Threat Matrix- Daily Terror Thread (4):

New York Post ^ | February 24, 2004 | By NILES LATHEM

[Revel]

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.

[jerseygirl]

That's called "shelter in place"

[jerseygirl]

Just checking in to see what is going on tonight. Interestingly, on our Amtrak trip today, there was an (armed) security guard sitting several seats behind us.

[all4one]

The discussion that I had last summer with a friend who resides in D.C., was that the plan was more for "containment". The thought at that time, made me weak in the knees.

[all4one]

This article doesn't say what happened to the Plague Vials that this charming professor sent to Africa....maybe someone on this thread remembers this story and knows the answer.

Ex-Professor to be Sentenced in Missing Plague Vials Case (03-09-04)
Associated Press

LUBBOCK -- Dr. Thomas Butler has lost his job, his medical license and now may lose his freedom. Butler, 62, whose report of missing vials of plague bacteria last year sparked a bioterrorism scare, was set to be sentenced Wednesday.

The former Texas Tech professor faces as many as 240 years in prison, although he'll likely get far fewer under federal sentencing guidelines. He also faces fines up to $11.7 million…..

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2441288

[Calpernia]

>>>foster care

No, I asked about unplaced ones.

[StillProud2BeFree]

Sorry for the delay but I needed to do some research - the card didn't make sense.

This card is one of a series depicting various verses in the Quran. These were published back in the 1970's based on the research I've done.

This particular card depicts verse 56 of Sura 4 (The Women) from the Quran:

Allegorical Description of Hell

[4:56] Surely, those who disbelieve in our revelations, we will condemn them to the hellfire. Whenever their skins are burnt, we will give them new skins. Thus, they will suffer continuously. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.

[rickylc]

I'm assuming this is the first time that has happened? The armed security guard being present?

[Cindy]

NOTE: This article is dated March 12, 2004 and is reprinted here intact (exact quote):
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Jeremy Reynalds
P O Box 27693
Alb., NM 87125-7693
Tel: (505) 400-7145
www.joyjunction.org

 

 

Al Qaida "Operative" Says Ignoring Group's Previous Demands Produced Spain's Train Massacre,

and Will Also Result in an Imminent Attack on the United States 

 

     A self-proclaimed al Qaida operative reiterated the group's responsibility for the series of explosions on Spanish city commuter trains on Thursday that claimed almost 200 victims.

 

     Investigators are still searching for suspects as government officials raised the death toll to 198, with 1,463 wounded.

 

     The Arabic newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said it had received a claim of responsibility issued in the name of Al Qaeda. The e-mail claim, signed by a group calling itself the Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri, said the brigade's ‘death squad' had penetrated ‘one of the pillars of the crusade alliance, Spain.'"

 

     In an e-mail titled "Our job is done" and sent to his Yahoo group, self-proclaimed al Qaeda operative Daleel Almojahid bragged that the explosions (killed) "two birds with one stone" and were "a blessed strike into Spain (the death trains)."

 

     The letter sent to Al-Quds also referred to an imminent attack in its final stages of preparation. Reuters reported that a portion of the letter read "We bring the good news to Muslims of the world that the expected ‘Winds of Black Death' strike against America is now in its final stage... 90 percent (ready) and God willing near."
 
     Apparently referring to that threatened strike, Almojahid also commented "The rest is coming."

 

     Almojahid added, "90 percent means it's ready, and God willing it is soon, and then we will see who will take victory into his hands. Our job on the net has been done and this is the last message from Daleel Almojahid, the next time you will our name will be in the heart of your beloved America by the hands of the mojahideen."

 

     Almojahid implied that the impending threatened attack is a result of the Bush administration not paying attention to a  demand letter (reported on this site in Dec. 2003) that al Qaeda was alleged to have sent some months ago to America and its allies.

 

     "Since then we have only seen more Muslim blood on their hands and their time to pay for this blood is coming near," he wrote most recently.
 
     In the demand letter to the Bush Administration from an alleged representative of al Qaida and the Islamic Jihad Brigade Black Death Squad there was a purported reference to  a document supposedly sent to the White House that contained a laundry list of requirements for the government.

 

     The document writer warned of deadly consequences if those demands were not met. Since the original letter was published, the Department of Homeland Security has ratcheted up the terror alert to orange, fearing that terrorists may be attempting to attack the United States using weapons of mass destruction.

 

     The warning read in part (sic), "Don't ever think that your ‘orange alert' system will help you, although you know very well that even ‘severe is less than the situation you are in.' Nothing will help you but delivering our demands and as soon as possible. Your arrogance and childish acts of dictatorship are leading you directly to the cave of darkness. We have not seen a single step that reflects any logic thinking of any sort, nor clear and wise decisions, and no fast actions. You're fooling yourself and the American people, making them believe that you can defend them, when you know very well that you're totally helpless."

 

     In a portion of the letter addressed directly to President Bush, Almojahid allegedly  wrote in part, "Are you really still wondering if we have weapons of mass destruction? Why are you lying to your people, Bush? Tell them what you know, we bet you to tell them what you and the administration know. Tell them ... ‘we have been losing all the wars with al Qaida since they ever started.' Tell them that al Qaida is simply unbeatable! Tell them that they have won the war before it has even started! You are leading your nations into total destruction, and time is slipping away from under our hands."

 

     The alleged demands made in the letter  from the same individual included a demand that the United States cease "invading" Islamic lands anywhere in the world and return all "stolen" Muslim money, "in gold not in any kind of money note."

 

     Other demands read (sic), "The returning of the old borders known to you and we press on the northern borders, the release of all our prisoners in your jails whom you know and we know only. The dismantle of the so called (United Nations and its council) in an international decision."

 

     Another portion of the letter read in part, "(sic), "We will give you a prior few minutes notice before our blessed attack so that you will be able to watch your destruction with your own satellite, as we would be by then have passed the skies of the seventh sky to heaven and your nation to the fires of hell."

 

        Not everyone believes al Qaida was behind the massacre. Spanish officials are maintaining that the Spanish Basque ETA is the main suspect in the bombings, but international media are reporting that some western intelligence sources believe al Qaida employed insurgents from North Africa for the train bombings in Spain that killed about 200 people.

 

     According to these media, these sources said Spanish and other European intelligence and security agencies believe that sleeper cells established by Al Qaida-affiliated groups helped designate the targets and provide other essential help for the operatives who detonated the bombs on the trains. Media further reported it is believed by some that these cells were established by organizations originating in Algeria and Morocco and employed local operatives, including Basque separatists.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[StillProud2BeFree]

If they don't live with family members or go into an institution, in many countries they become street kids, and are preyed upon by the rest of the street culture.

Lots of those kids don't survive to adulthood; those that do are often scarred for life.

Of course, the orphanage system in most third world countries isn't much better that the street :(

[Letitring]

LOL. Yes indeedy. :) Shelter in place. Got it. :)

[Barnacle]

I am trying very hard to catch up.

You think you are? I'm new to this thread and got about 4,000 posts to go!

?;^T

[Letitring]

"Containment." Now, THAT is scary. I'm sure it's true, but the connotation is dreadful.

[thecabal]

Ahh, now I see what's going on. I'm not in your little clique! Fine, I'm taking my toys and going home! ;) ;) ;)

P.S. Cal, quite revealing! ;)

[Calpernia]

>>>>>you shouldn't be given a boot to da door for him for sure

Et tu JP?

That is not what made me huff and puff.

[Letitring]

I should have known you were already working this. Thanks bunches. :)

Glad to hear you say this doesn't make sense. It has me very confused. I don't get it.

[StillProud2BeFree]

It looks like someone decided to post on the Arabic forum a series of these cards. They probably did so specifically to get us going and I didn't realize it when I copied them here.

I meant to post the translation earlier but I've have major internet problems this week.

[Calpernia]

ROFL!!!! That is sooo cool!

(why am I the most revealing?)

Stop Looking Revel!

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thanks, but no........

I kinda listened to Alex Jones on Coast to Coast Am, last night.

Noory ate it up and promised to have him back often.

Guess Noory is out as the commie that I suspect he is.

He is not a supporter of America or God.

[Revel]

I'm not tell'n unless you tell me who has to sit in it.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Yes, you are correct.

I think there was a law suit on this one.

Seems that I might have heard that on KDWN radio.