Threat Matrix: October 2007

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[nwctwx]

Al Qaeda 'Re-Emerging' in Pakistan Sanctuaries

The U.S. military said Tuesday it expected Al Qaeda to continue its "re-emergence" in sanctuaries in Pakistan's tribal areas from where it supported attacks in Afghanistan.

Sanctuary was provided to Al Qaeda and Taliban rebels after Islamabad signed a peace deal with militants in a desperate attempt to quell the unrest in its federally administered areas in September 2006, a U.S. military official said.

The militants called off the deal in July this year after Pakistani security forces raided a radical mosque in Islamabad where rebels had massed. Dozens were killed in those raids. Full story...

	Pakistani Diplomat Defends Engagement with Tribal Leaders
	Al Qaeda Wants a Part of Afghan Talks
	Al Qaeda in Iraq Crippled by U.S. Strategy

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[nwctwx]

Nuclear Proliferation Still the Top U.S. Security Threat

AFP/Timothy A Clary

When Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stood before the U.N. General Assembly last week and defended his country's nuclear program, the United States immediately pressed for new sanctions against Iran.

Nuclear proliferation is an advancing threat. Fifteen years ago, there were three undeclared nuclear weapons states -- Israel, India and Pakistan -- and five declared -- the United States, Russia, Britain, France and China. Today Iran is on track to become the 10th nation with nuclear capabilities. Full story...

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Threat Matrix: Recommended Reading

October 2007

Pakistan's Drift Into Extremism
Hassan Abbas

Being prepared is a good thing, no matter where one lives; no matter what alert level we are on.
From TM'er and Freeper ~Cindy~

Intelligence is the best weapon against terrorism.
National Commission on Terrorism: 1999

Ian Livingston

[nwctwx]

ping to October TM — sorry for delay!

[Domestic Church]

Standing applause once again!

[Cindy]

THANK YOU nw and looks like a well put together presentation.
I appreciate it.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=gwot
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=Captured

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http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=Wanted_Terrorist
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net

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

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=internet
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=internetcafes
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=internetcafe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=cybercafes
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=cybercafe

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2001: Before, During and After
http://www.truthusa.com/911news.html
http://www.truthusa.com/911news2.html
http://www.truthusa.com/911news3.html
http://www.truthusa.com/911.html

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http://www.internet-haganah.com
http://www.sofir.org
http://sfir-arabicsource.blogspot.com/

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http://www.jihadwatch.org

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http://www.memri.org/jihad.html
http://www.memritv.org
http://www.thememriblog.org/

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http://truthusa.com/a/index.php

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http://www.persecution.org
http://www.memri.org/antisemitism.html

[JellyJam]

at drudge (no link)

MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM IS UP AND RUNNING, MILITARY SAYS...

[SevenMinusOne]

AQ in Iraq is being systematically destroyed at a rate in which they won't be able to reconstitute....(this really all began back in early 06....Not from the "surge".....though that has certainly played a positive role).

AQ in Pak border regions....(and those in Stan, where past winters have been safe)....will find this new winter....to bring new pain....

[Cindy]

LOOKING AT IRAN:

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

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http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?PHPSESSID=4978696eec974c85a9d6e7b0c73153b0&topic=672.0

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/site/html/search.asp?isSearch=yes&isT8=yes&searchText=T90&pid=108&sid=13&preview=
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=ahmadinejad
http://www.jihadwatch.org/cgi-bin/jwsearch.cgi?IncludeBlogs=1&search=ahmadinejad
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
http://memritv.org/subject/en/121.htm
http://www.memri.org/iran.html

[Cindy]

Up and Running...

Thank you JellyJam.

[TBall]

Thank You Ronald Reagan.

[JellyJam]

maybe this is what Drudge is referring to:

Pentagon Says Successful Missile Defense Test Proves "The System Works"

[Cindy]

Thanks JellyJam.
I like it when things work.

[Godzilla]

Yes, time to rock and roll again.

[Cindy]

YES, there is a connection between jihad and the internet.

UPI: New Delhi - "INTERPOL DATABASE ON TERRORISTS RISES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""Our database on suspected terrorists has increased from 2,800 in 2002 to 11,800 at present. We know that terrorists will travel on aliases and we have a database on stolen passports and travel documents," said Ronald Noble, secretary general of Interpol. He was in New Delhi to attend a three-day conference on cybercrime. "Our database on lost passports has increased from 3,000 in 2002 to 7 million in this year and this is when only 128 out of 186 countries have participated in creating this database," Noble said.") (September 14, 2007) (Note: This url may expire.)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com (UPI): "AL QAEDA TAPES GROW IN NUMBER, EXPERTISE" (September 24, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "THE VIRAL SPREAD OF EXPLOSIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE LAND OF JIHAD" by Douglas Farah (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "One of the most alarming things about the new transnationalism among terrorist groups is the rapid ability to transfer knowledge and technology, both through the the Internet and through individual training.") (August 23, 2007)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (REUTERS): New York - "INTERNET IS 'THE NEW AFGHANISTAN': NY POLICE COMMISSIONER" (August 25, 2007)

NYPD SHIELD.org: "RADICALIZATION IN THE WEST: THE HOMEGROWN THREAT" Prepared by Mitchell D. Silber and Arvin Bhatt, Senior Intelligence Analysts, NYPD Intelligence Division" (pdf) (August 15, 2007)

THE JAWA REPORT - blog: "HOME GROWN TERRORISTS A REAL THREAT, INTERNET BLAMED" (August 15, 2007)

CANADA FREE PRESS.com - Worldwide Internet, Al Qaida: "EXPOSING ON-LINE JIHADISTS" by Judi McLeod (ARTICLE SNIPPET: ""In six years I have bookmarked some 6,000-+ Jihadist websites and the list is still growing," says Archangel, code name for an online Jihadist-tracking expert.") (August 10, 2007)

"This summer and any other summer, and all other seasons by the way, are Jihadi times. We need to adapt to this reality for as long as this conflict is on." -Walid Phares, Counterterrorism Blog (July 11, 2007)

"You must understand that the internet is the primary communication tool/propaganda tool/recruiting tool/fund raising tool for the global jihad. Once you understand that; then you should not be surprised at all that the jihad is in the same country you reside in." -Cindy (July 10, 2007)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "About Those Little Blue AKs" (July 31, 2007)

THE JAWA REPORT - blog: "THE CYBER JIHAD IS REAL" (July 12, 2007)

Google.com - Search News: "CYBER JIHAD"

JIHAD WATCH.org (UPI.com, by Shaun Waterman, June 4, 2007): "FBI WARNS ON AL-QAEDA'S ENGLISH MESSAGES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The FBI says al-Qaida is issuing video messages in English to get Muslim extremists in the United States to carry out terror attacks. Speaking on C-SPAN Television, FBI Director of Public Affairs John Miller said al-Qaida leaders have stepped up the tempo of their public messages in an effort to inspire others to compensate for their network's reduced ability directly to execute attacks.") (June 4, 2007)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (AFA.org) - Magazine - "WAR IN THE THIRD DOMAIN" by Hampton Stephens, April 2007): "'CYBERSPACE IS A WARFIGHTING DOMAIN'" (April 5, 2007)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "SOME HAVE CALLED IT THE 'HAGANAH-IZATION' OF US POLICY REGARDING JIHADI USE OF THE INTERNET" (April 1, 2007)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "MYTH, REALITY AND JIHADIST USE OF THE INTERNET" (March 1, 2007)

MEMRI.org - Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 329: "CYBERSPACE AS A COMBAT ZONE: THE PHENOMENON OF ELECTRONIC JIHAD" by E. Alshech (February 27, 2007)

MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch Series - No. 1455: "COLUMNIST HASSAN HAYDAR: IRAN SPREADS A 'CULTURE OF DEATH'" (February 8, 2007)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com (FactsOfIsrael.com): "NEVER TOO YOUNG TO BLEED...." by David Melle (January 29, 2007)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com; "JIHADI BLOG OF THE DAY..." (SNIPPET: "Site motto: '...I bring a People Who Desire Death as Ardently as You Desire Life!'" (September 25, 2007)

TOWNHALL.com: "We Love Pepsi. They Love Death." -Doug Giles (November 4, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "PROOF OF CONCEPT" (Article Snippet: "Yes brothers, you love death more than we love life.") (September 3, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "TALKING POINTS" (Article Snippet: "The Internet is the home front of the global jihad.") (June 19, 2006)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: ""HE GOES ON THE INTERNET A LOT," SHE SAID." (SNIPPET: "“Too bad about those GIMF guys getting arrested, now isn’t it... Someone care to explain to us how there is some sort of wall between ‘Internet Jihad’ and ‘Jihad’? Because we don’t see any such wall.”) (September 25, 2007)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.COM: "THE DECLINE AND FALL OF IRHABI007: Episode Two, The Bust" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "There is no wall, no dividing line, nothing separating online jihadist activity from off-line/real-world jihadist activity (i.e terrorism). The two are inseparable.") (March 1, 2006)

[Cindy]

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

http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373690
TERRORISM FOCUS

“Swedish Cartoonist Forced Underground by Salafi-Jihadi Campaign”
By Pascale Combelles Siegel
(October 2, 2007)

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1905661/posts?page=8#8

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http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373691
TERRORISM FOCUS

“Khamenei’s Move to Appoint Ali Jafari as Head of Revolutionary Guard”
By Bernd Kaussler
(October 2, 2007)

[Cindy]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/Page/IndexParMult&cid=1145961369337

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RECAP:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1189411524152&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Oct 1, 2007 16:46 | Updated Oct 1, 2007 17:02
“Iran threatens to attack 170 US targets”
By JPOST.COM STAFF

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Iran threatened Monday to attack some 170 American targets in the Middle East and around the world if it is attacked by Israel or the US, Israel Radio reported.

A high-ranking officer from the country’s Revolutionary Guards told the force’s official journal, The Guards, that Teheran succeeded, after extended and comprehensive work, to identify hundreds of strategic American targets in the Middle East and around the world.”

[null and void]

sorry for delay!

'sok...

[texpat72]

Thanks again!

[PGalt]

No apologies necessary, Ian. Thanks to all researchers/linkers/reporters/investigators who keep us informed.