Threat Matrix- Daily Terror Thread (4):

February 24, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has dispatched the elite commando force that hunted down Saddam Hussein to Afghanistan for a new operation aimed at getting Osama bin Laden, officials said yesterday. Military sources confirmed that members of the shadowy Task Force 121, the unit that conducted the high-tech search for Saddam and his henchmen, have recently begun operating in the remote mountainous region along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border where bin Laden and key al Qaeda and Taliban fugitives are believed to be hiding. The Task Force is made up of highly trained Delta and SEAL commandos, as well as CIA paramilitary operators. It operates outside normal military channels.

Bush may impose sanctions on Syria

Sources: White House is nearing a decision on economic sanctions for Syrian support of terrorists.
March 6, 2004

CRAWFORD, Tex. (Reuters) - The Bush administration plans to impose sanctions on Syria within weeks for its support of terrorist groups and for failing to stop guerrillas entering Iraq, congressional officials and other sources familiar with the matter said Friday.

Though the White House insists no final decisions have been made, senior administration officials Friday informed Florida Republican Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a senior member of the House International Relations Committee, that an announcement was "imminent," said her spokesman, Alex Cruz.

Several sources said the administration was leaning toward imposing economic rather than diplomatic sanctions under legislation signed into law by Bush in December.

http://money.cnn.com/2004/03/06/news/international/sanctions_syria.reut/index.htm

Avian Flu Found on Maryland Chicken Farm

By Associated Press

March 7, 2004, 12:39 AM EST

POCOMOKE CITY, Md. -- A case of Avian flu has been found at a commercial chicken farm on Maryland's Eastern Shore, the U.S. agriculture department said.

It is the same strain, H7, found last month in two flocks in Delaware, but officials said there was no known connection with the cases in the two states.

The outbreak is at a Pokomoke City farm with about 118,000 6-week-old broiler chickens. Officials quarantined the farm Friday evening, Maryland Agriculture Secretary Lewis R. Riley said in a news release. The birds will be destroyed Sunday morning and their remains kept in the chicken houses where they are killed.

Officials said 210,000 chickens on a nearby farm under the same ownership also would be destroyed because of "shared personnel and equipment."

But they said they would keep under observation some week-old birds on a third property owned by the same farmer.

Also, the state agriculture department quarantined 71 farms in a six-mile radius of the farm where the case was found. There are approximately 1,100 poultry farms on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

Poultry in Maryland accounted for $441 million of the state's $1.4 billion agriculture industry in 2002.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-bird-flu-maryland,0,6019546,print.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

Bush Gives Mexico's Fox Concession on Borders
Sat Mar 6, 7:15 PM ET Add Politics to My Yahoo!

By Caren Bohan

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) on Saturday gave Mexican President Vicente Fox (news - web sites) a concession on his push to ease border restrictions as the two leaders sought to rebuild a friendship soured by the Iraq (news - web sites) war and shifts in U.S. foreign policy after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Bush told Fox during visit at his Texas ranch that he will allow some Mexicans who travel often to the United States to bypass requirements that they be photographed and fingerprinted each time.

"We welcome the news that was confirmed today with regard to visitors to the U.S. from Mexico," Fox told reporters at a joint news conference after a two-day meeting with Bush.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=615&u=/nm/20040307/pl_nm/bush_mexico_dc_13&printer=1

NEWS - RECAP - UPDATES:

SACBEE.com - SACRAMENTO BEE: "INVESTIGATORS SEEK HELP IN CATCHING SUSPECTS IN RAPE" (March 6, 2004) (View Sketches and Read More...)

NY POST.com: "CANDY-KID RAPIST" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: " Station owner Frank Sadigi said Garcia, a native of El Salvador, was "a regular customer" who often came in with his common-law wife, Maria Ventura, and their three kids. Garcia was charged with attempted murder, aggravated sexual abuse and other charges. He's being held without bail. Officials said he has a long record that includes menacing and DWI busts. A neighbor of Garcia's, who asked not to be identified said, "I never liked him. He's a strange guy. He was always around - he never worked.") (March 4, 2004) (Read More...)

BORDERLAND NEWS.com - EL PASO TIMES.com - Times Wire Reports: "MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FEDERAL BRIBERY CHARGES" (NEWS BRIEF SNIPPET: " LAS CRUCES -- A Las Cruces man has pleaded guilty to federal charges after being accused of bribing an employee of the Social Security Administration's Las Cruces office to get Social Security cards for undocumented immigrants from China. Fa Shun Ou, 46, also known as Uncle Ou, pleaded this week to charges of conspiring to transfer false identification documents, encouraging undocumented immigrants to reside illegally in the United States and bribery, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday." (March 6, 2004) (Read More...)

WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "AU RESEARCHER GETS 7 MONTHS FOR SELLING TO CHINA" by Jerry Seper (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "A former American University researcher who was once convicted of espionage in China was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria to seven months in prison for illegally exporting computer equipment with military applications to China. Gao Zhan, who pleaded guilty in November to charges of illegal arms export and tax fraud, also was ordered to pay a fine of $2,500, U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty said. Gao's husband, Dongua Xue, also pleaded guilty in November to filing a false tax return, a misdemeanor, Mr. McNulty said.") (March 6, 2004) (Read More...)

PHILLYBURBS.com (AP): "EXAMINER ACCUSED OF ILLEGAL DRIVER'S LICENSE SCHEMES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Hundreds of people obtained such licenses, typically paying $700 or $800, in twin scams that went on from 1999 through 2003 with the help of former Pennsylvania Department of Transportation examiner Tillie Green, state Attorney General Jerry Pappert's office said. Green, 33, of Philadelphia, was to surrender to authorities on Friday to face charges of forgery and tampering with public records. A man who helped immigrants in New York get the Pennsylvania licenses under a reciprocity agreement by submitting counterfeit French drivers' licenses to Green also was in custody, said Kevin Harley, a spokesman for Pappert.") (March 5, 2004) (Read More...)

SFGATE.com - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: "SKETCH DEPICTS GUNMAN IN I-580 ATTACKS Sacramento Search Proves Fruitless, Tests Show Gun Likely a .22" by Henry K. Lee (March 6, 2004) (Read More...)

OHIO...NBC4COLUMBUS.com: "SERIAL SHOOTINGS" (Continuing Coverage) (Read More...)

VIRGINIA...WTOP.com: "PELLET GUN SHOOTINGS PUZZLE VIRGINIA POLICE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police continue the hunt for possible suspects hiding in the woods and shooting at cars on a Prince William County highway. There have been 11 incidents in the last eight months. The shootings, most likely from a pellet or BB gun, began in August along the eastern end of Minnieville Road, a heavily traveled roadway in Virginia.") (Updated March 3, 2004) (Read More...)

TEXAS...DFW.com - STAR-TELEGRAM: "MOTORIST SHOT AFTER ARGUMENT, POLICE SAY" by Dave Ferman (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police are also investigating two other reports of vehicular damage involving a firearm Saturday morning. Jason Connover, 28, of Garland was traveling west on Interstate 635 near Texas 121 about 5:15 a.m. when shots damaged both of his vehicle's front windows. He was not injured. About 6 a.m., Brendia Taylor, 53, of Keller was traveling south on Texas 121 near Texas 360 when she heard something hit her vehicle. She arrived at her job in Fort Worth and discovered a bullet hole in the rear driver's-side door of her Dodge Durango. She was not injured. Police have not established whether the three incidents are connected, but they were continuing to interview witnesses in the Plummer shooting Saturday afternoon, Dearing said." (February 28, 2004) (Read More...)

MIAMI.com - THE MIAMI HERALD: "STOWAWAY FOUND ON PLANE AT MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Authorities at Miami International Airport on Wednesday morning detained a man who stowed away in the landing gear of a plane that arrived from the Dominican Republic. An airline employee noticed the man as he climbed from a wheel of American Airlines flight 680 shortly after it touched down from Santo Domingo, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The man, whose name or age was not released, was in good condition, having braved below-zero temperatures during the one hour, 40 minutes flight, said Zach Mann, a DHS spokesman.") (March 5, 2004) (Read More...)

SACBEE.com - SACRAMENTO BEE (AP): "FAIR OAKS PAROLEE INDICTED ON BOMB-MAKING CHARGES" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Department of Corrections parole officers found the bombs along with a fourth disassembled bomb during a Feb. 3 search of Christopher Michael Copeland's Fair Oaks home, according to the indictment. All four devices were attached to igniters. One, a fire extinguisher, was filled with pellets and a second was filled with staples and screws. The third bomb and the unassembled device were found with just the explosive powder, the charges allege.") (March 4, 2004) (Read More...)

NBC11.com - News: "THIEVES STEAL POLICE EQUIPMENT FROM SUPPLY STORE" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "SOQUEL, Calif. -- Santa Cruz County authorities are extremely concerned about a theft report out of Soquel.The stolen items include police badges, batons, handcuffs, knives, pepper spray and other equipment from a supply store that sells to police officers and firefighters. In all, the storeowner says the thieves took $7,500 worth of equipment after disabling a new alarm system on Monday. They allegedly took the front door off its hinges and crawled under the building to cut alarm and phone wires. The storeowner says he has no idea who might have stolen from him, but he said some sheriffs uniforms were taken from a storage shed behind his shop in December and those have not been caught yet either.") (March 3, 2004) (Read More...)

JIHAD WATCH.org (Reuters): "U.S. PROBE SPOTS 9 TERROR SUSPECTS IN MERCHANT MARINE" (March 5, 2004) (Read More...)

FOX NEWS.com: "TERRRORISTS MAY USE PEN GUNS, FBI WARNS" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON -- The FBI is warning that terrorists could potentially use pens filled with cartridges of poison as weapons, according to an FBI bulletin obtained by Fox News.") (March 4, 2004) (Read More...)

NBC5i.com: "POLICE: IMPOSTER FBI AGENTS TRY TO PULL CON" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Police arrived soon after and began questioning the supposed agents, whose real names are Abhishek Sharma, 25 and Charlotte Kelkar, 17 (pictured, right)." (UPDATED MARCH 4, 2004) (Read More...)

SEATTLEPI.com - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: "GUNMAN SOUGHT AFTER SHOOTOUT WITH KENT POLICE" (March 5, 2004) (Read More...)

INTERFAX.ru: "BARNAUL STUDENTS THREATENED TO BLOW UP NEW YORK SUBWAY" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BARNAUL. March 4 (Interfax) - A criminal investigation has been opened against two students in Barnaul, Siberia, who sent a letter to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) threatening to bomb the New York subway. In their letter, the students gave specific dates for the attack. The U.S. special services found that the letter had come from Barnaul and contacted the Altai Territory's law-enforcement departments specializing in the prevention of computer crimes. As a result, one of the students, who wrote the letter in an Internet cafe and e-mailed it from there, was detained (he was later released after giving a written undertaking not to leave the city).") (March 4, 2004) (Read More...)

NY DAILY NEWS.com: "PSYCHO'S KIN SAW IT COMING" (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

NY POST.com (AP): "LACKAWANNA 6 LINK EYED" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: " Aref Ahmed, 27, is accused of contributing $14,000 to help pay the way for five of the so-called Lackawanna Six, each of whom pleaded guilty late last year to providing material support to a known terrorist organization.") (March 5, 2004) (Read More...)

US DOJ.gov - Press Release: "SAUDI NATIONAL CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO PROVIDE MATERIAL SUPPORT TO HAMAS AND OTHER VIOLENT JIHADISTS" (March 4, 2004) (Read More...)

THESTAR.com - THE TORONTO STAR: "Abduraham Khadr. KHADR: 'WE ARE AN AL QAEDA FAMILY' Canadians Tell of Ties to bin Laden 'I see him as a peaceful man'" by Michelle Shephard (March 4, 2004) (Read More...

WorldNetDaily.com: "CANADA ADMITS: WE'RE TERROR HAVEN 22-Page Intelligence Report says 'most notorious" Groups Still flock to Nation" (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

THESTAR.com - THE TORONTO STAR: "MEGA-TRIAL PRAISED AS JURY CONVICTS NINE HELLS ANGELS" (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

THESTAR.com - THE TORONTO STAR: "BIKER KINGPIN DENIES MURDER CONSPIRACY CHARGE Trial Opens for Hells Angel" (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

SEATTLE TIMES.com: "CANADIANS FLEEING DRUG CHARGES" by Maureen O' Hagan (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

CNN.com: "REPORT: U.S. BORDER VULNERABLE" (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

FOX NEWS.com: "EXPERTS WARN ABOUT SHOULDER-FIRED MISSILE THREAT" by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos (February 29, 2004) (Read More...)

MCALESTERNEWS.com - MCALESTER NEWS-CAPITAL: "PUBLIC INVITED TO GET INVOLVED IN BASE SECURITY" by Susan Woolsey (March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

WTOP.com (AP): "21 PRESUMED DEAD AS TANKER SEARCH ENDS" (Updated March 2, 2004) (Read More...)

WorldNetDaily.com - from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin: "SUICIDE BOMBERS COMING TO U.S.? Israeli Raid Turns Up Terror Plot Against Americans, Europeans" (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)

On The Net...IDF.il - Israel News Information - ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES. Official IDF News Website" (Read More...)

INSIGHT On The News online - The Last Word: "HEZBOLLAH EMERGING AS THE TERRORIST A-TEAM" by Ralph de Toledano (March 1, 2004) (Read More...)

On The Net..."HIZBOLLAH.org"

On The Net...YAHOO! Groups: "Hizbullah-West" (Discussion Forum)

On The Net..."NASROLLAH.org"

FBI.gov - MOST WANTED TERRORISTS - WANTED POSTER: "IMAD FAYEZ MUGNIYAH" aka "Hajj" (Read More...)

US DOJ.gov - Press Release: "DEFENDANTS CONVICTED IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA 'JIHAD' TRIAL" (PRESS RELEASE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft, Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division, and U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty of the Eastern District of Virginia announced today the conviction of three men in the so-called Virginia Jihad case, on charges including conspiracy to levy war against the United States and conspiracy to provide material support to the Taliban and Lashkar-e-Taiba. Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia handed down the convictions against Masoud Khan, Hammad Abdur-Raheem and Seifullah Chapman. Khan was convicted of eight charges: conspiracy to levy war against the United States; conspiracy; providing support to the Taliban; conspiracy to provide support to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET); firearms conspiracy; and three counts of use of firearms in connection with a crime of violence. Hammad Abdur-Raheem was convicted three counts: conspiring to provide material support to LET, conspiracy and firearms conspiracy. Chapman was found guilty on five counts: conspiring to provide material support to LET, conspiracy, firearms conspiracy, possession of firearms in connection with a crime of violence and use of a firearm in connection with a crime of violence." (March 4, 2004) (Read More...)

WTOP.com: "CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS BANK ROBBER?" (Read More and View Photo Gallery Here...) (March 5, 2004) (Read More...)

FBI.gov: "SEEKING INFORMATION Erie, Pennsylvania Bank Robbery"

FBI.gov - War On Terrorism: "SEEKING INFORMATION" (Read More...)

FBI.gov: "MOST WANTED TERRORISTS" (Read More...)

AFTENPOSTEN.no - News From Norway: "SABOTAGE HITS OSLO TRANSIT SYSTEM" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Trams operated by Oslo's rapid transit system (Oslo Sporveier) have been hit by at least six incidents that transit officials claim are sabotage during the past half-year. Police are investigating.") (Updated Mark 4, 2004) (Read More...)

AFTENPOSTEN.no - News From Norway: "POLICE OFFICER'S CAR BOMBED" (Updated March 4, 2004) (Read More...)

HI PAKISTAN.com: "BOMB BLAST IN MOSCOW JEWISH SCHOOL" (March 6, 2004) (Read More...)

Dubai GULF NEWS.com: Muscat - "OMANI SCHOLAR: US MUST STOP PUSHING FOR DEMOCRACY" (ARTICLE NOTE: The "Omani scholar" is identified as "Dr Isam Ali Ahmed Al Rawas, Dean, College of Arts and Social Sciences at the Sultan Qaboos University") (March 7, 2004)) (Read More...)

U.S. Lags in Recovering Fuel Suitable for Nuclear Arms
By JOEL BRINKLEY and WILLIAM J. BROAD

Published: March 7, 2004

WASHINGTON, March 6 — As the United States presses Iran and other countries to shut down their nuclear weapons development programs, government auditors have disclosed that the United States is making little effort to recover large quantities of weapons-grade uranium — enough to make roughly 1,000 nuclear bombs — that the government dispersed to 43 countries over the last several decades.

Among the countries that received the highly enriched uranium, generally with the expectation that it would be returned, were Iran and Pakistan. The chief nuclear weapons expert in Pakistan recently made the stunning disclosure that his network had secretly sold uranium and nuclear technology to Libya, Iran and North Korea.

The auditors said they found that "large quantities of U.S.-produced highly enriched uranium were out of U.S. control."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/07/international/worldspecial2/07NUKE.html?th

CRAWFORD, Texas — President Bush {{{acceded to the demands of Mexican President Vicente Fox }}}and halted plans to fingerprint and photograph documented migrants entering the United States across the southern border.

During a news conference held after a morning meeting between the two men yesterday, Mr. Fox expressed his appreciation to Mr. Bush for scaling back the scope of the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program (US-VISIT), exempting Mexicans who hold so-called "laser visas" from going through the additional security check.

WHY is our President giving into and acceding ANYTHING to FOX? Why is Vincente the boss of Bush?!

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20040307-122501-5822r.htm

OK, flame suit on.

nw_arizona_granny once again got my hamster wheel turning and I have created a flyer for all of you subversives to leave on your favorite bulletin board, etc.

The topic is the Communist goals to take over America. I hate working in a vacuum, so please look it over and critique it for me. I think I caught all of the spelling and grammar errors, but I miss these things sometime. Assuming it is fit for public release, it is provided free for use. Copy the PDF and mail it to friends, make photocopies, whatever.

I made a wallet sized Constitution and Bill of Rights a while ago, but lost the file. Is there any demand for such a thing again?

BTW, you will need Acrobat Reader to view and print this flyer. Ruth, I don't know if you can open PDF files, so I might have to find a way for you to see it.

Blueprint for the Destruction of America

It is wonderful that you were blessed with a Father who is a gift from God or is he an Angel?

Definitely a gift from God. At least one out of two ain't bad.

I find today's communist to be the brain dead, raised by TV, new age type person. With too much interest in the occult and none in God.

I would say that is the profile of a "useful idiot". Someone who advances the Communist agenda without really being cognizant of it.

"Material presented here is the product of our research and experimentation in Superluminal Communication".

Well, "superluminal" means "faster than light". From looking at that website, it looks like a bunch of new age BS talk. I should know, I used to be quite involved with that crowd back in my foolish younger years. Most of those poor "hippies" are very insecure people looking for power. Some for "good" reasons and some for very selfish reasons. It's no surprise that Communism appeals to these people.

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