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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
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.

"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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Related (Reminder) : Osama's Revenge - Quotes
361 posted on 11/20/2004 8:21:41 PM PST by nwctwx
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To: nwctwx

Thank you nw.


362 posted on 11/20/2004 8:40:00 PM PST by Cindy
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Student posing as Bin Laden threatens to blow up Tokyo Tower
http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20041121p2a00m0dm001000c.html

A university student who posted a message on an Internet bulletin board in the name of Osama bin Laden, threatening to blow up Tokyo Tower, has been arrested, police said.

Police arrested the 19-year-old, first-year university student on suspicion of forcible obstruction of business.

Investigators said the student posted a message on the "Ni Channel" Internet bulletin board on Sept. 9, going by the name Osama bin Laden.

The message, which was written in English, threatened to blow up Tokyo Tower, Kasumigaseki, Akihabara and other places on Sept. 11. Police have charged the student with obstructing business of the company that manages Tokyo Tower.

The student has reportedly admitted writing the message from his computer at home. Police are investigating his motives for posting the message. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Nov. 21, 2004)


363 posted on 11/20/2004 9:01:59 PM PST by nwctwx
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Zarqawi 'harder to catch' than Saddam
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1248006.htm

...excerpt...

Iraqi insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is harder to catch than Saddam Hussein but the chances may have improved since he fled Fallujah, a US general says.

General Ray Odierno was part of the team who captured Saddam, after the ousting of his government last year.

He says that Zarqawi, an ally of Al Qaeda, has a well-organised guerrilla network moving him between hide-outs.

However, he says that US defeat of insurgents in Fallujah could have disrupted Zarqawi's co-ordination because he lost his main base.

"I think (with) Saddam, after the fall, there was no organisation, he was fleeing for his life, whereas I think Zarqawi is a little more organised... he has a more organised group around him than Saddam Hussein," Gen Odierno said.

"That's what makes it a bit more difficult with Zarqawi."


364 posted on 11/20/2004 9:03:16 PM PST by nwctwx
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Bookmark.


365 posted on 11/20/2004 9:09:36 PM PST by little jeremiah (Moral absolutes are what make humans human.)
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To: nwctwx

Well now, it sure would be nice to see what the suspect's name is...for a start.

Thanks nw.


366 posted on 11/20/2004 9:44:54 PM PST by Cindy
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To: liberallyconservative
Good to see you back here lc!

Polish female hostage released

Car bomber becomes suicide bomber by mistake

Crackdown on Muslim clerics who incite violence

Popular Dutch lawmaker wants to close immigration to Muslims for 5 years

Logistical problems in dispersing MKO Terrorists in Iraq

367 posted on 11/20/2004 9:55:57 PM PST by MamaDearest (Terrorist's Brain: Left Side - nothing right - Right Side - nothing left)
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http://www.hizb-ut-tahrir.dk

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http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/003146.html

November 19, 2004

Danish Hizb ut Tahrir site back online

And hosted in Denmark

hizb-ut-tahrir.dk
IP addr 212.97.132.101


Host: surftown.dk
Surftown A/S
Lyngby, Denmark

Posted by aaron at November 19, 2004 10:35 AM


368 posted on 11/20/2004 10:08:37 PM PST by Cindy
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To: MamaDearest

"Car bomber becomes suicide bomber by mistake"

God works in mysterious ways.


369 posted on 11/20/2004 10:15:17 PM PST by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1284927/posts

"Bush comes to aid of Secret Service agent"
AP ^ | 11/20/2004 | AP staff


Posted on 11/20/2004 4:13:02 PM PST by wjersey


President Bush stepped into the middle of a confrontation and pulled his lead Secret Service agent away from Chilean security officials who barred his bodyguards from entering an elegant dinner for 21 world leaders Saturday night.

Several Chilean and American agents got into a pushing and shoving match outside the cultural center where the dinner was held. Bush noticed the fracas after posing for pictures on a red carpet with the summit host, Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and his wife and first lady Laura Bush."


370 posted on 11/20/2004 10:29:28 PM PST by Cindy
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Off site TM Index Updated

This is the page to bookmark/link to for the TM if you have a tendency to fall behind. I will be updating this more in the future.

371 posted on 11/20/2004 11:15:13 PM PST by nwctwx
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1285047/posts

"Persecuted Christians"
telegraph.co.uk ^ | 20/11/2004 | opinion.telegraph


Posted on 11/20/2004 7:52:12 PM PST by Destro


"Persecuted Christians"

(Filed: 20/11/2004)


372 posted on 11/21/2004 12:09:40 AM PST by Cindy
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PERSECUTION.org
http://www.persecution.org

PERSECUTION.org - INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CONCERN - News Articles
http://www.persecution.org/newsite/


373 posted on 11/21/2004 12:11:14 AM PST by Cindy
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WorldNetDaily.com: "ARAFAT SUCCESSOR AL-QAIDA SYMPATHIZER New Leader of Ruling Fatah quotes Mao, favors Iran, Syria" (November 20, 2004) (Read More...)

374 posted on 11/21/2004 12:25:39 AM PST by Cindy
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"Izarra blamed Venezuelan exiles in Florida, echoing Chavez's earlier accusations that Cuban and Venezuelan "terrorists" were training in Florida to execute him and were using the media to call for his removal."

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1285108/posts


375 posted on 11/21/2004 1:38:41 AM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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To: Domestic Church

That's interesting.


376 posted on 11/21/2004 1:57:29 AM PST by Cindy
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To: SlowBoat407

"What you were smelling was probably a trash-fired steam plant for power generation. The piles of garbage generate methane, which is the primary component of flatulence. The methane fuels the steam plant."

It always smells like that in Philly. For those in Philly - in the neighborhoods close to the Betsy Ross Bridge, it often smells like a skanky creek filled with rotten eggs and other garbage and around the Tacony Bridge, it smells like donuts cooking in dust and gasoline. It's icky.


377 posted on 11/21/2004 3:18:25 AM PST by Teri0811
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To: Cindy

Qaddumi needs to meet his virgins soon.


378 posted on 11/21/2004 6:54:55 AM PST by SlowBoat407 ( Just drive away and remove the piece of paper that is stuck to window later.)
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379 posted on 11/21/2004 8:57:28 AM PST by Right_Handed_Writer
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http://www.gulf1.com/columns/pappas/1121a.htm

HITRAP
Honesty, Integrity, Trust, Responsibility, Accountability and People.

by Robert L. Pappas,
Col. USMC (RET)

Media “Liberals” and Combat

The episode of media recording the shooting of an enemy combatant in a fortress masquerading as a Mosque is one of the reasons why military men learn to never trust the “media.” Video footage absent the actual, complete context is analogous to engaging in sex with an aids carrier, without protection…maybe worse. Objective commentators would await the outcome of the investigation, but judging from all the prattle on the subject, it is an understatement that the “media” is awash in a preconceived bias.

It is easy to second guess, Monday morning quarterback, or otherwise prejudge the actions of an individual when pressure is on. One good rule for survival in combat is, “when in doubt, shoot, ask questions later;” stated another way, “if they are willing to die for their cause, oblige them.”

The Marine in question had no way of knowing that the “possum” player was injured, was not about to set off a bomb, or, draw a weapon and begin shooting. Given that the environment was one of intensive combat for a number of days before the event in the “Mosque” there should be a presumption of his having acted in the interest of self-preservation as well as members of his unit; and even the “backstabbing” reporter. But when looking for a story, the media too often comes down on the side of the enemy. One cannot help but wonder, “why?”

It should not come as a surprise that the “liberal” media has begun an inexorable shift to anti-“WOT” and anti-military propaganda now that their “darling,” Kerry, has been crushed. One should take note of the similarity in language used by “liberals” in media and Hollywood, and their “examples” in now defunct Soviet news agencies: “adventurism,” “hegemony,” “cowboy,” “American Imperialism,” and etc. The reader should not be surprised when “liberal” opinion writers begin referring to U.S. servicemen and women as behaving like “blood thirsty mercenaries.” Déjà vu, all over again.

It is evident that “liberals” in the media have “forgotten” that the US was attacked and that thousands of American civilians were killed by ruthless, immoral, moon-god worshiping swine. But, being “smarter” than the rest of us, “liberals” have adopted the line that the U.S. is guilty by its association with and support of Israel, and therefore “deserved” the attacks of 9/11. No wonder there is a sharp divide in this nation!

Nearly all news media reporters are interested in one thing, their own welfare and advancement. Their motivation and objectives are to receive recognition, notoriety, a Pulitzer Prize, status and…more money.

Message for the media: It is not the purpose of the media accompanying US Forces to document whether or not the U.S. is complying with Geneva Conventions. Nor is their approved mission as “embedded” reporters to act as arbiters or to decide whose side viewers should choose. If “embedded” reporters aren’t on “our” side already, someone should seriously consider terminating them.

Semper Fidelis

Copyright © November 20th, 2004, by Robert L. Pappas. With proper attribution, this essay may be quoted and redistributed. It may not be used in any way, in conjunction with any advertisement without the author’s expressed written permission.


380 posted on 11/21/2004 9:09:10 AM PST by Cindy
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