Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty-Nine

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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty-Nine (Index)

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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.

YOU be the judge and get informed!

Was Bomber's "New York" Shirt A Message?
Full Story

It's hardly a unique fashion statement for a mass transit rider: a Yankees-style cap, and a "New York" sweat shirt.

But the New York Police Department is teaming with British authorities to determine whether those items were worn by suspects in the London terror cases to send a "purposeful message" to the city, according to an NYPD officials.

David Cohen, the NYPD's deputy commissioner of intelligence, raised the concern earlier this week at a security briefing for business leaders at police headquarters in Lower Manhattan.

Related:
New assessments warn of Qaeda suicide attacks in U.S.
Still Not Ready in The ER | Cell Phone Number: ICE
Where bin Laden is, why he's still alive

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

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[MamaDearest]

And, as usual, we don't know why but we know it's not terrorism.

Stuff happens.....and happens.....and happens

It'll be under investigation and they'll find either "unknown causes" or some other thing to pin it on other than whatever caused the pilots to be incapacitated.

[MamaDearest]

I apologize to all for listening to NPR.

I also listened to them when the Iraq war broke out and they did some excellent reporting about the battles being fought. I was at work, and it was a heck of a lot more interesting than listening to the Mariah Carey - Michael Bolton all day channel that was workplace acceptable.

[Cindy]

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=17048_Radical_Islamist_Was_Nuclear_Safety_Engineer&only
(August 14, 2005)

[MamaDearest]

TSA may loosen ban on razor blades and knives on planes

Intelligence memo warns of new attacks

You take the fake - you pay the price

Two men arrested selling Al Qaeda coupons

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

JIHAD WATCH.org (TimesOnline.co.uk): "LEAKED US INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENT WARNING OF TERRORIST ATTACKS ON LONDON AND AMERICA USING FUEL TANKERS" (August 14, 2005)

WTOP.com (AP): Los Angeles - "FBI WARNS POLICE OF POSSIBLE TERROR ATTACK" (Updated August 11, 2005)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES EYE TERRORISTS" by Rowan Scarborough (August 12, 2005)

[Cindy]

Thanks to MamaDearest for pointing to this article:

http://www.eians.com/stories/2005/08/14/14ar.shtml

"Two arrested for selling Al Qaeda coupons"
Indo-Asian News Service


Kolkata, Aug 14 (IANS)


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Reports said the man, who looked like a fakir and was believed to be about 50 years old, sold coupons of Rs.25 and Rs.50 denominations under the name of "Mujahiddin al Qaida Pacific International - Dhaka, Bangladesh" in Metiaburz and other areas near the Kolkata port.

It was not known if the two people arrested Sunday were Bangladeshis. The coupons were also distributed in some central Kolkata neighbourhoods.

The coupons were in Urdu and some booklets of Muslim jehadi organisations were reportedly distributed along with them.

One of the groups mentioned in the booklets was "Harkat-ul-Jihad-Islami", which is believed to be an arm of a Pakistani terrorist organisation that works with Al Qaeda."

[Lucy Lake]

From the article:

Besides pirated films and software, there is a growing international trade in fake toys,

medicines, foodstuffs, spare parts for cars and even passenger jets.

Since June, about 250 Chinese schoolchildren have become ill with breathing problems

after being given fake vaccines. At least one is reported to have died.

"Developing countries are the biggest victims of counterfeiting," Jamet said. "In some African states, 85 percent of all medicines sold are fakes."

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463339/posts


Iraqis kill al-Qaeda lieutenant in Mosul
AAP ^

Posted on 08/14/2005 3:40:36 PM PDT by jmc1969

A lieutenant of al-Qaeda terror boss Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed by Iraqi security forces in Mosul, the US military said.

Mohammed Salah Sultan, also known as Abu Zubair, was killed on Friday, the US statement said.

The statement said Abu Zubair was a "known member of al-Qaeda in Iraq" and an al-Zarqawi lieutenant who was sought for his role in a July suicide bombing of a police station in Mosul in which five Iraqi police were killed.

Abu Zubair was wearing a suicide pack with explosives when he was killed, the US statement said.

"He was also suspected of resourcing and facilitating suicide bomber attacks against coalition, Iraqi security forces and Iraqi citizens throughout the country," the statement said.

The statement said that last week, US and Iraqi forces captured three bomb makers and six foreign fighters as well as finding and clearing 101 improvised explosive devices in the Mosul area.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463165/posts

"The Daily Terrorist Round-Up 8/14/05 (Cell Leader in Mosul Captured)"

Posted on 08/14/2005 9:33:25 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2005/20050813_2414.html


Helicopter Mishap Hurts 2 Soldiers; Iraqis Stop Syrian Terrorist

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2005 – Two U.S. soldiers were injured as a result of a helicopter accident that occurred near Kirkuk, Iraq, on Aug. 12.
The injured soldiers were evacuated to a coalition forces medical facility. The incident is under investigation.

Elsewhere in Iraq, police detained and later arrested a Syrian man in Samawah Aug. 12. After questioning, the Syrian admitted to traveling to Iraq to carry out a suicide attack during a planned demonstration on Aug. 14.

Also, Iraqi soldiers on patrol in Diwaniyah Aug. 12 discovered improvised explosive devices that had been placed near the Najaf Road.

Responding to a tip about a suspected IED in the area, the 8th Iraqi Army Division soldiers found six rockets near an abandoned bridge in the Nooria area. The unexploded ordnance was safely removed. No injuries or damages were reported.

And Iraqi Army and U.S. soldiers teamed up to nab five suspected insurgents during a combined operation in Habbaniyah Aug. 12. Iraqi troops with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Intervention Force, and U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, searched homes of suspected members in the area.

Coalition military advisers say the Iraqi soldiers performed well during the mission.

Also, Iraqi Army soldiers found a weapons cache in Rawah Aug. 11. Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Iraqi Intervention Force, discovered the cache under a vehicle.

The cache consisted of two light machine guns and 3,000 rounds of ammunition, nine AK-47 automatic rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition, one NATO machine gun and 200 rounds of ammunition, four concussion grenades, one fragmentary grenade without fuses, and other ammunition. The weapons were confiscated for later disposal.

And Iraqi Army soldiers detained 16 suspected insurgents during three Aug. 11 operations conducted in Khalis, Bayji and Khan Bani Saad.

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division, conducted an early morning raid near Khalis resulting in nine suspects being detained. Three of them were on a targeted list.

In Khan Bani Saad, six suspects were detained following a raid designed to capture individuals believed to be involved in recent drive-by shootings. Task Force 2-34 and elements of the 4th Iraqi Army Division confiscated three AK-47s, two 9 mm pistols and one bus. The bus is suspected of being the vehicle used in the shootings.

And soldiers from the 1st Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, in Bayji captured a possible escaped detainee the same day. The suspect was driving a dump truck at the time of his capture. This detainee is suspected of escaping from an Iraqi Army compound in Tikrit three months earlier.

Iraqi police and U.S. forces conducted a successful raid in Mosul Aug. 11. Iraqi police officers and soldiers with 1vst Battalion, 24th U.S. Infantry Regiment, found 12 rocket-propelled grenade rounds, six 60 mm mortar rounds and rifle shells during the raid. The munitions were turned over to an explosive ordnance disposal team. In another Mosul location that day, Iraqi police found another 16 RPG rounds and requested assistance for disposal.

Police officers in Baghdad are improving daily and responding to insurgent violence with more-focused investigations, keener planning and better-executed searches.

Iraqi Police Service officers in the New Baghdad District have recently conducted a variety of operations including raids involving over 450 officers. The raids were directed at 40 residences and resulted in the confiscation of 30 AK-47s, two handguns and one machine gun. Police arrested 30 suspected insurgents, three of whom were on police lists.

In addition, Baghdad police from the Al Khanssa Station captured a kidnapper involved in the abduction of a local physician whose family had paid a ransom to have the victim released. Following the arrest, police officers recovered the doctor's vehicle as well as the ransom money paid by his family.

No injuries or damages were reported during any of the Iraqi security force or U.S. military operations.

(From Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq press releases.)


Related Sites:
Multinational Force Iraq
Multinational Security Transition Command Iraq

[Cindy]

I am monitoring the following links:

http://www.idf.il
http://www.jpost.com
http://www.dailyalert.org/
http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com
http://www.memritv.org
http://www.memri.org
http://www.internet-haganah.us
http://www.foxnews.com
http://www.jihadwatch.org

[Cindy]

Note: The following text (minus all the photographs) is an exact quote:
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2005/20050813_2415.html


Iraq Raid Yields Possible Chemical Production Facility

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2005 – Acting on detainee-provided tips, coalition forces found what's believed to be an insurgent chemical production facility and chemical storage locations during Aug. 9 raids in northern Iraq, officials in Iraq reported today.

Technical experts are analyzing this chemical production equipment believed to be part of a clandestine operation. Officials state so far that evidence was insufficient on what was being produced at the facility found during a U.S.-led raid Aug. 9.
The early morning raids, conducted by Task Force Freedom, uncovered what technical experts believe to be a "clandestine chemical production facility" and possibly related storage sites.

Military officials are careful to state that ongoing analysis of the chemical evidence collected from the sites is currently insufficient to determine what the insurgents had been producing.

"We are continuing to investigate the production and storage facilities to determine what type and quantities of chemicals were produced at the facility and the specific threat posed to our forces," said Col. Henry Franke, Multinational Corps' nuclear, biological and chemical defense officer.

"We don't want to speculate on any possibilities until our analysis is complete," he added.

But military officials believe they've disrupted a potentially serious threat to coalition forces and the Iraqi people.

Intelligence experts are conducting related investigations to determine which terrorist or insurgent group is responsible for the construction and operation of the secret facility.

(Based on a Multinational Force Iraq news release.)


Related Site:
Multinational Force Iraq

This chemical production equipment among items found during the Task Force Freedom raid on Aug. 9 in northern Iraq.
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Unidentified chemicals in 5-gallon containers stacked against a wall represented the more than 1,500 gallons of various chemicals were found in northern Iraq on Aug. 9.
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Stored leaking chemicals were found near the possible production facility uncovered in U.S.-led Aug. 9 raids in northern Iraq.
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These unidentified chemicals in 55-gallon drums were part of the more than 1,500 gallons of various chemicals were found in northern Iraq on Aug. 9.
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[Cindy]

http://www.all.org/hp9.htm

"American Life League marks horrors of
46 million dead with Pro-life Memorial Day"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""October 3, 2005 will be a day for all Americans to stop and reflect upon the gruesome war being waged upon innocent children in the womb," said Judie Brown, president of American Life League. "American Life League's first-ever Pro-life Memorial Day will unite people across our land under the common message that abortion is a violent act that has taken a toll of unthinkable proportions."

Nationwide participation is expected for this event, as individuals will be invited to plan and take part in Pro-life Memorial Day prayer services and similar events in their local communities on that day."

[freeperfromnj]

I never frown at Debka, look at the family it has given to us on Threat Matrix........with a hug.

So true, so true. Hugs back at you granny.

[JellyJam]

Now it's said to be a "hoax" bomb.

from AP:

“Someone tried to make this look like a real bomb,” said D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department spokesman Alan Etter.

A dry run perhaps?! The hotel is four blocks north of the White House.

[MamaDearest]

Mexico sells lots of fake medicines too, to a zealous market anxious to purchase lower priced prescriptions:

FDA warns of fake Mexican medicines

[MamaDearest]

I am monitoring the following links:

All excellent sites to monitor - thank you Cindy!

[MamaDearest]

Weapons arrest at US - Canadian border

[Cindy]

"A dry run perhaps?"

Were you listening to our conversation at home?
Smiling...

I said to my husband, "What do you think -- a dry run -- to check for the response time?"

[Cindy]

Thank you MamaDearest.