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Posted on 08/01/2006 9:51:52 PM PDT by nwctwx
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Adding this link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1680953/posts?page=816#816
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/insurgency/
"FRONTLINE: THE INSURGENCY"
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GROUP PROFILE:
http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=65
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ)
Aliases: Army of Jhangvi, Lashkar I Jhangvi (LJ)
Base of Operation: India; Pakistan
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http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5260906
8/9/06
"Exclusive: New Face of Terror"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Pakistani officials tell ABC News a new terrorist plan to attack the United States and Europe is being organized by a shadowy Pakistani, who is the keeper of the log of recruits who attended al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan in the 1990s.
Pakistani police and military officials identify the man as Matiur Rehman, whose role as al Qaeda's planning director was first revealed by ABCNews.com earlier this year.
U.S. law enforcement sources tell ABC News Rehman is now the "leading suspect" in the attack earlier this year on the U.S. consulate in Karachi that killed a State Department Foreign Service officer, David Foy. Officials say the car bomb attack was planned by Rehman.
The officials say Rehman was spotted within the last month in the slums of North Karachi but escaped capture. The Pakistani government has posted a reward of 10 million rupees for the capture of Rehman, who also uses the aliases "Akeel Khan" and "Sadamd Sial."
U.S. law enforcement officials tell ABC News there has been great concern since last March about a "Pakistani" network that could attempt multiple international attacks.
Rehman, along with his deputy, another Pakistani named Qari Hassan, are believed to be keepers of the "Directory of Jihad," which officials say contains "thousands of names" of young militants who trained at al Qaeda camps and have since dispersed around the world.
U.S. law enforcement officials confirm al Qaeda kept extensive recruitment records, many of which were recovered after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001."
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stepping back in time...
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1676096&page=1
"EXCLUSIVE: New Al Qaeda Leader Planning Attack Against U.S."
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "March 2, 2006 — Pakistani officials told ABC News that they believe they have indications that a new terrorist attack against the United States is being planned there. They told ABC News that while their intelligence does not give any specific details as to a target or time, it does indicate that an emerging al Qaeda figure is making plans.
Pakistani military officials say Matiur Rehman, 29, a Pakistani militant, is behind the new plans for an attack against the United States. Pakistan has posted a 10-million rupee (about $166,000) award for his capture.
"He is probably Pakistan's most wanted right now," says Alexis Debat, a former adviser in the French defense ministry and now an ABC News consultant. "He is extremely dangerous because of his role as the crucial interface between the brains of al Qaeda and its muscle, which is mainly composed these days of Pakistani militants.""
Besides rummaging thru the old Y2K/survivalist supplies, we might do well to carry digital/video ( or cell phone ) cameras along, just in case we see "interesting things..."
Yep, and please remember cell phones can be interesting in a variety of ways.
mumbling...at least the way bad guys use them.
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London - Police statement on airline bombing plot - "mass murder on an unimaginable scale"
Reuters ^ | August 10, 2006 | Paul Stephenson
Posted on 08/10/2006 3:00:54 AM PDT by HAL9000
Police statement on airline bombing plot
LONDON (Reuters) - Following is the full text of a statement issued by London Deputy Commissioner, Paul Stephenson on Thursday morning:
"We are confident that we have disrupted a plan by terrorists to cause untold death and destruction and commit mass murder.
The Commissioner has been fully briefed and he is at New Scotland Yard today. He and I want to pay tribute to officers from the Met's Anti-Terrorist Branch and the security services for the work they have undertaken to disrupt these activities.
We believe that the terrorists' aim was to smuggle explosives onto airplanes in hand luggage and to detonate these in flight.
We also believe that the intended targets were flights from the UK to the USA.
Overnight we have arrested 21 people. The majority of those arrests have been in London but we have also made arrests in Thames Valley and Birmingham. We are currently searching a number of addresses.
We are grateful to our colleagues in other force areas for their support.
As the operation got under way we spoke to community leaders to make them aware that a major anti-terrorist operation was taking place but without giving specific details about locations. This extensive dialogue will continue throughout the operation.
We would like to reassure the public that this operation was carried out with public safety upper most in our minds. This is a major operation, which will inevitably be lengthy and complex. The UK is now at the highest possible level of alert.
We will consider the threat in its wider sense and take whatever action is necessary to protect people in London and throughout the country.
Measures have already been put in place to restrict hand luggage taken onto aircraft. This will inevitably cause significant delay and we ask people to remain calm, patient and vigilant at this very difficult time.
Put simply this was a plot to commit mass murder on an unimaginable scale."
I know what you mean- the technology is both a blessing and a curse-- it's up to us to use everything we have against these menaces.
I'll spare you all the preamble, here's the money quote from a piece I wrote long ago:
...one more thing- this will be a war where we are all called to be warriors- so I suggest to you that the time has come to get hard, and stay hard... it really is the time for Fire and Blood and Iron...
I understand.
I just woke up to the news of the terror plot and thought about that flight from London that was diverted the other day. Maybe that was the tip of the iceberg and led them to uncover the plot. Wonder if this was supposed to be a 9/11 anniversary massacre or 8/22 as we've been fearing. Everyone please stay safe and be extremely vigilant. This could involve more than just planes for all we know.
"that flight from London that was diverted the other day."
Yep, that was interesting.
If Iran hit's Israel with a nuke on the 22nd, count on getting a massive strike here on home soil nearly simultaneously. What do you think?
Security issue returns US-bound airliner to London
....."Flight AA109 … is returning to Heathrow airport due to a potential security issue that needs to be resolved in London," the airline said in a statement. "There is no threat to the aircraft."
An American Airlines spokeswoman later told Reuters in London that the incident was now closed.....
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2283293
You know it's extremely serious for us to go to the red alert. We haven't used that system in a very long time.
http://www.1010wins.com/
THANK YOU so much for bringing up that article.
OPINION: I believe we might be revisiting that.
http://www.tsa.gov/press/happenings/threat-change.shtm
Threat Level Change for the Aviation Sector
The U.S. threat level is raised to Severe, or Red, for all commercial flights flying from the United Kingdom to the U.S.
The U.S. threat level is raised to High, or Orange for all commercial aviation operating in the U.S., including international flights. Flights from the U.S. to the U.K. are also Orange.
All travelers on commercial U.S. carriers and on all flights into the U.S., please be advised of the following changes to airport screening procedures:
NO LIQUIDS OR GELS OF ANY KIND WILL BE PERMITTED IN CARRY ON BAGGAGE. ITEMS MUST BE IN CHECKED BAGGAGE. This includes all beverages, shampoo, sun tan lotion, creams, tooth paste, hair gel, and other items of similar consistency.
Exception: Baby formula and medicines must be presented for inspection at the checkpoint.
Beverages purchased in the boarding area (beyond the checkpoint) must be consumed before boarding because they will not be permitted on board the aircraft.
Passengers traveling from the U.K. to the U.S. will be subject to a more extensive screening process.
These measures will be constantly evaluated and updated when circumstances warrant.
How every passenger can assist in security:
Pack lightly, without clutter to facilitate easier screening
Arrive at least two hours early at the airport
Cooperate with TSA personnel at checkpoints and at all gate
Be attentive and vigilant to any suspicious activity and report it to authorities
TSA Contact Center Phone 866-289-9673 or E-mail tsa-contactcenter@dhs.gov
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Hello to our UK lurkers and Freepers.
Your alert level is at the top right now.
Your alert level is "critical."
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Judge denies jury anonymity for man accused of funding Hamas(... They're Here !!!!!!!!!)
The State/Chicago Tribune ^ | Wed, Aug. 09, 2006 | Rudolph Bush
Posted on 08/10/2006 3:49:02 AM PDT by IrishMike
CHICAGO - A federal judge Wednesday denied prosecutors' request to seat an anonymous jury in the trial of a Bridgeview, Ill., man charged with funneling money to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve ruled that prosecutors failed to show Muhammad Salah and his co-defendant Abdelhaleem Ashqar, of Virginia, are likely to intimidate or harass jurors.
"(T)he mere invocation of the word `terrorism,' without more, is insufficient to warrant such an anonymous jury," St. Eve wrote in a ruling released Wednesday.
Salah's attorney, Michael Deutsch, called the ruling a small but significant step toward a fair trial.
"Just because the government invokes the word `terrorism' doesn't mean they are terrorists," he said.
Deutsch argued that jurors would be unfairly prejudiced against Salah if they knew their names and backgrounds were being kept secret.
"It creates the impression in them that there is some danger associated with the defendants," he said.
In her ruling, St. Eve noted that prosecutors acknowledged Salah and Ashqar aren't dangers to their community at the men's bond hearings.
While St. Eve ruled the identity of jurors won't be kept secret from the defense or prosecution, she suggested she may place their names under seal.
That likely would prevent the public and press from learning jurors' identities.
Salah's attorneys first suggested the possibility of releasing jurors' names to the defense and prosecution but keeping them under seal.
(Excerpt) Read more at thestate.com ...
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