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

[crabbie]

Thanks so very much, Cindy.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE: "VIVA LA LEBANESE HATRED!" by Steven Stalinsky (December 20, 2004)
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16367

"COMITES IRAK"
"IRAQ COMMITTEES"
http://comitesirak.free.fr/eng/why.htm


"WITH THE RESISTANCE OF BA'ATHIST IRAQ!"
http://comitesirak.free.fr

[Cindy]

OFF TOPIC...


http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=6092

"Remembering Reagan's Christmas Broadcast"


by Bill Federer
Posted Dec 20, 2004

[Cindy]

My pleasure.

[angcat]

I do I do. Tomorrow is a heat wave 30!

[tmp02]

12/20/2004 # 1
TerroristWarning.com Headlines 12/20/2004 # 1

TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 12/20/2004 # 1

National:

[San Francisco Chronicle] CALIFORNIA _ Dynamite discovery troubles residents, TNT detonated after hiker finds military-style cache

"latest of several recent discoveries of ammunition in San Francisco and Marin"

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/12/20/BOMB.TMP

[WISH] INDIANA - Power Outage Leads Nipsco Workers To Unexploded Bomb

http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2709226&nav=0Ra7ULMT

[Portsmouth Herald News] NEW HAMPSHIRE - Threat to nuke plant revealed

"Officials at both the state Bureau of Emergency Management and Seabrook Station say they are aware of intelligence information about an alleged Iranian plot to crash commercial airliners into the N.H. nuclear power plant"

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/12172004/news/54312.htm

[The Times] USA - Bin Laden’s dirty bomb quest exposed

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1409055,00.html

[Disaster News Network] USA - Eco-terrorism: a threat?

http://www.disasternews.net/news/news.php?articleid=2508

[ViveLeCanada] CANADA - B.C. Ferries - Mistake - Bomb Threat - Mistake - And Correction [ Reporter steps up, takes responsibiliy, apologizes for error in BC Ferries bomb threat article]

http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20041217104907956

[AP] MARYLAND - Md. Arrests 3 for Series of Home Fires

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20041219/D872FSD00.html

[AP] USA - Tightest security ever planned for presidential inauguration

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-12-19-dc-inauguration_x.htm

[Providence Eyewitness News] RHODE ISLAND - Police find weapons cache in Cranston

http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=2709355&nav=F2DOULRU

[DEBKA file] USA / IRAN / ISRAEL - Tehran Accuses Israel after FBI Catches Iranian Surveillance Teams Red-handed

http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=953

[Men's News Daily] USA - OPINION - Cry, the Other Beloved Country

http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/m-n/newman/2004/newman121904.htm

International:

[UPI] PHILIPPINES - Philippine terrorist leader reported dead

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041220-034007-9033r.htm

[Mainichi Shimbun] JAPAN - Suspicious substance burns woman on Tokyo subway train

http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20041220p2a00m0dm002000c.html

[Channel News Asia] JAPAN - Security boosted in Tokyo subway after mystery chemical burns passenger

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/123193/1/.html

[AFP] IRAQ - Blasts pepper Iraq oil network after Al-Qaeda's sabotage call

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/123003/1/.html

[All American Patriots] GREECE - Greek Security Shows Results of U.S. Training in Hostage Incident

http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-4009.html

[Edinburgh Evening News] INDONESIA - Indonesian Police Seize 'Bomb-Making Equipment' on Bus

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3898262

[AFP] INDONESIA - Grenade found outside Jakarta Hilton hotel after terror warnings

http://www.turkishpress.com/world/news.asp?id=041220075436.bkqjgao1.xml

[Philippine Daily Inquirer] PHILIPPINES - 100 sacks of blasting powder, 3 km of detonating cord seized [Enough powder for 30,000 dynamite sticks]

http://news.inq7.net/regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=21556

[Reuters] AFGHANISTAN - Eight killed in al Qaeda jailbreak

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=640425

[580 CFRA Radio] INDONESIA - US Issues Holiday Terrorist Warning for Indonesia

http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=2&nid=22903

[Radio Australia] SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi Arabia vows to eradicate terrorism

http://www.abc.net.au/ra/news/stories/s1268638.htm

[NEWS.com.au] AUSTRALIA - Clubbers flee mystery gas

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11739940%255E1702,00.html

[Gulf Daily News] IRAQ - 62 die in Iraq car bomb blasts

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=99391&Sn=WORL&IssueID=27275

[The Malaysia Star] PAKISTAN - Boy killed by bomb outside Islamic school in Pakistan

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/12/20/latest/20230Boykilled&sec=latest

[Pakistan Dawn] PAKISTAN - Bomb blast at Quetta secretariat

http://www.dawn.com/2004/12/19/top8.htm

[PakTribune.com] PAKISTAN - Pak frustrated over flawed US intelligence on Al Qaeda

http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=87398

[Xinhua] PAKISTAN - Security beefed up in Pakistan ahead of Christmas

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/20/content_2358364.htm

[Nepalnews.com] NEPAL - Maoists bomb power plant in Bajura

http://www.nepalnews.com.np/archive/2004/dec/dec20/news05.php

[PTI] NEPAL - Maoists detonate bomb at govt land revenue office in Nepal

http://www.123bharath.com/news/index.php?action=fullnews&id=44812

[The Daily Star] NEPAL - Maoists abduct cops after attack on Nepali police station

http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/12/20/d41220012824.htm

[New Kerala] INDIA - 2 hurt in Patna bomb blast:

http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=48646

[Balkanalysis.com] MACEDONIA / KOSOVO - Current Tactics of al Qaeda-linked Groups in Macedonia, Kosovo

http://www.balkanalysis.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=475

[Middle East Online] MOROCCO - Morocco arrests six for condoning 'terrorist acts'

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=12192

[The Scotsman] UNITED KINGDOM - Airport Closed in Security Alert [ Man since released ]

"electrical engineer for a Libyan oil company, who has been studying in Britain for six months, was arrested"

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3903170

[Itar-Tass] RUSSIA - Hostilities in Chechnya to end after killing of Maskhadov, Basayev

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=1576541&PageNum=0

[Seattle Times news services] SPAIN - Spain terror suspect may have led group [ 1 arrested ]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002124864_terror20.html

[The Scotsman] UNITED KINGDOM - Clarke and Howard Face Revolt over Id Cards

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3908203

[Reuters] NORTH KOREA - Sudden shock to N.Korea regime could spell chaos

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T230910.htm

[News24] NORTH KOREA - North Korea warns US

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10-1462_1638123,00.html

[Myrddin]

I see the Houston and Atlanta areas are featured again. Could "German guy" be running disinformation cover for Iran? Debka is frequently accused of being the clandestine PR department for the Mossad. Perhaps this Debka story is intended to expose the disinformation and shed a little light on what is actually happening.

Don your tin foil hats. Last night was another "prediction" night for Art Bell. One caller predicted a concurrent attack against multiple U.S. cities by small squads with fully automatic weapons. That would be dirt simple to pull off. It would certainly terrorize the U.S. in a fashion beyond the D.C. sniper incident. If nothing else, it would be a spectacular diversion of attention to cover a bigger operation.

[Cindy]

Thanks as always tmp02.

[ExSoldier]

One caller predicted a concurrent attack against multiple U.S. cities by small squads with fully automatic weapons. That would be dirt simple to pull off. It would certainly terrorize the U.S. in a fashion beyond the D.C. sniper incident. If nothing else, it would be a spectacular diversion of attention to cover a bigger operation.

It'd only terrorize the liberal northeast and maybe California. It'd make all the rest of us plain mad.

Full auto? They sure won't hit too much. Wait until we start to return fire. In the south, that'll take about five seconds. I'm much more worried about the BIGGER OPERATION

[Cindy]

I believe, if I recall correctly; the source on that is WorldNetDaily.com and it may be 2003 or 2004 article(s).

[freeperfromnj]

I thought about that scenario yesterday after watching the report on the 30 terrorists who opened fire on the election officials.

[SlowBoat407]

I think the question to start asking is: How much of this is convergence of data coming from different sources, and how much is coming from the same source through different channels? How far back beyond German Guy does the root information go?

If it passes that test, we have to look at the fact that there are some common elements: Mulitple attacks, the same cities mentioned, and the increase in "incidental activity" in those areas. Even if German Guy is disseminating false data, he may be providing cover for the people who are really planning something, or setting up our government and the Mossad as suspects simply by having mentioned them up front.

[Myrddin]

Full auto? They sure won't hit too much. Wait until we start to return fire. In the south, that'll take about five seconds. I'm much more worried about the BIGGER OPERATION

Full auto would hit plenty in a school yard or in the bleachers at a football game. Hosing down cars stuck in bumper to bumper rush hour traffic is also simple. Shopping malls will be jammed the day after Christmas and a few days after that. Lots of soft targets. The news media will be wetting themselves at the prospect of "wall to wall" coverage.

The people committing these acts would be jihadis. They expect to be engaged and killed.

[Myrddin]

You are correct in observing that this may be a single source through multiple paths. The convergence of topics is interesting. Vetting the information may be out of reach for us as keyboard warriors.

[SlowBoat407]

The people committing these acts would be jihadis. They expect to be engaged and killed.

Let us not disappoint them, then. (/safety)

[Godzilla]

Full auto would hit plenty in a school yard or in the bleachers at a football game. Hosing down cars stuck in bumper to bumper rush hour traffic is also simple. Shopping malls will be jammed the day after Christmas and a few days after that. Lots of soft targets. The news media will be wetting themselves at the prospect of "wall to wall" coverage.

Don't confuse 'full-auto' in the real world with 'full-auto' of the hollywood world. The only way they could 'hose down' anything is with a belt-fed machinegun. Most "assault weapons" that can fire full auto use magazines that carry 15 rounds or so and fired at full auto would be empty after a few seconds. Even Uzi's and the equivalent are only good at short ranges. Now think logistics, are they gonna be weighed down with dozens of magazines or risk a higher chance of being caught by trying to smuggle in an M60 or equivalent machine gun along with belt fed ammo.

[nwctwx]

Real snow, huh? Real snow, real cold. Currently 2F with 40mph wind! brrr...

[SlowBoat407]

I've been in real snow. That's why I moved back to Virginia.

[ExSoldier]

Full auto would hit plenty in a school yard or in the bleachers at a football game. Hosing down cars stuck in bumper to bumper rush hour traffic is also simple. Shopping malls.....

All valid targets, certainly. At point blank range there will be lots of casualties from full auto in the first moments. But as soon as the sheep take cover and scatter the victims will be fewer and the dead Jihadis will start piling up....UNLESS it's done in the gunless northeastern BLUE states. Then it's open season on Americans.

I don't think the football game is going to be a gun target unless it's a local high school game which won't be very crowded and the NFL takes enough security to prevent full auto certainly....

Hosing down a traffic jam? Talk about road rage!

[Myrddin]

AK-47 with a 40-round banana mag. Pre-load 5 mags per person. A relatively quick "hit and run" operation. They obviously can't stand around firing very long. The barrels heat up and start cooking off rounds. Standard AR-15 barrels are limited to about 15 rounds per minute before they become dangerously overheated.