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

[Cindy]

http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/s/i/silntnit.htm

(SILENT NIGHT - includes translations in many foreign languages at the bottom of this web site)

(Yes, this is a safe link to open.)

[Cindy]

OFF TOPIC TOO...

http://www.canteenusa.com/xtra/hark1.mp3
(Note: This is a safe link to open. Enjoy.)

[Cindy]

http://www.klewtv.com/x5781.xml?ParentPageID=x5649&ContentID=x60742&Layout=KLEW.xsl&AdGroupID=x5781

December 23, 2004



"Orofino Family Loses Son In Mosul Attack"


By David Gale






"Army Sgt. Darren Vankomen, a Culdesac High School graduate, was killed in Mosul earlier this week."

[Cindy]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/205248_stryker25.html

Saturday, December 25, 2004


"Mosul attack killed 6 from Fort Lewis
'Tell everyone just to pray,' says military wife"


By MIKE BARBER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

[Cindy]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=358127

December 24, 2004

"HONDURAS BLAMES STREET GANGS FOR BUS MASSACRE"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) - Honduras blamed youth gangs on Friday for a gun attack on a public bus that killed 28 people returning from work or Christmas shopping in the latest violent outrage to hit the poor Central American nation.

Six children were among the victims when half a dozen assailants armed with AK-47 and M-16 assault rifles stopped the bus in a gritty neighborhood of the northern city of San Pedro Sula on Thursday night.

The killers then opened fire.
"The men didn't say anything. They just began to shoot. I threw myself to the floor," passenger Miguel Antonio Ramos, 15, told Honduran television from hospital.

President Ricardo Maduro accused the "mara" street gangs — groups of youths often with tattooed faces that have been in open warfare with his government since a crackdown last year.

The maras are related to Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles."

[FairOpinion]

"The maras are related to Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles."


This is not encouraging, to say the least.

What if Al Qaeda "outsources" some terror attacks to them?

[Cindy]

(Note: Some links may have expired. If there are any updates on these links/stories; please post them along with the urls. Thank you.)

ON THE NET...

ABCnews.go.com (Reuters): Tegucigalpa, Honduras - "HONDURAS BLAMES STREET GANGS FOR BUS MASSACRE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The maras are related to Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles.") (December 25, 2004) (Read More...)

EL-UNIVERSAL.com.mx - Wire services: "MARA GANG WORKING AS HIRED GUNS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Mara Salvatrucha and MS-18 are Central America's largest and most ruthless street gangs, but crackdowns in Honduras and El Salvador drove much of the gangs' membership into southern Mexico, especially in Chiapas, Veracruz and Oaxaca.") (December 15, 2004) (Read More...)

BROWNSVILLE HERALD.com: "BANGLADESHI'S ARREST PROMPTS CONCERN OVER BORDER SECURITY" by Sergio Chapa (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Federal court records show Fakhrul Islam, age unknown, was arrested Dec. 4 with 13 other undocumented immigrants as they tried to pass through a wooded area east of Brownsville. The records said a man later identified by Border Patrol agents as a member of the Mara Salvatruchas gang was traveling in the same group as Islam. The Central American gang has alleged links to al-Qaida.") (December 10, 2004) (Read More...)

A Discussion on FREEREPUBLIC.com regarding a BROWNSVILLEHERALD.com article: "MARA GANG MEMBER ARRAIGNED AFTER ATTEMPT TO ENTER BROWNSVILLE" (December 8, 2004) (Read More...)

OFFICER.com (NBC4.com): "THREAT REPORTED AGAINST PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY POLICE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "PALMER PARK, Md. -- Police officials in Prince George's County, Md., say they are taking a very ominous threat against their officers very seriously. Law enforcement officials say they have received tips indicating that a violent street gang known as MS-13 may be planning to ambush and kill police officers.") (Updated November 12, 2004) (Read More...)

SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER (AP): Tegucigalpa, Honduras - "HONDURAN OFFICIAL SAYS AL-QAIDA RECRUITING" (Last Updated October 21, 2004) (Read More...)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "AL QAEDA SEEKS TIE TO LOCAL GANGS" by Jerry Seper (September 28, 2004) (Read More...)

FBI.gov - Seeking Information: "ADNAN G. EL SHUKRIJUMAH" (ALIASES: "Adnan G. El Shukri Jumah; Abu Arif; Ja'far Al-Tayar; Jaffar Al-Tayyar; Jafar Tayar; Jaafar Al-Tayyar") (VIEW POSTER. Click Here.)

IanLivingston.com - Focus: "ADAN GULSHAIR EL SHUKRIJUMAH" (Read More...)

FOX NEWS.com (AP): Tegucigalpa, Honduras - "AL QAEDA MAY BE TRYING TO RECRUIT HONDURANS" (August 22, 2004) (Read More...)

GOOGLE Search Term: "MARA SALVATRUCHA" (Read More...)

Google Search Term: "MS-13" (Read More...)

[Cindy]

See post no. 167.

[MamaDearest]

(hatred of Conservatives)

Flipped off my TV today (no, not THAT way) when I heard that rabid-liberals are making the majority of their purchases from companies that donate heavily to Dems). They seethe hateful venom toward all things conservative.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308456/posts

"A world held to ransom"
Scotland on Sunday ^ | 12/26/04 | JAMES BRANDON


Posted on 12/25/2004 5:44:00 PM PST by TexKat


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "I was lying on my bed in a hotel room in Basra when the whole world changed. Approaching midnight on August 12, I became the first British civilian to be kidnapped in Iraq. A few hours later, after having been dragged out of the hotel at gunpoint, my worst nightmare had come true. I stood there, sweating and shaking with fear, surrounded by a dozen Iraqi militants and, most ominously, a man holding a video camera.

The youngest of the kidnappers eagerly donned a black balaclava and stood beside me, brandishing a gun, both of us knowing that the rituals of hostage-taking had to be precisely observed. "Unless the Americans leave Najaf we will kill this British hostage," he intoned, patting me on the shoulder as we posed for the camera. I realised with growing despair that I was about to become the latest western civilian to be murdered by Muslim extremists.



A few hours later, tied to a bed in a nondescript Iraqi house, I could hear my kidnappers in the next room watching Al Arabiya, the Middle East’s most watched satellite news channel. After hearing the channel’s distinctive jingle, I was stunned to hear that my kidnapping was the top story. "James Brandon, the British journalist who was kidnapped in Basra yesterday..." began the announcer, as the kidnappers guffawed at their moment of fame. I could hear the sound of backs being slapped as they watched their own home-movie.



The kidnappers seemed proud of the thuggish image they presented to the world, and appeared unashamed of the fact that they had needed 30 gunmen to abduct one unarmed journalist, or that they were too cowardly to reveal their faces on television.



Fortunately, the leaders of Iraq’s Shiite insurgency were also watching, and, aghast at the wildcat kidnapping carried out in their name, ordered my immediate release. But the huge publicity generated by the whole episode had turned Britons into tempting targets for the insurgents, who within months would snatch and murder Ken Bigley and Margaret Hassan."

[Cindy]

http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/11857469p-12744472c.html

"Suspected ambulance thief arrested"


By Elizabeth Hume
Published 2:15 am PST Friday, December 24, 2004

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "SACRAMENTO - A First Responder EMS ambulance stolen Thursday morning from Sutter Memorial Hospital was in Bodega Bay by midafternoon, authorities said.

Denise Agan, 48, was arrested in Bodega Bay on suspicion of vehicle theft and booked into the Sonoma County jail, according to Sacramento police spokesman Sgt. Justin Risley."

ARTICLE NOTE: "The ambulance was recovered..."

[MamaDearest]

Yes, I saw that, and it's beginning to look like a high school clique with individuals pouting and having tantrums if "their person" either stays or goes. There have got to be excellent candidates for these positions who are not "insiders" but who would have allegiance to those in power. Hiring "yes" people in any instance can have harmful repercusions, whether it be private business or governmental agencies. Backbone is getting to be an endangered quality.

Using personal friendships as a basis for political appointments or policy implementations or changes doesn't cut it when national interests are at risk (Vincente Fox and immigration policy comes to mind). How many troops from Mexico has Vincente sent to support us in Iraq by the way?

Foreign soldiers barred from carrying weapons on Mexican soil

[MamaDearest]

Ex-Soldier really did leave for his Christmas trip everyone - but his wife had to yell at him to make him get offline.......I sympathize and totally understand.........he'll probably have TM withdrawal symptoms by the time he gets back to us!

[MamaDearest]

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS JUSTPIPER!

[MamaDearest]

Oslo phone number tied to terrorists

Yemen militant ties Limburg attack to Bin Laden

Anti-Coalition Yemeni fighters in Iraq investigated

Sudan readies 13 planes to fight swarms of locusts

Hamas terrorists score election gains

Messages from Daleel - apologize if already posted

UN Security Council puts Al-Faqih on trrorism list

[The_Reader_David]

Merry Christmas to all the TMers.

There is one item pointing to the 27th besides GG's posts (which look very unreliable--unless that impression only comes from his tin-foil conspiracy monegering being overlaid on some kind of actual intelligence intrecepts): last month when SweetIslam was active, we had a post their pointing to the full moon. Nothing happened on November's full moon, but 27 December is again a full moon.

[SlowBoat407]

Still trying to tie it all to the coded phrases - Septar Necturly, and all that.

[Cindy]

Christmas blessings to you David.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Krekar%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0

http://aftenposten.by.com/nyheter.asp?c4=%40kategori&q4=local&qu=Krekar&action=Search

[Baraonda]

Hope you had a wonderful Christmas, Cindy.

Best wishes throughout the New Year.