Threat Matrix: July 2007

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US Steps Up Security Following Attack in Britain

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff made appearances on several television talk shows.

He told ABC's This Week program there is no indication of a linkage between the events in Britain and any specific attacks on the United States. "We do not have, at this point, specific, credible intelligence that there is an attack, a particular attack, focused on this country," he said.

But at the same time, speaking on CNN's Late Edition program, Chertoff said U.S. authorities are concerned about the threat of terrorism, especially in the coming months. "We have had a number of al-Qaida leaders quite publicly talking about how they want to carry out their threats against the West. So, given that and given the history that we have had over past summers, with attacks in Britain, I think we were clearly focused on this as a possibility," he said. Full story...

	More United Kingdom Attacks Possible
	More US Air Marshals on Flights to Europe
	Officials: Car Bomb Plot Bears al Qaida's Trademark

We covered this subject in June pretty well, but I want to pull a passage from this latest transcript and post it here. -Cindy

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/07/transcript_weltwoche_interview.php

“Transcript: Weltwoche Interview with Taliban Commander Mansoor Dadullah”
By Evan Kohlmann

SNIPPET: “My colleague Urs Gehriger from Die Weltwoche in Switzerland has forwarded me the English transcript of a new video interview of the Taliban’s top military commander Mansoor Dadullah obtained exclusively by Weltwoche with the help of journalist Sami Yousafzai. The interview with Mansoor—the brother of and replacement for the late Mullah Dadullah—took place on June 7, 2007 in the region along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan and was conducted by a Pakistani journalist who was supplied with questions by Weltwoche. Transcript as follows:”

TRANSCRIPT SNIPPET - QUOTE:

Q. When you were in power you initiated a reign of terror. Why should the population be behind you?
A. That isn’t true. Our government did not use terror, we sacrificed ourselves for Islam.

RECAP:

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "TRANSCRIPT: WELTWOCHE INTERVIEW WITH TALIBAN COMMANDER MANSOOR DADULLAH" by Evan Kohlmann (July 3, 2007)

Blogs.ABCNEWS.com - The Blotter: "FULL TALIBAN GRADUATION VIDEO POSTED" (June 22, 2007, 6:20 pm)

Blogs.ABCNEWS.com - The Blotter: "U.S. ISSUES 'INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN' ON ABC NEWS TALIBAN VIDEO" (June 21, 2007, 12:19 pm)

BILL ROGGIO.com - THE FOURTH RAIL - blog: "AL QAEDA CAMP STRUCK IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN, PAKISTAN 32 reported killed in strike launched from Afghanistan; follows news of Taliban, al Qaeda suicide squads graduation" (June 19, 2007)

blogs.ABC NEWS.com - The Blotter: "EXCLUSIVE: SUICIDE BOMB TEAMS SENT TO U.S., EUROPE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The tape shows Taliban military commander Mansoor Dadullah, whose brother was killed by the U.S. last month, introducing and congratulating each team as they stood.") (June 18, 2007)

ABC NEWS.go.com: "INSIDE A TALIBAN ''COMMENCEMENT' Teams of newly trained suicide bombers are being sent to the U.S. and Europe."

Google - Search Blogs: "DADULLAH"

Google - Search Blogs: "DADALLAH"

YouTube.com - Videos: "DADULLAH"

YouTube.com - Videos: "DADALLAH"

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "The 'Top Twelve' list of Arabic Salafyist/Jihadist forums"

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1630: "NEW TALIBAN MILIARY COMMANDER MANSOUR DADALLAH: BIN LADEN IS ALIVE AND WELL" (SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from an interview with the new Taliban military commander, Mansour Dadallah, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on June 17, 2007.") (June 21, 2007)

"ia350643.us.archive.org/3/items/mansoor/7agidadullah.wmv"

"www.liveleak.com/view?i=e46_1181066358" (Added June 5, 2007)

"www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d7-e4PvF9A" (Added to YouTube.com on June 5, 2007) (Note: Details Snippet: "Mansour Dadullah, Taliban's new miliary commander in Afghanistan...")

YouTube.com - Profile Title: "AlJazeeraEnglish"

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "DEAD TALIBAN LEADER WAS TRAINING U.S. RECRUITS" by Evan Kohlmann (May 14, 2007, 06:11 pm)

Blogs.ABC News.com: "DEAD TALIBAN LEADER WAS TRAINING U.S. RECRUITS" -Brian Ross and Christopher Isham report (May 14, 2007, 5:03 pm)

DEFENSElink.mil (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "TALIBAN MILITANTS KILLED, CAPTURED; AFGHAN VILLAGERS DETAIN FIGHTERS" (May 13, 2007)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): Kandahar, Afghanistan - "TALIBAN MILITARY CHIEF KILLED IN ASSAULT" (May 14, 2007)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "'RADICAL WEBSITES LIKE THESE'" (May 13, 2007)

BILL ROGGIO.COM - THE FOURTH RAIL - blog: "AFGHANISTAN"

SITE INSTITUTE: "DR AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI PRESENTS A EULOGY FOR MULLAH DADULLAH IN SPEECH ISSED BY AS-SAHAB MEDIA - 5/2007" (May 23, 2007)

"www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMUZ7CIXOr4"(Added May 22, 2007)

Translation - Link (May 23, 2007)

Note: The following breaking news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3420536,00.html

Report: Foreign Islamists carried out attack on UN forces in Lebanon
Published: 07.03.07, 12:47 / Israel News

The roadside bomb attack against UN peacekeeping troops in south Lebanon last week was carried out by foreign Islamists affiliated with al-Qaeda, a Lebanese newspaper reported Tuesday.

The a-Safir daily said the attack, which left six UN troops dead, was carried out with the assistance of locals who gathered intelligence for the al-Qaeda-linked cell. (Roee Nahmias)

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

http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07070006.htm

Monday, July 2, 2007

“Film Team Forced to Hide in Sugarcane Field”

Gospel for Asia
For Immediate Release

UTTARAKHAND, INDIA

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, Tue Jul 03 2007 04:15:12 GMT-0700.

Worldwide Caution

April 10, 2007

Not only is tomorrow Independence Day, but it's also the anniversary of:

In 1976, Israeli commandos raided Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing almost all of the passengers and crew of an Air France jetliner seized by pro-Palestinian hijackers.
In 2002, a gunman opened fire at Israel’s El Al airline ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport; three people were killed, including the gunman.

Terror Attacks: 'All Key Suspects Held'
Updated: 15:51, Tuesday July 03, 2007

Police investigating the failed terror attacks on London and Glasgow believe they now have their key suspects in custody

But they stress their inquiries are far from over and say Britain is likely to remain on a critical level of terror alert for some time.

CNN reporting TSA VIPER teams deployed in transit systems in eight cities, not six (New York, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Boston, and San Francisco)

http://www.khou.com/news/local/stories/khou070703_ac_tsasecurity.3b621ab8.html

TSA deploys extra security at Houston airports

09:07 AM CDT on Tuesday, July 3, 2007

From 11 News staff reports

Security will be beefed up at six cities across the United States, including Houston, during the Fourth of July holidays.

According to the TSA, the “VIPER” teams will consist of K-9s, air marshals, transportation inspectors and sometimes technology.

They are being put in place because of elevated security concerns and due to the higher numbers of passengers using mass transit during the holiday.

Yes - I sure can! Plenty of horrid thoughts, including scenarios such as this one below:

U. of C. hospital hit with insulin scare

Authorities call in police to probe 3 suspicious cases — 2 of them fatal

University of Chicago Hospitals have asked police to investigate whether “an intentional act” caused the unexplained and overwhelming increases in insulin that apparently killed one patient and put another in a coma.

Investigators are also looking into the death of another woman who suffered from symptoms consistent with a sharp increase in insulin, although blood tests have not been completed to verify the presence of the hormone, according to hospital officials and a police source familiar with the investigation.

All three patients were elderly women being treated in the same wing of the Hyde Park hospital, all were stricken between May 7 and June 5, and none had been prescribed insulin or was suffering from diabetes, sources said. (snip)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-insulin03jul03,1,1931655.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

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