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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!

Expert: Al-Qaida Has Presence In South Florida
Full Story

MIRAMAR, Fla. -- Despite the massive federal, state and local law enforcement effort to stop terrorists from entering the United States, there is no strong evidence of how well it is working.

Many experts are concerned that there are plenty of terrorists or sympathizers already in the country who have been here for years. Some are even citizens.

The Sept. 11, 2001, hijackers were the first wave and now the increasing number of arrests seems to signal a second wave of terrorism in South Florida.

Related:
Court is told of 2 U.S. citizens' alleged Al Qaeda plot
Map: Islamic Terrorist Network in America (2003)

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

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[Cindy]

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"HUMAN TRAFFICKING (SLAVERY) - Legislative Update - (up to 900,000 victims each yr; mostly children)"
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION.ORG ^ | JUNE 3, 2005 | Staff Writers

Posted on 06/11/2005 6:41:13 PM PDT by CHARLITE

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

400,000 AT LARGE U.S. Has Freed Foreign Murderers Under Loophole All 2 messages in topic - view as tree johnny@. Apr 14, 7:02 pm show options Newsgroups: alt.politics.immigration From: "johnny@." - Find messages by this author Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:02:37 -0500 Local: Thurs,Apr 14 2005 7:02 pm Subject: U.S. Has Freed Foreign Murderers Under Loophole Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show original | Report Abuse The United States has freed numerous illegal aliens into the community who are dangerous murderers, rapists and child molesters under a legal loophole created by Supreme Court decisions, the Bush administration said on Thursday. In testimony to a Senate subcommittee, a senior Justice Department official said Congress should urgently pass legislation to close the loopholes, which have already resulted in the release of several extremely violent offenders, with others scheduled for release soon. "Among them are vicious criminals who have murdered their wives, molested young children and brutally attacked their enemies," Jonathan Cohn, a deputy assistant attorney general, told a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The loophole arose after the Supreme Court ruled in two cases, one in 2001 and the other this year, that criminal aliens could only be held in prison for six months pending deportation after completing their criminal sentences. If the individual‘s home country refused to accept him within that time, the criminal alien must be released. The administration wants Congress to pass a law allowing such people to be held indefinitely. Among those being freed are over 700 people who came to the United States from Cuba in 1980 as part of the so-called Mariel boatlift. By mid-February, 150 have already been released because Cuba will not accept them back. Cohn said they include Antonio Valenti-Cordova, a convicted murderer with a history of mental illness who has the delusional belief that the FBI instructed him to strangle his wife. Also, Elio Riveron-Aguilera who has committed aggravated criminal sexual assault, rape, robbery and kidnapping. 400,000 AT LARGE Victor Cerda of the Department of Homeland Security testified that in fiscal year 2004, his division removed 84,000 criminal aliens from the United States. However, an estimated 400,000 were still at large. "Under Operation Predator, ICE There are an estimated 10-12 million illegal immigrants in the United States. Their presence, and the potential security threat they represent, is fueling increasing political anger, especially among Republicans. Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said there was no political will in the administration to control the U.S. border with Mexico, adding that President Bush "just doesn‘t get it." In a hearing Wednesday before a House of Representatives subcommittee, ICE assistant secretary Michael Garcia said that since late February, his agency had arrested more than 150 members of the Central American MS-13 gang for immigration violations. Over half had previous arrest and conviction records for crimes such as robbery, assault, rape and murder. One, Lester Rivera-Paz, was wanted in Honduras for involvement in a massacre of 28 bus passengers last December. He had already been deported once from the United States but had illegally reentered the country. http://www.obviousnews.com/bre­akingnews/stories/obviousnews-­558039.html http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.politics.immigration/browse_thread/thread/cb218e039e8015ad/274b1c6a86dc183f?q=cuba+and++MS-13+gang&rnum=2&hl=en#274b1c6a86dc183f

[Lucy Lake]

From the article:

"Under Operation Predator, ICE There are an estimated 10-12 million illegal immigrants in the United States.

Their presence, and the potential security threat they represent, is fueling increasing political anger, especially among Republicans.

Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn said there was no political will in the administration to control the U.S. border with Mexico, adding that President Bush "just doesn‘t get it."

[MamaDearest]

Google blocks ad for anti-Clinton book

Many of us using Dogpile and other search engines instead of the leftie one. Google needs come-uppance. Hopefully they will be outdone by someone with fairness and the ingenuity to knock them off their search engine pedastal.

[Cindy]

The lunch menu could be interesting and then after lunch, hopefully, not falling asleep after lunch while listening to someone drone on and on and on....
Right?

[MamaDearest]

Almost half of young children in California have a foreign-born parent. Only 3 percent of young children are themselves foreign-born, but 48 percent have at least one parent who was born outside of the United States. This share is roughly three times that of the rest of the nation. Most young children in immigrant families are Hispanic (74 percent) or Asian (11 percent).

First they have to be able to understand and speak English.....

[Cindy]

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"Daily Terrorist Round-Up 6/12/05"
6/12/05

Posted on 06/11/2005 9:16:46 PM PDT by Straight Vermonter

[MamaDearest]

The United States has freed numerous illegal aliens into the community who are dangerous murderers, rapists and child molesters under a legal loophole created by Supreme Court decisions..

Well now, isn't that special?

[Cindy]

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"Coalition Transfers Base to Iraqi Army"
DoD ^ | June 11, 2005 | Spc. Brian Schroeder

Posted on 06/11/2005 9:35:12 PM PDT by mdittmar

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "FORWARD OPERATING BASE CONSTITUTION, BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 11, 2005 – A ceremony was held in western Baghdad June 9 to officially transfer the authority of Raider Base from the coalition forces to the Iraqi Army.

"This represents a tremendous growth and ability of the Iraqi security forces to assume on their own duties of manning an important outpost," said Lt. Col. Loepoldo Quintas, commander, 2nd Battalion, 70th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.


Gen. Aziz Swady, 3rd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division commander and his soldiers were passed the torch of control for Raider Base. Aziz promised the Iraqi people that they will defend the base with their lives."

[nwctwx]

Al-Zarqawi, al-Qaida, and The New Islamist Front 

By Amin Tarzi and Kathleen Ridolfo

June 10, 2005

The sudden rise in terrorist attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan supports the theory that Arab terrorists in that country have regrouped in an effort to provide a reinvigorated Arab front against the US.

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Recent published accounts of the relationship between fugitive Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network illuminate the relationship between the two men and their movements' vision of establishing an Islamic caliphate across the Middle East. The sudden rise in terrorist attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan supports the theory that Arab terrorists in that country have regrouped in an effort to provide a reinvigorated Arab front against the US, while the continuing insurgency in Iraq shows no signs of abatement, despite recent reports that al-Zarqawi may be near death as a result of a recent injury.

The Afghan front

Almost immediately after the 1 June suicide bombing of a Kandahar mosque that killed mourners of an anti-Taliban cleric, Afghan officials said that it was carried out by Arab members of Al-Qaeda. "We have found documents on [the bomber's] body that show he was an Arab," Kandahar governor Gul Agha Sherzai told reporters, adding that intelligence indicated that "Arab al-Qaida teams had entered Afghanistan and had been planning terrorist attacks. Mohammad Hasham Alikozay, director of the Public Health Department in Kandahar, said that the "features found" at the explosion site indicated that the suicide bomber seemed "to be an Arab". In line with the expectations of Afghan authorities and US-led coalition forces, disruptive activities and terrorist acts either committed by or in the name of the neo-Taliban and their allies have increased since the weather improved in southern and eastern Afghanistan. In April, US Major General Eric Olson said that there "has been an increase in Taliban and enemy activity in the spring [compared to the winter months]. And we anticipate that the enemy has the intention of trying to raise the level of activity this spring." However, Olson predicted that these activities would lack cohesion and fade in traditional neo-Taliban strongholds. However, what has been different in recent months is the sophisticated coordination of the disruptive activities and the new methods employed by their perpetrators. The second and more urgent factor for al-Zarqawi and his backers to reopen the Afghan front is most likely linked to the official signing of the "strategic partnership" between Kabul and Washington in May.

Student-led demonstrations

The student-led demonstrations that began peacefully on 10 May in the eastern Nangarhar Province and spread to at least 13 other provinces around Afghanistan were the first indication that a new, well-organized plan against the government of President Hamid Karzai, but especially against the US presence in Afghanistan, was under way. While the demonstrations were triggered by a report alleging that some interrogators at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, desecrated the Koran, the rallies quickly and with a coordination not seen in Afghanistan, became violent and spread to several Afghan cities. Coinciding with the student demonstrations, a night letter reminiscent of the days when Afghans were fighting Soviet troops was circulated in parts of Kabul. Without making any reference to the events in Nangarhar, the letter announced that the "principle duty of the Mujahedin has just started." The unsigned letter condemned the possibility of the establishment of US military bases in Afghanistan and alleged that Karzai and former Taliban members are in an alliance with the purpose of turning Afghanistan into a US satellite.

'Enemies of peace'?

Karzai's government initially blamed "enemies of peace and stability" for fueling and politicizing student anger, in particular directing it towards US-Afghan ties and Kabul's offer of amnesty to many former Taliban members. The Afghan president said that "students of medical and engineering faculties of Pakistani and Iranian universities attend classes and continue their lessons as usual, but Afghan university and school students are taken out of their classes and provoked to stage demonstrations" to destroy lives and property in Afghanistan. While Karzai did not accuse a specific country by name, Kabul's main pro-government daily Anis on 17 May wrote that Iran is spending "large sums of money and [has] hired scores of mercenaries" to undermine stability in Afghanistan. Anis alleged that the demonstrations were planned by "reckless" Afghans in consultation with the Iranian Embassy in Kabul.

Possible neo-Taliban role?

The possible role of the Neo-Taliban is unclear. No one has pointed a finger at the neo-Taliban for fueling the demonstrations and the militia's spokesman, Mufti Latifullah Hakimi, has denied any involvement. The neo-Taliban did claim responsibility for the 29 May murder of Mawlawi Abdullah Fayyaz, head of the Council of Ulema of Kandahar and an ardent opponent of the neo-Taliban. However, Hakimi, commenting on the suicide attack in the mosque during services held for Fayyaz, said: "This shouldn't have occurred. We strongly condemn this act." It is difficult to differentiate between wanton acts of violence in Afghanistan. Some attacks, carried out in the name of the neo-Taliban, are actually committed by drug dealers or other criminals. And the neo-Taliban often claims responsibility for acts of violence that it has not committed. However, what is noteworthy in the student demonstrations and the mosque bombing is the coordination and means of committing these violent acts. Suicide bombings are very rare in Afghanistan and the neo-Taliban seldom resort to this tactic to achieve their goals. Moreover, there is not a single record of a suicide attack inside a mosque in that country, as has been the case in Iraq. The Kandahar attack may be the beginning of a new front by al-Qaida-inspired terrorists, possibly backed by regional countries, to recalibrate their anti-US activities in Afghanistan.

The Iraqi front

"Al-Zarqawi: The Second Al-Qaida Generation", a recently published book on al-Zarqawi - who pledged his group's loyalty to Osama bin Laden last year - chronicles al-Zarqawi's presence in Afghanistan and his relationship with the al-Qaida network, which funded al-Zarqawi training camps in Herat before the US-led invasion in 2001. Following the invasion, al-Zarqawi and other al-Qaida leaders scattered and regrouped in Iran, pledging to reassemble in Afghanistan in seven years' time, Sayf al-Adl, the official in charge of security for the Global Al-Qaida of Islam Army, recounted in the book. Al-Zarqawi and his associates' quicker return to the Afghan front before the seven-year hiatus mentioned by Sayf al-Adl may be directly linked to two issues. Firstly, it concerns the ineffectiveness of the neo-Taliban and the low-level al-Qaida support provided to them in order to inflict heavy damage on the Kabul government or US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan. Also related to this point is the relative success of the political process in Afghanistan after the neo-Taliban had vowed to disrupt the electoral process there. However, the second and more urgent factor for al-Zarqawi and his backers to reopen the Afghan front is most likely linked to the official signing of the "strategic partnership" between Kabul and Washington in May. The partnership binds the two countries in a formal agreement and allows for an indefinite US military presence in Afghanistan.

Made in Afghanistan

Al-Adl further documented al-Zarqawi's decision to establish his network of fighters in Iraq in 2001, an undertaking assisted through his relationship with the Ansar Al-Islam terrorist network based in Iraqi Kurdistan close to the Iranian border. That relationship was reportedly forged in Afghanistan. "We began to converge on Iran one after the other. The fraternal brothers in the peninsula of the Arabs, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates who were outside Afghanistan, had already arrived. They possessed abundant funds. We set up a central leadership and working groups," al-Adl recounted. "We began to form some groups of fighters to return to Afghanistan to carry out well-prepared missions there. Meanwhile, we began to examine the situation of the group and the fraternal brothers to pick new places for them. Abu Musab and his Jordanian and Palestinian comrades opted to go to Iraq...[an] examination of the situation indicated that the Americans would inevitably make a mistake and invade Iraq sooner or later. Such an invasion would aim at overthrowing the regime. Therefore, we should play an important role in the confrontation and resistance. It would be our historic chance to establish the state of Islam that would play a major role in alleviating injustice and establishing justice in this world," al-Adl said. Al-Zarqawi has established a vast network of fighters in Iraq and Iraqi authorities have indicated that the network includes Arab nationals as well as Afghan and Pakistani fighters. His Tanzim Qa'idat Al-Jihad fi Bilad Al-Rafidayn allegedly has close ties to the Ansar Al-Sunnah Army, an outgrowth of Ansar Al-Islam. US and Iraqi authorities claim that successes have been made through a string of recent military operations targeting the groups. A Mosul operation on 28 May led to the capture of al-Zarqawi aide Mutlaq Muhammad Mutlaq Abdullah (aka Abu Ra'd). Iraqi Major General Khalil al-Ubaydi announced on 4 June the arrest of an Ansar Al-Sunnah member identified as Mullah Mahdi; al-Ubaydi contended that Mahdi carried out attacks at the direction of al-Zarqawi. Iraqi authorities this week announced a US$50,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Ansar Al-Sunnah leader Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i.

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"U.S. Airstrikes Kill About 40 Insurgents"
Associated Press ^ | 6/11/05

Posted on 06/11/2005 12:25:36 PM PDT by saquin

BAGHDAD, Iraq

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=%22Abdullah+al-Shafi%27i%22&kgs=0&kls=0

[MamaDearest]

President Bush "just doesn‘t get it."

Methinks he does "get it," but will continue to refuse to budge for reasons known only to him. This while the American public and other politicians are becoming more and more enraged about the situation and its dangerous potential.

[Founding Father]

Thanks for the ping.

[MamaDearest]

Microsoft bans words DEMOCRACY and FREEDOM for Chinese web users

Totally off topic: Cats can alter your personality

Storm clouds in California

The terrorism case that wasn't and still is

[MamaDearest]

Right, and it sounds as if you've been there - done that too! It's that drowsy feeling after a good lunch and the monotone of the speaker.....

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Art Bell is on now. Expert on nukes tonight and the threat to America..

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Infected men, suggests one new study, tend to become more aggressive, scruffy, antisocial and are less attractive. Women, on the other hand, appear to exhibit the “sex kitten” effect, becoming less trustworthy, more desirable, fun- loving and possibly more promiscuous
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I wonder what they would say about our cats, we can,t even catch them. They are all wild some with bobtails, some with half tails and some with normal tails. And we didn't bring a single one here they are all strays. We just feed them. Spring time brought us at least 2 new litters. So now we have 12 but nature will take care if it's self or it better since we can't catch them. LOL

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Thought you would enjoy a picture of a gang that could be in your city...

http://www.hudsonvalleyprotection.com/images/gang2.jpg

[Cindy]

Smiling...and we forgot the part where you sit next to a guy that always falls asleep and starts snoring.