Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Thirty-One

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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Thirty-One (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!

Home grown Islamists may hit US: FBI chief
Full Story

WASHINGTON -- The United States could be attacked by "home grown" Islamist terror groups, the FBI's chief has warned.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told the London Financial Times newspaper in an interview published Thursday that the United States could face attacks from "home-grown terrorism" very similar to the July 7 bombings in London that killed 52 people and wounded another 700, Mueller said.

When asked if the United States could face such attacks from "home-grown groups", Mueller answered emphatically: "Absolutely, it could," the Financial Times said.

Related:
U.S. Officials Warn on Global Reach of al-Qaida
U.S. seeks more cooperation to fight terrorism
FDNY Chaplain Resigns After 9/11 Remarks
Nuclear option escalates jihad threat

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

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[nw_arizona_granny]

Which county in Baltimore is this?

Prince George's? <<<

The only sound in this house when I read that was:

OHHHH! out loud.

So we are back to London and Oklahoma.

Even arrests of 30 are not enough to clean out the nest of
terror.

Interesting that the market sold International money orders,
that would be why we saw the photo, a place to send money to al qaeda?

[Velveeta]

Check this article to see how Reuters tries to downplay this threat. They didn't succeed as this statement was in the Reuters article:

At a news conference in Baltimore, FBI Special Agent Kevin Perkins said while the information was "somewhat specific as to date and time ... no evidence collected to date has corroborated the threat as it's going on." (snip)

He also said closing the tunnel was "just one aspect" of the investigation and said there was

***"an awful lot of other things ongoing,"***

(emphasis added)

but he declined to be more specific.

http://today.reuters.com/investing/FinanceArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=uri:2005-10-18T223119Z_01_N18665231_RTRIDST_0_SECURITY-TUNNEL-UPDATE-6.XML&pageNumber=1

[Velveeta]

THIRTY.

Amazing.

[freeperfromnj]

I'm sure they'll all be released tomorrow and that there is no connection to terrorism whatsoever.

[celtic-cat]

Not Prince Georges County, Baltimore County.

[celtic-cat]

No, that was in the Howard Street Tunnel

[tmp02]

Anne Arundal (spelling ?)

[freeperfromnj]

Oh. Thanks. It appears that a major plot has been thwarted.

[Velveeta]

I don't think it goes back as far as the Twexus site photos.

I feel like it was within the last 2 or 3 months.

[celtic-cat]

I'm sorry, that wasn't clear.

The tunnels are in Baltimore County.

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504817/posts


Security Passes Pulled in Threat Leak Probe
AP ^ | 10/18/5 | DEVLIN BARRETT

Posted on 10/18/2005 3:06:19 PM PDT by SmithL

WASHINGTON -- Security clearances were taken away from two
federal anti-terrorism employees as investigators look into allegations
they warned family and friends about the threat against the New York
City subway system three days ahead of the official announcement.

The workers were identified after government security officials began
looking into the source for e-mails alluding to the threat that began
circulating before New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg went public
Oct. 6. Security in the transit network was ramped up based on an
overseas informant's claim there was a plot to bomb the system.

The e-mails apparently started with a relative of one worker and a
friend of another, who passed on information warning against using
the subway system, according to two federal officials familiar with the
Homeland Security Department investigation.

The officials, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because the
probe is ongoing, said the two federal employees who lost their
security clearances were one employee of the Coast Guard and a
former Coast Guard captain who now works for the Transportation
Security Administration.

continued at the link.

[Velveeta]

OHHHH! out loud.

That's what I said too, only I added an "s" "h" word at the end.

[freeperfromnj]

Baltimore Terror Threat Lifted

Informant: Bomb Plot in Progress

An informant told authorities late last week that a plot was in progress to blow up one of the tunnels under Baltimore's harbor, ABC News has learned.

According to the informant, who is in detention overseas, at least six Egyptian terrorists were going to receive bomb materials that would arrive by ship at Baltimore's harbor in a container marked "Cocoa." The informant said the terrorists would then use the material to assemble explosive devices, which would be planted in cars as part of a plot to bomb one or both of the tunnels....... read more

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1226201

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1504835/posts


Back In The USSR? (Russian Proliferation)
Investor's Business Daily ^ | October 18, 2005 | The Editors

Posted on 10/18/2005 3:33:39 PM PDT by RWR8189

Arms Proliferation: Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, who recently visited Iran,
reportedly is seeking nuclear weapons. Will they come from Russia with love?

Maybe — if Russia continues to run a weapons bazaar where rogue
nations are given special-shopper privileges.

Already, it appears Russia has acted as a broker by greasing the way
for North Korea to transfer technology that will let Iran build missiles
with a 2,200-mile reach. That puts several European capitals,
including Athens, Rome and Berlin, within Tehran's range.

Russia also is supporting Iran's "nuclear power" program, having sold
it a reactor. Which is to say Russia supports Iran's nuclear-weapons
program.

All this is ominous enough. But compounding matters would be
Russia's support, either directly or through Tehran, of the nuclear
ambitions of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. In fact, it's an all-too-realistic
possibility that a weapons-trade relationship has already been
established. According to the White House, Venezuela has begun to
take delivery of 100,000 Russian-made AK47s.

Given Chavez's thick-as-thieves relationship with Fidel Castro, we
could someday find Cuba again pointing nuclear missiles our way.
That's not idle speculation. Castro and the mullahs have long,
documented ties on energy cooperation that are just beginning to get
congressional scrutiny. We've already lived through one Cuban missile
crisis. Those of us old enough to remember don't need another.

Imagine a world in which radical mullahs in Iran, a malevolent tyrant
in Venezuela

(Excerpt) Read more at investors.com ...

[bored at work]

Note to self: After choopping habaneros keep fingers out of nose . . .

[nw_arizona_granny]

LOL, once again the mis-spelled word is more interesting than the correctly spelled version.

Your words pull a place for learning to fly and other sites, the spelling with an e is all gov offices......LOL

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Anne%20Arundal

[LibertyRocks]

Apologies if any of these links are duplicates (I know the last one is. (o: )

SCHOOL + THREAT - Results 10/18

Bomb threat leads to canceled classes at Argenta-Oreana; normal schedule resumes Tuesday
(LR: More about the bomb threat in IL - near Springfield) ARGENTA - Students at the Argenta-Oreana Junior High and High School complex got an unexpected holiday Monday as a result of school district concerns over a bomb threat received by the Argenta Police Department.

'Bottle Bomb' forces school to evacuate
Times-Herald Port Huron, MI
A plastic pop bottle filled with an overpressured chemical was crafted into a homemade bomb that exploded outside the school. The school was evacuated when someone heard the noise.

SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES

Suspicious package harmless Norman Transcript - Norman OK An unattended package atop a trash can on Elm Avenue caused a stir late Monday afternoon.
The item turned out to be an insulated cooler. A medical center logo was on its side, but police don’t know what it actually was used for or by whom.

Suspicious package is merely a modem NORTH PARK (SanDiego, CA) – A suspicious-looking package found near North Park Way and Grim Avenue yesterday turned out to be a cable modem, police said.

Bomb Squad Takes Care of Suspicious Material
La Crescent (Reported at LaCross, WI Ch. 19)
So to be on the safe side, a bomb squad from Minneapolis took the jar to a nearby rock quarry and properly detonated it.
Members of the bomb squad say the substance was not nitroglycerin. There is still no official word on what it was.

Police Investigate 'Suspicious Device' in Fishers
WISH-TV 8 Indianapolis
At a press conference at around 5:30 pm, police said a device was found inside the home and that a bomb team had looked at it. Police say the device has shrapnel and is fuse-triggered. A K-9 unit was being called in to make sure there were no other devices in the home.

BOMB SEARCH RESULTS

From the UK:
Teacher's 'bus bomb warning' probed
Police are investigating allegations that a physics teacher warned wayward pupils that he knew how to make a parcel bomb and put it on their school bus.
The comments are being investigated after complaints from parents that their children had been left terrified led to the school calling in police.

This one will make you chuckle... (o:
Mystery object turns out not to be a bomb
Davenport, IA
A mysterious object found in a Davenport home turned out not to be a bomb, but a device that was supposed to scare off aliens believed to be living under the ground

[LibertyRocks]

LOL... My tagline above is a bit off as it's still 10/18 at least where I am!

[SlowBoat407]

I can't help but have a bad feeling about the Middle Eastern grocery market just down the street from the storefront "masjid" that I drive by every week. The neighborhood looks like Fallujah after the troops finished with it, and I just know something bad is going to come out of there.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Note to self: After choopping habaneros keep fingers out of nose . . .<<<

Oh, dear,

When I said add peppers to your diet, I did not mean you should "sniff" them.

You "sniff" essential oil, not peppers, try eating them, good for you.

I do hope that you are female, if so be very careful with the peppers juice, it burns forever.

I am teasing you......or attempting to do so....LOL