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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - September 2006

Posted on 09/01/2006 8:57:29 PM PDT by nwctwx

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
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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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; adamgadahn; ahmadinejad; alqaeda; alqaida; azzamalamriki; benedictxvi; binladen; fifthanniversary; globaljihad; islamist; jihad; nieleak; ramadan; september112001; terrorism; threat; threatmatrix; ubl; wot; zawahiri; zawahri
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To: Cindy

Excellent. Thanks, Cindy.


721 posted on 09/12/2006 6:02:31 AM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo (DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS.)
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To: Donna Lee Nardo

I thought so, as I remember hoping at the time that he was maggot food somewhere, but there he was next to Ahmie.


722 posted on 09/12/2006 6:06:16 AM PDT by Velveeta (God bless America. Never forget.)
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To: Donna Lee Nardo

You're welcome Donna.
Pretty good for 1/2 my brain closed down for the night.


723 posted on 09/12/2006 6:06:45 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

>>>You caught me with brains half asleep

Oh sure, even with your brain half asleep, you find the article in warp speed.


724 posted on 09/12/2006 6:07:44 AM PDT by Velveeta (God bless America. Never forget.)
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To: Cindy
I am unsure why Israel has no current image of Imad. He remains as stealthy as Usama or stealthier, but Israel pinpoints his meetig locations, change of transportation, etc.

P.S. Here is a cup of Java al fresco for you (I am on my second).


725 posted on 09/12/2006 6:12:34 AM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo (DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS.)
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To: Cindy

Yep, noted Jolo.....thanks.


726 posted on 09/12/2006 6:13:23 AM PDT by Velveeta (God bless America. Never forget.)
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To: Velveeta

But no pic has ever been released, right? Yet I find it difficult to believe that Israel has no current images. Think they just do not want to publicly release them? Yet even that does not wash.


727 posted on 09/12/2006 6:14:35 AM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo (DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS.)
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To: Donna Lee Nardo

No, I distinctly remember a photo, Imad standing behind Ahmie and I think Bashir Assad was in the pic too.

I remember thinking 'what an in your face provocation'.

I'll dig around and see if I can find it.


728 posted on 09/12/2006 6:21:15 AM PDT by Velveeta (God bless America. Never forget.)
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To: DoctorZIn
Hi DoctorZin,

Would you happen to remember a photograph from January 2006, that included Mugniyeh in the background when Assad, Ahmadinejad and Mugniyeh met in Damascus?
729 posted on 09/12/2006 6:43:34 AM PDT by Velveeta (God bless America. Never forget.)
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To: Velveeta; Cindy; everyone

Special US unit can enter Pakistan at will to hunt Osama (Yippie!)
daily times pakistan ^ | 9/11/06 | Khalid hasan

Posted on 09/11/2006 8:29:58 AM EDT by voletti

WASHINGTON: A special US unit now has the authority to go after Osama bin Laden inside Pakistan without having to seek permission first, according to two US officials.

A comprehensive report on the hunt for bin Laden run by the Washington Post on Sunday says that Lieutenant General Stanley A McChrystal, the commander of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) operates on the understanding with Pakistan that US units will not enter Pakistan, except under extreme circumstances, and that Pakistan will deny giving them permission.

This is what happened in January 2006, when the JSOC troops clandestinely entered the village of Saidgai, two officials familiar with the operation said, and Pakistan protested.

“The authority,” one knowledgeable person said, “follows the target”: if the target is bin Laden, the stakes are high enough for McChrystal to decide any action on his own.

The JSOC has been given more resources from the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies. President Bush recently directed the team to “flood the zone” or intensify the search for bin Laden. The resources of the special group in terms of personnel and materials were also increased. However, no one is certain where the “zone” is.

Gary Berntsen, the former CIA officer who led the first and last hunt for bin Laden at Tora Bora in December 2001, told the Post, “This could all end tomorrow.” One unsolicited walk-in, one tribesman seeking to collect the $25 million reward, one courier who would rather his kids grow up in the US, one dealmaker, “and this could all change,” he said.

A senior Pakistani intelligence official told the newspaper, “For technical intelligence ISI works hand in hand with the NSA (National Security Agency). The US assistance in building Pakistan’s capabilities for technical intelligence since 9/11 is superb.”

Since early 2002, the US is said to have stationed a small number of NSA and CIA personnel near where bin Laden may be hiding. They are embedded with counter terrorism units of the Pakistan army’s elite Special Services Group, according to senior Pakistani intelligence officials. The NSA and other specialists collect imagery and electronic intercepts that their CIA counterparts then share with the Pakistani units in the tribal areas and with Balochistan. But even with sophisticated technology, the local geography presents formidable obstacles.

The army lost its best source of intelligence in 2004, after it began raids inside the tribal areas. Scouts with blood ties to the tribes ceased sharing information for fear of retaliation. The report says: “Pakistani and US counter terrorism and military officials admit that Pakistan has now all but stopped looking for bin Laden. ‘The dirty little secret is, they have nothing, no operations, without the Pakis,’ one former counter terrorism officer said”.

Last week’s truce with the Taliban that calls on the insurgent Afghan group to end armed attacks inside Pakistan and to stop crossing into Afghanistan to fight the government and international troops has created unease in Washington.

According to the Post, “Pakistan will permit only small numbers of US forces to operate with its troops at times and, because their role is so sensitive politically, it officially denies any US presence. A frequent complaint from US troops is that they have too little to do. The same complaint is also heard from US forces in Afghanistan, where there were few targets to go after.” McChrystal has become the de facto leader of the hunt for bin Laden and developed a good working relationship with the CIA. He asks for targets from the CIA, and it tries to comply.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1699256/posts


730 posted on 09/12/2006 6:55:31 AM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo (DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS.)
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To: Donna Lee Nardo

Wowser, that's good news.

I wonder what country the tall guy has moved to now?


731 posted on 09/12/2006 6:58:07 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy; Velveeta; nw_arizona_granny; callmejoe; All
From our friend, Jill St. Claire concerning al zawahri's thoughtful and pleasant 9/11/06 greeting:


We are ready to execute.

www.homelandsecurityus.com

732 posted on 09/12/2006 7:09:27 AM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo (DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS.)
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To: Donna Lee Nardo

Thanks Donna.


733 posted on 09/12/2006 7:11:52 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

You are most welcome.


734 posted on 09/12/2006 7:16:01 AM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo (DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS.)
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To: Cindy

Most people continue to believe the Paki tribal region, but Iran would be a great habitat for him now.


735 posted on 09/12/2006 7:17:39 AM PDT by Donna Lee Nardo (DEATH TO ISLAMIC TERRORISTS AND ANIMAL AND CHILD ABUSERS.)
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To: Donna Lee Nardo

Yep, that's one option.


736 posted on 09/12/2006 7:27:51 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: JohnathanRGalt; backhoe; All

PROPAGANDA On The Net...

http://www.gimf-nachrichten.blogspot.com/


737 posted on 09/12/2006 7:31:12 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Donna Lee Nardo

Smiling...

Thank you so much Donna.


738 posted on 09/12/2006 7:32:12 AM PDT by Cindy
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bookmark


739 posted on 09/12/2006 7:40:09 AM PDT by Godzilla (There are 3 kinds of people: those who can count & those who can't.)
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To: Donna Lee Nardo; nw_arizona_granny

Thanks, Donna.
I posted those yesterday from IH, but they turned into little red x's.

Granny, see the photos in #732 post by Donna.


740 posted on 09/12/2006 7:42:57 AM PDT by Velveeta (God bless America. Never forget.)
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