Threat Matrix: September 2007

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The Birth of al Qaedastan

In the year 2016, the world may find itself gloomily marking September 6 as the tenth anniversary of the creation of the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan. The Emirate received de facto recognition when the Taliban used the name on the ceasefire agreement they signed with Pakistan on that day in 2006. If things go terribly wrong in the coming decade, they could come to rule a mountainous fragment of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

The Emirate would be a nightmare state: Osama bin Laden as sultan, Ayman al Zawahiri as vizier, and Mullah Omar the spiritual leader. An economy built on smuggling and heroin. Primary export: terrorism. Welcome to ‘Al Qaedastan’.

Analysts say the rise of a terrorist state straddling the rugged area between Pakistan and Afghanistan is now viable. The reason is a number of troubling trends. One, the revival of a Taliban firmly in the control of Al Qaeda. Two, the seeming inability of either Kabul or Islamabad to defeat the new threat militarily. Three, and the most striking, the Taliban’s systematic supplanting of the traditional tribal leadership in the area. Full story...

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[SlowBoat407]

Newbie, you haven’t earned the right to tell anyone here how to post, especially Cindy.

Pay attention to how I post. I’m sober.

[Cindy]

Yep.

[Godzilla]

placemark

[Cindy]

http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
http://memritv.org/subject/en/121.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=ahmadinejad

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www.youtube.com/user/Mubahala
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDF8ozLegO8
www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=Mubahala

[Rushmore Rocks]

Thank you.

[Velveeta]

Neverendinghunt, it’s my opinion that you’ve crossed the line on this thread.

Your obsession with Cindy’s posting format is downright creepy and tantamount to stalking.

I believe you were already told that the rest of us like the way Cindy posts, just fine.

In plain English - knock it off.

Thank you.

[Cindy]

FYI Note: I’m still updating this thread as updates come in.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1895680/posts

“Man with AK-47 assault rifle arrested after leaving Dearborn’s Hemlock Park”
Press and Guide ^ | September 12, 2007 | Sean Delaney

Posted on 09/12/2007 9:06:57 PM PDT by sockmonkey

DEARBORN

[Cindy]

http://www.billroggio.com

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blog:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2007/09/standing_up_the_conc.php

“STANDING UP the Concerned Citizens in southern Baghdad”
By Bill RoggioSeptember 15, 2007 11:53 AM
Camp Victory, Baghdad Province

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The impact of the Concerned Citizens on security in regions where they have been established is unmistakable. In Haswa, IED attacks have dropped by 80 percent. Casualty causing IED attacks have dropped by 60 percent throughout Multinational Division Central’s battlespace. Markets are beginning to reopen and reconstruction projects are moving forward.”

[Cindy]

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

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Thanks to TXFlake for pointing to this thread and article:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897242/posts

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2461421.ece

From The Sunday Times
September 16, 2007
“Israelis ‘blew apart Syrian nuclear cache’”
Secret raid on Korean shipment
Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv, Sarah Baxter in Washington and Michael Sheridan

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897252/posts

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/15/AR2007091501345.html

“Fewer Foreigners Crossing Into Iraq From Syria to Fight
Drop Parallels Dip in Al-Qaeda Attacks”
By Karen DeYoung
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 16, 2007; Page A19

[Cindy]

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

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NOTE: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897279/posts

New Investigative Agency Starts Work In Russia (SK, the domestic security agency)
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty ^ | 09/07/07

Posted on 09/15/2007 11:21:03 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

New Investigative Agency Starts Work In Russia

September 7, 2007 (RFE/RL) — A powerful new Russian law enforcement agency called the Investigative Committee has began work.

The Investigative Committee, which Russian officials say is loosely modeled on the FBI in the United States, will be chaired by Aleksandr Bastrykin, a former law-school classmate of President Vladimir Putin.

“In my opinion, the establishment of the Investigative Committee is a meaningful step forward,” Boris Gavrilov, an investigator with the Russian Interior Ministry, told RFE/RL’s Russian Service. “Most importantly, this can in the future become a Federal Investigative Service.”

The Investigative Committee will operate independently from the Prosecutor-General’s Office, and will actually usurp some of its powers.

It will conduct criminal investigations against senior government officials and State Duma deputies as well as particularly important cases like the assassinations of journalist Anna Politkovskaya and Deputy Central Bank Chief Andrei Kozlov.

The post of prosecutor-general, meanwhile, has been stripped of its authority to oversee investigations, seize property, and initiate criminal cases. The head of the Investigative Committee, moreover, can initiate criminal investigations against the prosecutor-general — but not vice versa.

RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports that Bastrykin signed a decree today transferring more than 18,000 employees from the Prosecutor-General’s Office to the Investigative Committee.

In order to fight corruption in the new agency, investigators will have their salaries increased — the average investigator will earn 40,000 rubles ($1,564) a month — and will have cameras and listening devices placed in their offices to monitor their activities.

[Cindy]

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/09/impediments_to_making_us_safer_1.php

“Impediments to Making Us Safer”
By Dennis Lormel
(September 15, 2007)

[Cindy]

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

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=cartoonjihad
http://www.truthusa.com/MoreThanCartoons.html

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UPDATE:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/09/four_questions_on_al_qaedas_th.php

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: “FOUR QUESTIONS ON AL QAEDA’S THREAT TO SWEDEN” by Walid Phares
(September 15, 2007)

[GorillaMa]

Teenager in Georgia finds military TNT explosives in the woods:

http://www.wjbf.com/midatlantic/jbf/news_index.apx.-content-articles-JBF-2007-09-13-0059.html

[Cindy]

I can’t wait to find out who put them there and why.

THANKS GorillaMa.

[Cindy]

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

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

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Fyi Only.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20793701/

“Bus carrying U.S. passengers crashes in Mexico
Passengers from Phoenix flight aboard vehicle; at least 17 killed”

Updated: 8:53 p.m. PT Sept 15, 2007
MEXICO CITY -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Bus company spokesman Daniel Rios said as many as half of the passengers had arrived in Mexico on a flight from Phoenix on Friday. The plane had been bound for Guadalajara but was rerouted to Puerto Vallarta along with 17 other flights because of a fire at the Guadalajara airport.”

[Cindy]

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

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http://memritv.org/subject/en/95.htm

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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1189411404986&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(AP)

Sep 15, 2007 18:56 | Updated Sep 15, 2007 18:56
“Hamas showcases training exercises”
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip

[Cindy]

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=27062_Moronic_Convergence_in_DC&only

http://ageofhooper.blogspot.com/

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1897292/posts

“More than 190 arrested at D.C. protest”
Yahoo! News ^ | SEPTEMBER 16, 2007 | MATTHEW BARAKAT

Posted on 09/16/2007 1:22:42 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON - Several thousand anti-war demonstrators marched through downtown Washington on Saturday, clashing with police at the foot of the Capitol steps where more than 190 protesters were arrested.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “About 13 blocks away, nearly 1,000 counterprotesters gathered near the Washington Monument, frequently erupting in chants of “U-S-A” and waving American flags.

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Robert “Buzz” Patterson, speaking from a stage to crowds clad in camouflage, American flag bandanas and Harley Davidson jackets, said he wanted to send three messages.

“Congress, quit playing games with our troops. Terrorists, we will find you and kill you,” he said. “And to our troops, we’re here for you, and we support you.””

[Cindy]

ARTICLE SNIPPET:

"“And to our troops, we’re here for you, and we support you.”"

[Cindy]

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=73390

you are here: Home > Reports > Activity Reports > Report
“OSAC Activity Report: August 2007”
Activity
Worldwide 13 Sep 2007

[Cindy]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/15/california.fires.ap/index.html

updated 10:17 p.m. EDT, Sat September 15, 2007

“5,000 evacuated as brush, timber burn in California mountains”

FAWNSKIN, California (AP) —

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The fire, which was reported Friday, was 5 percent contained Saturday afternoon. Its cause was under investigation.”