Threat Matrix: January 2008

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Pervez Musharraf was calm, confident and—despite a flurry of rumors—not about to announce his resignation. Instead, the Pakistani president's "concession" to his troubled nation was an announcement that he would allow Britain's Scotland Yard to help local law enforcement agencies with their investigation into last week's assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.

Speaking in a nationally televised address two hours after Pakistan's election commission announced the postponement of the ballot to Feb. 18, six weeks later than had been scheduled, Musharraf was notably deferential in his remarks about Bhutto, often invoking her "martyrdom" and extolling her liberal democratic credentials. "May she go to heaven," he said. "I stand for the same things she said." Read More

	Pakistan's Frayed Politics
	Musharraf's Dangerous Liaisons
	Pakistan after Bhutto

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[Cindy]

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/01/missile_strike_in_no.php

“Missile strike in North Waziristan kills 12”
By BILL ROGGIO
January 29, 2008 9:18 AM

[Cindy]

blog:

http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/003957.html

January 29, 2008
“UK: Man Admits Plotting To Behead Muslim Soldier”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1961590/posts?page=7#7

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1961590/posts

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blog:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/01/the_terror_scare.html

January 28, 2008
“The Terror Scare?”
By J.R. Dunn

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Influential voices are peddling a dangerous fallacy: that the threat of terror is overblown, another example of scare tactics, like the supposedly nonexistent Communist threat in the 1940s and 1950s. Surprisingly level-headed people are hearing this siren call, at once so attractive and so dangerous.”

[Cindy]

http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Briefing/2008/01/28/india_islamists_planned_blasts

“India hopes to unravel rebel group network”

Published: Jan. 29, 2008 at 10:28 AM
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NEW DELHI, Jan. 29 (UPI) —

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The resident of Bangalore city, who was arrested recently on a charge of car theft, was responsible for a string of terrorist bombings that claimed more than 100 lives across the country in 2005-2006, a senior Intelligence Bureau official said Tuesday.

The official who is linked with the interrogation of Hyderabad-born Ziauddin Nasir said evidence has emerged that Nasir was trained by a Pakistan-based HuJI cell responsible for attacks in Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan states for six months, before returning to India through Bangladesh in August 2007.”

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Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/detailed_news.asp?date1=1/26/2008

India
Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami ‘commander-in-chief’ for operations in India killed in Jammu and Kashmir

Bashir Ahmed Mir, the Harkat ul-Jihad-e-Islami’s (HuJI) ‘commander-in-chief’ for operations across India was shot dead by police in the Doda district on January 25, reports The Hindu. Operating under the code-name “Hijazi,” Pakistan-trained Mir is believed to have ordered a string of strikes across north and south-east India in 2007, including the court complex bombings in Uttar Pradesh, the bombing of the Ajmer Sharif shrine in Rajasthan, and the multiple bombings which took place in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.

A resident of Chatroo village in Kishtwar tehsil (administrative division), Mir joined the Harkat-ul-Ansar, which later transformed itself into the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), in 1992. He trained in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) from 1994 to 1995, and was then assigned the charge of instructing new recruits at a HuJI-run camp near Mansehra. He is believed to have returned to Jammu and Kashmir in 1999, and served with a HuJI unit operating out of the Pir Panjal Mountains in the Doda-Anantnag mountain belt. He was arrested from the village of Kapran in 2000, and served two years under the Public Safety Act until his detention was revoked just before the 2002 Assembly elections. After his release he went underground. In 2004, he was appointed ‘commander-in-chief’ of the HuJI in India.

[Cindy]

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019736.php
(THE AUSTRALIAN - News.com.au)

January 29, 2008

“New generation of jihadists ‘set to step up’ in Australia”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Dr Gunaratna said the home-grown terror suspects had been under investigation by Australian law enforcement agencies for some time. The new networks were very similar in “character and composition” to those that had been disrupted by law enforcement agencies.

“Law enforcement has only peeled back one layer of jihadis,” he said. “The second rung is maturing and ripe for another operation, possibly in the coming months.”

Intelligence sources say they are aware of the new threats, but deny there is any evidence that the groups may be close to planning an attack in Australia.”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961626/posts

“Australia to withdraw troops from Iraq”
Times of India ^
Posted on 01/29/2008 2:07:06 PM PST by Axlrose

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “MELBOURNE: Australia has announced pulling out its military troops from Iraq while reassuring its commitments to continue aid and help for the reconstruction work both in Iraq and Afghanistan.

According to Skynews TV channel , Australian Foreign Affairs Stephen Smith informed this to US secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary Robert Gates and Vice-President Dick Cheney on his first official visit to Washington since Kevin Rudd Government’s election last year.

Australia has pledged to withdraw 550 combat troops from Iraq by June this year. Smith’s agenda comprised explanations on Australia’s decision to withdraw its combat troops from Iraq, which he said would be achieved by mid year and assured it will not hurt Australia’s relationship with America.”

[Cindy]

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=28766_Canadian_Muslim_Group_Sounds_Warning_on_Sharia_Banking&only

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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080129/islamic_banking_080129/20080129?hub=Canada&s_name=

“Stop CMHC Islamic banking study: Muslim congress”
Updated Tue. Jan. 29 2008 11:30 AM ET

The Canadian Press

TORONTO —

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Islamic financing is based on the principle that no interest is charged and is not widely available in Canada.

Under its principles, a Muslim depositing money at a bank would receive no interest for their deposits.

The congress says it would like to see a better deal from banks for all Canadians, instead of dividing people into religious groups.”

[Cindy]

blog:

http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/4891.htm

“From MEMRI TV: The Emir of the Pakistani Taliban By’atullah Mahsoud: We Will Destroy America and Britain, But Will Not Use Nuclear Bombs”
(Posted January 29, 2008)

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Video:

http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1668.htm

“Title of Video: The Emir of the Pakistani Taliban By’atullah Mahsoud: We Will Destroy America and Britain, But Will Not Use Nuclear Bombs”

“Clip #1668 Broadcast: January 25, 2008”

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Transcript:

http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1668.htm

January 25, 2008 Clip No. 1668

“The Emir of the Pakistani Taliban By’atullah Mahsoud: We Will Destroy America and Britain, But Will Not Use Nuclear Bombs”

[milford421]

This one caught my eye. Not sure what’s up yet, but of all the related articles, this one is the only one to mention that the co-pilot needed to be “restrained.”

“The source said the co-pilot had to be physically restrained by flight crew and a passenger reportedly belonging to the Canadian military.”
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/01/29/air_canada_pilot_has_mid-flight_breakdown/1544/

[Cindy]

Yes, I saw that.

Fanfan posted another article already
and I’ve been watching updates.

Updates on the pilot are appreciated.

[milford421]

My apologies to fanfan. I didn’t perform a thorough search of the freep site. Should have known you guys would be on it already.

I’ll keep you posted if I find anything new.

[milford421]

Thanks for posting this. I found another article:

States the co-pilot needed to be restrained.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008/01/29/air_canada_pilot_has_mid-flight_breakdown/1544/

“The source said the co-pilot had to be physically restrained by flight crew and a passenger reportedly belonging to the Canadian military.”

I’m interested in this one. If you come up with further information, would you please ping me?

[Cindy]

Oh, no problem.
I’m glad you’re on top of it, too, milford421.

[Cindy]

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/01/al_qaeda_in_the_islamic_maghre_2.php

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http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/01/28/al-qaida_in_the_islamic_maghrebs_dilemma/1237/

“Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb’s dilemma”
By OLIVIER GUITTA (Middle East Times)Published: January 28, 2008

[Cindy]

http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?topic=1385.0

More Details UPDATE:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/01/new_nefa_foundation_target_ame.php

“New NEFA Foundation ‘Target America’ Report: ‘The Fort Dix Plot’”
By Evan Kohlmann
(January 28, 2008)

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http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/fortdixplot.pdf

“THE FORT DIX PLOT”

“Report #13 in a NEFA series, “Target: America’
A NEFA analysis of U.S. v. Shnewer
January 2008”

[Cindy]

http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/592

“Al-Arian’s Third Strike”

by Steven Emerson
IPT News
January 28, 2008

[Cindy]

Very sad.

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

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Note: The following post is a quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961667/posts

Glasgow woman dies during forced abortion in Pakistan [Honor killing?]
stv.tv ^ | Jan. 29, 2008
Posted on 01/29/2008 3:42:07 PM PST by Alouette

STV news can reveal that a Glasgow woman died during a forced abortion in Pakistan. Twenty-two year-old Sobia Wali, from the Crookston area of the city was recently married and went back to Pakistan to attend a family funeral.

Sobia Wali was five months pregnant. The call centre worker married just after Christmas.

Last week Sobia returned to Pakistan to attend her grandmother’s funeral.

While there, her friends say she sent desperate texts to her husband asking for his help. Then later they heard from Pakistan that Sobia died from a virus while in Gudjhranwala near Lahore.

But it has emerged that she was apparently forced to have an abortion. She died during the procedure.

Sobia and her husband married on December 27. She loved her husband desperately, but there were only three witnesses at the wedding and it is understood that two of them had never even met the groom, who is also from Glasgow’s south side.

They married in secret because her family apparently did not approve of her husband, Usman Gulzar, and his family.

Strathclyde Police would only say they are investigating Sobia’s death, but it is understood that detectives are interviewing her friends and family.

Glasgow MP Mohammed Sarwar has experience of this kind of case, he was involved in having the killers of Glasgow teenager Kriss Donald returned to Scotland to face trial and negotiated the return to Pakistan of schoolgirl Molly Campbell.

Tomorrow he will speak to detectives in Glasgow and Foreign Office officials, as well as senior detectives in Pakistan. It is understood he will be pressing for Sobia’s body to be exhumed and undergo a post mortem.

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers26/paper2568.html

Paper no. 2568
28-Jan.-2008

“Pak Army Faces Four-Front Jihad - International Terrorism Monitor-—Paper No. 362”
By B. Raman

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http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers26/paper2550.html

Paper no. 2550
14-Jan.-2008

“Suicide Terrorism In Pakistan—2007 - International Terrorism Monitor—Paper No. 351”
By B. Raman

[Oorang]

Interesting al-Arian news Cindy. Either way he’s toast.

[Cindy]

Yep, I agree.