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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Previous threads

[Calpernia]

Thanks Ivan, uhhh, URL, uhhh JP

Night.

[JustPiper]

Russia funding resurgent Taliban
Ian Mather

RUSSIA is funding the Taliban’s guerrilla war against the American-backed government of Afghanistan, leaders of the fundamentalist group have claimed.

In a move that carries echoes of attempts by the United States to undermine Soviet forces during their occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, Russian intelligence is now providing covert backing to a resurgent Taliban, senior figures in the extreme Islamic movement have alleged.

The alarming claim will prove acutely embarrassing to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been trying to rebuild relations with the US in the wake of the acrimonious split between the two countries over Iraq.

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=538552003

[JustPiper]

May the Angels hold this blessed baby close

[JustPiper]

The bottom line is that the 2004 election results may doom the nation to a loss of security from its enemies and loss of sovereignty to the UN one worlders. Perhaps we need to focus more energy on electing Republicans as imperfect as they may be

Bump!

[JustPiper]

Jeeze, what is this? The bad guys version of NATO?

You mean there are any good guys in NATO?

[JustPiper]

Russia does know if they dish it out, they will also be obliterated

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Hi watchwoman. Most of what we see on the English forums from people like Daleel, EOM, traVeller2020 , etc. is crap; because they are writing to us -- the infidels. It is the bevy of messages from one muslim to other muslims on the Arabic boards that are key. That said, for a year now, Arabic messages have been intercepted that repeat over and again the plea for muslims to remain patient, that every "hit" will not be the "big hit" against America like they so eagerly await. That one will come at the right time though.

Just as importantly, these messages also say that their efforts to tire us and cause economic hardship to us are crucial to their jihadi cause. Of course, they tire us and cause economic hardship to us whenever we see a threat that causes the national or local alert levels to heighten. The real active terrorists (not just the supporters) may indeed be waiting for the USA to be so weary and tired and cash strapped before they make their next big move. But even here, the Daleels and EOMs of the world (if they are not our side's "plants" in the first place) have their place because they are helping to further the cry wolf effect that will help keep the public's guard down.

[FairOpinion]

I guess we are trying to keep this thread non-political, but I am glad to see you are realizing that if this country to survive, we need President Bush re-elected, and more Republicans will help the conservative agenda.

I think Alan Keyes did not exaggerate, when he said:

"But I also wouldn't want to give the impression that I think that anything can be more decisive for the American people right now than the question of our national survival in the face of the most insidious threat this nation has ever faced.

In the face of that, I think a lot of us are going to be putting our other issues behind those issues that have to do with the survival of this nation in wartime."

Keyes is as conservative as they come and as bright as they come.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1071872/posts

[FairOpinion]

Congratulations on your new job and good luck!

[JustPiper]

Despite what you say NM, Russia is still a communistic country though

CIA the World Fact Book

Background:

Repeated devastating defeats of the Russian army in World War I led to widespread rioting in the major cities of the Russian Empire and to the overthrow in 1917 of the 300-year old Romanov Dynasty. The Communists under Vladimir LENIN seized power soon after and formed the USSR. The brutal rule of Josef STALIN (1928-53) strengthened Russian dominance of the Soviet Union at a cost of tens of millions of lives. The Soviet economy and society stagnated in the following decades until General Secretary Mikhail GORBACHEV (1985-91) introduced glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) {{{in an attempt to modernize Communism,}}} but his initiatives inadvertently released forces that by December 1991 splintered the USSR into 15 independent republics. Since then, Russia has {{{struggled in its efforts to build a democratic political system}}} and market economy to replace the strict social, political, and economic controls of the Communist period. A determined guerrilla conflict still plagues Russia in Chechnya.

Country name:

conventional long form: Russian Federation
conventional short form: Russia
local long form: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
former: Russian Empire, {{{Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic }}}
local short form: Rossiya

Political parties and leaders:

Communist Party of the Russian Federation or KPRF [Gennadiy Andreyevich ZYUGANOV]; Liberal Democratic Party of Russia or LDPR [Vladimir Volfovich ZHIRINOVSKIY]

Imports - partners:

Germany 14.3%, Belarus 8.9%, Ukraine 7.1%, US 6.4%, China 5.2%, Italy 4.8%, Kazakhstan 4.3%, France 4.1% (2002)

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 36 million (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 24 million (2003 est.)

Disputes - international:
China continues to seek a mutually acceptable solution to the disputed alluvial islands at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers and a small island on the Argun River as part of the 2001 Treaty

Religions:
Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rs.html#Govt

[eastforker]

Actually, it's the same old job with a new twist. I probably would not have gotten layed off in the first place if I hadn't told management what I thought of their operation. At least now they know how I stand on certain issues.

[Oorang]

Congratulations and I hope you enjoy your new job!

[knak]

congrats on your new twist of the old job!

BTW, anybody know what those pics are of at NEIN?

[JustPiper]

Sean has and is still being called out...so you are not the first -g-

Hope this helps your case

NK

Government type:
authoritarian socialist; one-man dictatorship {{IMO very dangerous}}

North Korea's long-range missile development and research into nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and massive conventional armed forces {{{are of major concern to the international community.}}} In December 2002, North Korea repudiated a 1994 agreement that shut down its nuclear reactors and expelled UN monitors, further raising fears it would produce nuclear weapons.

Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 6,103,615 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 3,654,223 (2003 est.)

Disputes - international:

with China, certain islands in Yalu and Tumen rivers are in uncontested dispute; a section of boundary around Paektu-san (mountain) is indefinite; China objects to illegal migration of North Koreans into northern China; Military Demarcation Line within the 4-km wide Demilitarized Zone has separated North from South Korea since 1953

Legal system:

based on German civil law system with Japanese influences and Communist legal theory; no judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Executive branch:

chief of state: KIM Chong-il {{A TOTAL Fruit-Loop!}}}
(since NA July 1994); note - on 3 September 2003, KIM Chong-il was reelected Chairman of the National Defense Commission, a position accorded the nation's "highest administrative authority"; KIM Yong-nam was reelected President of the Supreme People's Assembly Presidium and given the responsibility of representing the state and receiving diplomatic credentials

elections: premier elected by the Supreme People's Assembly; election last held NA September 1998 (next to be held NA)

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kn.html#Intro

[TexKat]

Although I hope it would stay like this, the quietness in Iraq this week is eerie.

[JustPiper]

Posted 1/15/2004
USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-01-10-nkorea-arms-development_x.htm

North Korea's weapons development

A timeline on nuclear weapons development in North Korea:

•1993: North Korea shocks the world by saying it will quit the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, but it later suspends its withdrawal.

•1994: North Korea and U.S. sign nuclear agreement in Geneva. North Korea pledges to freeze and eventually dismantle its nuclear weapons program in exchange for international aid to build two power-producing nuclear reactors.

•August 1998: North Korea fires a multistage rocket that flies over Japan and lands in the Pacific Ocean, proving the Koreans can strike any part of Japan's territory.

•May 1999: Former Defense Secretary William Perry visits North Korea and delivers a U.S. disarmament proposal during four days of talks.

•September 1999: North Korea pledges to freeze testing of long-range missiles for the duration of negotiations to improve relations.

•Sept. 17, 1999: President Clinton agrees to the first significant easing of economic sanctions against North Korea since the Korean War ended in 1953.

•December 1999: A U.S.-led international consortium signs a $4.6 billion contract to build two safer, Western-developed light-water nuclear reactors in North Korea.

•July 2000: North Korea renews its threat to restart its nuclear program if Washington does not compensate for the loss of electricity caused by delays in building nuclear power plants.

•June 2001: North Korea warns it will reconsider its moratorium on missile tests if the Bush administration doesn't resume contacts aimed at normalizing relations.

•July 2001: State Department reports North Korea is going ahead with development of its long-range missile. A senior Bush administration official says North Korea has conducted an engine test of the Taepodong-1 missile.

•December 2001: President Bush warns Iraq and North Korea that they would be "held accountable" if they developed weapons of mass destruction "that will be used to terrorize nations."

•Jan. 29, 2002: Bush labels North Korea, Iran and Iraq an "axis of evil" in his State of the Union address. "By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger," he says.

•Oct. 4: North Korean officials tell visiting U.S. delegation that the country has a second covert nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1994 agreement — a program using enriched uranium.

•Oct. 16: U.S. officials publicly reveal discovery of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

•Oct. 26: Bush, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung meet on the sidelines of an Asian-Pacific regional summit in Mexico and agree to seek a peaceful settlement to the North's nuclear issue.

•Nov. 11: The U.S. and its key Asian allies — Japan and South Korea — decide to halt oil supplies to North Korea promised under the 1994 deal.

•Dec. 12: North Korea announces that it is reactivating nuclear facilities at Yongbyon that were frozen under a 1994 deal with the United States.

•Dec. 13: North Korea asks the U.N. nuclear watchdog to remove monitoring seals and cameras from its nuclear facilities.

•Dec. 14: The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency urges North Korea to retract its decision to reactivate its nuclear facilities and abide by its obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

•Dec. 21: North Korea begins removing monitoring seals and cameras from its nuclear facilities

•Jan. 10, 2003: North Korea says it will withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

•Jan. 4, 2004: North Korean officials tell an unofficial delegation of U.S. experts visiting the country they are prepared to "freeze" its nuclear program to resolve any crisis. Korean officials had shown the visiting Americans what they termed its "nuclear deterrent."

•Jan. 15, 2004: Former State Department official Charles Pritchard, who was in the delegation that visited North Korea, said a Korean official told him that American sluggishness in attempts to end the nuclear impasse with North Korea will not serve Washington's interests because it will only enable Pyongyang to expand its nuclear arsenal.

•Jan. 20, 2004: Siegfried Hecker, former head of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, plans to testify publicly about the trip to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

[MamaDearest]

The economy: My husband was laid off his engineering job (plant closure); I was laid off my administrative job (office closure). Minimum wage in Idaho is approximately $5.50 per hour. This is a Right-to-Work State, which means employers have the right to underpay workers and fire employees at will. Almost everyone I know has been affected by a layoff or anticipates one in the future. If someone thinks the economy is rosy, that someone is delusional IMHO.

[JustPiper]

28 December 2000

President Clinton announces that he will not be visiting North Korea, saying that there "is not enough time" remaining in his administration to reach an agreement on missiles. Following Albright's visit, the President had considered going to Pyongyang if the two countries reached an agreement whereby North Korea suspended its long-range missile programs. One possible agreement may have involved North Korea ending these programs in exchange for having satellites launched by another country.

North Korea Nuclear and Missile Timeline

http://www.ceip.org/files/projects/npp/resources/koreatimeline.htm

[JustPiper]

CHAPTER ONE: North Korean Weapons of Mass Destruction Programs

Do the North Korean weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs pose a greater threat to U.S. security than five years ago?

North Korea's WMD programs pose a major threat to the United States and its allies. This threat has advanced considerably over the past five years, particularly with the enhancement of North Korea's missile capabilities. There is significant evidence that undeclared nuclear weapons development activity continues, including efforts to acquire uranium enrichment technologies and recent nuclear-related high explosive tests. This means that the United States cannot discount the possibility that North Korea could produce additional nuclear weapons outside of the constraints imposed by the 1994 Agreed Framework.

http://russia.shaps.hawaii.edu/security/nkag/report-1.html

Today, North Korea ranks with Russia and China as one of the greatest missile threats in the world due to: the progress made over the past five years in improving its missile capabilities; its record as a leading proliferator of ballistic missiles and missile technology; and its development of high explosive, chemical, biological, and possibly nuclear weapons.

Key Findings

Unlike five years ago, North Korea can now strike the United States with a missile that could deliver high explosive, chemical, biological, or possibly nuclear weapons. The United States currently is unable to defend against this threat.

According to the 1999 ballistic missile National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), "the proliferation of medium-range ballistic missiles - driven primarily by North Korean No Dong sales - has created an immediate, serious and growing threat to U.S. forces, interests, and allies, and has significantly altered the strategic balances in the Middle East and Africa."(38)North Korean No Dong transfers have all occurred within the last five years.
In the last five years, North Korea has made significant progress in improving its missile capabilities. It has produced, deployed and exported missiles to Iran and Pakistan, launched a three-stage missile (Taepo Dong 1), and continues to develop a larger and more powerful longer-range missile (Taepo Dong 2).

[JustPiper]

as the many of the very people, who contributed good information fade away

Hey, there are many of us like that still here ;)