Threat Matrix: October 2006

Karzai Says bin Laden Not in Afghanistan
-Full Story-

President Hamid Karzai has insisted that Osama bin Laden is not in his country, in the latest installment in a row with the leader of Pakistan who says the Al-Qaeda chief is in Afghanistan.

Other militant leaders including Islamist warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar were also not in the country, Karzai told reporters in a briefing about his visit to the United States that was overshadowed by the spat.

'I can assure you they are not in Afghanistan,' Karzai said yesterday after being asked for his reaction to comments by Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf who said Thursday that bin Laden is here.

	Musharraf: Bin Laden Is Alive and Hiding in Afghanistan
	Pakistan’s Intelligence Agency Comes under Fire
	Musharraf Warns West
	Behind the NIE

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1,641 posted on 10/25/2006 10:40:03 PM PDT by Cindy

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COURT UPDATE...

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005760.html

25 October 2006
"al-Qaida's man in Clackmannanshire has his day in court, sort of..."

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Paul McBride QC, defending, said: "Mr Siddique is not in court today. He is in custody and there is a religious ceremony he wished to observe."

He added a vast quantity of information received after the seizure of computers may need to be translated from Arabic into English.

The case was continued until next month."

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Previous entries:

http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/000312.html
April 18, 2006
"The 'young man with a beard' excuse"

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http://osint.internet-haganah.com/archives/000321.html
April 25, 2006
"Three more held under the Men With Beards Act of 2000"

1,642 posted on 10/25/2006 10:50:59 PM PDT by Cindy

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1,643 posted on 10/25/2006 10:56:43 PM PDT by Cindy

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ON THE NET...

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

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

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

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

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005758.html

25 October 2006
German Officials Step Up Monitoring of Islamist Internet Hate Sites
Report by Juergen Dahlkamp, Guido Kleinhubbert, Gunther Latsch, Andreas Ulrich and Markus Verbeet: "Virtual Jihad"
Der Spiegel (Internet Version-WWW)
Sunday, October 15, 2006 T19:43:43Z
Journal Code: 917 Language: ENGLISH Record Type: FULLTEXT
Document Type: OSC Translated Text:

Following the arrest warrant against an alleged supporter of Al-Qa'ida, policymakers are stepping up the fight against Islamism on the Internet. The number of hate sites there is rising rapidly.

The holy war in Germany has also been waged from a two-story functional building on Breslauer Weg in Georgsmarienhuette. During the day the Iraqi Ibrahim R., 36, mowed already new grass in front of the house with the sad plaster facade; in the evening, according to the Federal Prosecutor's Office, he sowed hatred throughout the world by computer.

Investigators believe that from his apartment Ibrahim R. supplied Islamists with the messages of Usama Bin Ladin and his confidants. He reportedly supplemented them with bloody pictures from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Chechnya. He was something like a market merchant hawking terror, until he was arrested at six in the morning last Tuesday (10 October) by the state security officials of the Lower Saxony state Office of Criminal Investigation. This means that for the first time a suspect has been arrested in Germany for allegedly disseminating propaganda by Internet for a foreign terrorist association.

The German Government is alarmed: this is why in the next three years Federal Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble can spend an additional 132 million euros to more closely monitor Islamist activities on the Internet. And, like several of his state colleagues, work on laws that just a few years ago would have been seen by many as building blocks for a Big Brother state: secret service agents and police officers would be able to secretly monitor Islamists on the Net and follow their data tracks to their home hard drives. And in some places anyone who merely downloads propaganda films would be subject to punishment.

This is because the Al-Qa'ida presence on the Internet is now so dangerous, some politicians believe, that it is time for strong resistance. Indeed, the number of sites with a terrorist background is rising rapidly: on some, Bin Ladin associates openly recruit for their cause, fanatic Al-Qa'ida supporters exchange information in chat rooms, and someone who then wants to act can find on special sites directions for building bombs, tips for attack tactics, or philosophical outpourings on martyrdom.

Ibrahim R. was only a small wheel in this powerful PR machinery: the Iraqi was always "fuming mad", says Hueseyin Demir, his landlord. Mad at America and Germany, which could give him no work. He was a fan of Al-Qa'ida and cheered the attacks of Madrid and London. A neighbor describes him as "willing to help but wacky": "All he could talk about was armed struggle."

The authorities had already had the Iraqi, who came to Germany as an asylum-seeker in May 1996 and shortly thereafter obtained so-called minor asylum, in their sights for many years already. In Regensburg, where he sometimes lived, he reportedly had contact with alleged terror groups, including a collector of donations for Islamists who has since been deported. When R. moved to Lower Saxony in 2002 ("obviously to escape our observation," as Bavaria's CSU (Christian Social Union) Interior Minister Guenther Beckstein says with a touch of pride), the authorities there got the tip to observe the man.

In 2005, R.'s apartment was searched in connection with a trial against a fellow countryman, but the officials found nothing that would have sufficed for an indictment. In March 2005 Ibrahim R. received the right to settle and shortly thereafter even a residence permit, including a work permit, while already being under police surveillance as a suspected Islamist. The officials were able to occasionally eavesdrop on him for a criminal offense without a specific initial suspicion: CDU Interior Minister Uwe Schuenemann had this instrument inserted in the Lower Saxony police law in January 2005.

Ibrahim R.'s case was a sort of trial balloon for Schuenemann's license to eavesdrop. The investigators received the authorization from the Hanover lower district court in April 2005. They listened in on R. until 27 July. On that day the Federal Constitutional Court overturned the Lower Saxony law and put an end to preventive surveillance by the police.

Now the colleagues from the Office for the Protection of the Constitution got on the line. And they heard enough to prove the suspicion of serious criminal acts demanded by the Supreme Court and to be able to again bring in the police.

Ibrahim R., for example, reportedly found calls to terror by Al-Qa'ida leaders Usama Bin Ladin and Ayman al-Zawahiri on the Net, commented on them, and delivered them to the hard drives of other fans. He reportedly acted as a self-appointed propaganda worker: this time, his escalations of the calls to battle against the West were enough for the arrest warrant.

What is new now is the eagerness with which criminal prosecutors, starting with Chief Federal Prosecutor Monika Harms, now go hunting for such Islamists. Just a year ago, a case like this would have been handled in a very relaxed manner: From a server in Erfurt, the Turkish-language site mucadele.com supplied the world with video messages of the icons of terror; the Web page belonging to the Iraqi terror organization Ansar-e Islam even offered a training video on building explosive traps.

The Erfurt ISP ultimately took the site off the Net, but its operator got off lightly: The Erfurt public prosecutor's office halted the investigation. The chief federal prosecutor at that time, Kay Nehm, at first did not even make a comment. But now, the arrest of an alleged agitator played into the hands of Federal Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble: In August already, the CDU official had demanded tightened supervision of the Internet. After all, the two suitcase bombers who in July placed homemade incendiary mixtures in North Rhine-Westphalia regional trains had found the construction plan on the World Wide Web.

In addition, during his visit to the United States at the end of September Schaeuble agreed with Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff to create a joint working group to better monitor the data network. The minister also wants to promote closer cooperation in Internet supervision in the group of G8 states, which Germany will chair next year.

But back home, Federal Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck, SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany), initially was unwilling to fork over any additional millions. Following the arrest warrant against Ibrahim R., the dispute was over. With the 132 million euros from Steinbrueck, Schaeuble can now equip himself for the cyber-war with computers and some 50 new positions.

Domestic security officials and police officers at the federal and state levels have already done investigations on the Internet, but it is hard to keep up with this task because of the enormous increase in such sites in the growing Net: Whereas the secret service agents filtered out only individual terrorist sites some 10 years ago, today there are almost 5,000.

The "war of cultures" is being waged by Islamists following the rules of modern marketing. In their propaganda Muslims are victims of the highly equipped West. Pictures of killed Muslims are repeatedly shown, often women and children. American soldiers are usually branded as the perpetrators. These are followed by confessions of suicide attackers, accompanied by heroic songs: the usual family program of jihad. For the hardened there are pictures of soldiers being beheaded and burned, for example on links of the "Global Islamic Media Front."

Benno Koepfer knows these pictures. Prior to the attacks of 11 September 2001, the academic Islam expert participated in archaeological excavations. Today, the 41-year-old searches for finds in the wide world of the Internet at the state Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Stuttgart. "Much of it is easy to find because it is propaganda and intended to be found," says Koepfer. The documents are also published with growing frequency in German, for example for converts who do not speak Arabic. "The quality and brutality of the films has also increased greatly," Koepfer reports. But regardless of how dangerous such sites may be, it makes little sense to close them. "They reappear a few hours later on another server," Koepfer says.

This is why security policymakers now want new laws nationwide that greatly weaken the secrecy of telecommunications and privacy. For example, Lower Saxony's Schuenemann plans a new attempt for preventive phone surveillance. There should be a draft as early as November, just in time for the Interior Ministers Conference in Nuremberg, to also be used as a blueprint for the colleagues. If it were up to him, the downloading of terror videos would already be subject to punishment.

The new police law in Schleswig-Holstein just adopted also enables preventive phone surveillance: Right after the ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court, Kiel ministers worked on a version that should hold up in Karlsruhe.

The officials in Duesseldorf go the farthest: at the end of August Interior Minister Ingo Wolf (FDP (Free Democratic Party) submitted an amendment to the North Rhine-Westphalia Law on the Protection of the Constitution; experts are to be heard on it in the state parliament on Thursday (19 October). In the future, "secret observation and other investigation of the Internet, in particular such as concealed participation in its communication facilities and the search for them, as well as secret access to information technology systems, including with the use of technical means," will be permitted.

Put simply: domestic security agents would be able to not only observe relevant Internet sites and trace back their authors, but also to access the data and hard drives of the users. In addition, Wolf wants to create a secure legal foundation for the investigators so that they can become active on the Internet as concealed Islamists, which in the past they have not been allowed.

The domestic policy spokesperson of the SPD Bundestag parliamentary group, Dieter Wiefelspuetz, also argues for something of the sort: "The authorities must have at least the same investigative powers on the Internet as in the real world."

(Description of Source: Hamburg Der Spiegel (Internet Version-WWW) in German -- major independent news weekly; leans left of center)

Posted on 25 October 2006 @ 22:43

1,644 posted on 10/25/2006 11:09:33 PM PDT by Cindy

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1,645 posted on 10/25/2006 11:21:31 PM PDT by Cindy

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Note: The following text is a quote:
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=1833

Iraqi Army Captures Death Squad Commander, Kidnapping Suspects

American Forces Press Service

BAGHDAD, Oct. 25, 2006 – Special Iraqi army forces, aided by coalition advisors, captured a death squad leader and three people believed to have been involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. soldier in separate raids in the Iraqi capital’s Sadr City neighborhood, military officials reported.

Officials said Iraqi and coalition forces had credible intelligence on the location of an insurgent leader personally involved in and directing widespread death squad activity for numerous murder cells in eastern Baghdad. The ground assault force also planned to act on credible intelligence indicating that criminals involved in the kidnapping of a U.S. soldier were located in a Sadr City mosque.

Iraqi forces quickly secured the insurgent’s home in Sadr City and detained 10 suspected death squad members. The assault force suppressed enemy small-arms fire, and a supporting coalition aircraft neutralized enemy rocket-propelled grenade fire. Ten enemy fighters were killed and two were wounded, officials said.

The ground assault force left the site of the first raid and moved through Sadr City to the mosque where the kidnapping suspects were believed to be located. Iraqi forces secured the mosque, entered it, and detained three suspects for further questioning.

No Iraqi or coalition forces were reported injured. Hostile conditions prevented an assessment of civilian casualties, officials said.

(From a Multinational Corps Iraq news release.)

1,646 posted on 10/25/2006 11:26:52 PM PDT by Cindy

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52623

"Why Johnny is reading
Islamist propoganda
Critics charge Muslim radicals
determining textbook content"
Posted: October 26, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Bob Unruh
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Islam is being taught in the nation's public schools as a religion to be embraced because "organized Islamists have gained control of textbook content," according to an organization that analyzes textbooks.

The American Textbook Council has concluded that the situation is the consequence of "the interplay of determined Islamic political activists, textbook editors, and multiculturally minded social studies curriculum planners."

It has gone so far that correcting the situation now becomes a problem, because "educational publishers and educational organizations have bought into claims propounded by Islamists – and have themselves become agents of misinformation."

That comes from Gilbert T. Sewall, who not only wrote the organization's report on Islam and textbooks, but also generated a response to the flood of criticism he encountered."

1,647 posted on 10/25/2006 11:41:25 PM PDT by Cindy

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726086/posts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6081850.stm

Last Updated: Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 19:57 GMT 20:57 UK

"Terrorism 'biggest threat to EU'"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Terrorism is the "biggest threat to all European nations," Home Secretary John Reid has said as he discusses ways to boost security with five EU ministers.

The members of the G6, meeting in the UK, were addressed by the head of Britain's security service MI5.

Mr Reid said the threat came "particularly from those who would through a perverted use of Islam constitute a terrorist threat"."

1,648 posted on 10/25/2006 11:54:35 PM PDT by Cindy

Personal Comment: I listen to music while I cybersurf. I was listening to a beautiful song on my computer regarding the love God has for us. At the same time I was watching this video:

http://64.27.65.50/themedialine/061017mufti.wmv

So, I opened another screen to read this article:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3316183,00.html

and then I went back to this entry by Internet-Haganah:

QUOTE:

http://off-topic.internet-haganah.com/archives/000595.html

October 26, 2006

MAN OF PEACE

Religion of Peace

New Jerusalem Mufti Endorses Suicide Bombers:

Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, the newly appointed Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, during an interview endorsed the phenomenon of suicide bombers as part of the Palestinian people's legitimate resistance.

Posted on 26 October 2006 @ 03:21 GMT

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I'm listening to now to "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High."
Yes, He is the real Man of Peace.

As for the Mufti....he's got a problem.

1,649 posted on 10/26/2006 12:19:28 AM PDT by Cindy

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1,650 posted on 10/26/2006 1:05:26 AM PDT by Cindy

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1,651 posted on 10/26/2006 3:18:21 AM PDT by Cindy

ON THE NET...

PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org

1,652 posted on 10/26/2006 3:29:55 AM PDT by Cindy

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, Thu Oct 26 2006 03:30:35 GMT-0700.

Worldwide Caution
October 11, 2006

1,653 posted on 10/26/2006 3:30:59 AM PDT by Cindy

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

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1726125/posts?page=7#7

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"Tories brand BBC's Taliban interview 'obscene propaganda'"
The Daily Mail ^ | 26th October 2006

Posted on 10/26/2006 3:48:05 AM PDT by Mrs Ivan

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The BBC has come under fire from the Conservative Party after broadcasting an interview with a spokesman for the Taliban.

His face hidden by a veil, Dr Mahammed Anif told BBC2's Newsnight that the Taliban would throw foreign armies out of Afghanistan. He also dismissed British and American claims to be rebuilding the country as an "excuse" to invade.

Other members of a Taliban group in Helmand province were also filmed, vowing to fight to the death against British troops who are seeking to bring security to the area.

Shadow defence secretary Liam Fox denounced the interviews as "obscene" and accused the BBC of broadcasting propaganda on behalf of Britain's enemies."

1,654 posted on 10/26/2006 4:15:15 AM PDT by Cindy

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Salvador Massacre Figure Found in U.S. (CA - 10/26/06)

By PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A former army officer from El Salvador who was convicted of taking part in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests and two other people during that country's civil war was arrested in the United States and faces deportation, authorities said Wednesday.

Federal agents, acting on a tip, arrested Gonzalo Guevara Cerritos, 43, on Oct. 18 at a motel near the University of California, Los Angeles. He illegally entered the country in January 2005, according to a statement from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

He was being held at a detention facility pending a deportation hearing next month, said Lori Haley, a spokeswoman for the agency. She did not know where Guevara Cerritos had been or what he was doing in the United States.....

Link to Article

Janitor’s Secret Past: a Death Squad

A former Salvadoran army officer convicted of killing priests is arrested in L.A. as a human rights violator. Gonzalo Guevara Cerritos was a decorated, American-trained officer in the Salvadoran army.

But for the last year, the 43-year-old toiled as a janitor at a West Los Angeles-area motel, a man with a secret who was always looking over his shoulder, his girlfriend said...

Link to Article

MASSACRE OF THE JESUITS

Link to Info.

1,655 posted on 10/26/2006 5:02:24 AM PDT by all4one (9/11 Never Forget - Never Forgive -- Prayers for the families & our soldiers)

Be careful of the spyware on that last link.

Thanks for this post, all4one.

1,656 posted on 10/26/2006 6:05:07 AM PDT by jer33 3

Thanks jer...it is a translated post...but for those who are concerned...please do not click on that last link.

1,657 posted on 10/26/2006 6:21:26 AM PDT by all4one (9/11 Never Forget - Never Forgive -- Prayers for the families & our soldiers)

Thanks for the ping, Cindy. The links/summary was excellent. This trial is going to be interesting to follow.

1,658 posted on 10/26/2006 6:41:21 AM PDT by flutters (God Bless The USA)

>>I'm listening to now to "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High."

A personal favorite of mine as well.
Humming as I type.

1,659 posted on 10/26/2006 7:05:49 AM PDT by Velveeta

Unreal.
I hope there's a separate FR thread for that one.

1,660 posted on 10/26/2006 7:07:40 AM PDT by Velveeta

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