Threat Matrix: November 2007

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[nwctwx]

U.S. to Offer Turkey Help on PKK

The U.S. is to offer Turkey a package of measures to dissuade Ankara from mounting a large-scale military incursion into Iraq to attack PKK Kurdish guerrillas, who have killed scores of Turkish soldiers in recent weeks.

Ahead of a meeting in Washington on Monday between President George W. Bush and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister, U.S. officials said Ankara would have to get concrete American help to combat the PKK, which has bases in northern Iraq from where it frequently launches attacks into Turkey.

“Erdogan has to go back with the belief that for whatever reason, the U.S. is serious” about tackling Turkey’s concerns regarding the PKK, said Matthew Bryza, deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. state department responsible for Turkey policy. Full story...

	Turkey Imposes Sanctions on Iraqi Kurdistan in Bid to Halt PKK
	Ambassador Ryan Crocker to Turkey: Stay Out of Iraq
	Deaths in Baghdad Hit Yearly Low

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[Mata6858]

http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3813730&page=1

Another update on abcnews. He had not friven the truck for a while anyone could have placed it in there. But who knows in todays world.

[RDTF]

Would be good to know where he lives, and where he's been with the trucck. I'm sure the Feds are all over that. from your link:

According to the source, the device had a "hobby" fuse and was described as "not sophisticated" and "rather crude," though "it certainly could have put a hole in the bed of the pickup truck."

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Capt. Paul Chagolla said that, based on preliminary tests, "it is our opinion that it is, in fact, a viable improvised explosive device."

The device is described as being 6 inches long, and 1½ inches in diameter. The plant employee is in custody. "We are questioning him. He is cooperative," Chagolla said. The employee told investigators he hadn't driven the pickup truck to work in some time, leaving open the possibility the device could have been placed in the bed of the truck unbeknown to him.

The employee is a contractor who has worked at the Palo Verde facility for about a year, according to plant spokesman Jim McDonald. The employee works as a procurement engineer responsible for making sure materials that have been purchased for the plant are the correct type for their intended purpose.

[Mata6858]

Here is something odd I found this post when seraching on that name it may or may not be him. tricking people Group: alt.2600 donoli don...@netmonger.net alt 2600 roger w hurd wrote in message <3o5d3.584$RZ1.109...@news1.epix.net>... I need help tricking people into downloading and running a trojan. If you have a program to imbed a trojan into another program please give it to me. I'm not much for trojans but I heard of a program called ... Jun 26 1999 by donoli - 22 messages - 8 authors

[RDTF]

Geez that is sinister

[Mata6858]

Here is somemore information this guy moves alot it seems
HURD, ROGER WILLIAM (Age 61)
Available(5) Available HARTSVILLE, SC
ROCKLAND, MA
DARLINGTON, SC
MINERAL, VA
DUFFIELD, VA
LEXINGTON PARK, MD Possible Relatives:

REYNOLDS, CATHERINE E (Age 47)
HURD, CATHY
HURD, ELLEN (Age 57)
HURD, SALLY E
HURD, JASON E (Age 27)
View Details

[nwctwx]

Nothing out of the oridinary. ;)

[JustPiper]

US military takes on latter-day pirates

NAIROBI, Kenya - The U.S. military is once again tangling with pirates, intervening in waters off Somalia twice this week to help ships seized by hijackers — and bringing to mind another century’s battles off Africa.

Pirates may have swapped muskets and the Jolly Roger for AK-47s and satellite phones, but the root causes of piracy are little-changed from when Thomas Jefferson contemplated how to handle attacks on American merchant ships two centuries ago.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071102/ap_on_re_af/21st_century_pirates

Hijackings

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=4835734&ch=4226714&src=news

[JustPiper]

Thanks for my ping Ian!

[RDTF]

well one thing to keep in mind is when you have a security clearance they (feds) know tons about you already. Investigation will move much faster than starting from scratch.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ok, we will only give you the credit for doing the hard work.

Thinking is easy.

When I see the order to fill the gas tank, my mind says
“get out your walking shoes”.

[Mata6858]

Youa re right on that.

[Cindy]

Thank you DC.

[Cindy]

Thank you Mata.
I appreciate the update.

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Small update.

Mr. Hurd has been released.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ja4q-R9VqBFjzO58OYzBk-VArmTAD8SLSMS80

“Pipe Bomb Locks Down Ariz. Nuke Plant”
By CHRIS KAHN and AMANDA LEE MYERS – 4 hours ago

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WINTERSBURG, Ariz. (AP) — Security officials at the nation’s largest nuclear power plant detained a contract worker with a small pipe bomb in the back of his pickup truck Friday, authorities said.

The Department of Homeland Security said there was no known terrorism link to the incident at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix.

The worker, Roger William Hurd, told investigators he didn’t know how the bomb got in his truck and was released Friday afternoon.”

[Cindy]

Thanks for those links JP.

“...but the root causes of piracy are little-changed...”

I totally agree.

[Mata6858]

Good to see you back

[Cindy]

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

http://memritv.org/subject/en/121.htm
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/018661.php
(TIMES ONLINE.co.uk)

[Cindy]

Adding to post no. 116:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/018661.php
(TIMES ONLINE.co.uk)

November 2, 2007
“Saudis to Iran: Let’s enrich uranium together, in Switzerland!”

[Cindy]

Thank you Mata.
Glad to be back.

[yorkie]

Don't know that this is worth even looking at, but I guess we never know, if we don't at least look:

Pair are jailed without bond on federal pipe bomb charges

[Cindy]

Thank you for pointing to that article, yorkie.

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http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&q=Mullenix+%2B+bomb&btnG=Search