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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.

YOU be the judge and get informed!

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]

http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050514/NEWS/505140302/1033/NEWS01

"Petaluma: No Marine uniform at graduation
Principal says honors should be kept separate"
Saturday, May 14, 2005

By RAYNE WOLFE
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT


Petaluma:No Marine uniform at graduation.
Petaluma:no Marine Uniform At Graduation.
Zoom Photo


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Last week, Petaluma High School senior Steven Kiernan completed the Crucible at Camp Pendleton, the 54-hour ultimate physical test that shapes Marine recruits.

That was that last main hurdle for the 17-year-old who accelerated his high school education and attended boot camp to fulfill his dream of graduating with his high school class dressed in his Marine dress uniform.

But if Kiernan wants to walk and receive his diploma at the June 11 commencement, he'll have to wear a cap and gown, just like everyone else, Principal Mike Simpson said Friday."

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20050519.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
May 15, 2005
Release Number: 05-05-19


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


IRAQI KIDS LEAD U.S. SOLDIERS TO WEAPONS CACHE

BAGHDAD, Iraq – A group of Iraqi children led Task Force Baghdad Soldiers directly to a weapons cache in southeast Baghdad May 13.

The Iraqi children showed the Soldiers where three rocket propelled grenades and 10 fuses were hidden. An explosives ordnance disposal team was called to the site and safely detonated the munitions.

“The majority of Iraqis do not support the insurgency,” said Lt. Col. Clifford Kent, a Task Force Baghdad spokesperson. “Most Iraqis want to give the new Iraqi government a chance to work and that’s why they’re turning in these terrorists and their weapons.”

In combat operations conducted May 14, Iraqi Army Soldiers captured seven terror suspects in east Baghdad. The Iraqi Soldiers seized a computer, small arms, a protective mask and cell phone parts that could be used to remotely detonate bombs. All seven suspects were taken into custody for questioning.

In south Baghdad, U.S. Soldiers conducted a series of early morning raids Baghdad and captured three specifically targeted terror suspects. The suspects are believed to have planned and carried out a number of terrorist attacks in the area. The Soldiers also found several AK-47 assault rifles, pistols and cellular phones during the raid. The three suspects were taken into custody for questioning.

Later in the day, Task Force Baghdad Soldiers working in southeast Baghdad found another weapons cache containing seven artillery shells and a rocket propelled grenade.




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[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/004133.html
May 15, 2005
"Ekhlaas rising...
The jihadist forum Al Ekhlaas is coming back online, and the hosting information this time is of interest."

https://joker.com/index.joker?mode=page&page=impressum&Joker_Session=116cb0ebd571f61e8a6e893bbcb4c539

http://lvo.info

http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/003519.html
January 23, 2005
"Zarqawi: 'We have declared a fierce war on this evil principle of democracy'"

[Cindy]

Well, well..."now unsure"

Oh, really?!

For pete sakes, there is so much too say regarding this.

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/004131.html
May 15, 2005
"Global Islamic Media Front, sponsored in part by..."

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ON THE NET...

http://28.nu/group.cgi?l=gimf
http://img23.exs.cx/img23/8745/q8-raya3.gif

[Cindy]

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http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/004130.html

May 15, 2005
Air Force scrambles jet for insolent Cessna
Filing a flight plan is not optional.

Arieh O'Sullivan, THE JERUSALEM POST May. 14, 2005:

The Air Force scrambled two fighter planes on Saturday to intercept an unidentified civilian Cessna flying from Greece that requested permission to land.
The Cessna, which was Israeli, had not secured a prior landing permit or filed a flight path as required by international regulations, military sources said. The air force directed the pilot to the Hatzor air base where it landed amid high security.

The pilot and his two passengers were immediately detained for questioning by police. The IDF did not have further details of the trio on the plane.

The Air Force is on constant alert to intercept any foreign object in the sky. It often scrambles jets to intercept unidentified flying objects, which often turn out to be wayward hang gliders.

In May 2001, attack helicopters shot down a private Cessna 152 that flew from Beirut and entered Israeli airspace without warning. The pilot, who had commandeered the aircraft by force, was killed.

The pilot will now be sued to recover the cost of the aviation fuel.
Posted by aaron at May 15, 2005 11:53 AM

[Cindy]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050515/ts_nm/religion_afghan_newsweek_dc

"Newsweek says erred in Koran desecration report"
By David Morgan 1 hour, 36 minutes ago

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newsweek magazine on Sunday said it erred in a May 9 report that said U.S. interrogators desecrated the Koran at Guantanamo Bay, and apologized to the victims of deadly Muslim protests sparked by the article.

"We regret that we got any part of our story wrong, and extend our sympathies to victims of the violence and to the U.S. soldiers caught in its midst," Editor Mark Whitaker wrote in the magazine's latest issue, due to appear on U.S. newsstands on Monday.

Whitaker said the magazine inaccurately reported that U.S. military investigators had confirmed that personnel at the detention facility in Cuba had flushed the Koran down the toilet."

[MamaDearest]

Hi! You're welcome! Hope you're having a great Sunday!

Vincente Fox blasted for racial comment

Off Topic: Tanzanian police arrest two suspected human skinners

Martyrs in Iraq mostly Saudis

Alien woodwasp, threat to US pine trees, found in NY

Philippine President demands US backup allegations Catabuto City is gateway to foreign militants seeking terrorist training

Nazi havens endorse killing Jews

Illegal alien flees after cop dies

A cautionary look at world terrorism

Cyber-Terrorism exercise called eye-opener

[Cindy]

Thanks to MamaDearest for pointing to this article:
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http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/May05/woodwasp.ssl.html

FOR RELEASE: May 12, 2005
Media contact: Press Relations
Phone: (607) 255-6074
E-Mail: pressoffice@cornell.?edu

"Alien woodwasp that could threaten nation's pine trees found in Fulton" County, N.Y., by Cornell researcher
By Susan S. Lang

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ITHACA, N.Y. -- Despite dozens of interceptions at U.S. ports, a public enemy has infiltrated the nation's borders. Taken captive in Fulton County, N.Y., and identified by a Cornell University expert, the adult female alien is the only one of its kind ever discovered in the eastern United States.
The discovery of a single specimen of Sirex noctilio Fabricius, an Old World woodwasp, raises red flags across the nation because the invasive insect species has devastated up to 80 percent of pine trees in areas of New Zealand, Australia, South America and South Africa. If established in the United States, it would threaten pines coast-to-coast, particularly in the pine-dense states in the Southeast. One target would be loblolly pines in Georgia."

[Cindy]

Thanks to MamaDearest for pointing to this article.
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http://www.delrionewsherald.com/report.lasso?wcd=9068
Contact our news staff at (830) 775-1551.
"Cyber-terrorism exercise called ‘eye-opener'K"

By Karen Gleason
Del Rio News-Herald

Published May 15, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Perhaps the most important aspect of Thursday’s cyber-terrorism exercise was that it showed local officials how much they don’t know.

Val Verde County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Lavell Barrera, who also serves as the county’s emergency management coordinator, called the exercise “an eye-opener.”

The exercise was conducted by The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Center for Infrastructure Assurance & Security (CIAS) and was designed to help local law enforcement and medical personnel, elected officials and those responsible for critical infrastructure to pinpoint vulnerabilities in their operations."

[Cindy]

Thanks to nw_arizona_granny for pointing to this thread.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1403648/posts

"Newsweek's nightmares (Newsweek slapped hard by Powerline)"
Powerline ^
Posted on 05/15/2005 12:19:09 PM PDT by hipaatwo

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http://powerlineblog.com/archives/010465.php
May 15, 2005
"Newsweek's nightmares"

[Selene]

And what of Ayman's role in 9/11?

"You're a journalist and you don't read the press?" Azzam retorts. "In France, Germany and even the US, some analysts claim there was no way the Arabs could have done it. Even [Mubarak] said in an interview with Newsweek that he, as a military man, finds it difficult to imagine how they pulled it off."

NEWSWEEK AGAIN

[Selene]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1403707/posts

Palestinian Gang Plots Assassination of Ft. Worth Cop, Federal Agent (local CBS11 Dallas,Ft.Worth)
CBS11tv.COM ^ | MAY 15, 2005 |

[Cindy]

Thanks to Selene for pointing to this article.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1403707/posts

"Palestinian Gang Plots Assassination of Ft. Worth Cop, Federal Agent (local CBS11 Dallas,Ft.Worth)"
CBS11tv.COM ^ | MAY 15, 2005 | Todd Bensman and Robert Riggs

Posted on 05/15/2005 2:28:29 PM PDT by CHARLITE

CBS-11 News The Investigators

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "FORT WORTH -- At home and off duty, Fort Worth Police Detective Scott Campbell never lets two semi-automatic Glock .45s stray far from his shooting hand. He sleeps with one, and while awake, he eats and watches television with both weapons close by. Det. Campbell's wife keeps a loaded gun close at hand too, even though she is a stay-at-home mom who cares for the couple's two young children, ages 4 and 1.

Det. Campbell and his wife go to these extraordinary lengths because they and their children have been marked for assassination. A ruthless criminal crime family he spent years investigating and helped break up in 2003 wants them dead. Federal authorities confirm that the Palestinian gang known as the "Ghali crime family," which ran one of the nation's most prolific retail theft rings from Fort Worth, has hatched what one top official called a "credible" plot from behind bars. The plot targets Campbell, his family, and Campbell's longtime partner in the investigations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agent Scott Springer.

When informed of the contract hit targeting his family, Det. Campbell sent his wife and children into hiding for almost the entire month of March. In an exclusive interview with CBS-11 News at the time, Det. Campbell said he all but stopped thinking like a cop.

"To hear my son go, 'Dad, when are the bad men going to quit coming after us?' I was mad. I wanted retribution for someone messing with my family," Det. Campbell said. "I had to take myself out of my cops' shoes and put myself into a husband and father's shoes, and my job wasn't to take care of anyone else except my family."

It was not the gang's first contract murder plot that federal authorities uncovered."

[Cindy]

Snippet from my calendar ON THE 'NET:

May 15, 2005: PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL DAY

May 15-21, 2005: NATIONAL POLICE WEEK

May 21, 2005: ARMED FORCES DAY

May 30, 2005: MEMORIAL DAY

[Cindy]

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http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/metro051205.htm

News Release

May 12, 2005

ICE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ANNOUNCE THE ARREST OF 95 CRIMINAL ALIEN GANG MEMBERS IN NEW YORK METRO AREA
33 arrests this week; all are placed in removal proceedings

NEW YORK -- Martin D. Ficke, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in New York; Martin F. Horn, Commissioner, New York City Corrections and Probation and William McBride, Deputy Chief, Yonkers Police Department announced today the arrest of 95 criminal alien gang members, including 33 this week, all of whom are now facing removal from the United States.

The arrests are the culmination of a joint four-month investigation conducted by ICE, NYC Department of Probation, Yonkers Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies that targeted criminal alien gang members residing in New York City, Yonkers and Long Island.

The ICE initiative in New York called “Operation ICE Cage” was launched in January and falls under the umbrella of ICE’s nationwide anti-gang initiative called “Operation Community Shield.” To date, Operation Community Shield has led to the arrest of hundreds of different gang members nationwide, including more than 200 members of the street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).

Operation Community Shield is designed to disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute violent gang organizations by employing the full range of authorities and investigative tools available to ICE. Under this initiative, ICE is employing its broad immigration authorities (both criminal and administrative) against gang members, as well as its customs authorities in targeting narcotics smuggling, money laundering, and in seeking the forfeiture of assets. This initiative involves strong partnerships and cooperation with existing federal, state, and local anti-gang efforts.

“It’s well documented that violent gangs pose a significant threat to the public safety of New York,” said Ficke. “This initiative leverages an array of law enforcement efforts with the common goal of removing criminal alien gang members from the United States and eliminating their ability to continuously re-victimize our communities.”

"We are pleased to be working once again with ICE to remove dangerous criminals from the streets of New York,” said Horn. “New York City is the safest big city in America. When these probationers are deported, it will be an even safer place for everyone."

The criminal alien gang members arrested today had prior felony or misdemeanor convictions for various offenses including assault, attempted assault, sexual misconduct, criminal sale marijuana, criminal possession of a weapon, drug sales and drug possession, gang assault, promoting prostitution, criminal possession of stolen property, and robbery.

All fugitives were in the country illegally and will now be placed in removal proceedings. Countries of origin for those arrested today include Dominica, Ecuador, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru.

This week’s enforcement action began Tuesday at 6:00 a.m. and ended today at 10:00 a.m. Arrests were made within the five boroughs of New York City, Yonkers, Nassau County and Suffolk County. Special Agent Ficke praised the ICE special agents and officers from ICE Detention and Removal, ICE Federal Protective Service, NYC Probation Department, Yonkers Police Department, Suffolk County Police Department and Nassau County Police Department. Gangs Targeted:

MS-13
CRIPS
CARNALITO
CHOLOS
LA RAZA
SOMBRA NEGRA
LOS VAGOS
CACHONDOS
LA PRIMERA
LATIN BOYS
VATOS LOCOS
CRAZY HOMIES
MEXICAN MAFIA

—ICE—

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was established in March 2003 as the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. ICE is comprised of five integrated divisions that form a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities.




Last Modified 05/12/2005

[Cindy]

ICE.GOV
News Release:

http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/balt051205.htm

May 12, 2005

"TWO D.C. LAW FIRMS AND FOUR INDIVIDUALS INDICTED FOR WIDE-RANGING IMMIGRATION FRAUD SCHEME
Two attorneys and legal assistant arrested by ICE agents in morning raids in D.C. and Baltimore"

BALTIMORE, Md.

[MamaDearest]

NEWSWEEK AGAIN

That's right, NEWSWEAK.

[editor-surveyor]

"the invasive insect species has devastated up to 80 percent of pine trees in areas of New Zealand, Australia, South America and South Africa."

This insect is the reason that New Zealand has imported Monterey Pines from California. They seem to be resistant to this particular bug. (Not resistant to much of anything else) Loblolly pines thrive in the insect infested Mississippi valley, where thousands of species of beetles and flies that harm other pines also live. They might not be so vulnerable.

[editor-surveyor]

" and apologized to the victims of deadly Muslim protests sparked by the article."

People have been killed because of this article; at the very least this is felony endangerment. Is an apology enough?