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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[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

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Iran, South Africa call for strategic partnership (RSA is colaborating with Iran on Nukes)

LONDON, October 20 (IranMania) - South African President Thabo Mbeki and Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani stressed the need for a bilateral strategic partnership in the first round of their talks in Pretoria, MNA said.

Larijani and Mbeki discussed international issues and generalities of bilateral cooperation in various spheres and agreed that bilateral relations should be enhanced.

Larijani thanked South Africa for its measures at the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors session last September and expressed hope that Pretoria would maintain its positive approach at the next IAEA Board session in November.

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Deputy Director Mohammad Saeedi has also accompanied Larijani on the trip to South Africa.

South Africa is a permanent member of the IAEA Board of Governors.

Background:

In the mid 70's SA had nukes http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/rsa/nuke/

South Africa was isolated from interactions and activities with most of the developed countries for many years because of its nuclear weapons development program and the practice of apartheid. This isolation was especially true in the areas of nuclear energy and its applications. South Africa developed a complete nuclear fuel cycle, including advanced waste management techniques. South Africa operates two nuclear power reactors (built by the French, but based on a Westinghouse design) at Koeberg near Cape Town.

South Africa also acquired the technology to build nuclear weapons. South Africa developed at least six nuclear warheads, which it later acknowledged, along with a variety of missiles and other conventional weapons. These projects were undertaken with some cooperation from Israel -- another technologically advanced, militarily powerful, nuclear-capable nation surrounded by hostile neighbors.

Beginning in 1975 two test shafts over 250 meters deep for conducting nuclear tests were drilled at the Vastrap military base in the Kalahari Desert. A Soviet surveillance satellite detected these test preparationss in August 1977, and the Soviets notified the US of their discovery. South Africa was forced to cancel the tests in the face of diplomatic pressure from America, the Soviet Union, and France.

A flash over the Indian Ocean detected by an American satellite in September 1979 was suspected of being a nuclear test, possibly conducted by either Israel or South Africa, alone or in combination. the Carter administration assembled a panel of scientists from academia to review the data. After their review, the panel concluded that, lacking independent collaborative data to support a nuclear origin of the signals, the original interpretation of the satellite data could not be justified. The panel said the flash could have been caused by a combination of natural events, specifically a micrometeorite impact on the detector sunshade, followed by small particles ejected as a result of the impact.

Methinks, the lady doth protest too much.

http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?ArchiveNews=Yes&NewsCode=35739&NewsKind=CurrentAffairs

'Involvement of Pretoria in Iran N-plan not true'

LONDON, September 20 (IranMania) - The South African Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nomfanelo Kota dismissed claims by Israeli diplomatic sources on South Africa's participation in Iran's nuclear program, said IRNA.

Turning to the report issued in the periodicals of Israeli regime quoting diplomatic sources associated with the country's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, she said that such a claim is baseless.

She called on Israel to submit the relevant documents to South Africa to prove its claim.

Kota called for Israel's explanation on its claim of nuclear cooperation between Iran and South Africa.

The claim by Israeli officials of Iran-South Africa atomic collaboration was published while the South African President Thabo Mbeki calls for resumption of talks on Iran's nuclear issue.

During the 60th regular meeting of the UN General Assembly in New York attended by the heads of member states, Mbeki said that the relevant negotiations should be conducted with UN close cooperation.

Criticizing the world nuclear powers, he called for advancing the plan on annihilation of weapons of mass destruction.

The president referred to the arsenal of the nuclear powers as a threat to the world security and said that the UN efforts to free the world from nuclear weapons has failed.

On the other hand, according to the news media of Israeli regime, in a sideline meeting with Mbeki in New York, Sharon called on South Africa to stop supporting Iran's nuclear program.

Meanwhile, Ynetnews has released a news item on the issue saying that Sharon has asked South Africa to discontinue its support for Iran within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors negotiations.

According to the report, the Israeli premier has rather called for South Africa's support for referral of Iran's nuclear dossier to the UN Security Council.

As an active member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at the IAEA Board of Governors, South Africa has always been supporting Iran's legal right to access to peaceful nuclear technology.

In her mid-September remarks, the South African Foreign Minister Delamini Zuma said that all world countries are entitled to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

During her speech at Cape Town University, she added that development is the main objective of Iran's nuclear activities.

She noted that countries such as Iran and South Africa should be authorized to use nuclear technology for peaceful applications.

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

Oilseed processing uses some pretty volatile substances (Hexane)

http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/HE/hexane.html

General

Synonyms: n-hexane, normal hexane, hexyl hydride
Molecular formula: C6H14
CAS No: 110-54-3
EC No: 203-777-6
EC Index No: 601-037-00-0

Physical data

Appearance: colourless liquid
Melting point: -95 C
Boiling point: 69 C
Vapour density: 3 (air = 1)
Vapour pressure: 132 mm Hg at 20 C
Specific gravity: 0.659
Flash point: -10 F
Explosion limits: 1.2% - 7.7%
Autoignition temperature: 453 F

Stability

Stable. Incompatible with oxidising agents, chlorine, fluorine, magnesium perchlorate. Highly flammable. Readily forms explosive mixtures with air. Note low flash point.

[Seadog Bytes]

Now, if only they needed some level of skill to flip the switch on a car bomb...

[swarthyguy]

Burqa-clad militant strikes on highway
2 civilians killed, 10 injured in Pampore

Excelsior Special Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Oct 19: Two civilians got killed and 10 others, including a Sub Inspector of Police sustained injuries when a burqa-clad militant opened fire on a Police party at Kadalbal in Pampore township on Srinagar-Jammu national highway this afternoon.

Informed sources told the Excelsior that a burqa-clad militant took out his AK-56 rifle and fired volleys of fire on a Police party, comprising a Sub Inspector and two constables at Kadalbal Chowk in the saffron-rich Pampore township on the highway at 1505 hours today. SP Awantipore G M Dar’s cavalcade was heading for Pampore and it was about 500 yards short of Kadalbal when the shootout took place. A middle-aged woman, namely Rehti W/o Ghulam Qadir Teli R/o Kadalbal and one Shamsheer Singh S/o Dalip Singh R/o Hafoo, Tral, got killed and 10 persons sustained gunshot wounds.

http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/05oct20/news.htm#2

[all4one]

**Baltimore Tunnel Investigation Update**

Fifth Man Arrested as Authorities in Baltimore Probe Tunnel Threat (10/20-05)

By Brian Witte Associated Press Writer - Published: Oct 20, 2005

BALTIMORE (AP) - A fifth man has been arrested during an investigation into a possible terrorism threat to a highway tunnel this week, according to court documents.

Maged Hussein, who owns an east Baltimore convenience store that was raided Tuesday by federal authorities, was taken in to custody on a handgun charge, the documents showed.

Four other men were detained Tuesday on immigration charges and will be deported, according to Mark Bastan, acting special agent in charge at Immigration and Customs Enforcement here.

One of them, 30-year-old Mohamed Ahmed Mohamady Ismail, came up in a tip about the purported tunnel plot from a source in custody in the Netherlands, Bastan said. The tipster said several men would drive vehicles filled with explosives through a Baltimore-area tunnel.

The three other men picked up at the same time as Ismail were identified as Mohamed Mohamed-Abdelhamed, 38, Suied Mohamad-Ahamad, 25, and Ahmad Al Momani, 58. Al Momani is from Jordan, and the others are from Egypt, Bastan said.

Each had failed to show up for separate deportation proceedings, Bastan said. "Technically, they were fugitives," he said. "Their deportations are just being acted on."

Wim de Bruin, a spokesman for the Dutch national prosecutor's office, confirmed that a man being held by Dutch immigration authorities tipped the FBI.

The man's name was not released since he's in custody as an illegal alien and is not suspected of any crime, De Bruin said. He apparently contacted the FBI directly and then the FBI went through formal channels - the prosecutor's office - to interview him for more information, leading to the Baltimore arrests.

Associated Press writers Mark Sherman, in Washington and Ben Nuckols in Baltimore contributed to this report.

Link to Article

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I cannot thank my TM friends enough for their kind words and prayers for me, my family and our dear dog Domino. When I have more time I will thank you all again and give you an update. Blessing to you all for being such wonderful giving people.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.inatoday.com/chavez%20hides%20102005.htm
"CHAVEZ REGIME HIDES TERROR LIEUTENANT - SEEKS A-BOMB,
SAYS EX-SPY"
OCTOBER 20, 2005
By Toby Westerman
Copyright 2005 International News Analysis Today
www.inatoday.com


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A former Venezuelan intelligence operative stated that the Marxist regime of Hugo Chavez is hiding terror leader Mustafa Setmariam Nasar, a terror confidant of Osama bin Laden. Johan Peñ:na, a former member of Venezuela's state intelligence service, Dirección del Servicio de Inteligencia y Prevenció:n (DISIP), also stated that the Chavez government is attempting to obtain uranium "for making atomic bombs."

Peñ:na's remarks were made on the Spanish language Channel 41, reported from Madrid, Spain by Europa Press and carried on the Internet by La Nueva Cuba.

The U.S. Rewards for Justice program has placed a five million dollar price on Setmariam's head. Many terror authorities consider Setmariam to be responsible for the preparation and training leading to the bloody March 11, 2004 Madrid railway attack. Setmariam's terror resume includes training terrorists at camps in Afghanistan in the late 1990s.

Setmariam, who is also known by the names Abu Musab al-Suri and Umar Abd al-Hankim, was born in Aleppo, Syria in 1958, and gained Spanish citizenship through marriage in 1987. He traveled to Afghanistan and began training guerrillas in 1998."

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ON THE NET...
http://www.lanuevacuba.com/nuevacuba/notic-05-10-1813.htm
"MUSTAFA SETMARIAN
MIEMBRO DE LA CUPULA DIRIGENTE DE
AL QAEDA
ESTARIA OCULTO EN EL ESTADO BOLIVAR
BAJO LA PROTECCION DEL GOBIERNO
VENEZOLANO"

"Ex agente del servicio secreto venezolano
asegura que Chávez da cobijo a Setmarian"




Yahoo
España
Infosearch:
Celso Sarduy Agüero
Jefe de Buró
Cono Sur/Sudamérica
Dept. de Investigaciones
La Nueva Cuba
Octubre 18, 2005



ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Un ex agente de la Dirección del Servicio de Inteligencia y Prevención de Venezuela (DISIP), Johan Peña, aseguró el pasado 30 de septiembre, en una entrevista concedida al Canal 41 América TV, recogida ahora por Europa Press, que el Gobierno de su país da refugio a Mustafá Setmariam, considerado uno de los miembros de la cúpula de Al Qaeda relacionado directamente con los atentados del 11 de marzo de 2004 en Madrid.

"Está en Venezuela bajo la protección del Gobierno de Hugo Chávez", aseguró Peña de Setmarian. El ex agente secreto además precisó que la persona del Gobierno de Chávez que se encarga de su custodia es Carlos Lanz Rodríguez, y que antes del Estado de Bolívar, Setmariam estuvo en Isla Margarita.

Las declaraciones de Peña se produjeron en el programa 'A mano limpia' del canal que emite desde Estados Unidos. En el mismo espacio, Peña hizo otras sorprendentes revelaciones sobre el Gobierno de Chávez, como su intención de obtener uranio para fabricar bombas atómicas.

Setmarian, alias 'Abu Musa Al Suri' es un ciudadano sirio, nacionalizado español. En este país vivió hasta 1995, de hecho está casado con una española, con la que tiene un hijo. Fuentes de los servicios de Inteligencia de varios países sitúan a Setmarian muy próximo a Osama Bin Laden, quien le habría encargado el diseño de la futura 'guerra santa'."

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ON THE NET...

http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Nasar
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/images/Mustafa_Sitmaryan_Nassar01.jpg
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/images/Mustafa_Sitmaryan_Nassar02.jpg

[nw_arizona_granny]

This thread is about the Denmark threats that Cindy posted the other day, now the "rest of the story".
granny

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506080/posts


Holy war against newspaper (Over Mohammed
cartoons)
Copenhagen Post ^ | 20.10.2005 | Copenhagen Post

Posted on 10/20/2005 11:56:23 AM PDT by Eurotwit

Internet collages threatening Denmark and daily newspaper
Jyllands-Posten with death and retribution have begun circulating on
the internet after the newspaper published caricatures of Muslim
prophet Mohammed

Bombs exploding over pictures of Danish daily Jyllands-Posten and
blood flowing over the national flag and a map of Denmark are among
the images circulating on the internet after the newspaper printed
twelve cartoons of the Muslim prophet Mohammed last month.

Daily newspaper Berlingske Tidende reported that the internet
collages, posted in the name of an unknown organisation calling itself
'The Glory Brigades in Northern Europe', showed pictures of various
tourist attractions in Denmark and stated that 'The Mujahedeen have
numerous targets in Denmark - very soon you all will regret this',
amongst other things.

Another picture showed soldiers, armed with bombs, over a map of
Denmark, with blood spattered over parts of the country.

The front page of Jyllands-Posten featured prominently on many of the
four collages. The newspaper has been criticised by Muslims for
printing the cartoons, and was forced to hire security guards after
receiving hate mail and death threats over the telephone.

The newspaper asked illustrators to make the cartoons after reports
that artists were reluctant to illustrate a book on Mohammed for fear
of Muslim retribution. The daily's editors said the cartoons were a test
of whether the threat of Islamic terrorism had limited the freedom of
expression in Denmark.

(continued text and photos at above link).

[Cindy]

I think it is interesting, too, Jet Jaguar.

THANK YOU.

[freeperfromnj]

Interesting. Thanks for that follow-up granny.

[Cindy]

I hear you.

[Cindy]

Thank you swarthyguy for the post

More burqa boys doing their evil thing.

[Cindy]

THANK YOU for the updates all4one.

[Cindy]

Or in this case, another burqa boy doing his evil thing.

[MamaDearest]

Adults aged 20-40 most likely flu victims

Poultry sales fall by 70% in Greece

Muslim leader slams ties with Israel

Halal in Miami Florida

Anger at Australian student's terror stunt

Escaped Islamic militant identified

5th Amish child with polio

More than 10% of all food poisoning incidents in the US occur in schools

Brazilian meat contaminated with foot and mouth disease

Saddam's nephew arrested, accused of funding insurgency

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1505902/posts


The Light and Dark Sides of the War on
Terrorism--What we’re dealing with (Ledeen)
National Review Online ^ | October 19, 2005 | Michael Ledeen

Posted on 10/20/2005 8:16:33 AM PDT by Ooh-Ah

[nw_arizona_granny]

Found an interesting Google, change the "Maine" to any town,
city or state and take a look.

Pulls things I have forgotten or never knew, LOL and that is only looking at the first page.

Be sure to include San Francisco and Texas, and your own town.
granny.......

http://www.google.com/search?q=Maine+cell+of+al+Qaeda&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&client=googlet

[nw_arizona_granny]

Take a look at this link, it is Padilla and the OKC connection, interesting bit of research they have pulled onto this page.

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:_kKoXfbriHkJ:www.okcbombing.org/News%2520Articles/Padilla/padilla_messageboard.htm+Kingman,+Arizona+cell+of+al+Qaeda&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet

This proves to be interesting:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Kingman%2C+Arizona+cell+of+al+Qaeda&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&client=googlet

[nw_arizona_granny]

Alabama also pulls Singapore and al Qaeda.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Toney%2C+Alabama+cell+of+al+Qaeda&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&client=googlet

[Cindy]

PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org

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"The War on Christmas : The Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday"
amazon ^ | Oct 20 05 | John Gibson

Posted on 10/20/2005 1:08:53 PM PDT by churchillbuff

[nw_arizona_granny]

The 2004 threat was a big one to Las Vegas, take a look:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Las+Vegas+cell+of+al+Qaeda&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&client=googlet


http://www.google.com/search?q=Las+Vegas+cell+of+al+Qaeda+and+MS-13+gang&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&client=googlet