Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Thirty-Two

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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.

Related:
Can al-Qaeda Endure Beyond bin Laden?
Two Years Ago: Threat Matrix Begins

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

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[Domestic Church]

The whole family is sound asleep ... except for me and I'm about to raid the fridge;~)

[Calpernia]

Picture of a booby trapped doll in this power point slide show

http://goexcelglobal.com/NJ_DefenseForce/iraqitour.pps

Happy Thanksgiving all!

[LucyT]

RTL buys out CNN's 50 pct stake in Germany's NTV
Reuters - 15 hours ago

FRANKFURT, Nov 24 (Reuters) - RTL Group (AUDKt.BR: Quote, Profile, Research) is buying out CNN's 50-percent share in German news channel n-tv, taking its stake to 100 percent, it said on Thursday.

RTL and CNN have been 50-percent shareholders in n-tv since 2002. ...
CNN sells stake in Germany's NTV Reuters

http://news.google.com/news

[nw_arizona_granny]

Richard Clarke, for many years the chief of counterterrorism at the White House, has revealed that he was responsible for the flights. <<<

I have heard Clarke on the talk shows, admit that it was his decision that sent them out of the country.

Clarke was also a Clinton man and in full support of Kerry.

I would also thing the "Gorlick Wall" that she and Clinton put into place, hamstring the different policing departments of our Government, was put into play here.

You will only hear that "Bush" allowed them to leave.

[LucyT]

From the article:

"EU May Stop Providing US-Bound Air Passenger Information"

An EU court ruling abrogating the agreement would throw a major wrench into the existing US aviation control system and would represent a major set-back for the G-8’s anti-terrorism Secure and Facilitated Travel (SAFTI) initiative.

Well, they can always stay home or fly to countries that don't care who enters their borders. (Just like our country, right? /sarcasm)

[Cindy]

I agree.
This situation is disturbing.

[Cindy]

Thank you Calpernia for that link and I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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http://www.truthusa.com/ThanksGIVING.html

[Cindy]

That sounds like a grand situation.

I have my pumpkin spice candles lit,
Christmas carols are playing, stuffed
like a turkey from eating and I have
an after dinner drink next to my
computer.

Good deal.

[LucyT]

The koran (no capitalization, it does not have my respect) states they MUST lie, especially to those infidels whom they wish to destroy; too bad our elected leaders haven't gotten the memo:

From the article: "TIME FOR SAUDI ACCOUNTABILITY"

"the Saudis tell us that they are implementing their promises even as they continue to fund terrorism."

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=20150

[Cindy]

OPINION: That's taqqiya (sp?).

[Cindy]

Thanks to a special emailer who sent me this article:
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http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8371

"Expert says bird flu has killed 300 people in China"
18:27 24 November 2005
NewScientist.com news service
Debora MacKenzie


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A respected Japanese scientist, who works with the World Health Organization, says 300 people have died of H5N1 bird flu in China, including seven cases caused by human-to-human transmission.

He says he was given the information in confidence by Chinese colleagues who have been threatened with arrest if they disclosed the extent of the problem.

The allegations, which he revealed at a meeting in Germany, contrast sharply with China’s official position. It reports three confirmed cases of H5N1 in people: a boy in Hunan province who recovered, and two women who died in Anhui province, the latest of which was announced on Thursday. There may be another probable case in Hunan.

But Masato Tashiro, head of virology at Tokyo’s National Institute of Infectious Disease – a WHO-collaborating centre for bird flu – told the meeting of virologists in Marburg, Germany, on 19 November that “we have been systematically deceived”. His comments were reported in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

He told the stunned meeting, called to mark the retirement of a senior German virologist, that there have been “several dozen” outbreaks in people, 300 confirmed deaths and 3000 people placed in isolation with suspected cases."

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.asiantribune.com/show_article.php?id=2870


Date : 2005-11-24
Terrorist Violence Rising Again
By Allabaksh - Syndicate Features



The threat from Pakistan is assuming dangerous proportions as it comes behind the cloak of ‘peace’ talks that many Indians now fear may lead to India lowering its guards. Recent utterances of the Pakistani leadership do not auger well for continuation of the ‘peace’ mood for long, particularly some of the comments made by Gen Pervez Musharraf and his puppet prime minister Shaukat Aziz, says the author The spurt in terrorist attacks in Kashmir and elsewhere in the country, including Delhi, must be a matter of worry for a government that is already under heavy fire from the Opposition on a host of issues. Among the unsavoury issues it has to face are the latest tragic twist to the Bihar’s perennially bad law and order situation and an unexpected blow from the US in the shape of Volcker report on the alleged misuse of Iraq’s oil for food programme that names Natwar Singh and the Congress party among the ‘non-contractual’ beneficiaries.

These political storms may pass over but the threat from Pakistan is assuming dangerous proportions as it comes behind the cloak of ‘peace’ talks that many Indians now fear may lead to India lowering its guards against Pakistan. Recent utterances of the Pakistani leadership do not auger well for continuation of the ‘peace’ mood for long, particularly some of the comments made by Gen Pervez Musharraf and his puppet prime minister.

A noticeable feature about the rise in terrorist activities is their timing—just when there has been a change of guard in Kashmir assembly with a Congress leader who may be viewed by Pakistan as ‘too pro-India’ replacing the PDP chief minister who had apparently advocated a ‘soft’ approach towards the militants, a further softening of the Line of Control in Kashmir with five points for movement of relief material and civilians and, last but not the least, the open pat received by the so-called ‘banned’ terrorist groups in Pakistan occupied Kashmir from the Pakistani president.

Gen Pervez Musharraf, in fact, now openly praises the militant organisations for their relief and rescue work in PoK even as most of the civilian population in Pakistan berates his Army for its tardy efforts. He has categorically ruled out any action against these groups, meaning they are free to resume their activities without any fear of an official crackdown.

That Musharraf was never serious about winding up his terror machine in Kashmir has been clear from the beginning. Musharraf played charade with India in the same manner that he does with the West, which has been far too indulgent (bank rolling all his military and other major expenses) towards him than is necessary under the circumstances.

Even with all his inherent guile Musharraf cannot help but give his game away in some of his interviews that he religiously grants to the fawning Western press. With his typical swagger he told the CNN that he had broken the back of the terrorist and radical groups in Pakistan. ‘Since the assassination attempt on me, we certainly are winning……I would say that…personally…I feel more secure,’ boasted the man with some glee.

Of course, he has every reason to feel ‘secure’. The groups, which were allegedly after his life, could be tamed or liquidated because most of them are offspring of his own ISI. But what Musharraf deliberately forgets is that he had assured the world, including India that he would wipe out the ‘entire’ network of terrorists operating from Pakistan or the Kashmiri territories under its control. That he has not done and henceforth the Indian government would do well to press the point more strongly with the Pakistani dictator.

It is not that India alone says that Musharraf has not fulfilled his promise. A report on the status of recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission in the US has clearly stated that Pakistan continues to be a sanctuary and training ground for terrorists. Asking Washington to put more pressure on Musharraf to stop the menace of terrorism flowing from his territories, the report noted with some ‘disappointment’ that the Pakistani president has not done enough and he has not lived up to his promise to regulate the madrassas or religious seminaries properly. These terrorists head not just for India but Afghanistan too and the report observed: ‘Taliban forces still pass freely across Pakistan-Afghanistan border and operate in Pakistani tribal areas.’

Where India is concerned investigations into the recent incidents of terrorist attacks have established that Pakistan has done nothing to close down the terrorist training camps. Wireless intercepts by intelligence agencies and statements made by arrested militants are said to have provided tons of fresh information about the patronage that Pakistan officially extends to terrorists. The catastrophic earthquake might have caused some physical damage to the terrorist infrastructure but they were restored quickly with the aid of the Pakistani army which otherwise proved to be heartless when it came to helping the Kashmiri victims of the October 8 quake.

The government keeps maintaining that the activities of terrorists will not hamper the peace process with Pakistan. But it will be a mistake to ignore the strong public sentiments which have been aroused by the frequency of terrorist attacks, each of which with a clear Pakistani imprint.

In fact, the responsibility for the car bomb attack on the day Ghulam Nabi Azad was taking over from Mufti Mohammed Sayeed was taken by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e- Mohammed, a terrorist outfit raised by a man released from an Indian prison by the NDA government.

After a suicide attack at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk, the police was able to catch a suicide attacker, a 20-year-old Pakistani youth. The arrests made in connection with the Delhi blasts have shown a ‘foreign’ hand that among other things had sent Rs 15 lakh to the prime suspect, Tariq Ahmed Dar, days before the Sarojini Nagar blast in Delhi.

The Pakistanis and Kashmiri militants trained by Pakistan continue to cross the LoC, bringing in a deadly cargo to be used for killing innocent civilians in pursuance of the Pakistani dream of annexing Kashmir from India. The opening of five points along the LoC will come in handy for the Pakistanis entering India with evil designs.

It may be recalled that some of the Pakistanis who had ‘disappeared’ after their cricket visa for witnessing an India-Pakistan match in India had expired had taken part in some of the anti-India activities and acts of terrorism in the country. Pakistan rarely lets go an opportunity to exploit any situation for its nefarious purposes.

The softening of the LoC may please the ordinary Kashmiris on either side of the line but clearly the government of India has to be extra vigilant about its misuse by the Pakistanis.

Indians expect their government to take extra precautions when allowing people from Pakistan or PoK to enter India and it has to be made sure that all of them return.

- Syndicate Features -






Edited and published by Vaniram from B-308, Puneet Apartments, Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi-96 and photocopied at Malik Photostat, Shop No.SS-03, Gulmohar Commercial Complex, Sector-15, Noida, New Delhi, India.
Phone: +91 11 22617660
E-mail: syndicate_features@india.com
Website: www.syndicatefeatures.com

[Cindy]

and now for some good news...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528202/posts

"One dies when ex-deputy, 84, pursues burglars' van (TX)"
Associated Press ^ | Thursday, November 24, 2005

Posted on 11/24/2005 8:54:46 PM PST by WestTexasWend

[LucyT]

Oh, Cindy, I'm so out of the loop, what does that mean?

[Cindy]

Here's a couple of links Lucy that gives you the general idea of what "taqqiya" is:

http://www.al-islam.org/encyclopedia/chapter6b/1.html

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22taqqiya%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0

[LucyT]

Thanks, Cindy, it's an euphemism for lying; here's what I found:

"Taqqiya" is permission for Muslims to hide their faith when living in hostile conditions, even if it means outright lying.

TAQQIYA:
The Shi'ah believe in a doctrine called Taqiyyah which means that a person holds a specific belief in his heart but his speech is contrary to his inner beliefs.

[A lie by any other name is still a lie.]

[Cindy]

Yep, it's interesting.

[FairOpinion]

"A message menacing Western leaders including Italy's prime minister Silvio Berlsuconi appeared on an Islamist website on Thursday. The message - whose authenticity has yet to be verified - threatens to "decapitate" US president George W. Bush, Britain's prime minister Tony Blair, Berlusconi, Japan's prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, and Australian premier John Howard.

A section of the message - which reveals a good knowledge of Italian affairs on the part of its author- attacks Berlusconi, announcing: "the plan for his abduction has been laid - it only needs the go-ahead to be given." "Our appointment will be in April," the message reads. Italy is due to hold a general election on 9 April. "




http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1528221/posts

[FairOpinion]

Sorry about the double post.