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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty-Two

Posted on 11/17/2004 9:24:29 PM PST 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!
Threat Matrix - Daily Terrorism Threat

Connect these dots, now
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"We should have secured the Mexican border."

That could be the pitiful lament we hear from negligent U.S. officials if Al Qaeda pulls off an attack on the United States using weapons of mass destruction smuggled across our southern frontier.

Were that horrendous event to happen, leaders in the administration and Congress would be justly hit with the same question that was perhaps unjustly cast at them and their predecessors after the unprecedented Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks: Why didn't they connect the dots?

Related:
Bordering on Nukes?
'Bin Laden has fatwa for nuclear attack'
Jihadists Anticipate Imminent Nuclear Strike Against U.S.

"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: tmp02; All

Here is an actual photo of the alleged wannabe suiciders signing up:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1282666/posts?page=1173#1173


1,201 posted on 11/29/2004 9:41:52 AM PST by Cindy
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To: tmp02; All

RESOURCE LINK FOR DAILY NETHERLANDS' NEWS (in English):

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_content_subchannel.asp?subchannel_id=1&page=Expatica_Netherlands


1,202 posted on 11/29/2004 9:47:29 AM PST by Cindy
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To: SlowBoat407

Yes.


1,203 posted on 11/29/2004 9:49:08 AM PST by Cindy
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To: MamaDearest; Godzilla

"Your summary, as usual, is superb."
Ditto.


1,204 posted on 11/29/2004 9:50:59 AM PST by Cindy
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To: All

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ct--preventingsuicide1128nov28,0,7559943,print.story

"Mall security growing more vigilant against terrorism"


By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer

November 28, 2004, 5:29 PM EST


1,205 posted on 11/29/2004 9:58:26 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy; MamaDearest; All; nw_arizona_granny; Calpernia

New Zawahiri message out per FOX news


1,206 posted on 11/29/2004 10:00:00 AM PST by Velveeta
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To: Old Sarge; All

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2004/11/004087print.html

November 29, 2004


Terror expert: Qaida WMD attack on US likely soon


We have been hearing this for quite some time now. Which, of course, doesn't mean that it isn't true. But since November 2003 I have posted here about various "imminent" attacks; either the jihadists are full of empty bluster, or DHS is doing its job, or a little of both. From the Jerusalem Post, with thanks to Kemaste:

An al-Qaida attack on the US with non-conventional weapons is virtually "inevitable," and the organization is likely "tying up the knots" for such an attack, Yossef Bodansky, former director of the US Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

"All of the warnings we have today indicate that a major strike – something more horrible than anything we've seen before – is all but inevitable," he said.


Bodansky, here for the second annual Jerusalem Summit, an international gathering of conservative thinkers, added that "the primary option" for the next al-Qaida attack on US soil would be one that would use weapons of mass destruction.


"I do not have a crystal ball, but this is what all the available evidence tells us, we will have a bang," Bodansky said.


He said that al-Qaida has not carried out a second major attack on the US until now for internal psychological and ideological reasons, but after the reelection of President George W. Bush, it has gotten "the green light" to do so from leading Islamic religious luminaries, as well as from "the elites of the Arab world."

Posted at November 29, 2004 08:20 AM


1,207 posted on 11/29/2004 10:00:22 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Velveeta

"New Zawahiri message out per FOX news"

Thanks Velveeta.

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http://www.foxnews.com


1,208 posted on 11/29/2004 10:03:46 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Velveeta; Cindy

Your post followed by Cindy's post is not good news.


1,209 posted on 11/29/2004 10:05:48 AM PST by freeperfromnj
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To: All

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1290360/posts

"Ft Hood Blackhawk Goes Down in Central Texas"
KXXV ^ | 11/29/2004


Posted on 11/29/2004 8:05:24 AM PST by evets


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(11/29/2004) Bruceville-Eddy- A Fort Hood helicopter has gone down in the Bruceville Eddy area, near a KXXV News Channel 25 broadcast tower.

Fort Hood officials report all seven crew members aboard were killed in the crash."


1,210 posted on 11/29/2004 10:06:08 AM PST by Cindy
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To: All
ON THE NET...


AL JAZEERA.net (English)

AL JAZEERA.US (English)

AL JAZEERAH.info (English)

ALJAZEERA.websy.net

1,211 posted on 11/29/2004 10:08:13 AM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy; freeperfromnj; All

Linda Vester on FOX said the tape mentions the recent U.S. election.

Zawahiri saying they will continue to fight until we change our policies.... (but he doesn't say which policies)

Zawahiri has his rifle pictured in the background to his right.


1,212 posted on 11/29/2004 10:26:30 AM PST by Velveeta
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To: nwctwx; Domestic Church; Rushmore Rocks; Labyrinthos; HipShot; JustPiper; Cindy; knak; Velveeta; ...

CAIRO, Egypt — Ayman Al-Zawahiri (search) — Usama bin Laden's top lieutenant — vowed in a videotape shown Monday on al-Jazeera to continue fighting the United States until President Bush changes U.S. policies. http://www.foxnews.com

If all will remember a while back, fullwave reported another AQ tape put on hold. Al-Zawahiri associated tapes have a HIGH potential for giving GO signals. This requires attention and there goes our quiet holiday season.

1,213 posted on 11/29/2004 10:27:15 AM PST by Godzilla (I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.)
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To: Cindy

Prayers


1,214 posted on 11/29/2004 10:27:21 AM PST by Velveeta
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Wal-Mart in Wisconsin evacuated after suspicious object found (WI - 11/29/04)

Associated Press November 29, 2004 WALM1130 MANITOWOC, Wis. -- A Wal-Mart store was evacuated for several hours after a suspicious object was found in its toy department by an employee, police said.

Lt. Karl Puestow said a small metal container that appeared to contain some explosive material and a wick was found Sunday night. But he said it did not appear any effort had been made to ignite the device.

Link to Full Article

State interior ministers agree to store data on suspicious Muslims (Germany - 11/29/04)

Islamic leaders say plan's vagueness violates data protection rights Federal Interior Minister Otto Schily has reached a compromise with state interior ministers on plans to expand the spy powers of the federal police. The Social Democratic minister said the plans, adopted at a two-day meeting in Kiel in northern Germany, are necessary to pre-empt acts of Islamic violence

Link to Full Article

Another helicopter goes missing in Russian Far East (11/29/04)

MOSCOW, Nov. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- An Mi-8 helicopter with a mission to search for a missing plane with six people aboard disappeared from the radar screen in the Russian Far East on Monday, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

Link to Full Article

N Korea in Secret Hunt for Missing Son of Top General

SEOUL: North Korea launched a secret manhunt for the missing son of General Oh Guk-Ryol, a top military official who orchestrates the communist state’s secret overseas operations, Yonhap news agency said on Sunday. Pyongyang has yet to confirm whether Oh Se-Wook, 43, the eldest son of Oh Guk-Ryol, fled the communist regime or was murdered, Yonhap said quoting an unnamed source.

“The North Korean authorities has recently found Oh Se-Wook missing and tried to locate his whereabouts,” the source told Yonhap. “They have kept the ongoing hunt secret because they could not confirm if Oh has defected to another country or was murdered.” The junior Oh’s ...

Link to Full Article

Indonesian Jetfighter Makes Emergency Landing (11/29/04)

JAKARTA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- A Britain-made Hawk-200 jetfighter belonging to the Indonesian Air Force made an emergency landing on the Sultan Syarif Kasim Airport in the Sumatra province of Riau Monday, but there is no report of casualty.

Link to Full Article

North Sea Platform Evacuated after Gas Leak (11/29/04)

About 180 workers were evacuated from a North Sea oil platform today after a gas leak was discovered. Production was shut down while repair crews tried to stem the leak.

Helicopters lifted workers from the floating Snorre A platform, located north-west of the Norwegian port city of Bergen, and took them to other platforms.

Link to Full Article

Ammonia spill at Turkey Plant Sends Five to Hospital (Iowa - 11/28/04)

WEST LIBERTY (AP) -- Five people were hospitalized Sunday after an ammonia spill at an eastern Iowa turkey processing plant forced an evacuation of area homes.

Link to Full Article

Georgia School Divided over Muslim Prayer (11/28/04)

All Things Considered, November 28, 2004 · A school in Georgia is wrestling with the problem of how to allow Muslim students to observe a religious tradition and pray with fellow Muslims on Friday. The students are asking to miss classes on Friday afternoon. The school has made some proposals but no solution has yet emerged. Joshua Levs reports.

Link to Full Article

10 injured as KLM plane veers off runway (Amsterdam - 11/29/04)

29 November 2004 AMSTERDAM — A KLM plane with 140 people on board veered off the runway upon landing at Barcelona Airport Sunday, but no one was seriously hurt in the incident, airport officials said.

The landing gear of the KLM Boeing 737-400 arriving from Amsterdam was seriously damaged in the accident. It remains unclear what caused the problem.

Link to Full Article

Mostly Children Poisoned with food in Cherkessk (Russia - 11/28/04)

CHERKESSK, November 28 (Itar-Tass) - Children make up majority out of more than 140 people, poisoned with food in Cherkessk, the capital of the Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic, Tass learnt on Sunday at the republican agency for civil defence and emergencies. Out of the total, 95 people were hospitalized, the rest were treated at home.

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120 Children Poisoned in South Russian Kindergartens (Second Article on Children Poisoning Story)

As many as 120 children in Russia’s Northern Caucausus region have been hospitalized with dysentery and other intestinal infections after drinking milk products served at their kindergartens.

Link to Full Article

Police Nab Chechen Schoolboy Armed to the Teeth Behind Wheel of Car

Police in the city of Samara arrested a middle school student of Chechen origin as he was at the wheel of a car loaded with weapons and explosives....

Link to Full Article

1,215 posted on 11/29/2004 10:28:42 AM PST by all4one (My thoughts and prayers are with our soldiers.....and their families)
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To: Godzilla; All

Agree 100%.

Unfortunately, I believe we will here from OBL again after the next major attack.

Stay safe and vigilant!!!


1,216 posted on 11/29/2004 10:31:10 AM PST by Mossad1967
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To: Godzilla; All
Thanks for the summary 'zilla. Helps get me up-to-date quickly after a long and enjoyable holiday.

>> Al-Zawahiri associated tapes have a HIGH potential for giving GO signals. This requires attention and there goes our quiet holiday season. <<

Methinks you are correct. By now we all know what to look for, so we need to keep our eyes open. IMO, we've prevented numerous attacks. We can't relax now.
1,217 posted on 11/29/2004 10:44:31 AM PST by appalachian_dweller (Threat Level: HIGH -- Basic list of survival gear @ my FR Homepage)
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To: Godzilla

This requires attention and there goes our quiet holiday season.




Yep.


1,218 posted on 11/29/2004 10:48:47 AM PST by Velveeta
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To: all4one

THANK YOU All4One.


1,219 posted on 11/29/2004 10:49:02 AM PST by Cindy
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To: All
I got this list from one of you and is a little incomplete. However the trend is there. The first date is the release data of AQ threat, followed by potential associated action. If you remember who did the tape (audio or video) please info so I can tighten this list, thanks.

08/05/1998 First tape released.
08/06/1998 Next day over 200 killed and thousands injured in Kenya and Tanzania
09/20/2000 3 weeks later the USS Cole is attacked
10/04/2001 Congressional and media Anthrax attacks unfolding (2nd wave of 9/11)
10/07/2001 6 weeks later Rockaway crash; retaliation for Afghanistan threatened
11/07/2001 2 days after "Dawn" nuclear retaliatory threat - - "Dragonfire" scare
04/17/2002 3 weeks later 14 die in Karachi bombing targeting French officers
10/09/2002 3 days later more than 200 people die in the Bali nightclub bombing
05/23/2003 2 weeks later 4 killed 31 German peacekeepers wounded in Kabul attack
08/03/2003 Two days later the Jakarta Marriott is bombed
09/10/2003 female Iraqi Governing Council member Hashimi assassinated on 9/20
09/29/2003 11 weeks later, two attempts against Musharraf;
12/19/2003 Two days later, America goes to "orange alert"
02/21/2004 Three weeks later the Madrid bombing is worst terror attack on Europe
03/25/2004 Ten days later the first coordinated nationwide Iraqi uprising begins
06/11/2004 One month later, an operation against NYC/NJ/DC targets is detected
9/9/2004 and 10/2/04 Al-Zawahiri - Taba (Sinai Peninsula Resorts) attacks (first possible direct AQ attack on Israelis) on 10/8
10/28-29/2004 Amir the American and OBL Tapes – Still pending action.
11/29/2004 Al-Zawahiri tape – Action pending.

1,220 posted on 11/29/2004 10:50:48 AM PST by Godzilla (I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message.)
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