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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty-Eight

Posted on 07/11/2005 8:12:04 PM PDT by nwctwx

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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!
Threat Matrix - Daily Terrorism Threat
Threat Matrix: U.S. Terrorism
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."
Threat Matrix HTML designed by: Ian Livingston


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: British chick

Agreed.

After reading your links, I hope that intelligence will be a little more forthcoming if they get the same kind of signals they got last time.

But I doubt it. I have a suspicion we're gonna be on our own in this one.


3,061 posted on 08/02/2005 5:20:49 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living affront to Islam since 1959)
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To: British chick
. . . Saturday would also mark the 1,426 days since Sept. 11, 2001. He points out that, in the Islamic calendar, this is the year 1426 – and that Aug. 6 would be the first day of the seventh month, the exact midway point of the year 1426. . .

coinkydink? Lets hope so . . .

3,062 posted on 08/02/2005 5:23:59 AM PDT by bored at work (Barack Obama . . . Iraq Osama . . . ?)
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To: SlowBoat407

I had not seen this article before...

http://www.worldthreats.com/al-qaeda_terrorism/AQ%20WMD%20Attack%20Soon.htm

Terror expert:
Qaida WMD Attack on US
Likely Soon
By Etgar Lefkovits



An al-Qaida attack on the US with non-conventional weapons is virtually "inevitable," and the organization is likely "tying up the knots" for such an attack, Yossef Bodansky, former director of the US Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

"All of the warnings we have today indicate that a major strike – something more horrible than anything we've seen before – is all but inevitable," he said.

Bodansky, here for the second annual Jerusalem Summit, an international gathering of conservative thinkers, added that "the primary option" for the next al-Qaida attack on US soil would be one that would use weapons of mass destruction.

"I do not have a crystal ball, but this is what all the available evidence tells us, we will have a bang," Bodansky said.

He said that al-Qaida has not carried out a second major attack on the US until now for internal psychological and ideological reasons, but after the reelection of President George W. Bush, it has gotten "the green light" to do so from leading Islamic religious luminaries, as well as from "the elites of the Arab world."

According to Bodansky's reading of Osama bin Laden's mind-set, after the elaborate attacks of 9/11 there was no need for the "bin Ladens of the world" to carry out a second major attack in the US, both because the target audience of the attacks – the Arab and Islamic world – had gotten the message that America could be penetrated, and because a second attack would necessarily have to be more grandiose.

Following the attacks and the US-led war on terror, a debate started within the operational arm of the organization over the potential use of weapons of mass destruction, Bodansky said.

If, in pre-9/11 days, the theme used by bin Laden was that perpetual confrontation and jihad against the US was the only way to protect Islam, the argument now used is the ability to punish American society, Bodansky said.

"Just as the West was challenging the quintessence of Islam by means of the globalization era, there was a parallel need by Islamic extremists to strike at – and hurt – the core of American society, this time with weapons of mass destruction," Bodansky said.

A subsequent theological debate emerged within the organization, and its supporters in the Arab world, he said, over whether the mass killing of innocents is permissible.

While bin Laden and his associates argued that by virtue of their participation in US democracy, US citizens were enabling their rulers to fight, other Islamic luminaries contended that this does not permit such massive attacks, Bodansky said. The reelection of Bush in November, he said, was viewed by bin Laden and his cohorts as a decisive answer to this deliberation, with Americans now "choosing" to be the enemies of Islam. In bin Laden's mind-set, he said, the stage was set for a non-conventional attack.

Bodansky said that while there may still be some vestiges of debate and doubt within Islamic circles, he believes that planing for such an attack is finished. "They got the kosher stamp from the Islamic world to use nuclear weapons," he said.

Moreover, Bodansky said that America is losing the war against terrorism, noting the number of recruits bin Laden is able to count on, as his call to arms gains widespread support throughout the Muslim world.

In the pre-9/11 world, Bodansky said, jihadists could count on 250,000 individuals trained and willing to die, and 2.5 million–5 million people willing to help them in one way or another. He cited intelligence estimates from this summer that suggest that as many as 500,000-750,000 people are willing and trained to die, 10 million are willing to actively support them, short of killing, while another 50 million are willing to support such a movement financially.


3,063 posted on 08/02/2005 5:30:48 AM PDT by British chick
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To: British chick

BC, based on that article, the only sufficient U.S. response to such an attack would be the utter devastation of every country that has proven itself to be a source of terrorist education and funding: Syria, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia... to start.

And if the attacks do occur, I doubt there would be much opposition to such an action.


3,064 posted on 08/02/2005 5:59:07 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living affront to Islam since 1959)
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To: SlowBoat407
If the worst happens regarding any kind of "nuke" attack, I dont think anybody will claim responsibility for some time. It will be an assumption on our part from current intel that would drive any kind of retaliatory strike. It would be lunacy to strike everyone. It would be lunacy to nuke back anybody in my opinion.

Cool heads are gonna be far and few between if something like that happens though.

3,065 posted on 08/02/2005 6:27:23 AM PDT by bored at work (Barack Obama . . . Iraq Osama . . . ?)
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To: bored at work

Bored, I go back and forth. The part of me that looks from the present wants to be rational and determined in a response. The part of me that sees the aftermath of such an attack is already jumping on a winged horse and hurling fireballs at anything that looks at us wrong.

After 9/11 I contended that the U.S. needed to gain the reputation of a mad dog, unpredicatable, angry, and swift in attack. We're part way there, but political correctness has betrayed our soft underbelly.

I keep going back and forth.


3,066 posted on 08/02/2005 6:33:34 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living affront to Islam since 1959)
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To: SlowBoat407

Dont get me wrong, on that fateful day back in Sept 2001, I left work early and layed all of my weapons out, spit shined everyone of 'em. I have quit an arsenal. I even cleaned my rounds. I was ready to go to Afghanistan and take out every one of those "taliban". I wanted revenge! I speak about a cool head because we are gonna need one and I'm afraid I'm not gonna be one of them.

I too go back and forth. Hind sight is 20/20 and I think going into Afganastan was the right thing to do. I dont think we did it right though . . . I digress, sorry . . .


3,067 posted on 08/02/2005 6:48:22 AM PDT by bored at work (Barack Obama . . . Iraq Osama . . . ?)
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To: British chick

I got my dates wrong on the attacks in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998! They were August 7th, not the 5th. But the 7th is a Sunday this year so it still wouldn't make much sense as an attack date.

Sometimes I think it would be better if they just got on with it and did their worst. Part of the genius of terror is keeping people in suspense!


3,068 posted on 08/02/2005 6:57:56 AM PDT by British chick
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bookmark


3,069 posted on 08/02/2005 7:18:40 AM PDT by Godzilla (Work, work, work makes for little time to TM.)
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To: bored at work

WND ON THE AIR
'Al Qaeda Connection' author on Farah show
Ex-FBI consultant says terrorists have suitcase nukes in U.S.







Posted: August 2, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern



© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com


Former FBI consultant Paul L. Williams, author of "The Al Qaeda Connection," will be the guest today on "Farah Live," the nationally syndicated talk program.

As WorldNetDaily reported, Williams says former CIA Director George Tenet informed President Bush one month after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that at least two suitcase nukes had reached al-Qaida operatives in the U.S.


"Each suitcase weighed between 50 and 80 kilograms (approximately 110 to 176 pounds) and contained enough fissionable plutonium and uranium to produce an explosive yield in excess of two kilotons," wrote Williams.

According to the author, the news sent Bush "through the roof," prompting him to order his national security team to give nuclear terrorism priority over every other threat to America.


3,070 posted on 08/02/2005 9:06:49 AM PDT by bored at work (Barack Obama . . . Iraq Osama . . . ?)
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To: nw_arizona_granny

Thanks.
It's REALLY good to be home!


3,071 posted on 08/02/2005 9:33:29 AM PDT by Velveeta
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To: British chick
Saturday would also mark the 1,426 days since Sept. 11, 2001

Hmmm. That's a biggie, IMO.

Hiroshima anniversary 8/6/05.

8 + 6 + 5 = 19

Definitely be prepared and vigilant on Saturday.

3,072 posted on 08/02/2005 9:45:57 AM PDT by Velveeta
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To: British chick

From and including: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
To and including: Saturday, August 6, 2005

It is 1,426 days from the start date to the end date, end date included

Or 3 years, 10 months, 27 days including the end date

Alternative time units
1,426 days can be converted to one of these units:
123,206,400 seconds
2,053,440 minutes
34,224 hours
203 weeks (rounded down)
http://www.timeanddate.com/date/durationresult.html?m1=9&d1=11&y1=2001&m2=8&d2=6&y2=2005&ti=on


3,073 posted on 08/02/2005 9:55:01 AM PDT by Velveeta
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To: SlowBoat407

ROFL.
Which sister?


3,074 posted on 08/02/2005 9:55:54 AM PDT by Velveeta
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To: Velveeta

Thanks Vel.


3,075 posted on 08/02/2005 10:25:12 AM PDT by British chick
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To: All

Suspicious package found near theater on Okinawa base
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=30726


3,076 posted on 08/02/2005 10:27:08 AM PDT by Velveeta
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To: British chick

My pleasure


3,077 posted on 08/02/2005 10:46:51 AM PDT by Velveeta
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To: Velveeta

Hi, V. Welcome to the party.


3,078 posted on 08/02/2005 10:54:01 AM PDT by SlowBoat407 (A living affront to Islam since 1959)
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To: All
FYI. A weird incident here in TN. Probably some .gov hater.

Terror Scare in South Pittsburg

Jessica Morris

July 29,2005

A man stopped at the National Guard Armory in South Pittsburg, Tennessee Thursday afternoon and asked what authorities are calling "provocative" questions.

Now, he's in jail, and the TBI is investigating the incident.

“The local police came in and said we had to evacuate our office. They'd found a U-Haul full of questionable explosives,” said Dr. Russ Hadcock, a local physician.

That U-Haul was parked at a storage unit off 12th Street, shutting down traffic on that road for a couple of hours.

According to local law enforcement, a man walked into the National Guard Amory and started asking alarming questions, like where the nearest nuclear power plant is and information about security systems.

When the National Guard reported the tag number of the U-Haul the man was driving, it came up stolen.

That's when the South Pittsburg Police, the Marion County Sheriff's Office, the TVA Police, the TBI, and the Chattanooga Bomb Squad were called to the scene—a storage unit where the U-Haul was parked and the Lotto Mart Drive-thru Diner across the street where the suspect had been seen earlier in the week.

Store workers said Tuesday the man spent all evening at the diner. Little did he know, the mayor of South Pittsburg was watching him.

“I was suspicious about him. There was something, something wasn't right about it,” said Mayor Mike Killian.

They arrested Robert Powell, Jr., 32, and charged him with theft over $10,000.

As for the U-haul... It was empty. A false alarm, but some say it's better to be safe than sorry.

“You have to take all precaution until you check it out, and that's what we did,” said Marion County Sheriff Ronnie Bo Burnett.

“I have them know the system works, but I'm glad it was a false alarm,” said Mayor Killian.

Powell is in the Marion County jail, Mayor Killian said, for stealing a U-haul from Montana out of a police department parking lot.

The TBI will continue to investigate.

3,079 posted on 08/02/2005 11:11:15 AM PDT by Chaos
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To: Chaos

. . . asking alarming questions, like where the nearest nuclear power plant is and information about security systems.
. . . stealing a U-haul from Montana out of a police department parking lot . . .

Your kiddin right. This story sounds so made up.

I just read it again OMG. This moron should win the stoopid with two Os award.


3,080 posted on 08/02/2005 11:27:14 AM PDT by bored at work (Barack Obama . . . Iraq Osama . . . ?)
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