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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!

Terrorists could be just getting started
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New York City and Washington. Bali, Indonesia; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Istanbul, Turkey; Madrid, Spain. And now London.

When will it end? Where will it all lead?

The experts aren't encouraged. One terrorism researcher sees the prospect of "endless" war. Adds the man who tracked Osama bin Laden for the CIA, "I don't think it's even started yet."

Related:
Terrorists' aim is to end western civilisation, says ex-Mossad head
Understanding the enemy, a different type of war
Al Qaeda answers CIA's hiring call

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

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[Cindy]

THANKS all 4 one for that reminder.

ON GOING PRAYERS for crabbie, nw_arizona_granny,tmp02;Prime Choice;knak,nwctwx, exsoldier, private requests from freepers and lurkers.

I never stop praying for you.

In Jesus' name.
Amen.

[Cindy]

Have a good evening.

[Oorang]

Here's an article with a little more information:

Omar tells Taliban to unite, continue insurgency
25. July 2005, 16:24
By Mirwais Afghan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has called on supporters to put aside differences and continue their war against the government and foreign forces in Afghanistan, the Taliban said on Monday.

Omar made the call recently in a message via field radio to the Taliban's leadership council, which has been expanded to 18 members, Taliban spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi said.

A recording of the message purporting to come from Omar was handed over to Reuters in the southern city of Kandahar on Monday by a man who did not identify himself.

In it Omar said: "Unite, and do not disagree, continue your jihad (holy war) and victory will be yours."

Hakimi, who spoke himself from an undisclosed location, did not say where the message was recorded.

He said the leadership council, which previously numbered ten men, now had eight new members, based on a decision by Omar.

Neither he nor the message named the new members.

In the message, Omar told Taliban guerrillas not to harass people while waging war against President Hamid Karzai's government and U.S.-led foreign forces.

"Carry out your works quietly," he said.

Omar did not elaborate on the disagreements he referred to in the call for unity, or the reference to harassing people.

Omar's whereabouts have remained unknown since U.S.-led forces overthrew the Taliban in late 2001 for refusing to hand over Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. cities.

However, some Afghan officials have said they believe the one-eyed Omar is hiding somewhere in neighbouring Pakistan. Bin Laden also remains at large.

WORSENING VIOLENCE

The message is one of only a few from Omar issued to the media. In a written message in March, he dismissed U.S. military claims that he was no longer in control of the insurgency and vowed to step up attacks attacks on Afghan and U.S. forces.

The period since leading up to Sept. 18 parliamentary elections has seen the worst militant violence since U.S.-led forces overthrew the Taliban in late 2001.

Hundreds of people have died, many of them guerrillas, but also many local government officials, police officers and Afghan and foreign troops.

The dead have included 36 U.S. soldiers killed in action, making it the bloodiest period for U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Most of the violence has been in areas near the border with Pakistan and Afghan officials have repeatedly complained that Taliban attacks are mostly organised in Pakistan.

Pakistan was the Taliban's main supporter until Sept. 11, but became a major U.S. ally in its war on terror.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz visited Kabul on Sunday and pledged that Islamabad would do all it could to stop infiltration of militants ahead of the elections.

While Pakistan has arrested hundreds of al Qaeda militants since 2001, it has detained relatively few Taliban fighters, even though many are thought to have found refuge there.

Last week, however, Pakistani police said security forces arrested a handful of Taliban officials from a refugee camp northwest of Islamabad.

Pakistani newspapers quoted unnamed sources as saying that Mawlavi Abdul Kabir -- a deputy of Omar -- was among them, but senior Pakistani officials were unable to confirm this.

http://www.afghannews.net/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=3027

[Cindy]

Thanks Oorang.

[Oorang]

TM = All news all the time :-)

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...


http://www.shareeah.org/arabic/index.html
http://www.shareeah.org/

[Oorang]

Japan May Begin Early Missile Defense Deployment
July 24, 2005

Deployment of Japan’s missile defense system could begin a year ahead of schedule, Reuters reported yesterday (see GSN, July 22).

The desire to speed up deployment to March 2006 arises from concerns about ballistic missile programs in North Korea and China, the Yomiuri Shimbun quoted Japanese officials as saying.

Patriot Advanced Capability 3 surface-to-air missiles were initially expected to be fielded in late fiscal 2006-2007, which ends in March 2007, according to Yomiuri. One of four Aegis destroyers in the Japanese fleet was scheduled to be equipped with Standard Missile 3 missiles by the end of 2007. Four missile defense-equipped Aegis destroyers and three PAC-3 units would be deployed in all by the end of fiscal 2010-2011, according to the plan.

However, because certain components must be purchased from the United States, the timing of the deployment remains uncertain.

“Due to contractual issues, there is a possibility that it could be hard to drastically bring forward PAC-3 or SM-3 that need to be bought from the United States,” Yomiuri quoted a Defense Ministry source as saying.

http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/2005_7_25.html#C4E8827E

[nw_arizona_granny]

May God give you a special blessing for being so special.

Thank you, for all you do, for all of us.

Ruth

[all4one]

Thanks BurbankKarl....this is the first time that I have seen this info. on the plastic food containers...just stunning!

[nw_arizona_granny]

The splinter cells lack the discipline of the true AQ cells and are much
more susceptible to discovery. <<<<<<<<<<

I just woke up, so bear with me if I don't make sense, need
infusion of coffee.

Part of your post jumped out at me.

Remember how last year they would give us a date for an attack and then it was 2 to 4 days before an attack came?

You talk of 2 types of cells/gangs/groups of terrorists.

What if the fly away cells make the threat, just talking big, attempt to scare us, etc.......

Then the real alQaeda, has to come in and make the strike, or they will be shown up as fools???

If the real alQ does not make the strike, then they look weak, we laugh at them, and the money and recruits dry up.

Next thought, how can my thoughts be used against them?

We know the punk commie and nazi are now out in full support
of them, and they are making statements that are in the long
run going to harm the terrorist movement.

Since the Egypt attack, I can't tell you how many punks have
called the talk shows and said it was not the jihadies who set the bombs in Egypt, but it is the "Jews" and also 'Mossad and the CIA', everyone knows that Bush is,,,,,etc.

I have heard the punks on Savage, Dr. Bill Wattenberg and they call all the programs at KDWN in Las Vegas.

Ok - my friends, that is my germ of a thought, go with it.

granny

[nw_arizona_granny]

This is the warning in print, that we have been getting bits and pieces of for the past couple weeks.

This morning, a liberal talk show host, explained that the President is going to be in the White House all week, according to him, the Pres wants to be there to push his man through the Congress and get him on the Supreme Court at once, so President Bush will be setting there at the desk all week with his pen in hand..........

i would think that this report is why the President has looked like death warmed over and had so much trouble giving the speeches in the last few weeks.

I am convinced that you can tell what he is battling, by his voice and the mis-use of words.

I think he is under great strain right now and this would do it to any leader.

[SlowBoat407]

AD, I've been getting a very uneasy feeling, too, to the point that it's affecting me physically. That usually doesn't happen. I feel just the way I do when I know a hurricane is on the way.

[Cindy]

Thanks Ruth.
There are so many special people here on TM and FR in general, and so many praying people too.

That's a great thing!

[all4one]

Ferry Evacuated, Searched After Report of Threat (Juneau, Alaska - 7/25/05)

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A hotel employee who reported overhearing threatening comments led to the evacuation and search of an Alaska state ferry.

Juneau police Sgt. Kris Sell said a hotel clerk in Haines overheard a 20-year-old Oregon man say that if he was not allowed to load his disabled car on to the ferry, he would blow the ferry up. The man reportedly made additional comments about blowing up things.

The hotel clerk told her boyfriend, who is employed on the ferry Malaspina. The employee reported the threats to staff at the Auke Bay Ferry Terminal in Juneau...

Link to Full Article

[nw_arizona_granny]

Could the last 4 bombs that didn't go off contained some kind of bio
warfare what ever and we are just waiting for illnesses in England to
show up? anyone?<<<<<<<<<

I would think that is they had added the germ powder to the explosive, it might very well ruin the explosion.

That leads me back to my thought of the punks who are doing
part of the attacks.

Take it a step further, are the punks the younger brothers,
of the 7-7 attackers, who knew where the explosive was hidden and thought that they knew enough to make a bomb?

It is the nails that are in the post with the photo of the container, that would be the give away, as in Israel the nails are soaked in the Bio, so they will break the skin and allow the germs to go into the blood.

The Palestine bombers like to add the nails.

[nw_arizona_granny]

LOL

Darn, all I wanted to do was show a profit.

I still have my out of date Notary seal, for a $100. i will
send you a sealed card for your wallet.

LOL

Heard again that you can buy an entire new idenity in Las Vegas for only $200., drivers license included.

LOL

[Cindy]

Smiling...sounds about right.

[Cindy]

Not Really OFF TOPIC...

Thanks to DFU for posting this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450440/posts
"DFU SONG: Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show (traitor Fonda's anti-war bus tour)"
DFU SONGS | 7-2005 | Lyrics, Doug from Upland
Posted on 07/25/2005 7:15:27 PM PDT by doug from upland

[nw_arizona_granny]

Looks as tho China has invented a new disease.....again. ------------------------------- Date: Mon 25 Jul 2005 From: ProMED-mail Source: China View, Xinhua News Agency, Mon 25 Jul 2005 [edited] ____________________________________________________________ China: Strange Disease Kills 17 in Sichuan Province -------------------------------------------------- Investigations are under way after a mysterious disease killed 17 farm workers and left at least 12 in a critical condition in hospital in Southwest China's Sichuan Province. ___________________________________________________________ This is the key paragraph.. granny____________________________________________________________ Zeng Huajin, a senior official with the provincial health department, said the deadly illness was "probably" caused by _Streptococcus suis_, a bacterium usually spread among pigs. "I can assure you that the disease is absolutely not SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), anthrax or avian influenza," the official said last night. "If it is caused by _Streptococcus suis_, we still need further research," he added. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ An initial 20 farm workers who handled sick or dead pigs and sheep in 12 towns and 15 villages in Jianyang city and Ziyang city's Yanjiang district suffered from high fever, nausea, vomiting and haemorrhaging. But more cases were reported as health workers began to search villages for the sick. "By noon on Saturday [23 Jul 2005], 58 people suspected of having the disease had been reported in Ziyang and (neighbouring) Neijiang," according to a statement last night from the provincial health department. "2 people (of those 58) have been released from hospital while 27 of them are recovering," the statement said. ____________________________________________________________ The statement said that the patients were from 49 villages of 23 townships in Sichuan and they were not related to each other. Zeng said the disease could not spread among humans, and normally only those with a weak immune system became ill. The Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture last week sent a special team to Sichuan to assist in the investigation, treatment and control of the outbreak. The 2 departments were not available for comment yesterday. "This is a good job of disease surveillance, and shows China has vastly improved its system since the SARS period in 2003," World Health Organization spokesman Bob Dietz was quoted by Bloomberg as saying. ____________________________________________________________ A physician with Ziyang No 1 People's Hospital said yesterday that people could quickly become ill and doctors were busy carrying out emergency treatment. All patients were reportedly being treated at 3 hospitals in Ziyang. Yesterday, Hong Kong put out an alert relating to the disease. ___________________________________________________________ Frozen pork from Sichuan is safe to eat, the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food York Chow told the Hong Kong public. He confirmed that no live pigs are imported from the province into the territory. He said frozen pork imports come via designated companies with permits from the Hong Kong health authorities. ____________________________________________________________ -- ProMED-mail [This outbreak appears to be more extensive than originally reported, with another 58 people under observation with similar symptoms. Our previous suggestion that the common factors of the sporadic nature of the cases, the limitation to farmers tending pigs and sheep, and the late development of haemorrhagic symptoms might suggest involvement of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus probably no longer applies. This suggestion is not compatible with the reported sickness and death of the pigs and sheep in the care of the affected farmers. CCHF virus infection does not normally produce symptoms in domestic animals. The disease bears no resemblance to avian influenza and a bacterial infection is now the locally preferred diagnosis. - Mod.CP] ____________________________________________________________ [_Streptoccossus suis_ is a commensal organism in pigs that can cause invasive disease. The Gram-positive coccus can also cause disease in man. Usually individuals at risk are those with exposure to pigs or pork (pig farmers, slaughterhouse personnel, butchers). ____________________________________________________________ Date: Mon 25 Jul 2005 From: ProMED-mail Source: China View, Xinhua News Agency, Mon 25 Jul 2005 [edited] China: Strange Disease Kills 17 in Sichuan Province -------------------------------------------------- Investigations are under way after a mysterious disease killed 17 farm workers and left at least 12 in a critical condition in hospital in Southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zeng Huajin, a senior official with the provincial health department, said the deadly illness was "probably" caused by _Streptococcus suis_, a bacterium usually spread among pigs. "I can assure you that the disease is absolutely not SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome), anthrax or avian influenza," the official said last night. "If it is caused by _Streptococcus suis_, we still need further research," he added. An initial 20 farm workers who handled sick or dead pigs and sheep in 12 towns and 15 villages in Jianyang city and Ziyang city's Yanjiang district suffered from high fever, nausea, vomiting and haemorrhaging. But more cases were reported as health workers began to search villages for the sick. "By noon on Saturday [23 Jul 2005], 58 people suspected of having the disease had been reported in Ziyang and (neighbouring) Neijiang," according to a statement last night from the provincial health department. "2 people (of those 58) have been released from hospital while 27 of them are recovering," the statement said. The statement said that the patients were from 49 villages of 23 townships in Sichuan and they were not related to each other. Zeng said the disease could not spread among humans, and normally only those with a weak immune system became ill. The Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture last week sent a special team to Sichuan to assist in the investigation, treatment and control of the outbreak. The 2 departments were not available for comment yesterday. "This is a good job of disease surveillance, and shows China has vastly improved its system since the SARS period in 2003," World Health Organization spokesman Bob Dietz was quoted by Bloomberg as saying. A physician with Ziyang No 1 People's Hospital said yesterday that people could quickly become ill and doctors were busy carrying out emergency treatment. All patients were reportedly being treated at 3 hospitals in Ziyang. Yesterday, Hong Kong put out an alert relating to the disease. Frozen pork from Sichuan is safe to eat, the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food York Chow told the Hong Kong public. He confirmed that no live pigs are imported from the province into the territory. He said frozen pork imports come via designated companies with permits from the Hong Kong health authorities. -- ProMED-mail [This outbreak appears to be more extensive than originally reported, with another 58 people under observation with similar symptoms. Our previous suggestion that the common factors of the sporadic nature of the cases, the limitation to farmers tending pigs and sheep, and the late development of haemorrhagic symptoms might suggest involvement of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus probably no longer applies. This suggestion is not compatible with the reported sickness and death of the pigs and sheep in the care of the affected farmers. ____________________________________________________________ CCHF virus infection does not normally produce symptoms in domestic animals. The disease bears no resemblance to avian influenza and a bacterial infection is now the locally preferred diagnosis. - Mod.CP] ____________________________________________________________ [_Streptoccossus suis_ is a commensal organism in pigs that can cause invasive disease. The Gram-positive coccus can also cause disease in man. Usually individuals at risk are those with exposure to pigs or pork (pig farmers, slaughterhouse personnel, butchers). ____________________________________________________________The most common manifestation of human _S. suis_ infection is meningitis, and although _S. suis_ infection is relatively rare in the West, it has been reported to be the 2nd most common cause of pyogenic meningitis in Hong Kong (1). Although most reports are from Asia, the infection in humans has been reported in many countries in Europe as well. ____________________________________________________________ Early hearing loss in these cases is a common feature (2). Additionally the infection may be more virulent and recurrent in those who are asplenic or functionally hyposplenic (3). Primary bacteremia, septic arthritis, pneumonia, and endocarditis have also been reported (4). ____________________________________________________________ The infection is generally sporadic in man, and since overt meningitis is not described in the current cases, it appears that _S. suis_ is less likely to be the etiology of this outbreak in China. ___________________________________________________________ 1. Gui ACF, Ng KC, Tong PY, et al: Bacterial meningitis in Hong Kong:10-years' experience. Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2005;107:366-70. 2. Donsakul DK, Dejthevaporn C, Witoonpanich R: Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2003; 34:154-58. 3. Francois B, Gissot V, Ploy MC, Vignon P: Recurrent septic shock due to _Streptococcus suis_. J Clin Microbiol 1998; 36:2395. 4. Kay R, Cheng AF, Tse CY: _Streptococcus suis_ infection in Hong Kong. QJM 1995p;88:39-47. - Mod.LL] ____________________________________________________________ [see also: Undiagnosed deaths - China (Sichuan) (02) 20050724.2139 Undiagnosed deaths - China (Sichuan): RFI 20050724.2131] ...............................cp/pg/dk ___________________________________________________________

[JellyJam]

U.S. Embassy in Saudia Arabia warns Americans that militant plots are likely

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The U.S. Embassy warned Americans in Saudi Arabia on Monday that militants are likely plotting new terror attacks in the kingdom.

The embassy’s message, posted on its Web site, said there were “continued indications of operational planning for a terrorist attack or attacks” in Saudi Arabia. It offered no specific information.

“U.S. military personnel stationed in Saudi Arabia have been instructed to suspend all non-duty related leisure travel outside of their work or housing stations,” the message said. It urged Americans to be vigilant and avoid areas frequented by Westerners.

It was the second such warning posted in the past week by the embassy in Riyadh.

Also Monday, Saudi security forces detained a wanted Saudi-born al-Qaida operative, Mohammed Saeed Mohammed al-Sayam al-Umari, 25, in Medina, one of Islam’s holiest cities.

No further details were provided.