Threat Matrix: May 2008

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U.S. Wary Of Small Boat Terrorism

As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist America's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb somewhere along the 95,000 miles of U.S. coastline and inland waterways.

According to an April 23 intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press, "The use of a small boat as a weapon is likely to remain al Qaeda's weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given its ease in arming and deploying, low cost, and record of success."

While the United States has so far been spared this type of strike in its own waters, terrorists have used small boats to attack in other countries. Read More

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[Cindy]

http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/index.cfm?page=gadahn&language=english

“Wanted
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Up to $1 Million Reward”

[PGalt]

#690 & #712 also talked about here...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021070.php#comments

(ping)

Thanks for all of your work!

[Oorang]

Thanks to you both for the info and links.

[Cindy]

You’re welcome.

[Cindy]

UPDATE:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7407489.stm

Page last updated at 18:19 GMT, Sunday, 18 May 2008 19:19 UK

“Death penalty over Iraq killing”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq has been sentenced to death for the killing of the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho.

The archbishop of the northern city of Mosul was kidnapped in February by gunmen who attacked his car, killing his driver and two bodyguards.
His body was found in a shallow grave two weeks later.

The Iraqi government said the criminal court had imposed the death sentence on Ahmed Ali Ahmed, known as Abu Omar.

The US embassy in Baghdad welcomed the verdict.”

[Cindy]

QUOTE:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2017778/posts?page=23#23

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu

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stepping back in time...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/018726.php

November 8, 2007
“North Carolina jihadist threatens anti-jihadist with death”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Rusty Shackleford, of course, is the estimable operator of the Jawa Report, which has been a thorn in Samir Khan’s side for quite some time.”

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http://www.jihadwatch.org

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stepping back in time...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/014218.php

November 28, 2006

“Jihadists to Jihad Watch: “I pray to Allah that he breaks your hands and poisons your tongue””

23 posted on May 18, 2008 9:15:47 PM PDT by Cindy

[Cindy]

Note: Post no. 726 is additional links for post no. 712.

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mexico/index

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017926/posts

“Drug Cartels to Mexican Police: ‘Join Us or Die’”
newsmax.com ^ | May 18, 2008 | staff
Posted on May 18, 2008 9:33:09 PM PDT by kellynla

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico

[Cindy]

A little early morning propaganda as we take a look at “The Battle of the Hearts and Minds.”

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSIkhvhwGYY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP8onCzWMak
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY7KK021EIk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXxJFS5dFV4
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCnJ_vrNRvU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FfVdFC8_BI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLz58LA46Pc

[Cindy]

http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200805/FOR20080519b.html

“’Indict Ahmadinejad for Inciting Genocide’”
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
May 19, 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CNSNews.com) - As the U.S. election campaign revisits the question of whether an American president should meet unconditionally with heads of hostile regimes, a drive to haul the Iranian leader before an international court may be picking up steam.

More than two years after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad began publicly calling for Israel’s demise and questioning the veracity of the Holocaust, at least one government says it is looking seriously at the legal options that may be available.

Last week, Ahmadinejad stepped up his rhetoric, greeting the Jewish state’s 60th birthday commemorations by declaring on state television that “death and annihilation” awaited Israel.

The Australian government says it is taking legal advice on whether a case could be brought against the Iranian president before the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in a television interview called Ahmadinejad’s statements “appalling by any standards of current international relations” and “an incitement to international violence.”

Rudd said it was important for the international community to be united in its condemnation of Ahmadinejad’s remarks. They went beyond mere hyperbole, and could have a “roll-on effect across the Islamic world to those who listen to Iran for their guidance,” he said.

President Bush, too, in recent days has warned against ignoring or taking lightly such threatening statements.

“When a leader of Iran says they want to destroy Israel, you’ve got to take those words seriously,” he said in a weekend NBC News interview.”

[Cindy]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080516/NATION04/1642075

“Inside the Ring”
By Bill Gertz
May 16, 2008

“Threats to America”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned in a major speech yesterday that the United States is facing the danger of defeat today similar to Britain in the early days of World War II.

U.S. military, economic and intellectual power is eroding as threats are growing and both Republican and Democrat leaders are deficient, Mr. Gingrich said. The five “greatest strategic threats” to the country, he said, are China’s rise, a resurgent autocratic Russia, radical Islam, rogue regimes seeking weapons of mass murder, and the growth of an anti-democratic system led by a “bureaucratic international elite.””

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http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=8598FFD1-B521-46C2-AA7E-D9425E729DEE

“Homeland Security in the Next Administration”
By James Carafano
The Heritage Foundation | Monday, May 19, 2008
(Delivered April 9, 2008)

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19541&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

RELEASE No. 20080518-10

May 18, 2008

CF kills 6 enemy personnel with air strikes

Multi-National Division – North PAO

TIKRIT, Iraq – Coalition forces killed six enemy personnel and destroyed a cache near Khan Bani Sa’ad with air strikes, May 17.

While attempting to disarm a discovered improvised explosive device, 5th Iraqi Army Division soldiers received small arms and rocket propelled grenade fire. The attack resulted in the death of an IA soldier.

Following the attack, Coalition forces observed four criminals with multiple weapons next to a house suspected of containing a weapons cache. Coalition forces used an Air Force jet to engage the building with precision guided munitions destroying the cache and killing the four enemy personnel.

A vehicle thought to have been involved in the complex attack was engaged by a Coalition force helicopter. The vehicular engagement resulted in five secondary explosions and the death of two suspects.

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[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19548&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080518-12
May 18, 2008

MND-B Soldiers seize weapons cache, detain suspected
criminal (Baghdad)

Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Multi-National Division – Baghdad Soldiers uncovered a weapons cache and detained one suspected criminal in operations throughout Baghdad May 18.

At approximately 12:10 p.m., Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, were searching a power sub station in West Rashid when they found a weapons cache consisting of two AK-47 assault rifles, three AK-47 magazines, one Dragonov rifle, one PKC rifle, three improvised explosive devices, two initiators, 60 pounds of homemade explosives, other bomb making materials, and one 60 mm mortar with fuse.

At approximately 11:10 a.m., Soldiers with the 1st Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, currently attached to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Inf. Div., detained a criminal suspected of emplacing IEDs after Soldiers received a tip from a local citizen in northeastern Baghdad.

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[Cindy]

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19554&Itemid=21

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080519-04
May 19, 2008

Iraqi residents turn in munitions to Iraqi Army soldiers; MND-B Soldiers eliminate threat
Multi-National Division – Baghdad PAO

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Local residents turned in a variety of munitions to Iraqi Army soldiers in the New Baghdad district of Baghdad May 17.

At approximately 2:50 p.m., the Iraqi Army soldiers were conducting an “amnesty drop” mission and were distributing food and water to local residents when they were approached by several civilians, reportedly from the nearby Sadr City district. The civilians turned in six 155 mm rounds, two 120 mm rounds, a 127 mm rocket and a 57 mm rocket.

The citizens indicated they were taking the initiative, showing they want peace and an end to the violence.

The munitions were taken to a nearby Joint Security Station for disposal.

Also in New Baghdad at approximately 12:20 a.m. May 18, Multi-National Division – Baghdad soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, observed an armed man exiting a vehicle near their position. The man armed the weapon and took aim at the MND-B observation point. The soldiers defended themselves and killed the man.

“Our soldiers are true professionals,” said Col. Allen Batschelet, chief of staff, Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division. “They took quick, decisive action and eliminated the threat to themselves and the local community.”

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[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/bakery

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BLOG:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/05/taliban_suicide_bomb_2.php

“Taliban suicide bomber kills 13 in Mardan”
By BILL ROGGIO
May 18, 2008 3:41 PM

SNIPPET: “The Taliban have struck in the settled district of Mardan in the Northwest Frontier Province. A suicide bomber struck in a bakery in the city of Mardan.”

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/zimbabwe/index

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017963/posts

“Mugabe Receives War Weapons”
The Zimbabwe Situation ^ | 19 May 2008 | Nicolas van der Leek
Posted on May 19, 2008 3:00:55 AM PDT by vikingd00d

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017955/posts

“Zimbabwe military plotted to kill Tsvangirai - party”
Reuters (excerpt) ^ | May 19, 2008
Posted on May 19, 2008 2:02:58 AM PDT by HAL9000

[Cindy]

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

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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08050091.htm

Sunday, May 18, 2008
“Hindu Radicals Ransack Convent and Attack Two Nuns”

By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
MADHYA PRADESH, INDIA

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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2008/s08050094.htm

Sunday, May 18, 2008
“Pastors Attacked in Andhra Pradesh, India”

By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service
ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA

[Cindy]

Note: Photos included.

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/html/ct_150508e.htm

Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
at the Israel Intelligence Heritage & Commemoration Center (IICC)
May 18, 2008

“A Grad rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a crowded shopping mall in Ashqelon, injuring 100 people, seven of them critically. Recently rocket fire has increased, in all probability prompted by Hamas’s desire to force Israel into accepting the lull in the fighting on Hamas terms.”

[Cindy]

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3545054,00.html

2 Qassam rockets land near strategic facility in Ashkelon
Published: 05.19.08, 11:05 / Israel News

Two Qassam rockets fired from the northern Gaza Strip landed near a strategic facility in Ashkelon’s southern industrial zone.

There were no reports of injuries or damage. (Shmulik Hadad)

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/france
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hamas

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http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1210668673660&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
(AP)

May 19, 2008 13:06 | Updated May 19, 2008 13:34
“French foreign minister confirms informal contacts with Hamas”
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS