Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - July 2006

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Bin Laden Says Will Take Fight to America
(Full Story)

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said his group reserved the right to fight the United States on its land and warned Washington and the world community against sending forces to Somalia, according to an Internet audio tape.

"We will fight its (U.S.) soldiers on the land of Somalia ... and we reserve the right to punish it on its land and anywhere possible," said the speaker, who sounded like the Saudi-born militant.

"We warn all of the countries in the world not to respond to America by sending international troops to Somalia," he said of the African nation where Islamists' power is rising.

	2nd Tape in Two Days Endorses al-Masri as Leader in Iraq
	SITE Institute: Preliminary Summary of July 1 Tape
	Audio and Video Tapes From Usama bin Laden

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[Cindy]

Yep, nothing yet.

[Cindy]

PROPAGANDA - GRAPHICS - ON THE NET...


http://img223.exs.cx/img223/2444/drasattop4op.jpg
http://serv3.imagehigh.com/imgs/03//10116_Untitled_1.jpg

[Rushmore Rocks]

Not sure I put a whole lot of faith in the "World Tribune". But Debka is right sometimes, too. Thanks for the post.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=101
"GROUP PROFILE:

Revolutionary Organization 17 November (RO-N17)
Mothertongue Name:
Epanastatiki Organosi 17 Noemvri

Aliases: 17 November (N17)

Base of Operation: Greece"

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http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Revolutionary+Organization+17+November%22&btnG=Search


http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22Nikos+Papanastasiou%22&ie=UTF-8&filter=0

http://www.townhall.com/News/NewsArticle.aspx?contentGUID=69b060bf-ef00-4df1-9e3e-c5cf5e082c6a

"Convicted Greek Terror Group Head Paroled"

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A convicted member of Greece's November 17 terrorist group was paroled from a maximum-security prison Wednesday after serving half of his eight-year sentence, authorities said.

Nikos Papanastasiou was allegedly one of the founding members of the far-left militant group blamed for killing 23 people in shootings and bombings between 1975 and 2000.

Victims included U.S., British and Turkish diplomats and military officers. The group's first action was the 1975 assassination of CIA station chief Richard Welch."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...


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


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


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Thanks to a Special Emailer for the following link to this newsbrief.

QUOTE:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3279503,00.html

Late night calls from Israel spook jittery Lebanese


Lebanon residents said the IDF has been harassing them with recorded phone messages.

"I said hello and got a recorded message from Israel saying, ‘Oh Lebanese people, we tell you not to follow Hizbollah. We will continue to strike and no one will bring your prisoners back from Israel except the Lebanese government’,” Bushra Khayyat of Sidon told Reuters. (Reuters)



(07.21.06, 23:00)

[Cindy]

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jul2006/20060721_5715.html\
"Vets of '83 Beirut Bombing View Current Ops With Pride, Resolve"
By Donna Miles
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2006

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670102/posts


"Orlando Set to Shatter Homicide Record"
ABC News ^ | July 21, 2006 | TRAVIS REED

Posted on 07/21/2006 2:15:11 PM PDT by seacapn

ORLANDO

[Cindy]

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=857096

July 21st, 2006
"Police Investigate Armed Robberies in Bethesda"
Jul 21st - 4:21pm

ROCKVILLE, Md. --


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The suspect is described as a black male in his late 20s to early 30s with a round face and large build. He was wearing gloves with the fingers cut out and had facial hair described as a "patchy" beard, police say.

Detectives believe that the July 16 armed robbery and the armed robbery and shooting that occurred in the Air Rights parking garage at 7315 Wisconsin Ave. on June 25, may be related.

Anyone who may have information about this robbery or the suspect is asked to call the Montgomery County Police 2nd District's Criminal Investigations Division at 301-657-0112.

Those who wish to remain anonymous may call Crime Solvers of Montgomery County toll-free at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477). Crime Solvers will pay a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest."

[Cindy]

OFF TOPIC...

http://www.kusa.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=919defbc-0abe-421a-014e-e88cf56e2960&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf

"Dozens evacuate Brooks Towers because of fire"
written by: Jeffrey Wolf Web Producer
Created: 7/21/2006 9:04 AM MST - Updated: 7/21/2006 9:04 AM MST


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "DENVER - An early morning fire forced the evacuation of a high rise apartment building in Downtown Denver Friday.

Denver firefighters were called to the Brooks Towers, at 1020 15th St., at around 3:45 a.m.

The fire was on the 9th floor in the electrical room, but firefighters say it traveled up a line to other electrical closets on the 10th, 11th, and 12th floors."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.myspace.com/kokapelli81

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/278422_kirklandfire21ww.html
Friday, July 21, 2006 · Last updated 4:49 p.m. PT
"'My family will always be alive to me'"
By BRAD WONG
P-I REPORTER
KIRKLAND

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/278394_kirkland21.html
Friday, July 21, 2006
"Accused in stabbings expected to face aggravated first-degree murder charges"
By TRACY JOHNSON AND JOHN IWASAKI
P-I REPORTERS

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In a Seattle courtroom Thursday, Conner Schierman, 24, had two dark scratches across his face and two more across his neck -- marks that investigators said suggested that at least one of the victims fought back."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.radioblogger.com/images/07-13vdh.mp3

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Thanks to Smartass for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1668621/posts


"Victor Davis Hanson prescribes the level of pain strategy for Syria by Israel
Hugh Hewitt radio show ^ | July 13, 2006 | Hugh Hewitt interviews Victor Davis Hanson"

Posted on 07/19/2006 11:32:19 AM PDT by Tolik

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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



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Note: The following post is a quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670211/posts


"At Miss Universe contest, Miss Lebanon, Miss Israel are 'best of friends'"
Agence France Presse ^ | July 21, 2006 | Paul Bustamente

Posted on 07/21/2006 5:44:06 PM PDT by Cecily

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LOS ANGELES - Peace reigns at least at the Miss Universe 2006 contest, where beauties Miss Lebanon and Miss Israel are the "best of friends" despite the bloody fighting between the two countries back home, their companions said.

Even as Israel has bombarded Lebanon in the wake of a missile barrage by the Hezbollah militia in the country's south, the two women -- Gabrielle Bou Rached of Lebanon and Israel's Anastacia Entin -- have struck up a friendship ahead of Sunday's tough competition to see who is named the world's most beautiful woman.

"I think the perpetrators of the current Middle East crisis could learn a few lessons from Miss Lebanon and Miss Israel, who are the best of friends here," said Miss Germany Natalia Ackerman.

The contest doesn't allow much room for warring, with contestants from 86 countries this year all crammed into the same Los Angeles hotel for a month with a rigorous schedule of rehearsals for the show. Mostly in their early twenties, the women become friends mainly based on geographic nearness and shared languages.

Entin and Rached have been pulled together by the force of shared cultures, whatever is happening back home, smiling, posing for pictures together, even though Rached's presence sparked a protest by some 20 Lebanese Muslims Wednesday in front of the downtown Los Angeles hotel.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ..."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.truthusa.com/MoreThanCartoons.html


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=denmark
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=copenhagen
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=nasrallah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hezbollah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hizbullah
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hizballah


http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21691_Terror_Supporters_in_Copenhagen&only
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=21691_Terror_Supporters_in_Copenhagen#comments
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/pictures/20060721Copenhagen01.jpg
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/wl/080601mideast/im:/060721/481/84011f6447db484da6d463755609a161
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/pictures/20060721Copenhagen02.jpg
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/060721/481/65f87c0119e1415e8ce252d956277c52

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...


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

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,205018,00.html
AP

"Protesters Take Over Mexican Town of Oaxaca"
Friday, July 21, 2006


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "OAXACA, Mexico — Protesters have taken over the center of folkloric Oaxaca, making tourists show identification at makeshift checkpoints, smashing the windows of quaint hotels and spray-painting revolutionary slogans. Police are nowhere in sight.

It's not the tranquil cultural gem beloved by tourists from the United States and Europe. A month of protests to try to oust the governor have forced authorities to cancel many events, including the Guelaguetza dance festival.

Most tourists are staying away, costing the city millions of dollars.

The protests follow other eruptions of civil unrest and class conflict that have plagued President Vicente Fox as his term winds to a close."

[Cindy]

Thanks to RDTF for the ping regarding this Fox News article:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,204836,00.html
AP

"Indian Police Arrest 3 for Mumbai Train Bombings"
Friday, July 21, 2006

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "All three suspects were picked up Thursday, and "we have definite evidence that these people are linked to terrorist activities," one of the lead investigators, K.P. Raghuvanshi, told reporters Friday. "They have connections with groups in Nepal and Bangladesh, which are directly or indirectly connected to Pakistan.""


ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "But he said more arrests were expected soon, noting that the plotting for the bombing of seven trains, which killed 207 people and wounded more than 800, was "a big conspiracy."

He identified the men as Khaleel Aziz Sheikh, Kamal Ahmed Ansari and Mumtaz Ahmed Chowdhury, correcting names given in earlier police reports. The first two were arrested in the eastern state of Bihar, the third was nabbed in Mumbai. None have yet been charged."

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1670223/posts


"IFJ Calls on Israel to Explain Shooting of Al Jazeera News Crew Member in Palestine"
WAFA ^ | BRUSSELS, July 21, 2006

Posted on 07/21/2006 6:14:40 PM PDT by Bad~Rodeo

[Jet Jaguar]

As always, thanks for the pings.

[Domestic Church]

"Hmmmm....jush wondering where I would be if I had made this threat????? What the heck is going on..."


It's almost as if he wanted to go jail....recruiter?

[Cindy]

You're welcome Jet Jaguar.

[Cindy]

I really don't know DC.
He could have been stuck on stupid, but
time will tell -- maybe.