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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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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)

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[nwctwx]

http://www.boston.com/news/packages/sept11/anniversary/wire_stories/0903_plane_exercise.htm

Agency planned exercise on Sept. 11 built around a plane crashing into a building

By John J. Lumpkin, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — In what the government describes as a bizarre coincidence, one U.S. intelligence agency was planning an exercise last Sept. 11 in which an errant aircraft would crash into one of its buildings. But the cause wasn't terrorism -- it was to be a simulated accident.

Officials at the Chantilly, Va.-based National Reconnaissance Office had scheduled an exercise that morning in which a small corporate jet would crash into one of the four towers at the agency's headquarters building after experiencing a mechanical failure.

[Cindy]

Yes.

Pro-Bush's post was a memory jogger.

Thanks for the follow-up nw.

[Cindy]

Note: Thread includes updates...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435169/posts


"U.S. Bombs Suspected Taliban Compound"
AP ^ | 7/02/05 | Daniel Cooney

Posted on 07/02/2005 2:10:26 AM PDT by advance_copy

[jerseygirl]

Don't recall that image...wish I had seen it. Do you have it in your files to print it on TM?

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=%22e3dad%22&start=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&

Interesting, in that the e3dad led to a hackers program.

Why are they using numbers in the name?

Is hacking the purpose of the group?

[jerseygirl]

Yes, pez, I recall that as well.

[jerseygirl]

hope there are no simulations coming up soon....

[nw_arizona_granny]

From the bottom list, 007, I googled the jaaahad list and got to here....shows men, as outlines, says download and had a set of headphones.....

http://www.elshabab.net/

[nw_arizona_granny]

I goofed, not jahaaadad, but jihaaadlast.

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=jehaaadlast

from the 007 list:

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

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435876/posts

Zarqawi organization senior member arrested in
Tikrit
Kuwait News Agency ^ | 2005 Jul 3

Posted on 07/03/2005 1:07:46 PM PDT by Wiz

BAGHDAD, July 3 (KUNA) -- A senior member of Zarqawi organization
was arrested Sunday in north Iraq.

An Iraqi police source told newsmen that the Iraqi security forces
arrested a prominent commander of the so called "Jihad organization
in Al-Rafidain" led by the Jordanian citizen Abu-Musaab Al-Zarqawi
while storming the northern part of Tikrit orth of here.

The source that denied identification said, the arrested member was
implicated in many suicide attacks that targetted the Iraqi security
members and civilians in Tikrit.

(Excerpt) Read more at kuna.net.kw ...

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Chirac, Putin, Schroeder meet on Iran nuclear issue,
security
AFP via Iran Focus ^ | 2005 Jul 3 | Delphine Thouvenot

Posted on 07/03/2005 1:04:08 PM PDT by Wiz

SVETLOGORSK, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin was
meeting Sunday with French President Jacques Chirac and German
Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Russia's Baltic Sea resort of
Svetlogorsk, with Iran's nuclear programme and international security
on the agenda.

"A discussion on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction,
particularly as far as the Iranian nuclear programme is concerned, is
expected in Kaliningrad," the region where the summit is being held, a
Kremlin official said on condition of anonymity.

Despite US objections, Russia is building a nuclear reactor in Iran for
800 million dollars (615 million euros), which is expected to be
operational by 2006, but has agreed to take back spent nuclear fuel
rods from Iran to prevent their use in a potential weapons
programme.

The situation in Iraq and other global "hotspots," as well as reform of
the United Nations was also on the agenda for Putin, Chirac and
Schroeder, the Kremlin official said. France and Russia are permanent
members of the UN Security Council, while Germany is campaigning
for a seat.

The three leaders will meet again at the G8 summit in Scotland on July
6-8 and Chirac said last week he would take the opportunity in
Svetlogorsk to remind Putin to be more active in combatting global
warming and providing aid to the third world -- two key G8 goals.

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

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Militants [Terrorist] Groups in Iraq Name
Spokesman
Associated Press via Yahoo! News ^ | 2005 Jul 3

Posted on 07/03/2005 1:31:14 PM PDT by Wiz

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two militant groups said Sunday they have named a
new spokesman to silence those who claim to speak for the
insurgency.

In a joint statement posted on an Islamic Web site, the Islamic Army
in Iraq and the Army of Mujahedeen said they had chosen Ibrahim
Youssef al-Shammari as their spokesman.

The little-known al-Shammari appeared on the Arab satellite channel
Al-Jazeera on Sunday "to silence all those who talk in the name of the
mujahedeen," the groups said in a statement posted on an Islamic
Web site.

During an appearance on Al-Jazeera, al-Shammari said the resistance
"has a realistic and truthful political project," adding that the groups
were in talks with other armed factions to come up with a unified
position. He did not elaborate.

Al-Shammari argued that sectarian problems were created after the
U.S.-led occupation of Iraq in order to prolong the presence of foreign
troops.

Last week, a Web statement issued in the name of The Islamic Army
in Iraq, the Army of Mujahedeen and the Ansar al-Sunnah Army
threatened the life of a Sunni Arab politician, Ayham al-Samarie, who
announced the formation of a political group he claims represents the
demands of an umbrella organization of insurgents.

The three groups accused the dual U.S.-Iraqi national of spreading
lies.

[Cindy]

"Is hacking the purpose of the group?"

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OPINION: No.

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435859/posts

Al Qaida has $500M Budget in Saudi Arabia
Middle East Newsline ^ | 2005 Jul 4

Posted on 07/03/2005 12:35:09 PM PDT by Wiz

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Al Qaida was determined to have a budget of
more than $500 million for its insurgency campaign in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi security sources said Al Qaida has the assets in cash, property,
firearms, munitions and precious metals throughout the kingdom. The
sources said Al Qaida has used the budget to recruit and train
insurgents in both Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Saudi authorities said Al Qaida network leaders might have raised the
money from abroad. They said that neither Abdul Aziz Al Muqrin, killed
in a Saudi shootout in June 2004, nor his predecessors were regarded
as wealthy. Salah Al Awfi was also not regarded as the source of the
funding.

[Cindy]

Note: Adding on to post no. 2858 of this thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1415532/posts?q=1&&page=2858#2858

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435616/posts

"Bush furious at Ireland's terror haven"
Sunday Independent, Dublin, Ireland ^ | July 4, 2005 | MAEVE SHEEHAN and JODY CORCORAN

Posted on 07/02/2005 10:24:16 PM PDT by Murtyo

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ON THE NET...


http://haganah.us/harchives/003768.html
March 07, 2005
"If at first you don't succeed...
Assassination attempt?"

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3054190,00.html
"Assassination attempt?"

"Irish newspaper says Israel attempted to assassinate expelled Palestinian terrorist who resides in Dublin; Israel denies accusations"
By Ynetnews

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Irish intelligence authorities tracked down two Israeli intelligence (Mossad) agents who were apparently attempting to enter Ireland to assist in the assassination of a senior Palestinian terrorist, Irish newspaper Evening Herald reported.

According to the report, Irish intelligence authorities tracked down the agents in January as they were gathering intelligence for an operation that was supposed to culminate with the Palestinian militant’s death.

The Palestinian militant, Jihad Jaara, was a senior member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror organization until he was expelled to Europe, along with 12 of his counterparts, following a standoff with IDF troops at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in 2002."


http://haganah.us/harchives/003719.html
February 26, 2005
"Bethlehem Terrorist Exile Serves Hizballah in Europe
Margot Dudkevitch (Jerusalem Post)"

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1109215387691&p=1101615860782

"Fugitive exiled to Europe maintaining Hizbullah ties"
By MARGOT DUDKEVITCH

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Salem Bawakmeh, a senior member of Fatah's Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades indicted in the Samaria Military Court on Wednesday, received funds and instructions for attacks from Jihad Jiara, a Palestinian fugitive exiled to Europe.

Jiara, who was exiled in the deal to lift the siege at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in May 2002, also maintains close ties with Hizbullah agents in Lebanon."

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1435768/posts?page=14

Russia to help China oust the USA from Eurasia
Pravda ^ | 07/02/05 | P.Gvaskov

Posted on 07/03/2005 8:56:33 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Russia to help China oust the USA from Eurasia

07/02/2005 21:11
Russia de facto loses the status of the world's center of force, which
jeopardizes the global stability

The rapidly developing economy of China pushes the country to search
for sources of raw materials and sales markets abroad. The USA is
China's major obstacle in this respect. China and the USA have been
sharing their spheres of influence since 1979, when a semi-secret
US-Chinese agreement about the strategic coordination was brought
to light after Dang Xiaoping's visit in Washington (the USA prefers to
keep the document a secret). The significance of the agreement could
be compared to protocols to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty. Bill
Clinton prolonged the agreement in 1999. China has been consistently
asking the USA to withdraw its presence from Eurasia. The USA,
however, believes that it can refer to Russia and the entire
post-Soviet space as its catch.

[Cindy]

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=92511

"Suspect in standoff with police held on $10,000 bail"
By Associated Press
Sunday, July 3, 2005 - Updated: 10:35 AM EST

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BELLINGHAM, Mass. - A Bellingham man is arrested on weapons charges after a standoff with police.

Sixty-two-year-old Carl Krihwan is being held today on 10-thousand dollars cash bail.

Krihwan allegedly held police at bay outside his apartment yesterday afternoon after his girlfriend reported that he had bomb-making materials in his possession.

Police say Krihwan was storing chemicals and devices that could be used to make a bomb."

[Cindy]

St Louis - Update - A few more details:
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http://www.tonawanda-news.com/story.asp?id=3020

"Praxair: Explosion unlikely"
Stacey Shepard
Sunday, July 03, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An explosion like the one that erupted at a Praxair Inc. plant in St. Louis last week is unlikely to ever occur at the company’s Town of Tonawanda facility, company officials said.

A chain of explosions at the Missouri gas packaging plant June 24 sent huge fireballs shooting into the sky and forced nearby residents to evacuate their homes. Hundreds of missile-shaped containers of propane and the highly flammable chemical acetylene exploded and dozens were propelled into surrounding neighborhoods, according to Steve Selk, who is heading a government team investigating the incident.

There were no injuries.

Questions to officials at the local facility were referred to Susan Szita-Gore, a company spokeswoman based in Danbury, Conn., who said there’s “no way” a similar blast could happen here. The Town of Tonawanda facility is an engineering center, she said, made up of mainly offices with a few research and development labs. The outfit where the explosion occurred is a gas-packaging plant, where bulk volumes of gas are delivered and packaged into metal cylinders.

“Our research and development labs will use gases as part of their research, but it’s nothing like the St. Louis facility that had thousands of cylinders” of gas, she said. "

[Cindy]

Thank you granny.

[Cindy]

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Antiwar movement preceded war
The Washington Times ^ | 3 July, 2005 | Kieran Michael Lalor

Posted on 07/03/2005 2:41:21 PM PDT by No Longer Free State

The feigned outrage over Karl Rove's criticism of the liberal response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on this country forced me to recall what liberals I encountered were saying in the days immediately after the savage attacks.

I was then in my first few weeks at Pace Law School with a front-row seat to the left's post-September 11 reaction. September 11 challenged us as individuals, as law students, and as Americans. America must respond forcefully, I thought, and that response will be definitive as it reverberates throughout the world for decades to come.

snip

Yet my professor, the law school's former dean, entered the classroom and framed the debate with this question: "The United States was attacked by terrorists on Tuesday. Can you think of a time when the United States acted as terrorists?" I was utterly speechless, as were many of my classmates.

Answering his own question, he mentioned the "My Lai massacre" in Vietnam, slavery and the treatment of American Indians as examples of American terrorism. Twenty-five miles from Ground Zero, where rescuers struggled in hopes of finding survivors still alive, this law professor chose to focus on the blemishes in our history as an introduction to our first post-September 11 class. I have to give him credit for being on the cutting edge of liberalism because at this point the now notorious International Freedom Center slated to occupy Ground Zero was just a twinkle in the left's eye.

My professor set the stage for a round of America-bashing and a student from Ethiopia, as if on cue, unleashed a blistering condemnation of the United States for not doing more about the bloodshed in Rwanda in the early 1990s.

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