Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Eight

CNN ^ | 5-17-04 | Various

[JustPiper]

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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.

[nw_arizona_granny]

This is worth reading, it goes with our thoughts of this morning.

"The Zero-Hour: Remember the Zarqawi Letter"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1137734/posts

Over the KDWN Radio news a few minutes ago. Breaking news.

A Las Vegas man was shot in his back, his son (teen) in the leg, with a shot gun, 3 shots or more fired.

Then fire bomb (or bombs) were thrown, setting 2 cars and the front of the house on fire.

The suspect has escaped by leaving the scene on a Bicycle.

Yes, it is a real report.

[nw_arizona_granny]

The report for the 911 call was about 3 Am, on ABC radio news.

One of those "you will only hear this once" reports.

I get my best news from 1 to 3 AM, often hear one time news.

[appalachian_dweller]

Hi Vel, everyone.

I'm thinking the empty suitcases are a probe. Our responses to these events are being monitored closely.

I'm expecting these probes to continue for a while.

[nw_arizona_granny]

I would think part of the New York alert is for the democrat's convention.

Isn't the Republican Convention also in New York?

In case you were curious, the vegas commie's are alive and well, I stopped this and listened to 2 of them, and yes, it was as we expected, the sarin gas was only a trace, OBL has no link to saddam and there is no sign of nuclear in Iraq, etc.....

Actor Tony Randall is dead.....AP radio news.

[freeperfromnj]

the sarin gas was only a trace

That's the latest spin. This morning on WOR radio Brian Ross of ABC News was a guest. He's ABC's investigative reporter. He had a story that was labeled as "breaking news". He said more would be coming out on the sarin story. He claimed that they have supposedly uncovered a plot to use chemical weapons against our troops and he tied it in with the chemical story out of Jordan a couple of weeks ago. I checked ABC's web site but there is nothing on the story yet.

[rickylc]

If you look at the impact craters, the pattern seems to match up. Suppose in the upper photo you rotated the picture about 1/4 turn towards the top left on an axis running from the upper right hand corner to the lower left corner. This would put the craters in the same position as the daleel photo.

There are five impact craters in the blue area, two almost dead center(before imaginary rotation) and 3 to the lower left of them. I believe 4 of the five (the leftmost 4, excluding the rightmost crater in the center) are exact matches to craters that can be seen below a cloud deck in the daleel photo. All crater I'm refering to are in the predominantly blue area, not the brown appearing portion, though 4 of the five craters themselves show as brown. the fifth one looks blue and is lowest in a line with two other in the lower left group.

It's hard to describe, but hopefully you all can follow what I'm pointing out. It's difficult to distinguish what is actually a crater and what is cloud in the daleel photo.

Or, maybe i just have an over-active imagination :)

[freeperfromnj]

Death Winds, Black Flags

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1136636/posts

[rickylc]

You're definitely right in the sun pic Fred.

[Velveeta]

It's comforting to know that you're there for the one time news.

[freeperfromnj]

RESEARCHER QUIZZED AGAIN IN ANTHRAX PROBE

From Kevin Bohn and Kelli Arena
CNN Washington Bureau
Monday, May 17, 2004 Posted: 7:32 PM EDT (2332 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- FBI agents investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks have re-interviewed a researcher formerly with the Army bioweapons laboratory at Fort Detrick, Maryland, his lawyer and government sources said Monday.

The attorney for Ayaad Assaad, who now works at the Environmental Protection Agency, said FBI agents assured her that her client is not a suspect.

Assaad was questioned last week, mostly about a letter sent to police in Quantico, Virginia, days before the anthrax mailings.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/17/anthrax.probe/index.html

[Velveeta]

The democratic convention will be in Boston, Republican in New York.

[null and void]

I heard it too, if that's any comfort...

[rickylc]

Keep in mind the daleel pic seems to show a cloud deck while the Drudge pic doesn't. They had to find that pic somewhere. What telescopes or probes could have taken the daleel pic? we need to find that pic with an identity to be sure.

[Velveeta]

I think you're right that they'll continue probing. Sometime between now and the election, something will happen. This time though, the "chatter" is being carefully monitored by the gov. and us!

[rickylc]

I agree, We need to find the pic they used with an identity to be exactly sure. I would also say it's still inconclusive.

I'm sure my imagination can make me see things that may not be there.

[Velveeta]

From the first post on that thread:

"Black flags were flown on ships coming to port with plague or small pox."

I hadn't known that.

[Velveeta]

4 arrested for Nick Berg beheading.

Do they have Zarqawi?

[rickylc]

Thanks Ruth, that was well said.

Back to hunting jihadi's!!

[milkncookies]

But it was understood that none of the four included Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, who US authorities believe carried out the killing of the 26-year-old who was in Iraq to drum up business for his small telecommunications company.

LINK

[Velveeta]

Hoosier couple find knife in luggage

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An Indiana couple returning from a trip to California found a homemade knife with a 10-inch blade in their luggage, and both say officials can't explain how it ended up there.

Dorrine Theodore found the knife when she unpacked her suitcase earlier this month after returning from San Diego, The Herald-Times reported today.

Her husband, George, said the knife was a shank, like homemade weapons sometimes made in prison. He said officials at the San Diego and Indianapolis airports told him that inspectors likely put the blade in the wrong suitcase after finding it in someone else's bag. (more at link...snipped)
http://www.indystar.com/articles/3/147533-9523-102.html