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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[Cindy]

RECAP and UPDATE:

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "D.C., ANNAPOLIS BRACE FOR SUMMIT SECURITY" by Arlo Wagner (November 26, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "AL-FAJR MEDIA CENTER: 'WE'LL DO IT AGAIN: ANNAPOLIS SHALL NOT RESCUE THEIR METROPOLIS.'" by Evan Kohlmann (November 25, 2007)

Link (pdf)

WORLDNETDAILY.com: Jerusalem - "SAUDIS CALLING SHOTS AT ANNAPOLIS PEACE CONFERENCE?" by Aaron Klein (November 25, 2007)

MSNBC.msn.com (AP): "FEDS ISSUE TERROR ALERT IN MD. FOR MIDEAST TALKS" (November 23, 2007)

JPOST.com: "ARMY RAISES ALERT LEVEL AHEAD OF ANNAPOLIS" by Yaakov Katz (November 19, 2007)

[Cindy]

ADDING to post no. 1181:

WTOP.com
http://www.wtop.com

[Cindy]

UPDATE:

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1296269

“Officer Suspended in Connection With Fires”
November 20, 2007 - 6:10pm
WASHINGTON

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Officer Karen Emory was suspended in connection with the fires, several law enforcement sources tell Roll Call. It is not known whether Emory is a suspect in the investigation into the fires.”

[Cindy]

Fyi only.

http://wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/cameras/

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/transportation/341049_ferries26.html

Last updated November 25, 2007 4:41 p.m. PT

“Passenger-only ferries begin from Port Townsend”
By LEVI PULKKINEN
P-I REPORTER

[Cindy]

http://www.officer.com/web/online/Homeland-Defense-and-Terror-News/A-Tale-of-Two-States/8$38968

“A Tale of Two States
With apologies to Dickens”

Updated: November 20th, 2007 04:32 AM PDT

GLEN KARPOVICH
Emergency Management Contributor
Officer.com

[Cindy]

http://www.policeone.com/officer-shootings/articles/1631724/

11/25/2007

“N.C. officer’s vest stops round to chest, shooter sought”

Maggie Sartin
News & Record

GREENSBORO, N.C.

[Cindy]

Fyi only.

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

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312841,00.html
(AP)

“Airbus to Sell 160 Commercial Jets to China for $14.8 Billion”
Monday, November 26, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “BEIJING — Airbus signed contracts Monday to sell 160 commercial passenger jets to China in a deal worth around $14.8 billion, the company said.

The orders include 110 A320 planes and 50 of the slightly larger A330 planes, Airbus officials said in Beijing, where they were accompanying French President Nicolas Sarkozy on his first state visit to the Asian trading giant.”

[aculeus]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071126/NATION/111260034/1001

[Cindy]

Thanks for the link aculeus.

Here’s a link set here:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1919875/posts?page=1180#1180

[Cindy]

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1

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http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1852462007

“Saudi tells of terror at being used as a suicide bomber”
MICHAEL THEODOULOU

(Last updated: 26-Nov-07 00:19 GMT)

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Now, two years later, Mr Shaie is back in his native Saudi, a repentant figure telling his cautionary tale to dissuade other potential young jihadis from going to fight in neighbouring Iraq.

“The conditions in Iraq are very difficult. We were brainwashed and were used by these people. The Iraqis who were supposed to train me and prepare me to fight the occupation tried to kill me by making me an unwilling suicide bomber.””

[Cindy]

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=76099

YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
“Warden Message: Violent Ongoing Bolivia Protests”
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
Americas - Bolivia
25 Nov 2007

[Cindy]

blog:

http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/25/blogging-the-qur’an-sura-9-“repentance”-verses-14-28/

“Blogging the Qur’an: Sura 9, “Repentance,” verses 14-28”
POSTED AT 8:00 AM ON NOVEMBER 25, 2007 BY ROBERT SPENCER

BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET: “In March 2006, a twenty-two-year-old Iranian student named Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar drove an SUV onto the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, deliberately trying to kill people and succeeding in injuring nine. After the incident, he seemed singularly pleased with himself, smiling and waving to crowds after a court appearance at which he explained that he was “thankful for the opportunity to spread the will of Allah.” Later he wrote six letters to the Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper of the University of North Carolina, explaining why he did it. In one of them, he gives a list of “Qur’an Notes Relevant to 3/3/06 Attack.”

These include “Instructions and guidelines for fighting and killing in the cause of Allah.” Under “Reasons for fighting in the cause of Allah,” he cited verses 14 and 15 of sura 9, explaining that fight was “to release anger and rage from Allah’s followers’ hearts.””

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stepping back in time...

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=%7B6EC2F657-40D4-4A7A-A473-F784436D4810%7D

“Tarheel Jihad”
By Robert Spencer
FrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, March 08, 2006

[Cindy]

Don’t forget to check the current recalls.

RECALLS.GOV
http://www.recalls.gov

[Cindy]

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

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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=turkey&ID=IA40607

Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 406
November 23, 2007 No.406

“Turkey’s Parallel Policies – One for Peace, One Against”
By R. Krespin*.

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Two conferences took place last week in Turkey. The first, a summit held November 13, 2007 in Ankara, was dedicated to advancing the peace process, with the participation of Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli President Shimon Peres.

The second, held November 15-17 in Istanbul and titled The Al-Quds International Forum Meeting, was dedicated to support for jihadist organizations’ quest for Jerusalem, and was hosted by Turkey’s Waqf for Volunteering Organizations (TGTV), founders and members became AKP officials, current and former MPs, and government ministers and which has been linked in international intelligence reports to other Islamist organizations suspected of transferring funds to Al-Qaeda.”

[Cindy]

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, Mon Nov 26 2007 03:17:05 GMT-0800 (PST).

Worldwide Caution

October 09, 2007

[Cindy]

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

[STARWISE]

Really ??

That’s fabulous! All electronics?

[Godzilla]

placemark

[Rushmore Rocks]

FOX New..............

New Usama message to be released shortly.

[nwctwx]

From Laura Mansfield:

A new message from Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been announced on several jihadist websites.
The banner claims that the message is to the people of Europe.

The post accompanying the banner says the message will be new and addressed to the “people of Europe from lion Imam
who defeated the Americans and tyrants, Sheikh Osama bin Laden”.

We will update shortly.

http://www.lauramansfield.com