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."

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

Threat Matrix HTML designed by: Ian Livingston

[BurbankKarl]

a 50 year old college student with TATP shoes isnt suspicious to the NYPD?

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051219.txt

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
December 7, 2005
Release Number: 05-12-19


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


MAJOR CACHE UNCOVERED NEAR TUZ

TIKRIT, Iraq – Just a week after a huge cache of mortars was uncovered near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, another large terrorist cache was discovered Tuesday morning near the neighboring city of Tuz.

Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, found two storage bunkers crammed with weapons near Forward Operating Base Bernstein, west of the city.

More than 400 rockets of various types and 80 mortar rounds were discovered in the bunkers. Mortars and rockets, along with IEDs, are the preferred weapons of terrorist against civilian populations and military forces because they allow them to conduct attacks and then run away from the launch sites without having to face Iraqi or Coalition Forces.

Seventy cases of small arms ammunition, 100 artillery fuses, and a dozen rocket-propelled grenade warheads were also stashed in the bunkers.

An explosive ordnance disposal team was called in to inspect the weapons and conducted a controlled detonation to destroy the cache.

Another weapons cache was seized in Kirkuk Dec. 6, after police received a tip from a local resident. Rockets, mortars, tank rounds, anti-aircraft rounds and artillery fuses were taken by Soldiers from 1st BCT and an EOD team for disposal.


For more information, please contact the 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION Public Affairs Office at EDWARD.LOOMIS@US.ARMY.MIL


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[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051220.txt

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
December 7, 2005
Release Number: 05-12-20


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


TERRORIST DETONATES BOMB IN COFFEE SHOP

BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Police reported an explosion in a coffee shop in east Baghdad around 8:30 p.m. Dec. 6.

Initial reports indicated that a terrorist left a satchel filled with explosives in the restaurant in the Howra marketplace. The blast killed at least three civilians and one Iraqi Police officer and wounded nine other civilians and three Iraqi Police. The wounded were evacuated to al-Kindi Hospital.

Iraqi Police and Task Force Baghdad Soldiers responded to the incident, securing the site and helping to evacuate the wounded.


FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT THE TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLANS AND OPERATIONS NCO, MASTER SGT DAVID ABRAMS AT: DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.


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[nw_arizona_granny]

Checkin in.

Am fighting some bug, so am not up to answering all the wonderful pings that I saw in the list.

Not to worry, am getting over it.

Love to all of you.

[nw_arizona_granny]

"Granny sez: watch the strange liquid, here is another one"
National:

[WNEP] PENNSYLVANIA - Suspicious Package Found

"Police would cot comment on the package"

http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=4204443&nav=5ka4

[WFIE] INDIANA - Bomb Squad Diffuses Suspicious Package [Dry Run?]

"witness told police he saw someone go into the Post Office lobby, drop a backpack and then run away"

http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=4201433&nav=3w6o

[AP] CONNECTICUT - Second Bomb Scare Clears 2 Conn. Courthouses

http://www.turnto10.com/news/5468306/detail.html

[AP] CONNECTICUT - Communications Break Down During Conn. Scare

"Connecticut homeland security officials were left in the dark for more than two hours"

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1374628

[Washington Post] USA - Washington Post's Response to DOJ Patriot Act Letter

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/05/AR2005120500215.html

[Baltimore Business Journal] MARYLAND - SAIC launches Harford homeland security unit

http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2005/12/05/daily2.html

[Middle East Times] USA / LIBYA - Libya 'jammed' media satellites

"Digital broadcasts including those by CNN International, BBC World, US sports channels, 23 radio stations and US military, diplomatic and FBI channels
were affected"

http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20051205-073139-3371r

[NJ.com] NEW JERSEY - Suspicious bottle found in lobby of Easton bank [Editors note - Unusual incident, close advert to get to article]

"sent for analysis to determine if it contains hazardous material"

http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1133863522283410.xml&coll=2

[Statesman Journal] OKLAHOMA - Reward offered in case of stolen rails

"lost railings jeopardize the bridge's safety"

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051206/NEWS/512060318/1001

[USA Today] USA - Are you a sitting duck for bird flu?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-12-06-bird-flu-prepare_x.htm

[DesMoines Register] IOWA - Iowa last in bioterrorism preparedness; needs to be on alert

"Iowa tied for last place with Alabama, Alaska and New Hampshire"

http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051207/NEWS10/512070340/1001/NEWS

[WBPF] FLORIDA - Suspicious Package Prompts Call For Hazmat Crew

http://www.wpbfnews.com/news/5476348/detail.html

[NBC5i.com] TEXAS - Suspicious Device Reported Near Dealey Plaza [Odd]

http://www.nbc5i.com/news/5484096/detail.html

[NBC4.com] WASHINGTON DC - Hazmat Team Called To Local School

http://www.nbc4.com/news/5470144/detail.html

International:

[Mosnews] AZERBAIJAN - Two Britons Detained in Azerbaijan on Suspicion of Bioterrorism

"two are being held on suspicion of trying to poison water supplies"

"trying to pour a white powder into the water"

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/12/06/bakuarrest.shtml

[Japan Today] ISRAEL - Five killed in Israel suicide bomb blast

"bomb attack at a shopping mall close to the city of Tel Aviv"

http://japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=8&id=357447

[Xinhua] SOUTH AFRICA - Bomb threats disrupt parliament in South Africa

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-12/05/content_3880913.htm

[RIA Novosti] RUSSIA - Georgian parliament session suspended over bomb threat

http://en.rian.ru/world/20051205/42319139.html

[Standard] NAIROBI - EU offices evacuated after a bomb scare

"another caller claimed there was a bomb at the nearby British American Insurance Company"

http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=33241

[ABS CBN News] PHILIPPINES - US Embassy in Manila closed due to bomb threat

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=24055

See Embassy statement: http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/rp1/wwwhr684.html

[Expatica] GERMANY - Lebanese man victim of nail bomb attack in Berlin

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=25911&name=Lebanese+man+victim+of+nail+bomb+attack+in+Berlin

[Pravda] CZECH REPUBLIC - Man trying to sell remote-controlled bomb arrested in the Czech Republic

http://newsfromrussia.com/society/2005/12/05/69218.html

[Reuters] IRAQ - Security incidents in Iraq, Dec 5

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/KHA530020.htm

[Ya Libnan] SYRIA - Syria's security forces clash with militants

http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2005/12/post_4.php

[Reuters] IRAN - Iran military plane carrying 90 crashes in Tehran

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/12/06/tehran.crash.reut/

[Trinity Mirror] UNITED KINGDOM - Three held in anti-terror swoop

http://icealing.icnetwork.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16451434&method=full&siteid=50102&headline=three-held-in-anti-terror-swoop-name_page.html

[KUNA] IRAQ - Arrest of five Qaeda suspects in Operation Rams

http://www.kuna.net.kw/Home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=794183

[Sofia News Agency] BULGARIA - Explosion Rocks Bulgarian Danube City

http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=56178

[Interfax] RUSSIA - Two militants detained in Chechnya

"cache containing a hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher, 16 electric detonators, cartridges, and shoulder-straps with inscriptions in Arabic was found in
the house belonging to one of the detained militants"

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11431340

[Mosnews] RUSSIA - Interior Officials Detained With Forged Passes for Kremlin

http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/12/06/kremlinpermit.shtml

[San Jose Mercury News] ROMANIA - Measles outbreak sickens 4,000 in Romania [sic]

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/living/health/13333119.htm

[Guardian] IRAQ - Two Female Suicide Bombers Kill 27 in Iraq

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1659511,00.html?gusrc=rss

[AFP] PAKISTAN - Bin Laden fate still unknown

http://channels.netscape.com/news/story.jsp?id=2005120708007000000002&dt=20051207080000&w=AFP&coview=

[IRNA] PAKISTAN - Five arrested in Pakistan on bomb blasts charges

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0512077354182055.htm

[Cyprus Mail] CYPRUS - Bomb wrecks Limassol restaurant

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/main.php?id=23201&cat_id=1

[CENTCOM] IRAQ - TERRORIST DETONATES BOMB IN COFFEE SHOP

http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051220.txt

[AP] JAPAN / CHINA - Japanese fighter jets scrambled 30 times to turn away Chinese planes in last 7 months

http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20051109p2a00m0na013000c.html

[Cindy]

Updates appreciated on this incident.

It doesn't make sense to me how/why the
subject got released.

[Cindy]

Hope you feel better ASAP granny.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Date: 6 Dec 2005 From: Alfonso Rodriguez Source: TV Azteca, Mexico, 5 Dec 2005 [edited]

Rabies epidemics in Mexico State, 91 cases in Cuautitlan and Ecatepec ----------------------------------------------- Dozens of dogs infected with rabies were detected this year [2005] in the valley between Cuautitlan and Ecatepec in Mexico state. According to health authorities, the number of infected dogs is near 100.

"We now have 91 cases that have been reported as positive by the rabies laboratory," the State Health Secretary, Ms. Maria Elena Barrera-Tapia, confirmed.

Ecatepec is the municipality with the highest number of infected dogs, according to official data. "We have 47 cases detected in Ecatepec municipality," the city council secretary, Mr. Jose Luis Flores, said.

Authorities are concerned that the epidemic threat may reach Guadalupe highlands, where a case has already been detected. "There are packs of dogs there living in the highlands without any control," said Ms. Barrera-Tapia.

In Guadalupe highlands, an area belonging to Coacalco municipality, a fence designed for trapping wild dogs was placed, but until now, only 8 animals had been captured.

In addition to the proliferation of street dogs, another problem accounting for rabies spread is that fraudulent health personnel are administering vaccines, injecting substances different from rabies vaccine, while owners think that their pets are vaccinated; so it is important to detect these fraudulent health personnel.

"These persons are easy to identify, since they come to the households and offer their vaccination services, but they also offer [parasite treatment] for animals and other vaccines, and they charge for their services. Immunization services run by the Health Secretary are free of charge," said Oscar Velasquez-Monroy, from the Epidemiological Surveillance area.

From tomorrow, the State Health Secretary will initiate an emergency plan for preventing more rabies cases. "We are starting a new vaccination campaign in Mexico State from 6 Dec 2005, and we expect to complete vaccination in 100 000 households," added Mr. Velasquez-Monroy.

If animals are vaccinated, protection is not only for them, but also for our own families.

-- ProMED-mail

[With this many rabies cases in dogs, it is likely there will soon be human cases. Animals that are owned need to be correctly vaccinated with a vaccine from the Health Secretary. Veterinarians, in conjunction with the Health Secretary, may want to consider setting up vaccine stations in a municipality and doing as many of the dogs in that municipality as possible on several given days. - Mod.TG]

[Elsevier on-line reference: An immunogenicity study of a newly introduced purified vero cell rabies vaccine (Abhayrab) manufactured in India Vaccine, January, 2005,

] ] [see also: 2000

---- Rabies, bovine - Mexico (Chiapas) (07) 20000425.0618 Rabies, bovine - Mexico (Chiapas) (06) 20000417.0549 Rabies, bovine - Mexico (Chiapas) (05) 20000411.0516 Rabies, bovine - Mexico (Chiapas) (05) 20000407.0504 Rabies, bovine - Mexico (Chiapas) (04) 20000327.0445 Rabies, bovine - Mexico (Chiapas) (03) 20000325.0428 Rabies, bovine - Mexico (Chiapas) (02) 20000323.0419 Rabies, bovine - Mexico: background 20000322.0409 Rabies, bovine - Mexico (Chiapas) 20000321.0392] ...............tg/msp/dk

Granny: I don't think that I knew that cows had rabies....

[nw_arizona_granny]

Upcoming Significant Events:
December 8, 1982 - Suriname
Opposition Leaders Executed
Fifteen prominent opponents of the military-backed regime, including journalists,
lawyers and a trade union leader, were executed without trial while in government
custody. In response, the Netherlands and the U.S. suspended their economic and
military assistance programs in Suriname.

December 9, 1961 - Tanzania
Independence of Tanganyika
No information provided.

December 9, 1987 - Israel
Beginning of the Intifada
Date used to mark the beginning of the Intifada or uprising on the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip.

December 10, (year unknown) - Angola
Founding of the MPLA
The Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) was founded.

December 10, 1959 - Namibia
Old Location Day
Commemorates the killing of twelve Namibians by South African colonial authorities
during a protest against their forced removal from the old location to Katutura. Shortly
after the incident, Sam Nujoma and other Swapo leaders went into exile.

December 11, 1929 - China (People's Republic of)
Baise and Longzhou Uprisings
No information provided.

December 11, 1958 - Burkina Faso
Republic Day
No longer celebrated.

December 11, 1964 - Kenya
Republic Day
Celebrates Kenya's joining the British Commonwealth one year after its independence.

December 11, 1971 - Oman
Armed Forces Day
No information provided.

December 11, 1990 - Bangladesh
President Ershad Ousted
President Ershad was forced to resign after massive protests against his government.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you.

I am willing to do so.

[Cindy]

Smiling...good!

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thoughts from my jumbled mind:

Empty suitcases, boxes, etc - Next time it won't be empty.

Bay Bridge - Old suitcase with stained glass ornament and candles - threat to Churches with fancy windows and even names.

The Candles - Fire.

White powder - Next time Anthrax.

Containers with liquids - Watch your water supply and drinks.

Christmas, Hanaka, Winter Soltice - Too many Holy days, all that they are fighting....coming at one time.

President Bush has started fighting back at the anti crowd, that is a danger to the terrorists, as they could loose support in the U.S. and even see new laws against them.

The Election is close in Iraq, a free Iraq is not what is wanted.

*WCGal, do you know if the Bay Bridge ever had another name?
Where does it go from and to?

Why was the suitcase on the Bay and not the Golden Bridge?

I am not up to the answers, but this is what is in my mind.

[jer33 3]

Granny, I am sorry you're not feeling well. Prayer lifted for your quick recovery.

[jer33 3]

Rent-a-mob.... yes, this is similar to Washington. I googled and found a few socialist groups, environmentalist, and trade unions gearing up. Anarchists.

Socialistworld.net/A>

Stop-wto.org

[British chick]

I am really perturbed by the fact that this story has been on al-Jazeera's front web page for over a week now. Are they trying to tell us something?!

"Too Late to stop an American Hiroshima?"

http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage

[Founding Father]

AFGHANISTAN: NATO TO EXPAND MISSION

Brussels, 8 Dec. (AKI) - Foreign ministers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries have agreed to expand the presence of the alliance's peacekeeping troops in Afghanistan. The decision came after a meeting in Brussels, where the decision was made to deploy some 6,000 troops to the south of the country, making the presence in Afghanistan NATO's biggest ever mission outside of Europe. A third of the troops will be British and a new British-led NATO headquarters will also be established in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

NATO currently has some 11,000 troops deployed in Afghanistan, while the United States has nearly 20,000 soldiers.

"We have today agreed to move NATO's support for peace and security in Afghanistan to a new level," NATO foreign ministers said in a statement.

The expansion by NATO of mainly European and Canadian troops into some of the most dangerous parts of the country will allow the United States to scale back some of its own military presence in the country, although the Pentagon has not given any details on how many troops it is expected to withdraw. It is believed that the move will allow the US troops to focus on operations against Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters in southern and eastern Afghanistan.

NATO troops are due to enter the south of Afghanistan by May.


http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.237855520&par=0

[Founding Father]

Extremists detained in Tajikistan

19:54 2005-12-06
Members of the banned Uzbek Islamic Movement were arrested on Monday in the city of Khudzhand in northern Tajikistan.

"An Uzbek citizen, 37, and a Russian citizen from the Mordova
region, 41, who are accused of being members of the Uzbek Islamic Movement, were detained on December 5 in Khudzhand," a source from the Tajik Interior Ministry told.

"Six other people from northern Tajikistan were also detained," the
source said.

The men were detained while distributing leaflets calling for a
coup d'etat. The town of Khudzhand is an administrative center in the Tajik Sughd region. It borders on Uzbekistan and is the second largest city in the country.

The Uzbek Islamic Movement is an extremist organization, which says
it wants to establish an Islamic caliphate in the Central Asian countries.

Several dozen people suspected of links with the Uzbek Islamic
Movement and Hizb-ut-Tahrir have been arrested in Tajikistan since the beginning of 2005, Interfax reports.

http://newsfromrussia.com/cis/2005/12/06/69331.html

[StillProud2BeFree]

The picked up three suspected shoebombers a couple of weeks ago in Kenya... http://www.lauramansfield.com/j/112905_shoebombers.asp

[Founding Father]

Excerpt:

A Minneapolis man accused of lying to authorities in a terrorism investigation is facing three new charges that he paid a U.S. citizen to marry him, then used a green card from that fraudulent marriage to try to get jobs in the Twin Cities area.

Mohamad Kamal Elzahabi was indicted on charges of possessing fraudulent immigration documents, according to papers scanned into the computer system Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.

The new indictment comes on top of charges in June 2004 that Elzahabi, then 41, lied to federal agents about sending walkie-talkies to Pakistan and helping to get a Massachusetts driver's license for a man later convicted of plotting to bomb American and Israeli tourists in Jordan.

http://www.startribune.com/dynamic/mobile_story.php?story=5770102

[Founding Father]

IDF Missile Strike on Al-Aqsa Terrorists Kills Three
16:31 Dec 08, '05 / 7 Kislev 5766

(IsraelNN.com) The IDF attacked Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terrorists in the Gaza region a short while ago, killing at least three and injuring several others. The missile struck a house belonging to a member of Al Aqsa, a branch of the ruling Fatah party of Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas.

http://israelnn.com/news.php3?id=94467