Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - June 2006

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Al-Qaeda's Long March to War
(Full Story)

In recent weeks, media reports from both Iraq and Afghanistan have suggested the appearance of a slow evolution of the Islamist insurgents' tactics in the direction of the battlefield deployment of larger mujahideen units that attack "harder" facilities.

These attacks are not replacing small-unit attacks, ambushes, kidnappings, assassinations and suicide bombings in either country, but rather seem to be initial and tentative forays toward another stage of fighting.

	Karzai Condemns U.S. Troops Using Gunfire
	Taliban Kill, Kidnap Dozens of Afghan Police
	US Sends More Troops into Iraq
	Where does Karzai go from here?
	Kabul Comes Undone

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[Cindy]

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"National Security Be Damned ... The guiding philosophy on West 43rd Street."
Weekly Standard ^ | June 24, 2006 | by Heather Mac Donald

Posted on 06/24/2006 3:35:29 AM PDT by aculeus

[Godzilla]

Since 500 chem weapons have been found, why is this admin so quiet about it?

Have no clue, but suspect that at the White House end, resurrrecting the WMD issue on their end would not be the best thing to do politically while letting others is better politically. Thus they don't get tagged with trying to influence the polls. IMHO, the munitions that we found (and those of us who've monitored FR and TM already knew about most of these), were those missed by Sadam when he trucked them to Syria.

[Smartass]

Thompson, Gordon Jr.

Born 1929 in San Diego, CA

Federal Judicial Service:
U. S. District Court, Southern District of California
Nominated by Richard M. Nixon on October 7, 1970, to a new seat created by 84 Stat. 294; Confirmed by the Senate on October 13, 1970, and received commission on October 16, 1970. Served as chief judge, 1984-1991.  Assumed senior status on December 28, 1994.

Education:
University of Southern California, B.S., 1951

Southwestern University School of Law, LL.B., 1956

Professional Career:
Deputy district attorney, County of San Diego, California, 1957-1960
Private practice, San Diego, California, 1960-1970

Race or Ethnicity: White

Gender: Male

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Ping me If anyone can find the names of the three judge 9th Circuit  panel?

I'll post their bio and names!

 

 

 

[Czar]

Very useful information.

Thanks.

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005655.html


24 June 2006
"mohajroon.com backgrounder
Just "discover" the Egyptian-dominated mohajroon.com forum? Need a little more info? We're here to help..."


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Here's a review of our previous postings:

mohajroon.com

Here's another good forum to familiarize yourself with. http://www.mohajroon.com/vb/ To the best of our knowledge there is no connection between this Saudi-run site and the UK-based (and supposedly disbanded) Al Muhajiroun, despite the similar name....

Posted in Internet Haganah on July 15, 2005 01:05 PM"

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1642083/posts?page=1325#1325

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005654.html

24 June 2006
"Got two in Belgium"


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "This case revolves around the jihadist forum formerly known as assabyle.com. The site was supposed to have been shut down as the result of a previous court action, but instead it was brought back online under a new name.

A second, and this time criminal, action is proceeding in the Belgian courts regarding these same individuals and the Islamic Centre as a result of that site under its current name:

ribaat.org AKA the al-Mourabitoune forum."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005653.html

http://www.membres.lycos.fr/shaheed/

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654679/posts?page=10#10

ARTICLE SNIPPET:

"Unlike the al Qaeda of old, these are local, autonomous, "self-radicalizing" jihadist cells, not controlled from overseas. They rely heavily on virtual networks and training, through the Internet, and then shift into actual, operational networks. The Internet is "the cement" of these new terrorist networks, the analysts stressed. Another trend seen by Dutch intelligence is a worrisome drop in age among participants, with increasing numbers of teenagers, often with petty crime records. Other trends include the recruitment of women and western converts."

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654679/posts

"Of jihad networks and the war of ideas"
U.S.News & World Report ^ | 5/22/06 | David E. Kaplan

Posted on 06/23/2006 5:21:45 PM PDT by Valin

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060622/22natsec.htm

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005649.html

24 June 2006
"www.moonnight1234.com: new site of GSPC
Site of the Algerian al-Qaida franchise"


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http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=3777
"GROUP PROFILE:

Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)
Mothertongue Name:
Groupe Salafiste pour la Predication et le Combat
Aliases: Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat
Base of Operation: Algeria; Mali; Mauritania; Niger"

GROUP PROFILE SNIPPET: "Founding Philosophy: The Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC) is a violently extremist group based in Algeria. The organization has operated since 1996 and is now the most significant terrorist movement in Algeria."

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TRAVEL.STATE.GOV. - CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET: "ALGERIA"
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1087.html

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005646.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QURCsGk7DM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Einternet%2Dhaganah%2Ecom%2Fharchives%2F005646%2Ehtml

[Cindy]

THANKS TO GODZILLA for the ping to this post and this article:


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1654560/posts?page=82#82

http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/south/series9/week_four.shtml
INSIDE OUT: "Bomb Danger?"
January 30, 2006

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Zilla would you take a look at this and tell me if you think the earth is moving to mess up this many tracks in a week or do we have something else.
Thanks much DC

Train wrecks
Amtrak Loses Power for 3rd Time - Cause is a Mystery - NY/NJ
loses power for 3d timeThe mysterious failure shut down commuter
traffic between Newark and New York City.
By Leonard N. Fleming
The third unexplained power failure in four weeks along Amtrak's
Northeast Corridor yesterday snarled rail traffic at the height of
the morning rush from Newark to New York City for as long as an hour.

A massive outage May 25 on tracks between Washington and New York
halted thousands of Amtrak, SEPTA and NJ Transit commuters. A brief
outage June 2 happened just outside Philadelphia

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Train derailment causes delays - June 12 - Montana
The cause had not been determined, and a damage estimate was not yet
available.

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Raleigh Train Derailment - June 14

Police said they were not sure if the track was the cause of the
derailment.

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Train derails in Richland Parish - Louisiana - June 14

Terry Thompson with the Richland Parish Sheriff's Office says a
broken rail caused the second and third engine of a Kansas City
Southern Railroad train to jump the track.

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Train Derailment - Ethanol Leak - Delay in Reporting to Authorities - Montana

6-20-06
The derailment occurred at 4:50 a.m. Sunday and the call went out to
emergency crews at 5:28 a.m, MRL spokesperson Lynda Frost said.
Firefighters and a hazardous materials team responded within 11
minutes. At 6:28 a.m., police were called to evacuate four homes
next to the switchyard and residents were notified by 7 a.m. _ about
two hours after the derailment.

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CHELSEA, Ala. A cleanup operation is underway at the site of a train
derailment that went unreported for days in Shelby County. Nine cars
of a C-S-X train went off the tracks in a rural area two weeks ago.

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Minor train derailment ties up traffic in Charlotte - NC
6-19-06
Charlotte police could not be reached Monday evening
as to the cause of the incident

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Train Carrying Radioactive Material Derails - Rail Officials Say Sabotage- Michi

Monday, June 19, 2006 FARWELL -- The derailment of a train carrying radioactive material
from the defunct Big Rock Nuclear Power Plant appears an act of
sabotage, railroad officials said today.
"We feel strongly there was some tampering, some vandalism going
on," said Mike Bagwell, chief executive of Tuscola and Saginaw Bay
Railway.

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Train derails in Dummerston
Thursday, June 22DUMMERSTON -- There was a wailing whistle, followed by a loud thud that shook the Putney Inn.
Wagenback said police are still investigating why the train derailed, and are accessing the damage.
Last year, there were two train derailments, both New England Central Railroad trains, both in Bellows Falls, and both minor as far as derailments go.

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Train derails in Tennessee; dozens of homes evacuated
SWEETWATER, Tenn. (AP) - A freight train with tanker cars of hazardous chemicals derailed early Tuesday, leading emergency officials to evacuate dozens of residents from homes within a half mile of the accident.

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Train derails; Missoula residents evacuated
By BETSY COHEN, Missoulian - 06/19/2006
A five-car derailment in the Montana Rail Link switching yard on Missoula’s Northside delivered a rude awakening for residents on the 900 block of Phillips Street early Sunday morning.

MRL inspects rail lines visually every day and frequently by a machine called a rail detector that works much like an X-ray machine and looks for imperfections, Frost said. May 18 was the last time detector was used to examine the section of rail that caused Sunday’s derailment.

“We’ve had such a great record this year until these incidents, it’s strange,” Frost said. “People say things happen in threes and I say, ’Yes, they do.’ “

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Amtrak train derails in Norwalk, stranding 236 passengers
June 14, 2006
NORWALK, Conn. --Part of an Amtrak locomotive pulling eight passenger cars derailed Wednesday, stranding 236 passengers and forcing the shutdown of the Metro-North branch to Danbury. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the derailment was not immediately known. Amtrak and Metro-North officials were investigating

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The Age, Australia - Jun 12, 2006
An Israeli commuter train derailed today after slamming into a utility crossing the tracks, causing several deaths and injuring about 150 people, rescue ...

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BusinessWeek - Jun 12, 2006
... freight train derailed Monday as it was heading toward Port Newark, a Conrail spokesman said. ... Nine cars of the 50-car train left the tracks, Enright said. ...

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Train Derails East Of The Sault

The Huron Central Railway and Transport Canada have been notified and are at the scene today to conduct their own investigation as to the cause of the derailment and are continuing the clean-up.

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Load of sparklers topples near Grants
GRANTS - Seven cars of an eastbound BNSF Railway freight train derailed east of Grants.
The freight cars were carrying sparklers, but nothing ignited and no injuries were reported as a result of the wreck shortly after 7 a.m. Friday, BNSF said.
BNSF crews were on the scene most of the day, cleaning up from the derailment.

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June 15
OXFORD — The last car of an 88-car CSX train derailed Wednesday
morning along U.S. Highway 301 while en route to Miami from
Jacksonville, according to CSX spokeswoman Meg Scheu.
The cause of the accident remained under investigation Wednesday
afternoon, Scheu said, adding derailment investigations typically
take a couple of days, "sometimes longer."

"I would suspect this one would not take as long as some in the past
because this was only a one-car derailment," she said

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Train Derailment - June 15 - CA

Train Tracks Re-Open After Train CollisionJune 15, 2006 - The railroad
tracks near Madera flowed with traffic once again Thursday morning,
just 24 hours after two trains crashed.

One of the two tracks re-opened on Thursday, but repairs on the main
track won't be finished until next week.
Wednesday's crash derailed seventeen cars and seven locomotives.

Several crew members jumped off the trains just before the collision

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=china

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http://www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=16272
"The East Turkestan Islamic movement in China
Uighur discontent must be addressed to stem the time of the jihadi movement in China."

By Kenneth George Pereire for for the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (23/06/06)

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=somalia

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655048/posts

"Suspected al-Qaida aide leads Somali group"
AP ^ | 6/24/06 | SALAD DUHUL

Posted on 06/24/2006 3:32:07 PM PDT by TexKat

MOGADISHU, Somalia

[MamaDearest]

Excellent train derailment research Davey! Thank you.

[MamaDearest]

Off Topic: Fake booze kills 42,000 Russians each year

Snip: Russian interior minister, Rashid Nurgaliyev, has announced that poisoning by counterfeit alcohol is responsible for 42,000 deaths a year in Russia. He said that the fact that more than one hundred people die every day from bootleg alcoholic beverages which contain fatal substances such as pesticides, was a “national tragedy”.

Syria offers to set up Russian "aircraft maintenance center"

Snip: Syria has made a proposal to Russia on setting up a center in the Middle Eastern country to service Russian-made aircraft, Syria's transportation minister said Friday. Yarub Sulayman Badr, who is currently on a visit in Russia to negotiate the deliveries of seven Russian airliners to Syria, said the center could not only service Syria but other purchasers of Russian planes in the region as well.

Arrests spark fear of armed Islamic takeover

Snip: Police have arrested more than 500 Islamist activists since late May on accusations that they were planning a coup to replace Morocco's pro-U.S. monarchy with an Islamic state.

Associate of bombers claims he warned of London attacks

Snip: man who used his computer skills to help encrypt e-mails and produce anti-Western DVDs for radical Muslims said he tried to warn British police about two of the men responsible for the July terrorist attacks in London, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Martin Gilbertson said he met Mohammed Sidique Khan and Shehzad Tanweer in Beeston, West Yorkshire, which is about 195 miles (310 kilometers) north of London. He told The Guardian newspaper he was introduced to them at a party held to celebrate the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.

Gilbertson, who the newspaper said was a former Hell's Angel and roadie for the band Motorhead, said he was working as a computer technician for people who were involved in a local Islamic bookshop and youth center. (Watch Gilbertson tell how the bombers tried to convert him.

"I was alarmed and disgusted by what I heard, but I kept my views to myself and they were friendly," Gilbertson, 45, said. "They needed my skills, and I was perceived to be anti-government."

By October 2003, he said the material alarmed him to the extent he went to a local police station and asked to deliver it to anti-terrorist officers.

[Cindy]

stepping back in time with Fair Opinion:


Thanks to Fair Opinion for the ping to this post and thread.
The following post is a quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1655184/posts


FLASHBACK (Nov. 2001): Secret phone system operated by an al-Qaeda cell out of Denver
Scripps Howard News Service via Corpus Christi Caller-Times ^ | Nov. 12, 2001 | Lou Kilzer

Posted on 06/24/2006 10:14:58 PM PDT by FairOpinion

The 800 number was used to thwart Saudi attempts to intercept calls by the group to Britain.

DENVER - One of Osama bin Laden's key al-Qaeda cells used a phone system in Denver for secret communications between Saudi Arabia and Britain in the 1990s, according to a bin Laden confidant based in London.

The system, using an MCI 800 number, was established to thwart Saudi attempts to intercept messages, said Mohammed al-Massari.

It incorporated toll-free lines established for U.S. servicemen during the Gulf War, al-Massari said. The calls were placed from Saudi Arabia and then transferred from Denver to Britain.

His estranged wife, former Denver resident Lujain al-Iman, who also lives in London, confirmed his account. And Denver's FBI office said it is aware of the al-Qaeda connection to Denver, but would not elaborate.

Al-Iman, 35, said she set up the Denver-based telephone system at her husband's request in 1994. She said she does not know how long the London al-Qaeda cell - the Advice and Reformation Committee - used the phone account.

Some of those involved with the telephone setup are still in the Denver area, al-Iman said, although she declined to provide names.

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And people wonder why we need to intercept and monitor phone calls....
Recommend going to the link and reading the article, more interesting and disturbing info.

1 posted on 06/24/2006 10:15:02 PM PDT by FairOpinion

[FairOpinion]

"The container was wired to an electric light fixture.

"It appeared that once you turned on the light, it would detonate,"


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Good find. I didn't see this in headline news -- looks like someone did this very deliberately.

[Cindy]

OPINION: Oh yes, this is not accidental. Thank God no one turned on the light switch.