Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - September 2006

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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.

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[freeperfromnj]

India PM warns of terror attacks

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that intelligence agencies have warned that more terrorist attacks were likely in the country.

Mr Singh said that that "economic and religious targets", as well as nuclear installations, could be the targets.

He said the intelligence agencies have also warned of more suicide attacks......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5314894.stm

[Cindy]

THANK YOU very much freeperfromnj for pointing to this article.
I was just watching Indian TV news on the net earlier this morning.

[Velveeta]

I agree with your opinion, all 5 points.

[Velveeta]

Adnan Gulshair Muhammad el Shukrijumah

A Mystery Man Who Keeps the FBI Up at Night
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-manhunt3sep03,0,4437318.story?coll=la-home-headlines

FBI Hunts Al Qaeda Chief (Shukrijumah)
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161007813

Is he in Trinidad?

[freeperfromnj]

Your welcome.

Indian TV? You certainly do cover all the bases. LOL. Have a great day!

[Velveeta]

Amtrak Train Stopped, Searched In Jacksonville


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Operations are back to normal at the Amtrak station in Northwest Jacksonville.

The Jacksonville Sheriff's office said the Amtrak Silver Star train heading from Miami to New York was stopped in Jacksonville after passengers reports several men aboard the train were acting strangely. Passengers said they were rummaging through bags and moving from car to car.

The men were questioned by police and released.

The train left Jacksonville at about 2 a.m., but the cars that were being searched by bomb squad personnel and dogs were kept behind and are still at the station.

The FBI and Homeland Security joined the JSO in the investigation.

Amtrak is calling the situation "a false alarm."(snip)
http://www.news4jax.com/news/9787378/detail.html

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Eyewitnesses say five people were the source of the concern.

"They were going in and out of their bags and they were never taking anything out of their bags," says Greg Pitts, a passenger who got off the train in Columbia. "They were putting their bags down and they would leave and walk off and then take them and put them other places on the train."
http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=41586

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Passengers told First Coast News 5 or 6 foreign men were acting suspiciously.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=64101

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Takes quite a bit of digging to find the men were "foreign".

Testing, testing.

[Velveeta]

LEXINGTON, KY

Police Search For Man Who Tried To Buy Untraceable Cell Phones At Several Stores
http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=5365004&nav=menu203_1_12

[Velveeta]

Outrage as Australian Leaders Tell Muslims to Fit In

(CNSNews.com) - Australian Muslim representatives are voicing outrage at comments by the country's two top politicians, who urged immigrants from Islamic societies to fit in, learn English, treat women with respect, and shun extremism.

An Islamic leader warned that the remarks could antagonize Muslims and lead to a repeat of incidents such as the rioting in a Sydney beachside suburb last December, when groups of youngsters -- described as having a Middle Eastern background -- fought with whites.(snip)
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200609/INT20060905b.html

[Velveeta]

Press release from: CellAntenna Corporation

Bomb Squads Need Cell Phone Jamming Equipment Immediately; Police and Public in Danger Unnecessarily Says CellAntenna Corp.
http://www.csrwire.com/PressRelease.php?id=6249

[Velveeta]

Some Tense Moments At Wheeling/Ohio County Airport (WV)


An emergency device signaled a downed plane.


The Emergency Locator Transmitter--or E-L-T--pinpointed an area five miles north of the airport near Beech Bottom--off Apple Pie Ridge.Crews searched all over this area, however didn't find anything. Local air traffic controllers also didn't received any distress calls and witnesses did not report a plane going down. Search crews followed procedure to double-check--but no plane was found.
http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=13793

[Godzilla]

back from camping bookmark

[freeperfromnj]

Woman found murdered, throat slashed Eyewitness News

(New York - WABC, September 4, 2006) - Police are investigating the murder of a woman found dead in her apartment in East Flatbush.

Police say the 41-year-old victim's throat was slashed.
She was a police department secretary. Her identity has not yet been released.

Police say her body was found when her ex-husband dropped off their kids last night. She had six children and six grandchildren.

No arrests have been made.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=4526253

[Velveeta]

Fears over nuclear terror threat (UK)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5315636.stm

Outside The Box: Unconventional Attacks Using Nuclear Weapons
http://mensnewsdaily.com/2006/09/05/outside-the-box-unconventional-attacks-using-nuclear-weapons/

Nuclear weapons a grave threat, Vatican says in support of Scottish bishops’ opposing Trident system
http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=21129

Security revamped at all nuclear establishments in the country (India)
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=320405&sid=NAT

[Velveeta]

Oh how sad.

[good old days]

Bookmark

[Cindy]

"Testing, testing."

OPINION: It sure seems like it from reading these
articles.

[Cindy]

http://www.lex18.com/Global/story.asp?S=5365004&nav=menu203_1_12

from your article in post no. 207 - Snippet - Quote:

"Police are searching for a man of Middle Eastern descent after he tried to buy cell phones at several Lexington stores."

[Cindy]

That's odd.

[Cindy]

Hey that's great Godzilla.
Hope you had a good camping trip.

[Cindy]

A few more details...ON THE NET...

Google - Search News: "FIDAYEEN"
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&q=fidayeen&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wn

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http://www.satp.org

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

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September 6, 2006

http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/06/stories/2006090615250100.htm

"Manmohan calls for greater alertness"
Vinay Kumar

"Cites intelligence reports on terror modules
Portrays alarming scenario
Suicide bombing feared
Attacks on economic and religious targets not ruled out"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "NEW DELHI: Justifying the concern about the increasing activities of externally-inspired and directed terrorist outfits in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said intelligence agencies had warned of a further intensification of violent terror activities with the possibility of more "fidayeen" (suicide) attacks.

Portraying an alarming scenario of the possible terrorist activities, he said that use of suicide bombers; attacks on economic and religious targets and targeting of vital installations, including nuclear establishments and Army camps, were very much on the agenda of terrorist outfits.

Presiding over a crucial day-long meeting of the Chief Ministers on Internal Security, the Prime Minister said that intelligence reports also suggested that terrorist modules and "sleeper cells" existed in some of the urban areas, all of which highlighted the seriousness of the threat."

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August 15, 2006

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=16_8_2006&ItemID=8&cat=1
"‘Fidayeen’ scare at Bakshi stadium"

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http://www.ipcs.org/ipcs/kashmirLevel2.jsp?action=showView&kValue=1726&subCatID=1022&mod=g

Article no. 1713
Date 25 April 2005

"Profiling the Fidayeen Attacks: Suicide and Suicidal Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir"

Suba Chandran
Assistant Director, IPCS