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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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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: hennie pennie
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) Police chief: Court released Somali suspect who tried to board plane with chemicals, syringe.
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posted on
12/31/2009 9:44:17 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. ~ML King)
To: JustPiper
163
posted on
12/31/2009 9:49:55 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. ~ML King)
To: Clinging Bitterly
164
posted on
12/31/2009 9:55:48 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. ~ML King)
To: JustPiper
Here in Pa. the Hotels and convienance stores run by people from India...Numustay-upkasee-hay...
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posted on
12/31/2009 9:58:52 PM PST
by
caww
To: Rushmore Rocks
Bo-ing! Bo-ing Bo-ing....feeling silly....
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posted on
12/31/2009 10:05:54 PM PST
by
caww
To: Clinging Bitterly
Ask Piper and Mesta Machine. They are in the know..
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posted on
12/31/2009 10:07:47 PM PST
by
caww
To: Velveeta; All
Threat Matrix 2010!!!
Happy New Year to all of you.
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posted on
12/31/2009 10:20:16 PM PST
by
nw_arizona_granny
( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/21813ht92/posts?page=1 [Survival,food,garden,crafts,and more)
TM Award of 2009
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posted on
12/31/2009 10:30:22 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. ~ML King)
To: Rushmore Rocks
Happy New Year to you and Mr. RR. Hope you got to read that book and be comfy warm at home after the party. The buffalo wings do sound good. it's been snowing here and my electric blanket is looking better all the time.
We're both getting old, but what the heck, 2010 here we come, ready or not!
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posted on
12/31/2009 10:34:30 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. ~ML King)
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posted on
12/31/2009 10:42:00 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. ~ML King)
To: JustPiper
Thanks JP. I’m always reading, rarely posting. Hoping to get more into it as I’d been in the past. Had some freaky “coincidences” and decided to lay low for a while. ;-)
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posted on
12/31/2009 10:45:56 PM PST
by
kimmie7
(THE CROSS - Today, Tomorrow and Always!)
To: kimmie7
That seems to be a common denominator for us all, there’s something significant to that...speaking of where is Drymanswife?
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posted on
12/31/2009 10:51:49 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. ~ML King)
To: caww
ACORNs are nuts. I am a Freeping Jew!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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posted on
12/31/2009 10:54:03 PM PST
by
MestaMachine
(Your CORE is the path you walk. RINOs don't walk paths, they build roads to nowhere..)
To: caww
If you are in PA, why does your profile page have a TX Flag?
Curious.
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posted on
12/31/2009 10:58:14 PM PST
by
MestaMachine
(Your CORE is the path you walk. RINOs don't walk paths, they build roads to nowhere..)
To: nw_arizona_granny
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posted on
12/31/2009 11:18:33 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. ~ML King)
To: JustPiper
Hi there, I’m still around FR. And the threat of terrorism is still in our country as well. Hope you and your family is well!
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posted on
12/31/2009 11:24:34 PM PST
by
thecabal
(Destroy Progressivism)
To: MestaMachine
hUMMMM...didn’t pay attention so I have no idea. Do we pick a flag then? or does someone else determine so on FR? I am about 20-25 miles north of Pittsburgh.
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posted on
12/31/2009 11:27:27 PM PST
by
caww
To: nwctwx; All
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posted on
12/31/2009 11:30:01 PM PST
by
JustPiper
(Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. ~ML King)
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