Al Qaeda again threatens America (Thread 3) Daily Terror Threat

World Tribune ^ | Thursday, February 5, 2004

[Mossad1967]

SANAA, Yemen, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- A purported statement by al-Qaida in Yemen warned Saturday of a "major strike" soon in the United States.

The statement, distributed by the Yemeni Tagamoo Party for Reforms, said: "A major strike, a big event will take place in America soon," reminiscent of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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[TexKat]

Civil Unrest Spreads Through Island Nation of Haiti

[Cindy]

I understand.

And we have the right to respond to anyone who threatens the USA.

[milkncookies]

China Reform Monitor
No. 528, February 5, 2004
American Foreign Policy Council, Washington, D.C.

An academic study, heavily funded by the Chinese government, has shocked scholars from North and South Korea after it claimed that the ancient Korean kingdom of Goguryeo is an ethnic Han Chinese kingdom, reports The Washington Post. The 700 year-long Goguryeo kingdom, which ended in 688 A.D., encompassed an area from central Manchuria to the Korean territory south of today’s Seoul. Korean scholars say that the Chinese may be laying claim to the area across the current border with North Korea in case of a collapse in the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-il.

[Revel]

From what I can gather our border control is a joke. And not so much because those who do the dirty work are not willing to do it, but because there superiors have them hog tied. This mess comes from the top down.

[Calpernia]

>>>I believe Mansoor said that at least 3 other countries beside Libya, Iran and N. Korea have nuclear technology from Pakistan. Then he added "and 'maybe' 2 others" but would not name the other countries.

Did you miss my posts from last night on where Clinton has been lately pumping money and deals into? Given Clinton's track record, that country is a fair lead to look at.

[Revel]

Very interesting and yet creepy.

[TexKat]

2 U.S. soldiers die in day of unrest in Iraq

BY MARIAM FAM

ASSOCIATED PRESS

BAGHDAD — A man wearing a belt of explosives blew himself up today outside the home of two prominent tribal leaders in a city west of Baghdad, police said. Two U.S. soldiers meanwhile were killed while disposing of explosives in northern Iraq.

Three Iraqi guards were seriously injured in the blast, which occurred in Ramadi outside the residential compound of brothers Majid and Amer Ali Suleiman, two of the city's most prominent tribal leaders who have co-operated with U.S. authorities.

Witnesses said the brothers were receiving callers when a man approached the compound but was told by guards to leave. He returned moments later and triggered the explosives, the witnesses said.

The attack follows a number of threats to Iraqis who co-operate with the Americans. The latest threats were contained in pamphlets circulated in Ramadi and nearby Fallujah by what purported to be a coalition of 12 insurgent groups.

Ramadi and Fallujah are located in the anti-American Sunni Triangle and are major centres of resistance to the U.S.-led occupation.

The two American soldiers were killed in an explosion outside of Sinjar near the northern city of Mosul during an operation to dispose of ordnance, according to Brig.-Gen. Mark Kimmitt, deputy operations chief.

Six other soldiers were injured in the blast that appeared to have been an accident and not a result of hostile fire, Kimmitt said.

Elsewhere, U.S. and Iraqi forces deactivated several rockets on a road, primed for launch toward the city of Baqouba, about 55 kilometres northeast of Baghdad.

Iraqi police arrested four people Sunday about 55 kilometres west of Kirkuk who were travelling in a car with maps identifying military and other targets. They also had a manual for making explosives, said Hadi Mohammed Moustafa, a civil administration official.

In Baghdad, the United Nations experts met several Iraqi politicians in a second round of meetings to discuss the chances of holding early elections, a source of conflict between the United States and the influential Shiite clergy.

Team leader Lakhdar Brahimi met individually with several members of the U.S.-installed Iraqi Governing Council to "gather facts," said Ahmad Fawzi, the team's spokesman.

Fawzi added that Brahimi will hold more talks with people across the political spectrum, both inside and outside the council.

The transfer of power is becoming a major headache for the U.S.-led coalition and the council.

The current U.S. plan is to choose legislators in regional caucuses, a move opposed by the country's most powerful Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani. It is hoped that Brahimi's team, which arrived Saturday on what is believed to be a 10-day mission, will help break the impasse.

Brahimi is expected to travel to the Shiite holy city of Najaf to meet al-Sistani, but no date has been disclosed.

During Sunday's talks, Sunni Muslim Arabs on the council echoed the U.S. view that early elections were not practical because of the need for extensive preparations to ensure a fair and credible ballot.

Most of the Shiite members favoured an early vote, arguing that sufficient data was available to guarantee an acceptable election.

"The Sunni Arabs fear that an early election will be dominated by the Shiites," said Mahmoud Othman, a Kurdish council member opposing an early vote.

The Sunni fears arise in part from the minority community's disarray since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, whose downfall ended decades of Sunni privilege at the expense of the country's Shiite majority and sizable Kurdish community.

[Calpernia]

>>>A man wearing a belt of explosives blew himself up today outside the home of two prominent tribal leaders in a city west of Baghdad, police said. Two U.S. soldiers meanwhile were killed while disposing of explosives in northern Iraq.

"Dear Lord, Lest I continue My complacent way Help me remember Somewhere out there A man died for me today --As long as there be war I then must Ask and answer Am I worth dying for?" *

TexKat, if you make that it's own thread, ping me.

[LayoutGuru2]

The domain is SoulSurvivors.net, no home page just yet. It is currently just used as a repository to serve up all of the Jihadist files I find while surfing the Web.

[Revel]

Another very interesting article into the minds of these people.

[jerseygirl]

Bump. It also apparent that they are getting ready to take on Taiwan. If we are the recipients of multiple terror attacks from the like of AQ,it could give China the opening they've been waiting for.

An unrelated question: Where is Clinton? Is he out of the country, or planning to leave in the near future. I tried to find the posts about his buying property in Ireland, but became lost.

[milkncookies]

Perhaps we should make an effort to keep an eye on his whereabouts for the next couple of weeks. He might be a good windsock. :)

[Domestic Church]

"the area across the current border with North Korea"

Oh, that little area with the nuke plants, how lovely.

[Revel]

"Why wouldn't NEST be able to detect these things if this is true?"

In my oppinion the only thing they are going to be able to detect would be items that are quite exposed. Any planning to avoid detection by a terroist group would be enough to stop detection. The device can simply be keep somewhere underground I would guess. Even if at some time the device were brought out into the open. It would be to late to stop a terrorist from setting it off before being detected or detonated. My supicion is that these devices are already in place if they have them. AQ is not going to be driving them down main street.

[milkncookies]

When Clinton left office the only foreign policy success he really had was The Good Friday Peace Agreement in N. Ireland. The Middle East was a wreck.
He visited Ireland three times as President. Great golfing country, even for a duffer like him.

[Revel]

So you have another story of fumes making people sick From airplanes. Add that to the one in a building the other day and we have quite a few of these.