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Threat Matrix: 2010
Freerepublic.com ^ | 12/31/2009 | Freeper TMers

Posted on 12/31/2009 10:06:46 AM PST by Velveeta

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Al Qaeda’s Yemen Connection, America and the Global Islamic Jihad

December 30, 2009 — The attempt to destroy Northwest Airlines flight 253 en route from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day underscores the growing ambition of al Qaeda's Yemen franchise, which has grown from a largely Yemeni agenda to become a player in the global Islamic jihad in the last year. Since merging with the al Qaeda franchise in Saudi Arabia last January and renaming itself Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), it has stepped up operations in Yemen itself, struck into Saudi Arabia, and now operates on the global stage. The weak Yemeni government of President Ali Abdallah Salih, which has never fully controlled the country and now faces a host of growing problems, will need significant American support to defeat AQAP.

Al Qaeda has long been active in Yemen, the original homeland of Osama bin Laden's family, and one of its first major terror attacks was conducted in Aden in 2000, when an al Qaeda cell nearly sank the USS Cole. A year ago, the al Qaeda franchises in Saudi Arabia and Yemen merged after the Saudi branch had been effectively repressed by the Saudi authorities under the leadership of Deputy Interior Minister Prince Muhammad bin Nayif. The new AQAP showed its claws last August, when it almost assassinated the prince with a suicide bomber who had passed through at least two airports on the way to his attempt on Nayif.

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The attack on the Amsterdam-Detroit flight also shows that al Qaeda remains obsessed with striking the American airline industry, a target it has gone after repeatedly since 1999. If AQAP has now been told by the al Qaeda core leadership to take on the job, we can probably assume that other al Qaeda franchises in North Africa, Iraq, Southeast Asia and elsewhere have also been pressed to attack.

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To: caww
Well, they did say they were coming...and did’nt Chenney say it wasn’t a matter of if but when?..or was that Bolton?

Biden. It was Biden...

1,401 posted on 01/16/2010 12:32:24 PM PST by null and void (We are now in day 360 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: JustPiper

The rand corporation is supposed to be oriented around solving problems.

But there is no problem in existence that needs solving with a national police force.

The researchers and analysts working for rand must not be very good at figuring things out.


1,402 posted on 01/16/2010 1:14:01 PM PST by reasonisfaith (Liberals are just creative enough to fall into their own intellectual trap.)
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To: JustPiper

Remember Obama’s organizing for america thug told the people going door to door to get backers for the stimulus,something like do not get in their face until we have our army. Not the same words but similar.


1,403 posted on 01/16/2010 1:20:40 PM PST by OafOfOffice (W.C:Socialism:Philosophy of failure,creed of ignorance,gospel of envy,the equal sharing of misery)
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To: null and void

Thanks. I knew someone had said that...I believe it.


1,404 posted on 01/16/2010 1:35:12 PM PST by caww
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To: Rushmore Rocks

Which airline? Mr R is correct! There are so many daily security alerts due to comprehensive screening


1,405 posted on 01/16/2010 1:43:23 PM PST by JustPiper (Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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To: GeronL

They be a scouting


1,406 posted on 01/16/2010 1:44:29 PM PST by JustPiper (Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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To: azishot

Bump Azi!


1,407 posted on 01/16/2010 1:45:26 PM PST by JustPiper (Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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To: reasonisfaith

I’m not a fan of Rand either


1,408 posted on 01/16/2010 1:46:29 PM PST by JustPiper (Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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Terminal evacuated at New York’s JFK airport after security breach

~Stressing NOT Terror related

Read More:
http://email.foxnews.com/t?ctl=31FC:55A637457CD2F6B8F161DD9AEE3D3D30&;


1,409 posted on 01/16/2010 1:48:15 PM PST by JustPiper (Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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To: JustPiper

They are flying United to Frankfurt. I’m not sure which airline they are using to Riga, Latvia. Usually, they leave me an itinerary....somehow we missed it for this trip.


1,410 posted on 01/16/2010 3:03:27 PM PST by Rushmore Rocks (Dollar a Day Member..............Free Republic is not Free!)
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To: JustPiper; Rushmore Rocks; LucyT; blackie; MestaMachine; Fred Nerks
****They be a scouting*****

They'll be doing a lot more than scouting, given a chance....

Detroit bound flight crew made jittery by Muslim passengers

Snip: One or more of the men reportedly pulled a blanket over his head. When the plane landed at around 1:05 p.m., it was met by police.

US Shiites tentatively make a home in America

Youngest son of Bin Laden arrives in Syria

Probation for Ohio lawyer in green card fraud (Ghana)

Health Ministry Introduces new birth registration process (Liberia)

US response muted on acquittal of UAW Royal shown torturing on tape

1,411 posted on 01/16/2010 5:40:41 PM PST by MamaDearest
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To: JustPiper

Respectfully differing here.


1,412 posted on 01/16/2010 6:17:25 PM PST by Moe Tzadik
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To: Moe Tzadik

Tis the classic government lie Moe


1,413 posted on 01/16/2010 7:18:29 PM PST by JustPiper (Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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To: MamaDearest

Those Shiites are the ones to really keep an eye on!

Be Ever Vigilant!


1,414 posted on 01/17/2010 7:47:18 AM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: blackie

bttt


1,415 posted on 01/17/2010 8:44:27 AM PST by Unrepentant VN Vet (1098 and a wakeup)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet; blackie; MamaDearest; WestCoastGal; All

JFK breach is 2nd this month at NYC-area airport
1,416 posted on 01/17/2010 11:14:17 AM PST by JustPiper (Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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Suicide of the West Alert: It has been ten days since I first posted about how Google is censoring negative search suggestions on Islam, and four days since Google said that this was not dhimmi self-censorship, but a "bug," and would soon be corrected.

For some reason, the mighty search engine can't seem to fix this "bug." Try it for yourself. Search for "Christianity is" at Google and a host of negative recommendations pop up:

Google Islam search "bug" continues, Day 10

1,417 posted on 01/17/2010 12:05:15 PM PST by JustPiper (Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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To: JustPiper

Every time something like this happens, the muslim jihadists win!


1,418 posted on 01/17/2010 2:00:31 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: blackie

US Shiites tentatively make a home in America
1,419 posted on 01/17/2010 2:19:18 PM PST by JustPiper (Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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As you will see in some of the information to follow:
1. Even though there is irrefutable proof that our sworn enemies are operating camps where they are free to train their followers in methods of bringing unbelievable destruction upon the men, women, and children of this nation, they are protected (supposedly) by our constitution. (View the interview with Sean Hannity to the right.)

Looking For a Job? Train To Be A Terrorist! Immediate Openings

1,420 posted on 01/17/2010 2:25:57 PM PST by JustPiper (Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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