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

[Cindy]

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36271
"Source: Bin Laden in Iran"
"Islamic leader says terror kingpin staying in nation with 'consorts'"

Posted: December 23, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Sherrie Gossett

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http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=SP50603
Special Dispatch Series - No. 506

May 22, 2003
No.506

"Iranian Source: Seif Al-'Adel and Osama Bin Laden's Son Left Iran Only After Riyadh Bombings"

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http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=SP47303

February 21, 2003
No.473


"Top Iranian Defector On Iran's Collaboration with Iraq, North Korea, Al-Qa'ida, and Hizbullah"

[Velveeta]

Al Aribiyah TV- Zawahiri Arrested with 5 Others in Lahore, Pakistan (Awaiting More Credible Sources)
National Review Magazine ^ | 12/20/04 | Jim Robbins
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1305270/posts

[appalachian_dweller]

>> I have seen my kids explode hardboiled eggs in the microwave <<

LOL!! Can't stop laughing at that one. I may have to try that....

[Godzilla]

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.

My bad on the banana. However, what are the priorities for the terrorists IF they are going to expose themselves to that level of risk? How far do you think they'll get after they stop firing? What is the cost - benefit analysis (and don't think they don't do such a thing). What provides them with the biggest bang for their buck? Look today at Iraq, what is the mass casuality weapon of choice: Some jihadi's with AK-47s firing full auto or a single car bomber. It is the car bomb. Less exposure to the cell, greater payoff.

[crabbie]

Here it is 16F, wind chill -9F, but only a dusting of snow last night.

[Oorang]

Thanks for finding/posting that report Mossad.

[4thygipper]

Yes - they are part of the Axis of Evil.

[tmp02]

I know that there has been conjecture, but I wasn't sure if it was stated that AQ was using Iran or if Iran was using AQ for their attacks against the US...I'm looking for definite documentation of the connection between the two, if any...

[4thygipper]

I would try globalsecurityus.com or intel center.com for some reports. the CIA world fact book also has some goog information.

[ExSoldier]

Here it is 16F, wind chill -9F, but only a dusting of snow last night.

Cold as HECK here, too! Buuuuuuurrrrr It's just GOT to be about 55 degrees outside! :~)

[crabbie]

LOL

Santa knows the difference between sand and snow!

[Oorang]

Ottawa announces U.S. customs pre-clearance for Halifax International Airport

HALIFAX (CP) -- Travellers flying from Halifax International Airport to the United States will soon have the option of pre-clearing U.S. Customs and Immigration, federal officials announced Friday.

Once the pre-clearance facility is completed -- expected within the next 18 months -- Halifax will become the eighth Canadian airport to offer this service. The airports in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal already offer pre-clearance.

The pre-clearance process means travellers to the United States should enjoy shorter connections at American hub airports, and expanded service to U.S. airports without federal inspection facilities.

The program allows travellers and their goods to be inspected by U.S. officers for the purposes of customs, immigration, public health, food inspection and plant and animal health before flights depart from Canada for U.S. destinations.

The news was welcomed by Nova Scotia Premier John Hamm. "With a U.S. Customs and Immigration pre-clearance facility at the airport, it makes it easier to do business and travel between the United States and Nova Scotia," Hamm said in a release.

http://www.canoe.ca/AtlanticTicker/CANOE-wire.Airport-Pre-Clearance.html

[Myrddin]

Car bombs are pretty easy to pull off in Iraq. The U.S. is monitoring purchases of supplies to make them on U.S. territory. Buying boxes of ammo is much easier. Again, the objective would be a diversionary terrorist action. It wouldn't be the main event. There is the problem of smuggling the full auto AK-47s into the country too. The stuff we can buy at gun shops and shows is strictly semi-auto. The number of legal, privately held full auto devices is pretty small.

[Oorang]

Report: Muslims have right to use religious law
By KEITH LESLIE

TORONTO (CP) - Ontario Muslims should have the same rights as Catholics and Jews in the province to seek arbitration based on religious laws for family disputes and inheritance cases, concludes a report by former attorney general Marion Boyd.

Some Muslim groups called Boyd's report "naive," and said she fell victim to pressure from right-wing fundamentalists who want to use the 1,400-year-old Sharia law to settle divorces and custody disputes for Muslims in Ontario. "We're being very clear, this is not Sharia law," said Boyd.

"This is Muslim religious principles within Canadian law."

Boyd said her report avoided the term "Sharia" law because as practiced in Middle East countries it combines criminal and civil laws, and allows the death penalty for adultery. It also considers a woman's testimony to be worth half that of a man's.

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http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/2004/12/20/791270-cp.html

[jerseygirl]

There is a Smyrna in Ohio as well, I believe.

[Oorang]

Kim Jong-il, Missing in Action?
By Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu
FrontPageMagazine.com | December 20, 2004

Suddenly in North Korea pictures of Kim Jong Il, the peoples’ Dear Leader by unchallengeable fiat, have gone missing. Comparative photos taken in a Peoples Cultural Center auditorium in May and August of this year have piqued outside interest in the future of Kim Jong Il. The earlier photo portrays what we have come to think of as the usual adulatory presentation: a portrait of Kim Jong Il side-by-side with one of his father Kim Il Sung, the modestly self-proclaimed Great Leader, dominates the head of the auditorium,. The late summer shot shows the KJI portrait missing so that the late elder Kim’s portrait stands alone. All very mysterious.

Excerpted

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16368

[Godzilla]

It is not that difficult either to obtain materials for bombs either. There are many creative means not requireing standard materials and for the few special items, like blasting caps,etc, they can be obtained via black market. Again, the key point is what provides the most bang for their buck and someone shooting off an AK-47 doesn't compare to an explosive.

[jerseygirl]

And offered to collaborate with AQ some time ago.

[jerseygirl]

Little kids playing on the beach finding a "toy"....sick,sick,sick.

[Oorang]

More of the Japan/North Korea threats, but, today's article:

Japan tells North Korea time is short
The Associated Press Tuesday, December 21, 2004

TOKYO Japan's foreign minister has warned North Korea that it is running out of time to halt its nuclear weapons programs and risks having the international community impose economic sanctions on it.

The foreign minister, Nobutaka Machimura, said during a talk show Sunday on Japan's public broadcaster NHK that North Korea should stop stalling in its participation in six-nation talks on its nuclear programs.

"North Korea needs to recognize that it doesn't have much time left," Machimura said. "Everything has its limit. If the current situation is prolonged, we will be forced to consider tougher measures, or sanctions, through the international community, or the United Nations."

Separately, Japan has considered sanctions to punish what Tokyo considers Pyongyang's insincere accounting of Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korean agents in the 1970s and '80s.

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi promised South Korea's president during a summit meeting Friday that Tokyo would hold off imposing economic sanctions on North Korea for now. North Korea said last week that it would treat sanctions as a "declaration of war."

Excerpted

http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/20/news/japan.html