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
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TM's 'Be on the Lookout'		Godzilla's Summaries
Threat Matrix Book List		Arabic Image Links

[Domestic Church]

"...now I can't shake the thought of the moon-worshippers using this as some kind of "divine" signal to
commence their slaughter."

So sad, but many here, including myself, are reacting with similar thoughts as well. Don't let anything or anyone take the wonder and joy of sky watching and star watching from you.

[Jill St Claire]

Thanks!

[Cindy]

Happy New Year to you Jill.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Oh, I don't. I guess this stuff drives home one aspect of the Biblical injunction against those who worship the creation more than the Creator. I do still praise God for the fantastic universe He made, and how all the parts fit together, and work together. He's still on the Throne - He's still in control!

[MamaDearest]

Since July, until the end of November, the McAllen Sector has screened all 41,663 people who entered this country illegally. Cervantes said he did not have a breakdown of how many criminal immigrants have been caught using IAFIS in the McAllen Sector.

No kidding! Keep on screening please. It's the only way our public officials can see the type of people entering our country illegally are not the sweet and wholesome variety. The illegal immigrants issue is not going away. It is in fact getting more press and more media attention each and every day by virtue of crimes committed by illegals against US citizens. All it will take is another terrorist attack on our shores traced back to illegals who have penetrated our open borders. Our politicians appear to be asleep at the wheel on this issue, except for Tom Tancredo.

[Jill St Claire]

Same to you Cindy, and keep up the great work!

[Cindy]

Thanks Jill and ditto.

[tmp02]

I thought that it was quite funny too..."clairvoyants"

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.dea.gov/pubs/pressrel/pr122004.html

News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 20, 2004

Multi-Million Dollar Reward Offered for the Capture of Joaquin "Chap" Guzman


DEC 20--The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today announced a $5,000,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of Joaquin Guzman-Loera, a.k.a. “Chapo” Guzman.


Guzman-Loera is wanted in the Southern District of California for conspiracy to import cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, money laundering and criminal forfeiture. The reward is offered through the United States State Department, Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.


In the 1980s, Guzman-Loera was associated with Miguel Angel Felix-Gallardo, a.k.a. El Padrino, head of the most powerful drug trafficking group in Mexico at that time. He left the El Padrino organization and soon gained notoriety as the head of his own international criminal enterprise.


Guzman-Loera is known for his use of a sophisticated tunnel located in Douglas, Arizona to smuggle cocaine from Mexico into the United States in the early 1990s. In 1993, a 7.3 ton load of his cocaine, concealed in cans of chili peppers, destined for the United States was seized in Tecate, Baja California Norte, Mexico.


In May of that year, members of the rival Arellano-Felix Organization coordinated a failed attempt to assassinate Guzman-Loera in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, which resulted in the much publicized murder of the prominent Catholic Cardinal Jan Jesus Posadas-Ocampo.


At about the same time, an even more sophisticated tunnel that stretched from Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico to the Otay Mesa, California area was discovered. The following month, Guzman-Loera was arrested in Mexico on homicide and drug charges. In January 2001, he escaped from a maximum security prison located in Mexico and quickly regained full control of his internationally-based drug trafficking organization, which he still controls today.


The arrest warrant for Guzman-Loera is based on a Federal indictment and stems from a case DEA’s San Diego office worked on with the United States Attorney’s Office and United States Marshals Service.


Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman-Loera remains at large. Anyone with information about the whereabouts and activities of “Chapo” Guzman should call the toll-free DEA Hotline at 1-866-294-0820 (in the USA) or 001-866-294-0820 (Mexico, Central America, and South America) or send an email to chapotips@usdoj.gov.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.ogrish.com/archives/ansar_alsunnah_army_posts_video_of_mosul_attack_on_us_base_Dec_26_2004.html

[Cindy]

http://www.christianpost.com/article/missions/1326/section/indonesias.christians.move.underground/1.htm

"Indonesia's Christians Move ''Underground''"


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Amidst fears of bombings and shootings by Islamic militants, some Christians in Indonesia are trading in their traditional churches for more secure, though unorthodox, buildings."


Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004 Posted: 7:40:20PM EST

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308818/posts

"Iraq: The War That Isn't Reported (Recommended reading!)"
Strategy Page ^ | December 26, 2004 | Jim Dunnigan


Posted on 12/26/2004 7:51:00 PM PST by quidnunc

[SlowBoat407]

Jill, thanks for getting back to all of us. As far as asking about having any "pull" with you, I wanted to make sure someone you trusted was contacting you, since I know how many wackos, bozos, weirdos and tin-foil-hat-wearers probably want your ear.

You're doing great work on your site. Thank you!

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

even hired "several known clairvoyants with some proven ability to predict short term future events or detect the intentions of others".

This cracked me up too:)

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Hmmmm what is Africa Israel?

Africa Israel buys Wall St. landmark building for $170m

By Hertzel Laks



Not three whole days go by without Africa Israel Investments, controlled by Lev Leviev, buying another large piece of real estate in the U.S.




Following its billion-dollar investment plan in the Miami area, its entry into Las Vegas and its storming of exclusive apartment blocks in New York, Africa Israel has announced another large deal in the Wall Street district. Africa Israel and its U.S. business partner Shaya Boymelgreen will purchase the Chase Manhattan office building for $170 million.


http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/519333.html

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Posted on Sun, Dec. 26, 2004
Bin Laden's horse a survivor

AGING EX-RACEHORSE LIVING FAR FROM GLORY IN SUDAN

By Emily Wax

THE WASHINGTON POST


KHARTOUM, Sudan - The horse Osama bin Laden used to ride now lives in the run-down stables of a colonial-era racetrack on the edge of Khartoum.

Her name is Swift Like the Wind, but a more appropriate one might be Victim of Circumstance. At 12, she's too old to race. Last year, she almost starved to death. Now she spends her days in a small caged area, next to a grimy pool of water turtles.

There was a time when the spirited white mare, dusted with gray spots, was one of a dozen prized horses that galloped in glory along the dusty stretch of track. In bin Laden's heyday as a wealthy exile in the mid-1990s, Swift ran in Sudan's most prestigious races.


http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/world/10500193.htm

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Terrorist threat exists but 'chatter' lacking



ASSOCIATED PRESS
The threat of a terrorist attack on the United States still exists, but counterterrorism officials say there is a conspicuous lack of intelligence "chatter" being picked up.

It's a stark contrast to last year's holiday season, when chatter indicated a plot could be in the works. The nation was under heightened alert, and a number of foreign flights to the United States were canceled because of specific threats.

U.S. and foreign intelligence and law-enforcement services report a continuing stream of vague, lower-level threats from al Qaeda and other Islamic extremist groups against American interests at home and abroad. But officials say nothing specific and credible has emerged in recent months that would require the government to raise the risk level above yellow, or "elevated," the midpoint on the five-level threat scale.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041224-094128-7455r.htm

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Diamonds for Blood
How terrorism funds itself.
by Vance Serchuk
12/25/2004 12:02:00 AM, Volume 010, Issue 16



Blood From Stones
The Secret Financial Network of Terror
by Douglas Farah
Broadway Books, 225 pp., $24.95



WEST AFRICA, A REGION not usually uppermost in the minds of American foreign policymakers, is nonetheless responsible for two of our most intractable post-9/11 intelligence puzzles.




In these two very similar cases, Arab operatives in West African countries allegedly seek to exploit local smuggling operations to buy precious and tightly controlled natural commodities. The CIA investigates, but the veracity of the stories remains uncertain, and, consequently, the subject of protracted, acrimonious debate within the intelligence community.


http://www.weeklystandard.com/Check.asp?idArticle=5068&r=vdohw

[Cindy]

INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CONCERN
http://www.persecution.org



http://www.persecution.org/newsite/countrynews.php?newscode=635&PHPSESSID=0e5157d130decfdbe048533c9b026ce3
View photos and captions of a "Vietnamese Re-Education Camp" (December 27, 2004)

[JustPiper]

Bin Laden seeks political role, some experts think
http://www.suntimes.com/output/terror/cst-nws-laden26.html

Pakistan arrests al Qaeda suspects
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/25/pakistan.arrests/index.html

Officials: Terrorism threat remains but 'chatter' down
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/24/terror.threat.ap/index.html

Inspector: Stolen passports often work
Lawmaker calls for better coordination between agencies
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/23/stolen.passports/index.html