Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - September 2006

[nwctwx]

Five Years Later, We're Still Not Safe
-Full Story-

In the five years since terrorists flew hijacked airliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Americans have accepted inconvenience, sacrificed personal liberties and paid billions of dollars for a security clampdown that touches virtually every aspect of their lives.

And we're still not safe.

A close examination of the federal government's homeland security effort shows that there have been major accomplishments since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. But it also reveals how vulnerable the nation remains to catastrophe.

	Hunt for bin Laden Is Chasing Shadows and Raising Tensions
	Homegrown Terror Suspects Raise Concern
	New Video Coming from al Zawahri and American al Qa'ida
	> Adam Yahiye Gadahn

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[MamaDearest]

***When we aren't at the fair looking at farm animals.***

Yep, it is a very good day. The fair sounds like fun. I love county fairs!

[Cindy]

Interesting.

[Cindy]

Smiling...me too.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Liberia&btnG=Search+News

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=Liberia

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http://www.tkb.org/Country.jsp?countryCd=LI

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_950.html

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_925.html

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

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http://intelligence-summit.blogspot.com/2006/09/mob-justice-in-liberia-as-police.html

Saturday, September 16, 2006
"Mob justice in Liberia as police struggle with crime"
MONROVIA, Sept 16 (Reuters)

[Revel]

You know that site that we cannot post from? Interesting article there that is a twist on the interview with the journalist Hamid Mir. The story was first posted here by nwctwx. Well you know that you have to be suspicious of things posted at certain sites, but I thought that I would bring it to the attention of anyone wanting to look and see.

[Cindy]

Did you see this, by the way, Revel?
Fyi.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694213/posts?page=1041#1041

[MamaDearest]

Welcome back Smartass!

Bin Laden's superspy worked for the CIA, FBI and US Army

Snip: Ali Mohamed, a radical ex-Egyptian Army officer worked for the CIA, FBI and US Army, and answered to Osama bin Laden.

The burning question is: how did Mohamed survive inside the United States for more than 14 years as a spy for Egyptian Islamic Jihad and al-Qaeda? He convinced the CIA to hire him, worked for the FBI as an informant and even served in the US Army, where he had access to sensitive information. But all the while, he was “triple crossing” US officials, feeding critical details to al-Qaeda and other terrorist organisations, training terrorists in the United States and abroad, establishing terror cells in the United States and conspiring to kill Americans throughout the world.

No troops in Pakistan to track Bin Laden unless "invited"

Snip: Rejecting the "urban myth" that the US has not stayed focussed on Osama bin Laden, President George Bush said American special forces would not be sent inside Pakistan in pursuit of the al-Qaeda leader unless they were "invited" by Islamabad.

Turkish police detain 4 suspects - seize explosives

Snip: Turkish police have detained four suspects and seized more than 10kg (22 pounds) of plastic explosives near a holiday resort targeted in a series of bomb attacks last month, the Anatolia news agency reported yesterday.

[Revel]

Thanks. The blog thing is creepy.

[Cindy]

Yep, it's interesting.

[Cindy]

That is GREAT news MamDearest regarding Turkey --getting the explosives BEFORE an attack.

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http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Gulf%2C+Middle+East+%26+Africa&month=September2006&file=World_News2006091743029.xml

[Cindy]

...or maybe I should say before a new attack.
More updates on the arrested suspects will be nice.

[MamaDearest]

I agree!

Steve Quayle's website has an article by Laurie Roth - Yeah, THAT Laurie Roth - about political correctness - (NOT!)

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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http://news.google.com/nwshp?hl=en&tab=wn&q=THAILAND

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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1040.html

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http://www.tkb.org/Country.jsp?countryCd=TH

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/cgi-bin/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=Thailand

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http://www.satp.org

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http://www.saag.org/searchb10.asp?search=Thailand&searchtype=all&B1=Submit

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Note: The following post is a quote:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1702941/posts


Six bombs explode in Thailand city
CNN ^ | September 16, 2006 | Dan Rivers and Narunart Prapanya

Posted on 09/16/2006 10:05:50 PM PDT by Btrp113Cav

HAT YAI, Thailand (CNN) -- Six bombs exploded, one every five minutes, in a southern Thailand city, killing at least four people and wounding 30 on Saturday, police said.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...

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http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=112964

UPDATE: Five bombs blast Hat Yai

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(dpa) - A series of bombs killed at least three people including a Canadian and wounded up to 65 others Saturday night outside popular tourist spots in Hat Yai, southern Thailand's main commercial hub, officials said Sunday.

"We've confirmed that three people died in the blasts, including a Canadian who was probably working in Hat Yai as an English teacher," said Songkhla Province Governor Somporn Thaibanyong.

Initial media reports said that at least five people had died in the blasts, which wounded scores more. Only 20 people were listed as seriously injured by the blasts and remained hospitalized Sunday morning, said Somporn.

Five bombs were detonated simultaneously at 9 pm Saturday outside two Hat Yai shopping malls, the Lee Garden Hotel, a pub and a cinema, all popular spots among tourists and Hat Yai residents.

Hat Yai, 700 kilometres south of Bangkok, is the largest city in Songkhla province and a major commercial and tourism hub for southern Thailand."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The deep South comprises Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala provinces, where 80 per cent of the population is Muslim, an anomaly in predominantly Buddhist Thailand. The area was an independent Muslim sultanate called Pattani more than 200 years ago."

[Cindy]

Laurie Roth is the greatest.

Here's her latest article:

http://newswithviews.com/Roth/laurie27.htm
"IT'S NOT 'POLITICAL CORRECTNESS' ANYMORE"

By Dr. Laurie Roth Ph.D.
September 15, 2006
NewsWithViews.com

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ON THE NET...

THE LAURIE ROTH SHOW
http://www.therothshow.com

[MamaDearest]

18 wheels and countless dangers

Snippets: Trucking companies in Texas often gamble on drivers such as Mr. Rodriguez, a seven-month Dallas Morning News investigation has found. They hire illegal immigrants who struggle to read road signs and communicate in English with police and emergency personnel. They hire felons, drunks and drug addicts. Sometimes, they make only cursory checks of work history and driving records, then put the new hires behind the wheel of rigs with the destructive potential of guided missiles.

Trooper Randy McDonald, based in Decatur, northwest of Fort Worth, said that when he recently ticketed a big-rig driver for a local oil company, the trucker passed on a message from his boss: The troopers could write all the tickets they wanted, but it wouldn't change anything. The company was willing to break truck weight limits and other safety rules to maximize profits.

Every driver a company hires is supposed to read and speak English well enough to converse with the general public, understand highway traffic signs and signals, respond to official inquiries and make entries on reports and records.

Texas doesn't require intrastate truck drivers to speak English and doesn't enforce the English- language requirement on interstate drivers unless "it becomes a true safety issue," said Maj. Rogers. He said the law was never intended to be enforced in roadside inspections, rather by the companies themselves.

TSA security not expected at 7 airports

Snippets (IMHO this is absurd in today's world): Federal screeners will not be put to work at the seven Montana airports that do not screen passengers before boarding planes, the Transportation Security Administration has decided because of budget limitations.

"The bad thing is if you wanted to get on a plane in Wolf Point with something, you could. You could have come in from Canada and you could get on the plane and fly it into some place," he said. "We need to be prepared."

[Cindy]

Trains, bus, planes...mass transportation...needs tightening and checking.

Thanks for that post MamaDearest.

[Cindy]

NEWSMAX.com: "AHMADINEJAD VISITS ANTI-U.S. 'BROTHER' CHAVEZ" (September 16, 2006)

NEWSMAX.com: "HUGO CHAVEZ WILL SUPPORT IRAN IF ATTACKED BY U.S." (September 15, 2006)

[MamaDearest]

You're welcome Cindy. That's what both articles were about - Homeland transportation security issues have a long way to go IMHO. If trucking companies are hiring illegals with criminal records and who speak or read no English and airports have no screeners (federal or otherwise) - it doesn't bode well for how far we've come in securing America's modes of transportation. Either one is an invitation to potential disaster.

[Cindy]

"Either one is an invitation to potential disaster."

Yep.

[Cindy]

RECAP/NEW:

FOX28.com: "RESELLING CELL PHONES COSTS COMPANIES, THREATENS SECURITY" (September 12, 2006) (Read More...)

RICHMOND REGISTER.com: "SEARCH FOR TRAC PHONE BUYERS IS ON IN RICHMOND" by Kelly Foreman (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LEX 18 News reported Lexington police were searching for a man of Middle Eastern descent after he tried to purchase several Nokia 1100 series Trac phones. The phones are reportedly untraceable and are known to detonate bombs, according to the news station.") (September 7, 2006) (Read More...)

Google - News - Search Term: "PREPAID PHONES"

Google - News - Search Term: "TRAC PHONES"