. was he setting the stage for the hoaxers? What did he know? When did he know it?

The significance of Dan Rather's CBS' 60 Minutes September 8, 2004 fabricated story and bogus documents scandal was that LWM orchestrated this event in an effort to influence the outcome of our national election. We know that both CBS's Mary Mapes and John Kerry's Campaign Advisor (Joe Lockhart) were talking with each other and both of them were talking to Bill Burkett (a former Texas National Guard army officer) the source of the fraudulent documents aired on Dan Rather's CBS' 60 Minutes. We also know that proximate to airing Dan Rather's CBS' 60 Minutes hit piece, LWM launched a barrage of attacks regarding GWB's ANG service. Fortunately, Dan Rather's CBS' 60 Minutes Hoax was rapidly debunked by Internet bloggers.



On October 31, 2004 CBS's 60 Minutes had planned to take another shot at influencing the outcome of our national election. It's being reported that the New York Times and CBS' 60 Minutes were engaged in a collaborative effort to manufacture a story with the following underlying theme "380 Tons of RDX and HMX went missing under Bush's Watch"; therefore, Bush is incompetent and the military was incompetent in performing its duties to safeguard each of the 10,000 storage facilities. This story was ideal for an October election surprise because it would imflame the passions of the American people with conjured up stories of how the 380 tons could be used to attack our population and soldiers; also, the hoax would require time to debunk and therefore perfect for influencing a national election. Back to back efforts by CBS's 60 Minutes to influence a national election tells us that there are no boundaries when it comes to getting a Left-Wing Democrat in the White House - fraudulent and misleading stories are okay. Now that the NYT's story has been debunked, CBS will have to find another story designed to discredit President Bush and his administration just before the election - I wonder what it will be? Whatever it is, it will be CBS's third recent attempt to influence an election in favor of Kerry.

Okay, now back to the subject of this article: "Sugarcoated Officer Efficiency Report Hoax" - The components of this LWM hoax were myths: (1) that GWB received "sugarcoated" officer efficiency reports (OERs); that GWB didn't get superior ratings based on his own merit; that Dan Rather's CBS's 60 Minute memos confirmed GWB was getting “sugarcoated” ratings; (2) that GWB'S performance ratings were the result of political influence, favoritism and special treatment as evidenced by command pressure placed on GWB's Squadron Commander (Lt. Col. Killian); that Dan Rather's CBS's 60 Minute memos confirmed that Col Stuadt was the individual applying the command pressure; (3) that Killian wouldn’t give GWB a “sugarcoated” rating in 1973 even though under pressure to do so; that GWB received a "Not Observed" report because his Squadron Commander didn't know where GWB was or what he was doing.



First Myth - that GWB received "sugarcoated" officer efficiency reports; that GWB didn't get exceptional reports based on his own merit; that Dan Rather's CBS's 60 minute memos, finally, has confirmed that GWB received “sugarcoated” ratings. The facts: (1) GWB was a top notch officer and fighter pilot and universally respected by his Squadron Commander Lt. Col Killian, the officer pilots he flew with in the 111th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and officers in his Texas Air National Guard (TANG) . GWB didn't need anyone to "sugarcoat" his ratings. (2) The Dan Rather's CBS's 60 Minute memos were proved fabricated and fraudulent.



Second Myth - that GWB'S performance ratings were the result of political influence, favoritism, special treatment as evidenced by command pressure placed on GWB's Squadron Commander (Lt. Col. Killian); that Dan Rather's CBS's 60 Minute memos has now confirmed where the command pressure on Killian to “sugarcoat” GWB’s officer efficiency reports was coming from; command pressure was being exerted by Colonel Staudt. The facts: (1) Colonel Staudt had no leverage to exert command pressure on commanders’ Hodges or Killian to “sugarcoat” GWB’s rating since Staudt was no longer in the command line. Staudt retired from the TANG almost 1½ years before the alleged command pressure on Killian, Staudt had retired from the ANG on March 1, 1972. August 18, 1973 was the date of the fraudulent memo and alleged command pressure. (2) The Dan Rather's CBS's 60 Minute memos were proved fabricated and fraudulent.



Third Myth - that Killian wouldn’t give GWB a “sugarcoated” rating in 1973 even though under command pressure to do so; that GWB received a Non Observed rating because his Squadron Commander didn't know where GWB was or what he was doing. The facts: (1) GWB could have cared less about an OER in 1973 since he wasn’t making the ANG a career; a sugarcoated OER would have been meaningless. (2) Lt. Col. Killian would have viewed the preparation of an OER on GWB as a waste of time in 1973 since GWB wasn’t going to remain in the Air National Guard. (3) To the extent Killian wanted to get in touch with GWB, he would have known exactly how to do it. Whatever arangements GWB had with his Squadron Commander over thirty years ago resulted in GWB’s honorable discharge October 1, 1973.

A serendipity benefit of the CBS 60 Minutes fraudulent memo scandal was that the public got to hear directly from retired ANG senior officers about GWB's ANG service (unfiltered by LWM). What these officers had to say was quite different from what LWM had been telling the American people. Retired Colonel Walter B. "Buck" Staudt (who conducted the interview that resulted in GWB being selected by the ANG) stated in an ABC Special Interview that: "He recalled Bush as a standout candidate"; “No one called me about taking George Bush into the Air National Guard. It was my decision. I swore him in. I never heard anything from anybody.”; “He didn’t use political influence to get into the Air National Guard”; “He was highly qualified. He passed all the scrutiny and tests he was given” “He was a well-educated, bright-eyed young man, just the kind of guy we were looking for." "He presented himself well. He more than met the requirements for pilot training. I’d say he was in the upper 10 percent or 5 percent or whatever we ever talked to about going to pilot training. We were pretty particular because when he came back (from training); we had to fly with him.”

The President of the United States and Commander-In-Chief of our Armed Forces served honorably in the ANG - as did many thousands of Guardsmen. It is now time to stop the attacks on GWB's service in the ANG and spend, at least, a little time evaluating John Kerry's National Security Record - Click Here. Kerry's strategy (supported by LWM) was to malign President Bush’s military service and undermine the peoples’ trust in GWB as Commander-In-Chief. At the same time, this strategy called for promoting Kerry as a war hero. Kerry's strategy was calculated to offset his anti-war activities and his extreme anti-national security voting record.

[nw_arizona_granny]

On the first tape to ABC, that jihadi piece of garbage was wearing a suicide belt.

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Could he have been forced to wear the belt, as he was refusing to make the video?

When he made that video, he sealed his fate as a jihadi, forever.....

Now he can't say, "I was only doing a little translating for them".

Wonder if it was used on him after the video was done?

Did he and the camera man, die, to keep the location of
OBL a secret?

[JustPiper]

East Texas officials are reviewing their performance after a bioterrorism drill that spanned seven counties.
http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=2499719&nav=2FH5SZEg

Police: Look out for 'bottle bombs'
http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,1096009,00.html

Terror threat in nation's prisons
AS many as six of the State's most dangerous prisoners have become supporters of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden after converting to radical Islam while in jail.


Osama bin Laden's influence has reached Australian prisoners.


Intelligence obtained by the Corrective Services Department reveals some of the inmates to be supportive of bin Laden and terrorism.

Authorities are concerned by the potential for a terrorist cell to be formed inside NSW prisons.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11236361%255E421,00.html

[Indie]

The latest threat talks about how we won't be able to count the bodies. A chemical bio attack would deliver on those numbers. This is deadly serious.

[JellyJam]

good questions, granny ... that might explain the scumbag's nervousness.

[nwctwx]

If you watch the video the FBI is now running on their site you will see him recite Qur'anic verses in full. He spends a lot of the 6 minutes explaining why he loves to be a Muslim. I don't think he was forced to make the video.

[JustPiper]

John Kerry’s Brain on Drugs
Why won’t he fight terrorists as hard as he fights drug traffickers?
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/taylor200410290842.asp

Liberal 527's Spent Bundles Targeting Bush
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=5502

'Unusual event' declared after Freon leak at Hope Creek
http://www.nj.com/news/sunbeam/local/index.ssf?/base/news-4/109903804379030.xml

[pon505]

Has anyone heard about the National Guard being called up in New Jersey???

A friend of mine said he heard about it, but that the government asked local news outlets not to report it. What's going on with that.

[Bethshaya]

U.S. Warns on Terror; Alert Stays (Orange) <---Misprint
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=212048


NO misprint.

NY and DC were already at Orange. Rest of Country is at Yellow. Been this way for many weeks.

[Teri0811]

I don't remember seeing this anywhere. This would shake things up a tad:

Israel-Arab business deal
09/25/2004 18:23
Israeli millionaire to purchase 50% of Al-Jazeera shares

Israeli businessman Haim Shiban intends to acquire 50% of shares of Qatar-based satellite TV channel Al-Jazeera. The channel has gained reputation after the September 11 attack in the US; it has become one of the world's leading channels providing coverage of the latest news of the Arab world. The information has been reported Saturday by a Lebanese newspaper Al-Mustakbal with reference to Israeli sources.

According to the Lebanese newspaper, for the last several months, the Israeli businessman has been having talks with the channel's owner Sheikh Khamad ben Khalifa al Tani regarding this matter.

The offer has first been made to emir about six months ago during his visit to Qatar along with American ex-president Bill Clinton. The newspaper reports that emir took the offer seriously. Both men began negotiating. However, their talks ended after emir decided to audit the channel.

According to the newspaper, Shiban has purchased a portion of American company Fox for $1.5 billion USD. In addition, last year he's become a shareholder of a German company Bru Sat 1 for 225 million Euro. He also owns 23% of shares of second Israel's channel, reports RIA "Novosti".

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Arab Analysts React to Osama bin Laden Video

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"He is hoping for two things," he said. "Number One, he wanted to tell the people that he is still there. He is still challenging [President] Bush and all his allies in the area. Number Two he is trying to convince people that, if they do not vote for [Mr.] Bush they will be more safe, more secure."

http://www.voanews.com/english/2004-10-30-voa33.cfm

[nw_arizona_granny]

From the link in post 3247, about the big cache of weapons, there is also this story, about 2 bombs at the high school.

October 29, 2004
Bomb squads descend on Rex Putnam High School




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By Dan Christopher and KATU Web Staff
Milwaukie, Ore. - Both a Portland bomb squad and a Clackamas bomb squad were called out to Rex Putnam High School after two suspicious devices were found.

The school had been closed today after school officials say they received two bomb threats through e-mail this week.

A search of the school's grounds was done this morning, which is when the devices were discovered - one inside the school and one under a bleacher on the football field.

"We did call in three bomb sniffing dogs and once those devices are detonated, we'll let the dogs go in and search for further devices," said Joel Manley with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. "We're hoping they won't find any, but if there are additional devices, they will be found."

A football game was scheduled to be played Friday night on the field, but that game has now been moved to Clackamas High School.



In addition, all activities at the school have been canceled for the weekend, including a dance that had been scheduled for Friday night.

A $250 reward was offered in the case to help police track down who may have sent the e-mail threats to the school.

If you would like to report a tip, call (503) 723-4949.

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Threats prompt officials to close high school

[nwctwx]

I missed the part where they referred to the specific regions under orange alert. I thought they were saying the nation was under orange alert.

[Chani]

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