Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Nine

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[JustPiper]

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

LINK TO THREAD EIGHT

KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia - Tens of American, European and other hostages were released Sunday and a gunman believed to be the lead Islamic militant holding them was arrested, a Saudi security official said, adding that two other gunmen were "in the process of being arrested."

We are the "Stotters" who make ourselves aware of the enemy who wishes to do us harm

[freeperfromnj]

Exploding bottles in NJ also.

Cops Call Spate Of Exploding Chlorine Bottles Terror Crimes

POSTED: 7:56 am EDT June 2, 2004

WOODBRIDGE, N.J. -- Police believe an incident Saturday night in which a chlorine-filled bottle exploded after being thrown into a bar is related to three similar episodes in the Iselin area over the weekend, according to a published report.

Woodbridge police have labeled the incident at the Pioneer Tavern a crime of terrorism involving chemical weapons, the Home News Tribune of East Brunswick reported in Wednesday's editions.

A water bottle containing chlorine was thrown through an open window into the bar at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. One man was injured when the bottle exploded and some of the chemical splashed in his eyes, according to police. He was treated at a hospital and released.

Two first-aid responders also were treated at the hospital and released.

Two other incidents involving exploding bottles occurred Sunday night, and an exploded bottle was found Monday morning in the driveway leading to JFK High School.

The definition of crimes of terrorism under New Jersey's Anti-Terrorism Act includes people who attempt, conspire or threaten to commit a crime, including possession or production of chemical weapons, to terrorize five or more people.

Chlorine is not listed as a chemical weapon, but the act notes that chemical weapons are limited to those listed.

Roger Shatzkin, a spokesman for the state's Office of Counter-Terrorism, said a prosecutor would decide whether the person or persons who threw the bottles would be charged under the anti-terrorism act.

http://www.wnbc.com/news/3371936/detail.html

[freeperfromnj]

Truck Accident Shuts Down I-95 In Connecticut

POSTED: 7:20 am EDT June 2, 2004
UPDATED: 9:47 am EDT June 2, 2004

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Interstate 95 northbound in Bridgeport was closed after a tractor-trailer caught fire early Wednesday morning.

Truck Accident Shuts Down I-95

State police were hoping to have the road open again in about an hour.
Police say the tractor-trailer caught fire around 6:45 a.m. A civilian helped the driver to safety, and both have only minor injuries.

The area is not the same place where a fiery tanker crash melted a bridge and closed the highway in both directions for days in March.

http://www.wnbc.com/traffic/3371845/detail.html

[tmp02]

The first time it may be an accident...the second time it is intended.

[tmp02]

Terroristwarning.com Urgent Alert + Headlines 06/02/2004 # 1

TEXAS - Sometime between May 26 and May 31 two fully loaded propane trucks, with about 5600 gallons of propane, were reportedly stolen in San Antonio. In a seperate incident 15 cylindrical tanks were also reportedly stolen.

According to news reports the missing trucks are blue Kenworth model T-30 tractors. One has license plate number 8WX-W38 and the number D112 on the hood. The other has plate number 7FF-R20 and B889 on the hood.

If you see these vehicles DO NOT APPROACH THEM, instead call 911 and report them to local authorities or your nearest FBI office.

[tmp02]

National:

[Xinhua] USA - FBI issues alert for two stolen propane tanker trucks

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-06/02/content_1503098.htm

[Houston Chronicle] USA - Propane, gas thefts raise FBI concerns

"two fully loaded propane trucks and 15 cylindrical gas tanks recently stolen in separate incidents"

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2604342

[INDYchannel.com] INDIANA - Concourse Evacuated After Knife Found On Plane

http://www.theindychannel.com/travelgetaways/3367067/detail.html

[WXYZ] MICHIGAN - Detroit Zoo Evacuated Amid Bomb Threat [ Prank/ False alarm]

http://www.wxyz.com/wxyz/nw_local_news/article/0,2132,WXYZ_15924_2927914,00.html

[New York Daily News] USA - Beware of the terrorist moles [ Al Qaeda infiltrating government agencies in Middle East]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ideas_opinions/story/198610p-171507c.html

[Reuters] USA - Kerry: Nuclear Terrorism Is Gravest Threat to US

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5305245

[Colorado Springs Gazette] COLORADO - Bomb squad disposes of suspicious device in Fountain

"man called 911 about 7:30 a.m. to say he found what he described as a bomb underneath a bridge"

http://pm.gazette.com/fullstory.php?id=2646

[Contra Costa Times] USA - Dirty bomb suspect allegedly planned US apartment bombings

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/8816826.htm

[Click10.com] FLORIDA - Neighborhood Hit By Acid Bomb Attacks [ 8 Bombs Explode In Past Week, mail delivery stopped]

http://www.local10.com/news/3367995/detail.html

[Green Bay Press Gazette] USA - Farm industry on guard against agri-terrorism

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_16346044.shtml

[1010 Wins] NEW JERSEY - NJ Investigates "Chemical Terrorism" Case

"Police believe an incident Saturday night in which a chlorine-filled bottle exploded after being thrown into a bar is related to three similar episodes in the Iselin area over the weekend,"

http://1010wins.com/topstories/winstopstories_story_154074601.html

[The Express Times] USA - Business leaders, citizens asked to keep terrorism antennae high

http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/nj/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1086167182114100.xml

[WREG] USA - Nation Enlists, Truckers, Highway Workers In Terror Hunt

http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=1909175

[New York Times] NEW YORK - New York City Was Alerted to Gas Lines as Terror Tool

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/02/national/02bomb.html

[AP] PENNSYLVANIA - Passengers evacuated from plane after threat [ American Airlines Flight 4543 ]

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2004-06-02-plane-threat_x.htm

PATRIOT ACT ARTICLES :

[Centre Daily Times] PENNSYLVANIA - Lehigh faculty join others in condemning Patriot Act

http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/8808593.htm

[Arizona Daily Sun] IDAHO - Idaho terror case puts the Patriot Act to the test

http://www.azdailysun.com/non_sec/nav_includes/story.cfm?storyID=88055

International:

[Xinhua] FRANCE - France raises terror alert to red level

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-06/02/content_1502536.htm

[Seven.com.au] WORLDWIDE - Experts fear "dirty bomb" use

"International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) records point to "a dramatic rise" in the smuggling of radiological substances"

http://seven.com.au/news/worldnews/87301

[IOL] ITALY - Al-Qaeda message takes a stab at Berlusconi

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=24&art_id=qw1086011820983I623&set_id=1

[Manila Times] PHLIIPPINES - Sea marshals to protect ships from terrorist attack

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2004/jun/02/yehey/top_stories/20040602top7.html

[ABC Asia Pacific] PHILIPPINES - Philippines raid nets suspected terrorist

http://abcasiapacific.com/news/stories/asiapacific_stories_1120831.htm

[Jerusalem Post] ISRAEL - Top Islamic Jihad terrorist nabbed in Bethlehem

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1086058007355

[Vancouver Sun] CANADA - Former PLO terrorist not allowed in Canada

http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=0e95ffd8-9c47-4caf-9844-4e072649e242

[ITAR-TASS] RUSSIA - Search for perpetrators of terrorist acts underway in Ingushetia

http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=889070&PageNum=0

[Hi Pakistan] EUROPE - Europe faces ‘ real nuclear terrorist threat ’

"ease with which extremists could hide and recruit in the Muslim communities and smuggle Russian nuclear material to the EU member states."

http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en66492&F_catID=&f_type=source

[Al-Jazeera] CHINA - Lethal radioactive machine stolen in China

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/21378DC6-24AE-42DC-B96D-86CAB990D99B.htm

[Voice of America] AFGHANISTAN - Afghan Police Official Killed in Bomb Blast

http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=90155716-72A5-4F9F-941563EE2F022C89

[Dispatch Online] PAKISTAN - Mosque bomb kills 15 , injures dozens

http://www.dispatch.co.za/2004/06/01/Foreign/apak.html

[Middle East Online] SAUDI ARABIA - Shots fired at Americans in Saudi capital

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/%3Fid%3D10135

[MSNBC ] SAUDI ARABIA - Terrorist wave grows in Saudi Arabia

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5113734/

[Borneo Bulletin] PHILIPPINES - Plot to bomb ferry foiled

http://www.brunei-online.com/bb/wed/jun2w8.htm

[Manila Times] PHLIPPINES - 7 wounded in bomb blast

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2004/jun/02/yehey/metro/20040602met1.html

[KurdishMedia] TURKEY - Turkey foils planned bomb attacks by Kurdish rebels

"they were planning "sensational bomb attacks" in public places"

http://www.kurdmedia.com/news.asp?id=5011

[freeperfromnj]

Wow. A lot of incidents you posted there. zdo much is going on.

[null and void]

Yes. Up to fresh air. All war gasses are heavier than air. The better to kill people in trenches and bunkers...

[Velveeta]

Suspicious Package

A SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE SHUT DOWN PART OF PEACHTREE STREET IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA THIS MORNING.

THE PACKAGE, WRAPPED IN CHRISTMAS PAPER, WAS FOUND NEAR TRASH CANS IN FRONT OF THE WACHOVIA BANK.


POLICE SHUT DOWN PEACHTREE BETWEEN BAKER AND ELLIS STREETS.

THEY X-RAYED THE PACKAGE AND FOUND IT TO BE EMPTY.

THEY TOOK IT AWAY FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

PEACHTREE STREET IS NOW BACK OPEN AND TRAFFIC IS BACK TO NORMAL.
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/3357629/detail.html

(sorry about the caps, that's how it is at the link)

[null and void]

Empty boxes, empty threats?

(whistling in the dark)...

[Velveeta]

Vell, I don't tink it's Zanta's elves...

[appalachian_dweller]

Hi JP, thanks for that post. It answered a question I had...were the tanks full. Yes is the very scary answer.

I've printed out the info on the trucks and passed it around to some friends at work. They'll be watching as well.

Side Note: My liberal roommate admitted last night that the lamestream media was useless, that they weren't telling us everything. I thought I would fall over. LOL!

[texasbluebell]

This is a story that I haven't seen yet on FR. At least it's not coming up in any search.

Maybe just some crazed fan, who knows.

SUBWAY SHOOTING

June 2, 2004 -- A model who played a bit part on TV's "Law and Order" became the center of a real-life crime drama beneath Times Square yesterday when a mystery gunman shot her while she rode the subway, cops said.

Monica Meadows, a 22-year-old Georgia beauty who recently moved to New York to pursue stardom, told cops she was sipping a soda on an uptown W train approaching the Times Square station when she heard a popping noise — and saw her white sweater turn red with blood.

"All of a sudden, she started gushing blood and people ran away. There were people screaming . . . She was, like, 'I think I've been shot . . . Somebody help me. Somebody help me.' "

...

Meadows and the gunmen [sic] were sitting near each other when he fired, police said. No one confronted her before the shooting, but cops haven't ruled out the possibility the gunman fought with someone else.

The shooter — described as a white man in his early 30s with a messenger bag and shoulder-length hair — walked into the next car after the attack and then disappeared into the crowd of passengers after the train stopped.

[knak]

good morning everyone, happy to see we are back!!!

[texasbluebell]

Neighborhood Hit By Acid Bomb Attacks

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- Two acid bombs exploded Monday night in a Coral Springs neighborhood that has seen a series of explosions in the past two days.

Eight acid bombs have gone off since Monday in three subdivisions in the city; Glenwood, Kensington and Westview. Seven blew up in mailboxes, but Monday night, the eighth exploded in the personal car, a Ford Explorer of a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy.

[texasbluebell]

Morning! Yes, happy we're back in business!

[all4one]

Remember the bombing in Turkey earlier this year at a Masonic Temple....please remember this incident when reading this article from this morning....

udio Cassette in Center City Triggers Terrorism Alert (Philadelphia - Wednesday June 2nd)

by KYW's Mike Dunn A bizarre finding in the shadow of Philadelphia City Hall on Wednesday morning has triggered an intense police investigation.

Around 8:15am, a patrol officer spotted an audio cassette taped to a utility pole outside the Masonic Temple at Juniper and Filbert Streets, across the street from City Hall and the Criminal Justice Center.

A Center City District street cleaner told the officer he had found and removed a similar cassette from another pole a short time earlier.

The tapes were enclosed in plastic sandwich bags and paper airplanes -- pointing to the tapes -- were taped alongside the cassette recordings.

The officer played one tape in his patrol car and says it contained "a Middle Eastern language." He immediately notified higher-ups.

The area was cordoned off. One official says it's likely that this will turn into a federal criminal investigation because of fears of a terrorism link. Link to Article

[Chaos]

Lots of news reported here this morning. Glad to see we are back up.

Thanks Jim Rob.

[all4one]

udio = Audio Cassette....

[Velveeta]

Great find, All4one.

Ping to #1156.

[milkncookies]

China war games seen as 'message'

"The official said the political message in the exercises is one of "military readiness," intended to signal to Taiwan that China is ready to use force if necessary to reunite the island with the mainland." (SNIP)

The heat continues to rise.