Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Thirty-Five

[nwctwx]

Unrest in Pakistan Setback for Terror War
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A week of unprecedented urban fighting in the wild tribal belt of North Waziristan has left scores dead and forced thousands to flee their homes, raising the stakes in Pakistan's war on Islamic militancy along the Afghan border.

A jumbled alliance of foreign militants, local tribesmen and Islamic students eager for jihad have stepped up resistance in a region where the army already claims to have wiped out al-Qaida as a viable fighting force.

The unrest, brewing for months, is a setback to the U.S.-led war on terror. Further hampering that effort are deteriorating relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan over Afghan claims that Taliban leader Mullah Omar is hiding in Pakistan and suicide bombers are training here.

	Growing strength of Pakistani Taliban worries U.S. officials
	Are global events spiraling out of control?
	Zawahri calls for strikes against West

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[HiJinx]

PHOENIX Arizona's governor has signed an executive order to expand the National Guard's presence at the state's porous border with Mexico.

The trouble is, she vetoed the bill that would have paid for the deployment - so, the deployment isn't really going to happen. This is election year posturing at its worst.

[Cindy]

Thanks Velveeta.
I've never seen that searh engine before.

[Cindy]

That is very good news nw.
They are lucky to have you should
you accept the job.

[JustPiper]

In film these two look separated at birth!:

[MamaDearest]

Arab chemical warfare against Jews

Snippets: In the United States, synagogues and other Jewish institutions are said to be high on the list of targets for the next Al Qaeda attack, possibly involving chemical or other nonconventional weapons. And Hamas terrorists in Gaza are reportedly trying to obtain the technology needed to unleash chemical warfare.

The 1944 plan was the brainchild of the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin el-Husseini, the political leader and senior Islamic religious authority of the Palestinian Arabs.

Muslim site: War vs. infidels

Snip: The freedom of religion in the US permits this kind of propaganda to broadcast without prohibition. Yet this site is more than a call to a supposed superior religion, but also the destruction of America, plunging its power base into nothingness.

Spanish group loses award after outcry over song

Snip: "The Democratic Party in Sebta [which groups many Spanish Muslims of Moroccan origin] is planning a legal action against the festival’s organizers for the racism displayed in the song’s lyrics," party head Mohamad Ali told IslamOnline.net Wednesday, March 8. The lyrics, says Islam Online, describes Muslims as "animals" and "bastards."

Chechnya starts demanding women wear headscarves

Snip: A spokesman for the region's new prime minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, who has pushed through a series of Islamic decrees, denied the headscarves were compulsory and said women were merely encouraged to cover their hair.

But women used to the rough tactics of Kadyrov's government, which is accused of mass abduction and torture in its hunt for separatist rebels, took the suggestion as law.

[Cindy]

Smiling...yep.

[JustPiper]

Website Coordinator for the Foreign Policy Studies program

ON

[Velveeta]

Fabulous, wonderful, well deserved and congratulations!

You're very talented, Ian.
They're lucky to have you.

[JustPiper]

This is election year posturing at its worst

You are correct , as are the politicians and these leaves room for Barak Obama to sneak into the '08 election

[Cindy]

Thanks for the link JP.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030900379.html

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ON THE NET...

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22Meshal+al-Shimmari%22&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d

[Oorang]

Congratulations on the Brookings offer! Keep us posted please.

The new TM design is excellent, thanks for all your effort.

[Cindy]

That is a very good start nw.

[JustPiper]

BREAKING in Chicago:

100,000 people rally over controversial immigration bill

Protest blocks streets in Loop

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=local&id=3980377

Also Video on Deman, showing it live:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/front

[MamaDearest]

Huge congrats your way! Brookings is world-renowned - and I, for one, am very proud of you for landing this job. You must have impressed them! I hope this job is rewarding and that your co-workers are exemplary human beings who will help make each day there exhilerating, enjoyable, and a mutually great learning experience.

Did you know Chairman James A. Johnson is also a member of the Board of Governors for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

[Cindy]

Thank you very much JP.
I bet it's an interesting crowd.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1594086/posts

"New FBI Smoking Guns Point To PETA"
Center For Consumer Freedom (animalscam.com) ^ | March 08, 2006 | NA

Posted on 03/10/2006 1:00:57 PM PST by neverdem

[Palladin]

Thanks for the ping.

This thread should get interesting with warmer weather approaching.

[Cindy]

UPDATE...

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK SUN): "ALARM SPREADS OVER REMARKS OF JAIL IMAM" (March 10, 2006) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK POST): "NEW YORK: TOP JAIL IMAM IN HATE TIRADE" (March 9, 2006) (Read More...)

[Rushmore Rocks]

Oh, Ian. We are so very proud of you. Will you give us the website address so we can keep an eye on what you are doing?

Brookings is terribly "top drawer".

[Palladin]

Congratulations on getting a position at Brookings!