Threat Matrix: November 2006

[nwctwx]

The Price of Victory
-Full Story-

The "bombshell" revelation from last April's National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), which was leaked to the New York Times in September, was that the war in Iraq had resulted in more terrorism, not less. As reported by United Press International's Claude Salhani, "Did we really need 16 intelligence agencies to tell us that? Ten minutes of watching the newscast of your choice, from Al-Jazeera to Fox News, would be enough to convince most observers." But the key question is why the war has provoked the global Jihad.

One answer has to be the influence in the Arab world of the America-
hating network Al-Jazeera. The AIM DVD on "Terror Television" shows film footage of captured terrorists saying they came to Iraq to kill Americans because of the words and images on Al-Jazeera.

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[Cindy]

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[Cindy]

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

"Missionary Dragged Away at Bus Stop"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
From Gospel for Asia

RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA

[Cindy]

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


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Note; The following text is a quote:

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_2100.html

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Thu Nov 16 2006 04:02:41 GMT-0800.

Mexico (Oaxaca)

November 15 , 2006

This Public Announcement updates the Public Announcement for Mexico alerting U.S. citizens to the mounting violence and disorder in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico to include increased security concerns in light of recent bombings in Mexico City. At this time, U.S. citizens should continue to avoid travel to Oaxaca City due to an increase in violence there and should be alert to the increased security concerns related to protest violence throughout Mexico. This Public Announcement expires on January 18, 2007.

On October 27, 2006, an American citizen was shot and killed in Oaxaca City as a result of the violence and disorder caused by civil unrest in the city during the past several months. Several protest groups have engaged in increasingly violent demonstrations, sometimes resulting in violent reactions from other groups.

The Government of Mexico ordered the mobilization of Federal Preventive Police (PFP) to Oaxaca City to restore order to the area on Saturday, October 28, 2006. There are reports that roads within Oaxaca State, including the main highway and secondary roads linking Oaxaca City to Mexico City, may be closed or barricaded at any time, and flights may be temporarily delayed or cancelled at the Xoxocotalan International Airport. Within the city itself, protesters and the PFP frequently engage in confrontations that may become violent, including random shootings. U.S. citizens should continue to avoid travel to Oaxaca City. Those already in Oaxaca should avoid large groups and active demonstrations, and should remain in their homes or hotels, avoiding the downtown and surrounding areas during active demonstrations or PFP operations.

Recent bombings of commercial institutions and the Election Tribunal in Mexico City reportedly were related to the unrest in Oaxaca City and election protests. In the coming weeks, protesters may use the Anniversary of the Mexican Revolution on November 20 and events surrounding the presidential inauguration on December 1 to initiate additional demonstrations or acts of violence in Oaxaca City, Mexico City, and elsewhere in the country. Even demonstrations intended to be peaceful can turn confrontational and escalate into violence. U.S. citizens should exercise caution, monitor local news reports, and avoid areas where demonstrations are slated to occur.

The State Department reminds U.S. citizens to avoid participating in demonstrations and other activities that might be deemed political by Mexican authorities. The Mexican Constitution prohibits political activities by foreigners, and such actions may result in detention and/or deportation.

For the latest security information, Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department's Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov where the current Worldwide Caution Public Announcement, Travel Warnings and Public Announcements can be found. Up to date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States, or, for callers outside the United States and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). American citizens traveling or residing overseas are encouraged to register with the appropriate U.S. Embassy or Consulate on the State Department's travel registration website at https://travelregistration.state.gov.

For any emergencies involving American citizens, please contact the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Office of Citizens' Consular Services, Reforma Ave 305, Col Cuauhtemoc Mexico, D. F., Mexico CP 06500 Tel: (011)(52)(55) 5080-2000 or e-mail: ccs@usembassy.net.mx. For additional information, please refer to the Embassy website: http://usembassy-mexico.gov.

[Cindy]

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

BLIC ANNOUNCEMENT

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Thu Nov 16 2006 04:04:35 GMT-0800.

Worldwide Caution
October 11, 2006

[Cindy]

UPDATE...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739500/posts

"Boy detained for Briton's murder"
BBC News ^ | 161106 | BBC News

Posted on 11/16/2006 3:59:42 AM PST by AngloSaxonChristian

[Godzilla]

placemark

[freeperfromnj]

AIRPORT ARREST TURNS UP NUCLEAR INFO

Nov 16 9:36 AM US/Eastern

A man was arrested at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after officials say they found him carrying more than $78,000 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide.

Sisayehiticha Dinssa, an unemployed U.S. citizen, was arrested Tuesday after a dog caught the scent of narcotics on cash he was carrying, according to an affidavit filed in court.

When agents asked him if he had any cash to declare, he said he had $18,000, authorities said. But when agents checked his luggage, they found an additional $59,000. When they scrolled through his laptop, they said they found the mysterious files.

At a court hearing Wednesday, Dinssa was ordered held in custody until at least until Monday at the request of prosecutors.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Leonid Feller argued Dinssa was a potential risk to the community and federal agents want to get a warrant to search his computer more thoroughly, The Detroit News reported Thursday. U.S. Magistrate Donald Scheer approved Feller's request to detain him.

Dinssa, who is from Dallas, arrived in Detroit from Nigeria by way of Amsterdam and was headed for Phoenix, Feller said. He is charged with concealing more than $10,000 in his luggage, which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, the Detroit Free Press reported.

A message seeking comment was left Thursday with his lawyer, Leroy Soles.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/16/D8LE7F981.html

[Cindy]

Yes, this is an interesting incident freeperfromnj.
Updates appreciated.

[Cindy]

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

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Thanks to Jay777 for the ping to this thread:

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

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739771/posts

"Democrats Out To Fulfill ACLU Agenda"
Stop The ACLU ^ | 16-Nov-06 | John Stephenson

Posted on 11/16/2006 10:33:25 AM PST by Jay777

[toomanygrasshoppers]

It looks like he goes by the name of Sisaye H. Dinssa according to these records:

http://www.puc.state.tx.us/bulkcopy/pp.txt

It appears he has a business in his own name and has been in the Dallas area since 1997 or so.

[Cindy]

According to Velveeta's article, he was a "Dallas man."

QUOTE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730468/posts?page=785#785


Man arrested at airport with information on nuclear materials

DETROIT - A 34-year-old Dallas man was arrested at Detroit Metro Airport on Tuesday, carrying $78,883 in cash and a laptop computer containing mysterious files about cyanide and nuclear materials.

Authorities said Sisayehiticha Dinssa, a U.S. citizen who was born in Ethiopia, was arrested after getting off an airline flight from Amsterdam. They said he had spent four months in Nigeria on unspecified business.

When agents asked him whether he had any cash to declare, he said he had $18,000, authorities said. But when agents checked his luggage, they found an additional $59,000. When they scrolled through his laptop, they said they found the mysterious files. Dinssa told agents he was interested in learning about cyanide and nuclear materials.

(snip)
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/16021320.htm


785 posted on 11/15/2006 9:58:12 PM PST by Velveeta

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2006/11/outrage_hezboll.html

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014073.php

November 16, 2006

"Jihad-friendly GOP House Committee leader?"

SNIPPET: "In "Terror-Friendly GOP Leader?" in the New York Post, Debbie Schlussel shows that it is not only the Democrats who are anxious to kowtow. Both parties seem utterly clueless about what we are up against, and how to deal with it. If there was ever a time for a new alternative, it is now."

[freeperfromnj]

Sorry for the repost. I just came across it today. Didn't realize it was already posted. Thanks.

[Cindy]

Don't be sorry.
Yous article was a bit different than the other one.

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=2144

Iraqi Soldiers Begin Sweep in Northern Iraq

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2006 – Iraqi soldiers swept a northern area in Iraq yesterday with the help of U.S. and coalition forces, military officials reported.
Meanwhile, Iraqi police and coalition forces captured cell members in separate raids in Baghdad, and terrorists trying to set a roadside bomb blew themselves up western Mosul.

More than 1,000 Iraqi soldiers with the 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, and coalition forces began conducting cordon-and-search operations in the Zytoon and Rashad valleys yesterday to clear several villages of possible insurgents and unauthorized weapons near Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk.

Insurgent forces were reported to be operating in the area, including a recent attack on a combined Iraqi and coalition patrol. The 2nd Iraqi Army Division brigade plans to maintain a formal presence in the area to deny sanctuary to enemy fighters and protect the civilians in southern parts of the Kirkuk province, officials said.

In Ramadi, forces from the 7th Iraqi Army Division, with coalition advisors, conducted a raid Nov. 14 to capture members of a kidnapping and murder cell responsible for abducting, torturing and murdering Iraqi civilian and Iraqi security forces. The cell members also are responsible for placing roadside bombs, officials said. Eight suspects were detained during the raid.

Coalition frces captured six insurgents and detained another suspect in a separate raid in the Al Doura area of Baghdad on Nov 13. The insurgent cell is responsible for deadly attacks against Iraqi civilians and Iraqi security forces in the area and is linked to Al Qaeda in Iraq and other insurgent groups, officials said.

Also on Nov. 13, three terrorists were killed and one was seriously wounded when they tried to plant a roadside bomb in the Baghdad Garage neighborhood on Train Station Road in western Mosul. Two innocent bystanders, injured in the blast, were transported to Al Jamouri Hospital.

(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)

[Cindy]

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=IRAN
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=HEZBOLLAH
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=HIZBALLAH
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=HIZBULLAH

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/img/amia.gif

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

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/argentina_amia_e.htm

"Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center"
at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S)
November 14 , 2006


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Argentina accuses Iran of responsibility for the Hezbollah terrorist attack which destroyed Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, 1994. The Argentinean Attorney General’s office announced it had found Iran responsible for the terrorist attack and an Argentinean judge issued arrest warrants for seven senior Iranians and one senior Hezbollah member"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "3.
On November 9, 2006 , Judge Corral adopted the Attorney General's recommendations and issued international arrest warrants for seven Iranians and one senior Hezbollah operative. The warrants were for the upper echelons of the former Iranian government, including the former president, Iranian diplomats posted to Buenos Aires and for Hassan Nasrallah's military deputy. The following are the names and positions the aforementioned individuals held in 1994, according to the Argentinean Attorney General's report:


i. Ali Akbar Rafsanjani , Iranian president. 1

ii. Ali Fallahijan , Minister of Intelligence and Security.

iii. Ali Akbar Velayati , Foreign Minister.

iv. Mohsen Rezai , commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

v. Ahmad Vahidi , commander of the Qods Force. 2

vi. Mohsen Rabbani , in 1994 Iranian cultural attaché in Buenos Aires.

vii. Ahmad Reza Asghari , (also known as Mohsen Randjbaran ), third secretary of the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires .

vii. Imad Moughnieh , head of Hezbollah's External Security Service in 1994, a position he holds to this day, as well as serving as Hassan Nasrallah's military deputy."

[Cindy]

RECAP...

TKB.org: "HAMAS" (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (TIME MAGAZINE): "NEW CALLS FROM HAMAS TO TARGET USA" (October 14, 2006) (Read More...)

JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST: "HAMAS MAY SEND OPERATIVES TO IRAN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Hamas representatives were in Teheran on Thursday discussing the possibility of training its operatives in Iran, Channel 2 reported. Following PA elections earlier this year, Hamas reportedly asked Iran for guidance, instructions and financial assistance as it prepared to take over the Palestinian government.") (Updated October 13, 2006 2:10) (Read More...)

TKB.org: "HEZBOLLAH" (Read More...)

JAMESTOWN.org - Terrorism Monitor: "IRAN'S TERRORIST ASSET: A HISTORY OF IMAD MUGNIYAH" by Carl Anthony Wege (September 8, 2006) (Read More...)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (WEEKLY STANDARD): "MIND OF MUGNIYEH" by Dan Darling (July 25, 2006 (Read More...)

FBI.gov - MOST WANTED TERRORISTS - WANTED POSTER: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH" aka "Hajj" (VIEW POSTER; Read More.)

"www.waronline.org/terror/bin%20laden/mugniyah-2.jpg" (VIEW PHOTO. Click Here.)

WorldNetDaily.com: Washington - "VENEZUELAN IDs HELP TERRORISTS ENTER U.S. Chavez provides support to Middle Easterners headed north, charges congressional report" (October 26, 2006) (Read More...)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "UN SACRIFICIO POR LA CAUSA DE ALLAH" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Since we first reported on Hizballah's Latin American offspring, it appeared to be a strictly Venezuelan phenomenon. Since then, however, new shoots have sprung up in El Salvador and in Chiapas in southern Mexico. To say that these folks are not "real Hizballah" is true to a point. We are used to thinking of Hizballah as a strictly-controlled entity of Lebanese origin operating at the behest of the Iranian regime. It is possible that no one is more surprised than Hizballah Lebanon to learn that they have given rise to Latin American affiliates, but they have. If there is one thing Iran and Hizballah could use right now, it's operatives who are not Iranian, not Lebanese, not obviously Arab or Persian - people who are more likely to be able to travel below the radar. Guys like this (sans the bomb - we're sure the Revolutionary Guards can hook the brother up with something more effective when he gets to his final destination): There is no reason to think anything good will come from all this.") (October 25, 2006) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

ADDING to post no. 816:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1730468/posts?page=816#816

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

ADDING to post no. 817:

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005768.html

06 November 2006
"More about Hizballah in Venezuela"

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739901/posts


PA minister: Iran gave Hamas-led cabinet US$120 million
al Bawaba ^ | November 16 2006

Posted on 11/16/2006 2:09:59 PM PST by knighthawk

Iran has donated $120 million to the Palestinian Hamas-led government and has said it is ready to give more, Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al-Zahar said on Thursday.

Iran said in April it would give $50 million to help make up a shortfall left when the West cut off aid to the government led by Hamas.

"Iran has so far given $120 million to the Palestinain government and they have told us that they will provide more financial help," Zahar told reporters in Tehran after talks, according to Reuters.

Meanwhile, the Arab foreign ministers' decision a few days ago to break the siege imposed on the Palestinian people was not apparently activated yet, as two Palestinian MPs had to bring with them cash in their bags into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

Acting PLC speaker Dr. Ahmed Bahar and MP Mushir Al-Masri, both affiliated with the Hamas parliamentary bloc, returned to Gaza on Wednesday carrying with them US$4 million in cash.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...


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


http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=10989694&PageNum=0

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1739904/posts

"Russia, Pakistan Agree To Promote Ties"
AP ^ | November 16, 2006

Posted on 11/16/2006 2:16:51 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe