Threat Matrix: December 2008

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The Age of 'Celebrity Terrorism'

Quite apart from the scores murdered and the hundreds injured, what the Mumbai terrorists really wanted was an exaggerated - and preferably extreme - reaction on the part of governments, the media and public opinion.

In these terms, the attackers received as much attention as they could possibly have hoped for, and the Mumbai outrage can only be described as a very significant terrorist success.

The attack received saturation coverage in the world's media from the outset. Read More

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[Ditter]

LOL!
That is a scream! What did he propose the government should do about it?

The other members of his family are so embarrassed........ or.... maybe they agree. What an idiot.

[Godzilla]

placemark

[Velveeta]

Airline says bias wasn’t factor in canceled flight

DETROIT (AP) — A lawyer for American Airlines said Friday it was the suspicious behavior of five men of Iraqi descent, not discrimination, that caused the pilot of a Chicago-bound flight to return to the gate in August 2007.

Attorney Michael McQuillen asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the Detroit-area men, who claim their nationality caused Capt. John Plummer to ground Flight 590 before takeoff in San Diego.
(snip)
“One took off his shoes. One went to the bathroom, and one put a blanket on his head. ... If a white or African-American person had done that on a plane, it would have aroused no suspicion,” Garcia said.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gX1BqGQwiwmsiP1qbUqSeVWgJKCQD966DF400

[Velveeta]

Passengers talk about fumes aboard Las Vegas bound flight

It’s safe to bet no group of passengers has ever been happier to see oxygen masks fall from the ceiling, after those on board struggled to breathe several thousand feet up.

“Everyone started coughing and gagging and then we started coughing and gagging,” passenger Connie Lasher says.

“I turned to her to say something and I started coughing and then she did and we were just hiding our faces trying to find air,” passenger Donna Zahn says.

“That’s when I got up to tell her something was burning my eyes and we saw her reach for the phone and start calling the pilot,” passenger Richard Becerio says.

Passengers aboard Southwest Airlines flight 756 from Kansas City to Las Vegas say they wore oxygen for 20 minutes.

This after something that smelled electrical but felt like pepper spray invaded the cabin.....
http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9799333

[Velveeta]

2 dead, plague-infected mice lost by NJ lab

TRENTON, N.J. - The frozen remains of two mice injected with the organism that causes plague have not been accounted for seven weeks after being discovered missing at a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey facility in Newark, the university said Friday.

The FBI investigated and determined there was no risk to public health or any indication of the terrorist link.

UMDNJ’s Public Health Research Institute issued a four-paragraph statement late Friday saying it believes the red hazardous waste bag containing the dead mice was sterilized and incinerated along with another bag.....

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj—missingplaguemice0206feb06,0,2883732.story

[Velveeta]

***Nuclear Scientist A.Q. Khan Is Freed From House Arrest***
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/06/AR2009020603730.html

[Velveeta]

Immigrant gets $200,000 settlement

SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Son. - An illegal immigrant injured in an automobile accident after his arrest by the Border Patrol has received a $200,000 settlement.

http://www.yumasun.com/news/gets_47703___article.html/immigrant_settlement.html

[Godzilla]

***Nuclear Scientist A.Q. Khan Is Freed From House Arrest***

Time for a CIA hit before 0bama finds out.

[Calpernia]

2 more in addition to the 3 they lost 2 years ago? That place needs to be shut down.

[Velveeta]

Something like this might work:

Yedioth Ahronoth Publishes Details Of Mughniyeh Assassination By Mossad

The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth published details regarding the assassination of leading Hizbullah military leader Imad Mughniyeh, explaining that the hands that placed the deadly blow up charge at Mughniyeh’s vehicle to the right of the driver’s headrest were solely Israeli.
The paper said that operational planning for Mughniyeh’s assassination commenced with the arrest of Ali Moussa Daqdouq a Hizbullah ‘foreign operations’ official by Israeli security close to Karbala, Iraq in January 2007.

The Israelis interrogated Daqdouq and later delivered him to U.S. Central Intelligence Agents, which also questioned him regarding Mughniyeh, according to the Israeli daily.

The paper said that Mughniyeh was assassinated because he committed one mistake more than required. The fact that it was common knowledge that he would be visiting Iran’s new ambassador to Damascus Hujat al-Islam Mossawi, on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the Islamic revolution on February 12.......(continues)
http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/0/C8D352031D58C41EC22575550063C2BB?OpenDocument

[Velveeta]

Yep, I agree.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

bttt

[jersey117]

Thanks for the update Vel. I will be checking the Jersey papers. This is a very creepy story.

[Godzilla]

I certainly hope so, just imagine if this bozo slips out to Iran - presto all that enriched uranium with some one who know how to build the bomb . . ., well not a pretty ending.

[Velveeta]

Slips out or is delivered to Iran on a silver platter.

[Velveeta]

I’m experimenting with keyword “tm”, adding it to FR articles which TMers would possibly be interested in. There’s so much news out there these days and we’re all short on time. If you entered the tm keyword and everybody helped out, we might have a better collection of Threat Matrix related material that otherwise might be missed. Let me know what you think.

Here’s what today’s TM list looks like thusfar:
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tm/index?tab=articles

Official: Yemen releases 170 al-Qaida suspects
Sunday, February 08, 2009 1:04:35 PM · by Free ThinkerNY · 14 replies · 271+ views
Associated Press ^ | Feb. 8, 2009 | AHMED AL-HAJ

Pro-Hamas Thugs on NYC Streets - More Intimidation of Citizens on Video
Sunday, February 08, 2009 3:06:30 PM · by nysuperdoodle · 8 replies · 461+ views
Evil conservative Radio ^ | 08 February 2009 | EC

Grenade explodes at anti-Chavez party headquarters (no one hurt)
Sunday, February 08, 2009 3:09:13 PM · by NormsRevenge · 20 replies · 399+ views
AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/8/09 | AP

A Q Khan could be on Mossad hit list
Sunday, February 08, 2009 3:01:11 PM · by MyTwoCopperCoins · 17 replies · 366+ views
The Times of India ^ | 8 Feb 2009, 0200 hrs IST | The Times of India

Pres. Obama Invites Hamas Terrorists to America
Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:05:33 PM · by Technical Editor · 100 replies · 1,582+ views
The New Media Journal ^ | February 7, 2009 | Dr. Paul L. Williams

Taliban release tape of Polish engineer’s death
Sunday, February 08, 2009 1:04:56 PM · by lizol · 40 replies · 2,779+ views
thenews.pl ^ | 08.02.2009

Top Iranian reformer to challenge Ahmadinejad, reports say (Khatami)
Sunday, February 08, 2009 1:32:29 PM · by nickcarraway · 13 replies · 278+ views
CNN ^ | 2/8/09

CIA Warns Barack Obama That British Terrorists Are The Biggest Threat To The US
Saturday, February 07, 2009 1:45:46 PM · by Steelfish · 35 replies · 1,029+ views
Daily Telegraph ^ | February 7, 2009

[WestCoastGal]

That’s a great idea. I actually put my name on my Nascar threads and got the keyword to post in my sidebar somehow along with New/activism etc. That way I can always find my current threads or old for that matter.

[PGalt]

Placemark BUMP! Thanks again to all posters, linkers, researchers, educators.

[Velveeta]

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New thread is here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2181917/posts?page=3