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Posted on 12/01/2008 6:12:32 PM PST by nwctwx
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Hi to you WestCoastGal. I think a few people missed my posts when I first came back. I put my old screen name in parens. I have posted to Cindy a few times. I thought no one remembered me. Now I’ll definitely be stopping by the Threat Matrix more often. I was lurking a lot during the Mumbai incident. Take care and see you around.
Denise
Please stop by now and then, I don’t always have time to look for news and post it myself.
bttt
Crosspost
Toronto:Muslim Attacks a Reporter~Video
Islam in Action ^ | Jan. 7Th 2009 | Christopher Logan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2160617/posts
(Shocking video - what is this world coming to?)
Tackling The Terrorist Threat: Progress Made and Future Challenges
By Michael Jacobson
This afternoon, the Washington Institute hosted Ken Wainstein, the Homeland Security Advisor to the President, as part of a speaker series we’ve been running since December 2007. Mr. Wainstein, who has served in this position since March 2008, spoke about the WMD terrorist threat to the US and its allies. In his remarks, Mr. Wainstein laid out the threat, focusing on nuclear and biological aspects, as well as the steps the US has taken to address it since 9/11. While Mr. Wainstein noted that the US has made significant progress in this arena and build a strong infrastructure to combat WMD terrorism, there is still much work that remains to be done in this critically important area.
For Mr. Wainstein’s full remarks, click here.
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/01/tackling_the_terrorist_threat.php
Targeting Terrorists’ Financial Networks: A Moving Target
By Matthew Levitt
As Michael Jacobson and I wrote in The Jerusalem Post, despite being under geographic siege and financial sanction, Hamas was still able to smuggle some 80 tons of explosives, roadside bombs and longer-range rockets into Gaza over the course of the past cease-fire.
It is ironic, then, that one of the most effective counterterrorism tools since 9/11 has been targeting terrorists’ finances. Disrupting terrorists’ means of financial support frustrates their ability to operate, while following the money trail up and down the financial pipeline can reveal to investigators otherwise covert terrorist networks.
As the current conflict illustrates, these tools face multiple challenges, the most pressing being the ability to be flexible enough to keep up with a constantly moving target. And therein lies the fundamental catch-22: In response to each successful disruption of illicit financing, be it of a terrorist, proliferation or other illegal nature, our adversaries change the way they raise, move and store.
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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/01/targeting_terrorists_financial.php
Too many interesting articles at Atlas Shrugs to post.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/
Also some must read articles at Jihad Watch:
“Anti-jihad, pro-Israel rallies in New York and all over!”
“Palestinian journo confirms what the world ignores — that Hamas uses civilians as human shields”
http://www.jihadwatch.org/
Musician who helped take down suspect recounts airplane bomb scare
More details are emerging on the bomb threat and scuffle that happened aboard the Atlanta-to-LAX flight this morning. Apparently, the suspect who claimed that he had a bomb was tackled by a member of a hip-hop band from Atlanta, as well as half a dozen other passengers.
Chris Llewellyn, who plays bass and guitar in Asher Roth’s band, said the incident unfolded as the plane carrying 230 passengers was making its final descent into LAX. Seated with his bandmates in row 43F, the guitarist heard a male flight attendant in the rear galley yell, “Help me, help me!”
“We were all sitting in our seats,” Llewellyn said. “My boys had their headphones on. I turned around and got up and ran to the back of the plane.”
He said six other passengers also ran to help.
“The suspect was yelling, ‘Don’t come near me, I have a bomb, I have a bomb!’ “ Llewellyn said. The suspect had his hands in his shirt. Cornered in the rear of the plane, the suspect lunged for the rear emergency exit door.......
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/01/musician-who-he.html
Shoe Bomb Joke Causes Man To Miss Wedding
A Missouri man missed his own wedding after joking about a bomb onboard a plane.
Michael Shafermeyer, 30, was on a United Express flight from Lambert International in St. Louis to Washington on Saturday, when the flight attendant asked if he needed anything.
“He said, ‘No, I’m fine. I’ve got my shoe bomb — I’m good.’
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=2141190%2C288
(memo to the fiance’ - think this through really carefully)
Malaysian Muslims to boycott US goods
KUALA LUMPUR: More than 2,000 Muslim restaurants in Malaysia will remove Coca-Cola from their menus as part of a boycott of American products in protest against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, officials said yesterday. American companies are being targeted because of the US government’s support of Israel, which is carrying out a military offensive on Gaza that is says is aimed at stopping rocket attacks from the Hamas-controlled territory. The nationwide boycott will be launched Friday by several Muslim grou
ps after they seek God’s blessings at Friday prayers, said Ma’mor Osman, secretary-general of the Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association which is leading the campaign. In addition to Coca-Cola, he said they have identified some 100 other products ranging from food to beauty and clothing such as Starbucks, Colgate, McDonald’s and Maybelline.....
http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTA1NDkwNTc0MA==
Feds: Inauguration Attractive Terrorist Target
But No Specific Threat Known
http://www.wmtw.com/politics/18433491/detail.html
Obama Is Reported Set to Revise Counterterrorism Efforts
WASHINGTON — President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to scrap the way President Bush oversaw domestic security in the White House and name a former Central Intelligence Agency official to coordinate counterterrorism, people close to the transition said Wednesday......
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/us/politics/08council.html?ref=politics
Mumbai-like attack could happen in U.S.: Bush aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. cities are vulnerable to an attack like the gun-and-grenade assault that terrorized Mumbai for three days and killed 179 people, the White House homeland security adviser said on Wednesday.
Ken Wainstein told a Washington think tank that the Mumbai attacks in November showed the effectiveness of a low-technology coordinated assault on an open city.
“You can envision that happening in any American city, and it’s chilling when you think about it,” Wainstein told policy makers and others in a speech at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “That’s the kind of thing that is all too realistic anywhere in the world.”.......
http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE50707O20090108
***Welcome to the 2009 Counterterrorism Calendar***
The National Counterterrorism Center is pleased to present the 2009 edition of the Counterterrorism (CT) Calendar. This edition, like others since the Calendar was first published in a daily planner format in 2003, contains useful information across a wide range of terrorism-related topics: terrorist groups, wanted terrorists, and technical pages on various threat-related issues. The Calendar marks dates according to the Gregorian and Islamic calendars, and contains significant dates in terrorism history, as well as dates that terrorists may believe are important when planning “commemoration-style” attacks.
http://www.nctc.gov/site/index.html
placemark
bttt
LONDON, England (CNN) — From today, travelers visiting the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) risk being detained at airports and sent home if they don’t comply with new U.S. immigration rules.
Thousands of travelers risk being detained and sent home from U.S. airports and ports.
The introduction of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) means visitors from 27 VWP countries — including most of Western Europe, New Zealand, Japan and Australia — must now register their details online at least three days before departure.
ESTA — which came into effect today — replaces the written green I-94 form and allows travelers under the VWP to enter the U.S. without a visa and stay for up to 90 days.
The measure is designed to tighten security and make it harder for terrorists who are citizens of the participating countries to easily obtain entry to the U.S.
Critics fear the new rule will be an inconvenience for business travelers and the British Foreign Office is concerned that travelers who have not heard about the new rules may be caught out.
A British Foreign Office report on travel trends for 2009 predicted that 13 percent of British travelers are more likely to visit the States now Barack Obama has been elected. “The consequences of not registering through ESTA could therefore be far reaching,” says the Foreign Office.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has assured travelers that the system can handle last-minute and emergency requests.
Applications can be made at any time, even if travelers have no specific travel plans. If itineraries change, information can be easily updated on the ESTA Web site.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/01/12/esta.visa.waiver/index.html?eref=rss_latest
Can’t bring themselves to control illegals, but normal law-abiding citizens are sure going to BOHICA.
GRRRRRRRR
Today we got an e-mailfrom the Transportation Department of our state reminding us to make sure we are viligent while riding public transport in our city and to keep a look out for strange packages or persons of interest. We have not hd this reminder in a couple of years and we are in the southwest. Makes you think HmMMM! With the neww pres new week.
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