Posted on 08/07/2006 3:43:15 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681255/posts
Breaking - Gov. Schwarzenegger activates National Guard to Cali Airports
CNN ^
Posted on 08/10/2006 10:07:28 AM PDT by cmurphy
Gov. Schwarzenegger activates National Guard troops to bolster security at California airports because of the London airline terror plot, The Associated Press reports. Breaking on top of site...
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Q&A: Liquid explosives
BBC News ^ | 08/10/06 | BBC News
Posted on 08/10/2006 9:49:54 AM PDT by Sax
Q&A: Liquid explosives
An alleged plot to blow up planes from the UK mid-flight and cause "mass murder on an unimaginable scale" has been disrupted, Scotland Yard has said. It is thought the plan was to detonate explosive devices smuggled in hand luggage on to as many as 10 aircraft.
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Vel: do you remember the explosive bra's a couple years ago and also the plan for women to bring parts of the bomb aboard, hidden in the vagina?
Ain't it great, the muslim women are liberated and free to die with the men.
granny
>>>>Vel: do you remember the explosive bra's a couple years ago and also the plan for women to bring parts of the bomb aboard, hidden in the vagina?
I sure do.
Was thinking of that early this morning when reading the list of banned items on planes - included "women's products".
>>>Yes, they will need to cancel.
I just talked to them.
I think they're inclined to cancel, but will wait a day or two before making the final decision.
Most of the Hizbos here are sleepers, who will be activated when we are about to move against Iran or Syria. Many of these sleepers work for the Dept of H. S. and are in other sensitive government agencies (ain't that a pleseant thot?).
If the dude is named "Muhammed" or "Osama" I refexibly don't trust 'em. If that makes me a racist monster, than at least that might keep this racist monster alive.<<<
Yes, I agree that we have so many sleeper cells, that it is scary to even consider who and where they are hiding.
The muslims have started buying businesses in my area, or so I am told, but, as I am unable to leave the house, that keeps me from having to deal/think about them.
I listened to the left radio for awhile this AM, they still do not get it and would hide a Hez. in their house, to protect them from the wicked people on the right.
I am not up to visiting Yahoo Groups or Google groups for hours of searching and am not on the same lists that I was on 9-11, so am not hearing of new groups.
After 9-11, when the Americans, were attacking anything with brown skin and a headdress, there was a group formed at
Yahoo groups, it was to take in muslims, if there was more trouble.
I am not set up for taking in people, but have to wonder how many did do so?
I know one woman who signed up for the group, but said she got tired of all the games and secrets and we will call you, when needed, that she gave up and I have lost contact with her.
How simple, it is to get hidden.
In a disaster, of course, I would take people in, but I don't want guests and cannot take care of them.
There was a time that I would find interesting things, by simply going to the groups at Yahoo and simply go thru them looking for what should not be there.
The secret messages, show up in old groups with open messages, so that they can go and read them and not leave a trace of having been there.
One of my dead doll clubs, suddenly started getting very ugly jihadi posts.....
I had a devil of a time, convincing the FBI that there was a new jihadi message in my doll club............
After yelling back at him, he let me read him part of it and then all of a sudden it was "can you send it to me?"....
I once spent an entire night, tracking a gal, she had 28 groups, all raising funds to send young men to "camp", turned out she had an address on the east coast and in Saudi Arabia.
I found her, by accident, she listed as "handy hints", another would be "recipes" and there was one for "herbs", so I went to see what she had to offer.
She had almost no info on her sites, but lots of fund raising going on.
Son't know why it didn't copy.
Try this it worked for me.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681267/posts
Granny, I pinged you to a thread on the main FR page with names of ringleaders.
You may want to do you google magic.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681240/posts
Local Muslim group plans peace rally
The Ann Arbor News ^ | 8/10/06
Posted on 08/10/2006 9:42:00 AM PDT by fivecatsandadog
Local Muslim group plans peace rally
The Muslim Community Association of Ann Arbor and Vicinity (MCA) announced it will hold a rally and march Friday afternoon to call for an immediate ceasefire in the fighting in southern Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.
The demonstration is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at the Federal Building on Liberty Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues in Ann Arbor, according to a statement from the MCA.
The MCA will be joined by other local organizations, including the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice and Michigan Peace Works.
"Day after day we hear the news of more deaths and suffering of innocent civilians, we see the horrific images, and we wish we could somehow contribute to bringing this war to an end,'' MCA President Samir Tout said in the statement.
Six of 11 missing Egyptian students now in custody after 3 more arrests
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Six of the 11 Egyptian exchange students who failed to show up for their college program are now in custody after three additional students were arrested Thursday, the FBI said.
El Sayed Ahmed Elsayed Ibrahim, 20, and Alaa Abd El Fattah Ali El Bahnasawi, 20, were arrested at a residence in Dundalk, Md., outside Baltimore, by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
Chicago police detained Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Abou El Ela, 22, at O'Hare International Airport as he was attempting to book a flight to Montana, the FBI said. Immigration agents later took El Ela into custody.
All are being held on administrative immigration violations because they did not report on time to their monthlong program at Montana State University in Bozeman, Mont.
None of the students is considered a terrorism risk and FBI officials stressed that there are no ties between the Egyptians and the alleged terror plot broken up by British authorities.
Three students were arrested Wednesday. The other five Egyptians still are being sought.
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1. IBRAHIM, EL SAYED AHMED ELSAYED; DOB OF 4/29/1986, PASSPORT 954757
2. EL DESSOUKI, ESLAM IBRAHIM MOHAMED; DOB OF 02/21/1985, PASSPORT 1002756
3. EL BAHNASAWI, ALAA ABD EL FATTAH ALI; DOB OF 04/02/1986, PASSPORT 934679
4. ABD ALLA, MOHAMED RAGAB MOHAMED; DOB OF 02/15/1984, PASSPORT 860972
5. EL LAKET, AHMED REFAAT SAAD EL MOGHAZI; DOB OF 09/01/1986, PASSPORT 943306
6. EL ELA, AHMED MOHAMED MOHAMED ABOU; DOB OF 02/02/1985, PASSPORT 595081
7. EL MOGHAZY, MOHAMED IBRAHIM ELSAYED; DOB OF 08/08/1986, PASSPORT 861073
8. ABDOU, EBRAHIM MABROUK MOUSTAFA; DOB OF 02/25/1984, PASSPORT 828682
9. EL GAFARY, MOUSTAFA WAGDY MOUSTAFA; DOB OF 07/01/1988, PASSPORT 861673
10. MARAY, MOHAMED SALEH AHMED; DOB OF 09/12/1985, PASSPORT 862634
11. EL SHENAWY, MOHAMED IBRAHIM FOUAAD; DOB OF 08/12/1988, PASSPORT 862534
a long list of Egypt schools, some are marked '2 star' others are 'smart' schools.
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:RlBMKYidyIEJ:europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/tender/data/d17/AOF59017.xls+MARAY,+MOHAMED+SALEH+AHMED&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=27
Take a quick look, Egypt, shortwave holders of license:
http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/su.htm
from here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.netscape:en-US&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=EL+SHENAWY,+MOHAMED+IBRAHIM+FOUAD&spell=1
Why would anyone plan a trip to cuba for a vacation?
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/categories.cfm?catid=14
open forum:
http://thorntree.lonelyplanet.com/
I have to put the names in the same post to compare:
The 9/11 hijackers
Mohammed Atta (Egyptian)
Waleed al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian)
Wail al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian)
Abdulaziz al-Omari (Saudi Arabian)
Satam al-Suqami (Saudi Arabian)
Marwan al-Shehhi (from the United Arab Emirates)
Fayez Banihammad (from the United Arab Emirates)
Mohand al-Shehri (Saudi Arabian)
Hamza al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian)
Ahmed al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian)
Hani Hanjour (Saudi Arabian)
Khalid al-Mihdhar (Saudi Arabian)
Majed Moqed (Saudi Arabian)
Nawaf al-Hazmi (Saudi Arabian)
Salem al-Hazmi (Saudi Arabian)
Ziad Jarrah (Lebanese)
Ahmed al-Haznawi (Saudi Arabian)
Ahmed al-Nami (Saudi Arabian)
Saeed al-Ghamdi (Saudi Arabian)
Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Hamza al-Ghamdi, and Ahmad al-Haznawi came from three neighboring towns and belonged to the same tribe. Wail al-Shehri was Waleed al-Shehri's older brother. Salem al-Hazmi was a younger brother of Nawaf al-Hazmi.
>>>Are any on the list of 11 the same?
No. I don't see that any are the same.
These are the names of 19 suspects reportedly being held by the police after the foiled plot and whose assets the Treasury has sought to have frozen.
Umir Hussain, 24, London E14
Muhammed Usman Saddique, 24, London E17
Waheed Zaman, 22, London E17
Assan Abdullah Khan, 22, London E17
Waseem Kayani, 28, High Wycombe
Waheed Arafat Khan, 24, London E17
Cossor Ali, 24, London E17
Tayib Rauf, 21, Birmingham
Ibrahim Savant, 26, London E17
Osman Adam Khatib, 20, London E17
Shamin Mohammed Uddin, 36, Stoke Newington
Amin Asmin Tariq, 23, London E17
Shazad Khuram Ali, 27, High Wycombe
Tanvir Hussain, 24, London E10
Umar Islam, 28, (born Brian Young) High Wycombe
Assad Sarwar, 25, High Wycombe
Abdullah Ali, 26, London E17
Abdul Muneem Patel, 17, London E5
Nabeel Hussain, 21, Waltham Forest
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2308087_4,00.html
An interesting article on the planned airplane attacks and several other 'planned attack articles'.
http://www.cfr.org/publication/11276/simon.html
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Thank you, I needed to see them in a list, clean as you did them.
Of course if the students are legit, their fathers, would have to be top of the line to come up with the money to pay for the trip.
No, brainstorms as yet..........LOL, did sleep a couple hours, but the rest is the same.
[good links, may show as hidden links, or not show.]
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London Airline Bombing Plot News (updated 4:05 pm ET)
Counterterrorismblog.org ^ | August 10, 2006 | Andrew Cochran
Posted on 08/10/2006 1:49:25 PM PDT by John Lenin
London Airline Bombing Plot News (updated 4:05 pm ET)
By Andrew Cochran
ABC News: Three alleged ringleaders have been identified; two recently traveled to Pakistan and later received money wired to them from Pakistan, reportedly to purchase tickets for the suicide bombers. Sources identify the three, now in custody, as Rashid Rauf, Mohammed al-Ghandra, and Ahmed al Khan. Fox News at 3 pm ET:"British authorities are 'urgently' seeking the arrests of up to 10 more suspects in the terrorist plot uncovered early Thursday morning to blow up U.S.-bound flights with liquid explosives carried onto planes via carry-on luggage." Twenty-four main suspects are now in custody. Fox News again: "(A)n Islamic militant arrested near the Afghan-Pakistan border several weeks ago provided a lead that played a role in "unearthing the plot," that helped authorities arrest suspects in Britain." AP reports that the were targeting as many as 10 flights, and "plotters hoped to stage a dry run within two days," and "the actual attack would have followed within days."
Michelle Malkin's and Brendan Loy's blogs included links to many stories overnight on this plot. See Walid Phares' post on this plot with his early analysis and incisive questions, and Evan Kohlmann's post today on Al Qaeda's use of liquid explosives for airliners. Here is the statement by the Homeland Security Department on the raised threat level to Severe, or Red, for commercial flights originating in the UK bound for the United States, with the threat raised to Orange for all flights within or bound for the US. MSNBC: "U.S. intelligence has been working closely with the British on the investigation, which has been ongoing for months," and "These officials described a threat aimed at United, American and Continental Air Lines, and flights to the major summer tourist destinations of New York, Washington and California." Fox News: "A U.S. intelligence official said the plotters had hoped to target flights to major airports in New York, Washington and California." All commentary points to the similarity to the failed Al Qaeda Bojinka plot in 1995 to blow up airliners. Fox News again: "A senior U.S. counterterrorism official said authorities believe dozens of people — possibly as many as 50 — were involved in the plot."
Press conference with DHS Secretary Chertoff, Att. Gen. Gonzales, & FBI Director Mueller at 8 am ET: Well-planned and well-advanced plot with significant number of operatives - very concrete steps underway and suspects had accumulated capabilities to carry out plot - british authorities pursued this for some time but in last two weeks, focus on US targets appeared and plan appeared to have accelerated - "quite close" to execution phase - no indication of US plotters who would have intersected with UK plotters - would not give a number of airliners but "multiple" - shortly before arrests, suspects focused on UK-US routes - can't say whether 9/11 anniversary a factor or whether they would have waited that long - explosives designed into beverages and other liquids, electronics, and other common objects, with possibility of bringing benign components onboard and then assembling them - "quite sophisticated" - will not discuss suspects' nationalities now, but this group was "very skilled and very capable" - suggestive of Al Qaeda plot but not certain and reminiscent of 1995 plot (Bojinka) - arrests have significantly disrupted the threat but investigation ongoing in UK and here - no liquids or gels allowed in carry-on baggage.
NBC News' Lisa Myers reported that one or more suspects had traveled to Pakistan, where they received some training. MSNBC's Bob Windrem reported that two persons were arrested in Pakistan in connection with this plot, most of the suspects are of Pakistani origin (but all suspects are British nationals), and Pakistani intel services assisted UK agencies in the investigation (also reported in the London Times and confirmed by Pakistani authorities). He also reports multiple plotters would have boarded each aircraft with components combined inflight. The plotters looked for flights online in the past few weeks, leading UK investigators to move towards the arrests. ABC News: They "planned to conceal their liquid or gel explosives inside a modified sports beverage drink container and trigger the device with the flash from a disposable camera."
"US News & World Reports" reports that "At least some of the suspects had ties to those involved in the July 7, 2005, coordinated bombings on the London subways" and "Terrorists plotting to blow up American planes headed from the United Kingdom to the United States were planning to smuggle hydrogen peroxide based improvised liquid/slurry explosives in modified sports drinks bottles."
President Bush at 11:50 am ET: "We are safer than we were prior to 9/11," but we're obviously not completely safe because people still plot against us. "It's a mistake to believe there is no threat aginst the United States."
Walid Phares on MSNBC this morning: Biggest attack network in history of Al Qaeda - number of jihadists has grown from 1 shoe bomber to 7 in London attacks to at least 21, with base in UK. This would have required a support network of over 100, perhaps 150. AQ leaders have been threatening attacks in their statements for months, indicating their involvement in planning and execution.
Evan Kohlmann on MSNBC: AQ training camps near Pak-Afghan border used for 7/7 bombers. This plot "smacks of Al Qaeda through and through," due to the number of people involved and the sophistication of the explosives. Two kinds of Al Qaeda splinter groups: "wannabes" and actual affiliates (official or unofficial) - one of the latter announced alliance with Al Qaeda last week (see my post on the Egyptian Islamic Group, aka Gamaa Islamiya).
Magnus Ranstorp is quoted by MSNBC that this “could very well have been an attempt at ’the Big One.”’
Lorenzo Vidino reminded me of this story from London a few months ago: "Abu Hamza fanatics are urging fresh suicide attacks on passenger jets, using mini-bombs in pens and disposable cameras. The call is aired on an website run by supporters of the jailed hook-handed cleric. It recommends the use of a high-powered explosive dubbed Mother of Satan, which is of the same type used by the July 7 bombers.
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