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Threat Matrix: October 2008
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Posted on 10/06/2008 7:27:37 PM PDT by nwctwx

:::FreeRepublic's Threat Matrix:::
Critical Threats: Blank When None
FBI Warns of Potential Terror Attacks

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security today issued an analytical "note" to U.S. law-enforcement officials cautioning that al-Qaida terrorists have in the past expressed interest in attacking public buildings using a dozen suicide bombers each carrying 20 kilograms of explosives.

Authors with the U.S. Office of Intelligence and Analysis added that they have "no credible or specific information that terrorists are planning operations against public buildings in the United States." The FBI and DHS analysts said they were releasing the note because "it is important for local authorities and building owners and operators to be aware of potential attack tactics."

According to the note obtained by NBC News, a "recently discovered audio recording of al-Qa‘ida training sessions conducted several years ago provides instruction to potential suicide terrorists on seizing a publicly accessible building and damaging or destroying it with explosive charges." Read More


Threat Matrix:
October 2008
Click for Color Code Information


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To: Jim Robinson; John Robinson; nwctwx; JellyJam

BLOG:

UPDATE:

http://www.sacunion.com/mark/?p=111

“Secret Service cannot confirm citizen report of gunfire on McCain bus”
October 21st, 2008

BLOG ENTRY SNIPPET: “I spoke with the Secret Service agent in charge of the investigation. They cannot confirm the citizen report of gunfire hitting the McCain bus (McCain was not on board)...”


521 posted on 10/24/2008 2:00:25 AM PDT by Cindy
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Note: The following text is a quote:

https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=92451

OU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
Warden Message: India Train Riots
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
South / Central Asia - India
23 Oct 2008

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RELATED REPORTS
21 Oct 2008
WARDEN MESSAGE: MUMBAI RIOTS
2 Oct 2008
WARDEN MESSAGE: VIGILANCE CAUTIONED DURING INDIAN HOLIDAY SEASON
29 Sep 2008
WARDEN MESSAGE: KOLKATA, INDIA HOLIDAY WARNING
27 Sep 2008
WARDEN MESSAGE: NEW DELHI MARKET BOMB
16 Sep 2008
INDIA: ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE IN BANGALORE
U.S. Consulate Kolkata released the following Warden Message on October 23:

Recent disturbances in the eastern Indian state of Bihar have disrupted rail travel in the region including the route linking Kolkata to New Delhi. Many trains have been cancelled. On October 21, gangs vandalized railway stations and set rail cars on fire. Trains that are operating in the region and their passengers may be the target of additional attacks. American citizens should minimize travel and maintain a low profile in these areas until disruptions end.

Although these disturbances are not directed at U.S. citizens, they are indiscriminate and could affect anyone in their vicinity. We do not expect these to target any foreigners or Americans. However, demonstrations can quickly turn confrontational and possibly escalate into violence. American citizens should avoid large crowds if possible and exercise caution if within the vicinity of any demonstrations. Americans should also monitor local media reports and consider alternate travel routes to avoid affected areas.

For the latest security information, Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the Department’s Internet web site at http://travel.state.gov where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings and Travel Alerts can be found. Up to date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the United States and Canada or, for callers outside the United States and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). Americans are also encouraged to read the Country Specific Information for India, available on the Embassy’s website at http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov, and also at http://travel.state.gov.

U.S. citizens may contact the American Citizens Services Unit of the Embassy or the Consulates General for further information:

The U.S. Consulate General in Kolkata is located at 5/1 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata, India 700071 and can be reached by telephone at +91-33-3984-2400, by fax at +91-33-2282-2335 or via e-mail at consularkolkata@state.gov. The Internet home page address is The Consulate’s Internet home page is located at http://kolkata.usconsulate.gov.

— The U.S. Embassy in New Delhi is located at Shanti Path, Chanakya Puri 110021; telephone +91-11-2419-8000; fax +91- 11-2419-8407. The Embassy’s Internet home page address is http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov.

— The U.S. Consulate General in Mumbai (Bombay) is located at Lincoln House, 78 Bhulabhai Desai Road, 400026, telephone +91-22-2363-3611; fax +91-22-2363-0350. The Internet home page address is http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov.

— The U.S. Consulate General in Chennai (Madras) is at 220 Anna Salai, Gemini Circle, 600006, telephone +91-44-2857-4000; fax +91-44-2811-2027. The Internet home page address is http://chennai.usconsulate.gov.


522 posted on 10/24/2008 2:48:05 AM PDT by Cindy
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https://www.osac.gov/Reports/report.cfm?contentID=92453

YOU ARE HERE: Home > Reports > Consular Affairs Bulletins > Report
Warden Message: Ecuador, Violent Crime Increase
CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS
Americas - Ecuador
23 Oct 2008

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RELATED REPORTS
25 Sep 2008
WARDEN MESSAGE: ECUADOR WARNS OF POSSIBLE POLITICAL DEMONSTRATIONS
11 Sep 2008
WARDEN MESSAGE:ECUADOR DEMONSTRATION, SEPTEMBER 14
21 Aug 2008
WARDEN MESSAGE: ECUADOR DEMONSTRATION AGAINST PROPOSED CONSTITUTION
11 Aug 2008
SERIES OF ROBBERIES OF AMERICANS IN ECUADOR
U.S. Embassy Quito released the following Warden Message on October 23:

The U.S. Embassy in Ecuador wishes to inform American citizens visiting or resident in Ecuador that the country has experienced a rise in violent crime. American citizens have been victims of numerous violent crimes, including armed robberies, home invasions, homicides, and sexual assaults. Ecuadorian nationals have also experienced this increase in violent crime and have held protests demanding that the government take decisive action. On October 21, 2008, the Ecuadorian National Police (ENP) put an emergency operations plan into effect due to the rise of criminal activity and will increase its police presence and activity in Ecuador’s 24 provinces. American citizens should anticipate police checkpoints throughout the country, and be sure to carry all required documents while driving. These documents include: cedula or passport, driver’s license, vehicle registration, proof of insurance, and license plates.

American citizens are reminded that criminals have especially targeted people using ATMs and other services at local banks in Ecuador. The U.S. Embassy recommends that U.S. citizens avoid making large withdrawals from local banks in Quito and throughout Ecuador. When possible, use wire transfers when completing transactions involving large sums of money. If large withdrawals or deposits from local banks cannot be avoided, we recommend varying travel routes and deposit/withdrawal times so criminals cannot easily recognize a pattern. Banks and ATMs located in well traveled areas, such as shopping malls, are generally safer than facilities on the street. Law enforcement officials in Ecuador and elsewhere recommend that victims not resist their assailants. Criminals in Ecuador are less likely to become violent if you surrender your valuables without resistance.

Violent crime tends to be more common in the larger cities, but American citizens have also been victims of armed robbery and violent assaults in remote areas of Ecuador. Americans should avoid deserted hiking trails and beaches, and infrequently traveled roads, as well as the interior regions of large city parks, particularly at night.

American citizens are encouraged to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness. Please see the section on Crime in the Country Specific Information Sheet on Ecuador for more specific information. If an American is the victim of a crime, please contact the Embassy in Quito or Consulate in Guayaquil immediately.


Americans living or traveling in Ecuador are encouraged to register with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate through the State Department’s travel registration website, https://travelregistration.state.gov, and to obtain updated information on travel and security within Ecuador. Americans without Internet access may register directly with the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate. By registering, American citizens make it easier for the Embassy or Consulate to contact them in case of emergency. Please see the following links for local warden message information in Quito and Guayaquil, respectively, http://ecuador.usembassy.gov and http://guayaquil.usconsulate.gov.

U.S. citizens should consult the Country Specific Information for Ecuador and the latest Travel Alerts and Warnings and Worldwide Caution at the Department’s web site at http://travel.state.gov. Updated information on travel and security in Ecuador may also be obtained from the Department of State by calling 1-888-407-4747 within the United States or by calling 1-202-501-4444 outside the United States.

The U.S. Embassy in Quito is located at Avigiras E12-170 y Eloy Alfaro. The telephone during business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) is (011) 593 2 398 5000 X3800. Within the same city use the last seven digits. Add the city code for intercity telephone calls. See also the Embassy web site at http://ecuador.usembassy.gov. American Citizen walk-in hours are between 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Thursday, excluding U.S. and Ecuadorian holidays.

The U.S. Consulate General in Guayaquil is located at the corner of Avenida 9 de Octubre and Garcia Moreno (near the Hotel Oro Verde); telephone (011-593-4) 232-3570 during business hours (8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.) or 232-1152 for after-hours emergencies; fax (011-593-4) 232-0904. See the Consulate General web site at http://guayaquil.usconsulate.gov.


523 posted on 10/24/2008 2:54:32 AM PDT by Cindy
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Note: There are a number of hypertext links in both articles that make for interesting reading, too.

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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=5F32AAA3-D76A-45CB-9F31-0ACD0FB7ACD1

“Hitler and Jihad”
By Andrew G. Bostom
FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, October 24, 2008

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BLOG:

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/german-neo-nazis-view-islamists-as-allies/

“German Neo-Nazis View Islamists as Allies”
October 10, 2008 - by John Rosenthal


524 posted on 10/24/2008 3:07:34 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=35A0E570-0068-429E-91C7-C842C5D18938

“Protecting against the Terrorist Threat”
By Kenneth L. Wainstein
The Heritage Foundation | Friday, October 24, 2008

SNIPPET: “The Honorable Kenneth L. Wainstein delivered this lecture to the Heritage Foundation on October 2, 2008.

On September 11th of this year, President Bush spoke at the dedication of the new 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon, and he discussed our military war on terror since 2001. Today, I will focus my remarks on the non–military part of that war—in particular, on the agencies in the law enforcement, homeland security, and intelligence communities and how they have responded to the 9/11 attacks.

In describing our country’s response to those attacks, I hark back 60 years or so to December 1941 and to the words that have been attributed to Admiral Yamamoto, the commander of the Japanese battle fleet, as he sailed back from the surprise attack against Pearl Harbor. While his sailors and officers were cele brating their success, the Admiral remained somber. He recognized that, by provoking a country of such size and power, Japan had actually just sealed its fate. And he reportedly rendered that prediction by saying that they had “awakened a sleeping giant.”

As we all know, Admiral Yamamoto was right. Once awakened to the true threat of Japanese and Nazi tyranny, America summoned her resolve, mobi lized her resources, built a dominant military machine, and fought with grim determination until the Axis Powers surrendered.

Al–Qaeda’s attacks on September 11, 2001, similar ly awakened our country to a totalitarian threat—this time to the threat of violent Islamic extremism. And it similarly stirred us to mobilize our will and our resources to build the capacity to defeat that threat.”


525 posted on 10/24/2008 3:12:47 AM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113867/posts?page=1#1
Note: Photos included in the link above.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2113867/posts

“Bali bombers to face execution in early November, Indonesia says”
news.com.au ^ | 24th October 2008
Posted on October 24, 2008 1:08:07 AM PDT by naturalman1975


526 posted on 10/24/2008 3:31:35 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Mossad1967
Al-Qaida-linked Web site backs McCain as president

The rational for a hit matches AQ thinking.

527 posted on 10/24/2008 12:54:56 PM PDT by Godzilla (I am JOE. NO Socialism, NO Obama. I'd rather keep my change and spread it around myself.)
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...and then they sent the press release to the NYSlimes.

LOL

RIIIIIIIIIGHT


528 posted on 10/24/2008 2:02:54 PM PDT by Unrepentant VN Vet (Nuestro MSM supuesto es simplemente una colección de putas del excedente de mercancías.)
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Note: Includes comments.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/23/eveningnews/main4542149.shtml

“Candidates On Fighting Islamic Extremism
CBS Evening News: How Proposals By McCain And Obama Would Affect The World”
Comments 75WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2008


529 posted on 10/24/2008 3:24:47 PM PDT by Cindy
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BOOK:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1596985569/002-8167125-3983247?ie=UTF8&tag=robertspencer-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1596985569

“Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America without Guns or Bombs” (Hardcover)
by Robert Spencer
(Author)


530 posted on 10/24/2008 3:30:39 PM PDT by Cindy
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ADDING 1 link to post no. 520:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2099235/posts?page=520#520

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http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/023223.php
(STAR-LEDGER)

October 24, 2008

“Fort Dix jihad video depicts gory decapitations and jihadi celebrations”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “An FBI language specialist, Gassan Hajjar, then described for jurors what happened next: Using a knife, the captors sliced off the hostages’ heads, taking four to six minutes to complete the decapitations, he said. They held the severed heads aloft, placed them back on the bodies and celebrated.”


531 posted on 10/24/2008 3:56:03 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/egypt/index?tab=articles
http://www.memri.org/egypt.html

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http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=egypt&ID=SP209208

Special Dispatch Series - No. 2092
October 23, 2008 No. 2092

“Prominent Egyptian Cleric Zaghloul Al-Naggar: Global Economic Crisis is ‘War Waged By Allah’; Economy Should Be Based ‘On Healthy Islamic Principles’; U.S. Will Be ‘Totally Annihilated’”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “In an October 8, 2008 interview on Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV, prominent Egyptian geologist and cleric Dr. Zaghloul Ragheb Al-Naggar discussed the global economic crisis, warning that the “usury system” displeased Allah, that the capitalist system was collapsing, and that this was “a wakeup call” to “base economic institutions on healthy Islamic principles” and to realize the truth about Islam. He also stated that “the 9/11 conspiracy” was hatched by the U.S. and Israel.

Dr. Zaghloul is chairman of the Committee on Scientific Notions in the Glorious Koran and Purity Sunnah Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs in Cairo and a fellow of the Islamic Academy of Sciences. [1]

To view this clip on MEMRI TV, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1881.htm .”


532 posted on 10/24/2008 4:22:41 PM PDT by Cindy
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Note: This is on the front page for tsa.gov and there is no specific link for the following quote:

http://www.tsa.gov

QUOTE:

TSA Week At A Glance (October 13, 2008 - October 19, 2008)
14 passengers were arrested due to suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents
22 firearms found at checkpoints
3 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
8 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach

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http://www.tsa.gov/assets/pdf/secureflight_final_rule.pdf

http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1224686539438.shtm

“TSA to Assume Watch List Vetting with Secure Flight Program”
Release Date: October 22, 2008

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/10/22/no.fly.lists/index.html

updated 10:26 p.m. EDT, Wed October 22, 2008

“Terrorist watch lists shorter than previously reported”

From Jeanne Meserve
CNN Homeland Security Correspondent

WASHINGTON (CNN)


533 posted on 10/24/2008 4:44:44 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=51656

Coalition Troops Kill Three, Detain Four Militants in Paktika Province

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2008 – Coalition forces killed three armed militants and detained four others during an operation targeting the Haqqani terrorist network in Paktika province yesterday, military officials reported.

Troops searched a compound in Ziruk district, targeting a Haqqani commander suspected of foreign fighter and weapons facilitation, officials said. He is also believed to finance Haqqani terrorist operations throughout eastern Afghanistan, they said.

As the force searched the compound, they received small-arms fire from several armed militants, officials said. Coalition forces returned fire, killing three armed militants. A search of the compound revealed multiple AK-47s and other military style equipment, they said.

(Compiled from a U.S. Forces Afghanistan news release.)


534 posted on 10/24/2008 4:47:38 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=51657

Forces Capture Suspected Terrorists, Discover Weapons Caches

American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 2008 – Coalition forces continued efforts to disrupt al-Qaida in Iraq car bomb networks, capturing eight suspected terrorists during operations today and yesterday in central Iraq, military officials said.

Forces operating in Baghdad Thursday night captured a wanted man believed to be associated with one of the city’s terrorist car bomb cells. He and another suspect were detained without incident during the operation, officials said.

Coalition forces also took aim at terrorist car bomb networks during two related operations today outside of Fallujah, about 35 miles west of Baghdad, officials said.

During the first operation, forces captured a wanted man who intelligence reports suggest is a car bomb facilitator in Fallujah with multiple connections to other facilitators throughout the region. Two men believed to be associates of the wanted man were also detained for questioning, they said.

During a subsequent operation in the area, forces nabbed another wanted man believed to be associated with area car bomb networks. The man, who is also assessed to be an Al-Qaida weapons facilitator, was detained with two other suspected terrorists.

Additional terrorists were captured during other recent operations in Iraq:

- Coalition troops detained five suspected members of Iranian-based terrorist groups yesterday in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. The soldiers were with the 4th Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 7th Squadron.

- On Wednesday in Tikrit, Salah ad Din Special Weapons and Tactics captured a suspected terrorist cell leader. The cell leader is believed to be responsible for emplacing improvised explosive devices, torturing innocent civilians to death, and providing early warning to insurgents regarding coalition and Iraqi forces operations.

- In an operation Tuesday in western Mosul, Iraqi Special Operations Forces captured four suspected terrorist cell members operating in the Hay Al Tinek neighborhood. The cell members are believed to be responsible for conducting assassinations, kidnappings for ransom, and IED attacks.

- During a separate operation Tuesday, Iraqi soldiers captured three suspected Al-Qaida terrorists in eastern Mosul responsible for IED and vehicle-borne IED attacks. One man is believed to have conducted more than 12 attacks since July.

- Coalition soldiers captured an Iranian-based terrorist group member yesterday in the Aamel community of southern Baghdad.
- U.S. soldiers arrested two suspected terrorists Wednesday and Thursday while conducting early morning raids in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad.

At about 3 a.m. Wednesday, soldiers from 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, detained a suspected criminal in connection with a car bomb attack on Oct. 10 in the Abu T’shir community.

Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st BCT, 4th Inf. Div. detained a suspected special group criminal Thursday at about 2 a.m. in the Aamel community. The patrol returned to a combat outpost with the suspect wanted for weapons trafficking.

In other reports out of Iraq, a local citizen led coalition troops yesterday to a cache of over 5,000 pounds of munitions in the town of al-Harij in northern Babil province, officials said.

Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division’s 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team uncovered the buried cache that contained 34 bags of home-made explosives weighing 154 pounds each, more than 500 cylinders of explosives, 30 RPG rounds, 100 mortar rounds, two 5-pound bags of explosives, 23 hand grenades, two 80-mm mortars, two 4-foot rockets, four 60-mm rounds, four mortar sights, three anti-personnel grenade rounds, one bag of loose AK-47 rounds, 15 magazines for 7.62-caliber rounds as well a other bomb-making materials, they said.

An explosive ordnance disposal team rendered the cache items safe for removal, officials said.

Lt. Col. Timothy Newsome, commander of the 3rd Battalion, credited the coalition’s improved relationships with Iraqis in allowing them to make such finds.

“Though we have a relatively peaceful and stable environment in the Jurf As Sakhr region, the astounding size of this cache, the variety of munitions that are in it and the indicators that it is a relatively new cache all serve to demonstrate the very tenuous nature of the hard fought peace that is currently in place,” Newsome said. “Discoveries of this magnitude would not be possible without the close working relationships we have fostered over the past 11 months with the honest, hard-working citizens of the region.”

In other weapons seizures this week:

- U.S. troops seized bomb-making materials yesterday during a security patrol in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. Responding to a citizen’s tip, soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division’s 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team patrolled the Aamel community and seized 27 copper plates suspected to be used for explosively formed projectiles. An explosives ordnance disposal team responded to handle the bomb-making materials.

- Coalition troops secured a weapons cache Wednesday just west of Suwayrah. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 41st Fires Brigade received a tip from an Iraqi citizen of the location of the cache which included seven copper discs and PVC cases used to manufacture explosively-formed penetrators, four rocket-propelled grenades, four blocks of C4, two 120 mm mortar rounds and one 60 mm mortar round.

- The Muthanna Province’s Iraqi Police were tipped off about a weapon cache near al Khidr, a town southwest of Samawah, Tuesday and found 1,100 pounds of TNT dynamite in a concrete plant. The police also discovered 110 fuses at the site.

(Compiled from Multinational Force Iraq and Multinational Corps Iraq news releases.)


535 posted on 10/24/2008 4:49:42 PM PDT by Cindy
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NOTE: IT IS A CRIME TO FILE A FALSE REPORT.

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http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iidrMKZwVNDDlEtkssY6t1xxhg9QD9415BBG0

“Police: McCain volunteer made up robbery story”
By JOE MANDAK – 48 minutes ago

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “PITTSBURGH (AP) — A McCain campaign volunteer made up a story of being robbed, pinned to the ground and having the letter “B” scratched on her face in a politically inspired attack, police said Friday.”


536 posted on 10/24/2008 4:56:28 PM PDT by Cindy
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http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefaijuoct08.pdf
http://www.nefafoundation.org/multimedia-prop.html#sehadetzamni1022
http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefaijuinterview0508.pdf

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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/10/nefa_foundation_new_video_of_m.php

“NEFA Foundation: New Video of Most Wanted German Terrorist Eric Breininger” By Evan Kohlmann

(October 22, 2008)


537 posted on 10/24/2008 5:12:41 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: All; Jet Jaguar; backhoe

http://www.abendblatt.de/daten/2008/10/23/957522.html

“Interview: Der Präsident des Bundesnachrichtendienstes über neue Gefahren
Finanzkrise ermutigt islamistische Terroristen
Ernst Uhrlau warnt im Abendblatt vor Selbstmordanschlägen in Deutschland.”

Von Maike Röttger

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BLOG:

http://themoornextdoor.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/salafism-aqim-and-rural-mauritania/

“Salafism, AQIM and rural Mauritania”
12 October, 2008 by Kal

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BLOG:

http://www.jihadica.com/training-camps-in-mauritania

“Training Camps in Mauritania”
October 23rd, 2008 | Mauritania

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Previously...

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/globaljihad
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mauritania

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BLOG:

Note: The following blog entry is a quote:

http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/10777.htm

German Intelligence Chief: Al-Qaeda Training Bases Transferred From Pakistan/Afghanistan To Mauritania

The head of the German intelligence apparatus BND, Ernst Uhrlau, has told the Hamburger Abendblatt newspaper that Al-Qaeda’s training bases have been transferred from Pakistan/Afghanistan to Mauritania.

He said that Al-Qaeda was planning to launch attacks from there, to be carried out by Islamists coming from Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, and Somalia.

He added that Al-Qaeda was basing itself in this region with the blessing of Osama bin Laden, and that it threatened Europe.

Source: Al-Akhbar, Mauritania, October 22, 2008

Posted at: 2008-10-23


538 posted on 10/24/2008 5:23:41 PM PDT by Cindy
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HMMM....

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

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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3612479,00.html

“Report: Ahmadinejad may not run for president again”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Following reports that Iranian leader’s health is failing, local website quotes Ahmadinejad associates as saying he may not take part in 2009 presidential elections due to exhaustion”

Dudi Cohen
Published: 10.24.08, 08:55 / Israel News


539 posted on 10/24/2008 7:49:12 PM PDT by Cindy
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ON THE INTERNET:

mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/194561.php


540 posted on 10/24/2008 10:59:23 PM PDT by Cindy
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