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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

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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.

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

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[MamaDearest]

they think he is telling the truth.

That could be so Granny if it is "his" version of the word "truth." The real truth, however, will undoubtedly remain to be seen.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Bush Says Military Reaction to Iran Nuclear Program Possible
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=alUi.3E60JJw&refer=top_world_news

BP Chocolate Bayou unit fire finally extinguished
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/3308761

Tractor-trailer crashes, spills chemicals
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2005/08/13/1171568-sun.html

Scientist warns micro-reactors could be threat
Concerns arise that shrinking technology might allow terrorists to make toxins in secret
But arms-control scientists and weapons inspectors say the rapidly emerging technology of micro-reactors risks impairing one of the world's strongest arms-control and nonproliferation treaties, the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention.
In Friday's edition of the prestigious journal Science, a postdoctoral organic chemist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory warns that micro-reactors could allow a nation or terrorist group in a matter of hours or days to make pounds of toxins that are lethal in doses smaller than a drop and do so in secret.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_2940134

Terrorists kill five in J&K
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1460426,000900010002.htm

One person killed, one injured in suspected terrorist blast
MIL-TURKEY-BLAST
One person killed, one injured in suspected terrorist blast
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=760241

Americans raise US$14 million for Gaza settlers
http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=12459

Pervasive Corruption in Russia Is 'Just Called Business'
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/13/international/europe/13russia.html

??????????warrants reportedly mentioned Nigeria and another African country
Newspaper: investigation seems to target Africa dealings
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3718673

Truck carrying low level radioactive material catches fire
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3719246

EU condemns assassination of Sri Lankan foreign minister as "terrorist act"
http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-235/0508144843190119.htm

Putin schmoozes to put Russia's investment house in order
http://business.scotsman.com/economy.cfm?id=1776862005

Unusual U.S.-Russian Reporting Team To Probe Editor's Murder in Moscow
http://www.nysun.com/article/18574

Russia kills birds to halt advance of flu virus
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/16Aug2005_news27.php

Bird flu may spread to southern Russia - physician
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20050815/41158901.html

Johnston Road between Providence and Marvin to remain closed ...
WCNC (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA
... department. Fuel from the truck has spilled on the roadway and CFD's Hazmat team is on the scene to clean up the spill. Police ...

Oligarchs feel chill factor as Putin makes offers they cannot refuse
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1735072,00.html

U.S., others hold anti-terrorist nuclear exercise
The United States and a dozen other nations launched maritime exercises Monday aimed at stopping weapons of mass destruction shipments.
http://www.pei.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/15/nuclear_anti-terrorist_exercise20050815.html

[MamaDearest]

Copnvicted Alberta school killer loose from halfway house

The Blood of Martyrs

Blue Cross offering insurance and Wells Fargo offering checkig accounts to illegals

Border Patrol and police shot at in Yuma area

[MamaDearest]

checkig = checking

[nw_arizona_granny]

New word:

Jihadistan it means a nation of jihadi warriors, without borders.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Jihadistan&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&start=10&sa=N

[flowergirl]

My mom turned 80 yesterday and told me about her 20th birthday..august 14 1945. She had gone to the movies that night w/ her folks and when they came out people where
spilling out into the streets(Ft Worth,Tx) and celebrating the just announced surrender of Japan. She said the famous NY photo of the soldier kissing the girl was on august the 14th.. and that was and always would be VJ Day to her and her generation... FWIW

[nw_arizona_granny]

But surely anyone who asked what the meaning of 'is' is, would not know what the word 'truth' is.

LOL

[nw_arizona_granny]

It is all America's fault, even when the nuts won't grow.
granny

IranMania News - www.iranmania.com

Unprocessed pistachio export
unprofitable


LONDON, August 16 (IranMania) - An Agriculture Jihad
Ministry official said that export of unprocessed pistachios is
not a profitable business under the circumstances.

Behrouz Gheibi, the ministry?s director general for pistachio
affairs, told ILNA that only 1,500 tons of unprocessed
pistachios are consumed domestically, adding that export of
unprocessed pistachios would need certain transportation
facilities, which are not available in Iran.

?Unprocessed pistachios have to be transported in
refrigerated containers and in special packages which do not
exist in Iran,? he said, adding that if necessary facilities are
provided, some 2,000-3,000 tons of unprocessed pistachios
could be exported to Persian Gulf littoral states each year.

He further noted that Iran exported 25,300 tons of pistachios
to the Persian Gulf littoral states during March-July this year.

He said that the annual unprocessed pistachio production in
the northeastern city of Damghan and the central city of
Saveh stands at some 150,000 tons.

The official said processed pistachio production is expected
to reach 120,000 tons by March 2006.

Global demand for pistachios currently stands at several mln
tons while Iran can at best export 150,000 tons per annum.

In recent years, the United States has turned into a major
pistachio producing country.

Some experts say thanks to the cultivation and marketing of
pistachios by the Americans, Iran could easily take
advantage of the current situation to improve its pistachio
exports.

Late frosts destroyed 35-55 % of pistachio crop last year.

Iran exported 136,000 tons of pistachios worth over $800
mln during March 2004-2005.

Pistachio production could decline by over 60 % in the year
to March 2006 due to unseasonably hot weather in March
and frosts in April that hit almost all parts of the pistachio
growing region in the southern province of Kerman.

The yield in Iran remains low at one ton per hectare,
whereas other pistachio producing countries harvest three
tons per hectare.

[nw_arizona_granny]

News from Iran:

http://www.iranmania.com/News/SectionView/Default.asp?SectionKind=Current+Affairs

[Cindy]

That's interesting granny.
I learn something new everyday.

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/004755.html
August 14, 2005
"'Iraqi Shi'ite Jihadis' operating an 'American' anti-Iraq war Yahoo eGroup from Jordan
The whole thing smells like half-baked Iranian Intelligence."

Article Snippet: "There is reason to believe that this group is connected to the currently inactive site hdalsalam.com."


http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/004442.html
July 03, 2005
"www.hdalsalam.com: site of Shi'ite 'National Islamic Resistance' in Iraq"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One question this organization's appearance raises is this: is it an indigenous Iraqi group, or does it represent further Iranian meddling in Iraqi affairs?"

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ON THE NET...


http://get-them-out.cjb.net/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Get_them_out_of_that_hell/

[Cindy]

Off Topic, but FYI.
Thanks to a Special Freeper for bringing this to my attention:

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http://www.nbc4tv/news/

http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4856055/detail.html
"Power Lost At Bob Hope Airport After Explosion"

POSTED: 11:00 pm PDT August 15, 2005
UPDATED: 11:12 pm PDT August 15, 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BURBANK, Calif. -- Power was lost at a portion of Bob Hope Airport in Burbank because of an underground explosion, NBC 4 reported."

[little jeremiah]

Got any info about this on the scanner?

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/12393501.htm
Posted on Tue, Aug. 16, 2005


"Burbank airport flights not affected by power outage"
Associated Press

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BURBANK - A power outage knocked out electricity for more than an hour at some hangars at Bob Hope Airport Monday night but did not disrupt flights, officials said.

The outage occurred around 9:45 p.m. in an underground vault housing an electrical transformer outside the airport, said airport operations supervisor Ron McClellan. Lights went out at two private flight operators - Million Air and Mercury Air Center - but they continued operating, he said. Power returned just after 11 p.m."

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ON THE NET...

http://www.altavista.com/news/results?q=Burbank&nc=0&nr=0&nd=4

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=Burbank&btnG=Search+News

[nw_arizona_granny]

August 16, 2005

More extremists to be expelled
By Richard Ford and Daniel McGrory

The London Times

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22989-1736555,00.html

The Home Secretary moves against 'preachers of hate' and warns of third
attack

A FRESH set of expulsions of extremists from Britain is being prepared
as part of the Government's clampdown on "preachers of hate".

Charles Clarke plans to move against scores of militants accused of
stirring up hatred as soon as new immigration rules come into force at the
weekend.

The Home Secretary said that further expulsions were imminent and that
it would be "absolutely foolish" to assume that there will not be a
third terrorist attack in London.

The security services and immigration officials are understood to have
drawn up a list of foreign extremists to be deported. Many are
understood to be young clerics who have come in recent years from Pakistan and
North Africa. These so-called preachers of hate are not as well known
as clerics such as Abu Qatada and Omar Bakri Mohammed but are seen as
stirring up hatred and extremism among young followers.

Muslim leaders have been consulted about a number of the suspects who
are expected to be arrested shortly. Their identities are being kept
secret for fear that the men may go into hiding before arrests can be
made. As well as clerics, the list is understood to include owners of
radical Islamic bookshops, writers, a number of teachers and website
operators of different nationalities.

Mr Clarke spoke of further action against extremists after visiting the
Metropolitan Police yesterday — his first day back at the Home Office
since returning at the weekend from a holiday in the United States. He
said that the Government would continue looking at people in this
country whose presence was not conducive to the public good.

"Now we are consulting on the list of unacceptable behaviours and that
consultation ends on August 19. After that we will still be looking at
further steps that need to be taken to ensure that those people who are
working against the interests of this country are properly dealt with."

While on holiday Mr Clarke ordered the deportation of ten Islamic
extremists. Among them is Abu Qatada, 44, described as al-Qaeda's spiritual
ambassador in Europe. He also banned the extremist cleric Omar Bakri
Mohammed from Britain and stripped him of his leave to remain in the
country.

A two-week consultation period which ends on Friday will allow the
Government to introduce new rules to exclude people from Britain. In future
unacceptable behaviour will include fomenting terrorism or seeking to
provoke others to terror, justifying terrorism, fomenting other serious
criminal activity, fostering hatred which may lead to intra-community
violence, advocating violence in support of particular beliefs and
expressing what the Government considers to be extreme views conflicting
with Britain’s culture of tolerance.

It will apply to anyone preaching, public speeches, websites and those
writing, publishing or distributing such material. British diplomats
have been told to speed up their negotiations to get more countries to
sign a deal to take militants who have been expelled.

The Government had hoped to secure written agreements with Algeria and
Lebanon by now to add to the deal with Jordan signed last week. The
priority is to swiftly iron out disagreements with Algeria since nine of
the men arrested last week on Mr Clarke's orders are believed to come
from there.

Lawyers for Abu Qatada and the others have to lodge their first appeals
by tomorrow and all are expected to demand a swift hearing before the
Special Immigration Appeals Commission. The Jordanian authorities are
finalising details of their extradition request for the cleric, whose
real name is Omar Mahmoud Abu Omar.

# A terror suspect accused of recruiting and converting the Madrid
train bombers could face a widescale breach of his human rights if returned
to Spain, a British court was told yesterday.

Moutaz Almallah Dabas, who was arrested in Slough in March, is accused
of being the manager of an al-Qaedainspired group which included some
of the Madrid bombers.

Under the current terrorist threat, the Spanish legal authorities
operated a system where suspects faced ill-treatment and possible torture,
Bow Street Magistrates' Court, in London, was told.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I think the total for the weekend might be around 4 trucks exploding. Two more in NC and Ca.

[nw_arizona_granny]

hechnya car bomb kills boy, wounds 7

Aug. 15, 2005 at 11:12PM

http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20050815-105846-8926r.htm

At least one person was killed when a suspected car bomb exploded near
Government House in the Chechen capital Monday afternoon.
Chechen Deputy Interior Minister Akhmed Zakayev said a young boy
was killed and seven people were wounded, RIA-Novosti reported.
The blast interrupted a government session on taxes under the
chairmanship of Chechen President Alu Alkhanov.
Alkhanov said the blast and recent attacks in the republic are
links in a terrorist chain acting across the globe.
"Even the leading world powers have not found a way of preventing
such attacks," said Alkhanov.
He said the terrorists who perpetrated the blast and recent
attacks in Chechen settlements aim to destabilize the situation in the North
Caucuses republic.

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Car bomb explodes in central Grozny, casualties reported

15.08.2005, 15.30

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=2319761&PageNum=0

GROZNY, August 15 (Itar-Tass) - A car bomb exploded in central Grozny
at 14:45, Moscow time, on Monday; the number of casualties is being
ascertained," a Chechen law-enforcement official told Itar-Tass.

"A powerful bomb was planted in a car at the corner of Mayakovsky
Street and the Staropromyslovskoye highway. It is one of Grozny's busiest
places accommodating a petrol station and a trade complex," the official
said.

A team of investigators arrived at the scene to look into the
circumstances of the terrorist attack.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Mon, Aug. 15, 2005

Chicago man admits giving FBI bogus terrorism tips

Associated Press

http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/12391038.htm

CHICAGO - A Chicago man admitted Monday that he falsely told federal
agents his relatives were linked to Osama Bin Laden's terrorist network
and plotted to blow up the Sears Tower and other landmarks.

Abdul Rauf Noormohamed pleaded guilty in federal court to one count of
making false statements to federal agents and now faces up to five
years in prison.

A phone message left with Noormohamed's attorney Monday was not
immediately returned.

When Noormohamed was arrested, FBI agents said he named five relatives
and two others as members of bin Laden's al-Qaida network and the
Islamic Jihad terrorist organization because he had been quarreling with
them.

Authorities say Noormohamed made 10 phone calls to state and federal
officials between Dec. 12, 2003 and Jan. 5, 2004. The first call was to
the Illinois deputy governor's office. Other calls went to the
Department of Homeland Security and the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection.

During the calls, Noormohamed falsely told authorities the "terrorists"
were planning to detonate bombs to blow up the Sears Tower, Soldier
Field, City Hall, O'Hare International Airport and the Lake Point Tower
apartments.

Authorities said members of an FBI-led terrorism task force spent
hundreds of hours investigating the accusations.

Noormohamed was arrested in January of 2004 at O'Hare while preparing
to board a plane bound for Egypt.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

OK, so we know they exist, but think about it, it also pulled Model Airplane clubs.

Which have long been expected to be used is dispensing bio-chemicals over large crowds.

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Good work Ma Barker LOL Hubby has told me for months now how easy model airplanes would be for a bio attack. They will fly out of the box for 5 miles, a few tricks and they will go 50 miles.

I think it was in an old Steve McQueen where they were using remote control cars to drive under a car and blow it up.

OBL in one of his old photo's had remote control trucks on each side of him.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1463158/posts
AP
wvgazette.com - THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE
"Vicious MS-13 street gang bringing its blood lust to W. Va."


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