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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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[Cindy]

Thanks to Fair Opinion for starting this thread.

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El Baradei: Iran only months away from a bomb
Jerusalem Post ^ | Dec. 5, 2005 | JP

Posted on 12/04/2005 10:52:47 PM PST by FairOpinion

IAEA chairman Muhammad ElBaradei on Monday confirmed Israel's assessment that Iran is only a few months away from creating an atomic bomb.

"If Teheran indeed resumes its uranium enrichment in other plants, as threatened, it will take it only several months to produce a bomb," ElBaradei told The Independent, according to Army Radio.

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

[Cindy]

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1534120/posts


Iraq - French engineer abducted in Baghdad
AFP via Babelfish translation | December 5, 2005

Posted on 12/05/2005 12:05:28 AM PST by HAL9000

A French Engineer Removed In Baghdad

BAGHDAD - a French engineer working in Baghdad was removed Monday morning by the unknown ones armed in the west with the capital, indicated the Iraqi police force.

The French national circulated on board his car in the district of Mansour when armed men stopped it and taken along towards an unknown destination, according to this source.

The abduction took place towards 09H20 (06H20 GMT).

Documents proving the nationality of the victim were found in the car left on the spot. The French also rented a house with Mansour, whose owner confirmed nationality, added this source.

According to the police force, it worked as engineer in a station of purification of the water of the capital.

Contacted by AFP, the embassy from France in Baghdad could not confirm information in the immediate future.

Three French journalists were removed by groups armed in Iraq, before being released healthy and safe.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I don't know how I got on WMD, but here is more. Why didn't I ever think of Pakistan? I should of had a V-8...LOL

Preventing a Nightmare Scenario: Terrorist Attacks Using Russian Nuclear Weapons and Materials
by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
Backgrounder #1854

May 20, 2005
snip...

Radical Islam’s “Religious Duty”

Osama bin Laden has called using weapons of mass destruction against the U.S. a “religious duty.” He has also declared that undermining America’s economic power is his strategic objective. Bin Laden did not confirm or deny pursuit of such weapons in press interviews, but a body of evi­dence indicates that he has actively sought them.

For example, Ahmad al Fadl, a defector from al-Qaeda, testified in U.S. court that in 1994 he was tasked with procuring a radioactive material, appar­ently highly enriched uranium (HEU), from a South African source.[1] Ayman al-Zawahiri was spotted vis­iting Russia for six months in 1996—ostensibly to assist the Chechens to escalate their hostilities against Russia—and spoke publicly about the ease of procuring nuclear materials from the former Soviet republics. In 2002, Abu Zubaydah told inter­rogators that al-Qaeda knew how to build “dirty bombs” and where to get material for them.[2]

There are also media reports of al-Qaeda buying or stealing up to 20 nuclear warheads from the former Soviet republics, bin Laden providing $3 million and large commercial amounts of opium to Chechens in exchange for nuclear weapons or material, and four Turkmen nuclear scientists working to create an al-Qaeda weapon.[3] The verac­ity of these reports cannot be independently evalu­ated.[4] In February 2005, Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss testified that al-Qaeda might possess radioactive material of Russian or Soviet origin.

In 2003, Sheikh Nasir bin Hamid al-Fahd, a prominent Saudi cleric close to al-Qaeda, provided a comprehensive religious opinion (fatwa) justify­ing the use of nuclear weapons against the United States, even it killed up to 10 million Americans, under the pretext that the United States is to blame for the deaths of 10 million Muslims.[5] This cleric and two of his colleagues—Ali al-Khudayr and Ahmad al-Khaladi—have provided “religious” jus­tifications for bin Laden to create mayhem. Bin Laden portrays himself as a pious Muslim who pro­tects and defends other Muslims and wages a jihad (holy war) in their name.[6]

Al-Qaeda is an organization that is religiously and ideologically committed to the destruction of the United States and Israel, the subjugation of the West, and the overthrow of existing Muslim and Arab regimes throughout the greater Middle East and beyond—from Nigeria to Saudi Arabia to Indonesia. Its proclaimed goal is establishment of a caliphate (khilafa)—a militarized dictatorship based on the Shari’a (holy law) and dedicated to conquest of the non-Muslim world (Dar al-Harb, literally “Land of the Sword”).

Other radical Islamist organizations share these far-reaching goals and anti-American agendas, including the Lebanese Shi’a Hezballah and Paki­stani Lashkar-e-Tayyiba. Lashkar-e-Tayyiba has links to al-Qaeda, technological sophistication and personnel, and international connections reaching into the U.S. that could help them acquire WMD capabilities.[7] For example:

Hezballah operates Al-Manar, a satellite TV channel, and recently tested a military unmanned aerial vehicle, which flew over Israel. Such low-flying vehicles can deliver war­heads to targets otherwise protected against air attacks.
Hamas, another radical Islamist terrorist orga­nization, succeeded in developing rockets and producing Kassam short-range missiles in the technologically primitive conditions of Gaza’s metal workshops and garages.
Other Palestinian radical organizations have uti­lized hot air balloons and hang gliders, which can be used to deliver a crude bomb or radiation dispersion device (RDD or “dirty bomb”).[8]
All of these organizations attract a number of engineers and technicians who could facilitate their homegrown nuclear weapons programs. With con­siderable financial resources at their disposal, they can also recruit engineers and scientists from the thousands who have received education in related fields in Russia, the West, and the Muslim world. Such clandestine programs would be assisted by the wealth of information about nuclear matters available on the Internet.

Furthermore, radical Islamists have ideological, organizational, and operational connections to the military and intelligence establishments of Iran and Pakistan. Iran is suspected by both the Bush Administration and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of managing a clandestine nuclear weapons program. Pakistan is a nuclear power, and anti-American Islamists strongly influ­ence its nuclear establishment and military and intelligence services.

For example, Pakistan was the source of Ahmed Qadir Khan’s global nuclear proliferation network, which supplied technology to North Korea, Libya, Iran, and possibly other countries.[9] And there is strong suspicion that prior to 9/11, Sultan Bashir-ud-Din Mehmood and Abdul Majid, two senior nuclear scientists from Pakistan who used to work for Khan, traveled to Afghanistan to offer their expertise to Osama bin Laden.[10]

Experts believe that terrorists are willing to inflict massive casualties using WMD, capable of doing so despite the technical difficulties of execut­ing such an attack, and capable of either stealing or building a nuclear bomb. The IAEA has docu­mented cases of HEU theft.[11]

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:gI-Rg2BKJz0J:www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/bg1854.cfm+Russian+Organized+Crime+Linked+to+Osama+bin+Laden.%22+&hl=en

[Cindy]

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/12/4/222850.shtml

"Chinese Army Buys American"
Charles R. Smith
Monday, Dec. 5, 2005
"U.S. and Allies Source of New Chinese Weaponry"

[Cindy]

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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s05120012.htm

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Sunday, December 4, 2005

BANGLADESH: ISLAMIST THREAT ESCALATES WITH SUICIDE BOMBINGS.
- new terror tactic increases risk to threatened Christian leaders, institutions and NGOs.

By Elizabeth Kendal
World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA RLC)
Special to ASSIST News Service

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (ANS) -- More than 30 years ago, Bangladesh fought a Liberation War for the right to be independent of Pakistan, and secular. The war cost the Bangladeshis somewhere between 500,000 and three million lives. Today, Islamic militants with al Qaeda training and links are engaged in a violent and deadly campaign to force Bangladesh to submit to Sharia law.
Islamic zeal and radicalisation have skyrocketed in Bangladesh since October 2001 causing local persecution of Christians to escalate in frequency and severity. Now organised Islamic terror threatens to destabilise the nation and the wider region. Of course it will also seriously impact the Church. Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is presently targeting Bangladesh's secular courts and judges, and threatening to continue until Sharia is implemented. But JMB has also declared that it will target NGOs and non-Muslim religious figures and institutions engaged in "anti-Islamic activities". It is reported that Bangladesh has some 172 terror training camps operating on its soil, and that JMB has a 2,000-strong suicide squad prepared for martyrdom operations.
The pro-Islamic Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), elected in October 2001 to rule in coalition with some very radical Islamist groups, has difficulty facing and dealing with these threats. It has used Western law and democracy for its own advantage, but now the popularist Islamist puppy it has fostered and nurtured has matured, is exerting its independence, and is starting to bite. Unless the government gets serious about replacing radical madrassas with real and positive education, closing terror training camps, and promoting secularism, tolerance and democracy, then Bangladesh will develop into a Islamic terror hub and jihad launching pad. Nothing grows, spreads and wreaks havoc like a disease that is not acknowledged and is left untreated.

WAVE OF SUICIDE BOMBINGS
On Tuesday 29 November, suicide bombers from Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) – also known as Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (JuM) – fatally struck law courts in two Bangladeshi cities, killing seven. Around 60 were wounded, 21 of them seriously. The death toll has since risen to ten. (Link 1)
The first bombing took place at 9:05am in Bangladesh's second largest city, the port city of Chittagong. In response to terror threats, police had been posted at the entrance of the court and were checking all visitors. Just before he was to be intercepted at the police checkpoint, the bomber took an explosive device out of his bag and threw it at the officers. He then detonated another explosive device strapped to his leg. The two policemen were killed.
The bomber, who survived but lost both his legs and his right hand, was identified as Abul Bashar (19). He reportedly told Agence France-Presse (AFP), "I attacked the Chittagong court by the order of Allah. I did not do any wrong in carrying out the suicidal attack." A report by the Bangladesh Independent online news said police had found a JMB leaflet in his pocket. According to Chittagong police official Mohammad Majedul Huq, it was handwritten and warned police, judges and lawyers "to stop upholding man-made laws which go against Islam". At least 16 others were injured; 13 of them were police. Abul Bashar has since died from his injuries in Chittagong Medical College Hospital.
The second bombing took place in Gazipur at 9:40am. The bomber donned a lawyer's black gown and walked right past police security into the bar library where he detonated his bomb. Three people in the library died immediately and four others died from their wounds soon after in hospital in Dhaka. The suicide bomber's body was found with wires and bomb parts still strapped to it.

At around 10am on Thursday 1 December, as lawyers were staging a demonstration in Gazipur, a bomb exploded near the police checkpoint outside the chief government administrator's office. Two were killed and 30 were injured, five critically. One of the dead was a policeman, the other is believed to be the suicide bomber. According to Kazi Fazle Rabbi, Gazipur district commissioner, "The suspected bomber ... disguised himself as a tea vendor. One of his flasks exploded when police stopped him for checking." (Link 2)

ESCALATION OF TERROR

On 17 August, JMB (JuM) orchestrated a nation-wide terror attack, setting off nearly 500 small improvised explosive devices (IEDs) virtually simultaneously in 63 of Bangladesh's 64 districts. While the devices did not contain shrapnel, they did result in three deaths and left more than 150 injured. Pamphlets found near many of the explosive devices demanded the expulsion of foreign NGOs "engaged in anti-Islamic activities in Muslim countries". (Stratfor Terrorism Brief, 23 November 2005)

The carnage from the August bombing campaign was minimal but the message was loud and clear. As noted by Stratfor, the August bombing campaign "demonstrates that JuM has a widespread presence, robust logistics and sophisticated command-and-control capabilities".

After this attack JMB (JuM) declared, "Everybody is the enemy of Islam who wants to launch democracy as an institutional form. Therefore we invite the ruling party and also the opposition to initiate the rule of Islam within a short time in Bangladesh."

On 22 August, Bangladesh's leading national Bengali daily newspaper reported that the Intelligence Department had informed the government that Islamic militants are planning to attack the largest non-Muslim religious centres in Dhaka. They were also threatening to kill local and foreign non-Muslim leaders, missionaries, priests, humanitarian workers and anyone else preaching religion other than Islam. Christianity was to be particularly targeted for the purpose of discrediting the government of Bangladesh in the West. (See WEA RLC report: link 3)

On 3 October, larger bombs exploded in three district courts outside Dhaka, killing two people and wounding more than a dozen. Then on 14 November two senior Assistant Judges of Jhalakathi District Judges Court were assassinated on their way to work. Their microbus stopped outside the government staff quarters to pick up another judge. The assassin, identified as Mamun, a JMB militant, approached the microbus with the pretext of showing papers to the judges. He then shoved a package into the microbus which immediately exploded. The assassin, who survived with serious leg wounds, was immediately arrested. He was found to have some 24 JMB leaflets, and a live bomb fastened to his body. Presumably the assassin intended to escape, with the body-bomb to be used only in the case of capture. His injuries however probably prevented him detonating the body-bomb before his arrest. His willingness to explode himself and thus become a "martyr" was evidence of a shocking new tactic and ideological shift.

In their 23 November Terrorism Brief, Stratfor Intelligence reported, "According to a Nov. 22 report in the Bangladeshi English-language Daily Star newspaper, the JuM's (JMBs) policymaking body -- Majlis-e-Shura -- recently ordered its bomb and suicide squad members to fight their opposition to the death and to continue striking government offices and courts." Stratfor notes, "JuM (JMB) appears to have no problem obtaining explosives, and apparently is actively constructing devices – an activity normally conducted at the end of the attack planning cycle." And Stratfor add, "JuM members reportedly received training from al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and allegedly maintain links with that group."

According to Reuters, Bangladeshi police report that the explosives used in the 29 November suicide bombings are the most powerful and highly destructive explosives used by the militants so far. Reuters also reports, "The State Minister for Home Affairs Lutufuzzaman Babar said earlier this month [Nov] that there were reports that the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen had set up a 2,000-strong suicide squad." (Link 4)

THREAT TO EMBASSIES

The British High Commission's First Secretary in Dhaka, Mike Stevenson, reports that Manik Hossain, a Muslim extremist identifying himself as a member of "al-Qaeda in South Asia", has threatened to blow up the UK mission, along with other Western missions. The threatening message was sent to the UK Embassy by fax on Sunday 27 November, and signed by Manik Hossain of Faridganj" (220km, or around 140 miles, southeast of Dhaka). Security has now been increased around diplomatic offices in Dhaka. (Link 5)

BANGLADESH: TERROR HUB

Webindia reports that on 29 November, India's Border Security Force (BSF) Director General R S Mooshahary told a press conference "the unabated mushrooming of terror camps" in Bangladesh, and the fact that Bangladesh is becoming "a hub of infiltrators and fundamentalist forces" threatens to destabilise the whole region. "In the long run," warned Gen. Mooshahary, "Bangladesh could be a greater problem than Pakistan going by the shifting of population, massive infiltration bids and mushrooming of terror camps... it has become a hub of drug dealers and smugglers."

Mooshahary claimed to have recently given Bangladesh a list of 172 terror training camps. "But their reply is the same every time," he complains, " ...that no such camps exists on their soil." (Link 6)

Elizabeth Kendal
rl-research@crossnet.org.au

Links

1) BANGLADESH BOMBING TOLL RISES
30 November 2005. SBS
http://www9.sbs.com.au/theworldnews/region.php?id=126032&region=2
Seven killed, many injured in Bangladesh blasts
http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=58404
Nine die in Bangladesh bombings
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4480408.stm
Bangladesh's escalating extremism. 29 November 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4482320.stm

2) Two dead in court attack. 2 December 2005
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17435239-23109,00.html

3) WEA Religious Liberty News & Analysis
Militants Move to Islamise Bangladesh
By Elizabeth Kendal, 16 September 2005
http://www.worldevangelicalalliance.org/news/view.htm?id=151

4) Bangladesh explosives most powerful yet -- police
30 Nov 2005. Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DHA129923.htm
Bombs target Bangladesh lawyers. 29 November 2005
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/11/29/bangladesh.blasts.reut/index.html
5) Man threatens UK, US missions in Bangladesh – police
28 Nov 2005. Reuters
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/DHA97711.htm

6) Bangladesh a hub of infiltrators and fundamentalists: BSF DG
New Delhi, 29 November 2005
http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=176465&cat=India

Elizabeth Kendal is the Principal Researcher and Writer for the World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty Commission (WEA RLC) www.worldevangelical.org/rlc.html. This article was initially written for the World Evangelical Alliance Religious Liberty News & Analysis mailing list.

Elizabeth can be contacted by e-mail at rl-research@crossnet.org.au.



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[nw_arizona_granny]

What message does a suitcase full of Christmas lights send?

There has been a report of a suitcase found on the Bay Bridge at San Francisco, all evening on KGO.com radio.

Said the bomb squad hit it with a water spray and found the Christmas lights.

3 hours ago, they were saying Christmas decorations, now it is lights.

A few minutes ago, on the KGO traffic report, it was a suitcase and clothes in the freeway, I did not catch the number, wasn't expecting it.

Just odd things that I hear in the night......Laughing.

[nw_arizona_granny]

The Red Mafia is up to all the same tricks the KGB engaged in, but now Western leaders dismiss the problems as simply a "mafia" one rather than blaming the Russian government.
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

There is the truth of it all.

The red mafia is led by the KGB, from what i read.

Those Russian apartment houses that explode, caught my eye a year or more ago, as it is the same method taught to the Padilla type terrorists.

It appears, that a phony repairman shows up to work on the gas lines, or check the gas meter, he loosens the gas pipe connections in the basement and leaves, knowing the explosion will happen.

The Los Angeles area, a year or so ago, had several apartment houses explode, due to escaping gas from the lines.

Apartment houses in San Francisco also explode.

Not difficult to think that they were helped to explode, once you know how it is done.

Yes, I know some are natural accidents.......maybe.

Might be interesting to know who lived in them.......

[nw_arizona_granny]

My post 3827, was mailed, while my brain was still searching.

The reporter that you are hearing the news reports on that died in the San Francisco area today, I think the name is Murphy, he is on the
aBC news and Dr. Bill talked about his death.

KGO.com radio news, said that he was dead in his attic, the fire was going thru the roof when the firemen arrived.

The fire did one million in damage to the house.

The fire is also an "unknown cause" fire.

[Cindy]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475685417&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

Dec. 5, 2005 11:37 | Updated Dec. 5, 2005 11:45
"Explosion occurs outside Netanya mall; 4 dead"
By JPOST.COM STAFF

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Four people were reported dead and dozens wounded after an explosion rocked the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall on Herzl Street in Netanya on Monday at 11:30 a.m.

Police believe that the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber at the entrance to the mall after he was prevented from entering.

The explosion occurred near one of the main entrances. It was heard throughout the city."

[American in Israel]

Beilin said Israel must work for diplomatic activity to be led by the United States without endangering Israel in a confrontation with Iran with potentially disastrous consequences. Got news for Belin, Iran is making nukes FOR Israel, trying to get out of a confrontation is impossible. Israel has tried to even give away It'w own nation to appease the Arabs, and it only inflames them worse. Personally I think going to war with Iran before it nukes you is much smarter than going to war after, but if you just listen to the Iranian's, war is impossible to avoid.

Problem with war is it only takes one side to start, Iran is that side.

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:3enHshY_9LcJ:www.mamacoca.org/feb2002/art_bagley_globalization_organized_crime_en.html+Dolgopruadnanskaya+taliban&hl=en

This is a link that davey found, I can't read it all, but about a third of the way down from the top, is a section on Mexico, the russian mafia connections to the gangs.

Davey, it is very interesting, but the eyes want to rest.

[Cindy]

I agree.

[Cindy]

Thanks for the link granny.

[Cindy]

Thanks to neosgirl's blog for the graphic url.

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ON THE NET...

http://trackingalqueda.blogspot.com/2005/12/zarqawi-image.html

http://195.42.183.35/forum/showthread.php?t=43797
http://www.g4z4.com/upload/uploads/7806484ce1.jpg

[nw_arizona_granny]

December 4, 2005 Anti-Terrorism News

Report: al-Qaida rejects Algerian recruits
http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20051204-071749-1176r.htm
The sources said many of the Arabs rejected by Al Zarqawi were Algerian
nationals who volunteered for service in Europe. They said U.S.
intelligence had penetrated Algerian factions and sent agents to join al-Qaida
in Iraq.

(Iraq) Sadr representative gunned down in Baghdad
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2005/December/focusoniraq_December21.xml§ion=focusoniraq

Iran plans to construct two new nuclear reactors
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475673325&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull

(India) Three LeT terrorists killed in Srinagar
http://www.deepika.com/english/latestnews.asp?ncode=31631

(Belgium) Making of Muriel the suicide bomber
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2092-1902761,00.html

Saudi forces arrest 17 suspected militants: TV
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/December/middleeast_December80.xml§ion=middleeastSaudi
security forces arrested 17 suspected Saudi national terrorists and
seized weapons in a series of raids around Riyadh early on Saturday, state
television said

Insurgent Attack Kills 19 Iraqi Soldiers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq;_ylt=AoLSSVY8utspY6Ryxwr38wKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--

(update) Four killed in Afghan attacks
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4495182.stm

Bangladesh police round up bomb suspects
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051203/wl_sthasia_afp/bangladeshblasts;_ylt=AsVsbmUf6UcHsEHFQVQ4plis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE-
Bangladesh police have rounded up over 200 suspects in investigation
into series of deadly bomb blasts - police say bomb found Saturday at
high school

(Iraq) Al-Qaeda claim (US) Marines' killing
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17456096-38201,00.html

Terror threatens Russia's survival: claim
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20051202-024226-9891r.htm

Lebanese find 20 bodies in grave
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4496052.stm
The mass grave is near a former Syrian-run prison, where many Lebanese
detainees were held.

Obscure al-Qaida Chemist Worries Experts
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_qaida_s_chemist;_ylt=AmwpIqgbbcVeuWd5wi_Ht.Ks0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE-
$5 million reward posted for Egyptian chemist Midhat Mursi, also known
as Abu Khabab

Sunni Leader's Slaying Leads to Tips
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_tribal_feuds_1
Biggest reason for reduction in violence in Samarra was public backlash
against insurgents after Oct. 11 assassination of Sheik Hikmat Mumtaz
al-Bazi, chief of one of area's seven tribes

Details Emerge on a Brazen Escape in Afghanistan
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/04/international/asia/04escape.html
Details of July 11 escape of important Al Qaeda operatives from
American military detention center in Afghanistan

FBI mishandled Florida terror investigation: NYT
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/al_qaida_s_chemist;_ylt=AmwpIqgbbcVeuWd5wi_Ht.Ks0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b3JuZGZhBHNlYwM3MjE-#

Inside and outside the 'Sleeper Cell'
http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/02/apontv.sleepercell.ap/index.html
Showtime television series concerns extremists in L.A.

Al Qaeda denies commander killed in Pakistan: Al Arabiya
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/December/subcontinent_December110.xml§ion=subcontinent

Iraq terrorists give ultimatum
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20051202-051857-3404r.htm
Terrorists threatened to kill four Western hostages unless all
prisoners in Iraqi and U.S. centers are released by Dec 8

Militants Wanted by Israel Return to Gaza
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5453166,00.html
Up to 15 Palestinian militants wanted by Israel have returned to Gaza
Strip - Palestinian Authority denies Israeli charges of wrongdoing

Regulator Cleared in Riggs Bank Probe
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051202/ap_on_bi_ge/riggs_probe_3
Federal investigators conclude that regulator who oversaw Riggs Bank
during period of deficient money-laundering controls and later took job
there didn't violate conflict of interest rules

[nw_arizona_granny]

December 5, 2005 Anti-Terrorism News

(Israel) Suicide bombing outside Netanya mall kills 5
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475685417&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
The Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the attack in a phone call to
Palestinian journalists, identifying the bomber as Lutfi Amin Abu Salem

(Iraq) Court Reverses Ruling in Saddam Trial
http://ap.washingtontimes.com/dynamic/stories/S/SADDAM_TRIAL?SITE=DCTMS&SECTION=HOME
The court in the Saddam Hussein trial allowed former U.S. Attorney
General Ramsey Clark and another foreign defense lawyer to address the
session Monday

(Australia) Suspect offered terror deal
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17461068%255E601,00.html
Police have offered fugitive terror suspect Saleh Jamal a deal to
return to Australia if he turns informant on six men he is alleged to have
recruited to jihad and pleads guilty to planning an attack on Sydney
Harbour.

Frenchman target of latest Iraq kidnapping
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=25&story_id=25892&name=Frenchman+target+of+latest+Iraq+kidnapping

Dutch put 'terror group' on trial
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4498472.stm
14 Muslim men, including Theo van Gogh's killer, go on trial in the
high-security court in Amsterdam charged with membership of the alleged
terrorist Hofstadgroep.

Bangladesh funds 'terror donor'
http://www.asianewsnet.net/level3_template1.php?l3sec=4&news_id=49208
Government released fund to Bangladesh branch of Kuwaiti NGO, the
Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS), which is at top of list of
suspected donors to Islamic militants in Bangladesh

Iran threatens counter-strike
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3179301,00.html

(Iraq) Wife pleads for life of hostage
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1904948,00.html
The wife of the kidnapped Briton Norman Kember has made a televised
appeal to the peace campaigner’s captors, begging them to release him.

Indonesians Ask Why Muslims Turn to Bombs
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051204/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_suicide_bombers

U.S. not 'well-prepared' for terrorism
http://9/11%20panel%20to%20issue%20report%20critical%20of%20federal%20security%20response
9/11 panel to issue report critical of federal security response

Bin Laden may have traveled to United States as a young man: report
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=82723
"New Yorker" magazine reports that Khaled Batarfi, a Saudi journalist,
says bin Laden made at least one trip to U.S. in about 1978 with wife
and oldest son, who needed medical treatment

Colombian rebels kill politician
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411319/635799
FARC terrorists kill former senator and injure his son

Syrian forces clash with Islamist gunmen in northern Syria
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/653519.html

U.S. Missile, al-Qaida Death May Be Linked
http://www.forbes.com/business/manufacturing/feeds/ap/2005/12/04/ap2367966.html

Ex-Iraqi leader claims assassination attempt
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/04/iraq.main/index.html
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi was chased from a mosque Sunday
in Najaf in what he said was an apparent attempt on his life

In Basra, threats stalk elections
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0512040363dec04,1,5661315.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

Investigation blows open Lashkar overground links (India)
http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/04/stories/2005120406531000.htm
"(M)ainstream political parties in the State have been infiltrated by
operatives working for the Lashkar-e-Taiba — and are being used to
provide cover for the terrorist group's operations."

Indon team in secret meeting with RP officials on terrorism
(Philippines)
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/dec/04/yehey/prov/20051204pro1.html

Six S.Lankan soldiers killed by suspected rebels
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-12-04T092608Z_01_FOR433926_RTRUKOC_0_US-SRILANKA-ATTACK.xml&archived=False
Six soldiers killed in mine attack by suspected Tamil Tiger terrorists
- deadliest since 2002 ceasefire

French study finds rise in Islamic extremism
http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2005/12/04/french_study_finds_rise_in_islamic_extremism/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+World+News
Study asserts that Islamic networks trying to establish presence in
companies involved in security, cargo, armored cars, courier services and
transportation - operatives then raise funds for militants via theft,
embezzlement and robbery

Women of Al Qaeda
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10315095/site/newsweek/
"Newsweek" cover story: "There will be more women launching more
attacks, a fact that is provoking new and growing concern among U.S.
officials."

Hadley Won't Confirm Death of Al Qaeda Leader
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177633,00.html
President Bush's national security adviser refused to confirm that top
Al Qaeda leader killed - 2 top U.S. CT officials agree with Pakistani
statements

Saddam Trial Plot Foiled
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,177621,00.html
Iraq official: Sunni Arab insurgent group plotted to attack Saddam's
trial when it resumed Monday

Terror suspect could return (Australia)
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17462878%255E1702,00.html
Police offer fugitive terror suspect Saleh Jamal deal to return to
Australia: plead guilty to planning attack on Sydney Harbor

[nw_arizona_granny]

National:

[AP] USA - 9/11 Commission: 'Another Attack Will Occur'

" because Congress and the White House haven't done enough to secure the nation"

http://www.wdsu.com/nationalnews/5463433/detail.html

[AFP] USA - US at risk for another terrorist attack: commission chair

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/04/051204215805.8bw4nf1a.html

[TheKansasCityChannel.com.com] MISSOURI - Plane Lands At KCI After Taliban Note Found

"It said, 'Taliban is here."

http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/5446348/detail.html

[WINS] NEW JERSEY - Bomb Threat Causes Plane Evacuation at Newark

"believed to be an imitation of a similar threat that forced a jet to make an emergency landing in Kansas City a day earlier"

http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_337174403.html

[Mercury-Register] CALIFORNIA - Bomb squad called in for suspicious box found at cemetery

"contents of the box looked like the end cap of a pipe with paper wrapped around it and some type of liquid substance inside," "

http://www.orovillemr.com/Stories/0,1413,157~26686~3148956,00.html

[Milford Daily News] MASS - Suspicious powder proves harmless

http://www.milforddailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=82155

[nbc5i.com] TEXAS - Mysterious Rash Puzzles Hospital Staff [photo]

http://www.nbc5i.com/health/5438574/detail.html

[IBS] TEXAS - FBI: Thieves Stealing Drugs May Be Terrorists, Part Of Gang

http://www.click2houston.com/news/5443575/detail.html

[Information Week] GLOBAL - CYBERTERROR - Sober Attack Biggest Virus Outbreak Ever

http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174403382

[Community Press] CANADA - Trenton plant evacuated; suspicious package found

http://www.communitypress-online.com/template.php?id=25383&RECORD_KEY(News)=id&id(News)=25383

[New York] NEW YORK - Briefcase behind bomb scare

"suspicious package had been delivered to the Armed Forces Recruiting Center next door"

http://www.saratogian.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15670688&BRD=1169&PAG=461&dept_id=17708&rfi=6

[Sentinel and Enterprise] USA - Suspicious package spotted at Fitchburg Intermodal Station

http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/local/ci_3268917

[Reuters] WASHINGTON - Library of Congress evacuated over suspicious odor

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2005-11-30T192902Z_01_YUE060836_RTRUKOC_0_US-CONGRESS-LIBRARY-EVACUATION.xml

[Rocky Mountain News] USA - Fed Center flap draws a busload of support [Editors Note - As always we support the Constitution, and believe we should not allow the threat of terrorism to be used to degrade our rights.]

"Davis, 50, of Arvada, refused in September to show her identification when federal police boarded RTD's No. 100 bus when it entered the Federal Center"

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4279299,00.html

[PapersPlease.org] USA - United States -vs- Deborah Davis - Next stop big brother

"She's a 50 year-old mother of four who lives and works in Denver, Colorado. Her kids are all grown-up: her middle son is a soldier fighting in Iraq. She leads an ordinary, middle class life. You probably never would have heard of Deb Davis if it weren't for her belief in the U.S. Constitution"

http://www.papersplease.org/davis/

[CBS] CALIFORNIA - Weak Strain Of Bird Flu Found At Sun Valley Farm

http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_333212149.html

[TheChamplainChannel.com/AP] VERMONT - Police Detonate Bomb Found In Burlington

http://www.thechamplainchannel.com/news/5434076/detail.html

[Star Telegram] USA - Cabin security worries flight attendants [TW Editors Note - the 9-11 hijackers didnt use explosives, they primarily used sharp objects. Untill the TSA gets it right, untill pilots are allowed to carry guns, untill cargo is screened, untill cockpits are secured, people should consider alternate means of travel.]

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/13300363.htm

[KGW] USA - Unit 8 Investigation: Hole found in homeland security

http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_112805_news_nuke_series.1ccd54f7.html

[Daily Breeze] CALIFORNIA - Harman points to danger areas for South Bay

"Attacks at our ports could eliminate thousands of people and thousands of jobs, cost billions of dollars, hundreds of millions in transportation-related delays, eliminate billions in tax revenue and disrupt domestic and international trade,"

http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/articles/2039827.html

[US Department of Homeland Security (press release)] USA - BORDER SECURITY

http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=4954

[King5] USA - Businesses still unprepared for terrorism

http://www.king5.com/sharedcontent/northwest/bizcoach/stories/NW_112905terrorDS.2454ba55.html

[AP] NEW MEXICO - Citi Building Evacuated After 3 Become Inexplicably Sick

http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/news/5437751/detail.html

[WALB] USA - Experts: Agriculture "very vulnerable" to terror plots

http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=4184248&nav=5kZQ

[USA Today] USA - DHS hotline a hotbed of weak tips

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-11-30-homeland-hotline_x.htm

[CBS2] USA - Suspicious Post Office Package Was Medical Sample

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_336105714.html

[AP] WASHINGTON DC - Arkansas Man Scales White House Fence

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/04/D8E9PQ680.html

[Evening Echo News] WASHINGTON DC - White House evacuated in small-plane scare

http://www.eecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=128137740&p=yz8y38374&n=128138395

[Daily Bulletin] CALIFORNIA - Airplane stolen at El Monte airport

" theft has been reported to Los Angeles County's Terrorism Early Warning Group"

http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3276834

[New West Network] USA - Inside the Climate of Fear in the National Park Service

http://www.newwest.net/index.php/topic/article/4591/C38/L38

[TheNewMexicoChannel.com] NEW MEXICO - Man Injured By Homemade Bomb

"police bomb squad team was called in to remove several other bombs from inside the house"

http://www.thenewmexicochannel.com/news/5462753/detail.html

[Reuters] FLORIDA - FBI mishandled Florida terror probe: Report

"falsified documents to try to cover mistakes and retaliated against an agent who complained about the problems"

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Americas&month=December2005&file=World_News2005120525613.xml

[CNN] MEXICO - Mexican 'FBI' investigates 1,500 agents [TW Editors note - if drug cartels can buy Mexico's AFI, so can Al Qaeda]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/12/04/mexico.drugs.reut/index.html

[Community Dispatch] USA - Tips for Emergency Preparedness for People with Disabilities

http://communitydispatch.com/artman/publish/article_2998.shtml

International:

[KUNA] IRAQ - Saddam trial to resume after foiled bomb attmept on court building

http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=793794

[RIA Novosti] RUSSIA - URGENT: Documents with dirty weapon technologies found in Chechnya

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20051201/42283397.html

[Interfax] RUSSIA - Federal troops enter combat with militant group in Chechnya

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11428460

[C4] SPAIN - ETA blamed for bomb attack in Spain

"bomb has exploded at the headquarters of a transport company in the Basque country causing damage but no injuries."

http://www.channel4.com/news/content/news-storypage.jsp?id=137540

[AP] BELGIUM - European police detain 15 in raids linked to suicide bomb

http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4186224&nav=Bsmh

[AP] IRAQ - Two U.S. Allies Leaving Iraq, More May Go

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20051201/D8E7MI1G5.html

[Kyodo News] BANGLADESH - 2 killed, 33 injured in bomb blast in Bangladesh

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=7&id=357055

[WebIndia123] INDIA / BANGLADESH - India seals borders with Bangladesh following bomb attack in Dhaka

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=178188&cat=India

[WebIndia123] INDIA - Bomb hoax at Metro Railway Headquarters

http://news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=178475&cat=India

[Pravda] PAKISTAN - Bomb explosion in north Pakistan: 5 killed, 2 injured

http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/12/01/68912.html

[Virginian Pilot] IRAQ - With the 5th Fleet: Bomb crew disposes of all kinds of hazards

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=96221&ran=26847&tref=po

[Reuters] IRAQ - Security incidents in Iraq, Dec 4

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KAM444160.htm

[New Kerala] UNITED KINGDOM - British police arrest suspected terrorist

"attempting to buy bombs and a rocket to shoot down a passenger plane"

http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=59095

[DPA] EHTIOPIA - Ethiopia, Somalia pledge to fight terrorism in Horn of Africa

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/africa/article_1065850.php/Ethiopia_Somalia_pledge_to_fight_terrorism_in_Horn_of_Africa

[AP] HAITI - Bus carrying 14 children hijacked in Haiti

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1102AP_Haiti_Kidnappings.html

[News 24] SOMALIA - Hijacked cargo ship freed

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1843130,00.html

[Washington Post] BOSNIA - Terrorist Cells Find Foothold in Balkans

"raid netted explosives, rifles, other arms and a videotape pledging vengeance for the "brothers" killed fighting Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/30/AR2005113002098.html

[Jerusalem Post] IRAN - El Baradei: Iran only months away from a bomb

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475683499&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

[manorama] ISRAEL / IRAN - Netanyahu calls for strike on Iranian nuclear facilities

http://www.manoramaonline.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=manorama/MmArticle/CommonFullStory&cid=1133748324302&c=MmArticle&p=1002194839100&count=10&colid=1002258272837&channel=News

[DAILY TIMES] IRAN - ‘Iran not holding Qaeda man’

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2005%5C12%5C05%5Cstory_5-12-2005_pg7_4

[AP] INDONESIA - Police seize bomb-making chemicals in east Indonesia [2.75 tons of ammonium nitrate ]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3179508,00.html

[Telegraph] PAKISTAN - Al-Qaeda number three 'killed by CIA spy plane' in Pakistan

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/04/wpak04.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/12/04/ixworld.html

[LB] SRI LANKA - High Alert

"Six soldiers were killed in a landmine blast in northern Sri Lanka Sunday"

http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/new_full_story.php?subcatcode=1&catname=Economy&newscode=1119977410

[The Mercury] TURKEY - Turkey travel advisory warning 'senseless'

"warning to Australians visiting Turkey, advising them "to exercise a high degree of caution . . . because of the high threat of terrorist attack""

http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17454310%255E421,00.html

[Ynet] ISRAEL - Mofaz orders return to targeted assassinations

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3179208,00.html

[Reuters] NIGERIA - Nigerian politician says escapes assassination bid

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L04739755.htm

[Reuters] VENEZUELA - Venezuela crude pipeline sabotaged-official

"adding that there had been two attempts to blow up a gas pipeline in the same region and sabotage production at two power stations"

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04151749.htm

[URA Inform] UKRAINE - State of Emergency proclaimed in Ukraine [Bird flu]

http://en.ura-inform.com/archive/?/2005/12/05/~/49301

[Science Daily] ROMANIA - New bird flu outbreak reported in Romania

http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20051204-19455300-bc-romania-birdflu-crn.xml

[Sunday Times] GLOBAL - Bird flu drug useless: Vietnamese doctor

“Tamiflu is really only meant for treating ordinary type A flu. It was not designed to combat H5N1 ... Tamiflu is useless.”

"The WHO admitted Tamiflu had not been “widely successful in human patient"

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&month=December2005&file=World_News2005120533011.xml

[Focus] ISRAEL - Explosion Rocks Shopping Mall in Netaniya, Israel

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=138&newsid=77971&ch=0&datte=2005-12-05

[WestCoastGal]

As the threat turns, could be a soap opera if not so serious!!

41 recommendations - more F's than A's. Chairman Thomas Kean "People are NOT paying attention. "God help us if we have another attack." [God will not help us if we don't help ourselves]

I read the whole article to see if they mentioned our pisspoor visa program and of course the non existent border solution. Nothing.

BTW who knows who the National Intelligence Director is? I just happened to see a brief snippet from him the other day otherwise I haven't heard from him at all.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Pakistan says commander's death a blow to al-Qaeda


AP , ISLAMABAD
Monday, Dec 05, 2005,Page 1

The death of one of al-Qaeda's top commanders is a "big blow" for Osama bin Laden's terror network, Pakistan's interior minister said yesterday.
Officials said on Saturday that the death of Hamza Rabia, believed responsible for planning overseas strikes, had been confirmed by DNA tests after an explosion last week in one of Pakistan's tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan.

"He was a high-profile commander in the network," Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao told reporters. "Naturally any person killed in their hierarchy is a big blow for them."

(Edited out the part about the missile, that might have come from on of our small spy planes..granny)

Rabia, a key associate of al-Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri, died Thursday in an explosion in the North Waziristan tribal area, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Saturday.

Two US counterterrorism officials, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of the information's sensitivity, said Rabia was believed to be an Egyptian and head of al-Qaeda's foreign operations, possibly as senior as the No. 3 in the terrorist group, which puts him at a level just below bin Laden and al-Zawahri.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/12/05/2003283049

[WestCoastGal]

Documents with dirty weapons technologies found in Chechnya

That article is very troubling. If they could get any of this stuff into Iraq think of the damage they can do.

And, the other story about bl traveling to the US makes one wonder why we wouldn't know for sure by his visa history. Of course, he may have used a false passport but why would he need to do that in the 70's?