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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

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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.

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Details show extent of terror plot against U.S.
Full Story

We now know more about an alleged attack that triggered an increased national threat level last summer.

That's when U.S. officials said they had uncovered a plot targeting financial institutions. The plot involved bombs, banks and British nationals.

The detail was startling, the targets enormous. They included financial buildings in Washington, New York and New Jersey.

Related:
Trio charged for terror plot in US
Threat Matrix #15 (August 31, 2004) :: Big Apple Terror?

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[Cindy]

re post no. 1679 add phrase "on the grass, that part..."

[Cindy]

May 4, 2005

The following text is an exact quote (minus the graphics):
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Jeremy Reynalds
P O Box 27693
Alb., NM 87125-7693
www.joyjunction.org
Tel: (505) 400-7145

GOOGLE APPARENTLY HOSTS TERROR BLOG THREATENING BUSH AND BLAIR



Image on Blog

It appears an Internet blog featuring a computer manipulated image of President George W. Bush clad in an orange jump suit and sitting before five Islamic executioners is being hosted by search engine giant Google.


Image on Blog

Another graphic image shows former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld all engulfed in flames.

These and other images are posted on http://mojahidmouslim.blogspot.com

Blogspot.com, Blogger.com and Blotspot.com are all owned by Google. Blogspot.com and Blotspot.com both redirect to Blogger.com.

An article detailing the beginnings of Blogger.com reads (www.blogger.com/about), "Blogger was started by a tiny company in San Francisco called Pyra Labs in August of 1999 ... Blogger took off, in a small way, and eventually a bigger way, over a couple years. We raised a little money (but stayed small). And then the bust happened, and we ran out of money, and our fun little journey got less fun. We narrowly survived, not all in one piece, but kept the service going the whole time (most days) and started building it back up. Things were going well again in 2002. We had hundreds of thousands of users, though still just a few people. And then something no one expected happened: Google wanted to buy us (http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/000802.shtml ). Yes, that Google. We liked Google a lot. And they liked blogs. So we were amenable to the idea. And it worked out nicely."

There is a prominent link to Google at the bottom of the home page for http://mojahidmouslim.blogspot.com

The remainder of the blog appears to be primarily comprised of links to other Islamic sites.

An e-mail to Google's abuse department both informing the company of the site's presence on Google servers and asking Google to contact me was answered in part like this, "Thank you for your note. This is an automated reply. If you need individual assistance, please respond to this email."

Another e-mail to Google's abuse department was not immediately answered.

GOOGLE VIDEO STORAGE

Meanwhile, Internet Haganah's Aaron Weisburd noticed recently (www.haganah.us/haganah/internet.html) that individuals who frequent www.ribaat.org have noticed a new service – Google Video.

(The link to ribaat was at www.ribaat.org/services/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29297, but it now appears to have been removed).

It appears that radical Islamics could be planning to use Google as a way to disseminate terrorist videos.

As Weisburd commented (www.haganah.us/haganah/internet.html), "If Google thought selling advertising to Hamas was problematic, just wait till their new beta video library is packed high and tight with jihadi snuff films."

What is Google video? A company explanation read in part (https://upload.video.google.com/video_faq.html#overview2 ).

"Our mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Currently, Google Video lets you search a growing archive of televised content -- everything from sports events to dinosaur documentaries to news programs. In addition to televised content, we're now accepting video from anyone who wants to upload content to us. Uploaded content will not be immediately available to users searching Google Video as this is just the submission stage of the program. But (if you'll pardon the pun) stay tuned.

"The upload program lets you submit videos electronically to Google Video, as long as you own the necessary rights (including copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity, and any other relevant rights for your content). Just sign up for an account and use our upload tool to send your videos to Google. The program is still in beta so you won't see your videos live on Google Video immediately."

[Godzilla]

Terrorism Summary 05/04/05

The intelligence collected recently about Al Zarqawi and the Iraq terrorists provide a stunning contrast to the temporary uptic in attacks. It makes it very apparent that these attacks are the result of desperation.

Let me know if you want on or off the Ping list.

05/04/04  Current National Homeland Defense threat level is YELLOW

1. Attack threat windows - America
05/04/04  Primary Window:  No significant windows currently identified.

05/04/04 Secondary windows:  None currently identified.

2. Attack Indicators
04/30/05 Reports of credible terrorist threats against the United States are at their lowest level since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to U.S. intelligence officials and federal and state law enforcement authorities.
The intelligence community's daily threat assessment, developed after the terrorist attacks to keep policymakers informed, currently lists, on average, 25 to 50 percent fewer threats against domestic targets than it typically did over the last two years, said one senior counterterrorism official.
A broad cross-section of counterterrorism officials believes al Qaeda and like-minded groups, in part frustrated by increased U.S. security measures, are focusing instead on Americans deployed in Iraq, where the groups operate with relative impunity, and on Europe. ...snip...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/04/30/AR2005043000704_3.html

3. Current Terrorist Operations

AQ / OBL
04/29/05  A posting on an Islamist Web site which appeared to report the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was misleading, the full text of the Internet article makes clear.  The Web site posting stirred market speculation on Friday.
The posting on a Web site often used by Islamists began by saying there was news bin Laden had died but then went on to say that the fugitive militant could die at any time and Muslims should be prepared.  The unidentified author appeared to be trying to attract readers to his posting with the headline reporting bin Laden's death. There was no evidence bin Laden had died.
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-04-29T084042Z_01_SIN931084_RTRUKOC_0_SECURITY-BINLADEN-REPORT.xml

              Southern  ASIA Region

Indonesia  - State Dept. Travel Warning issued 03/24/05 
05/04/05 No significant new activity.

Thailand
Monitoring - AQ attack watch #2 through 12/31/05
The documents show that in 2005, the militants plan to attack "soft targets" such as the tropical beach resorts of Pattaya and Phuket, which draw tourist from around the world. Recent attacks have hit other resort areas not affected by the tsunami.
http://www.trackingterrorism.com/Default.asp?dismode=article&artid=1305
04/29/05  Thailand charged eight Muslim male teachers on Friday with treason for masterminding violence which has killed more than 600 people in the restive, predominantly Muslim south since January last year.   …snip….
A prosecutor's statement read out by the judge at the start of the trial said the teachers belonged to the outlawed Barasi Revolusi Nasional separatist group, and had taught youths to attack soldiers with guns and bombs, steal weapons from them, and burn schools.   "They have ambushed officials, killed monks, teachers and students, set fire to schools and other government buildings, and stolen weapons," the judge said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1356842.htm

              East  ASIA Region

Phillipines
05/04/05 Nothing significant or n ew

       Middle East / SW Asia

Pakistan
05/04/05  Abu Farraj al-Libbi, a senior al-Qaida suspect wanted in two attempts to assassinate President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has been arrested in Pakistan, the government said Wednesday.
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/5/4/91627.shtml
Godzilla - This is AQ’s number 3 man! Fox radio news reports that he is already spilling the beans.

Iran
05/04/05  With the world watching its every nuclear step, Iran declared Tuesday that it is determined to pursue all legal areas of nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7721392/

Afghanistan
05/03/05  Taliban fighters, modelling their tactics on the Iraqi insurgency, are regrouping and intensifying their fight against the Afghanistan government and US-led military coalition, amid reports that their spiritual leader, Mullah Omar, together with al-Qaeda number two, Ayman al-Zawhari, have started directing battle operations. Sightings of Omar and al-Zawhari in the city of Zabul in southern Afghanistan, were confirmed to Adnkronos International (AKI) by sources in Kandahar. ….snip…
The sightings of Omar, Al-Zawahiri and Dadullah come amid a new spring offensive which has marked a change of tack for the Taliban including the clearing out of some of its top echelons. Traditional Taliban commanders including Jalaluddin Haqqani and Sasfullah Mansoor have been sidelined and the movement has adopted a new strategy with small attack groups assigned specific tasks, similar to guerillas in Iraq, the sources told AKI.
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.161315345&par=0

04/30/05 Afghan military forces have killed a key commander of the ousted Taliban militia and captured another important militant in south-central Afghanistan, the military said today.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/onlineCDA/PFVersion.jsp?article=http://10.81.141.122/news/7598_1341750,000500020005.htm

Iraq
Godzilla -there has been a recent up-tic of attacks across Iraq. Most of the attacks are against Iraqi security and non-sunni targets. However, there have also been an increase against US forces. With as many of his key people being either killed or captured, computer taken, etc. this could be a grasp at desparation.

05/04/05  During an April 28 raid in Baghdad, forces from Multi-National Forces - Iraq seized a letter written by Abu Asim al-Qusaymi al-Yemeni, a member of Qa’idat al-Jihad Fi Bilad Al-Rafidayn, or QJBR, addressed to “the Sheik.” Analysts believe the letter, dated April 27, 2005, was meant for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, because many of his close followers refer to him as “the Sheik.”

While the letter advocates Jihad and praises “the Sheik” for being “a thorn in the mouth of the Americans,” the main purpose of the letter is to address low morale, weakening support for the Jihad, and the incompetence of many of the Mujahideen leaders. The author also admonishes the “the Sheik” for abandoning his followers since Fallujah.
  http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050502.txt

05/04/05  Counterterrorism officials are trying to learn the identity of an apparently important aide to Iraq's most violent insurgent leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who is referred to only as "The American" in a laptop computer belonging to Zarqawi that was seized by U.S. troops in February.  …snip…
  But a U.S. intelligence official said he thinks "the American" may already be in U.S. custody. He said that a senior associate of Zarqawi, who holds dual Jordanian and U.S. citizenship, was arrested by U.S. troops inside Iraq late last year. "If it's this man already in the bag, then there's no need to panic," the official said.
http://internet-haganah.us/harchives/004067.html

05/02/05  Zarqawi's not well:-)
Iraq: Reported Sighting of Al-Zarqawi in Ramadi Hospital
Baghdad, 28 April (AKI) - The Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is reported to have been seen on Wednesday at the hospital in Ramadi, which was later searched by US forces. The director of the hospital, Munam Aftan, told the Iraq-based newspaper Al-Zaman that US troops surrounded and raided the entire hospital, searching for al-Zarqawi, who is believed to be al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq.
"They told me they had to search the entire hospital - Aftan explained - because they had received information saying that al-Zarqawi was here, accompanied by four Opel cars, inside of which were his bodyguards and followers.
See also:
csmonitor.com
A European intelligence official says that he is not sure Zarqawi was ever in the truck. But the information on the computer was very valuable, he confirms. Among other things, it may indicate that Zarqawi is in worse physical condition than previously believed, and taking painkillers as he recovers from a wound to his stomach.
http://internet-haganah.us/harchives/004044.html

05/01/05 U.S. and Iraqi forces raided homes on the outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday and detained several men believed to be linked to the death of British aid worker Margaret Hassan, who was kidnapped and killed late last year.
Iraqi police said the morning raids happened not far from Madaen, a town just south of Baghdad where insurgents have been active in recent weeks. They said 11 people were seized, at least five of whom had admitted complicity in Hassan's murder.
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5741098&cKey=1114959036000

04/30/05 The deputy to Al Qaeda’s frontman in Iraq, Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, has asked for orders to attack the White House and the Vatican, according to an audiotape posted on the Internet yesterday. “To our emir (leader) Abu Musab Al Zarqawi ... we say: We are ready for your orders. We are determined to fight the infidels,” said Sheikh Abdulrahman Al Iraqi in the tape, whose authenticity could not be verified.
“If you point at the White House or the Vatican, we would make every effort so that you reach your target,” he added, in the online statement broadcast a day after a call by Zarqawi to his followers to intensify their fight against the Americans in Iraq. This is the first time that Al Qaeda, the terror group led by Osama bin Laden, mentions the Vatican as a possible target.
http://www.timesofoman.com/newsdetails.asp?newsid=14753
Godzilla - another web source said that Zarqawi denied targeting the Vatican

04/30/05 Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most wanted terrorist in Iraq, apparently has issued an audio message urging his followers to keep up the heat on U.S.-led forces in Iraq with attacks on convoys and at checkpoints.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/29/zarqawi.recording/index.html

Qatar
05/01/05 The government of Qatar is paying millions of pounds a year to Al-Qaeda in return for an undertaking to spare it from further terrorist attacks, official sources in the wealthy Gulf state claimed last week. The money, paid to spiritual leaders sympathetic to Al-Qaeda, is believed to be helping to fund its activities in Iraq. In a recent message broadcast via the internet, Osama Bin Laden told followers that operations in Iraq were costing Al-Qaeda more than £500,000 a month.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-1592472,00.html

Israel - Terror Attack Watch through May 1, 2005
05/04/05 Godzilla - Israel made it through Passover without a major incident.

Egypt
04/30/05 A bomber blew himself up near the Egyptian Museum in central Cairo on Saturday, injuring a number of foreign tourists, security sources said.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30121439.htm

          Africa

Nigeria
05/04/05  Four years after being squeezed out of its sanctuary in Afghanistan, al Qaeda is eyeing Nigeria as a haven for global terrorism. A recent UN investigation has uncovered al Qaeda training and recruiting bases in this West African nation.
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/news/050430a.asp

Mauritania
04/29/05  The government of Mauritania claims to have arrested the leaders of a terrorist cell that the US military has linked to Al Qaeda.   The detainees are allegedly part of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), close to the outlawed Armed Islamic Group (GIA) that has operated in neighbouring Algeria for more than a decade, said a government statement issued this week.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/a943506fe42f0884f886af128b7491c8.htm

Algeria
04/30/05 Algerian authorities say they have arrested the leader of an Islamic rebel group suspected of killing 14 civilians in an ambush earlier this month.  Boulenouar Oukil of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA), the interior ministry said in a statement. It said the security forces also seized a large arms cache in the operation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4500171.stm

04/30/04 Two Algerian soldiers were killed when a home-made bomb planted by Islamic militants exploded in an area east of the capital Algiers known for rebel activity, newspapers Liberte and El Watan said on Saturday. Thursday night's attack in Sidi Daoud in the Boumerdes province, some 80 km (50 miles) east of Algiers, is the latest violence to hamper efforts to end a conflict that has cost up to 200,000 lives and $30 billion in damages since 1992.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L3097210.htm

          Europe

Sweden
05/02/05 Islamic extremists of the Salafyist variety have posted a very explicit threat to launch a wave of terrorist attacks against Sweden. The threats were posted on a number of known Islamist forums and are accompanied by rather lurid graphics…..snip….
http://haganah.org.il/harchives/004053.html

Britain
05/03/05  The Foreign Office today issued a travel warning to Britons heading for Egypt following three separate attacks in Cairo aimed at foreigners.
http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,10295-1596007,00.html

05/01/05 Police are to launch the biggest security operation ever for a British election in an attempt to prevent Islamic extremists from undertaking a terrorist attack this week. Senior officers are convinced that Osama bin Laden and groups linked to al-Qa'eda are still trying to launch a "spectacular" terrorist attack to destabilise the country in the run-up to the poll on Thursday, despite 100 arrests over the past year. ...snip....
Security analysts also believe that Islamic terrorists have been scouting railway lines in an attempt to conduct bombing attacks similar to those in Spain last year, atrocities that are widely believed to have influenced the election result.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/01/nalq01.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/05/01/ixhome.html

Spain
05/03/05 A French al-Qaida cell was planning a chemical attack against a U.S. naval base in Spain, Spanish newspaper ABC reported Tuesday.   According to the paper, the French cell was preparing to unleash an unspecified chemical agent on the southern base in Rota, Spain.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050503-073413-4680r.htm

Russia
05/03/05 Ambulances of privately-owned medical companies will be banned from the city center during the Victory Day celebrations on May 9, Moscow police have said. The decision was taken after police investigators found traces of explosives in a stolen ambulance, the Gazeta.ru news site reported.  A week ago an ambulance was stolen from a municipal hospital. Detectives later found traces of explosives in the vehicle, a medical official told Gazeta.ru.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/05/03/ambulances.shtml

         The Americas

United States
05/01/05 A former WyoTech student who attempted to aid a terrorist organization was sentenced to two years in federal prison Thursday. Mark Robert Walker, 19, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in El Paso, Texas, following his Nov. 6 arrest while attempting to cross the border from Mexico into the U.S. Agents with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized $2,200 that Walker was carrying, as well as a laptop computer, receipts and journals. He was later identified as the administrator of an Islamic Web site that supported the Somalian terrorist group, Al-Ittihad Al-Isiami.
http://www.laramieboomerang.com/news/more.asp?StoryID=103250

4. Attack method.
11/23/04  No real change in the preferred method of choice of AQ which are bombs - the bigger the better.  There are special concerns regarding the use by terrorists of the following types of vehicles:

1.  Uhaul type cargo trucks.
2.  Gasoline / Propane supply / tanker trucks.
3.  Emergency vehicles (ambulances, police cars, fire trucks)

5. Significant meetings canceled:
05/04/04 No new cancellations.

6. Security has been heightened in specific cities
05/04/04  NYC is at a locally declared ORANGE where it had been since. 9/11/01.

7. Military operations. 
05/04/05  No announced operations out of normal.  

8. Dept of Homeland Security. / State Department
05/04/05 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman:
This information is current as of today, Wed May 04 07:29:19 2005.
Egypt
May 03, 2005
This Public Announcement is being issued to alert Americans to recent terrorist attacks in Egypt.  This Public Announcement expires on August 3, 2005.

On April 30, there were two terrorist attacks in Cairo, one near the Egyptian Museum and the other near the Citadel.  Nine people, including foreigners, were reported injured and all three assailants killed.  The Government of Egypt believes that both attacks were linked to the April 7 bombing in the Khan El Khalili bazaar that killed four individuals, including an American.  There were also attacks on three tourist sites, including a Western-owned hotel, in the northeast Sinai in October 2004 resulting in 34 deaths.

American citizens should maintain a heightened awareness of their surroundings and should not linger amidst groups of tourists in public areas.  All U.S. citizens are strongly urged to avoid crowded tourist areas in Cairo until the current threat environment diminishes.  Any suspicious behavior should be reported to authorities. …snip…
http://travel.state.gov./travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1481.html

04/29/05 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Sat Apr 30 06:06:50 2005.
Central Asia
April 29, 2005
This Public Announcement is being issued to alert Americans to ongoing security concerns and the potential for terrorist actions in Central Asia.  U.S. citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.  This Public Announcement expires on October 28, 2005.

The U.S. Government continues to receive information that terrorist groups in Central Asia may be planning attacks in the region, possibly against U.S. Government facilities, Americans or American interests.  Elements and supporters of extremist groups present in Central Asia, including the Islamic Jihad Group, Al-Qaida, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), and the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement, have expressed anti-U.S. sentiments in the past and have the capability to conduct terrorist operations in multiple countries.  Previous terrorist attacks conducted in Central Asia have involved the use of improvised explosive devices and suicide bombers and have targeted public areas, such as markets, local government facilities, and the U.S. and Israeli Embassies in Uzbekistan.  In addition, hostage-takings and skirmishes have occurred near the Uzbek-Tajik-Kyrgyz border areas.   ...snip...
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_central_asia.html

9. Suspicious Domestic Incidents Not Currently Linked to Specific Terrorism Attempts
05/03/05  Cases of unauthorized people trying to gain access to restricted areas of hospitals in Indiana and across the country puzzle federal authorities and security officials.   Recently, on the same day an Indianapolis hospital reported suspicious people trying to enter its emergency department, two professionally dressed people carrying clipboards walked into the outpatient campus of Porter hospital in Valparaiso, saying they wanted to tour the facility. The two left when challenged.  …snip…
Huser's e-mail also said that information found in a car at one of the hospitals indicated one of the men was on the FBI Terror Watch List. He said he received the information from another hospital.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050503/NEWS01/505030422/1006/NEWS01
Godzilla - This has returned to the news, however this is the first report of a definite link to terrorists

04/30/05 Federal investigators said Thursday that several explosions rocked a Texas City refinery last month in an eruption that killed 15 people, injured more than 100 and filled the sky with black smoke. "We believe that there were a number of distinct explosions in rapid succession, possibly as many as five," said U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board member John Bresland. Investigators still aren't sure what ignited the explosions at the BP.
http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/042905/sta_042905111.shtml
Godzilla - This is back in the news because the cause of the explosion has once again become suspicious. That there were a number of distinct explosions in a rapid succession may well be unusual, unless these explosions were the result of pocket of fuel vapors that acted as these separate explosions.

04/29/05  A Delta Air Lines co-pilot suffered eye injuries in the latest reported incident of a laser interfering with a commercial flight, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.   Delta Flight 476 from Salt Lake City was nearing Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on Tuesday night when the incident occurred. The Boeing 737 landed safely.  "We did receive a report of an incident that happened about 10 p.m. last night, six miles southwest of the airport at about 9,000 feet," FBI Special Agent Lori Bailey, …….
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/042805dnbuslaser.52dca3a8.html

[Labyrinthos]

Thanks for the update.

[Cindy]

THANK YOU Godzilla for that summary.

[drymans wife]

I forgot about the Polio link you have because I was
taken by curiosity to check on this instead.


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050504/ts_nm/security_binladen_dc


But in the days that followed the worst terror attack on U.S. soil, Schroen said his boss at the CIA also told him and his deputy in no uncertain terms to kill the al Qaeda leadership.

"What he said (was), 'I would like to see the head of bin Laden delivered back to me in a heavy cardboard box filled with dry ice, and I will take that down and show the president. And the rest of the lieutenants, you can put their heads on pikes'," Schroen told Reuters in an interview.

He was quoting Cofer Black, a prominent U.S. intelligence figure who was then the director of the CIA's counterterrorist center.

[drymans wife]

Good Luck and Congradulations! I have been gone so I didn't
know you haven't been around also.

I miss all you guys

[drymans wife]

Thank you Godzilla.

Has anyone been keeping up with the nucleur threats that
could come from the North Koreans?

[ExSoldier]

Thanks 'Zilla, great summary as usual. I heard briefly on FOX today that a new message from OBL is expected soon. Have you heard anything on this? I only heard the blurb once.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

"VERONICA GUERIN" (Read More...)

[drymans wife]

Thanks, Got to go to bed now, got to get up early to ride
the green carpet for 2 more days. Yeah,

[penguino]

Thanks Godzilla. Now see, I always miss something, and hadn't noticed that the BP explosion story had come back into the spotlight. I still find it incredulous that of the 3,300 people working at the refinery on that fateful day 2,200 of them were contract workers. (= free lancers)

[penguino]

Letter to Zarqawi Urges Strikes against Oil Interests

By SITE Institute
May 4, 2005

An anonymous letter posted today on an al-Qaeda affiliated jihadi message board urges Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, to understand that "military operations alone will not end the American project and will neither defeat the American nor the Iraqi forces...". The highly detailed letter calls for attacks against Iraqi oilfields and pipelines. The poster contends that while "[mujahideen] operations limited the efficiency and number of [Iraqi guards]…the American project for Iraq was established… [so that Iraq] will be the first country in history that finances its [own] occupation" by utilizing Iraq's oil wealth. He also states that Iraqi oil "supplies the American forces, and the other foreign forces, with 60% of their need for benzene and gasoline" and that "Iraq exports 1.6 million barrels… which were sold last year for only $18 million."

The poster, who has been "following [the Iraqi mujahideen] from the beginning of the heroic operations", suggests a change in focus from attacking troops to attacking the infrastructure which supports foreign troops. Specifically, rather than attempt to win the war using military techniques, "to paralyze the American army, and defeat their agents in Iraq, the oil [reserves] in al-Dora, Biji and al-Basra should be destroyed completely…" He justifies this by stating that "destruction of the oilfields and the pipelines is legitimate. If this[destruction of oilfields and pipelines] is not achieved there is no way the American project in Iraq will be defeated, whatever attacks occur [against them]…[however] If the oil stops, the American forces will retreat within a maximum of one year, and the government they established in Iraq will fall."

The poster further entreats Zarqawi to remember the failure of the Algerian jihad movement. He identifies the fact that "nobody touched the oil pipelines which lay in the Algerian ground for thousands of kilometers" as being the major strategic flaw which allowed the Algerian government to remain in power.

http://siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications42705&Category=publications&Subcategory=0

[Cindy]

It's good seeing you back.
Get some rest.

[Cindy]

Thanks BURBANK KARL for starting this thread.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1396998/posts


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KNBC ^ | 5/4/05 | various

Posted on 05/04/2005 9:13:16 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LOS ANGELES -- California Highway Patrol officers are looking into another shooting on a Southern California freeway.

A truck driver said it happened near Lynwood, at about 10:30 a.m. on the Long Beach (710) Freeway, hours after a deputy sheriff shot at two suspects on an on-ramp of the freeway in the same area.

The semitrailer driver for Los Pericos Food Products LLC said he heard a sound as he was driving but did not realize his truck had been shot. CHP investigators were at the company Wednesday afternoon examining the truck.

Francisco Chavez said he was driving north on the Long Beach (710), near the 105, in the Lynwood area when he heard the noise. When he returned to his company, located at 2814 Whittier Blvd., in East Los Angeles, he found a bullet hole on the driver's side of his vehicle, about five feet behind the driver's side door.

The bullet was embedded in the hole in the cargo area of the trailer."

[Cindy]

Thanks penguino.

[Oorang]

Thank you for the summary and the ping Godzilla.

20 suspected Taliban killed

KABUL, May 4: A firefight in southeastern Afghanistan left about 20 suspected Taliban and one Afghan police officer dead while six US servicemen and five Afghan police were injured, the US military said on Wednesday. The fighting involving US warplanes and helicopters as well as ground troops erupted on Tuesday in Deh Chopan, a troubled district in Zabul province, the military said in a statement.

A village leader with suspected links to the Taliban and six other attackers were detained by US forces, the statement added. One insurgent was also wounded during the battle, it said. The firefight was one of the biggest since overthrow of Taliban.—AFP

http://www.dawn.com/2005/05/05/top11.htm

[Oorang]

Not sure what this is all about...

Seven suspects held in Bajaur Agency
By Anwarullah Khan

KHAAR (Bajaur Agency), May 4: Army commandos and paramilitary forces arrested an Uzbek national and six other suspects, including Afghans, during a mid-night operation in the Mamond sub-division, some 15km from here on Wednesday. The suspects, including three local activists of an out-lawed religious organization, were taken to an undisclosed location for interrogation. The locals were identified as Maulana Gul Mohammad, Maulana Bashir Ahmad and another man, known as Hafiz. Names of the Afghans could not be ascertained.

The Political Agent of Bajaur Agency, who had also taken part in the operation, while talking to journalists, confirmed the arrest of the Uzbek. He said that the operation had been completed successfully.

Officials revealed that the Uzbek was only a foot-soldier.

The troops had also recovered modern weapons, laptops, satellite phones and other sensitive documents from the houses where the suspects were hiding.

Army soldiers, lady commandos and paramilitary troops of Bajaur Scouts and Khasadars raided the Chopatra and Sewai villages in the Mamond sub-division on Wednesday night. They searched several houses, eye- witnesses said, adding that the residents also extended full cooperation to the troops during the operation.

http://www.dawn.com/2005/05/05/top16.htm

[penguino]

You're welcome Cindy. I was just going to post Ansar Al Sunnah's latest incarnation site and they disappeared on me!

[Cindy]

Article snippet: "out-lawed religious organization..."

That's interesting.

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The suspects, including three local activists of an out-lawed religious organization, were taken to an undisclosed location for interrogation. The locals were identified as Maulana Gul Mohammad, Maulana Bashir Ahmad and another man, known as Hafiz. Names of the Afghans could not be ascertained."


http://www.google.com

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Maulana+Gul+Mohammad%22&btnG=Google+Search

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Maulana+Bashir+Ahmad%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0

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