Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - August 2006

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Syria Tells Troops to Be Ready for Battle
(Full Story)

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has placed his military on full alert, citing "regional challenges", and vowed to continue supporting the "Palestinian and Lebanese resistance more than ever".

In a speech to mark the Syrian Army national day, Mr Assad said the volatile situation across the Middle East required "vigilance, preparation and readiness" and ordered all units of the armed forces to be on alert.

The comments were interpreted by Israel as a morale booster to the Syrian armed forces and not a call to battle. Israeli intelligence chiefs have assessed that Syria is not in the mood for an open war and is instead content to resupply Hezbollah guerillas in Lebanon.

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[Velveeta]

Bin Laden’s Son Released from Iran, Sent to Fight Against Israel

2 August 2006 | 21:11 | FOCUS News Agency

Tehran/Damascus/Beirut. The Iranian authorities released from house arrest on Wednesday the son of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden – Saad bin Laden, German newspaper Die Welt reads.

According to the information the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps freed Saad bin Laden on July 28th to send him to the Israeli-Lebanese border.

“His task is to found a terrorist network at the border with Lebanon to train terrorist who will after that join Hezbollah,” intelligence sources told Die Welt.

“Virtually, Tehran continues recruiting Lebanese refugees in Syria to fight against Israel with the help of bin Laden,” the material also reads.
http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=138&newsid=93360&ch=0

[Godzilla]

Iran's 22 Aug date to reply to its nuclear program. Well we know that this date is associated with Mo's alleged translation to heaven. However, (putting on tinfoil hat), the new moon is 23 August. Is this coincidence?

[Velveeta]

I doubt it's coincidence.
9/11 was a new moon as well.
August 22nd is also a Tuesday as was 9/11.

610AD to 632AD (22 years) the time of mohammed/advent of islam

[Godzilla]

Special Terrorism Summary 08/02/06
Israel At War

24-hour forecast
The situation continues to be very fluid. Expect increased rocket attacks by Hezbollah and the expansion of the ground offensive by IDF (when Olmert finally lets them go).

Godzilla Observation - Yesterday’s commando operation (see below) was amazing and classical Israeli chutzpah. However, the delay and limited extent of the IDF penetration into Lebanon is puzzling. Although Olmert is talking big, the undercurrent I am detecting is that he is still half-stepping and hamstringing the IDF’s ground operations. Some think he sees this as another political opportunity rather than the existence of Israel being at stake. Olmert linked Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank to the “success” of the Lebanese campaign, drawing fire from across the Israeli political spectrum, especially his own party. He also announced the destruction of 13 Israeli home in the W. Bank (Samaria). Not going well with the people.

Israel Air Assault
Lebanese army and security officials said early Wednesday that special IDF forces attempted to kidnap Sheikh Muhammad Yazbek, a member of Hizbullah’s High Council and one of 12 senior organization members, near Baalbek in the west Bekaa Valley. According to reports, the operation began with at least six rapid air strikes, after which IAF choppers attempted to land ground forces in the city’s western sector. Haaretz reports 3 to 5 “junior Hezbollah militants” were captured, and several more were killed during the raid. “Lebanese sources identified the men as Hussein Nasrallah, Hussein al-Burji and Ahmed al-Ghotah and described them as low ranking members of the group,” according to Haaretz, and “The captured Hussein Nasrallah has the same name as a Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah.”

IDF Ground Offensive
Israel has attacked Hezbollah guerrillas with up to 6,000 – 20,000 Israeli troops on four fronts in south Lebanon on Wednesday. Widely differing troop counts relate to more fog of war, IDF is not being specific for OPSEC purposes. The IDF said the ground forces crossed the border at four different points and were aiming to reach four miles into Lebanon by Thursday. Thousands more were gathering at staging areas on the Israeli side of the border, ready to join the battles. The offensive really hasn’t expanded any deeper or wider than yesterdays SITREP. Major points of the attack continue to be (from west to east):

1. Ayta ash Shab – Very fierce fighting in this area.
2. Marun Al Ras area. This is the area IDF pulled back to after its brief excursion into Bint Jubayl.
3. Hula/Markaba area. This may include the area around Mays al Jabal to the south.
4. Addasseh-At Tayyabah area. Lebanese sources say the Israelis captured a hilltop at al-Aweida overlooking several villages, including Kfar Kila and Adaiseh.

With the recent call-up of reserves, there are nearly 6 divisions available to IDF to push into Lebanon. Most recent reports indicate that IDF is reinforcing the above break through areas, possibly indicating preparation for further attacks. RUMINT indicates that IDF is planning on securing the UN buffer zone (yellowed area in map above) by Thursday. That would put it about 2/3s of the way to the Litani River.

Hezbollah Rockets
Hezbollah guerrillas fired around 200 to 300 rockets into Israel on Wednesday, its most intense one-day barrage of the conflict, killing one person and wounding more than a dozen, medics said. One rocket slammed into a house on a kibbutz near the city of Nahariya, close to the Lebanese border, killing a 52-year-old man as he was riding his bicycle. Another round struck the occupied West Bank, the furthest target Hezbollah rockets have reached from Lebanon since fighting began on July 12. Hezbollah said it was a Khaibar-1 rocket, which Israel claims is Iranian-made. Godzilla: by an large, the majority of the rockets appear to hit open areas at a higher percentage than the beginning of the conflict. Evidence of degradation of Hezbollah’s technical ability to direct the launches.

[Velveeta]

Plane woes postpone Annan's Haiti trip

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti --U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan postponed a visit to Haiti Wednesday due to airplane problems, officials said.

Annan was scheduled to arrive Wednesday afternoon but now will land Thursday morning in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, U.N. spokesman David Wimhurst said. Wimhurst said Annan's American Airlines flight had unspecified "technical problems." (snip)

http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2006/08/02/plane_woes_postpone_annans_haiti_trip/

[Cindy]

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2006/08/012507print.html
August 02, 2006

"Iraq: Children killed by bombs during soccer game"
(BBC NEWS)

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http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1993272&C=europe

Posted 08/01/06 13:54

"Germany Probes Possible Terrorist Link to Bombs"
By REUTERS, BERLIN


ARTICLE SNIPPET "One of the bombs was discovered in an abandoned suitcase at a train station in Dortmund, which hosted some of last month’s World Cup matches.

Local state prosecutors said the bomb, which was later defused, could have seriously injured and killed people but gave no more details."

[Smartass]

I was dumbfounded when I first ran into this article.
I checked it out through Google map search, and
found the picture to be true.

Source

Sawastika Shaped Buildings at Coronado Naval Base

 

[Cindy]

Yep, they are coming out of the woodwork all over the 'net -- kind of like cyber termites.

[Cindy]

I knew there was a song or cartoon on this somewhere.

Smiling...

[Cindy]

You read my mind.

[Cindy]

"...Is this a coincidence?"


OPINION: I doubt it.
Moon cycles are for lunatics and AllMyJihad fits the profile.

[Cindy]

Slow news day., huh?

[Velveeta]

I know.

~giggle~

[Velveeta]

Suspected identity theft ring busted
Five men said to be operating out of motel room

(HOUSTON) - Authorities say they've broken up an identity theft operation in northwest Harris County.

Harris County sheriff deputies, along with the FBI and the ATF raided a Best Western motel on FM 1960 Wednesday afternoon. Five suspects were arrested. Officials say four of them had Canadian passports, but were apparently of Romanian descent. The fifth, they say, didn't have a foreign accent, but they're not sure where he's from because he didn't have identification on him.(snip)
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=local&id=4425485

[Cindy]

Thanks Velveeta for this article:

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=138&newsid=93360&ch=0
"Bin Laden’s Son Released from Iran, Sent to Fight Against Israel"
2 August 2006 | 21:11 | FOCUS News Agency
Tehran/Damascus/Beirut

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Thanks to a a Special Freepmailer for this article:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2265650

"Iran frees bin Laden son: newspaper"


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Aug 2, 2006 — BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran has freed a son of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from house arrest, a German newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Die Welt said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard released Saad bin Laden on July 28 with the aim of sending him to the Syria-Lebanon border. It linked the reported move to the outbreak of war between Israel and Lebanese-based Hizbollah.

"From the Lebanese border, he has the task of building Islamist terror cells and preparing them to fight together with Hizbollah," Die Welt said, quoting intelligence information.

"Apparently Tehran is counting on recruiting Lebanese refugees in Syria for the fight against Israel, using bin Laden's help," it added in a preview of a report to appear in its Thursday edition.

Western intelligence sources have long suspected that Iran is holding a number of al Qaeda figures, possibly including Saad bin Laden and Saif al-Adel, the network's security chief."

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OPINION - RUMOR: I thought I read somewhere that Saad is a weaker version of UBL.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=coward+%2B+bin+Laden&btnG=Google+Search

Makes one wonder if Saad is wearing a burqa and coming with the women.
Makes one wonder if his dad is wearing barqas these days, too.

Anyway, updates always appreciated.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22bin+Laden&btnG=Search+News

[Smartass]

You must admit, there have been wackier articles and days?

     
Support the war on terror

 

[Velveeta]

Officials Beef Up Port of Houston Security

(snippet)

An al-Qaida Trail

Several al-Qaida-linked terrorist suspects have lived in Houston A terrorist threat to Houston is also a major concern for Fred Burton, a former terrorism expert with the Department of State who now works as an analyst for Strategic Forecasting, a risk-assessment firm based in the Texas state capital of Austin.

He says his years of studying al-Qaida and its leader, Osama Bin Laden, give him reason to worry about an attack on Houston and its vital oil and gas industry.

"Bin Laden's goal is the economic devastation of America, and so if you can hit targets that from an economic perspective bring our country down or make it so miserable, that type of venue such as Houston would be a prime target," says Burton.

Burton says there is also evidence that al-Qaida and other terrorists have been in Houston and that it is reasonable to think they might still have people living in the city, perhaps looking for an opportunity to act. He says FBI investigations after the first attack on New York's World Trade Center in 1993 led to Houston.

"Several of the suspects actually lived and safe-havened in Houston and until this day we do not know where. You also have a location that has a very large Muslim population and, for whatever reason, al-Qaida is comfortable with that," says Burton.
http://www.bloggernews.net/static/archive000001120.html

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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

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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/08/muslim_brotherhood_takes_up_ar_1.php

"Muslim Brotherhood takes up Arms---in support of Hizbullah"
By Zeyno Baran
August 2, 2006

[Velveeta]

Rising Violent Crime in the US Sparks a Search for Answers
http://www.voanews.com/english/Crime2006-08-02-voa11.cfm

[Velveeta]

FBI calls for hacker help

At Black Hat security confab, FBI official says the agency needs help from the security world to fight cybercrime.


LAS VEGAS--The FBI needs help from hackers to fight cybercrime, an agency official said Wednesday.

"We need your expertise and input as we develop strategies to battle cybercrime in the 21st century," Daniel Larkin, a unit chief in the FBI's cybercrime division, said in his opening address at the annual Black Hat security conference here. (snip)

http://news.com.com/FBI+calls+for+hacker+help/2100-7348_3-6101475.html