Threat Matrix: 2009

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[Velveeta]

Cheney warns of new attacks

Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that there is a “high probability” that terrorists will attempt a catastrophic nuclear or biological attack in coming years, and said he fears the Obama administration’s policies will make it more likely the attempt will succeed.

In an interview Tuesday with Politico, Cheney unyieldingly defended the Bush administration’s support for the Guantanamo Bay prison and coercive interrogation of terrorism suspects.

And he asserted that President Obama will either backtrack on his stated intentions to end those policies or put the country at risk in ways more severe than most Americans — and, he charged, many members of Obama’s own team — understand.

“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry,” Cheney said.

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	Most Wanted Terrorists		Terror-Alert.com		NCI: Nuclear Terrorism
	FBI: Seeking Information		Global Crisis Watch		IR and Security Network
	Are you Ready?: Ready.Gov		SOFIR		World Policy Institute
	CDC: Preparedness/Response		Little Green Footballs	Threat Matrix Related
	Defense Dept. War on Terror		Terror Base UK		Terrorism Knowledge Base
	U.S. Immigration & Customs		The Blotter		Terror Information Bank
	DOJ: Combating Terrorism		Middle East Live Daily Thread		South Asia Terrorism Portal
	US-Cert: Current Activity	Think Tanks			Terrorist Scorecard
News & Information			The Terrorism Research Center		Iraq Pipeline Watch
	IPN - Fire & Police Paging		The Jamestown Foundation		National Security Archive
	MEMRI | MEMRI TV		The Brookings Institution		Islamic Dictionary
	The Counterterrorism Blog		Council on Foreign Relations		IACSP Terrorism/Antiterrorism
	Jihad Watch		SITE Institute	Maps
	GlobalTerrorAlert.com		CSIS		Terrorist Network in U.S. Map
	LauraMansfield.com		RAND Corporation		Recent Disasters: Worldwide
	Internet Haganah		International Crisis Group		Nuclear Weapon Effects Calc.
	Topix.net: Terrorism News		The Heritage Foundation		Nuclear Terrorism: Blast Maps
	Faith Freedom International		Foreign Policy Institute		FEMA Nuclear Fallout Map
	TrackingTerrorism.com		Center for Defense Information		U.S. Nuclear Targets Map
	DEBKAfile		The Cato Institute		Global Incident Map
	TerroristWarning.com		Hudson Institute	Pay Sites
	HomelandSecurityUS.net		Homeland Security Institute		Strategic Forecasting
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Intelligence is the best weapon against terrorism.
National Commission on Terrorism: 1999

Ian Livingston

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Submit Information Online: FBI Tips & Public Leads
CDC ::::: CIA ::::: DHS ::::: DOJ ::::: DOD ::::: FBI ::::: NSA
Government Web Sites			Homeland Security Weekly		Nuclear Threat Initiative
	Most Wanted Terrorists		Terror-Alert.com		NCI: Nuclear Terrorism
	FBI: Seeking Information		Global Crisis Watch		IR and Security Network
	Are you Ready?: Ready.Gov		SOFIR		World Policy Institute
	CDC: Preparedness/Response		Little Green Footballs	Threat Matrix Related
	Defense Dept. War on Terror		Terror Base UK		Terrorism Knowledge Base
	U.S. Immigration & Customs		The Blotter		Terror Information Bank
	DOJ: Combating Terrorism		Middle East Live Daily Thread		South Asia Terrorism Portal
	US-Cert: Current Activity	Think Tanks			Terrorist Scorecard
News & Information			The Terrorism Research Center		Iraq Pipeline Watch
	IPN - Fire & Police Paging		The Jamestown Foundation		National Security Archive
	MEMRI | MEMRI TV		The Brookings Institution		Islamic Dictionary
	The Counterterrorism Blog		Council on Foreign Relations		IACSP Terrorism/Antiterrorism
	Jihad Watch		SITE Institute	Maps
	GlobalTerrorAlert.com		CSIS		Terrorist Network in U.S. Map
	LauraMansfield.com		RAND Corporation		Recent Disasters: Worldwide
	Internet Haganah		International Crisis Group		Nuclear Weapon Effects Calc.
	Topix.net: Terrorism News		The Heritage Foundation		Nuclear Terrorism: Blast Maps
	Faith Freedom International		Foreign Policy Institute		FEMA Nuclear Fallout Map
	TrackingTerrorism.com		Center for Defense Information		U.S. Nuclear Targets Map
	DEBKAfile		The Cato Institute		Global Incident Map
	TerroristWarning.com		Hudson Institute	Pay Sites
	HomelandSecurityUS.net		Homeland Security Institute		Strategic Forecasting
New Links in Italics

"America Supports You" spotlights what Americans are doing in support of the military all across the land, encourages others to thank the troops and allows all to tell their stories by giving voice and visibility to their efforts.

Being prepared is a good thing, no matter where one lives; no matter what alert level we are on.
From TM'er and Freeper ~Cindy~

Intelligence is the best weapon against terrorism.
National Commission on Terrorism: 1999

Ian Livingston

[WestCoastGal]

It seemed to the state senator that it was urgent or an emergency situation as he put it.

I personally hope it’s more of the same ol stuff.

[SouthTexas]

Oh don’t get me wrong, there are problems, some major ones and there are actually some people noticing now, but they have been there for years with nothing being done and I frankly don’t think anything will be done now.

[LucyT]

Terror Training Camps on American Soil

Human Events ^ | February 19, 2009 | Robert Spencer

“We are fighting to destroy the enemy. We are dealing with evil at its roots and its roots are America.”

So said the Pakistani Sheikh Muburak Gilani, leader of the jihad terrorist group Jamaat ul-Fuqra. And the way that he and his organization are “dealing with evil at its roots” is to set up jihad terror training camps all over the United States -- often under the noses of government and law enforcement officials who are either indifferent or too hamstrung by political correctness to do anything about it.

[snip]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189064/posts

[Oorang]

Images depict Syrian chemical weapons site
February 18, 2009

A review of satellite imagery suggests activity at a site in northwest Syria is consistent with features associated with a chemical weapons site, analysts say.

A report from Jane's Intelligence Review says commercial satellite imagery of a site in Syria, al-Safir, depicts what are thought to be the defining characteristics of not only chemical weapons manufacturing, but also of heavy construction activity near a missile base.

Excerpted

http://www.metimes.com/Security/2009/02/18/images_depict_syrian_chemical_weapons_site/4071/

[LucyT]

Thanks, Oorang. Nukes in Iran, a chemical weapon site in Syria, who are they going to kill?

Check out #124.

Here’s a map of Syria:

http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/sy.htm

[Fred Nerks]

...who are they going to kill?

HOPEFULLY EACH OTHER! Maybe it's sunni vs shia time?

[Velveeta]

Stunning.
Thank God for Glenn Beck who keeps trying to expose the issue.

[Velveeta]

Great job and with just one good arm. ;-)
Welcome back!

[Velveeta]

***Mumbai attackers had hit list of 320 world targets***

Lashkar-e-Taiba ringleaders had ambitions well beyond causing mayhem in India, the Guardian has learned

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/19/mumbai-attacks-list-targets

[Velveeta]

Mumbai police gets 26/11 evidence from FBI
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai-police-gets-2611-evidence-from-FBI/articleshow/4157975.cms

[fanfan]

Link

Al-Qaida Holding 2 Canadians Hostage

CFRA News Staff
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Al-Qaida members in North Africa say they are holding two Canadian diplomats and four western tourists hostage. The authenticity of the statement could not be independently verified, but was confirmed by a U.S. organization that monitors militant messages.

United Nations envoy Robert Fowler and his aide Louis Guay disappeared in Niger on December 14th. Western intelligence officials in Algeria say they believed the Canadian diplomats were first abducted by local gunmen and later traded to Al-Qaida.

A tour operator says four tourists, two Swiss, a German woman and a British man, were taken hostage by unidentified gunmen on January 22nd in Mali.

Canada’s Foreign Affairs department says it’s aware of the latest report, but has no further comment.

-------See you tomorrow. :-)

[Velveeta]

Yemen sends terrorism suspect to Saudi Arabia

SAN’A, Yemen – Yemen says it has handed over another alleged al-Qaida operative to authorities in Saudi Arabia.

The Interior Ministry says it sent back the Saudi national, Ahmed Owaidan al-Harbi, on Thursday, 20 days after his arrest in eastern Yemen. The ministry hasn’t released any details on al-Harbi’s case.....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090219/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_yemen_saudi_al_qaida;_ylt=AjQXdZrP8.XNMFu5FA3.WVFvaA8F

[Velveeta]

Lord of War Caught Due to Help from Romania

Viktor Bout, the world’s greatest arms dealer, was caught in Thailand, due to help from Romanian authorities. Bout’s life and activity attracted film producers and he turned into a hero for the “Lord of War”, with Nicholas Cage playing the leading part.

The Romanian customs police had a decisive contribution to the this event. Viktor Bout was being searched by the Interpol because of breaking UN embargos on gun trade in several states. He was arrested last Thursday in Bangkok. According to the US prosecution, both Bout and Andrew Smulian, an accomplice of the Russian criminal, who has recently activated on Romanian territory too, were charged last Thursday by the New York Justice. But authorities in Thailand haven’t decided yet whether to sue him in the country or extradite him to the US or Russia....
http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Dark_Side_4/Lord_of_War_Caught_Due_to_Help_from_Romania.shtml

Viktor Bout only became a high priority for international authorities when his African arms dealings became very prominent. His criminal profile in the public eye reached a high-water mark with the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Bout supplied weapons to the Taliban, which has close ties to al-Qaeda. This placed Bout on a top-priority list for U.S. officials.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor_Bout

[Velveeta]

Al-Qaeda releases pictures of hostages: SITE
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090219/wl_africa_afp/malinigercanadaunkidnapqaeda_20090219095922

[Velveeta]

Man Who Tried To Bomb Israeli Targets Released

A man who had tried to blow up Israeli targets in New York City 36 years ago was released from federal prison into the custody of U.S. immigration officials on Thursday.....
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100885550&ft=1&f=1004

[Velveeta]

Disgusting Buffalo News story portrays moderate Muslim who beheaded his wife as victim

The poor thing is “in shock.”

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2009/02/024933print.html

[Velveeta]

Thanks. See also post 134 for more hostage info.

[Velveeta]

Humor break:

Steven Crowder is just begging for a fatwa.
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/196449.php

[Velveeta]

TM keyword articles

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tm/index?tab=articles

Thanks to all who are helping to code the articles!

[Velveeta]

Suspicious Ala. church fires ruled arson cases

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Authorities say two fires that destroyed churches in rural Alabama last weekend are likely arsons.

State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk said Wednesday that investigators have no suspects but are pursuing leads in the fires that destroyed two churches near the Georgia state line on Saturday morning....
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29239644/