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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!

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]

UPDATE...

http://www.fox11.com/stories/news/terror_probe.asp

"Trial date set for Lodi men in terror probe"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "SACRAMENTO (AP) -- An August 23 federal trial is set for a father and son from Lodi accused of lying to investigators about a terrorist training camp.

But the date seems sure to slip as the government invokes national security protections."

[Cindy]

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050702/2005070201.html

"An explosion in Beirut"
Lebanon, Local, 7/2/2005

Article snippet: "One Lebanese woman was criticaly injured from a bomb explosion in her car at the southern entrance of the capital Beirut. The security forces hurried to the site of the explosion and started investigation.

Lebanese security forces said the explosion took place when one woman tried to get into the car parked in a car station for "Lebanon Beach" swimming club in Khaldeh area. The young woman, who had burns in the right side of her body, is called Abeer Muhammad Harb. One witness said that the woman is a journalist."

[Cindy]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/state/la-me-fakebomb3jul03,1,5063774.story?coll=la-news-state

July 3, 2005 latimes.com : California

"Bomb Fear Forces an Evacuation"


By David Haldane, Times Staff Writer

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Patients in a portion of Anaheim Memorial Hospital and the residents of 50 adjacent apartment units were evacuated for more than five hours Saturday while explosives experts investigated two objects that looked like bombs, police said.

Though they turned out not to be explosives, the items — one fashioned from a pipe, the other from a highway flare — were made to resemble bombs, said police spokesman Sgt. Rick Martinez."

[Cindy]

I guess "forced" is better than being shot down.
Thanks for the post.

[Cindy]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/231034_icecream02.html
Saturday, July 2, 2005

"Cold Stone ice cream linked to salmonella"

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Five people in Washington have contracted food poisoning after eating cake batter-flavored ice cream from Cold Stone Creamery stores.

The victims -- a woman in King County, a man in Whatcom County, two girls in Snohomish County and a woman in Spokane -- were infected with a rare strain of the salmonella bacteria called salmonella typhimurium, according to the state Department of Health.

Cold Stone Creamery is voluntarily recalling the ice cream from its stores throughout the country."

[Cindy]

OFF TOPIC...

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=342243


"Column of water vapor 1,000 meters high seen in Pacific"



Sunday, July 3, 2005 at 17:07 JST


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "It may have been caused by the eruption of an undersea volcano in the area, the agency said. The Japan Coast Guard issued warnings to vessels planning to sail close to the area and plans an aerial survey Sunday. There is no tsunami risk following the suspected volcanic eruption, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (Kyodo News)"

http://www.japantoday.com/dbfiles/news/4DE3.jpg

[Cindy]

Note: The following post is an exact quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435519/posts


U.S-French Alliance Targets Terror Groups
Washington Post ^ | July 2, 2005 | Dana Priest

Posted on 07/02/2005 5:48:38 PM PDT by mdittmar

PARIS -- When Christian Ganczarski, a German convert to Islam, boarded an Air France flight from Riyadh on June 3, 2003, he knew only that the Saudi government had put him under house arrest for an expired pilgrim visa and had given his family one-way tickets back to Germany, with a change of planes in Paris.


He had no idea that he was being secretly escorted by an undercover officer sitting behind him, or that a senior CIA officer was waiting at the end of the jetway as French authorities gently separated him from his family and swept Ganczarski into French custody, where he remains today on suspicion of associating with terrorists.

Ganczarski is among the most important European al Qaeda figures alive, according to U.S. and French law enforcement and intelligence officials. The operation that ensnared him was put together at a top secret center in Paris, codenamed Alliance Base, that was set up by the CIA and French intelligence services in 2002, according to U.S. and European intelligence sources. Its existence has not been previously disclosed.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...

[Cindy]

Note: The following post is an exact quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435661/posts


Egyptian Ambassador to Iraq Kidnapped
Fox News Channel ^ | 03 July 2005 | Staff Writer

Posted on 07/03/2005 1:59:15 AM PDT by txradioguy

CAIRO, Egypt — Egypt's (search) first ambassador to post-Saddam Hussein Iraq has been kidnapped in Baghdad just a month after arriving in the country, Egyptian diplomats said Sunday. Two diplomats, speaking in Cairo and Baghdad on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, said Ihab al-Sherif was kidnapped late Saturday in the Iraqi capital. Al-Sherif had arrived in Baghdad on June 1.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.memri.org/iraq.html
http://www.memri.org/iran.html
http://www.memri.org/jihad.html
http://www.memritv.org

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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iraq&ID=IA23105

Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 231
July 1, 2005 No.231

"‘The Sheikh of the Slaughterers’: Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi and the Al-Qa'ida Connection"
By Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli*

[nw_arizona_granny]

JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS - CHINA (02): SUSPECTED ********************************************* A ProMED-mail post ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases Sponsored in part by Elsevier, publisher of The International Journal of Infectious Diseases Date: Fri1 Jul 2005 15:28:20 +0800 From: ProMED-mail Source: Gansu Daily / Xinhua 28 Jun 2005 [edited] No epidemic encephalitis outbreak in Gansu: official -------------------------------------------------- The recent encephalitis outbreak among children in Tianshui, a city in northwest China's Gansu Province, was neither epidemic encephalitis nor encephalitis B [Japanese encephalitis], but a sort of viral encephalitis [pure speculation without laboratory confirmation - Mod.RY], according to Wang Jian, director of the city's disease control and prevention center. At a press conference held Friday morning by the provincial health authority, Wang said from 4 Mar to 23 Jun 2005, 2 hospitals in Tianshui received 153 ill children aged between 1 and 13 with fevers and headaches. 53 boys and 30 girls were diagnosed as having viral encephalitis. Of the remaining 70 cases, 23 were suspected and 47 were ruled out as having encephalitis. Currently, there are still 42 children under observation and medical treatment, of whom 13 have been diagnosed as having viral encephalitis, Wang said. The children are expected to leave the hospital in the near future. Earlier reports suggested the encephalitis breakout had something to do with an encephalitis B [Japanese encephalitis] vaccine injection in some kindergartens in Tianshui. But the Friday press conference ruled out the possibility. The cause of the breakout remains unknown, and blood samples have been sent to the China Disease Control and Prevention Center in Beijing for virus separation. -- ProMED-mail [This is an official statement from both provincial and city health authorities. Essentially it says that there has been no epidemic encephalitis outbreak in Gansu. Though no laboratory evidence was offered, the officials suspect that the outbreak is attributable to some sort of viral encephalitis, but nothing to do with Japanese encephalitis. Meanwhile, the following was brought to our attention by a usually reliable source from China. A similar report from the ChinaNews in Chinese, said, "The 150 children in Tianshui city had viral encephalitis. An echovirus was the suspected pathogen. The disease has no connection with the JE vaccine, though some of the sick children had JE vaccination before the onset of the symptoms. Most children recovered; only 6 remain in hospital." This report mentions an echovirus for the first time, though again, no laboratory evidence was offered. With their name derived from the acronym Enteric Cytopathic Human Orphan, echoviruses are a group of enteroviruses that commonly cause gastrointestinal infections and skin rashes. More serious infections are seen less frequently. Echoviruses cause a wide variety of conditions, including acute gastroenteritis, viral pharyngitis, herpangina (mouth sores), croup, upper respiratory infection, pneumonia, pericarditis, myocarditis, aseptic meningitis and encephalitis. The over 3-month-old outbreak of suspected viral encephalitis in Gansu remains largely enigmatic. ProMED would appreciate further information from colleagues familiar with the field. -Mod.RY] [see also: Japanese encephalitis - China: susp 20050626.1796 2004 ---- Japanese encephalitis - China (Hong Kong) (02) 20040623.1672 Japanese encephalitis - China (Hong Kong) 20040611.1573 2003 ---- Japanese encephalitis, local transmission - China (HK) 20031106.2749 Japanese encephalitis - China (Guangdong) (03) 20030629.1599 Japanese encephalitis - China (Guangdong) (02) 20030625.1564 Japanese encephalitis - China (Guangdong) 20030622.1538] *##########################################################*

[nw_arizona_granny]

Now this one worries me...... granny UNDIAGNOSED ILLNESS, STUDENTS - CHINA (JILIN) ********************************************* A ProMED-mail post ProMED-mail is a program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases Date: Sat 2 Jul 2005 From: Dan Silver Source: Xinhuanet News Agency, Jilin Taonan Fri 1 Jul 2005 [trans. by submitter; edited] China: More than 200 Students in Taonan (Jilin Province) Hospitalized with Suspected Influenza -------------------------------------------------- From 6:00 p.m. on Wed 29 Jun 2005 onwards, some students of the 10th Middle School in the City of Taonan (Jilin Province in northeastern China) came down with fever and sore throat. By 11 am on Fri 1 Jul 2005, a total of 223 students had the above symptoms. 207 students were admitted to hospital for treatment. The Provincial Health Bureau rushed epidemiologists and specialists in infectious disease, [together with specialists in respiratory, nervous and digestive disorders] to Taonan to conduct investigations. Through detailed examination of patients and after lab tests, the illness was diagnosed as influenza. At present, ill students are in Taonan Municipal Hospital, Shizhong Hospital, and Shibaojian Hospital. After receiving treatment for symptoms, the temperature of 171 students has already returned to normal and symptoms are basically resolved. They remain hospitalized for observation. The cause of the students' illness has not been conclusively determined. At present, all hospitalized students have been isolated. After the illnesses became known, the Provincial Secretary Wang Yunkun and other leaders demanded that the cause of the illnesses be rapidly determined, treatment implemented, and the safety of the students ensured. All levels of the public health apparatus [must] establish specialized medical teams and organize the entire city's medical personnel to spare no effort [to confirm the diagnosis] and [organise appropriate treatment]. Taonan City's 10th Middle School is an ordinary intermediate school. Most of the [affected pupils] are 1st- and 2nd-year boarding students. There are a total of 1053 1st- and 2nd-year students in the school. Of these 556 are boarding students. The school started school-wide vacation on Thu 30 Jun 2005 and has established a "School Guard Team". [Byline: Li Yabiao and Gong Lei] -- Dan Silver [The diagnosis of influenza must be regarded as no more than provisional. The description of the illness is not specific enough to suggest a precise diagnosis. The abruptness of onset, the predominance of sore throats, and the rapid resolution of symptoms do not suggest influenza. Many other viruses and non-viral pathogens could be responsible. Further information is awaited. - Mod.CP] [see also: Respiratory illness, children - China (Guangzhou) (02) 20050415.1088 Respiratory illness, children - China (Guangzhou): RFI 20050414.107] ........................cp/pg/lm

[Cindy]

Thanks granny for the info.

[Cindy]

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/cliffordmay/cm20050630.shtml

"Get smart"
Clifford D. May (archive)
June 30, 2005 | Print | Send

"There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber."

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=56939

Canada: 50 Terror groups at work in Canada

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.infovlad.net
http://www.infovlad.net/?p=230

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22a3da2%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0
http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=%22a3da2%22&kgs=0&kls=0

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22e3dad_group%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0
http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=%22e3dad_group%22&kgs=0&kls=0

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22e3dad%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0
http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=e3dad&kgs=0&kls=0

http://haganah.us/harchives/003596.html
February 04, 2005
"Irhabi007's big list o' Yahoo groups"

[Cindy]

I wonder if they under-estimated?

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION (Anytime, Online)
http://www.truthusa.com/IndependenceDay.html

[nw_arizona_granny]

LOL The writer left me with the impression that it wasn't that important, as it is the same as we have and they have the same old threats as the rest of us on the list to be hit. They only counted the 'family' names, as in Hamas or al Qaeda........ One does what the true number is. Did you see this one (delete it if you think we don't want it) http://siteinstitute.org/bin/printerfriendly/pf.cgi A Letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the Mujahideen in East Asia Suggesting Strikes Against American Oil Interests Abroad to Shake the American Economy By SITE Institute July 1, 2005 A letter addressed to al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and the mujahideen in East Asia was recently posted to an al-Qaeda affiliated forum, suggesting attacks on American oil interests, stating: “[n]ow is the time to gain more advantages, to hit oil wells, tankers, and oil pipelines,” to cause devastation to the American economy. The author advocates these attacks on oil interests to affect American debts to China and Japan, believing this will render a “huge blow” to American investments, stock market, and economy. Further, he writes to Zarqawi that capitalizing on the “low profile” of America under the “raids of the mujahideen in Afghanistan and Iraq,” will create both a “political, information, and economic victory” and severe blow to the “morality of al the crusaders.”

[nw_arizona_granny]

emical Explosion in St. Petersburg

http://baynews9.com/content/36/2005/7/2/105625.html

Loud warning
Saturday, July 2, 2005


The chemicals exploded on the back of this truck.
Residents in one St. Petersburg neighborhood received a rude
awakening Saturday morning.

St. Petersburg fire investigators said a truckload of chemicals that
could be used to make fireworks exploded, causing a fire and forcing
residents to evacuate.

The incident happened in the 900 block of 35th Street North.

"It went for several miles," Rick Feinberg of the St. Petersburg
Fire Department said. "We've had several people that said pictures
were off the wall in their home. Houses shook, so yeah, it was a
pretty significant explosion."

When firefighters arrived on the scene, they discovered a pick-up
truck loaded with flammable materials.

"As the crew was making their way up to the truck to try to put some
water on it, they had a reaction to the water, so they pulled back
to re-evaluate and the owner admitted to having chemicals in the
truck for fireworks," Feinberg said.

Firefighters aren't sure what ignited it, but debris was everywhere
and gun powder was found across the street.

Some neighbors who evacuated went to hotels.

"The police knocked on the door and told us to get out so we did,"
resident Chrissy Schott said. "They just told us it was some sort of
explosion."

Residents were allowed to return after about an hour, but the
Department of Environmental Protection and ATF were called in to
evaluate the situation.

The fire department called explosion a loud warning.

"You can't just fill up the back of a truck with chemicals and then
have an explosion like this," Feinberg said.

They're asking people not to mess with potentially dangerous
compounds this Fourth of July.

The homeowner told investigators he was in the process of getting
rid of the chemicals and was not planning to use them to make
fireworks.

Right now, he's not being charged with anything although officials
said their investigation continues.