Threat Matrix: January 2007

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Fighting Jihad: Strategic Thinking Needed
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The United States of America has some of the smartest leaders in government, military, and business in the world. Yet the American government has failed to collectively use this formidable brain-power 5+ years after the attack by Jihadists on the American homeland to develop a truly strategic plan to fight the global threat of Jihad and Islamist extremism. In one of the most complex wars in American history, rather than starting with holistic, big-picture thinking towards the challenges and prioritizing resources and actions accordingly, America has spent much of the past five years after 9/11 in reactive and bureaucratic churning.

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[Oorang]

You're welcome. I hope you are doing well WCG.

[WestCoastGal]

Thanks I am doing ok.

We had an ice storm for a few days here which just about crippled this small town. Made me reconsider whether I have enough emergency supplies on hand. My boss and her husband went to the market during this situation and found the shelves empty.

Everyone should take heed..........in the event of an emergency there probably will be no one to help. We will be on our own.

Time to recheck supplies.

I have to wonder why the airlines are still on red alert. It really gives me no comfort knowing the mucky muck PTB are afraid to lower both that and the overall yellow alert.

[Cindy]

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

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22RDX%22&btnG=Search+News

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=%22+Seelampur+Metro+station%22&btnG=Search+News

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THANKS Oorang for pointing to this article.

QUOTE:


Militant held, explosives seized in Delhi
January 25, 2007

NEW DELHI: A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was arrested with 2.5 kg of RDX by the Special Cell of the Delhi police from near the Seelampur Metro station on Thursday. The militant was to hand over the explosives to an LeT module that was to carry out blasts here on Republic Day. A hunt has been launched for the other militants.

Excerpted

http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/26/stories/2007012605081500.htm

[Oorang]

Iran: Nuclear Scientist Dies Under Mysterious Circumstances

Tehran, 25 Jan. 2007 - One of Iran's top nuclear scientists, Ardeshir Hassanpour, a professor at the university of Shiraz, has died under mysterious circumstances. Hassanpour's death was announced by Iranian state television, a week late, on Thursday. No reason was given for his death. The scientist was proclaimed the best scientist in the military field in the Islamic Republic in 2003. Hassanpour directed the centre for nuclear electromagnetic studies he had founded in 2005.

He had also co-founded the center for atomic research in Isfahan, the most important in the country, Iranian state television reported. Last year, Ardeshir Hassanpour was awarded Iran's most prestigious scientific award, the Kharazmi prize.

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.380293765&par=0

Iran: 130 People Arrested In Baluchistan

Tehran, 25 Jan. 2007 - Iranian state television announced on Thursday that 130 people were arrested in the Baluchistan region, on the border with Pakistan and Afghanistan. Government sources said those arrested were all drug dealers and smugglers but a spokesperson for the Baluchistan United Front, which wants to establish a federal democratic republic in Iran, claimed that at least 70 of those arrested were separatist activists.

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.380278413&par=0

Iran Nuclear: Symphony To Mark 'Atomic Festival'

Tehran, 25 Jan. 2007 - Tehran's symphonic orchestra will perform for the first time on 11 February the 'nuclear symphony' commissioned by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to celebrate Iran's nuclear programme. The concert will mark celebrations for the anniversary of the Iranian revolution in 1979. The event - hailed by Ahmadinejad as the 'nuclear celebrations' - will be held at the Azadi square, the largest in Tehran, and will be attended by Iran's top authorities as well as foreign guests whose identity had yet to be revealed.

Excerpted

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.380236179&par=0

[Oorang]

I agree, in a major emergency stove shelves would be empty in no time flat. If someone is a distance from the store (30 minute drive) than that is even more time for the "locals" to empty the shelves. Nothing better than a well stocked pantry.

[Oorang]

Quite welcome Cindy.

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Islamist Sites Post Zawahiri Video

Dubai, 25 Jan. 2007 - A video message by al-Qaeda No.2 Ayman al-Zawahiri appeared on Islamist sites on Thursday, almost 24 hours after the footage had been posted on the webpages of several US intelligence service-linked research institutions. Observers have noted how this marks the first time that video footage purportedly produced by al-Qaeda has receivied its initial public airing through channels other than the Islamist sites and the Dubai-based statellite television network, al-Jazeera.

The appearance of al-Zawhari's latest video message on the sites of the US anti-terrorism think tank signals a breakthrough by Washington's intelligence agencies, most participants to on-line chat forums on several Islamist sites surveyed by Adnkronos International (AKI) believe.

In particular the Islamist site forum members suspect that American intelligence has infiltrated the channels used by al-Qaeda to deliver the video material to al-Jazeera which has been Osama bin-Laden's terror network's preferred media outlet.

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=

[Cindy]

"In particular the Islamist site forum members suspect that American intelligence has infiltrated the channels used by al-Qaeda..."

Yep, those secret decoder rings work wonderfully.

LOL.

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Off Topic...

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

[Velveeta]

Wondering if the nuclear scientist was tipping off the West and got caught?

[Velveeta]

I'm quite certain it's not the "first" time.

[Velveeta]

Suspicious Package Found in UAB Area

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC--TV--MyFoxAl.com)-- Birmingham police, fire department and bomb squad continue to block off streets in the area of UAB.
An unknown package allegedly containing an alarm clock and wires was left in a particular building.

A bomb squad has since sent in a robot to detonate the suspicious package or bomb.

FOX6 News will more updates at 9:00 p.m.

http://www.myfoxal.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2176045&version=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

[Velveeta]

Personnel required to report suspicious activity
http://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/articles/2007/01/25/features/features2.txt


Palo Alto Police Investigate Suspicious Packages
PALO ALTO -- A Santa Clara County bomb squad determined two suspicious packages that closed part of the Palo Alto transit center Thursday were gift-wrapped bricks, Palo Alto police Sgt. Sandra Brown said.
http://www.foxreno.com/news/10844052/detail.html


Merced County's First Homicide of the Year

Family members stood outside their market in shock, as sheriff's detectives investigated the murder of the store's clerk. (snip)

Abdul Hussein says his cousin, Fahd, opened the store around five this morning. He says, "I can't believe it to see a person like this going away." Hussein says the store was broken into just a couple of days ago, and believes the incidents maybe related.

The family says Fahd just returned to the United States after serving in the army. (snip)
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=local&id=4972473

[Cindy]

Re the scientist - article snippet: "Last year, Ardeshir Hassanpour was awarded Iran's most prestigious scientific award, the Kharazmi prize."

I wonder what the scientist was working on before he died.

[Velveeta]

What is Germany's Intelligence Service Doing in Iraq?
http://www.worldpoliticswatch.com/article.aspx?id=498

[Velveeta]

Troops Authorized to Kill Iranian Operatives in Iraq
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/25/AR2007012502199.htm

[Oorang]

SHC seeks govt position on Al Qaeda detainee
January 26, 2007 Friday Muharram 06, 1428

KARACHI, Jan 25: A Sindh High Court division bench on Thursday sought official comments on the reported handing over of Al Qaeda leader Khalid Mohammad Shaikh and three of his relatives to the United States.

Petitioner Mariam alleged that her brother, Khalid Mohammad Shaikh, son Abdul Karim and sons-in-law Abdul Qadir and Ramzi bin Shibh were taken into custody and handed over to the US authorities.

The Inspector-General of Sindh Police submitted his report saying that the detainees were neither arrested nor detained nor transferred abroad by the provincial police.

The petitioner’s counsel, Ghulam Qadir Jatoi, produced a newspaper clipping quoting US President George Bush as claiming that Khalid, mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, was among the 14 Al Qaeda terrorists transferred to the US custody.

The bench, comprising Justices Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Sain Ali Dino Metlo, asked Additional Advocate-General Dr Qazi Khalid Ali and federal government standing counsel Sofia Shah to explain the official position with regard to the detainees, and adjourned further hearing to a date in office.

http://www.dawn.com/2007/01/26/top16.htm

[Oorang]

Thanks for finding the Birmingham info Velveeta. Here is another article:

Bomb Scare In Downtown Birmingham
Thursday, Jan 25, 2007 - 04:56 PM

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A suspicious package was reported near the UAB campus at approximately 4:45 p.m. Thursday evening. Within minutes, members of the FBI, ATF, Birmingham and UAB police, firefighters and paramedics were on the scene. Police cordoned off four city blocks, from 14th St. South at 10th and 11th Avenues South, and kept UAB students out of the area for several hours.

A member of the bomb squad in protective gear walked into a building on the corner of 13th Street and 11th Avenue South to test for possible chemical or biological elements. After determining that the package was not a Haz-Mat issue, they returned to the scene to destroy the package.

Police said the package was made to imitate an explosive device. No arrests have been made at this time.

http://www.nbc13.com/gulfcoastwest/vtm/news.apx.-content-articles-VTM-2007-01-25-0007.html

[Oorang]

UPDATE on previously posted news:

Arrested Kosovo Albanian al-Qaeda mole
January 17, 2007

Kosovo Albanian that was arrested last month by the Austrian authorities at a Vienna Schwechat International Airport is a sought out intermediary for terror organizations across Europe and is in service of al-Qaeda, says Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung.

Dodu L. is a 55 year old Kosovo Albanian with combat experience acquired during terror attacks on Kosovo Serbs DURING 1990S. In December of 2007, he was to detonate 2 bombs inside Montenegro parliament in a plot that involves 12 other ethnic Albanians, some of them US citizens.

As the bombing plot folded, 12 ethnic Albanians in Montenegro have been arrested while Dodu L. managed to escape Montenegro and on a connecting flight in Vienna was arrested by the Austrian authorities. Kronen Zeitung says that the bomber, Dodu L. was on a trip to the USA.

" Outwardly Dodu L was calm... the more thorough examination caused the man to react suddenly nervous. To the policemen it became clear why: The 55-year old was on the terror list of the most wanted!" writes Kronen Zeitung.

"Around Dodu L. is a rope pulling him between USA and Montenegro. According to insiders this fighter is in demand intermediary for terror organizations - such as the deliverers of messages for entire Europe," writes Kronen.

According to Kronen Zeitung, Dodu L. was an al-Qaeda member who was eventually recruited, with promises of money, to be a "mole" for the CIA inside al-Qaeda. Kronen Zeitung is not clear whether the Kosovo Albanian was a "mole" inside al-Qaeda operation in Kosovo or throughout Europe. "This explains also why the US Government wants to absolutely prevent his extradition to Montenegro," concluded Kronen Zeitung.

http://www.serbianna.com/news/2007/01057.shtml

[FairOpinion]

Thanks for the update.

Scary and how many others are like him that we don't know about?!

[Cindy]

Thanks to Fair Opinion for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773867/posts


"Wakeup America – Understand the Mind of the Jihadist"
SalemTheSoldier.us ^ | 25 January, 2007 | David J. Jonsson

Posted on 01/25/2007 6:36:43 PM PST by Salem

[Cindy]

I don't know anything about the German Intelligence service in Iraq.

I did read something interesting though recently:

http://www.internet-haganah.com/harchives/005880.html