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.

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[Godzilla]

Ack the # post

Yep, just noticed it myself. Gotta get Jim to have it automatically skip over that one LOL.

[MamaDearest]

I don't listen to Rush often...but I did catch his show yesterday...

Ditto here - in fact, rarely would more aptly apply.

[Cindy]

Thanks fanfan.
I learn something new everyday.

When the Parliament is sitting again
in April, let us know what changes
occur.

[Cindy]

THANK YOU Calpernia.

[MamaDearest]

Russian communist leader blames USA for European bird flu

Snip: "The forms of warfare are changing. It's strange that not a single duck has yet died in America - they are all dying in Russia and European countries. This makes one seriously wonder why," Zyuganov said at a press conference at the Interfax main office on Tuesday.

6 people seriously ill in UK after drug trial goes wrong

Snip: Two of the men were in a "critical condition" while the other four were "serious but stable" in intensive care, she said. The BBC reported that they had suffered multiple organ failure.

Bioweapons getting simple - cheap

Snip: The article then goes on to describe some might scary weapons, including one that "in effect triggered rapid multiple sclerosis." And it makes a compelling case for how smallpox could be modified, with the help of a $5000, second-hand machine.

[Cindy]

OPINION: Actually, I don't think we have to call him anything. He pretty much describes what he is, who he is and why he did what he did.

[Cindy]

THANKS Velveeta for that update.

[fanfan]

When the Parliament is sitting again in April, let us know what changes occur.

Will do.

[Velveeta]

Many many many many years ago I was taught in drivers training that vehicles are "weapons."

I was taught that as well. Prophetic, now that you mention it.

Planes, trains, automobiles....

[Velveeta]

I'm not sure if this was part of that nationwide bust.

Seems there were quite a few big ICE busts this week.

I keep saying we need more ICE!

[Velveeta]

>>>Bioweapons getting simple - cheap

That one left me speechless.

[Velveeta]

Yep, he sure does.

I heard a report that he's sent several letters to several news organizations.

[Cindy]

Well, the T.O.M. (backhoe says this is Tired Old Media) needs to get on the stick and report on that letter.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "PAKISTAN'S MADRASSAS PROVIDE SAFE HAVEN FOR AL-QAEDA MILITANTS" by Farhana Ali (March 14, 2006)

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Focus: "AL-QAEDA'S TACTICAL DOCTRINE FOR THE LONG WAR" by Michael Scheuer (March 14, 2006)

[Velveeta]

The TOM does not want this in the news.

[JustPiper]

Here ya Go

[Velveeta]

TERRORISM: VIDEO SHOWS IRAQI CHILDREN PLAYING WITH REMAINS OF U.S. SOLDIER
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.276107036&par=0

[JustPiper]

Child porn ring busted for live Internet videos

An international ring of child pornographers has been busted for streaming live videos of molestations on the Internet, officials said.

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=112734

[WestCoastGal]

From that link..........very interesting and troubling.

So how does the public defend itself, when this kind of knowledge and sophistication is spreading? None of the scientists interviewed had any blockbuster solutions. But they all agreed: the Bush administration's approach -- spinning up dozens of new hot-zone labs, all handling deadly agents -- has been shortsighted, even dangerous.

"There are now more than 300 U.S. institutions with access to live bioweapons agents and 16,500 individuals approved to handle them," [Rutgers University’s Richard] Ebright told me. While all of those people have undergone some form of background check -- to verify, for instance, that they aren't named on a terrorist watch list and aren't illegal aliens -- it's also true, Ebright noted, that "Mohammed Atta would have passed those tests without difficulty."

Furthermore, Ebright told me, at the time of our interview, 97 percent of the researchers receiving funds from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study bioweapon agents had never been funded for such work before. Few of them, therefore, had any prior experience handling these pathogens; multiple incidents of accidental release had occurred during the previous two years.

[JustPiper]

Muslim: I attacked 'out of love for Allah'
Man who barreled SUV into 9 people sends letter to N. Carolina TV station, cites Quran in defense

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49276