Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Eight

CNN ^ | 5-17-04 | Various

[JustPiper]

Picture credit: TheCabal

Picture Credit:Calpernia

I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat"

LINK TO THREAD SEVEN

BREAKING NEWS

Iraqi governing council leader among those killed by Baghdad car bomb, Iraqi officials say. Details soon.

Breaking News Alert BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) U.S. military colonel says four Iraqis killed, two U.S. soldiers injured, in car bomb at entrance to coalition headquarters in Baghdad.

[Calpernia]

Speaking of protestors and meetings.

Here is the 'lefts' new conference.


Dear MoveOn member,

On June 2nd, 3rd and 4th, we're co-sponsoring the biggest
progressive conference of the year -- the Take Back America
Conference in Washington D.C. So that every MoveOn member has
a chance to be part of this amazing gathering, we're supporting
a deep discount on conference registration for MoveOn members
only -- $89.00 for three days, including meals during the day --
nearly a 50% discount.

This will be the last time for all of us to get together before
the November election, and plan the future of our growing
movement to Take Back America.

Joan and I will speak during the opening session on Wednesday
afternoon, June 2, and the entire MoveOn team will be at the
conference. Come and join us by registering at:

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There are only a limited number of tickets available, and it's
filling up fast. We want to make sure as many MoveOn members as
possible can be part of this event. Special prices are also
available for one-day passes and for students.

In addition to Joan, Peter, Eli and myself, featured speakers will
include: Gov. Howard Dean, Senator John Edwards (D-NC); House
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); George Soros, Elaine Jones,
President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund;
Eliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General; Rev. James Forbes
of the Riverside Church, Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich,
Author Arianna Huffington; National Organization for Women President
Kim Gandy; and many more. The conference will also include practical
skills training for citizen leaders, organizers, and candidates.

This conference will be an incredible combination of big names
and citizens from around the nation. Check out the program and
register at:

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We hope to see you there too.

Sincerely,

- Wes Boyd
MoveOn.org
May 21, 2004

P.S.: Please note -- this special offer is for online advance
registrations only. You cannot show up at the conference and
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If you'd like to purchase a ticket by check, or to buy a
table for the dinner or make a financial contribution to support
the conference, click below to view a description of the various
sponsorship levels. You can then print the form and send it to
Natalie Shear at the address or fax number listed at the bottom
of the form.

http://www.ourfuture.org/docUploads/reservation.pdf

[Calpernia]

>>>but had long forgotten the "Not a recognized state".

The point of propaganda. Repeat a lie often enough...it becomes truth.

[Revel]

Nation & World
Sniffing out trouble
Suspicions about a new terrorist attack have U.S. spies scrambling
By Chitra Ragavan and Mark Mazzetti

The chatter was persistent--and alarming. In the weeks after the deadly March bombings of four
commuter trains in Madrid by al Qaeda operatives, the supersecret U.S. surveillance network,
Echelon, intercepted a number of messages from suspected terrorists suggesting planning for a
massive, multipronged assault on the United States. When? Between this summer's political
conventions and October, one month before the presidential election. The intelligence appeared to
confirm information obtained from some seized al Qaeda computers and from several human
sources, government officials say. Officials at the CIA and the National Security Agency, which
runs the Echelon program, believe the information is credible but worry that the human sources
were on the periphery of the now widely dispersed al Qaeda network. Nevertheless, the
information pointed to two, perhaps three, targets, the sources say: New York, Washington, and
Las Vegas. The objective of the suspected attack, the officials continued, would be not only to
cause mass casualties and devastation of U.S. infrastructure but to roil the presidential race. The
Madrid bombings, which killed 191 people and wounded 1,800, also toppled the Spanish
government and triggered the withdrawal of Spanish troops from Iraq. "Since Spain," says a Bush
administration official, "al Qaeda has had the feeling of 'We can do this. We can affect an election.'
"

More:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/040531/usnews/31cia.htm

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Interesting!

May 16, 2004
Morocco Connection Is Emerging as Sleeper Threat in Terror War
By ELAINE SCIOLINO

ABAT, Morocco — They speak in an ever changing code. The word for prison might be hospital. Passport becomes book, or sometimes djellaba, the simple robe worn by men in North Africa. Explosives is honey or sneakers.

And when someone says "the soccer team is ready," an illegal operation is about to start.

The Moroccan branch of militant Islam is not new. But intelligence officials here and in Europe say that until this past year they failed to penetrate its communications and missed its significance. The French worried about Algerians and Tunisians; the Spanish focused on Basques. Belgium, whose Muslim population is largely Moroccan, had fewer than three dozen counterterror specialists in its police force.

Since suicide bombings in Casablanca in May last year that killed dozens, and the devastating train bombings in Madrid this March, Moroccan groups have been seen as central to the terrorist threat in Europe, forcing intelligence and law-enforcement officials to adjust their strategies.

It has been a tortuous undertaking. Morocco has been among the West's closest Arab allies and has long been instrumental in pursuing Arab-Israeli reconciliation. Although Moroccan and European officials now agree that there is a new Moroccan threat, they disagree over its nature and origin — and how to contain it.

One problem is simply identifying major Moroccan terrorists. Two months after the Madrid train bombings, Spanish investigators believe that its mastermind may still be at large.

http://forums.savannahnow.com/cgi-bin/bb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=003866

[Calpernia]

>>>Did you play with your "the Art of War"? I did.

Haven't done googles yet. I got to HERE: http://artofwar.ru/ from searchs off of other communication translations. I'm still translating and chasing links from this. I'm not a happy camper with the stuff I'm falling down the rabbit hole currently.

[Calpernia]

For calpernia: Horses and Falcons...........

http://www2.truman.edu/~capter/jins343/medi.htm

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Trojan horse has been popping up more. I'm not 100% sure it is referring to viruses.

[nw_arizona_granny]

No, on seeing the movie.

Do hope you are correct about the Georgia State Troopers being the "Meanest"........

I get worried about our President, when he spends time in the liberal states, as Sunday in Conn.

It has always been my impression that the "Good Ole Boys from Georgia", worked with a different set of laws than most of the other states and folks.

I don't understand why the whole country is not under Marshall Law.......It would have been if I were in charge.

When the clintons were in the thought of Marshall Law scared me to death.

If my "feelings" are right, I expect to hear of some pretty horrible things from the Georgia meetings.

muslims and communists, given the opportunity to protest and maybe kill a world leader or two, will be a big temptation.

Keep in mind that this is their big chance and they are primed to take it. It is obvious that the commies and muslims are looking for any excuse and this is a good one.

And don't forget the fact that any of them who are lucky enough to die, will have died "for the cause" and it will all serve to make Bush look bad and cause more "hate" for America.

Dark times are coming, indeed they are here.

We are a few Americans with a memory of having been FREE, they are the world out to take us down.

I hope the Georgia 'boys' do us proud.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Well, if one of the 'world leaders' went off his rocker (or one of the body guards), and took out a few other 'world leaders', wouldn't that be called a "Trojan Horse"?

They came to the meeting disguised as guests.

[Calpernia]

You have freep mail.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

South Georgia has it's own set of laws.

You gotta love the south.:)))..."Mom likes to say we don't turn down anything but our collar," said Jamie Deen, one of the sons of Paula Deen. "Gen. Sherman didn't burn us, so I'm not worried about the G-8." Yet he noted they are prepared to board up with "five minutes' " notice.




Coastal businesses brace for G-8 impact
Many split on whether to stay open

By REAGAN WALKER, JOHN KESSLER
in Savannah
Published on: 05/22/04


When the G-8 summit comes to the Georgia coast next month, Gary Foust doesn't expect to see many world leaders dropping by his Barber Pole in Savannah for a trim.

He doesn't expect to see any of his regular customers either, since many workers in nearby downtown offices will head to branch locations to avoid security and traffic tie-ups and, potentially, crowds of protesters. Foust plans to lock the door and leave town.
Barber Gary Foust (left), owner of the Barber Pole on Bull Street in Savannah, cuts the hair of Bill Reese while brother Karl Foust gives Joe Wilson a trim.
Business owners crowd the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah in mid-May for a security briefing from the U.S. Secret Service, the FBI and local law enforcement on possible effects on businesses during the summit.
Kathy Stratton, on the other hand, will be lucky to do anything but work that week. The vacation rental properties managed by her St. Simons Island firm, Trupp-Hodnett, will be full of law enforcement officers providing security for the event.
Most of Stratton's clients for the summit want daily towel and maid service rather than the usual weekly. So she is working on the logistics of getting employees through the security checks and resulting traffic backups on the causeway from Brunswick to St. Simons. She'll pay her workers for the time in traffic, which could be one to two hours each time they come to the island.
Businesses and residents from South Carolina to Florida are developing strategies for dealing with the Group of Eight arriving in a couple of weeks. The coast is expecting the leaders of the United States, Germany, Japan, Canada, Italy, France, Britain and Russia, along with 10,000 or more security personnel, 3,500 media representatives and some protesters for the summit. The official meeting is June 8-10 on Sea Island, seaward from St. Simons, but the thousands of attendees will be spread all along the coast.
At least Stratton and Foust know what to expect. A good number of independent- and small-business owners in Savannah, Brunswick and St. Simons say they haven't yet decided whether to open or close, and they don't know whether they'll gain or lose from the historic gathering.

It's a bit like watching a storm approaching on radar, something coastal residents are accustomed to. Will the summit be a summer shower that rains prosperity and nourishes growth, at least intermittently? Or will inconveniences like security checks and traffic tangles — or worse, violent protests or terrorism — make it destructive?

"The only thing that I can compare it to is a hurricane," said barber Gene Seymour in Brunswick. Seymour's shop is near some of the locations that have been mentioned as protest gathering spots. "I can't think of anything else that would threaten a whole week's worth of business. I guess we'll come in that Monday and just see."

Interviews with more than three dozen business owners, from landscapers to lawyers, gift retailers to restaurateurs, make it clear there will be economic winners from the summit. Gov. Sonny Perdue has predicted as much as $500 million could be spent in the state, largely for lodging, rental cars and food.

But many locals expect to lose money, due to disruptions from tight security and, maybe, protests, plus the fact that businesses usually full of shopping summer tourists will instead overflow with working government officials.

"Law enforcement and others involved with G-8 aren't exactly the type to be shopping for sterling silver and red hats," says Macy Harrell, who owns Sterling Moments gift shop in downtown Brunswick. Harrell says she hasn't decided whether to stay open.

Others say there's just no way to tell; thus the day-by-day approach has emerged as a popular summit strategy.

"I'll come in that Tuesday, but if no one darkens my door by midday Wednesday, I'll take the next couple of days off," said Tom Dent, owner of Thos. P. Dent Clothier on Frederica Road, which is the main artery on St. Simons leading to Sea Island.

The popular Lady & Sons restaurant in downtown Savannah's City Market also plans to remain open.

"Mom likes to say we don't turn down anything but our collar," said Jamie Deen, one of the sons of Paula Deen. "Gen. Sherman didn't burn us, so I'm not worried about the G-8." Yet he noted they are prepared to board up with "five minutes' " notice.

Some businesses plan to stay open just to protect their property.

"I think everybody is going to lose business," said Nancy Thomason, owner of Beachview Books in the St. Simons village. Thomason said terrorism is her concern, more than protesters or traffic problems. "But I don't want to go away and come back and find my store gutted."

And some locals are more worried about protesters targeting businesses that have international operations. Esther Shaver, owner of E. Shaver Booksellers on Madison Square, doesn't imagine protesters will target her "small, left-leaning bookstore." But she expresses the concern of many Savannah business owners when she wonders if the Gap and Banana Republic — the chain clothiers owned by Gap Inc. and facing each other on Broughton Street — will get attention.

Gap has attracted controversy over its outsourcing of jobs to more than 3,000 factories in 50 countries. This month the company released an unprecedented, contrite "social responsibility" report that admitted many of these factories mistreat workers in shoddy work environments.

A Gap spokeswoman, Kimberly Terry, said the stores have adequate security if protesters show up.

Some businesses close

For some businesses, staying open isn't a viable option. Several real estate agents on St. Simons Island said they plan to take the week off because security concerns and traffic will make showing property difficult.

Other professionals, like some dentists and lawyers, are planning vacations because they expect their regular clients to be gone or sticking close to home. Many residents on St. Simons are planning to leave.

Construction is expected to come to a halt on the island because getting supplies and workers across the causeway will be too difficult. General contractor Frank Serafini said he has no contracts for the first three weeks in June. He's going pay his four employees half their regular pay and take a vacation. He estimates it will cost him $10,000 to $15,000.

"I hope whatever we lose now, we'll make up in the long run. Maybe some of these visitors will buy property here and want to remodel," he said.

Mark Miller of Coastal Landscaping also plans a vacation, right in the height of his busiest season. He estimates the break will cost him $20,000 in business but also hopes the heightened profile of the area will ultimately bring more business.

Gary Hall and Anthony Attardi, co-owners of the Wright Square Café in a row of shops across from the federal building in Savannah, wanted to stay open. They even had some summit-related catering contracts lined up. But this week, they found out that their parking spaces in the lot next door have been commandeered by federal authorities. With no parking spaces and no place for a delivery truck, they say they have no choice but to close.

Michael Gowen of Southeast Adventures, which provides kayaking trips in the Golden Isles, said he'll also be affected by federal security provisions. He'll need to take kayakers outside the three-mile restricted zone around Sea Island. He said there are plenty of places to paddle elsewhere, but "we just aren't sure if we can get through the traffic to get there — and we don't know if anyone will want to go."

Bad timing for some

For tourism-related enterprises like Gowen's and charter fishing boat captain Mark Noble's, the timing of the summit couldn't be worse. Shorter summer school breaks are already cutting into business, and now they face a major slowdown in what is usually the kickoff to their busy season.

"It's not even the summit yet, and what we have ahead of us is bleak," said Noble, who said charters are already down 40 percent to 45 percent this month. His theory is that much of the lodging is occupied by G-8 people rather than tourists, and others are simply avoiding the area until after the event. He has no bookings for the summit week, and if none come in, he'll lose about $5,000.

"For this to come in during the summer break is absolutely unacceptable."

Rose Wilson, owner of the Golden Isles Marina, said the summit impact is "tremendously negative." Folks with boats there will not be allowed to use them during the event. Wilson hoped to make up for losses in fuel sales to the U.S. Coast Guard. She's still working on a contract with the Coast Guard, but because it wants 24-hour service, "the 35-cent profit I make on each gallon will be entirely eaten up by overtime pay."

Restaurant owners on St. Simons have been faring better. But even so, when they realized what it will take logistically to operate during the summit, many, like Halyards' chef/owner David Snyder, considered closing. The fine-dining restaurant is "right at the choke point" of traffic — the intersection of Frederica and Sea Island roads. And some purveyors are refusing to make deliveries because security checks on the causeway could mean completely unloading trucks.

"But we are in the hospitality business, so I don't think it's good to not be open," Snyder said. "I've already had probably 200 people in here in the last few weeks associated with the G-8. I had a group of 22 from Japan; I had 18 from Italy; I had 18 from the European Union. So it's already been great for business. I think we could be very busy that week, too."

Reagan Walker can be reached at rwalker@ajc.com; John Kessler can be reached at jkessler@ajc.com


http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/0504/23bizimpact.html

[Calpernia]

If Georgia has her own set of laws...

Then how did Turner weasel in there?

[Indie]

Lugar said military might alone isn't enough to eradicate terrorism.

Lugar is typical of the blind sheeple. He thinks we can win over the islamofascists by buying their friendship. He doesn't realize they only want to kill us.

My advice to you Sen Lugar: SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP.

[MamaDearest]

THE QUESTION IS, "What has Canada given to us lately?" (Thinking of our borders...)

West Nile Virus and its overflow of terrorists.

[Indie]

Good lookin' pups!!

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I was meaning South Georgia. LOL Turner is a traitor and he is metro Atlanta along with GOD Bless his soul, Maynord Jackson whom turned Atlanta into an international city.

(You always know a southern women is going to talk about someone when she starts with "GOD Bless there soul but????")

[MamaDearest]

Attempting to get into a military base with bad ID, explosives in truck sometime in the past, illegally in country, second time this has happened.....that's enough right there

And that's exactly why agencies like the FBI and CIA have lost their shiny reputations. Whoever is setting their guidelines for releasing terrorists needs a sharp loud tap on their desk because they have forgotten about the reason for the very existance of these agencies. How can we respect agencies that release people who endanger our lives so that they can come back and try to attempt their subversive activities again? Credibility has been lost and confidence in their ability is greatly diminished (In desperation, possibly they need to watch some James Bond movies to obtain motivation that the bad guys really ARE dangerous and need to be eliminated). Is it my imagination or does it appear at times they have no relationship whatsoever with Homeland Security? At the moment I'm thinking back to those foreign people caught videotaping refineries (on their vacation????) and released a month or two ago.

[Quix]

True.

[Calpernia]

bookmark.

Night all.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Oh No guys look at this..

KINGS BAY, Ga. -- A security alert at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base led to a nearly 3-hour lockdown Friday morning when two foreign nationals attempted to get on the base.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1140614/posts

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Sorry thought it was another one!