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]

It must be sniper remembrance week or something.

I just ran across a bunch elsewhere.

Thanks for the link Layoutguru2.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1964110/posts?page=4#4

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1964110/posts

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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1201867281680&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Feb 3, 2008 1:25 | Updated Feb 3, 2008 7:30
“’Suicide bombing glorious, honorable’”
By JONNY PAUL - LONDON

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “An Israeli academic has withdrawn from a panel discussion at a respected London science-based institution after learning about the radical views of one of the invited members of the panel.

Prof. David Newman, professor of political geography at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, was scheduled to take part in an event entitled “Israel-Palestine” on Tuesday at Imperial College London’s Student Union as part of its Political Philosophy Society’s Conflict Case-Study Week.

On the panel is Robin Kealy, a former UK consul-general in Jerusalem. But it also features Azzam Tamimi, director of the Institute of Islamic Political Thought in London.

Tamimi is a Hamas supporter who does not recognize Israel’s right to exist, openly calls for its destruction, and supports suicide bombings.

In a BBC interview in 2004, Tamimi said that the act of suicide bombing was “glorious and honorable.” In the same interview, Tamimi boasted that he would himself carry out a suicide bombing in Israel. In 2006, Merrill Lynch pulled its sponsorship from an event at University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies because of Tamimi’s participation.”

[Velveeta]

Thank you for the new thread.

[Velveeta]

Nuclear physicist/Muslim cleric fights to get back job, security clearance

Another imam in legal limbo

Dr. Moniem El-Ganayni is not the only imam to have served as a chaplain inside a state prison. But he may be the only one who is also a nuclear physicist working on classified U.S. military projects that require a security clearance.

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It all began with a book, “The Miracle in the Ant,” one of numerous volumes published by Harun Yahya, an Islamic creationist from Turkey. The book details ant anatomy and behavior, and argues that these characteristics disprove the theory of evolution.

Dr. El-Ganayni had ordered the book for the Forest prison library and was passing out photocopied chapters for the Muslim inmates housed in segregation to read in their cells. Eventually, he came to the chapter called “Defence and War Tactics,” about ants that produce acid, use camouflage or enslave other ants.

Then there’s this passage, under the heading “Walking Bombs”:

“The ultimate in public service is to destroy enemies by committing suicide in defense of the colony. Many kinds of ants are prepared to assume this kamikaze role in one way or another, but none more dramatically than a species of Camponotus of the saundersi group living in the rain forests of Malaysia.”

A quick Internet search shows that this passage and others (minus the creationism) were lifted almost verbatim from “Journey to the Ants,” by Pulitzer Prize winning biologists Edward O. Wilson and Bert Holldobler. “Journey” was published by Harvard University Press in 1994, six years before the Harun Yahya version.

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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08034/854427-85.stm

One of those must read it all articles

[Cindy]

“...working on classified U.S. military projects...”

OPINION: Sometimes the right words just can’t be found.

Thanks for the ping Velveeta.
I’ll read it.

[Velveeta]

Hmmmmm. Stopped in my tracks at that post, Oorang.
We’re all in hypervigilance, I hope.

[Velveeta]

“New Operation to Put Heavily Armed Officers in Subways”

Thanks, Cindy. Bookmarking this one.

[Velveeta]

Very curios, indeed.

[Velveeta]

Heard about this one on the radio today. I’m glad you’ve got it in the posterity file now.

[Cindy]

It’s a good read.

[Cindy]

Yep, watching for updates.

[Velveeta]

Brigitte is an absolute hero.
I hope she’s verrrry cautious out there.
Adding book to my Amazon wish list.

[Cindy]

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019789.php
(TIMES OF INDIA)

February 3, 2008

“’Jihad is a holy struggle in the name of Allah’: India jihad suspect wanted to target U.S.”

DAVANAGERE

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Previously...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/019788.php
(TIMES OF INDIA)

February 3, 2008

“Jihadist training camps with Pakistani flags found in southwestern India”
KALGHATGI (DHARWAD)

[Velveeta]

Yep, it’s one of those suck your breath in articles.

[Cindy]

Yep.

[Velveeta]

The Robert Malley – Arafat Connection
http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=8&x_nameinnews=88&x_article=1437

[Cindy]

Small update to post no. 58:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-shots-fired-tinley-park,0,4576443.story

“5 women slain in store
Police hunt gunman in shootings at Tinley Park mall”

By Stacy St. Clair and Deborah Horan | Tribune staff reporters
11:13 PM CST, February 2, 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A gunman led five women into the back room of a Tinley Park clothing store Saturday morning, killed them, then walked out the front door and disappeared.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Police described the suspect as an African-American man, about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing between 230 and 260 pounds. He was wearing a black winter coat, a knit cap and dark jeans.”

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http://www.southtownstar.com/news/774456,0203shootmain.article

“Manhunt under way after 5 slain in Tinley Park”
February 3, 2008
BY CARLY A. MULLADYStaff Writer

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “He’s still out there.

Authorities were still searching late last night for the man who killed five women inside the Lane Bryant store in Brookside Marketplace in Tinley Park.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The shooter — described by a witness as a stocky man in a dark knit cap and dark jacket — was seen leaving the scene, but police have yet to find him. Tinley Park Police Sgt. T.J. Grady said police were “pretty sure’’ he acted alone.
Why the shooter targeted the small retail store for robbery is anyone’s guess.
“It’s not a place where you would find a lot of cash,’’ a police source said, adding the man did make off with some valuables.

Why it turned deadly is also unknown, police said.”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=train
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=trains
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=trainstation

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7224783.stm

Last Updated: Sunday, 3 February 2008, 09:53 GMT

“Colombo railway blast kills six”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “At least six people have been killed in a suspected suicide attack in the main railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, security forces say.

Police said a female suicide bomber blew herself up as a suburban train pulled into a station platform.”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964145/posts

“Tension Mounts in Kano as Govt Enforces Sharia”
This Day Online ^ | 02.02.2008 | Ibrahim Shuaibu
Posted on 02/03/2008 2:27:52 AM PST by forkinsocket

[Cindy]

http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_2876.html

Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520

This information is current as of today, Sun Feb 03 2008 02:51:57 GMT-0800 (PST).

CHAD

February 3, 2008