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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"Suicide Bomber" flew on RP plane

Snip: A MAN WEARING a jacket and carrying a bag was able to sneak a bomb onto a flight from Manila to Davao City last month at the height of the nationwide security alert after Britain uncovered a plot to blow up transatlantic planes.

The man pulled off the same stunt on the return flight to Manila.

Had he detonated the bomb, he would have turned the commercial plane into a fireball and killed himself, the crew and hundreds of other passengers.

The man turned out to be a civilian antiterrorism expert tapped by a government official to test security measures at Philippine airports after British police foiled a plan to blow up US-bound planes in midair using liquid explosives.

[Cindy]

RECAP On The Net...

ON THE NET...

http://www.rewardsforjustice.net

http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Wanted_Terrorist

http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/wanted_captured/index.cfm?page=Zawahiri


http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/terrorismsi.htm

http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/recent_campaigns/index.cfm?page=gadahn


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http://www.ekhlaas.info
http://www.ekhlaas.info/mas/invitationqareb.gif
"Coming soon. Ayman al Zawahiri and Azzam the American will invite the world to Islam"
http://www.ekhlaas.info/forum/

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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=zawahiri&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=alzawahiri&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22azzam+the+American%22&search=Search

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwtFtPCTx9g

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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=%22zawahiri%22&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0

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BRING THESE POSTS UP FROM OUR PREVIOUS THREAD:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676188/posts?page=2412#2412
August 31, 2006
New Video Coming From Ayman al-Zawahiri and American Al Qaeda (updated)
By Andrew Cochran

Rita Katz's SITE Institute and Laura Mansfield, each of whom we rely upon for reliable information on upcoming Al Qaeda videos, have seen an announcement by Al Qaeda's As-Sahab media arm of a forthcoming new video. The video is titled, "“Invitation to Islam” and includes Al Qaeda #2 Ayman al-Zawahiri and a man who appears to be "Azzam the American," a.k.a. Adam Gadahn. The banner announcing the video is posted on Laura's site. Al-Zawahiri's last video was released in early August.
http://counterterrorismblog.org/

[Thanks to NW Arizona Granny for the ping]

2,412 posted on 08/31/2006 8:04:46 PM PDT by Velveeta
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To: Jim Robinson; Gucho; Jet Jaguar; DoctorZIn; F14 Pilot; backhoe; JohnathanRGalt; abu afak; Oorang; ..
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REWARDSFORJUSTICE.NET
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net

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http://www.ekhlaas.info
http://www.ekhlaas.info/mas/invitationqareb.gif
"Coming soon. Ayman al Zawahiri and Azzam the American will invite the world to Islam"
http://www.ekhlaas.info/forum/


2,413 posted on 08/31/2006 8:41:49 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1676188/posts?page=2421#2421

MEMRITV.org - Video Clips: "AL QAEDA" (Read More...)

Stepping back in time to July 27, 2006:

English.AL JAZEERA.net: "AL-ZAWAHIRI URGES ATTACKS ON ISRAEL" (ARTICLE: ""The entire world is an open battlefield for us and since they are attacking us everywhere, we will attack everywhere."" The deputy to Osama bin Laden wore a grey robe and white turban during the statement. A picture of the World Trade Centre on fire was on the wall behind him along with pictures of two fighters.") (Thursday 27 July 2006, 14:31 Makka Time, 11:31 GMT) (Read More...)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1659022/posts?page=1719#1719
(Note: Regarding Al-Zawahiri) (Read More...)
2,421 posted on 08/31/2006 9:12:56 PM PDT by Cindy
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[Cindy]

And thanks to Velveeta for post no. 2421 on the previous thread and noted on post no. 11 on this thread.

[MamaDearest]

Warning signs

Snip: The most shocking thing about the Centanni-Wiig "conversion" is the silence that has followed. First, there is silence from Islam. Shouldn't Muslim religious leaders, and particularly "beautiful and kind-hearted" Palestinian Muslim religious leaders, vehemently condemn the forced conversions? As Mr. Bostom put it, "Will such Muslim authorities at least recognize the acute predicament of Centanni and Wiig by issuing a fatwa stating that their 'conversion,' being under duress, was not bona fide, condemning in advance any Muslim who might now attack these journalists for 'apostasy' from Islam?"

Muslim who used SUV in attack mentally unstable?

Snip: When Omeed Aziz Popal used his SUV as a weapon of mass destruction against 18 innocent Bay Area victims on Tuesday, the liberal media immediately went into cover-up mode based on PC etiquette and distortion standards prevalent in most newsrooms. Rather than describing Popal as an Islamic Jihadist who used his black Honda to gather souls for Allah, the media tried to paint the killer as a victim of “mental instability.”

Basic Muslim behaviors

Snip: A Saudi man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for enslaving and sexually assaulting his housekeeper. His defense was that these were basic Muslim behaviors and that he had the right to do them..

Germany to revise law to crack down on terror websites

Snippets: Germany plans to revise its internet laws in an effort to crack down on certain websites which police said had fueled recent terror threats, local reports said on Friday.

Experts estimate that there are about 5,000 Islamist websites but this does not include several thousand chat rooms in which terrorist groups and individuals keep in contact with each other.

[texpat72]

From a post on the main board:

"Remember, a call to convert to Islam is important--it absolves the Muslim from any guilt in the subsequent murder of the infidels."

[BurbankKarl]

I dont believe the Phillipines ramped up security like the UK, Britain and India....there wasnt a "worldwide" security upgrade or anything.

[Cindy]

I understand.
I still decline the invitation.

[Cindy]

Thanks to a Special Freepmailer for pointing to this article:
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4158723.html

Sept. 1, 2006, 11:10PM
"Bin Laden manhunt still drawing a blank"

By PAUL GARWOOD and MATTHEW PENNINGTON Associated Press Writers
© 2006 The Associated Press

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN BORDER — The al-Qaida terror camps are gone from Afghanistan, but the enigma of Osama bin Laden still hangs over these lawless borderlands where tens of thousands of U.S. and Pakistani troops have spent nearly five years searching for him.

Villagers say the CIA missed by only a few miles when it targeted bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, with a missile strike in January. Then in May, U.S. Special Forces arrested one of al-Zawahri's closest aides, suggesting the trail has not gone entirely cold."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_1161.html
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Fri Sep 01 2006 22:32:26 GMT-0700.

"Worldwide Caution"

June 06, 2006

[texpat72]

Ditto!

[Cindy]

Good deal.