Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty-Three

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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty-Three (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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LNG ship attack a potential disaster
Full Story

WASHINGTON - A terrorist attack on a tanker loaded with liquefied natural gas could cause massive damage a third of a mile away and could send a vapor cloud billowing more than 1.5 miles, government scientists say.

With the the nation clamoring for more natural gas, policy-makers are trying to figure out how to safely import large quantities of liquefied natural gas or LNG.

Related:
Terror attack the top danger of LNG transport, study finds
Google Search: "LNG"

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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-Two "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

[JustPiper]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1307764/posts?page=1320#1320

[penguino]

I bet he knows a thing or two about mad cow disease.

[penguino]

Interesting final line. Also note that she drove a Chevrolet - using our own goods against us. http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=101172&list=/home.ph

Female Martyr Drives Car Bomb Into US Forces In Ramadi

Jan 03, 2005

By Muhammad Abu Nasr, Free Arab Voice and Omar Al-Faris, JUS

The Mafkarat al-Islam correspondent has reported that a car bomb exploded into a US column in the al-Iskan neighborhood west of Ramadi at approximately 2 pm Sunday, destroying two Humvees and reportedly killing seven US troops and wounding one other. The correspondent for Mafkarat al-Islam reported from the scene that the driver of the car bomb was a female martyrdom fighter who drove the Chevrolet into the US troops and vehicles.

Her body was found 40 meters from the blast site. The reporter said that her body looked as if she were sleeping; it was not lacerated they way the bodies of the dead Americans were and that her clothing continued to cover her modestly. At the time of this filing, the identity of the female Mujahid remains unknown.

She was taken away from the scene and buried quickly out of fear that her body might fall into the hands of the Americans who would deface the body as they do with all the bodies of Resistance fighters that fall into their clutches.

May the hearts of all the Muslim men sitting on the sidelines quiver with the news that their sisters are doing their jobs for them.

[ExSoldier]

Hows my sis?

Fine.

But according to the movie The Italian Job FINE stands for:
Freaked Out
Insecure
Neurotic
Emotional.

Fine is not a great state of mind in which to dwell.

So......She's Fine.

[penguino]

Rereading this article, it reads like pure propaganda. It's a little too picture perfect.

[Cindy]

"...it reads like pure propaganda..."

Yep.

[JellyJam]

This Darwash sounds like an a--wipe. :-)

[Cindy]

Yep.

[Cindy]

http://www.dod.mil/americasupportsyou/kids/stories/12004806.html

"Teen Seeks Valentines for Troops"
By The 'A Million Thanks' Organization

[nwctwx]

I'll look at it in the morning. Looks like you have a lot of snow headed your way! :)

[Cindy]

http://www.foxnews.com
http://www.wtop.com

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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11851434%255E1702,00.html

"Baghdad governor assassinated"
From correspondents in Baghdad
January 04, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BAGHDAD governor Ali al-Haidri was assassinated by gunmen in the capital today, police and hospital sources said.

Haidri is the most senior Iraqi official to be assassinated in Baghdad since the head of the Governing Council was killed by a suicide bomb in May last year.

Also in Baghdad today, a suicide bomber rammed a fuel truck into a checkpoint near the fortified Green Zone, killing six Iraqis as insurgents kept up their bloody campaign to sabotage a January 30 national election.

The bombing, which also wounded 40 people, brought fresh scenes of bloodshed and destruction to the capital a day after 17 security men were killed in a string of ambushes and explosions across the country."

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313477/posts

"GIVING GIS IN IRAQ THEIR GLORY"
New York Post ^ | 1/04/05 | JOHN PODHORETZ


Posted on 01/04/2005 12:14:39 AM PST by kattracks

[Cindy]

CENTCOM.mil: NEWS RELEASES
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/release_list.asp

[Cindy]

SEATTLE PI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: "CHIEF'S GUN STOLEN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Dec. 26, someone broke into Kerlikowske's department vehicle, a Ford Crown Victoria, parked at Sixth Avenue and Olive Way, and stole his Glock 9 mm handgun.") (January 4, 2005) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

Additional Article...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,143242,00.html

"Report: Governor of Baghdad Province Killed"
Tuesday, January 04, 2005


BAGHDAD, Iraq  — 

"Al-Haidari was shot dead while in his car in Baghdad's (search) northern neighborhood of Hurriyah, said the police officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. He was a target of another assassination attempt last year."

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1313079/posts

Note: See photos

""Insurgent" caught [red handed] planting explosives under civilian vehicles in Baghdad"
REUTERS via Yahoo photos ^ | 1-03-05 | Str


Posted on 01/03/2005 10:48:04 AM PST by OXENinFLA

[all4one]

"Peach Bottom Plant in Delta or the Conowingo Dam.....and Three Mile Island"....all near Seven Valleys...thank you both for this info.....and I was thinking it was a rural area with no reason to worry about what this boy found.

[freeperfromnj]

Homeland Security Warning: Could a Watch become a Weapon?

By Eyewitness News' Jim Dolan

(New York -WABC, January 3, 2005) — There is an intelligence bulletin just out about a type of watch that could be used as a terror weapon. Eyewitness News reporter Jim Dolan reports.

Al Qaeda has proven over the years to be a patient and deadly enemy to the United States, and one that adapts to every move to stop them. Now comes word that Al Qaeda is taking a page from one of the most notorious attacks ever against the west to create even more carnage. According to U.S. intelligence sources, Al Qaeda is trying to obtain watches with a hidden butane lighter and watches with an altimeter built in, that together would be used to bring down commercial airliners.

Pan Am Flight 103 was brought down over Lockerbie, Scotland with a bomb that used an altimeter device to set it off. Al Qaeda, according to intelligence sources, is adapting that technology and trying to combine it with the butane releasing watches that are designed to be used as cigarette lighters.

Altimeter watches show how many feet above sea level a plane is. They are inexpensive, though they are not considered terribly accurate. In Pan Am Flight 103, the bomb was set to go off when the altimeter indicated the plane had reached a certain height.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security bulletin specifically mentions Casio altimeter watches as the most readily available, although there are other brands out there. Watches that can be used as lighters are available on the Internet, and are also inexpensive.

This would make two crucial bomb making components easy for Al Qaeda to smuggle onto an airplane.

Watches are expected to make metal detectors go off, they are not given much scrutiny at airports. Richard Reid, who once smuggled a bomb onto a plane in his shoes, showed that the rest is frighteningly easy to get on board as well.

This information is all still coming into the Eyewitness Newsroom, we'll have more as it becomes available.

[freeperfromnj]

Update:

Man Accused Of Pointing Laser At Aircraft To Be Charged

UPDATED: 1:10 am EST January 4, 2005

NEW YORK -- NewsChannel 4 has learned that federal charges will be filed Tuesday against a man who allegedly pointed a laser at a Port Authority helicopter in the skies over New Jersey.

David Banach was allegedly caught on New Year's Eve with a device that emits a powerful green laser. The investigation began last week after a pilot reported the laser flashing into his cockpit three times just minutes before landing at Teterboro Airport.

Banach's defense lawyer said the accused man will surrender to the FBI Tuesday, but she insists her client did nothing wrong.

Sources told NewsChannel 4 that Banach will be charged in connection with the laser incident, and he will also face a second count for allegedly lying to FBI agents who questioned him.

Banach said he was using the laser to point out stars to his 7-year-old daughter, and a short time later, police arrived at his door. He said he had nothing to do with the Wednesday incident in which the pilot complained about the laser.

Similar reports have been made by several pilots from New Jersey to Colorado in recent weeks. Officials said none of the cases have been linked to terrorism, but officials worry that a laser could temporarily blind a pilot in flight.

Banach's lawyer said the father of three has never tried to harm anyone, and he will fight to clear his name.

http://www.wnbc.com/news/4044726/detail.html

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050118.txt

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894


January 4, 2005
Release Number: 05-01-18


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CHILD'S TIP LEADS MULTI-NATIONAL SOLDIERS TO A LARGE WEAPONS CACHE

MOSUL, Iraq -- Multi-National Forces from 1st Brigade (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), 25th Infantry Division (Light), discovered a large cache of weapons and munitions based on a child’s tip during operations on Jan. 3 in northern Iraq.

An Iraqi child led Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, to a large cache of weapons in an abandoned building during a patrol in western Mosul that consisted of 30 60 mm mortars, 21 rocket propelled grenade rounds, dynamite, various roadside bombs and components, five RPG launchers, more than 100 mortar fuses, grenades, ammunition and intelligence documents.

Soldiers also discovered a stolen fuel truck in the configuration stages of a truck bomb. The discovery of the truck bomb possibly saved the lives of hundreds of people.

An explosive ordnance disposal team destroyed both the truck and munitions with no injuries reported during the operation.



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