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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

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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!

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?

"I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat."

Threat Matrix's "TM'er" Tips	Link to Thread Twenty-Five "Code Red Implications: Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word." From Tm'er and Freeper ~MamaDearest~	TM Terrorism Handbook
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TM's 'Be on the Lookout'		Godzilla's Summaries
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[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1385854/posts

"Dollars of Terror--How terrorists are buying us from within"
FrontPageMagazine.com ^ | April 18, 2005 | Rachel Ehrenfeld

Posted on 04/18/2005 5:19:26 AM PDT by SJackson

[Godzilla]

http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/003964.html

Warning - Graphic image!

[Cindy]

Yep.

[WestCoastGal]

ping/any news from your area on this?

[Cindy]

PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org

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http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/4/182005e.asp

"U.N. Ejects Minister After His Address on China's Religious Persecution"
By Allie Martin
April 18, 2005

[WestCoastGal]

Interesting article JP, I lived right next to Rancho Mirage in Palm Desert.

Very small town, very wealthy residents. President Ford lives there, Walter Annenberg who started the legendary Racing Form among many other things, good friend of Ronald Reagon who spent many New Years at his estate. (donated a lot of bucks to Eisenhower hospital) The Firestone's lived there before his death and many many more. Sumner Redstone's brother lives there and on and on.....

Bill Gates and many more rich people also have houses in Palm Desert.

[Cindy]

US-CERT.GOV
http://www.us-cert.gov

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1386113/posts


"Mozilla flaws could allow attacks, data access"
ZD Net News ^ | April 18, 2005 | Munir Kotadia

Posted on 04/18/2005 12:36:00 PM PDT by infocats

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Multiple vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to install malicious code or steal personal data have been discovered in the Mozilla Suite and the Firefox open-source browser.

Details of the nine flaws were published on Mozilla's security Web site over the weekend.

Ian Latter, senior security consultant at Internet security specialist Pure Hacking, said most of the vulnerabilities are based on the way the applications handle JavaScript."

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1386130/posts

"Key suspect in Madrid bombings to be returned to Italy where he faces separate probe"
AP Wire | April 18 2005 | Associated Press

Posted on 04/18/2005 1:11:09 PM PDT by knighthawk

[SheLion]

ping/any news from your area on this?

Can you fill me in real quick?  I haven't kept up with this thread.  I'm not sure what I should be looking for????

[ZionForever]

Suspicious Substance Causes Scare at IRS

SNIPS: April 17, 2005 — A suspicious package was opened Sunday at the Fresno IRS center that forced dozens of people out of the building at Butler and Willow in Southeast Fresno.
10 IRS employees were taken to local hospitals, but their symptoms were improving as they were leaving by ambulance.

Officials were surprised that such a small amount of a white powdery substance could make so many sick. At this point, they don't know what that powdery substance inside an envelope really was.

Firefighters with masks and oxygen tanks escorted 10 IRS mail room employees from the building, where a very small amount of a white powdery substance was found inside an envelope.

"This is a large envelope, so there was a substance that was in there," says Rebeca Villalobos from the IRS. "People sit in very close proximity doing their work, so basically, we take all of the employees within 10 to 20 feet of that incident."

The workers then showered inside an orange decontamination tent and were taken to local hospitals. They complained of itchy watery eyes and runny noses.

Hazmat teams were sent inside the building to determine what the substance was.

150 other mail room employees were sent home.

IRS employees have seen similar incidents. Hazmat crews were there just last summer.

But, this latest scare comes during the tax return crunch. The IRS center takes 1040 forms from 11 different states.

Now, a small amount of powder could delay someone's refund check.

The IRS mail room was shut down for 3 1/2 hours, but did start up again at 5:00pm tonight.

Officials did not immediately know if there was a return address on the envelope or if there was a tax return or note inside.

They say take these cases extremely seriously and this latest case will be turned over to the FBI.

Previous Local IRS Incident

The last serious attack against a local IRS building happened in 1991.

Dean Harvey Hicks launched a mortar attack on the service center after failing two other times to bomb a west Los Angeles IRS office.

The FBI and Fresno police teamed up to catch Hicks and he's now serving a 20-year prison sentence.

IRS Big Business For Valley

All local tax returns, and those from 11 other states, go to a local processing center.

That creates local jobs. In fact, nearly 6,400 people work at the Fresno processing center right now.

About 3,000 of them work there permanently.

The agency tells Action News they've already handled more than 14 million tax returns, about half on paper and half electronically.

And, the big rush doesn't come until the U.S. Postal Service delivers Friday's mail, so they're expecting millions more.


http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/news/pr...irs_powder.html

[WestCoastGal]

From post 311

PERU, Maine -- Officials are scratching their heads after witnesses reported seeing a low-flying military plane in western Maine with a trailing plume of smoke.
State police said several people reported spotting a plane in trouble around the town of Peru at about 4 p.m. Saturday.

Officials said game wardens and police searched the area on ground and in the air for several hours but came up empty-handed.

[Velveeta]

That one's a must read.
Thank you, Cindy.

[Cindy]

Yep.
It's interesting.

[JustPiper]

Hunt for Dr. Death in India involves US State of Oregon

Dr Patel was thought to have fled to India in the past week after hearing of the uproar created by his sloppy surgical work at Queensland's Bundaberg hospital.

HOW did he get away with doing surgery?! Oregon medical authorities could not be contacted last night.

Speechless

[SheLion]

PERU, Maine

Good Lord!  I never heard of Peru, Maine.  It must be down  state.  I should check the Atlas.  I didn't hear anything and I check our online newspaper every morning.  I must have missed it.

[SheLion]

I just checked the Bangor Daily News and nothing in there about this either. Must not have been a big deal.

If I hear anything more, I will post it here. But doesn't sound like it was anything of importance.

[JustPiper]

Cindy? Would you please post this at NoE?

[JustPiper]

My two sisters love playing there too ;)

[JustPiper]

Terror Chief Warns Against Visiting Egypt

http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=80348


Heathrow faced poison terror

http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10-1462_1691316,00.html

[JustPiper]

Police say record number of smuggled immigrants found at home

MADERA, Calif. Police say narcotics officers on a drug raid stumbled upon a record number of illegal immigrants at a Madera County home.

Authorities say officers found 80 undocumented Mexican immigrants at the home of 38-year-old Jose Esparza, an accused methamphetamine dealer who allegedly sold an undercover officer a half-pound of drugs Friday afternoon.

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3221141
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Terrorism solution: Police dressed as tramps

TOP Scottish tourist destinations are being protected from al-Qaeda attack by anti-terror police disguised as tramps.

http://www.sundayherald.com/49203
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Oklahoma City: 10 Years Later
War on homegrown terrorism proceeding with quiet urgency
Violence: The focus is on foreigners, but experts say the domestic threat is still strong.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-te.domestic17apr17,1,5123277.story?coll=bal-home-headlines