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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[Cindy]

EVENT:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773923/posts

[Velveeta]

Thanks for the additional info.

[Velveeta]

I didn't know anything about Germans in Iraq either.
Combine the Haganah article, Hamburg cell history, Germany's UN collaboration against supporting the war, oil for food scandal...and it makes for some interesting reading.

[Cindy]

Yep, Velveeta that does make it interesting.

http://www.worldpoliticswatch.com/article.aspx?id=498
http://news.google.com/nwshp?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&tab=wn&q=german%20%2B%20iraq

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http://worldpoliticswatch.com/article.aspx?id=498

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/186262.php

http://english.daralhayat.com/opinion/OPED/01-2007/Article-20070125-5943f545-c0a8-10ed-009d-421b34ad9714/story.html

[Cindy]

Adding Trinidad-related links to your post no. 1431, Oorang.

ON THE NET...

TRINIDAD EXRESS.com: "WHAT A JOKE!" by Gregorie Lal-Beharie (January 26, 2007)

INVESTORS.com - INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY - Editorials & Opinion: "JIHAD IN TRINIDAD" (January 23, 2007)

TRINIDAD EXRESS.com

CARIBBEAN NET NEWS

FreeRepublic.com - Key Word: "TRINIDAD"

[Cindy]

Note: I reread your post no. 1366.

We'll put this here as a place holder in case anything interesting comes up, DC.

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=polonium
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=polonium210

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

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=polonium+%2B+mercury&btnG=Search+News

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=polonium-210+%2B+mercury&btnG=Search+News

[Cindy]

Adding to post no. 1357.
Small update - Note: Photo included.

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http://www.kfmb.com/stories/story.78090.html

"Man Held in L.A. Subway Mercury Spill"

Last Updated:
01-24-07 at 7:54AM

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LOS ANGELES -- The FBI on Tuesday questioned a man suspected of spilling mercury on a subway platform last month and said he did not appear to be involved in terrorist activity.

Armando Bustamante Miranda, 27, was arrested and held for a parole violation unrelated to the spill, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said. She declined to elaborate."

[Donna Lee Nardo]

I appreciate it, Cindy.

How are you? Hope your new year is going well.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=polonium
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=polonium210

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

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

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=Litvinenko&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&tab=wn&scoring=d


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http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=136252007

SCOTSMAN.COM
"Russian laughs off 'extradition threat'"
By Guy Faulconbridge

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian businessman Andrei Lugovoy on Friday laughed off a report that Britain was preparing to demand his extradition to stand trial for the poisoning of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko."

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http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1169765414276&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1112101662670

HAMILTON SPECTATOR.ORG
"Litvinenko killer dead in three years: spy"
By Andrew Osborn
The Independent, London
MOSCOW (Jan 26, 2007)

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http://www.kommersant.com/p733651/r_527/Nevzlin_Gets_Polonium/

Dec. 28, 2006
KOMMERSANT.com
"Leonid Nevzlin Gets Polonium and Mercury"


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http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/polonium.htm
GLOBAL SECURITY.ORG
"Polonium"

[Cindy]

Hi Donna.
All is very well.
My diet this year is no desserts.
(I'll be off this one by Valentine's Day, I'm sure.)

How are you?

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1773948/posts
"Deadly Triggers - Is Iran providing devices that help insurgents detonate IEDs in Iraq?"
Newsweek ^ | Jan 24, 2007 | Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball

[Donna Lee Nardo]

I'm good. :)

I gave up caffeine and am trying a very low carb and no sugar foods to pinpoint an allergy or food intolerance of some sort. I love eating organic anyway. That's the easy part. The difficult part was giving up sugar in my now-decaffeinated coffee. I drank it black for a few weeks at first and then a doc recommended switching to the natural herb sweetner Stevia. Stevia lasted 3 days with me. Stevia has a horrible aftertaste. It's cane sugar for me or no sugar at all.

If I was you I would definitely go off any diet for 2/14. Valentines's Day wouldn't be Valentine's Day without sweets.

[Cindy]

Yep, I hear you...I hate sugar substitutes, so I am drinking my coffee black, too. It's ok I guess. Better than the alternative.

You are so right....Valentine's Day is not a diet day.

Smiling at you!

[Cindy]

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/BenShapiro/2007/01/25/webb_of_venom

"Webb Of Venom"
By Ben Shapiro
Thursday, January 25, 2007


COMMENTARY: "President Bush's State of the Union Address was no barnburner. The president was serious and thoughtful, and his speech offered little in the way of rhetorical fireworks.

But if President Bush's speech was unexciting, Sen. Jim Webb's, D-Virginia, purported rebuttal was disastrous. Webb decisively demonstrated why Democrats cannot be given charge of America's foreign policy."

[Cindy]

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200701/POL20070125a.html

"US Should Set Up National Security Court to Deal With Terrorists, Say Analysts"
By Monisha Bansal
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
January 25, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(CNSNews.com) - The United States should establish a National Security Court designed to handle terrorism cases fairly but also in a way that does not jeopardize public safety, a legal expert argued Wednesday.

Andrew McCarthy, director of the Center for Law and Counterterrorism at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told a press conference in Washington D.C., that terrorist detainees being held by the U.S. military are not entitled to the same protections as American citizens."

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/01/20070125-3.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 25, 2007

Fifth Anniversary of USA Freedom Corps, 2007
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

USA Freedom Corps

The great strength of our Nation is found in the heroic kindness, courage, and self-sacrifice of the American people. Every day, individuals show the good heart of our country by volunteering to help make someone's life better. Since 2002, the USA Freedom Corps has provided access to volunteer opportunities for millions of Americans. On the fifth anniversary of the USA Freedom Corps, we honor volunteers who give their time and talents to make a difference in the lives of others, and we recognize that helping those in need makes America a more hopeful country.

The USA Freedom Corps was created to encourage Americans to answer the call to serve a cause greater than themselves. By matching willing volunteers with opportunities in their communities, the USA Freedom Corps brings Americans together to mentor children, assist the elderly, clean up neighborhoods, and perform countless acts of generosity. The USA Freedom Corps has helped support national service programs such as AmeriCorps, Citizen Corps, Peace Corps, and Senior Corps. Through programs like these, volunteers all across the country bring comfort and kindness to people at home and abroad.

Through the USA Freedom Corps website at volunteer.gov, all Americans can find ways to serve in our country's armies of compassion. By answering the universal call to help a neighbor, individual Americans can transform towns and cities into more caring communities and neighborhoods and make America a better place.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 29, 2007, as the Fifth Anniversary of the USA Freedom Corps. I call upon the citizens of this great country to find ways to volunteer and help their fellow Americans. I commend the efforts of the USA Freedom Corps and all those who have already answered the call to serve, and I encourage all Americans to give of their time, energy, and talents to make America even stronger.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-first.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/IRAN01257.xml

"BREAKING NEWS -- Iran Set to Try Space Launch"
By Craig Covault/Aviation Week & Space Technology

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Iran has converted its most powerful ballistic missile into a satellite launch vehicle. The 30-ton rocket could also be a wolf in sheep's clothing for testing longer-range missile strike technologies, Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine reports in its Jan. 29 issue."

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,246958,00.html

"Report: Iran Preparing to Put Satellite in Orbit"
Friday, January 26, 2007


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The reported Iranian space launcher, which U.S. intelligence agencies believe to be a derivation of the Shahab 3 ballistic missile, has recently been assembled and "will liftoff soon" with a satellite, according to Iranian officials.

Western officials fear that the Iranian space vehicle could lead to upgrades in Iran's missile technology, eventually leading to an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with a range capable of reaching Europe, Russia, China and India, the magazine reports.

"A reconnaissance satellite of reasonable performance should weigh about 300 kilograms [660 lb.]," says Uzi Rubin, the former head of the Israel Missile Defense Organization, in a report for The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. "Once Iran learns how to put 300 kilograms into earth orbit, it could adapt the satellite launcher into an ICBM that could drop more than 300 kilograms anywhere in the world.""


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Thank you piasa for the ping to this post.

QUOTE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/948088/posts?page=69#69

Pinggg ...
Senior U.S. State Department official resigns (January 26, 2007 - it's tomorrow there) http://english.people.com.cn/200701/26/eng20070126_344929.html

Robert G. Joseph, undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, has submitted his resignation to President George W. Bush, Associated Press reported Thursday... the senior U.S. arms control and security official resigned amid uncertainty about the future of negotiations to curb nuclear programs in Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the report said.

-----126 posted on 01/25/2007 6:40:10 PM PST by LurkedLongEnough

69 posted on 01/25/2007 7:39:09 PM PST by piasa (Attitude Adjustments Offered Here Free of Charge)

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
http://www.memri.org/iran.html

http://www.memritv.org/Search.asp?ACT=S5&P1=148
MEMRITV.org - Video Clips - Topic: "IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM"

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014983.php
(AP)

January 26, 2007
"Iran Revolutionary Guards Quds Force director detained in Iraq"

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014833.php
(AFP)

January 14, 2007
"Detained Iranians tied to Revolutionary Guards: US official"

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014821.php
(AFP)

January 13, 2007
"Stop US 'adventurism,' Iran tells Iraq"

[Cindy]

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

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Note: The following text is a quote:
https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=62532

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Warden Message: Travel Restricted to Yemen's Marib
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Middle East / N. Africa - Yemen
25 Jan 2007

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U.S. Embassy Sanaa issued the following Warden Message on January 25, 2007:

Pending further information on the inter-tribal violence that took place in the Marib region last week, the U.S. Embassy has continued its restriction on official travel to the Marib governorate. The Embassy will continue to monitor the situation, update the American citizen community and issue a new warden message as needed.

The U.S. Embassy is located at Dhahr Himyar Zone, Sheraton Hotel District, P.O. Box 22347. The telephone number of the Consular Section is (967)(1) 755-2000, extension 2153 or 2266. The fax number is (967)(1) 303-175. The after hours emergency number is (967)(1) 755-2000 (press zero for extension). In case of an emergency, if these regular numbers do not work, please call 967-733213509.

Current information on travel and security in Yemen may be obtained from the Department of State by calling 1-888-407-4747 within the United States and Canada, or, from outside the United States and Canada, 1-202-501-4444. U.S. citizens should consult the Travel Warning for Yemen, the Consular Information Sheet for Yemen, the Middle East and North Africa Public Announcement, and the Worldwide Caution Public Announcement on the Department's Internet site at http://travel.state.gov/ .