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

[liberallyconservative]

"...Hughes was said to be a teacher at the North Surry High School in Mount Airy, North Carolina."

Wasn't there some mention of Mt. Airy, NC in relation to the 2 guys stopped here in TN back in the spring? The ones in the moving van, involved in a chase on curving mountain roads, seen to have thrown some unknown substance out the window. IIRC, they were 2 Israelis. And they had a flyer for a flight school.

[ExSoldier]

spies should be hung in the public square for all to see.

Welllllll.....I dunno. It's a dirty job that's got to be done. No country would survive without them. Look at what Jimmy Peanut did when he gutted the CIA along with the Church committee. The final result was 911. They've got to do what they must do to survive. So must we. My late uncle was possibly a spy and I know another one through friends. That guy recently gave his "personna" from the company a real funeral to celebrate his retirement.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I have been thinking why Houston besides oil, then I remembered way back there is a family that has been to court numerous times claiming they owned the whole city of Houston.

I believe there name is Livingstone and they lived in Tennessee.

Going to google...

[liberallyconservative]

Sorry. I jumped the gun on that one. The NC town in question was Mars Hill.

[milkncookies]

Dec. 15, 2002
By MICHAEL HEDGES and RACHEL GRAVES
Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle

"The nuclear bomb is small enough to be hidden in a briefcase, but its force levels downtown Houston, flattening most of the 58 skyscrapers and killing about 130,000 workers

Stunned and injured, those who can walk among the approximately 15,000 survivors downtown stagger away from ground zero covered with invisible and deadly particles of radiation and dust from crumbled buildings

The bomb explodes outside City Hall, destroying that building, the Houston Police Department´s headquarters and the Harris County administrative offices. It kills most local leaders and law enforcement officials, crippling the city´s immediate ability to respond to the disaster.

The wind drags the deadly radioactive cloud through the East End and beyond the Loop, killing 10 percent of those in its stream and sickening thousands more.

This doomsday scenario comes from a computer model used by the Defense Department called the Consequences Assessment Tool Set. Officials use the software to calculate the impact of catastrophes and figure out how to respond.

The Center for Media and Public Policy of the Heritage Foundation, a Washington think tank, acquired the software and programmed in real-time data for Houston. Using factors such as local weather, wind patterns and number and type of buildings, the Heritage computer analysts determined for the Houston Chronicle the impact of catastrophic events if unleashed on a typical recent day."

I'm looking for a link.

The study was carried out by The Heritage Foundation

[milkncookies]

CIA or Christ In Action?

"Meiring is an American national and self-described "fortune hunter," who was seriously injured May 16, 2002 in an explosion in his Davao City hotel room on the Phillippine island of Mindanao. Screaming in pain, his legs mangled, Meiring told police someone had lobbed a grenade through his window. Actually, the explosion had originated inside a metal box with which Meiring had checked in.

Just three days later, an FBI team arrived at his hospital room and spirited him stateside before the matter could be investigated, despite arrest warrants, an order that he not leave the country, and "without the knowledge of any police, military or government official in the city or region," in the words of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, who called Meiring´s FBI-aided flight an "affront to Philippine sovereignty."
From The Minda News excellent three-part series on the Meiring mystery:

The circumstances behind Meiring’s sudden departure from the hospital, inspite of his serious condition, raised questions about his real identity. A number of officials in ‘for background only’ interviews, speculated Meiring may have been an agent of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Meiring himself, according to those who had spent some time with him, refered to himself as CIA although he would qualify that to mean “Christ In Action.”

Four months after the incident, Davao City Prosecutor Raul Bendico announced that findings from the investigation of the case indicated that the accident occurred when Meiring was attempting to set up explosives intended to blow up the Evergreen Hotel.

[Cindy]

WATE.com carried articles regarding that vehicle stop, if I recall correctly.

http://www.wate.com

[Cindy]

Smiling...well, I sure wasn't talking about OUR spies...Let me try this again...

Anyone who is convicted of spying AGAINST the United States of America should be hung in the public square for all to see.

[ExSoldier]

Anyone who is convicted of spying AGAINST the United States of America should be hung in the public square for all to see.

Ummmmm I think you mean he should be hanged.... Or do you?

~Evil Grin~

[Cindy]

Words...

Grinning back...

[liberallyconservative]

Yes, I found articles on it from several sources.

There was a lot of theorizing that the 2 Israelis in question from that incident may have been a little more than movers. I recall that one is the son of the Likud Party spokesman. His name is Shmuel Dahan.

G'night, all.

[Cindy]

Thanks Liberally Conservative.

Good night.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

This is from August...no link in news scearh pulled from another board...

Houston in video being examined for links to terror [ Post 293199661 ]


Category: News & Opinion (General) Topic: Government
Synopsis:
Source: Houston Chronicle via Yahoo groups
Published: August 11, 2004 Author: CLAY ROBISON and PEGGY O'HARE
For Education and Discussion Only. Not for Commercial Use.


Videotapes showing Houston skyscrapers, Reliant Stadium and the city's light rail system, seized from a Pakistani man arrested in North Carolina last month, are being investigated for possible links to terrorists, federal officials said Tuesday.

The tapes also include footage of the state Capitol and Governor's Mansion in Austin, a major dam outside Austin and parts of Dallas.
State and local officials said they did not know of any credible terrorist threats against Texas or Houston but urged citizens to remain alert and report suspicious activity to law enforcement.

"I want people to know we're vigilant and we keep in touch with federal officials," Houston Mayor Bill White said Tuesday afternoon. "Citizens shouldn't be panicked."

Police Chief Harold Hurtt said the same level of security in place since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks would remain in downtown, the Port ofHouston, airports and other areas.

Federal officials in Charlotte, N.C., announced Tuesday that a Pakistani citizen, Kamran Akhtar, who was arrested July 20, had been charged with immigration violations. Also known as Kamran Shaikh, Akhtar remained in custody in Charlotte.

The Elmhurst, N.Y., resident was arrested after behaving suspiciously when he was approached by a police officer while taking videos of downtown Charlotte, officials said.

The Charlotte videos included footage of two bank buildings, one of which houses the local FBI office. Akhtar told police he was making videotapes for family members.

According to a federal affidavit unsealed Tuesday, Akhtar, 35, had video footage of other Southern cities, including the downtown areas of Austin, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans and Atlanta.

Mansfield Dam was taped

The affidavit, signed by John Scott Sherrill, a special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the videos also appeared to include Mansfield Dam, outside Austin, and public transportation facilities, including Houston's downtown transit center.

At times, Sherrill said, the camera operator "turned the camera sideways in order to videotape the entire building and often zoomed in on street signs."

Bob Doguim, spokesman for the Houston FBI office, said portions of the Houston video show the downtown skyline and other panoramic views, but he said investigators have not been able to determine whether the camera operator had been trying to zero in on particular sites.

He said he did not know when the video was shot.

None of the local agencies would release the videotape, describing it as "law enforcement-sensitive."

But spokesmen said the departments are reviewing it frame by frame.

"We want to get a feel for what it shows, and quite frankly, what it may not show," Metropolitan Transit Authority Police Chief Tom Lambert said.

"It shows pictures of trains and pictures of buses. So, we're looking at the tape now to get more details."

Harris County Sheriff's Department officials, whose jurisdiction contains many petrochemical complexes, said they did not recognize anything in their territory on the tape.

Austin Assistant Police Chief Rudy Landeros said the Austin videotapes, shot July 16, four days before Akhtar's arrest, included the Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, Mansfield Dam and the Frost Bank Building.

"This type of footage would not normally be taken by a person on vacation or a sightseer," he said.

"We've always known since 9/11 that Austin could be a target," Landeros said.

More security advised

He said businesspeople in downtown Austin had been advised to increase their visible security and report suspicious activities.
He said a "welcome home" celebration for Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will be held at the Capitol, as scheduled, on Friday.

"At this time, there is no known credible threat to the state of Texas. In a post-9/11 world, Governor Perry urges all Texans to always remain vigilant but to continue with their daily lives," said Robert Black, the governor's spokesman.

Akhtar was charged with violating federal immigration and naturalization laws and making a false statement, federal authorities in Charlotte announced.

A detention hearing is scheduled for Friday.

According to court documents, Akhtar told authorities that he had a "green card," indicating permanent-resident status.

Man had sought asylum

Officials said they determined he didn't have a green card and was in the United States illegally. He applied for political asylum in 1992, but his application was denied in 1997, they said.

Last week, federal officials issued urgent terror warnings, citing information in Pakistan that indicated five financial institutions in New York, Washington and Newark, N.J., were potential targets.

http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=news_government&Number=293199661#Post293199661

[Rushmore Rocks]

And don't forget....... UBL's father died in that grand and glorious state of Texas (my birthplace, BTW).

Revenge, no matter how misguided, can be a powerful motivator.

[Cindy]

Note: The latest edition of INTERNET.HAGANAH.US ( http://www.internet-haganah.us ) is online with photos from http://www.haganah.org.il/

[milkncookies]

Thanks for the reminder Rushmore.
Actually, I had forgotten.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Fire at CDC Facility
(AP) An exhaust pipe from a generator at a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention utility building ignited roofing shingles Tuesday evening, but the blaze was quickly extinguished by DeKalb County firefighters, officials said. The CDC said the fire was at its Chamblee Campus Utility Building northeast of Atlanta, several miles from its main headquarters near Emory University. "This was a utility plant, so there are no hazardous materials in there. There is no environmental danger," said Capt. Eric Jackson of the DeKalb County Fire Department. Jackson said the utility building houses a generator, and the exhaust pipe ignited some shingles and a ladder that were too close. The building is still under construction, he said. The fire, which produced thick, black smoke from the tar in the shingles, was isolated to the roof and contained within 30 minutes, Jackson said. He said there is a DeKalb fire station less than a mile away at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, and firefighters were on the scene within minutes. William Gimson, the CDC's chief operating officer, said the agency was grateful for the rapid response. "They quickly extinguished the fire and limited the damage," Gimson said. The CDC will assess the damage to determine the cost, the agency said in a statement. (Updated 12/21/04 11pm)

http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/index.html

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Indonesian Muslim cleric delivers edicts from Osama Bin Laden: witness

www.chinaview.cn 2004-12-21 21:25:38


JAKARTA, Dec. 21 (Xinhuanet) -- Indonesian Muslim Cleric Abu BakarBa'ashir had delivered edicts from Osama Bin Laden to kill citizens of the United States and its allies in Indonesia, a witness said on Tuesday.

"Ba'ashir had delivered the edicts," said witness Nassir Bin Abbas to Indonesian court session here.

He said "Osama bin Laden urges Muslims around the world to killAmerican and its allies civilians."

Abbas said that Ba'ashir was head of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI),a militant group seen as the Southeast Asian arm of al Qaeda.

The 66-year old cleric Ba'ashir dismissed the testimony, sayingthe group did not exist and he had never met the witness, Abbas, aMalaysian who claimed to have been a JI instructor in the militarycamp.

The witness also said that the cleric had given him funds in April 2000 for purchasing logistic for the training camp.

Ba'ashir is accused of inciting followers to carry out the October 2002 Bali bombings in which 202 people died and an attack last year on the Jakarta Marriott hotel that left 12 dead.

He has consistently denied wrongdoing, saying the charges against him are a result of Western pressure. Enditem


http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-12/21/content_2364395.htm

[Cindy]

Thanks DC.
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Post 3997 ping Velveeta.

[MamaDearest]

Are the toilets imported from China?

Just about everything else is, why not toilets too?