Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty-Two

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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty-Two (Index)

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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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Connect these dots, now
Full Story

"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.

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

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Threat Matrix "TM'er" Tips	Link to Thread Twenty-One "Code Red Implications: Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word." From Tm'er and Freeper ~MamaDearest~	Cindy's Links of Interest
TM Code of Conduct		ExSoldier's Invaluable Tips
TM's 'Be on the Lookout'		Godzilla's Summaries
Threat Matrix Book List		Arabic Image Links

[Velveeta]

bookmark to read again when I get back

[Velveeta]

Did you notice that one of those links makes reference to "F-16"?

Wasn't that in one of the Sweet Islam posts, or am I mistaken?

[Velveeta]

Thanks for the ping.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

This is the stone binny wears when he wears a ring...

Underground Trade: Much-Smuggled Gem
Called Tanzanite Helps Bin Laden Supporters
--- Bought and Sold by Militants Near Mine,
Stones Often End Up at Mideast Souks
--- Deal-Making at the Mosque



A trade group called the Tanzanian Mineral Dealers Association denies that Mr. bin Laden's al Qaeda has any role in the tanzanite trade. But in the bars and cafes that dot the streets of Tanzania's mining community, the radical connections are no secret. According to miners and local residents, Muslim extremists loyal to Mr. bin Laden buy stones from miners and middlemen, smuggling them out of Tanzania to free-trade havens such as Dubai and Hong Kong.

"Yes, people here are trading for Osama., “says Musa Abdallah, a Kenyan who has worked as a tanzanite miner for six years. “Just look around and you will find serious Muslims who believe in him and work for him."


http://www.wsjbooks.com/pearl-excerpt4.htm

[lahargis]

No, I didn't notice. The numbers were 47(th), 212 and f16. Going back to look now, though.

[tmp02]

"Red Dawn" is on UPN right NOW!

[Cindy]

Amen.

[skeggsaw]

Hey guys.

I think their month was too peaceful, does it look like signals are go for this week? On Jill's site theres references to today/tomorrow and also fullwaves has had tons of info regarding whether or not they should 'use' nukes. i think they are past the gathering stage.

just not a good feeling in my stomah at all... stay safe.

skeggs

[nw_arizona_granny]

No, I didn't notice. The numbers were 47(th), 212 and f16. Going back to
look now, though.

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f-16 is also the setting on a camera lens.

The old types, that we used to set, before each photo.

I have forgotten which it was for, speed? light coming to the film? (10 years is a long time).

Would your numbers mean to take the photos (or go to the location of the 47th photo, in area code 212?)

[SlowBoat407]

f-16 is also the setting on a camera lens. The old types, that we used to set, before each photo. I have forgotten which it was for, speed? light coming to the film? (10 years is a long time). Would your numbers mean to take the photos (or go to the location of the 47th photo, in area code 212?)

The "f" number is the aperture, or lens opening. F16 is about the smallest opening you have on most cameras, requiring high speed film or a slow shutter speed, or very bright light. Also, 47th St. photo is a huge camera store, one of many run by Hassidic Jews in the city, I believe. Could be a very desirable target for them.

[SlowBoat407]

And yes, those numbers did show up in the SweetIslam board, in the post following the "Septar necturly..." post, I believe.

[liberallyconservative]

Bodies of 9 Iraqi Soldiers Found in Mosul
AP via Yahoo! ^ | 11/20/2004 | staff

http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=World&cat=Iraq

Bodies of 9 Iraqi Soldiers Found in Mosul

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The bodies of nine Iraqi soldiers, all shot execution-style and seven of them decapitated, were discovered in the northern city of Mosul on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

The discovery came on top of four beheaded bodies that the U.S. military reported on Saturday that troops had found several days earlier. Those four bodies were still being identified.

U.S. forces found the nine soldiers' bodies off a main road about a mile from the Tigris River after getting a tip from the Iraqi National Guard, said Lt. Col. Paul Hastings of Task Force Olympia.

The men, who were not in uniform, have been identified as members of the Iraqi regular army based at the al-Kisik military base about 30 miles west of Mosul, near Tal Afar, he said.

All nine had been shot in the back of the head, and seven of them were decapitated, Hastings said.

Mosul, Iraq's third largest city with around 1 million people 225 miles northwest of Baghdad, has been a focus of violence the past week. U.S. and Iraqi troops began a major military operation Tuesday after insurgents launched an uprising, taking control of some parts of Mosul and storming police stations.

The four other bodies were found Thursday. Three of the bodies were found by the roadside in a northeastern neighborhood of Mosul, while the fourth was discovered in the southwestern part of the city, Hastings said.

On Friday, a statement posted on an Islamist Web site in the name of Jordanian terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group said it had "slaughtered" two Iraqi National Guard officers "in the presence of a big crowd" in Mosul. The claim included no photos or video and could not be verified.

There was no way of saying whether the bodies had been decapitated in a public manner, as the web site claimed, said Hastings, adding that U.S. troops were "not able to identify them and say whether they were bodies of Iraqi National Guard, police or just anybody."

An extremist group, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, announced in Web statement Saturday that it kidnapped and killed two members of a Kurdish political group in Mosul. It posted a video showing two men being shot. The men wore robes with the initials of their group, the Kurdistan Democratic Party, on them.

The claim's authenticity could not be verified, and it was not immediately known if there was any connection to any of the bodies found.

[Cindy]

Corrected url:

http://www.alshahd.net/

[SlowBoat407]

Does anyone know if they're still in Manhattan? every address and phone number I have for them puts them in Brooklyn, in the 718 area code.

[Cindy]

MY PERSONAL OPINION-SPECULATION: Everyday is a GO day for jihadis. If they can do it to us; they will.

Jihad...another day.

No special feelings in my stomach.
Beautiful day today.

[SlowBoat407]

Oops. Little correction here. the number was not f16, but f17.

[Cindy]

MEMRI.org - Inquiry and Analysis Series - No.197: "ANTI-AMERICAN BA'TH ACTIVITIES IN PARIS" by Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli (November 19, 2004) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

That's interesting.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

French permits broadcast of anti-Jewish, pro-terrorist TV channel
By Associated Press November 20, 2004

France's audiovisual watchdog agency said Friday it has reached an accord with a Lebanese TV channel linked to anti-Israel group Hezbollah that allows it to stay on the airwaves in France. A top Jewish group expressed anger and a sense of betrayal by the government.

http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/AntiSemi/4424.htm

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Bush warns Iran, North Korea on nuclear ambitions
AFP: 11/20/2004
SANTIAGO, Nov 20 (AFP) - US President George W. Bush warned "axis of evil" states Iran and North Korea on Saturday the world is united in its determination to thwart any plans to develop nuclear weapons.

Bush warned Iran over reports it has accelerated production of uranium material that could be used to make nuclear weapons, and vowed to unite Asia-Pacific allies in pressing North Korea to abandon an admitted nuclear weapons program.

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=34229