Threat Matrix: 2010

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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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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

[caww]

Well Piper..I downloaded WOT. I figered since you travel far and wide online you ought to know if it’s good or not.

Thanks, cw

[MestaMachine]

No grief. Whenever something big happens, the bean counters go zombie. They are like deer in the headlights. So whenever something important needs attention, I get called. I am not the only one. Other colleagues who left are called too. Got to have proper clearance to do this stuff so we are the last resort. Been called at all hours of the day and night to analyze data because no one on station seems to know what the heck they are doing....

[WestCoastGal]

What are you guys talking about? threats to FR, link bad> e-mails etc.

[Rushmore Rocks]

Color me curious, as well.????

[JustPiper]

not a clue, was caww to Mesta, I also queried out of curiousity

[JustPiper]

I’m still lost here. Station? Troubleshooter for? Intel?
~JP like a deer in headlights

[JustPiper]

It’s MOST excellent! Especially with Firefox! I get one malware as opposed to a few dozen with IE. The addons for Firefox are great! Dropbar for most visited sites, can just drop where I left off here on top bar. Bookmark sidebars for things that need my attention. IMHO IE is a flawed joke

[WestCoastGal]

Firefox rocks - I love it.

[caww]

If I go with FireFox will I have to download WOT again, since I downloaded already on IE?

[caww]

Piper...the Link you posted of UN partnering with Terror is actually “UNICEF”...”United Childrens Fund”..that’ll open some eyes wider!

They get moolah bucks from our citizens who donate thinking thery are helping kids. The Arab organization they are teeming up with is listed as a terroist organization.

[caww]

I’ve only been using computer now since Oct. Finally caved in and have a nice laptop...ooh I balked for along time. Took two classes as well..so you see there is a serious learning curve going on here, despite the classes.

Oh, I new a little to get around on one when I had to for work..but this..THIS..linking etc. is sorta complicated on Fr.

Ok..so I am on IE..you’re all liking FireFox..is that another download? and why you like?

[WestCoastGal]

RT TexSean: HUGE RT bighollywood LEAKED NETWORK MEMO REVEALS Obama Controls TV http://bit.ly/2lRU7a glennbeck #tcot

[Rushmore Rocks]

I agree with both of you about Firefox. Much better than all the others. I almost never get the Malware, Adware, etc anymore. Very few bugs with it.

[caww]

Oh my.....now Bo will be controlling tv as well? Interesting article...ruffling my feathers again. Did they say who leaked the memo?

[JustPiper]

Well if I recall Firefox will incorporate it all, just watch for the choice

[JustPiper]

You got it!

[JustPiper]

Saving that page, in case it disappears

[JustPiper]

IE also took forever to load & crashed ALL the time

[Moe Tzadik]

Fortune Cookie says: “Message timing indicates impending action.”

[JustPiper]

All Steve

A Flawed Approach Dooms Academic Study of Anti-Terror Lessons- Submitted by Steve Emerson

AOL Video:Tracking Terrorists- The Investigative Project on Terrorism founder Steve Emerson spoke to Harry Smith about suspected terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s training in Yemen and other terrorist hot spots around the world