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

[RepublicanArmy]

I think you are exactly right. It just hit me that the President is backed into a really bad corner. Bush won't raise the threat level for exactly that reason. But if there is a large attack in the next few days Bush could be screwed because the LLL/MSM will scream that Bush knew and did nothing to protect us. That would be enough to throw the election to Kerry. I pray to God that scenario doesn't play out, but if I were a terrorist and wanted to get rid of Bush, that's exactly the way I would play it.

Yeah I know he's screwed either way he goes. I pray it doesn't either cabal, let's just hope everything goes well the next few days.

[JustPiper]

Not sur which is the guilty party but I call it as I 'feel' it there is a wagdog going on IMO

The remaining 105 electoral votes are in the eight most competitive states: Florida, Ohio, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and New Mexico.


Two other states fall just outside the toss-up category — Michigan and New Hampshire, both of which tilt slightly toward Kerry. An additional six to 12 states, including the slow-voting Democratic bastion of Hawaii, could come into play if neither Bush nor Kerry wins a clear majority of the popular vote.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_el_pr/road_to270&cid=694&ncid=716

[JustPiper]

If it turns out not to be they are 'go' tapes, then we are being played and I'd say by our own politicians

[JustPiper]

For all we know it could be CIA etc or undercover Ops

[JustPiper]

news to me lets ask Jersey TM'rs

[JustPiper]

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.

I'm so surprised

[JustPiper]

Emerson said he would not necessarily be worried about UBL and his motive

[Tilly]

Well done, Piper. Thanks

It's either tin foil hat time, or connect the dots time:

Several months ago, on this forum, it was indicated that just before the next big attack, there would be attacks on Italy and England.

Also, linked to this forum a few months ago, was a source that said Al Quada would contact the US media twice ... once to say they were going to hit in the near future, and again to ensure media coverage AS THEY WERE CARRYING OUT THE ATTACK.

Finally, the next big attack was supposed to be signaled by Bin Laden.

So ... the next dot would be if we got a third tape.

Remember, though ... they like to talk big, and somebody or another has been threatening to make the US streets run red with blood every three days ...

They'll hit US when and IF they can, nothing's changed on that score. Prayers for the FBI, CIA and homeland security in these troubled days.

[JustPiper]

If we get UBL by Tuesday...

[Tilly]

In my humble opinion ... US need to go on orange until after the election.

[Domestic Church]

"I would add spots in Louisiana to that list as well."

Any city on the water is a potential target.

[JustPiper]

one thought I had which I now dismiss was, imagine if that guy on the videotape was one of our own infiltrators, an undercover "lily white" alphabet guy selected by an unknowing al qaeda to make the tape!


Don't dismiss that idea

[Tilly]

I can't find it either (so call me lazy tonight ... )

But, I remember specifically reading it in late June, early July, I think.

[JustPiper]

I bet not many know after Kerry's response at the airport, 5 min later he was on Wisc TV local station blaming Bush and politicizing it

[JustPiper]

Remember, though ... they like to talk big, and somebody or another has been threatening to make the US streets run red with blood every three days ...

You are so right Tilly, and UBL seemed so 'scripted' and said things in such a different demeanor and wording

[MamaDearest]

News analyst on Fox said 18 minutes OR MORE (after discussing the tape)....whatever that means.

[Tilly]

I don't think he's screwed if he raises. I think most peope will understand, except of course Michael Moore, Teddy Kennedy, John Kerry, and the entire Clinton spin maching.

Nonetheless ... they should raise it.

[JustPiper]

Ducks May Infect Humans With Bird Flu
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=16&u=/ap/20041030/ap_on_he_me/un_bird_flu

And where I am now DuckPoopPark has lots of it

[JustPiper]

By special permission of STRATFOR: http://www.stratfor.biz/Story.neo?storyId=238587
From Nena at Pure Pursuit:

Bin Laden Seeks U.S. Political Role
October 29, 2004 2313 GMT

Summary

U.S. President George W. Bush and presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry have offered short responses to the latest videotape of Osama bin Laden -- a tape that could well be bin Laden's U.S. version of the pre-election Madrid attack.

Analysis

U.S. President George W. Bush and presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry responded briefly to the videotape of Osama bin Laden released Oct. 29. Kerry said everyone in the country -- Republicans and Democrats -- is committed to hunting down bin Laden, and added that he would not negotiate with terrorists. He also said he could run a more effective war on terrorism and regretted that Bush let bin Laden slip away when he had him cornered in Afghanistan.

Bush gave a much briefer response, saying simply that Americans will not be intimidated or influenced by the enemy of the country, and that the United States is at war and will win.

The responses were in part something bin Laden hoped to engender. No matter which way the presidential race goes, he will take credit for influencing the vote in the last moments before the election. In essence, the tape could be bin Laden's U.S. version of the pre-election Madrid bomb attack in March. Bin Laden has made his vote for Kerry clear, and whether he is trying to influence Americans to go the other way (for Bush) or not, he has firmly placed his stamp on the election.

For Bush, the tape is a reminder that bin Laden is still alive and out there -- something Kerry noted in his response. But that might well benefit Bush, as it reiterates the fact that the United States is at war and has an enemy that needs to be dealt with.

For Kerry, the tape is slightly more complicated. Bin Laden's statements on the tape about Bush talking to children in Florida during the Sept. 11 attacks could have been a scene right out of a Michael Moore film, and bin Laden's assessment that Bush could have done a better job at preventing the attacks is a plank in the Democrat's platform.

[RepublicanArmy]

Is this the picture of the Pope you're referring to?

No that not the one but it looks like the same site. The one I was talking about also has pictures of maps on it.