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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[drymans wife]

“Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s whirlwind tour of the US will include a stop on CBS’s 60 Minutes, to address the American people directly.”

I just can’t wait.

[drymans wife]

Thank You....

[Cindy]

Thank you null and void.

I hope some of the freepers were able to see this program.

[Cindy]

Sighing...

So much to say on this...

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6uLKA0EzUE

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901092/posts

“Cartel Tortured, Murdered Enemies”
NBC ^ | 9/23/07 | NBC

Posted on 09/23/2007 2:18:36 PM PDT by Ladycalif

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.presstv.ir/photo/20070922/sadeghzadeh20070922192517984.jpg
Photo caption: “New York gears up for Iranian President’s visit.”

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=24166&sectionid=351020101

“NY to host Iran’s President”
Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:40:57

[callmejoe]

http://www.alalam.ir/english/en-NewsPage.asp?newsid=009030120070923200711

” . . . Hosseini insisted the planned visit to Ground Zero was still on Ahmadinejad’s itinerary. “The visit to the site of the twin towers to pay tribute to the victims is part of President Ahmadinejad’s program even if some people are trying to have it cancelled,” the spokesman said.”

[Cindy]

Thank you callmejoe for the post and the ping.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1901068/posts?page=55#55

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1901068/posts

“Ahmadinejad eager to teach Americans about world”
CNN.Com /world ^ | 09/23/2007 | AP via CNN.Com

Posted on 09/23/2007 12:47:20 PM PDT by F15Eagle

TEHRAN, Iran (AP)

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=47548

19 Terrorists Killed, 80 Detained During Four Days of Operations in Iraq

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23, 2007 – Coalition and Iraqi forces killed 19 terrorists and detained some 80 others during operations in Iraq since Sept. 20.

Forces targeted an alleged emir of foreign terrorists for Kirkuk province today. As ground forces secured the area, several armed individuals engaged the coalition forces. The ground forces engaged the men and called in close-air support. Eight terrorists were killed, officials said. Inside one of the buildings at the target area, coalition forces found a weapons cache that an explosives team destroyed.

In other operations today:

— Coalition forces targeted an al Qaeda in Iraq senior leader for his alleged involvement in foreign terrorist facilitation and involvement in a kidnapping network northeast of Samarra, officials said. When ground forces approached the targeted building, they were met by small-arms fire. They engaged the terrorists, killing two, officials said. Two suspected terrorists were detained during the operation.

— Coalition forces west of Tarmiyah targeted an associate of an al Qaeda in Iraq military emir of the northern belts around Baghdad. Officials said the ground forces detained seven suspected terrorists during the operation including an individual believed to be associated with an al Qaeda in Iraq senior leader responsible for weapons supply in northern Baghdad.

— Coalition forces conducted three operations targeting al Qaeda in Iraq leaders near Tikrit. The forces detained eight suspected terrorists, including a suspect believed to be involved in a car-bombing network and in numerous attacks against coalition and Iraqi security forces.

— Coalition forces targeted another al Qaeda in Iraq senior leader involved in a car-bombing network in Baghdad. Officials said five suspected terrorists were detained.

“Iraqi and coalition forces continue to go after terrorists who threaten Iraq’s security,” said Army Maj. Winfield Danielson, a Multinational Force Iraq spokesman. “We’re applying the pressure so the terrorist cells cannot recover and carry out their brutal attacks.”

In operations yesterday:

— Iraqi security forces with U.S. Special Forces advisors detained eight suspected terrorists in Diyala and Tikrit during two early-morning raids.

— Iraqi special operations forces in Diyala province detained four suspected terrorists linked to a criminal financier and weapons trafficker. A weapons cache also was seized, officials said.

— During a separate raid in Tikrit, 4th Iraqi Army Division soldiers detained four alleged criminals. Officials said two of the detainees are believed to be responsible for numerous attacks against coalition forces. The raid is also believed to have disrupted a possible forgery operation where food credits from the social welfare system were being filtered to insurgents, officials said.

— Iraqi security forces detained a suspected criminal weapons smuggler in Kut. Intelligence reports indicated the alleged smuggler is a former Badrah Iraqi police officer who directed rocket smuggling from Badrah to Kut. Officials said he also directed rocket attacks against Iraqi and coalition facilities.

— Iraqi army forces in Baghdad detained a suspected al Qaeda cell leader who specialized in improvised explosive devices.

In other news from Iraq, coalition forces killed eight terrorists and detained 25 suspected terrorists during a two-day operation that ended yesterday in the Tigris River Valley. Officials said the operation was designed to disrupt al Qaeda in Iraq’s senior leadership.

“Iraqi and coalition security forces are systematically dismantling al Qaeda in Iraq and its networks,” Danielson said. “Our disruption of their operations hinders their ability to attack innocent Iraqis.”

In earlier operations:

— Coalition forces positively identified a terrorist killed in an operation Sept. 21 in Baghdad as a key leader in the city’s car-bombing network. Rafid Latif Jasim Muhammed Sabah, also known as Abu Taghrid or Abu Azar, was a key leader in the organization of al Qaeda in Iraq’s Baghdad military and car bombing operations, according to officials. “This was a dangerous terrorist who is thankfully no longer part of al Qaeda in Iraq’s car-bombing network in Baghdad,” Danielson said.

— Iraqi forces with U.S. Special Forces advisors detained four militant extremists and two al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists during two operations Sept. 20 in the Baghdad area. During one of the operations, Iraqi special operations forces detained an alleged militant extremist commander and three suspected terrorists in the Aamel area of Baghdad. One other high-level extremist and two suspected terrorists were also detained during the operation.

— Soldiers from 6th Iraqi Army Division detained two Sunni extremists during an operation in Arab Jabour. Officials said one of the detainees is suspected of commanding a cell that kills civilians and specializes in IED attacks.

— Paratroopers of 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, detained 14 suspected terrorists in Hawr Rajab. Of the 14 detainees, eight were identified by concerned citizens as members of an IED cell, two as IED emplacers, and one as a known insurgent. The operation also yielded a cache of 200 feet of wire, one AK-47 assault rifle, a full magazine and four empty magazines, officials said. The mission was part of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division’s Marne Torch II, an operation designed to reduce insurgent activity south of Baghdad and stem the flow of explosives, weapons and insurgents into the capital city.

(Compiled from Multinational Force and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)

[Cindy]

NOTE:The following text is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3452704,00.html

Ahmadinejad arrives in US, prepares for Columbia speech

Published: 09.24.07, 00:47 / Israel News

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in New York on Sunday as critics protested his planned speech at Columbia University and the hardline leader denied that his country building a nuclear weapon.

Protests against his Columbia address have already gained momentum. Elected officials demonstrating at Columbia claimed the Iranian leader is trying to obtain nuclear weapons, is a Holocaust denier and rules his country with an iron fist. The university defended the decision to allow Ahmadinejad to speak as a matter of free speech. ‘’He should be arrested when he comes to Columbia University, not invited to speak for God’s sake,’’ said state Assemblyman Dov Hikind. (AP)

[Cindy]

SPECIAL EVENT:

QUOTE - SNIPPET:

http://michellemalkin.com/2007/09/23/americans-against-ahmadinejad/

Americans against Ahmadinejad; Update: Planning to meet 9/11 families and ‘war critics’?!; Update: Want to protest in D.C.?
By Michelle Malkin • September 23, 2007 09:07 AM

Update 6:30pm Eastern. For those of you who can’t make it up to NY tomorrow and are in the Washington, D.C. area, here’s info on a protest outside the National Press Club organized by The Israel Project:

MONDAY, SEPT. 24:
What: Ahmadinejad to speak at luncheon at National Press Club by videolink
When: Protesters needed from 11:00-2:00. Come for however long you can.
Where: Washington, DC: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW
Please note: Attendance inside is limited to NPC members, their guests and accredited media only. Our protest will be held outside of the NPC Building at the corner of 14th and F Streets NW which is close to the Metro Center metro station.

[Cindy]

SPECIAL EVENTS - QUOTE:

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=27179_Protests_Against_Ahmadinejad_on_Monday&only

Protests Against Ahmadinejad on Monday
Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 3:06:15 pm PST

MONDAY, SEPT. 24:
What: Ahmadinejad to speak at luncheon at National Press Club by videolink
When: Protesters needed from 11:00-2:00. Come for however long you can.
Where: Washington, DC: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW
Please note: Attendance inside is limited to NPC members, their guests and accredited media only.
Our protest will be held outside of the NPC Building at the corner of 14th and F Streets NW which is close to the Metro Center metro station.
For More info: Contact Meagan Buren at 202-230-7389 or Brandon Gray at 202-857-6627

MONDAY, SEPT. 24:
What: Rally led by Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and the Jewish Community Relations in cooperation with United Jewish Communities, UJA-Federation of New York and Jewish Council for Public Affairs. Speakers include Debra Burlingame, sister of Charles F. “Chic” Burlingame, III, (Capt., USNR, Ret.), pilot of American Airlines Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon on 9/11.
When: 12 p.m. (rain or shine)
Where: NYC: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 2nd Ave. at 47th St.(across the street from the UN)
For more info: Conference of Presidents, 212-318-6111 or info@conferenceofpresidents.org or the JCRC, 212-983-4800, ext. 161 or info@jcrcny.org

MONDAY, SEPT. 24:
What: Rally by students from Columbia and dozens of other organizations.
When: 12:30 - 3 p.m.
Where: NYC: Outside Columbia University at W. 116th St. and Broadway- only people with Columbia student IDs will be allowed on campus. The main protest will happen on Broadway on public space next to the building where Ahmadenijad is speaking, so even non Columbia people can protest at this event.

[Seadog Bytes]

 
We KNOW who you are, AJ...

...¹Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God made...

¹⁴So the Lord God said to the serpent, "Cursed are you above all the livestock and all wild animals!  

You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust 

all the days of  your life.

¹⁵And I will put an enmity between you and the women and between your offspring and hers;

he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

--Genesis 3:1

 

http://www.seadogbytes.com/sbimages/Ahmadinejad2a.GIF

...GOD BLESS Our Troops!!!

[Cindy]

Thank you for that graphic Seadog Bytes.

Yes, God bless our troops, our leos, our alphabets and private security.
Prayer is powerful.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901123/posts

“U.S. says Iran sending missiles to Iraq”
AP on Yahoo ^ | 9/23/07 | Sameer N. Yacoub - ap

Posted on 09/23/2007 4:58:15 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

BAGHDAD

[Mata6858]

1 dead in tanker trailer accident near Sunflower

12:38 PM Mountain Standard Time on Sunday, September 23, 2007

By azfamily.com

The Department of Public Safety says one person died in an accident on northbound state Route 87 late Sunday morning.

The accident involving a semi truck occurred 10 miles north of Sunflower, acccording to DPS spokesman Joe Delgado.

Delgado said there was an explosion.

The driver reportedly lost control of his vehicle, according to Sgt. Tim Mason.

The northbound lanes reportedly will be closed for several hours. Delgado said traffic on northbound Route 87 was being diverted at Bush Highway.

Southbound traffic is also restricted due to heavy smoke.

I know this doesn’t sound that important but it just shut down one of the four routes to get out of town. Highway to be shut down until at least Tuesday to Access damages to the highway. Video can be found on www.azcentral.com

[Seadog Bytes]

[Cindy]

Thanks Mata for the info.

[Cindy]

ADDING 1 more article:

http://www.kpho.com/2007/0901/14027394.jpg

http://www.kpho.com/news/14184963/detail.html

“Fatal Crash Snarls Beeline Traffic
1 Dead As Tanker Truck Explodes Into Flames, DPS Says”
POSTED: 1:12 pm PDT September 23, 2007
UPDATED: 5:00 pm PDT September 23, 2007

SUNFLOWER, Ariz. —

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Sanders said the driver of a gasoline tanker truck apparently lost control of the vehicle in the northbound lanes of State Route 87 near Milepost 228 and crashed, causing the tanker to explode into flames.
The driver was dead at the scene, Sanders said.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The cause of the crash is still under investigation, Sanders said.”