Threat Matrix: February 2008

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Is the U.S. Failing in Afghanistan?

It was malice in wonderland at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday as Bush Administration envoys insisted things are getting better in Afghanistan, while angry lawmakers from both parties cited facts and figures showing just the opposite. Even the senior Republican on the panel, Senator Richard Lugar, found the Administration's claims wanting. "I'm not sure that we have a plan for Afghanistan," he said.

Long seen as the "forgotten war" eclipsed by Iraq in U.S. priorities, Afghanistan is in the Washington spotlight this week with the release of three independent reports concluding that without a change in U.S. policy there, the erstwhile sanctuary of Osama bin Laden would remain a failed state. Read More

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[Cindy]

http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=iran

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

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Note: The following blog entry is a quote:

http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/5826.htm

IRGC Weekly: Merkel Harming Germany’s Strategic Interests

In an article, the Iranian weekly Sobh-e Sadeq, the mouthpiece of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei circulated among the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), wrote that the changes in Germany’s foreign policy being instituted by Chancellor Angela Merkel have harmed Germany’s strategic interests.

Among the changes cited by the paper are support for the continuation of a troop presence in Afghanistan; hostility towards Iran over its nuclear issue, including pressure on German companies not to invest in Iran; and support for “the Israeli aggression” in the 2006 Lebanon war” and “the Israeli slaughter being carried out in Gaza.”

The paper recommended to Merkel that she rethink her relations with the U.S. and Israel.

Source: Sobh-e Sadeq, Iran, February 25, 2008

Posted at: 2008-02-29

[Cindy]

http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/searchb10.asp?search=RASHID+RAUF&searchtype=all&B1=Submit

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http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/papers27/paper2605.html

Paper no. 2605
1 -March-2008

“SINGAPORE’S RASHID RAUF -INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MONITOR—PAPER NO.375”
By B.Raman

[Cindy]

http://www.serbianna.com/news/2008/01563.shtml

“200 Gypsies clash in Romania after child marriage canceled”

February 28, 2008 7:42 AM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “BUCHAREST, Romania-About 200 Gypsies in a Romanian village fought each other with knives and other weapons after the family of a 14-year-old bridegroom canceled his wedding to a 12-year-old girl, authorities said.”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978888/posts

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Opinion - Commentary:

http://www.therant.us/guest/t_segel/2008/03012008.htm

“Radical Islam Is Growing in the US: Where’s the American Anger?”
Terrorism Thomas D. Segel
March 1, 2008

Note: “Tom Segel is a retired member of the United States Marine Corps.”

[Cindy]

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3513434,00.html

Qassam, mortars land in western Negev; no injuries
Published: 03.01.08, 23:45 / Israel News

A Qassam rocket landed in Eshkol Regional Council limits Saturday night. Several mortar shells landed near the Sufa Crossing. No injuries or damage were reported. (Shmulik Hadad)

[Cindy]

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1204213992612&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Mar 1, 2008 8:40 | Updated Mar 1, 2008 17:44
“Six civilians wounded in southern Israel”
By JPOST.COM STAFF

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Six civilians were wounded in two separate incidents Saturday as Palestinian terrorists launched over 40 rockets at southern Israel on Saturday alone.”

[Cindy]

http://www.israelnationalnews.com

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125424

25 Adar 5768, March 2, ‘08
Published: 03/01/08, 9:00 PM / Last Update: 03/01/08, 11:20 PM

“War on Gaza Terror: IDF Kills 47 Terrorists, 2 Soldiers Dead”
by Hana Levi Julian

[Cindy]

http://www.idf.il

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Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3513458,00.html

IDF confirms targeting Hamas’ PM Gaza office
Published: 03.02.08, 02:28 / Israel News

The IDF confirmed Saturday that IAF fighter jets targeted Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh’s Gaza office, as well as weapon production facilities in the Strip. (Ynet)

[MamaDearest]

We killed too many say Bali bombers

Samudra’s fastidiousness about mass murder, which some scholars attribute to an element of Islamic theology, did not extend to any remorse. Two months before the bombing, he said, he had studied tourist literature to narrow down the list of targets.

Once on the scene, he said, “I observed Zionists. I knew they were using it [the bar] and then also I know I could spread this, with Australia, with Aussies.” No Israelis were killed in the attack.

His targets, he said, were “antiMuslims, especially people from the USA, Australia, members of Nato, elements of what people call the alliance because they know it’s a crusader army”.

What would he say to the families of his victims?

“To Muslim people I would say pardon - but Muslims only. While the unbelievers - they must be entering into hell. Allah says to all unbelievers that this road will bring you to hell,” he said.

[Godzilla]

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[Cindy]

Today’s STUCK ON STUPID award winner is so STUCK ON STUPID that I cannot even post the article here.

And now for the link:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979019/posts

[Cindy]

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1204213994449&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Mar 1, 2008 21:03
IAF bombs truck carrying rockets, terrorists in northern Gaza
By JPOST.COM STAFF

The IAF bombed a truck carrying over a hundred rockets and several Palestinian terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday evening.

No other details were given.

[Cindy]

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3513476,00.html

IDF strikes weapon factories in Gaza
Published: 03.02.08, 07:06 / Israel News

The IDF struck three arms caches in the northern and central Gaza Strip early Sunday morning. IAF aircraft also bombarded two weapon factories, in northern and southern Gaza.

Additionally a gunman was shot and hit in the Sajaiya neighborhood. (Ynet)

[Cindy]

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3513477,00.html

Qassam lands in open area in town of Netivot; no injuries
Published: 03.02.08, 07:07 / Israel News

A Qassam rocket fired from northern Gaza landed in an open field in the town of Netivot Sunday morning.

No injuries or damage were reported. (Tova Dadon)

[Cindy]

http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=ahmadinejad
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&q=ahmadinejad&btnG=Search+News

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Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3513488,00.html

Ahmadinejad arrives in Iraq for visit
Published: 03.02.08, 08:07 / Israel News

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s plane landed Sunday in Baghdad, the start of the first-ever trip by an Iranian
president to Iraq.

A delegation of Iraqi officials gathered at Baghdad international airport to meet his flight, including Foreign
Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who told The Associated Press that Ahmadinejad plans to leave Monday morning. (AP)

[Cindy]

Ahmadinejad’s blog here:
www.ahmadinejad.ir/

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http://www.memri.org/iran.html
http://www.thememriblog.org/iran

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and now how about a little evening propaganda, er...NEWS:

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=45507&sectionid=351020101

“Ahmadinejad arrives in Baghdad”
Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:59:43

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Ahmadinejad is to immediately hold talks with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Speaking on the eve of his trip to Baghdad, Ahmadinejad said his visit will help improve security in Iraq.

“Iraq’s security is Iran’s security,” he said prior to his departure.”

[Cindy]

JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "CIVIL FIGHTS: PATHOLOGICAL CULTURE KILLS" by Evelyn Gordon (Updated February 27, 2008, 21:58)

Link

[Cindy]

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.dawn.com/2008/03/02/top10.htm

March 02, 2008 Sunday Safar 23, 1429

Two killed, 24 injured in suicide attack
By Anwarullah Khan

KHAR, March 1: A security man and a civilian were killed and 24 other people were injured when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into a Bajaur Levies’ vehicle near Jar village, some 10km from here, on Saturday.

The political administration said the Levies’ vehicle had started routine patrolling in the morning when the suicide bomber smashed his white Suzuki into it from the opposite lane.

Besides a Levies’ man, one civilian Shah Wali Khan died and 24 people, including nine Levies’ personnel, were injured.

Official sources said the authorities had found the head and some other body parts of the suspected attacker from the site of the incident and had started investigation. Assistant Political Agent Khar Mohammad Iqbal said it was a suicide bombing.

[Cindy]

VIDEO Clip:

http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1696.htm

“Title of Video: Lebanese Minister Marwan Hamada: Nasrallah Is a Spy for Iran”
“Clip #1696 Broadcast: February 25, 2008”

Video Clip # 1696 Transcript:
http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1696.htm

[Cindy]

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

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7273413.stm

Last Updated: Sunday, 2 March 2008, 03:35 GMT

“Chavez in Farc raid ‘war’ warning”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned Colombia a strike against Farc rebels inside Venezuela like that in Ecuador on Saturday could start a war.

He was speaking after Colombian air and ground forces killed a senior member of the leftist rebels operating just inside Ecuadorean territory.”