Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Thirty-Two (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!

What's become of bin Laden since he gave us all the slip?
Full Story

Some think he is dead, others that he is hiding because he is scared of being killed.

Whatever the reason for the strange disappearance of Osama bin Laden, not seen alive since his last mocking video statement a year ago, he is no longer the face of the global "jihad" against the West.

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi { TM 25,TM 27 }, the Jordanian responsible for some of the worst atrocities in Iraq, has become the hero of the hour on militant Islamist websites.

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

TM Terrorism Handbook

Link to Thread Thirty-One

"Code Red Implications:
Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word."
From Tm'er and Freeper ~MamaDearest~

Tracking the Chatter with TM

TM 'Be on the Lookout'

Survival Preparedness Info.

Threat Matrix Book List

ExSoldier's Invaluable Tips

Arabic Links and Resources

Godzilla's Summaries

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"AFP 'ready for attack'"
Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | 21 November 2005

Posted on 11/20/2005 9:30:41 PM PST by Aussie Dasher

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty says Australia is prepared for the possibility of a terrorist attack on home soil.

International terrorism expert Dr Rohan Gunaratna has told a Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism forum in Sydney that the most dangerous threat to Australia is posed by home-grown terrorist networks.

He says an attack in Australia is likely within the next few years.

Commissioner Keelty says his organisation is ready for the worst.

"We've obviously said that there's nothing that we've done in this country to make us immune and I think the important thing for us is that we are prepared and that we maintain our preparation," he said.

Dr Gunaratna told delegates there are between 200 and 300 Muslims in Australia who support violent extremism.

"The most dangerous threat to Australia today comes from home-grown networks - what we call the resident threat," he said."

The Joy of Cooking has been reprinted many times.

I thought that I remembered seeing it published on the Internet and several of these links appear to go to parts of it.

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=free%20recipes%20from%20the%20Joy%20of%20Cooking%20Cookbook

This 1896 cookbook is better, it is one that i use and is where the basic recipe for yeast sweet rolls came from, the
one that I used duck eggs and fresh goat milk in.

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=free%20recipes%20%20from%20the%20Fannie%20Farmer%20Cookbook

There is a reason that us farmers use the older books, they call for basic ingredients, and not name brand products.

Then too, when you get into name brands, they are old, from being in the warehouse and have un-needed preseravites in them.

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=War%20time%20cook%20books

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=depression%20era%20recipes

My first husband, wanted rare steak, baked potatoes and a salad, I had never in my life cooked a piece of rare meat.

I still get hungry for beans, fried potatoes (in bacon drippings), fried greens and cornbread.

I failed Home Ec. in school, in my family you took 2 pieces of cloth, sewed them to gather and pretty soon you had clothes, in school, they spent hours, pinning pieces of paper to it and still had a skirt and waist band.

The teacher and I went round and round, I had been making gravy for every meal, for 7 or more people for years, she wanted me to measure it, into a double boiler and make a raw lump of flour and 'shortening' called "White Sauce".

I wanted to stir the lumps out, get it to bubbling and cooking, she wanted it gracefully stirred and and called a sauce.

Grandpa always laughed at my gravy, said I made a toofer, gravy and dumplings, after I took Home Ec.

The above war and depression recipes are the most useful to our needs, nothing in them and they taste good, if you add lots of herbs and flavorings.

Dissident Watch: Arash Sigarchi

by Rachel Hoff
Middle East Quarterly
Fall 2005
http://www.meforum.org/article/792

On January 17, 2005, Iranian security forces arrested 28-year-old
Iranian journalist and weblogger Arash Sigarchi for espionage and
insulting leaders of the Islamic Republic. Sigarchi, editor of the daily
Gilan Emrooz (Gilan[1] Today), had antagonized regime officials with
outspoken dissent on two blogs, Panjareh-yi Eltehab (Window of
Anguish) to which he was a regular contributor, as well as his own blog,
http://www.sigarchi.com/blog.

Sigarchi was aware of the dangers of his actions. His posts chronicled
the arrests of fellow bloggers. He spoke out against the abuse of two
fellow bloggers, Shahram Rafihzadeh and Rozbeh Mir Ebrahimi. In 2004,
Iranian authorities arrested and beat more than twenty other blogging
dissidents. Sigarchi had himself been harassed by the police who
detained him for several days in August 2004 after he posted online an
article with photos of a dissident rally in Tehran.[2]

Nevertheless, Iranian dissidents are increasingly penning blogs to voice
criticism of the Islamic Republic and to push for freedom and democracy.
With an estimated 100,000 active Iranian blogs, Persian is now tied with
French as the second most common blogging language after English.[3]

Sigarchi's most recent arrest coincided with an Iranian government
crackdown on blogging. Sa‘id Mortazavi, Tehran's chief prosecutor,
ordered Internet service providers to block access to several blogs
including Sigarchi's site.[4]

On February 22, a revolutionary tribunal in Gilan sentenced Sigarchi to
fourteen years in prison.[5] On March 18, a court in the provincial
capital of Rasht released Sigarchi on bail pending an appeal. However,
four other prominent Iranian bloggers and web journalists—Mojtaba
Saminejad, Najmeh Omidparvar, Mohammad Reza Nasab Abdolahi, and
Mojtaba Lotfi—remain in prison.[6]

Blogging has revolutionized dissent in Iran. By providing private citizens
a public voice, blogs may be the most powerful tool in the dissidents'
arsenal. As an Iranian blogger known as Saena wrote, "Weblogs are one
weapon that even the Islamic Republic cannot beat."[7] As the cases of
Arash Sigarchi and other imprisoned bloggers show, though, the Iranian
regime is trying to crush these new outlets of democratic dissent.
Throughout the Middle East, the race is on between journalists opening
new websites and regimes such as the Islamic Republic trying to censor
cyberspace. While Western governments have a stake in the bloggers'
success, neither the White House nor the State Department have spoken
out publicly in support of Sigarchi and his colleagues.

Rachel Hoff is a research assistant at the American Enterprise
Institute.

[1] Gilan is a province in northwestern Iran, bordering the Caspian Sea.
[2] BBC Monitoring World Media, Jan. 21, 2005.
[3] Time Magazine, May 9, 2005.
[4] BBC Monitoring World Media, Jan. 21, 2005.
[5] BBC Monitoring Middle East, Feb. 23, 2005.
[6] BBC Monitoring World Media, Mar. 18, 2005.
[7] Time Magazine, May 9, 2005.

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An interesting comment/opinion and question, from a mailing list.....
granny.......

ubject:
[Intelforum] Internet Jihadis turning against
Zarqarwi?

Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:51:57 -0500

To: intelforum@lists101.his.com
Subject: RE: Internet Jihadis turning against Zarqarwi?

Shaun:

Actually, I believe that internal criticism within the jihadi
movement of attacks aimed at Muslim civilians - or at least causing
significant Muslim casualties - has received a good deal of scholarly
attention in the last few months, at least in fora discussing Middle
Eastern issues. This includes the comments in the recent letter
which may or may not have been written by Zawahiri to Zarqawi which
gently sought to explain that the latter's penchant for slaughtering
Shiite civilians and cutting the heads off captive westerners were
bad p.r. for the movement in general.

In any event, such criticism should not be construed either as a turn
against Zarquawi or a sign of significant schisms - defined as
divisions which might impede operational tempos or effectiveness -
within the movement. To say so is to place far too much weight on a
slender reed.

The criticisms are tactical, rather than strategic, and I believe are
driven more by a desire to make the movement more effective rather
than out of any squeamishness about killing civilians. Put another
way, the criticism is not about killing civilians, but WHICH
civilians are being killed. Criticisms of Zarqawis tactics have, for
example, stated that a better approach would be to concentrate
resources on mounting more 9/11 style attacks.

You are right to point out that revolutionary movements have debated
the ethics of killing civilians in the past. I am unaware of any
instance, however, in which such debates have actually led to a
change in practices in the field. If anyone can comment further on
this point I would be very interested to hear of examples to the
contrary.

Robinder Bhatty
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Nov2005/20051120_3392.html

Joint Iraqi-American Operations Keep Terrorists on the Defensive

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2005 – Iraqi and American forces in Baghdad and Tikrit have launched a series of operations this past week that have thwarted terrorist activities and disrupted terrorist cells in these two key cities, officials say.
In a Nov. 15 cordon-and-search operation, a platoon from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Iraqi Army Brigade nabbed five members of a terrorist who had been planning an attack on the Italian Embassy in Baghdad. The Iraqi soldiers also seized two vehicles, which the terrorists had planned to use in the attack.

Also on Nov. 15, U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, discovered wires, computer parts, timers and 14 AK-47 assault rifle magazines. The soldiers made this discovery in a home that they searched while conducting operations in southwest Baghdad. The home owner was detained for further questioning.

Other soldiers from the 2nd BCT, 101st Airborne Division discovered a weapons cache of 22 60-millimeter mortar rounds and 18 fuses on Nov. 15 while searching a farm in south Baghdad. An EOD team later destroyed the munitions.

An alert Iraqi Police officer discovered an improvised explosive device in a black bag near a bus stop in west Baghdad on Nov. 16. An explosives ordnance disposal team confirmed that the bag contained an anti-tank mine wired to a detonation device. Officials say the EOD team recovered the explosives and rendered the area safe.

In a three-day cordon-and-search operation that ended Nov. 16, the Iraqi Army led the way as coalition forces rooted out terrorist cell leaders who have developed, distributed and emplaced IEDs.

The operation took place in Sadr City and involved soldiers from 2nd and 3rd battalions of the 2nd Iraqi Army Brigade, along with U.S. soldiers. This joint force detained 23 terrorist suspects, while seizing weapons, ammunition and anti-Iraq propaganda materials, officials say.

In all, they note, Iraqi Army units conducted more than 1,250 patrols during the three-day period that ended Nov. 16.

U.S. soldiers, meanwhile, continue to capture likely terrorists who are seen loitering around attack sites.

Two Task Force Baghdad units searched and caught a rooftop lurker who was watching an IED attack while talking on his cell phone. This followed an IED attack on a 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry convoy in west Baghdad on Nov. 15, officials say.

11th Cavalry Regiment soldiers detained two likely terrorists who were loitering around an IED site in Baghdad on Nov. 15. The soldiers were standing guard as an EOD team dismantled an IED. Military officials say the likely terrorists later were found to have handled explosives.

Also in Baghdad on Nov. 15, soldiers from the 2nd BCT, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry, killed three terrorists while detaining eight terrorist suspects after being attacked with small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Officials said the soldiers pursued the attackers and returned fire, but suffered no casualties or equipment damage.

In north-central Iraq, two joint missions between Iraqi and U.S. forces resulted in the detention of nine terrorist suspects last week, officials say.

The first mission involved a joint patrol in Kirkuk with Iraqi police officers and soldiers from the 1st BCT, 101st Airborne Division; the second a raid near Baqubah with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 5th Iraqi Army Division and soldiers from the 3rd BCT, 3rd Infantry Division.

In Kirkuk, Iraqi police and U.S. soldiers reportedly discovered small cache of weapons while detaining two terrorist suspects. Officials say the Iraqi police noticed that one of the men was acting suspiciously, so they questioned him.

The patrol escorted the man to his home where they discovered and confiscated a cache of two AK-47 assault rifles, two bolt-action rifles and hundreds of rounds of sniper-rifle ammunition. The police and soldiers also discovered a supply of batteries that are often used to detonate IEDs.

The raid near Baqubah resulted in the capture of seven suspects, five of whom had been targeted because they were known terrorists, officials say. The other two suspects tested positive for explosives residue and were detained for further questioning.

A Nov. 17 raid near Ad Dawr by the 1st BCT, 3rd Infantry Division, resulted in the capture of one terrorist, the death of another and the confiscation of IED materials. The soldiers reportedly worked off tips provided by previously captured detainees to conduct the raid.

When cornered, one suspect surrendered and the other attempted to flee by driving out of the cordoned area, officials say. The soldiers fired warning shots to deter the suspect; however, when that failed, hey fired into the passenger compartment, wounding the driver and stopping the vehicle.

The driver later died from his wounds while being evacuated to a nearby medical facility. His remains were turned over to the local Iraqi police. A search of the area turned up several devices used to manufacture IEDs and also terrorist videos and compact disks, officials say.

Soldiers from the 2nd BCT, 101st Airborne Division, discovered three 120-millimeter mortar rounds, 1,000 rounds of 7.62-millimeter ammunition, 60-millimeter mortar system, one 60-millimeter mortar and various homemade explosives during a Nov. 18 cordon-and-search operation in Baghdad. An Iraqi citizen then informed them that terrorist forces planned to attack them at that site.

The soldiers responded by conducting a cordon-and search of a house identified by the informant. This resulted in the capture of five suspected terrorists, who are believed to have planned an attack on the cache site, officials say.

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UK News UK News | Showbiz News Islamic extremist rally calling for Islamic Britain is banned Thursday, 17th November 2005, 14:31 Category: Crime and Punishment _____ LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - Leaflets showing a Muslim fighter holding a rocket launcher outside 10 Downing Street are being probed by detectives amid claims they are linked to exiled preacher of hate Sheikh Omar Bakri. The sickening pamphlets shows a black Islamic flag flying over Parliament and invite people to a rally in east London. But shocked council officials and police discovered that the hall booked for the meeting was made under a false name apparently to celebrate the religious festival of Eid. And officers revealed that the man behind the meeting is Abdul Muhid, a leading member of the Saviour Sect set up by Omar Bakri after his group Al-Muhajiroun was disbanded. The group has justified the suicide terror attacks on July 7 in which 52 people were murdered as they were not innocent because they did not follow Islamic law. The group had booked a community centre in Walthamstow claiming they wanted to celebrate the religious festival of Eid, but the leaflets declared "it is only a short matter of time before the black flag of Islam flies high above 10 Downing Street." Muhid, 23, has twice been arrested over violence at rallies over the past year and now faces a police probe into the distribution of the flyers. The leaflet for the banned rally on November 6 which was to have been held at The Asian Centre in Walthamstow had the headline "Islamic State for Britain. There can be no negotiations." The leaflets go on to claim with 2,000 mosques, countless Madrassahs, Muslim Schools, Halal butchers and restaurants up and down the country, "Britain is already on the verge of becoming an Islamic State." "The revival of Islamic awareness amongst the Muslims in the UK is at its fastest pace and more and more Muslims and non-Muslims are realising that there can be no negotiations with Islam, no negotiations with the implementation of the Khalafah and the Shari'ah law, it is an absolute inevitable." Muhid, from Stoke Newington, east London, was last arrested when he was part of a group of 50 men using loud hailers to berate passer-bys in Southall on May 1 this year. When police arrived to disperse the group, a scuffle broke out with some of the supporters. He was arrested for violent disorder and assaulting a police officer in Chingford on July 13 and quizzed, but charges were dropped because of lack of evidence. And he was arrested for inciting racial hatred after a man complained of homophobic and racist comments made when Muhid was in a group of eight manning a religious stall in Walthamstow on September 14 last year. He appeared at Waltham Forest Magistrates Court and bailed, but again charges were dropped by the CPS. A police source said: "Muhid is always in possession of the leaflets and he has only ever been seen with a loudhailer or distributing the leaflets at market stalls. We don't know if he is making them but we assume he is because he is always at the centre of things." A police spokeswoman confirmed the group was now under investigation over the controversial flyers. She said: "The first we heard about the event was from the council on October 23.The Asian Centre was booked for 2.30pm on Sunday November 6 and the booking was subsequently cancelled. "An investigation is on-going into the printing and distribution of the leaflets but at this stage there has been no arrests." A Waltham Forest spokeswoman said: "A booking had been made at the Asian Centre for a private party to celebrate Eid. "In light of new information, the Council acted responsibly and cancelled the booking. It is clear that the centre was misled over the details of the booking and what is planned is a rally that is open to the public. "Waltham Forest has a long history of good community relations and the Council takes it duty to promote good relations between people of different racial groups seriously. "We became very concerned that allowing this event to go ahead could lead to a breakdown in community relations. "It is a testament to the close partnership working that exists in the borough that this information was identified and was quickly acted on by both the Police and the Council."

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