Threat Matrix: December 2006

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Fighting Jihad in Cyberspace
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The setting is familiar to anyone who watches the evening news. A large, executive-style desk, a laptop perched on top, a logo in the background and a screen showing shifting images to reinforce the newsreader's message. The only difference is the presenter, who is swathed in an Arab headdress and masked to hide his identity, and the subject of the broadcast, a call for an Islamic state for Iraq and a vow to use Iraq as a launching pad to crush the "Zionists" in Israel.

Welcome to the "Voice of the Caliphate", the latest offering from the Global Islamic Media Front, widely regarded as the mouthpiece of al-Qaeda and the worldwide jihadist movement.

Distributed over the internet, the mock news format is just one of many employed by al-Qaeda's highly sophisticated propaganda arm.

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[Cindy]

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


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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=IA31006
December 22, 2006 No.310

"Iran Presides over Coalition of Extremists"
By Nimrod Raphaeli*

[Oorang]

Merry Christmas and a blessed and prosperous 2007 to all.

[Godzilla]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all here at TM.

[TWhiteBear]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the TM team.
And to those overseas and at home who are fighting our battles.

[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=somalia
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=islamiccourts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=ethiopia

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Thanks to F15 Eagle for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758198/posts


"Ethiopia Declares War on Somali Militia"
Comcast News ^ | December 24, 2006 | MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN

Posted on 12/24/2006 6:35:40 PM PST by The_Reader_David

MOGADISHU, Somalia

[Cindy]

It will be a good new year.

Christmas blessings to you Oorang.

[Cindy]

Your tag line is CHRISTmas.
Thank you Godzilla.

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http://www.truthusa.com/CHRISTmas.html

[Cindy]

Thank you TWhiteBear.

Our troops and their families are so appreciated here.

Christmas blessings to you TWhiteBear.

[Cindy]

Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1758234/posts


Dallas Homeowner Shoots Intruder (TX)
NBC5 ^ | December 24, 2006 | Staff

Posted on 12/24/2006 10:31:22 PM PST by DaveLoneRanger

A would-be home burglar was hospitalized Sunday morning after being shot by a homeowner, Dallas police said.

The shooting happened at about 12 p.m. Saturday in the 9800 block of La Brett Drive.

Police arrested the burglar when they arrived.

His condition is unknown at this time.

[Cindy]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53501

"FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU
Don't stop terror rockets, says Israeli prime minister
New rules of engagement restricts army from taking defensive actions"
Posted: December 25, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Aaron Klein
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday rejected a plan by military leaders here to allow the Israeli Defense Forces to take out Palestinian militants it catches in the process of launching rockets from the Gaza Strip into nearby Jewish cities, WND has learned.

IDF leaders charged Olmert was "damaging" Israeli security.

Following a cease-fire imposed in Gaza Nov. 26, Olmert has restrained the IDF from taking any defensive measures to stop the regular firing of Palestinian Qassam rockets into Israeli communities.

Since the truce went into effect, nearly 50 rockets were fired from Gaza."

[Cindy]

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

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005807.html

24 December 2006
"The websites of the Iranian regime"

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http://www.intelligence.org.il/eng/eng_n/html/iran_int_e.htm


Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
at the Center for Special Studies (C.S.S)
December 18 , 2006

"The Iranian regime operates many Arabic-language Internet sites to spread its radical Islamic ideology to the Arab and Muslim populations around the world. They preach violence and hatred of Israel, the Jewish people, the United States and the West. At the same time Iran strictly censors Western Internet sites."

[Cindy]

http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/26sep06-salafy_forums.html

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?site0=alhesbah.org&site1=mohajroon.com&site2=&site3=&site4=&y=r&z=2&h=400&w=700&range=6m&size=Large&url=alhesbah.org

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http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005806.html

24 December 2006
"INTERESTING"

[Cindy]

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005805.html


24 December 2006
"Just what the world needs now...
...yet another jihadi forum."

[Cindy]

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

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(Note: 2 photos.)

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005801.html


24 December 2006
"HAMAS IN THE SERVICE OF SATAN
It's amazing that Hamas is able to get away with this."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=IRAQ
http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005800.html
http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/24dec06/pali_iraq_call_to_arms/index.html
http://internet-haganah.org/hmedia/24dec06/pali_iraq_call_to_arms/to_arms.pdf
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005801.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hamas

[Cindy]

Note: The following text (minus the graphic) is a quote:

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005799.html


24 December 2006
Then there is the ever-popular subject of Nuclear Energy
I'm sure they are only interested in peaceful uses.


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Posted on 24 December 2006 @ 19:16

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.globalcrisiswatch.com

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747324/posts?page=1083#1083

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1747324/posts?page=1225#1225

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BILL ROGGIO.com - THE FOURTH RAIL - blog:

http://billroggio.com/archives/2006/12/the_battle_of_somali.php
"THE BATTLE OF SOMALIA"
(December 24, 2006), 7:33 a.m.)

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An American intelligence source informs us the Islamic Courts are using the same tactics that Hezbollah successfully employed against Israeli armor during last summer in the Hezbollah-Israel war in Lebanon. A United Nations report released this fall detailed Iranian and Hezbollah involvement with training the ICU and providing weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons. While this report was dismissed by many analysts, the ICU has successfully employed anti-tank weapons against Ethiopian armored columns in the past, and is currently doing so during fighting around Baidoa."

[Myrddin]

Merry Christmas to you as well!

[Cindy]

RECAP:

BILLROGGIO.com - THE FOURTH RAIL - blog: "THE BATTLE OF SOMALIA" (December 24, 2006, 7:33 a.m.)

Regarding Somalia (December 25, 2006)

VOA NEWS.com: "ETHIOPIAN TANKS REPORTED MOVING TO SOMALIA FIGHTING ZONE" by VOA News (December 23, 2006)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "THE SOMALI WAR SPILLS OVER" by Douglas Farah (December 22, 2006)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "SOMALIA: BATTLE FOR BAIDOA BEGINS, ISLAMIC COURTS EMPLOYING FEINT TACTICS" by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (December 22, 2006)

OSAC.gov - Safety and Security Reports - Report - Sub-Saharan Africa - Somalia: "PIRATES PURSUE AMERICAN SHIP" (December 22, 2006)

JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "SOMALI JIHADIST CHIEF: 'ALL SOMALIS SHOULD JOIN THE WAR AGAINST ETHIOPIA'" (December 21, 2006)

BILL ROGGIO.com - THE FOURTH RAIL: "SOMALIA PANEL DISCUSSION" (December 20, 2006)

BILL ROGGIO.com - blog - Tag Word: "SOMALIA"

SHABELLE.net: News

SOMALINET.com: News

GLOBAL CRISIS WATCH.com

TKB.org - Country Overview: "SOMALIA"

FREEREPUBLIC.com - Keyword: "SOMALIA"

TRAVEL.STATE.GOV: "SOMALIA"

[Cindy]

Christmas blessings to you Myrddin.