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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty

Posted on 10/12/2004 8:58:00 PM PDT by nwctwx

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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!


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.


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



TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: terror; threat; threatmatrix
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To: JustPiper
Nobel prize winner fights flesh eating disease

Pakistan gives Bin Laden refuge

New Anthrax test has 1 hour results

4 cases of flu in Rhode Island

Russian Prosecutor calls to detain terrorists' relatives

Russia Special Services warning more than 80 suicide bombers to visit Russia

Terrorists plan to attack Russian water stations

US to set up ABM system near Russian borders

Cuban soap causes rashes and grows hair

German tour operator cleared in terror attack suit

SNIP: Uninvited guests

A confidential report by the Inspection générales des affaires sociales (IGAS) to the government reveals that 250,000 foreigners who have had their application for asylum refused still live in France because the authorities do not know what to do with them.

Without really draconian laws and sizeable detention camps there is no practical solution. The French are against such measures, associated with totalitarianism and the horrors of the occupation.

Every year France receives 60,000 applications for asylum of which 80% are rejected, at a cost of €286m.

3,661 posted on 10/31/2004 4:25:12 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: nwctwx

No towel head bastard is going to stop me from voting. I found that video a joke. I did light a candle for Bush today in church.


3,662 posted on 10/31/2004 4:38:15 PM PST by angcat
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To: Domestic Church

You must have felt you were in the twilight zone. It scares me how obtuse the general population has become.


That is nothing I work with people who think Bush did not even retaliate for 9/11. Retards I work with!


3,663 posted on 10/31/2004 4:46:58 PM PST by angcat
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To: JustPiper

"...many experts are saying things today that this is so NOT UBL and his rhetoric..."


Many experts need to bone up on the effects of long term dialysis and uremia, especially the organic chemical changes they cause in the brain and the impact upon the personality.


3,664 posted on 10/31/2004 4:58:29 PM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: JustPiper

"How about ElBarderi(sp) from Atomic energy commission?"

A pawn of the UN (stretch it farther - possibly even a pawn of Soros and company.)


3,665 posted on 10/31/2004 5:01:00 PM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: All
Unfortunately, I have had not time today to go through TM and read nor respond to posts. But I want to go on record as saying that I believe that both the azzam and ubl tapes are genuine. I have never thought otherwise especially since there is no reason for me to think otherwise.

The only comments I repeated over and again on this and other threads about the azzam tape -- the other evening -- was that it appeared scripted and the dude was a whitey and most importantly: I detected zero accent while reports from experts said otherwise. If that dude is indeed Adam, then, well, I am not surprised. If it is not Adam but another whitey, well, I am not surprised.

Finally, I suppose there is a chance that if ubl were in detention, we could force him to make a tape. But I do not think this is the case at all because I find that to be a ludicrous thought. The fact that ubl appeared behind a lectern instead of squatting on the ground and lacked a visible Kalashnikov simply ties in to what he was trying to accomplish in his more political, elder statesman communication as opposed to his usual pure militant communications, IMO. But others have said this way before me.

For the most part, he spewed much of the same garbage as he has before. Except his threats were no doubt different. He released a speech back in 2001 or 2002 -- again to the American people -- that said many of the same things otherwise although he has changed some of his justifications and rationales. In it, he took a shot at Clinton, now he totally skewers GWB and he said more this time because we kicked taliban butt, ousted sadam, and the election is approaching. That is the only distinction I see.

Just wanted to set my thoughts out succinctly. Thanks for listening.
3,666 posted on 10/31/2004 5:03:03 PM PST by Donna Lee Nardo
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To: All

One more thing: I sure hope that the authorities are ruling everything in first before the evidence is there to rule anything out. This is the way it should work and I think this is the way it does work.

We can afford no less because the safety and security of our nation and that of other nations may one day again be at stake.

I do not buy all that I hear in the lamestream press, even on FoxNews. They all no doubt have been asked to handle events -- should they occur or be poised to occur -- in a certain way. I do not often look for too much confirmation from the press, especially after that Tom Ridge/media exec meeting months ago.

So, I try not to trust nor discount everything and I look at everything with a skeptical yet a believing eye.


3,667 posted on 10/31/2004 5:10:58 PM PST by Donna Lee Nardo
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To: Cindy

You are very welcome.


3,668 posted on 10/31/2004 5:11:26 PM PST by trussell (Unemployed intellectual...will act like a pompous ass for food!!)
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To: freeperfromnj
I think we are looking at post election attacks on specific states.

That'd be my guess too.

3,669 posted on 10/31/2004 5:18:39 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: Donna Lee Nardo; Cindy; JustPiper; All
even China's having problems with Muslims ...

MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED AFTER 150 DIE IN CLASHES IN CENTRAL CHINA

BEIJING — Ethnic clashes between majority Han Chinese and Muslim Hui left almost 150 people dead and prompted the authorities to declare martial law in a section of Henan Province in central China, journalists and witnesses in the region said Sunday.

The fighting flared last Friday and continued into the weekend after a Hui taxi driver’s car hit and killed a 6-year-old Han girl, prompting recriminations between different ethnic groups in neighboring villages, these people said. One individual briefed on the incident by the police said that 148 people had been killed, including 18 police officers sent to quell the violence.

Chinese media have reported nothing about unrest in Henan. But a news blackout would not be unusual, as propaganda authorities routinely suppress information about ethnic tensions.

Though most Chinese belong to the dominant Han ethnicity, the country has 55 other ethnic groups, including several Muslim minorities and others with ties to Tibet, Southeast Asia, Korea and Mongolia.

Hui Muslims, scattered in several provinces in the central and western parts of the country, are relatively well integrated into Chinese society and not generally considered a threat to stability.

3,670 posted on 10/31/2004 5:21:07 PM PST by JellyJam (Headline of the year: "The Painful Truth: All the World Terrorists Are Muslims!")
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To: midwestjenny

Thanks for pointing out that 4th plane crash in MO.

I still have that uneasy feeling that too many small planes have gone down in recent weeks.


3,671 posted on 10/31/2004 5:22:32 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: JustPiper

"and that is my biggest question Ian, what does it say about the UBL tape. They also were saying on FNC how different his choice of words were..."

I noticed that too...in addition to the different clothing and missing weapon by his side, missing from his speech, lecture, warning, whatever you want to call it, were the Praise Be's and Allah Willing's every other word or two.


3,672 posted on 10/31/2004 5:23:59 PM PST by Teri0811
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To: MamaDearest

"4 cases of flu in Rhode Island"

We had a possible/probable case we isolated today.


3,673 posted on 10/31/2004 5:31:58 PM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: JustPiper; Godzilla

ATS is a useful tool, but I don't see the need to post all that stuff here. The UBL tape has been authenticated, case clased IMO. I don't think the netizens have a better handle on this stuff than the feds.

You can question the other if you wish, but I tend to believe both are legit.


3,674 posted on 10/31/2004 5:32:17 PM PST by nwctwx
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To: callmejoe
It is possible this is an Italy reference as that has come up before. But the primary meaning of UBL is that he is giving a pre-emptive justification for the severity of the attacks by tying America and Israel together since Lebanon when Sharon led the Israeli Army in attempting to expel Arafat and Hezbollah was given birth.

I agree that UBL was giving us the history behind his jihad. Remember though, that before the Bali bombing, he mentioned paradise in a way that it was a clue to the target of the Paradise Hotel. Something about UBL specifically pointing out the 6th Fleet stopped me in my tracks. Then with some digging, it was even more disconcerting to find that the 6th fleet had moved to Naples 'recently'.

No doubt UBL wants to hit Italy too, he's made that quite clear. Hopefully, there's no connection between the 6th Fleet as a possible 'keyword' in his message. I've been wrong plenty of times in my guesses on this thread. I hope I'm wrong this time too! :-)

3,675 posted on 10/31/2004 5:34:23 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: piasa; backhoe; RaceBannon; Ernest_at_the_Beach; All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1264197/posts

"Afghan militants vow to 'chop up' Irish [female] hostage"
The Observer (UK) ^ | October 31, 2004 | David Smith


Posted on 10/31/2004 5:18:51 PM PST by aculeus


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Islamic militants yesterday threatened to kill an Irish woman and two fellow hostages in Afghanistan, warning: 'We will not only behead them, but chop them up, as is being done in Iraq.'

A Taliban breakaway faction known as the Jaish-e-Muslimeen (Army of Muslims) said it had snatched 35-year-old Annetta Flanigan, a UN official, and two colleagues last week and will kill them unless US and coalition troops withdraw from the country.

Ishaq Manzoor, a spokesman for the group, said: 'If these countries don't agree to our demands, we will do the same thing as the mujahideen are doing in Iraq.'

Manzoor also demanded the release of all Afghan detainees from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and called for the search for the captives to be halted. He claimed that a video showing the prisoners would be released 'in two or three days' to an Arab television channel. 'These people are with us. They have difficulty in eating our foods, but they will soon get used to it.' He also said Flanigan had been ill but had recovered after being given medicine. Manzoor added: 'We may kill them if we could not get a positive response.'"


3,676 posted on 10/31/2004 5:39:13 PM PST by Cindy
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To: JustPiper

"We truly have no idea who it came from, and to me there are more questions than answers."

Didn't AQ just merge (for lack of a better word) with some other terrorist group? And I believe I just saw someone mention that they want to join or OBL wants to take over Hamas. I think we can probably expect more videos and audios from people we aren't familiar with. I know that's not exactly the case here, just a thought.


3,677 posted on 10/31/2004 5:48:59 PM PST by Teri0811
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To: nwctwx

Check Freepmail.


3,678 posted on 10/31/2004 5:49:11 PM PST by Mossad1967
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To: JustPiper
Shoraa New York

???

Don't know. Shores of New York, maybe?

3,679 posted on 10/31/2004 5:53:08 PM PST by Velveeta
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To: British chick; UK Guy
October 31, 2004

Al-Qaeda plans to attack British military bases: report

LONDON : Al-Qaeda is planning to attack British military bases, the Sunday Telegraph reported, quoting a top-secret British intelligence document.

There is a "substantial" threat against military bases from international terrorists organisations, said the newspaper, which claimed to have obtained the report, entitled "Security Update September 2004".

Horse Guards Parade, Wellington Barracks, and the Royal Guard Rooms in Buckingham Palace - all in central London - face a "severe" threat, the second highest danger level, the newspaper said.

The document, marked "restricted", has been distributed to all military garrisons in Britain, it said.

"Credible reporting continues to indicate that AQ (Al-Qaeda) and associated terrorist groups, intend to attack Western targets globally," the report says, according to the newspaper.

"Targeting against UK and US interests both at home and abroad remains a priority for AQ... the UK remains a high priority for AQ planning for terrorist attacks and (AQ) will employ a variety of attack methods to breach physical security measures," the document says, according to the same source.

It also warns military service personnel that there is a "real" threat against identifiable servicemen and advises against the wearing of uniform in public "especially in the vicinity of home or while travelling on public transport," the Sunday Telegraph said.

The newspaper report comes the day after Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, architect of the September 11, 2001, strikes in the United States, threatened new attacks in a video message broadcast by the Al-Jazeera Arab satellite television network.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/114491/1/.html

3,680 posted on 10/31/2004 5:55:31 PM PST by Oorang (I want to breathe the fresh air of freedom, at the dawn of every day, it's the American way.)
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