Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - August 2006

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.foxnews.com

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http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005794.htm
"Missing Fox News crew: Blogburst"
By Michelle Malkin · August 22, 2006 04:36 AM

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http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005789.htm
"Kidnapped Fox News crew:
prayers and outrage"
By Michelle Malkin · August 20, 2006 03:19 PM

[Cindy]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Romania_Iran_Shooting.html

Tuesday, August 22, 2006 · Last updated 3:07 a.m. PT
"Romanian oil rig in Iran waters occupied"

By ALISON MUTLER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BUCHAREST, Romania -- A Romanian oil rig off the coast of Iran came under fire Tuesday from an Iranian military warship and was later occupied by Iranian troops, a company spokesman said.

The Iranians first fired into the air and then fired at the Orizont rig, said GSP spokesman Radu Petrescu. Half an hour later, troops from the ship boarded and occupied the rig and the company lost contact with the 26 crew members shortly afterward.

Petrescu said he had no information about any injuries or deaths. The Orizont rig has been moored near Kish island in the Persian Gulf since October 2005, he told the Associated Press."

[Cindy]

RE IRAN -- ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1687873/posts?page=16#16

[Cindy]

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/08/012805print.html

August 21, 2006

Hizballah pushes past guards in show of force

I have been pointing out that the Lebanese government has never been able to stand up to Hizballah, and so Lebanese troops patrolling the border with Israel are likely to be simply Hizballah troops. Or maybe Hizballah will simply face down the UN openly, and do whatever it wants. "Hizbollah pushes past guards in show of force," from the Telegraph, with thanks to LGF:

Hizbollah mourners on a funeral parade shoved aside anti-tank barriers at a United Nations base in Lebanon yesterday in a demonstration of their new political strength.
The party had been told it would be allowed to bury three "martyrs" at the Naqoura town cemetery inside the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) compound, but only if there was no flag-waving or political sloganising.

When the chanting procession, several hundred strong, reached the gates, it found the way barred by cruci-form steel tank traps. Mourners argued with the French guards, but failed to gain entry.
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A mob of young men then dragged the barriers away and the UN opened the gates. "They will eat us alive," said a middle-aged official as the throng surged in.

A column of black-shirted men carried the three coffins to the graveyard. They waved yellow Hizbollah banners and portraits of the movement's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and yelled anti-Israeli and anti-American doggerel.

Posted at August 21, 2006 10:48 PM

[SlowBoat407]

Sounds like some stern looks from the UN are in order.

[Cindy]

Yep, what a bunch of panty wastes.
The UN is definitely not the team for the job.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

TRAVEL.STATE.GOV - Public Announcement - Worldwide Caution
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
June 6, 2006

"This information is current as of today, Tue Aug 22 2006 04:28:50 GMT-0700."

[freeperfromnj]

Nuke plant in India under attack??

Posted on 08/22/2006 6:08:46 AM PDT by jhp

saw reported on another board that Fox just reported armed men were seen entering an Indian nuke plant, and that the Indians were sending in the troops

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687940/posts

[Velveeta]

ROFL!
Doug, you're brilliant!

[Velveeta]

So many questions - so few answers.

I looked for updates, didn't find any.

[freeperfromnj]

Reports: German Police Know Identity of Second Bomb Suspect

The second suspect is reported to be a 20-year-old Lebanese man who lived in Cologne

German media reported Tuesday that authorities have identified a second man in connection with two bombs found on German trains in July. The suspect is reported to have escaped arrest and fled Germany.

The second of two men accused of carrying suitcase bombs on the German trains on July 31 has been identified, according to reports in the online versions of German news magazines Spiegel and Stern as well as German public broadcaster ARD.

After the arrest of Youssef Mohamad E. H., a 21-year-old Lebanese students, in Kiel on Saturday, the second suspect is reported to be Dschihad Hamad, Stern reported Tuesday, citing unnamed security sources.

The 20-year-old Lebanese man avoided arrest early Tuesday morning and is no longer in Germany, according to Berlin's Morgenpost newspaper and WDR radio.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2143143,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-all-1124-rdf

[Godzilla]

I hope you had a great time.

Always great and too short.

[Cindy]

Thanks for the heads up freeperfromnj.
Here's the latest update - news article - posted an hour ago:


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http://www.teluguportal.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10916

Posted by admin on 2006/8/22 15:38:14
Ahmedabad, Aug 22 (IANS) Security agencies were on full alert and a massive searc operation was on Tuesday after police received a call saying two armed men wer spotted near the Kakrapar atomic power station in south Gujarat

Director General of Police P.C. Pandey said some villagers from Kakrapar, 80 km from Surat, informed the CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) that handles the security at the power station, that they had seen two people with "suspicious movement" near the plant.

"The security outside the power plant is the responsibility of the state police. Policemen have conducted an extensive search but nothing has been found out yet," the police official said.

Pandey categorically maintained that nobody had entered the power plant.

Gujarat's Minister of State for Home Amit Shah also said no one had entered the power plant premises. "This seems to be a rumour but we are taking precautions and the search is on to trace the suspects."

Meanwhile, both CISF and the Gujarat police said the two people spotted by the villagers were possibly sadhus or holy men.

"The CISF and police have been conducting a search operation, but we have so far no intimation that the power station is in danger," said Pandey.

Security arrangements at the Kakrapar power plant, as with all other atomic power stations in the country, had been enhanced recently following a terror threat.

The Kakrapar Atomic Power Plant houses two reactors that generate 400 MW in a day. Two more reactors were slated to be installed in the power plant.

[Cindy]

That's interesting.
Thank you freeperfromnj.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1687986/posts

"Talk of talk is damaging-Five reasons negotiations with Hamas, Hizbullah, Syria, Iran are bad idea"
Jerusalem Post ^ | 8-22-06 | BARRY RUBIN

Posted on 08/22/2006 7:05:28 AM PDT by SJackson

[Cindy]

THANKS to fanfan for pointing to this thread and More Details UPDATE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688135/posts

"Terror probe nabs 'Tigers' -- Planned to ship weapons to Sri Lanka, police say"
National Post ^ | 2006-08-22 | Adrian Humphreys; with files from Allison Hanes

Posted on 08/22/2006 11:16:22 AM PDT by Clive

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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

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Thai police raid nabs 169 North Koreans [Crammed in 10 bedroom house]
Reuters ^ | Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:47 PM ET | No author

Posted on 08/22/2006 12:38:22 PM PDT by bwteim

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police said on Tuesday they had detained 169 North Koreans in a raid on a house in a Bangkok suburb after neighbors became suspicious of the number of people in it.

"This is the biggest single arrest of North Koreans" in Thailand, Police Major General Pramoj Pathumwong told Reuters.

The North Koreans, mostly women and children, had entered Thailand illegally and were staying in the house with 16 compatriots who had travel documents from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, police said.

The 16 had been due to leave on Tuesday night for South Korea, the favored destination for most of the trickle of refugees leaving the hard-line communist North, they said.

But the UNHCR had their documents, which police insisted on seeing, so the 16 missed their flight as they were kept at Immigration Police headquarters.

Including the 16, there were 128 women, 12 children under the age of 15 and 45 men, police said.

There was no immediate explanation on how so many North Koreans had managed to cram into a house with at least 10 bedrooms without Thai police being aware of them.

(Excerpt) Read more at go.reuters.com ...

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.memritv.org
http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S1

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http://www.memri.org/egypt.html

http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=egypt&ID=SP125906

Special Dispatch Series - No. 1259
August 23, 2006 No.1259

"Traditionally Moderate Egyptian Intellectuals Reflect on the War in Lebanon: Support for Hizbullah, Criticism of U.S., Israel, & Arab Regimes"


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "During the war in Lebanon, three prominent Egyptian intellectuals known for their reformist views expressed support for Hizbullah as well as fierce opposition to the positions of the U.S., Israel, and the Arab regimes.

The following are excerpts from articles by Dr. Sa'd Al-Din Ibrahim, the director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies in Cairo; by Koran researcher Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, who was forced to leave Egypt after receiving death threats; and by reformist Islamic thinker Gamal Al-Banna:"

[freeperfromnj]

Fumes disrupt check-ins at Minn. airport

8/22/2006, 3:54 p.m. ET
By JEFF BAENEN
The Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A security checkpoint was closed and 19 people were taken to hospitals Tuesday after screeners at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport complained of irritating fumes.

No one was seriously injured and no flights were believed to have been affected, authorities said.

Airport spokesman Pat Hogan said security screeners reported an odd smell that was irritating to their eyes, noses and throats about 11 a.m. Some described it as sweet and others as peppery.

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-70/1156276749147730.xml&storylist=national

[freeperfromnj]

Interesting thread

Police: Traffic Stop Leads To Suspicion

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688199/posts