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Threat Matrix: June 2008
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Posted on 06/02/2008 12:04:34 PM PDT by nwctwx

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The Hunt for American al Qaeda

The United States is turning up the heat in the hunt for the California boy turned al Qaeda operative, Adam Gadahn, who has been charged with treason and is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan. If caught and convicted, Gadahn could face the death penalty.

The State Department along with the Department of Diplomatic Security announced the beginning of a publicity campaign in Afghanistan urging locals to provide any information on Gadahn's whereabouts, with a reward if the information leads to his capture.

Radio advertisements with information concerning the $1 million reward have already begun airing. Additionally, printed materials including matchbooks, handbills and posters will be distributed throughout the region in the coming weeks in attempts to elicit cooperation from members of the Afghan community. Read More


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To: All

BLOG:

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/what-virginias-islamic-saudi-academy-doesnt-want-you-to-know/

“What Virginia’s Islamic Academy Doesn’t Want You to Know”

June 13, 2008 - by Patrick Poole


521 posted on 06/14/2008 1:54:28 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

BLOG:

http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/004047.html

June 9, 2008

“Indonesia - A Civil War Between Islamists And Moderates?”

This article by Adrian Morgan (Giraldus Cambrensis of Western Resistance) appears today in Family Security Matters and is reproduced with their permission.

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http://www.westernresistance.com/blog/archives/004048.html

June 13, 2008

“Indonesia - A Civil War Between Islamists And Moderates? Part Two”

This article by Adrian Morgan (Giraldus Cambrensis of Western Resistance) appears today in Family Security Matters and is reproduced with their permission.


522 posted on 06/14/2008 2:36:42 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: LibertyRocks
I saw something strange at the Walmart here awhile ago too. There were 4 men OTSTs in the fruit and veg department. They were talking on cell phones but that's no big thing . Everyone does, now days. They were just acting weird...walking fast and arrogantly cutting in front of people. They kept going to different spots like they were looking for something...rummaging thru vegs/fruit behind salads. They were nicely dressed and looked professional . Maybe someone lost their keys or wallet. Just strange to see men about the same age, dressed as they were, acting that way in Walmart.
Anyway when I went to register I asked the clerk if he thought it was strange. He told me...”I just got here” I asked him to call his manager. The guy came over and took off fast after I told him what I saw. Maybe just over-caution on my part but whatever they were doing...it's not the behavior I usually see in the store unless someone has lost their kid.
523 posted on 06/14/2008 4:22:13 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg

You did the right thing.
I would have reported it, too.


524 posted on 06/14/2008 6:07:37 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

Note: The followng text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20410&Itemid=128

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080614-10
June 14, 2008

Iraqi soldiers capture large explosives cache
Multi-National Division – North PAO

TIKRIT, Iraq – Iraqi soldiers discovered a large explosives caches after an intelligence-driven raid June 14 on the western side of Mosul.

The cache consisted of almost 70, 80 mm mortar rounds, almost 40 other mortar rounds, more than 70 rocket propelled grenades, almost 10 RPG launchers, a 60 mm mortar tube with stand and various other munitions.

The cache was found in a hotspot of indirect fires against the Iraqi Security and Coalition forces.

“This cache find is further indication of Iraqi Security Forces’ ability to deny insurgents access to ammunition and supplies and is further proof of the ISF’s ability to maintain the initiative against the insurgency,” said Lt. Col. Robert Molinari, a spokesman for Multi-National Division — North.

Iraqi soldiers found more than 100 mortars and more than 70 rocket propelled grenades after an intelligence-driven raid June 14 on the western side of Mosul. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army)

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525 posted on 06/14/2008 6:13:06 PM PDT by Cindy
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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20411&Itemid=128

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080614-12
June 14, 2008

Iraqi Special Weapons and Tactics teams capture 3
suspected terrorists

Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Special Weapons and Tactics teams captured three suspected terrorists in two separate operations, June 13.

In an operation, Mosul SWAT captured two suspected terrorists connected to Islamic State of Iraq, a front organization for AQI, reportedly responsible for assassinations, kidnappings and other terrorist activities. Intelligence reports indicate both suspects worked for an ISI cell leader, who was detained a week ago, carrying out assassinations and kidnappings.

One of the men is said to be known as a ruthless murderer who killed innocent civilians to instill fear within the local population. He is reported to have recently kidnapped Iraqi Police recruits and killed them to intimidate the local populace from working with the IP.

Another suspected terrorist was detained during the operation.

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526 posted on 06/14/2008 6:14:53 PM PDT by Cindy
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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20412&Itemid=128

APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080614-13
June 14, 2008

ISOF capture two suspected Special Groups criminals in
separate operations in Baghdad

Multi-National Corps – Iraq PAO

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured two suspected Special Groups criminals in separate operations in Baghdad, June 13.

The ISOF conducted an operation to detain a suspected Special Groups criminal reportedly responsible for kidnapping, murder and other criminal activities. His cell is said to have murdered the brother of an ISOF soldier and is responsible for improvised explosive device emplacements and small arms fire attacks against Iraqi and Coalition forces.

Three other men were detained during the operation.

In another operation, ISOF detained a suspected Special Groups criminal reportedly responsible for attacks against Iraqi and Coalition forces. He is also said to have provided weapons, including rocket propelled grenades, to other criminals.

“Iraqi Special Operations Forces continues to seek out those operating outside the law in order to bring security and stability to Iraq,” said Lt. Col. Neil Harper, a spokesman for MNC-I.

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527 posted on 06/14/2008 6:16:51 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All; Jet Jaguar; RDTF; Marine Inspector; backhoe; piasa; Godzilla; nwctwx; Oorang; penguino; ...

Note: The following news brief is a quote:

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3555638,00.html

British newspaper: Second batch of secret government files found on train
Published: 06.14.08, 22:34 / Israel News

A British newspaper reports that a second batch of secret government files has been found on a train.

The British Independent newspaper on Sunday says the papers deal with Britain’s approach to fighting the financing of global terrorism, the drugs trade and money-laundering. (AP)


528 posted on 06/14/2008 6:20:15 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy
You're welcome Cindy.

Police investigating suspicious incident

A 3-year-old boy was playing in the yard about 11:30 a.m. Thursday when a male got out of a white car and told the child he wanted to show him a dog in his car, according to a news release from Durham police. The child's older brother overheard the conversation, and the children ran into the house.

The car is described as small and white with dark-tinted windows. The woman was described as short and brown-skinned with long black hair. The male was described as having black hair and brown skin and he spoke with an accent.

Berlin fears German being groomed as suicide bomber

Police fear that a convert, Eric B, 20, is being groomed by Jihadists to become the first German suicide bomber, according to the news magazine Der Spiegel on Saturday. German police had lost track of B several weeks ago in the wilds in or near Afghanistan, where he was in training with Islamic Jihad Union (IJU), an Uzbek-origin terrorist group regarded as just as threatening as Arab-based al-Qaeda.

The news magazine said the fears were based on a recent IJU claim of responsibility which included a photograph of two men: Said Kurdi, the nom de guerre of a man who blew himself up in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, and B, with the implication that B might do likewise.

The two men were shown kneeling in the open air next to an IJU banner. The image was obtained in Berlin last Tuesday.

B is a native of Germany's western state of Saarland.

Jihadists called brilliant, resilient

"These guys can go into a Web site to learn how to avoid cell phone detection, how to avoid surveillance, how to make a bomb, everything they need -- A to Z -- a whole encyclopedia of jihad that they are constantly improving.

529 posted on 06/14/2008 6:24:23 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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placemark


530 posted on 06/14/2008 7:12:10 PM PDT by Godzilla (I'm not suffering from insanity, I'm actually enjoying it.)
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To: MamaDearest

“...and the children ran into the house...”

SMART kids.

Thanks for the info, MamaDearest.


531 posted on 06/14/2008 8:16:09 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

Looking at IRANIAN PROPAGANDA on the internet:

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http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iran&ID=SP195808

Special Dispatch Series - No. 1958
June 12, 2008 No. 1958

“Islamic Republic of Iran News Network TV Documentary Traces Zionist Themes in Hollywood Films, from Disney to DreamWorks – With Special Focus On ‘Chicken Run’”

SNIPPET: “Following are excerpts from a segment of an Iranian documentary series on Hollywood cinema focusing on the film “Chicken Run.” The segment aired on the Islamic Republic of Iran News Network (IRINN), on May 29, 2008:
To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1787.htm


532 posted on 06/14/2008 8:45:46 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy
You're welcome Cindy.

Source of drug-tolerant TB possibly behind TB relapses

University of Pittsburgh-led researchers discovered that the primary bacteria behind tuberculosis can grow on surfaces and that drug-tolerant strains flourish in these bacterial communities, the research team recently reported in Molecular Microbiology. The findings suggest a possible reason why human tuberculosis (TB) requires months of intensive antibiotic treatment and indicate a potential cause of the relapses that can nonetheless occur.

At least 3 shot near US-Mexico border

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that ambulances were sent to the scene near Campo, Calif. at about 10:20 Friday night to treat at least three shooting victims, according to a dispatcher with the Heartland Fire Authority.

The identity and condition of the victims was not immediately clear.

The California Highway Patrol told the newspaper that an undetermined number of people were shot on the Mexican side of the border and came across to the U.S. side.

Border Patrol seizes 680 pounds of pot near Campo

A Border Patrol spokesman says agents spotted a shredded tire on the Isuzu Trooper and began following it Thursday morning on state Route 94 when the driver made a sudden turn toward a dirt road. The driver parked the car near the border.

The spokesman says agents pulled up to the vehicle and saw three men unloading bundles. When the men spotted the agents they dropped the packages and ran to Mexico.

533 posted on 06/14/2008 8:58:17 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: All; fanfan

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/canada/
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/freespeech/

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031319/posts

“Tarek Fatah: Islamists who have a problem with free speech should leave”
National Post ^ | June 10, 2008 | Tarek Fatah
Posted on June 14, 2008 9:41:57 PM PDT by nuconvert


534 posted on 06/15/2008 12:06:46 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/humanbomb/
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/homicidebomber
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/suicidebomber

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/soccer
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/worldcup
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/futbol

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021403.php

June 14, 2008

Female suicide bomber targets soccer fans in Baghdad
Soccer jihad — fan of the China team? “Female suicide bomber strikes soccer fans in Iraq,” by Kim Gamel for Associated Press, June 14 (thanks to JCB):

BAGHDAD - A female suicide bomber targeted a crowd of soccer fans celebrating Iraq’s win in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday, wounding at least 34 people near a cafe north of Baghdad, police said.

The young woman, who was covered in a traditional black Islamic robe, was dropped off by a car shortly before the attack as dozens of cheering young men poured out onto the streets after watching Iraq beat China 2-1 on television in the cafe in the town of Qara Tappah.

The woman told suspicious police that she was waiting for her husband but blew herself up after an officer spotted the detonator and began screaming at the crowd to disperse, according to the town’s top administrator, Serwan Shukir.

Seven police and 27 civilians were among the wounded, Shukir said, but the officer’s warning had averted a higher casualty toll by preventing the woman from reaching the bulk of the fans.

Police Capt. Najib Khourshid said she was about 20 yards away from the crowd when the blast occurred.

“About 100 people were in the cafe and we went out to celebrate the victory after the match. Minutes later, a big explosion took place near us,” said Salman Hameed, who was wounded in his chest and right hand. “The female bomber has spoiled our joy and celebration.”...

Posted by Robert at June 14, 2008 7:17 PM


535 posted on 06/15/2008 1:09:21 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/soccerjihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/footballjihad

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stepping back in time...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970893/posts

“Terror accused told to kill 1,000 in Australia - ‘FOOTBALL JIHAD’”
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hRzIXHiPMUG6GG-_W6tzEHhDu7Qw ^ | 02-13-08
Posted on February 15, 2008 8:15:09 AM PST by Righting

“Terror accused told to kill 1,000, Australian court told”
Feb. 13, 2008

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “MELBOURNE (AFP) — A Muslim “terrorist organisation” was urged by their leader to target football matches or a train station in Australia in a bid to kill 1,000 people, a court heard Wednesday.

A group of 12 men pleaded not guilty to a string of terrorism-related charges amid tight security in the Victorian Supreme Court.

Their alleged leader, cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika, 47, had suggested during taped telephone calls that a bombing where the maximum loss of life could be inflicted, such as at a football ground, could be suitable, the court heard.

Benbrika taught the group that it was “permissible to kill women, children and the aged” in the cause of violent jihad or holy war, said prosecutor Richard Maidment.

Maidment said the case was about “a home-grown terrorist organisation” and that Benbrika had urged the group to do “something big” to pressure the Australian government to take its troops out of Iraq.

“If you kill here a thousand, the government is going to think, because if you get large numbers here, the government will listen,” Maidment said Benbrika told fellow-accused Abdullah Merhi in a conversation intercepted by police.

In another conversation with an undercover police officer who infiltrated the group, Benbrika asked if he could be shown how to make explosives using ammonium nitrate, the prosecutor said.

He had asked how much was required to destroy a house and then wanted to know “how much to destroy a larger building.”

The prosecutor also said that material, including literature on how to make bombs, and video tapes with messages from Osama Bin Laden, was seized from the group by police.”


536 posted on 06/15/2008 1:21:37 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: All; Jet Jaguar; Jeff Head

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

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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/12/inside-the-ring-79761847/

“Inside the Ring”
Bill Gertz
Thursday, June 12, 2008

“China missile test”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “China recently conducted a test of its newest submarine-launched ballistic missile, the Julang-2 (JL-2), which will be deployed on Beijing’s fleet of new missile submarines, according to U.S. defense officials.

The test launch took place May 29 from a submarine in Bohai Bay, off northern China, and landed in the Yellow Sea.

The missile has an estimated range of about 5,000 miles and represents a new generation of strategic nuclear-capable weapons being outfitted on the Type 094 submarine, dubbed the Jin-class by the Pentagon.

One defense official said the new JL-2 “shares features with the land-based Dong Feng-31 missile,” another new Chinese nuclear missile system.”


537 posted on 06/15/2008 2:43:28 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

bttt


538 posted on 06/15/2008 6:14:22 AM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet ("...deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed... ")
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet

A blessed Sunday to you Unrepentant VN Vet.


539 posted on 06/15/2008 8:54:45 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: All; Clive

Thanks to Clive for the ping to this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2031376/posts

“A blind eye to Mugabe’s reign of terror”
The Boston Globe ^ | 6/15/08 | Jeff Jacoby
Posted on June 15, 2008 5:40:20 AM PDT by MartinaMisc


540 posted on 06/15/2008 8:55:59 AM PDT by Cindy
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