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

[Rushmore Rocks]

It can be "deadly out there". But I refuse to cower. I'll just take precautions and be cautious.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Me too. I will not cower. It is bad enough my hands get washed as soon as I arrive back from a public outing or store.

My hands need some Aveeno right now because this time of year they start getting sensitive to the colder weather and the hand washing combined.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1249690/posts

"Zimbabwe -- Church-run farm seized"
Zim Online ^ | 18 October 2004


Posted on 10/19/2004 3:45:16 AM PDT by Clive

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Cool RR, there is more going on to protect us than we have a clue.

I really believe FBI,CIA,HS etc. is getting it done.Thanks to George Bush.

PSSSSSSS Don't tell anyone but feel free to fly in America and don't worry BIG :D) Oh don't hit any garbage trucks getting to the airport. Hehehehehe

[UK Guy]

Thanks Velveeta. The only other item to show up in Google News on that subject in recent days is this news release, shown below. I’m not wise to the ways of the Middle East, so I don’t know whether this is unusual or not, although it does say ‘Special News Update’. A subtle hint of an announcement to come, perhaps?

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http://www.uaeonlinepromotion.com/pressrelease2010.htm

@UAE Press Release
Dubai | Special Report | 16/10/2004 | Print this page
NEWS & EVENTS - NEWS RELEASES -@HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan

@HH Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan is the Father of United Arab Emirates.....A CARING HEART...........(UAE Special News Update)

Sheikh Zayed is truly one of the world greatest rulers, environmentalist, a philanthropist and a beloved leader.

On the second week of October 2004 of this millennium the UAE remembers its most prominent Leader. Talking Business Publications, The Information & Technology Publishing Group, matccopublishers and AIPCE, the World Wide Publisher pay tribute here....

Sheikh Zayed, the grandson of Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa al Nahyan who ruled the Emirate of Abu Dhabi from 1855 to 1909, the longest reign in the Emirate's history is one of the Arab world's longest serving Presidents. He has played a leading role in the governing of the UAE, and of his own Emirate, Abu Dhabi, for nearly half a century.

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Just thinking out loud, if the news of his death is announced in the next couple of weeks:

Which world leaders would attend any memorial service? In the current climate, an interesting security challenge, for sure!

Who would be the successor, and where would their sympathies lie?


A couple of news sites to keep an eye on:

http://www.gulf-news.com/

http://www.dubai.com/

[7mmMag@LeftCoast]

Oh Goody, I love stories like this......

Time to put on the tin foil hat, the one made with a whole roll of Reynolds.

Let's go back to the first gulf war. I saw a special on the discovery channel, a couple years ago, that claimed the U.S. had installed microchips into computer printers that allowed our cruise missles to find these printers when a satellite signal was sent out to activate the chip. Of course, the show goes on to tell us, these printers were sold to Iraqi government agencies.

Tin Foil hat adjusted

My Tin Foil Theory.........Japan makes T.V.'s (Toshiba) for U.S. markets and contracts a Chinese company to provide chips for their televisions. The PLA smelling a prime opportunity sends Toshiba microchips that will send a signal that Chinese satellites can pick up, enabling Chinese missiles to be guided in on a pre-identified target.
(Some unsuspecting airmen, soldier or sailor that has one of these in his on-base housing, PLA notes with great joy that they have a positive target to which to guide their missile, thereby insuring a more accurate strike)

Leave the rest up to your own Tin Foil imagination.

What is the down side to this theory? If it's true, we have bought a LOT of chinese electronics over the last few years here in the U.S.

Bon Appetite!

of course there are only about 1000 holes in this theory, but hey, if there weren't we'd be trading our tin foil hats in for a nice 1950's bomb shelter.

[7mmMag@LeftCoast]

Well I must tell you I only made it through 3 minutes of that piece of tripe. The point in their opening monolog being that there was no evidence of Terrorism involved in 9-11 and asking if the world had been fooled by a 'grand conspiracy'. I personally think al Jazeera is nothing but propogandist garbage, and I already know who the enemy is...


ISLAMOFACISM!

[Velveeta]

Remember your mom telling you not to sit on the seats in a public rest room?

Hah, LOL. I always tried to defy my mother because it wasn't comfortable to "hover". For years I believed she could see *through* walls because she always knew when I had stopped hovering. LOL. It was quite a few years later when I realized that she just looked under the stall and if my feet were a dangling...I wasn't hovering.

Thanks for the flashback. :-)

[Velveeta]

LOL at the hazmat suit.

This is how we'll recognize fellow TMers out there.

[subsea06]

Donna - As you know, sometimes binoc's just don't get the job done. You might find the following link of interest.

http://www.jjenco.com/pvrpro.htm

It's a company that sells an inexpensive, handheld wireless surveillance system. They come in handy from time to time.

Cheers!

sub6

[Velveeta]

It all fits, I suppose.

I was wondering if Mayo Clinic wasn't able to announce the donation until after his death. Either that or the final payment was made upon his death.

Will be interesting to see what develops. Thanks for bringing it up here.

[Velveeta]

You know it really surprised me that the powers that be didn't take the TV with them to "study".

[7mmMag@LeftCoast]

Considering I live near Seattle and often fly to Chicago for the company I'm with (and have many friends in the greater Chicago area) this story certainly does not give me a 'warm fuzzy' feeling. Everyone should be constantly vigilent.

To relate another story, about 6 weeks ago we had the local representative from the Joint Task Force on Terrorism visit our location. We are an industrial gases manufacturer in the Tacoma, WA. area. Apparently that morning (about 5 am)a local police officer approached a man (no description was given to us by the JTF or the Tacoma PD) whom was filming our trucks entering and leaving the facility, from an overpass on I-5. These are 18 wheelers with Liquefied Argon, Oxygen and Nitrogen trailers.

Though the officer had no grounds to apprehend the individual he did file a report and it must have caught someones attention. Less than 3 hours later the local representative of the JTF on Terrorism, a Pierce county sheriff's deputy and a Tacoma city police detective, came to our location to discuss site security, among other topics, with us.

To compound the matter, and set our nerves a little on edge, the day before an unmarked white panel van was seen outside the fenceline with two people photographing the site. One of our employees approached the van and it left 'in a hurry' according to the employee. The next day (same day as the filming incident above) a car was outside the fence line doing the same thing, it also left hurriedly when it was approached. Unfortunatley we do not have any type of ID as to the nationality of any of the idividuals involved in the incident.

One point has to be remembered, we are considered a chemical manufacturer and we do have a lot of eco terrorist freaks in this area. It could as easily have been Green Peace or Earth Liberation Front goons looking for an easy target, as it could have been islamofacists.

Since then we have had no further incidents

[null and void]

Stay alert!

[Velveeta]

This is what they see there via al Jazeera, day in and day out.

[Velveeta]

Just WOW. Be careful out there.

[Cindy]

Philadelphia, USA

"CHRISTIANS ARRESTED - UPDATE"
"Update On Christians Charged With Hate Crimes"
http://www.covenantnews.com/repent041019.htm

[Velveeta]

Suspicious Package At Baltimore Subway Station

Baltimore, MD (WJZ) The bomb squad was called in to blow up a suspicious package at a Baltimore City subway station today.

The object that made people nervous was a bag that was sitting on a bench at the Mondawmin subway station.

Initially, the bomb squad thought there might be an explosive inside - so they blew it up.

As it turned out, there were no explosives inside.

The incident was serious enough to stop Metro service through the Mondawmin station for three hours - leaving thousands of passengers either waiting or stranded.
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_293183543.html

[Right_Handed_Writer]

"Toshiba microchips that will send a signal that Chinese satellites can pick up, enabling Chinese missiles to be guided in on a pre-identified target."

"Chinese intelligence officers reportedly discovered nearly 30 tiny listening devices aboard a new Boeing 767 that had been purchased by China in June 2000 to be President Jiang Zemin’s official jet. The bugs (said to be highly sophisticated and satellite operated) were allegedly found everywhere from the presidential bathroom to the headboard of Jiang’s bed. "

Doesn't sound like a tin foil plot to me. Sounds more like common pratice!

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Grinning...thanks, subsea06.

I have one ccd wireless device but it is black and white and the resolution is lacking for detail. It is good for overall viewing, but not close-up detail more than a few feet away.