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

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[Cindy]

You're very welcome.

[appalachian_dweller]

>> this warning period is to last from the night of August 17th through August 20th <<

So noted.

[Velveeta]

If Cindy and Akbar Could Meet
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0811/p08s01-comv.html

;-)

[appalachian_dweller]

Montgomery Hazardous Incident Team Trains For Attack
Fire And Rescue Crew Participates In Metro Hazmat Drill

http://www.nbc4.com/news/4834770/detail.html


Methinks the local gov't is preparing for something. Too many of these reports as of late.

[Velveeta]

The Muslim Brotherhood: What Do They Really Want To Teach American Muslim Youth?
http://counterterror.typepad.com/the_counterterrorism_blog/2005/08/the_muslim_brot.html#more

[Cindy]

http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/050809springfield.htm

http://www.ice.gov/graphics/images/RobertoMadrigalLopez_sm.jpg

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News Release


August 9, 2005

MEXICAN SEX OFFENDER AND SIX-TIME DEPORTEE IN ICE CUSTODY
Arrested following high-speed chase; possesses extensive criminal history


SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A complaint was issued today on an admitted Mexican gang member, convicted child sex offender and six-time deportee who was arrested last week by Cedar County Sheriff's Department a day after a high-speed chase with Missouri Highway patrol, and ultimately turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Roberto Madrigal-Lopez, 33, and his passenger fled to nearby woods following the Aug. 2 wreck of their vehicle during the high-speed chase. Upon his Aug. 3 arrest, Madrigal-Lopez originally claimed to be Carlos Lopez-Garcia. However, expedited fingerprint checks confirmed his true identity, and his extensive criminal conviction history, which includes:

First-Degree Sexual Abuse of a Minor under 14 (10-year sentence) October 2002 Arkansas
Evading a Police Officer and Disregard for Public Safety (16-month sentence), December 1998, California
Re-Entry after Deportation (2-year sentence), January 1996, California federal conviction
Revocation of federal probation for violating 1996 Re-Entry conviction (12-month sentence) August 2004
Auto Theft (16-month sentence), February 1994, California
Sale and Possession of Heroin (3-year sentence), June 1993, California
In addition, Madrigal-Lopez has been deported from the U.S. on: October 1993, March 1995, April 1997, June 1997, November 2000 and March 2005. Re-entering the United States after being formally deported is a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

"Madrigal-Lopez has continually demonstrated that he doesn't belong in this country,” said Elissa Brown, special agent-in-charge of the ICE Chicago office. “With his extensive criminal activity, we'll work with the U.S. Attorney's Office to keep him off U.S. streets.” Brown heads the ICE Office of Investigations which includes a six-state area of: Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky and Wisconsin.

Madrigal-Lopez, who is heavily tattooed, is also an admitted member of the Mexican gang: the Border Brothers. He is now in ICE custody being held without bond.

The U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Missouri in Springfield, has accepted the case for prosecution.

Madrigal-Lopez was arrested by the Cedar County Missouri Sheriff's Department on Aug. 5 on charges of Leaving the Scene of an Accident, Resisting Arrest and multiple traffic violations.

-- ICE --

[Velveeta]

>>>Too many of these reports as of late<<<<

I agree.


National Guard and Reserve Mobilized as of August 10, 2005

This week, the Army and Navy announced an increase in the number of reservists on active duty in support of the partial mobilization, while the Air Force and Marine Corps number decreased and the Coast Guard number remained the same. The net collective result is 2,172 more reservists mobilized than last week.

http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/2005/nr20050810-4390.html

[Cindy]

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http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/050809tampa.htm

News Release

August 9, 2005

MAN SENTENCED TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SCHEME TO ARM COLOMBIAN TERROR GROUP WITH 4,000 GRENADES AND 2,000 FIREARMS

TAMPA, FLA. – U.S. District Judge James D. Whittemore late yesterday sentenced Carlos E. Gamarra-Murillo to 25 years imprisonment and three years supervised release for engaging in the business of brokering and exporting defense articles without a license and providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Gamarra-Murillo entered a plea of guilty to both charges on February 11, 2005, and was adjudicated guilty on March 11, 2005.

According to court documents, the defendant, Carlos Enrique Gamarra-Murillo, is 54 years old and was born in Socorro (Sder.), Republic of Colombia, on November 20, 1950. He holds a B1/B2 United States Visa (visitor) that expired on September 6, 2004.

On or about March 11, 2003, the defendant met with a confidential source (CI) working for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Baranquilla, Colombia. He indicated that he was interested in purchasing numerous firearms and other weapons and bringing them into Colombia for a client.

From that date through March 2004, the defendant continued the negotiations for the purchase of numerous weapons. He was told that a payment of $100,000 must first be received by the sellers before the weapons could be transported.

On April 1, 2004, the defendant arrived in Tampa and met with the CI and undercover ICE agents to conduct the final negotiations for the arms transaction. During this meeting, the defendant informed the agents that the final purchase price for all the weapons he required would be $3,996,000.00 and that he was buying:

60 M-60 machine guns

60 multiple grenade launchers

600 M-16A1 assault rifles

600 Galil 7.62mm assault rifles

100 Galil 5.56mm assault rifles

500 AK-47 assault rifles

150 Beretta 9mm handguns

2,000 40mm grenades

2,000 60mm grenades

The arms were to be delivered to a clandestine airstrip in western Venezuela and the defendant provided the agents with the global positioning coordinates for the airstrip and pointed out the location on a chart. The defendant also provided the radio frequencies that were to be used to coordinate the landing of the aircraft in Venezuela. The defendant told the agents that, once the aircraft landed in Venezuela with the weapons, payment would be made at the airstrip, 40 percent in U.S. currency and 60 percent in cocaine.

The undercover ICE agents informed the defendant that there could be no export licenses issued for this shipment and that all the participants could go to jail if they were caught. The defendant acknowledged this. The defendant produced approximately $92,000 in U.S. currency that he had on his person and stated that this was to be payment to transport the weapons from the United States to Venezuela.

The defendant informed the agents that factions of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) would be waiting at the airstrip to take custody of the arms and to provide the payment for the arms. The defendant agreed that the weapons would be delivered to the FARC on or about April 9, 2004. The FARC is a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization in Colombia.

During the negotiations on April 1, 2004, the defendant also indicated that he was interested in negotiating for Stinger missiles and Russian-made surface-to-air missiles in a future transaction. The defendant was then arrested by ICE agents and taken into custody.

The case was investigated by Special Agents of the Tampa office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland Security. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Donald L. Hansen, Special Prosecutions Section, Tampa Division, Middle District of Florida.

[appalachian_dweller]

Tanker Truck Explodes, Highway 6 Shut Down
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460833/posts

[Cindy]

OPINION-COMMENTARY: Almost every day, someone comments that children and old people don't need their strollers, wheelchairs and backpacks searched. In my mind, I can just hear shoplifters and terrorists give a cheer and 2 thumbs up for that kind of thinking.

Dope, guns, bombs fit nicely in strollers and backpacks and yes, possibly even backpacks attached and/or hung on wheelchairs.

Bottom line...Search all. The only way this could reasonably be accomplished in a quick and efficient manner will be through the prudent use of modern technology.

[Cindy]

http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=3703083

"Marijuana found in backpack"


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "COLUMBUS, N.M. A Columbus father faces federal drug smuggling charges after U-S Customs and Border Protection officers found methamphetamine taped to his leg and marijuana hidden in a backpack.

Gustavo Castillo was taking his two young sons to school yesterday morning when the officers stopped him.

They searched a book bag on the front seat of the vehicle and discovered six pounds of marijuana packed in bundles and a search of Castillo turned up a package of 18 ounces of meth taped to his leg."

[Cindy]

August 10, 2005

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A MISSIONARY'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE DEATH OF SUDANESE V-P JOHN GARANG

The death of Sudanese Vice-President John Garang in a Ugandan helicopter crash has one Jinja, Uganda-based missionary more than a little concerned.

Garang died when the Ugandan presidential helicopter in which he was traveling crashed in bad weather on July 30. Garang's death was three weeks after he was made Sudan's first vice- president under a peace deal ending a 21-year civil war between North and South Sudan.

In an e-mail, Calvary Chapel of Jinja (www.calvarychapeljinja.com) Pastor Jesse Rich said Garang's tragic death impacts Uganda and its people.

Rich said, "Mr. Garang has been the ‘opposition' in southern Sudan that has stopped the Muslim President (Omar Hasan Ahmad) al-Bashir from killing ALL the Christians and animists in the South" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Hasan_Ahmad_al-Bashir ).

In addition, Rich said, "Mr. Garang and his ‘rebels' are the only group that have been fighting AGAINST Joseph Kony (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army ), the madman who kills and mutilates people in Northern Uganda and kidnaps thousands of children every year.

"Because of Kony," Rich added, "there are tens of thousands of ‘night commuters' in Northern (Uganda) - children who walk into Gulu and Kitgum towns every night to sleep in the streets and on verandas so that they will not be captured by Kony's rebels. It is the most incredible tragedy you can imagine - like Darfur and Niger. The Sudanese government has funded Kony for years so that he can cause trouble in the North, and Uganda has funded Garang."

Rich called the Sudanese peace treaty, signed earlier this year, and a process in which Garang played a major part, "incredible, " and "more than momentous."

Rich said, "And now Mr. Garang, the man who represented peace in Sudan and even in Uganda, is dead. This is devastating news for this part of the world. A new vice-president has now been sworn in, but no one believes that he will be the man of power and peace that Garang was ... There is an investigation (into the helicopter crash) by a multi-national group including America and Russia, and we will see what the verdict is. It doesn't mean much to the Western world, but here, this is truly a tragedy."

Rich asked for prayer that the plans that were being put in place for the future of Sudan and Uganda will still work out.

"The people in Southern Sudan and Northern Uganda have been terrorized for 20 years and had lost hope until this peace accord," Rich said. "Now there is little hope again, but we know that with Christ, all things are possible."

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?

Reuters reported (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L10378726.htm ) that Museveni has been angered by sensational media reports about the incident.

Although the chopper crashed during a storm, and Reuters reported that Garang's supporters have said they do not suspect foul play, there has been a flurry of speculation surrounding the incident.

Leading the charge with a slue of claims surrounding Garang's death has been Uganda's "Red Pepper" newspaper, described by Reuters as "a popular tabloid that mixes political rumors with lots of female flesh."

It first made an unsubstantiated claim, Reuters reported, that the chopper was sabotaged in a failed bid to kill Museveni.

Then the newspaper suggested spies from neighboring Rwanda had gotten on board and shot Garang twice in the head before the crash, Reuters reported.

That drew a sharp retort from the government.

"The ‘Red Pepper's' extra heads, persons, bullet wounds etc. are simply a figment of their speculative reporting and should be ignored," Reuters reported Ugandan Defence Minister Amama Mbabazi said this week, as the bodies of the Ugandan crew were flown home.

"No people unknown to the pilots, engineer or security officers sneaked stealthily or otherwise onto the chopper," Reuters reported he added.

Mbabazi said false reporting could damage regional peace and security efforts, Reuters reported.

But it is not only the "Red Pepper's" reporting that has drawn government ire.

Reuters reported Uganda's independent "Daily Monitor" newspaper implied that Museveni had lent his friend a defective helicopter. It quoted sources as saying Museveni had opted not to use his helicopter for a trip to Rwanda in June because it had technical problems.

However, Reuters reported that Museveni's office said the chopper had been undergoing a $1.4 million refurbishment in Belarus at the time.

"It is criminal for anyone to say that," Reuters reported Senior Presidential Adviser John Nagenda about the report.

Reuters reported that Museveni ordered his information minister to correct another "Monitor" story that said Sudan was holding the bodies of the Ugandan crew until its investigation was over.

The "Monitor" reported (www.monitor.co.ug/news/news08112.php) that Museveni's tolerance of newspaper reports about issues matters had worn out.

"I am the President of Uganda. The people elected me. I therefore have the ultimate mandate to run their affairs," the "Monitor" reported Museveni said. "Now I will no longer tolerate a newspaper which is like a vulture. For them the misery of many is their joy ... Any newspaper which plays around with the regional security, I will not tolerate. I will simply close it."

The "Monitor" reported that Museveni's comments drew cheers from government and army officers in the pavilion.

[freeperfromnj]

It's an honor to be one of your TM friends. The country is lucky to have selfless patriots like you.

[Cindy]

http://curtweldon.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=32111

"WELDON'S SPECIAL ORDER ON 'ABLE DANGER'"


WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 9 - From the U.S. Congressional Record
U.S. INTELLIGENCE -- (House of Representatives - June 27, 2005)
[Page: H5244]

[freeperfromnj]

FBI: California Suspects, Bin Laden Linked

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors laid out their case against a Muslim cleric from Pakistan on Wednesday, alleging that he was involved in a northern California terror network with links to terror leader Usama bin Laden (search) and that his group was planning to set up a camp to train followers to kill Americans.....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165239,00.html

[Cindy]

THANKS freeperfromnj.

[bored at work]

I told my twin brother about the "age adjustment" for enlisting. This week is his one year of losing his wife to cancer.

His response, "f-n-a, lets roll"

[Mata6858]

You have an e-mail

[Cindy]

smiling...

[Godzilla]

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