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Posted on 10/12/2004 8:58:00 PM PDT by nwctwx
Thank you Rushmore Rocks.
You bet. Protecting our own. :-)
I don't believe you read Imperialists post very well. The information that was posted was not something Imperialist wrote, but was a post from another forum.
I noticed that you have joined FR recently, on the 13th of this month, and you are making your first post ever in the Threat Matrix thread. A hint, if I may be so bold...
Lose the attitude.
~banging head on desk here~
No evidence of criminal activity
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1399&dept_id=173067&newsid=13165056&PAG=461&rfi=9
City of Pewaukee - Although police investigated a suspicious incident and turned the information over to Homeland Security, City of Pewaukee Police Chief Gary Bach said there is little need for citizens to be alarmed. (snip)
"As far as we're concerned, this is it," Bach said of the incident. "Unless someone comes forward, there's no criminal activity that took place in Pewaukee. The worst case would be trespassing."
Note: The following text is an exact quote (minus the graphics).
October 18, 2004
Jeremy Reynalds
P O Box 27693
Alb., NM 87125-7693
Tel: (505) 400-7145
www.joyjunction.org
Zarqawi Apparently Pledges Allegiance to Osama bin Laden
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Tawhid wal- Jihad group declared allegiance to the al-Qaeda terrorist network led by Osama bin Laden, according to a statement posted on a radical Islamic Web site.
"We announce that Tawhid wal-Jihad, its emir and its soldiers have pledged allegiance to the sheikh of the mujahedeen, Osama bin Laden," Bloomberg media reported the group said. The statement couldn't be independently verified. "Osama bin Laden is the best leader for Islam's armies against the infidels and the apostates."
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Tawhid wal- Jihad Group Logo
A montage of pictures of Zarqawi, his group's distinctive logo (and also presumably the statement of allegiance) were also posted on Yahoo's al Qaeda related Global Islamic Media (GIM), which now goes under the name of Markazilamislami. An apparent Yahoo group mirror site, jabha, also carried similar images.
Pictures Posted on GIM
Global Islamic Media (GIM) has been widely regarded as being a mouthpiece for al Qaeda and at one point it had more than six thousand members. Now with a new on line name it has 130 members and its mirror site has 72.
GIM's history is revealing. In a March 2004 Agence France Press (AFP) story, the news agency reported that Britain's Channel 4 News told of a Dec.10 2003 posting on GIM, (which had previously carried statements purporting to be from al Qaeda affiliates), suggesting that attacks could help bring about a Socialist election victory and the withdrawal of Spain's troops from Iraq.
According to Channel 4 News, the GIM posting was issued under the name of the Centre for Services to the Mujahideen and read, "The approaching general elections in Spain in March next year must be exploited to the extreme. We think that the Spanish government will not stand more than two blows, or three at the most, before it will be forced to withdraw (from Iraq) because of the public pressure on it. If its forces remain after these blows, the victory of the Socialist party will be almost guaranteed, and the withdrawal of Spanish forces will be on its campaign manifesto."
After the bombings, which killed 200 people and injured 1,500, Spain's conservative party was defeated. Spain's new Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who criticized President George W. Bush for the Iraq campaign, withdrew the country's troops.
Zarqawi is behind suicide bombings, mortar attacks and shootings in Iraq, the U.S. government said. His group claimed responsibility for the beheadings of foreign hostages, in statements and videos posted on the Internet. The U.S. State Department on Oct. 15 designated Tawhid wal-Jihad a terrorist organization.
With the U.S. government's $25 million bounty on his head, Zarqawi has evaded capture. Bloomberg reported the 37-year-old Jordanian said he moves "around through all of Iraq, staying with brothers and treated as their guest," according to a statement posted on the Internet on June 23.
U.S. and Iraqi forces last week carried out operations in the city of Fallujah targeting suspected weapons caches, checkpoints and safe houses linked to Zarqawi in an effort to find him and quash violence before Iraqi elections that are expected in January, the U.S. military said.
Muslim clerics said Zarqawi isn't in Fallujah, the Associated Press reported, without identifying the clerics.
There have been doubts in the past months over the nature of Zarqawi's relationship with al-Qaeda, Bloomberg reported.
The French daily Le Figaro on Sept. 27 cited the head of the Moroccan security service as saying Zarqawi's network is separate from al-Qaeda and that he rivals bin Laden in prominence, Bloomberg said. Al- Zamman, an Iraqi independent newspaper, on Sept. 10 said Zarqawi is fighting for leadership of al-Qaeda.
"I've long thought that Zarqawi was working as the operations manager for al-Qaeda in the Gulf area, and especially in Iraq," said Paul Wilkinson, director of the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
"Zarqawi and his group watch the media's account of their actions very carefully, and so it wouldn't be surprising that they wanted to send out a message reaffirming their allegiance to quell doubts that have emerged recently," Wilkinson said in a telephone interview with Bloomberg.
"It's likely that this statement is authentic, as it's clear there is hardly a millimeter between the ideology of Zarqawi, his group and al-Qaeda," Bloomberg reported Wilkinson said.
Tawhid wal-Jihad was in "communication" with its "brothers" in al-Qaeda eight months ago, and is waiting for that "exchange of viewpoints" to begin again, according to the latest statement from Zarqawi's group. Al-Qaeda leaders approve of Zarqawi's strategy in Iraq, the group said in the statement monitored by Bloomberg.
The Bush administration said the statement supported its claim that Iraq was central to the war on terrorism.
"We've always said there were ties between Zarqawi and al-Qa'ida, which underscores once again why Iraq is the central front in the war on terror," The Australian reported White House spokesman Trent Duffy said, citing wire service reports from AFP and AP.
"It's also proof positive of why the President's firm resolve to fight terrorists overseas, so we don't face them in America's neighborhoods, is the only clear way to prevail."
US and Iraqi officials believe Zarqawi's group is based in the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah, wire services reported, where US troops and militants continued to clash yesterday. But Tawhid wal Jihad banners have been seen recently in Samarra, Ramadi and even on the streets of Baghdad.
In Cairo, wire services reported that Mohammed Salah, an authority on Islamic militancy, said the claim that bin Laden and Zarqawi were in regular contact was "more or less a media stunt to frustrate" the United States.
He said it appeared that the announcement also was aimed at enabling Zarqawi, who has a background as a common criminal, to profit from bin Laden's stature among radical Muslims.
Yesterday's car bombing near the Australian embassy in Baghdad destroyed a cafe popular with Iraqi police officers.
Wire services reported that Australian military spokesman Brigadier Peter Hutchinson said the bomb went off a few hundred meters from the embassy and no troops in the security detachment were hurt.
PB&J creates sticky situation in Culpeper
'Suspicious' lunch sack forces Culpeper to evacuate classrooms at two schools.
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2004/102004/10182004/101804pbjforweb
Arrests foil Spain court attack: sources
Police have arrested seven suspected Islamic militants in raids across Spain on to foil a planned bomb attack on the High Court, judicial sources say.
The arrests come seven months after train bombs killed 191 people in Madrid.
The seven suspects, including four Algerians and one Moroccan, have been arrested in the southern region of Andalusia, the Mediterranean city of Valencia and Madrid.
In a statement, the Interior Ministry says further arrests could be made in the coming hours as part of the operation against a radical and violent Muslim network.
Crusading Judge Baltasar Garzon has ordered the arrests as part of his inquiry into Islamic militant cells in Spain.
The statement says the suspects had been in contact with other individuals in Australia, Europe and the United States.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200410/s1222753.htm
Thanks FReeper from NJ for that link.
You're right, of course.
...........having a cig right now.............
LOL...........me too.
We, choke choke, are a dying breed. Literally, but isn't everyone.
http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/
Israel ready to move against Iran's nuclear facilities after transfer of advanced U.S. munitions
Israel is preparing for military action against Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor and other nuclear facilities, including underground plants and storage depots, U.S. defense officials say. Officials said a recent transfer of 5,000 bombs to Israel is likely preparation for the attacks.
The sparks will soon fly.
Sorry, Imp. I was posting to 'CNR'.
The procedure you describe is closer to reality. A hot tap machine is required.
http://img77.exs.cx/img77/4852/UNITED3.gif
(Courtesy Neosgirl at Tb2K)
I've just watched a little bit of these videos, it appears to be a french film about 9/11? I'm really unsure though. They're ok to download as far as viruses go.
Neosgirl at TB2K would like to know if anyone has the translation for this:
http://img56.exs.cx/img56/6236/t201.jpg
That's okay......we've all missed our mark from time to time.
Welcome to The TM. We need all the input we can get.
I don't have the translation for that, but if you look at my post 707 you see that it includes in this group of links 2 images which include "exs.cs" in the url.
FYI.
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From post no. 707
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/jabha
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/jabha/messages
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/jabha/message/27
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/jabha/message/25
http://img12.exs.cx/img12/5255/ansarlogo.gif
http://img77.exs.cx/img77/4788/Jabhahlogo.gif
http://www.ansar-army.4t.com/
Note: The above url is 404 Error - File Not Found.
ON THE NET...
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/jabha
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/jabha/messages
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/jabha/message/28
From: "ma7jooob" ma7jooob@y...
Date: Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:17 pm
https://www.lajnah22me.co.uk./forums/index.php?s=
http://www.tajdeed.net
mailto:Muhammad@t...
mailto:Muhammad_Almassari@h...
The "exs.cs" site, is that relatively new?
Security Breach Causes Shutdown
Local Chemical Plant Gets Threatening Call
MARSHALL COUNTY, WV -- Emergency officials spent several hours looking for something that may have breached security after a local chemical plant received a suspicious phone call.
Columbian Chemicals, which sits near Captina, contacted West Virginia State Police shortly before noon today, saying a person with a distinct accent made a threat. According to reports, the caller said there were packages inside the plant set to explode.
The police, along with local fire and rescue squads, sealed off the area and got workers out. They spent about two hours combing the plant property but could not find anything.(snip)
http://www.wtov9.com/news/3830365/detail.html
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