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Threat Matrix: 2010
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| 12/31/2009
| Freeper TMers
Posted on 12/31/2009 10:06:46 AM PST by Velveeta
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Al Qaedas Yemen Connection, America and the Global Islamic Jihad
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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. (snip) 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. The Brookings Institution
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Threat Matrix: Since November 3, 2003
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"No matter where you live in the world, this is a message that bears repeating: Your assistance is needed to prevent terrorist acts." From TM'er and Freeper ~appalachian_dweller~
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"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. |
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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~
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cranswick; lacklancranswick; terror; terrorism; threatmatrix; tm; wot
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To: caww
Well, they did say they were coming...and didnt Chenney say it wasnt 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.)
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.)
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)
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
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)
To: GeronL
1,406
posted on
01/16/2010 1:44:29 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
To: azishot
1,407
posted on
01/16/2010 1:45:26 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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)
1,409
posted on
01/16/2010 1:48:15 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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!)
To: JustPiper; Rushmore Rocks; LucyT; blackie; MestaMachine; Fred Nerks
To: JustPiper
Respectfully differing here.
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)
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!)
To: blackie
To: Unrepentant VN Vet; blackie; MamaDearest; WestCoastGal; All
1,416
posted on
01/17/2010 11:14:17 AM PST
by
JustPiper
(Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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)
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!)
To: blackie
1,419
posted on
01/17/2010 2:19:18 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Purple Army marches on Massachusetts)
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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