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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty-Nine (Index)

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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!

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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[Velveeta]

>>>Wasn't there a slew of these last year as well?

There were quite a few last year.
I'm not certain, but I think it was last winter.

[Cindy]

You're welcome.

[Cindy]

Thanks.

[Oorang]

Thank you Jill.

[Cindy]

MANHOLE COVERS SUMMARY (from my list -- thanks for FReepers' updates):

WXYZ.com: "EXPLOSIONS/FIRE BLOW MANHOLE COVERS INTO THE AIR" (August 25, 2005) (Read More...)

BOSTON.com - News (AP): "MANHOLE FIRES REPORTED IN BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Boston firefighters are responding to at least four manhole fires in Boston's Charlestown section this afternoon. A fire department spokesperson says the flames may have spread to an adjacent building in the area of Bunker Hill and Sullivan streets.") (August 25, 2005) (Read More...)

TheOmahaChannel.com: Omaha, Nebraska - "MANHOLE COVER BLOWS; HUNDREDS LOSE POWER" (Updated August 21, 2005) (Read More...)

ABClocal.go.com - New York-WABC: "MANHOLE EXPLODES BURNING TWO PEDESTRIANS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Two pedestrians were burned in a manhole explosion and fire in the Flushing section of Queens.") (Updated August 19, 2005) (Read More...)

WTOP.com (AP): San Francisco - "BLAST INJURES WOMAN IN SAN FRANCISCO" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An explosion in a utility chamber under a downtown shopping district critically burned a woman, sent a manhole cover flying and shattered windows at a Polo Ralph Lauren clothing store, authorities said.") (August 19, 2005) (Read More...)

[nw_arizona_granny]

Are these *NEW* weapons available for sale and a 'buyer
hasn't been established?' <<<

Is the above established part of the message of yesterday, where the writer was under establishment or?

[explodingpez]

hmm rolling blackouts in LA, FR post here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1470840/posts

[nwctwx]

Hope all is well down there, looks like you took a good hit from a strengthening landfalling cane. I hear 2 deaths have occurred already.

[Velveeta]

Is the above established part of the message of yesterday, where the writer was under establishment or?

Yes.

[Velveeta]

I was just thinking of you guys in FL as well.
Prayers that all is well.

[Velveeta]

August 25, 2005
French University Publishes Top al Qaeda Speeches

Presses Universitaires de France has published a new book which documents the speeches of top al Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden and Aymal al Zawahiri. LeMonde runs a full page review of the book, but pans it because the prose of Zawahiri can't really be compared to the genius of the Ayatollah Khomenei or with the Muslim Brotherhood's Sayyid Qutb--those guys really knew how to put antisemetism and islamofascist utopianism into words!.

And besides, says the Le Monde reviewer, how come the authors of the book didn't challenge al Qaeda's assertion that jihad is somehow a call for violence when every one know that jihad is an internal struggle thing, right?

You gotta love the French.......

Hat tip: No Passaran

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/

[explodingpez]

totally, manhole covers were going off a bit more than usual or were we just looking out for them more?

heads up for the hurricane, everyone is using this google earth weather plugin, i dont have a url sorry guys.

stay safe!

[Velveeta]

Al-Qaida preparing to attack Tokyo or other Asian city: report+

(Kyodo) _ France's top terrorist investigator has warned that Al-Qaida is preparing an attack on a big financial center in Asia such as Tokyo, Sydney or Singapore, to undermine investor confidence in the region, the Financial Times newspaper reported in its Friday edition.

"We have several elements of information that make us think that countries in this region, especially Japan, could have been targeted," Jean-Louis Bruguiere told the British newspaper Thursday.

Several Asian countries were less prepared than the United States or Europe for such an attack, the French judge was quoted as saying.

"Any attack on a financial market, like Japan, would mechanically have an important economic impact on the confidence of investors," Bruguiere said. "Other countries in this region such as Singapore and Australia are also potential targets."
http://www.tkb.org/NewsStory.jsp?storyID=83127

[explodingpez]

I thought you were joking at first, thats f*cked. It makes you wonder how many of these binary sites have been regged and used to relay a message? damn. something new 2 me. thx.

[explodingpez]

im wondering how they lost that line..


Sweltering late-summer heat and the loss of a **key transmission line** Thursday forced power officials in Southern California to impose rolling blackouts, leaving as many as half a million people without power for an hour at a time, officials said.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/08/25/D8C75JOG0.html

[bored at work]

Ya'll down there take care K!!!

http://weather.cod.edu/satellite/1km/Carribbean/Carribbean7.gif

[Velveeta]

Hunger striker near death on day 65
Suspected terrorist protests jail conditions
http://www.mississauganews.com/mi/topstories/story/2995285p-3472337c.html

[Velveeta]

You're welcome, Pez.

[Cindy]

There's history and then there's history rewritten....
===

THE WATTS RIOTS...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1470783/posts

"The Watts Riots, Burned Into Memory -- Roger Wilkins replies (or tries) to John McWhorter"
Washington Post ^ | August 23, 2005 | Roger Wilkins
Posted on 08/25/2005 2:56:18 PM PDT by nicollo


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1463238/posts
Skip to comments.

"Burned, Baby, Burned: Watts and the Tragedy of Black America (John McWhorter!)"
Washington Post ^ | John McWhorter | John McWhorter
Posted on 08/14/2005 12:19:33 PM PDT by nicollo

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1461306/posts

"Watts Riots, 40 Years Later"
Yahoo ^ | 8/11/05 | By Valerie Reitman and Mitchell Landsberg
Posted on 08/11/2005 8:34:05 AM PDT by Borges

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The divisions are still there, 40 years later.

To many, the events that began in Watts on Aug. 11, 1965, remain a riot, pure and simple — a social breakdown into mob rule and criminality."

[MamaDearest]

I use Bug-Me-Not all the time. It's a fantastic site to use when you don't want to register at all those places requiring it.