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 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

[milkncookies]

Perhaps. By the way, have you seen this?....

Last DEBKA-Net-Weekly revealed exclusively: Iran is preparing simultaneous bombing, hostage-taking strikes against Israel’s diplomatic missions in several countries including US. FBI caught Iranian spies scouting Israeli Los Angeles, Atlanta, Houston consulates.

Two days later, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman claimed 8 Iranian citizens accused of spying for Israel, with no specifics except that intelligence minister Ali Younessi will report in detail to Tehran government.

[Velveeta]

God Bless you, Jerseygirl.

You are missed.

[Velveeta]

How horrid!

[Velveeta]

Merry Christmas to you too, Tilly!

[milkncookies]

Thank you JP. :>)

[Velveeta]

Good! You deserve it!

[Velveeta]

Haven't seen it yet, thanks.

Woefully behind here...

[liberallyconservative]

We even had a dusting here in TN, if you can imagine. And throw in overnight temps that were in the single digits... We're not supposed to get above freezing for several days. It's wreaking havoc on my latest sinus surgery.

Happy belated birthday!

[angcat]

-2 this morning in PA :}

[Godzilla]

Dead is dead. Vaccination, could offer some protection to the person releasing the germs.

My main point is that the unpredictable / uncontrollable nature of biological terrorism are among the main reasons it hasn't been used more.

[Cindy]

Yep.
Absolutely.

[Mossad1967]

DEBKA-Net-Weekly’s counter-terrorism sources report that foreign intelligence services have been telling Israel since late November that Iranian spy teams have been spotted outside Israeli missions in various parts of the world, including one nabbed by the FBI watching Israeli consulates in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Houston. It was made up of Iranian Americans, Arab and Pakistani students - some of them US citizens, and all activists belonging to Muslim fundamentalist groups.

They were perfectly aware that the data sent to Iranian intelligence was intended for use in hostage taking and bombing attacks against Israeli missions.

The notion of Tehran-instigated terrorist strikes in the middle of America’s main cities struck alarm in US intelligence agencies and Homeland Security department. Clearly, operations of this magnitude could not have been planned without top-level sanction from spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, or without the presence in America of an operational network. Although assigned with striking Israeli consulates, there is nothing to stop this network from expanding its mission to American strategic targets as well.

Of particular concern are the close ties evolving between Iranian intelligence and al Qaeda cells based inside the Islamic republic. US intelligence sources have learned that Khamenei in person has created a new clandestine umbrella organization for bringing together as an arm of his bureau all the al Qaeda-linked groups and likeminded movements.

US intelligence experts are certain that data gathered for Tehran by the captured Iranian surveillance team may well have reached al Qaeda, some of it passed deliberately. Osama bin Laden’s organization is believed to be plotting a major attack in the United States. The Islamic Republic is in the habit of using proxies for its terror campaigns, like the Lebanese Hizballah against Israeli targets. That Al Qaeda operatives are harbored in Iran and run cells in many countries make it a natural partner-in-terror.

In the wake of the round-up of Iranian teams, al Qaeda cells were also picked up in Brussels, Amsterdam, Madrid and the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo. Hizballah surveillance teams were rounded up in parts of West Europe.

The US interrogation of the Iranian surveillance team and sightings of other watchers have led Israeli intelligence and security chiefs to conclude that Tehran was plotting simultaneous terrorist strikes across America and other parts of the world, blowing up Israeli missions and Jewish centers and taking hostages in several places at once. The captured team may even have been feeding deeply buried terrorist cells set up to carry out this string of assaults and still at large.

Israel has accordingly put all its embassies, consulates and other missions, as well as airlines, shipping companies and overseas company offices on high terror alert. Security has also been stepped up at overseas Jewish institutions and schools.

*Unfortunately, it is only a matter of time.
Heads up!!!*

[tmp02]

Has anyone on this board made a connection between Iran and AQ?

[Cindy]

Christmas blessings to you Tilly.

[Cindy]

Ditto.

[crabbie]

:) :) :)

[crabbie]

Hope your sinuses are healing fast!

Wind chill factor here was -8 this a.m.!

Thanks for the HB wishes!

[Cindy]

Crabbie had a birthday?

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY Crabbie and wishing you many more birthdays to come.

[crabbie]

Make sure you have your woolies on!

[Cindy]

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=59709

"Logan security shocker: Fed screeners confiscate thousands of concealed weapons"
By Casey Ross
Monday, December 20, 2004