Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty-Five

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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty-Five (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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U.S. works 'day and night' to rein in al-Qaida
Full Story

WASHINGTON - Prompted by new intelligence indicating Osama bin Laden reached out to the most feared terrorist in Iraq, President Bush charged Thursday that "al-Qaida still hopes to attack us on our own soil."

"Recently, we learned that Osama bin Laden has urged the terrorist Zarqawi to form a group to conduct attacks outside Iraq, including here in the United States," Bush said at the swearing-in of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

The president vowed, "We're working every day and night to dismantle (bin Laden's) network and to bring him to justice."

Related:
Officials: Bin Laden Urges Zarqawi to Hit U.S.
Al-Qaeda's Completed Warning Cycle - Ready to Attack?

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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-Four "Code Red Implications: Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word." From Tm'er and Freeper ~MamaDearest~
TM Code of Conduct		ExSoldier's Invaluable Tips
TM's 'Be on the Lookout'		Godzilla's Summaries
Threat Matrix Book List		Tracking the Chatter with TM

[Cindy]

THANKS wakingup.
Informative links.

[Cindy]

WorldNetDaily.com: "SUPREME COURT REFUSES TO HEAR SCHIAVO APPEAL" (March 24, 2005) (Read More...)

ON THE NET..."TerrisFight.net" (Read More...)

ON THE NET..."LIFE" (Read More...)

[Cindy]

Thanks to waking up for pointing to this article.

MYPETJAWA.mu.nu: "ALGERIAN TERRORIST GROUP (GSPC) PRAISES ZARQAWI, BIN LADEN -- PROMISES DEATH TO AMERICA" (March 23, 2005) (Read More...)

INFOVLAD.net: "NEW FILES FROM OUTRAGEOUS JIHADISTS" (Click Here to View/Listen)

[wakingup]

Hi Cindy, your welcome.


U.S. warns of Easter security threat in Indonesia

NJ- TERROR RAP FOR LASER LOUT

Terror suspect faces seven years

Iraq Insurgents Using Children, Corpses for Bombs

[Cindy]

Click2Houston.com: Texas City, Texas - "14 DIE IN MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT TEXAS CITY REFINERY More Than 80 People Injured" (Updated March 23, 2005) (Read More...)

stepping back in time...Click2Houston.com: Texas City, Texas- "BP AMOCO PLANT EXPLOSION INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY No Injuries Reported; Cause Remains Unknown" (Updated March 31, 2004) (Read More...)

[wakingup]

They did rule out terrorism pretty fast, but then, they always do. IMO
That's a scary scenario you posted and could happen very easily.
I agree, it has been very quiet lately.

[appalachian_dweller]

Howdy folks! Just checking in. Every thing is quiet, peaceful, and normal here.

Please be extra vigilant folks. With Easter this weekend, I'm sure our enemies would love to pull off an attack.

[crabbie]

FNC Shephard Smith has a guy on now discussing Al-Queda linked groups traing scuba divers.

Didn't we see a scuba diver in an AQ picture a couple of years ago? Didn't we discuss divers at length?

[skeggsaw]

Very good question, i do remember a picture posted offa here talked about for a bit with osama and a diver. like god knowz what a scuba diver can do, my dad was one back in the day, won many swimming championships, too bad i didnt inherit nonsmoking lungs.. plus, i dont swim often anymore,..

divers and AQ, what connection do you guys think is out there? i think damn, how the hell can we protect ourselves from this? ships are ez to port a few nights here and there, i went once from the virgin islands to Miami.. was awesome, aside from one incident..

peece guys,

-skeggs

[wakingup]

Scuba diving boat stolen from Santa Barbara habor, abandoned at Air Force base

Canada- Factory fire in Nfld. forces evacuation of schools, homes

India, Pakistan had 'several near misses'

Driver incinerated as car explodes, has marked the start of the Easter weekend.

[jerseygirl]

Divers could be used to sabotage nuclear plants near rivers (such as TMI); they could also be used to place mines. Interestingly, some time ago it was discussed on TM that a number of mines from North Korea had "gone missing."

[jerseygirl]

Courtesy of Mutter's:


IDF and US Army Hold Joint Biological Warfare Exercise in Rishon L´Tzion


10:28 Mar 24, '05 / 13 Adar 5765


(IsraelNN.com)

The Home Front Command and the US Army are holding a joint exercise in Rishon L'Tzion today. The exercise is just a portion of large-scale maneuvers beings held between the IDF and US Army.

During the course of the exercise, there will be a heavy presence of soldiers in full battle gear, armored vehicles and medics in biological protective suits.

The areas effected most are Moshe Dayan and Maryland Boulevards and opposite Rishon L'Tzion's municipal stadium.

The operation began at 6:00 AM and will conclude at 7:00 PM.



www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=78965

[JustPiper]

STARVATION: DAY 7
Florida neurologist:
Terri's no vegetable
Doctor for state's adult protective services finds Schiavo has been wrongly diagnosed

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43470

Dehydration death called 'cruel, agonizing'
Expert debunks 'myth' of no food, water being painless way to die

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43467

Schiavo judge's other 'right-to-die' case
Wife wanted to keep husband alive, he ruled against

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43469

[JustPiper]

also the same goes with paxil

[all4one]

Hi crabbie....I am hundreds of posts behind....but there was an incident last year in one of the waterways in NY when the area was shut down and divers were checking underwater on the bottoms of ships for explosive devises. It was definately discussed on one of the TM threads.

Also, odd divers found in FL, HI and IIRC also NY area. One was even a dead body found in a diving suit that they could not identify.

[all4one]

Russian cargo plane crashes in Lake Victoria, with 8 missing (3/24/05)

DAR ES SALAAM, March 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A Russian cargo plane crashed into Lake Victoria shortly after taking off from the Mwanza Region in western Tanzania on Wednesday night with eight people missing, police confirmed on Thursday....

Link to Full Article

Mystery Illness At Bronx High School 400 Students Come Down With Stomach Illness (3/23/05)

Mar 23, 2005 11:51 am US/Eastern BRONX (CBS) There is a mystery at the Bronx High School of Science. Health officials are trying to figure out what’s making students sick.

400 hundred students, and some teachers, have come down with a stomach illness since last Friday. The symptoms include nausea, stomachache and vomiting....

Link to Full Article

[JustPiper]

Bush decries border project

(And here is the truth folks)

President Bush yesterday said he opposes a civilian project to monitor illegal aliens crossing the border, characterizing them as "vigilantes."
He said he would pressure Congress to further loosen immigration law.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050324-122200-6209r.htm

[JustPiper]

U.S. to Probe Iraq Scientist's Death

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050324/D891GOU82.html

[jerseygirl]

Found this on TB2000 main board- intriguing.

poster: Martin

ENER - BP refinery: No doubt this is just a coincidence
No doubt this is just a coincidence
Still, I couldn't help but notice.

This story just came in:

TEXAS CITY, Texas (AP) - All but one of the 1,800 or so oil refinery workers have been accounted for after overnight search efforts following the thunderous blast that killed 14 and injured more than 100, officials said Thursday....
BP refinery records indicate the one unaccounted-for worker checked out and left the refinery, but no one has heard from him, Parus said. Those who died were all contractors for Los Angeles-based field services company J.E. Merritt, he said....


This one is from last July:

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials said on Monday they are looking for a man seen taking pictures of two refineries in Texas City, Texas....
The man, described as white with dark hair, was seen taking pictures outside the refineries, all located on the same highway, at about 5 p.m. CDT on Saturday, said Bruce Clawson, emergency management and homeland security director for Texas City....

"This is based on the idea that al Qaeda does its homework," Clawson said. "That's not to say we don't have enough home-grown idiots already who might want to do something."


And this one from January 2004:

While FBI, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs, the U.S. Coast Guard, state police and local law enforcement sources are publicly downplaying terrorism fears in the shooting of a guard at a BASF Corp. ammonia terminal in Freeport, Texas, some of those same sources are telling Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, off the record, they strongly suspect the guard stumbled into a terrorism reconnaissance operation....
Robbie House, the guard, questioned the driver of the truck about why he was in the vicinity of a large, multi-story ammonia tank. He told police the truck driver explained that he was taking pictures of it. When the guard turned to radio for help, the driver pulled out a handgun and shot House in the shoulder....


Of course, this explosion was most likely just an accident, but the vulnerability of the refineries has long been noted.



http://jihadwatch.org/
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Want another coincidence?

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No One Injured In Explosion At Tulsa's Sinclair Refinery


A powerful explosion rocked the Sinclair refinery complex in west Tulsa Monday afternoon, sending up a huge fireball and black smoke.

There's no word on the cause, but as News on 6 reporter Steve Berg explains, it caused plenty of concern for the people who saw it.

Witnesses say the thundering blast was heard as far as five miles away. Braden Bartholic was doing landscaping work on the east side of the Arkansas River. "I saw an explosion, a fireball that was just giant, it was loud, loud, and I couldn't believe how loud it was." Somehow, despite the size of the explosion, nobody was hurt at the complex and everyone was quickly accounted for.

"There were people in the normal work vicinity, but no one was injured and we're allowing it right now to kind of burn itself out." Sinclair spokesman John Goodwin says Sinclair's fire brigade quickly brought the fire under control.

He says it happened in the middle of the complex in what he called a Penex unit, which refines gasoline. He says the blast originated in a flare drum, a relatively small container about the size of a car, but he wasn't sure if anything was in the drum at the time.

"It was out of service for maintenance right now and has been out of service for maintenance at the time. We don't the cause of the explosion or anything at this time. We'll have a committee formed and we'll investigate that."

With gas prices already skyrocketing, gas production is a big concern, but Sinclair says supplies should not be affected significantly.

While they're not certain about the exact cause, Sinclair has already ruled out terrorism or any weather-related cause.

The Sinclair Refinery is located on West 25th near US Highway 75.



http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stori...d=80026&type=tp

[crabbie]

I thought we discussed divers in the Hudson River.