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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[RDTF]

just in case you missed this

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/14987020/detail.html

Man Brings Grenade Into DRH Emergency Room

[Cindy]

Thanks RDTF.

Yep, Oorang got it already.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947527/posts?page=185#185

Some further articles I read mentioned that the suspect had 2 grenades. He also apparently had grenades and pipe bombs at his residence.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&q=grenade+%2B+hospital&btnG=Search+News

1 or 2 — grenades in a hospital is a big NO-NO.

Still wondering what Grenade Man’s name is.

[RDTF]

grenades popping up a lot lately. I thought they were tough to get

[Cindy]

Apparently not.

[LayoutGuru2]

Another post to mujahidat_group

Links to http://www.m3ark.com/forum/index.php with an Adam Gadahn banner ad

[Cindy]

m3ark — duly noted and thank you LayoutGuru2.

[Oorang]

Dynamite stolen from construction site (Tennessee)
01-06-2008

PARROTTSVILLE-Almost 200 sticks of dynamite along with blasting caps and several bags of ammonium nitrate were stolen Thursday from three storage buildings on Carpenter Road off Highway 321.

According to reports by Dep. David Parton and Chief Detective Robert Caldwell, the dynamite, blasting caps and bags of ammounium nitrate were stolen from Elmo Greer and Sons Construction Company, which has been contracted to construct the new Highway 321 project.

Chief Detective Caldwell said the ATF sent three agents to the area yesterday to investigate the crime and the FBI along with TBI agents have been notified. Neither estimates regarding the value of the stolen dynamite, nor suspects involved in the crime have been reported at present time.

http://www.cocke.xtn.net/index.php?template=news.view.subscriber&table=news&newsid=147330

Four homes evacuated due to suspicious packages found along 20th Avenue in Indian River County (Florida)
05:29 p.m., January 6, 2008

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Indian River County Sheriff’s officials and the St. Lucie County Bomb Squad are investigating four suspicious packages found Sunday afternoon along 20th Avenue, between Fourth and Eight streets.

Law enforcement arrived on scene at about 2 p.m., said Indian River County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Deputy Jeff Luther. People living in at least four homes within the area have been evacuated, Luther said. Meanwhile, the area of 20th Avenue between Fourth and Eighth streets has been closed for the time being. No other details were immediately available.

http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/jan/06/four-homes-evacuated-due-suspicious-packages-found/

Foreign youths held after subway attack in Munich (Germany)
Jan 6, 2008

Munich - Police detained three teenage asylum seekers after an attack on two Germans in a Munich subway station early Sunday amid a debate about youth crime in Germany.

The trio was part of a group that kicked and punched their 22- year-old victims, requiring them to undergo hospital treatment, the Bavarian capital's chief police officer, Wilhelm Schmidbauer, said. A 17-year-old Iraqi and two Palestinians aged 16 were caught on surveillance cameras and picked up a short time later, Schmidbauer said, adding that police were looking for two other attackers. The detained youths, who denied any involvement in the attacks, entered Germany illegally in September 2007 and submitted an application for asylum, the police chief said.

Excerpted

http://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/news/article_1384917.php/Foreign_youths_held_after_subway_attack_in_Munich

[RDTF]

let’s see... illegal terrorists that want asylum. I hope Germany has enough sense to send them back pronto

[RDTF]

(that is unless they are the real thing)

[Oorang]

Pilot reports model rocket near airliner (Boston)
January 6, 2008

The pilot of a jet carrying passengers to Logan International Airport reported yesterday that a model rocket appeared to have been fired toward his craft, a Federal Aviation Administration official said.

The pilot of AirWisconsin flight 180A saw what appeared to be a spark or firework in front of the plane around 12:26 p.m., after the jet had descended to 500 feet and was preparing to land, said FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker. The model rocket did not hit the aircraft, Baker said, and the 40-passenger plane, which had three crew members, landed safely.

A State Police spokesman said the plane was flying over the Winthrop-Revere area at the time and the rocket was believed to have been fired from the vicinity of the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation. The state reservation is about a half-mile northeast of two of the airport's runways. State Police are investigating the incident, Benson said.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/01/06/pilot_reports_model_rocket_near_airliner/

[Cindy]

Thank you Oorang.
I surely do hope the stolen items are added pronto.

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Off Topic...

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/01/04/ap4496164.html

Associated Press
Ky. Man Pleads Guilty to Election Fraud
By ROGER ALFORD 01.04.08, 2:52 PM ET

FRANKFORT, KY. -

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A Kentucky man has pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign contributions to a number of candidates in last year’s governor’s race, including former Gov. Ernie Fletcher who was defeated in his re-election bid.

The case against Phillip Dufour, an employee of state road contractor Elmo Greer & Sons of London, was resolved Friday by an agreement that required him to pay a $10,000 fine. In addition, Elmo Greer and Sons agreed to pay $250,000 to cover the cost of the investigation.

The agreement also requires the company to cooperate in further investigations by providing names of others who may have been involved, Attorney General Greg Stumbo said.”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949396/posts

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http://www.slobodan-milosevic.org/news/vl121107.htm

“MUSLIM POLITICIAN SAYS BOSNIAN AL-QA’IDAH CAN ‘DESTABILIZE EUROPE’”
BBC Monitoring International Reports - December 14, 2007 Friday

Text of report by Bosnian edition of Croatian daily Vecernji list, on 11 December

[Oorang]

Well that’s interesting, thanks for the link Cindy.

[Cindy]

http://www.serbianna.com

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http://www.serbianna.com/columns/michaletos/026.shtml

SCRIPTA MANET
“’Great Albania’ as base for attack on Europe”
By Ioannis Michaletos | Blog
January 6, 2008

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Recap:

http://www.serbianna.com/news/2008/01008.shtml

“Muslim Albanian terror plotters denied bail”
Thursday January 3, 2008
REUTERS

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “CAMDEN, New Jersey (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Thursday denied bail to five Muslim men accused of plotting an armed attack on New Jersey’s Fort Dix army base.”

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http://www.serbianna.com/news/2008/01007.shtml

“Bosnian Jihad groups mark analyst for attacks”
January 4, 2008
SERBIANNA

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Al-Qaeda Media Committee, once led by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and used to coordinate the attacks on September 11, is now targeting Western intellectuals, experts, professors and analysts that expose Islamic terror activities, says Ilan Weinglass, Editor of the Terror Financing Blog, a website whose panel of experts have given expert testimony to the US Congress.

The latest target in these synchronized attacks of cyber-jihad is Professor Darko Trifunovic from the Faculty of Security Studies at the University of Belgrade.

“It became clear that al-Qaeda’s committee now targets our intellectuals, experts, professors etc...recently there has been an ongoing Internet War against Dr Darko Trifunovic, from the Faculty of Security Studies, University of Belgrade, who discovered existence of ‘White Al Qaeda’ in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” writes Weinglass.”

[Cindy]

Yes and you’re welcome Oorang.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949361/posts

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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1198517309787&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Jan 6, 2008 23:05 | Updated Jan 6, 2008 23:43
“Protesters, pessimism await Bush as PA beefs up security”
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

[Cindy]

http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?topic=810.0

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1949427/posts

“Pakistani militants kill 8 tribal elders (in South Waziristan)”
AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/06/08 | Sadaqat Jan - ap
Posted on 01/06/2008 8:46:03 PM PST by NormsRevenge
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan

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http://truthusa.com/a/index.php?topic=1538.0

blog:

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

“Report: Osama bin Laden’s security coordinator captured in Pakistan”
By BILL ROGGIO
January 6, 2008 11:15 PM

Photo Caption: “Osama bin Laden escorted by the Black Guard. Click image to view.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A senior al Qaeda commander has been reported to have been captured in the Pakistani city of Lahore, according to a Pakistani newspaper. Dr. Amin al Haq, the security coordinator of Osama bin Laden’s Black Guard, “was apprehended from Lahore couple of days back,” The Nation reported, citing “credible Afghan sources.” Al Haq is said to be “under interrogation” at an undisclosed location.

The report of al Haq’s capture has not been confirmed, a senior intelligence official told The Long War Journal. US intelligence agencies are aware of the report.”

[Cindy]

http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/01/06/4755297-sun.html

Sun, January 6, 2008
“Police website hacked again
Nothing crucial hit, Durham force says”

By DON PEAT, SUN MEDIA

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Durham Regional police website was offline for the second time in the past year after some Internet pranksters hacked it.

On Thursday night hackers that appear to call themselves the KingHackTeam got onto the page and replaced the main content that usually lists media releases and information about the force with some digital graffiti.

Along with the defacing credit, the phrase “Owned SysTem By Scorpion_King!! Turkish Defacers!” appeared.

Insp. Eva Reti said the website, drps.ca, is the force’s external website and not connected to any crucial department computer systems.”

[MamaDearest]

The state reservation is about a half-mile northeast of two of the airport's runways. State Police are investigating the incident, Benson said.>

IMHO there are far too many easy access / negligent amounts of traffic areas surrounding many airports permitting this type of event to easily occur.

5 criminals have in Iran have a hand and foot amputated

The men, identified as M.A. Jalali, A.B. Righi, A. Righi, A.R. Roudini and D. Pahlevan, were found guilty of "acting against God" and "corruption upon this Earth" for taking part in the robberies and taking hostages.

Dry rest rooms for religious schools

She noted that the project specifies that the rest rooms and washing basins must always be clean and dry, but this does not mean that there is no water supply to the rest rooms and washing area as water is used as means of cleaning, as required in the teachings of Islam.

Bombers fuel fears of violence

An Islamic militants' website carrying the statement is circulating throughout Indonesia, fuelling fears that the execution of the three bombers could ignite violence and arouse public sympathy for their cause in the world's largest Muslim nation.

Controversial Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir warned last month of a "big disaster" in Indonesia if the executions were carried out.

[Cindy]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080107/FOREIGN/930287838/1003

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“Suggestion of covert U.S. mission stirs anger”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan reacted angrily yesterday to reports that President Bush is considering covert military operations in the country’s volatile tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The New York Times reported on its Web site...”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Citing unnamed senior administration officials...”