Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Nine

Yahoo News ^ | 5-30-04 | DONNA ABU-NASR AP

[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

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

No I didn't know that and the only person I have ever heard say that is my Dad. How about that! :):):):):):)

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I guess this explains my uh uh ugh disposition:| LOL

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Granny suggested cloves; I wanted to try it but I am afraid because I never liked the smell of cloves (unless they were pinned into oranges as Christmas tree ornaments which I made when I was "little.") ...I bet the cloves would work though.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

True. Yet we can fight back better, more visibly. Heck, we now have a few newspapers and FOXNews to help! Also, people like myself were too young or not born yet to add their voices of support back then. Now, I can for Nam and for the terror war.

[liberallyconservative]

A cotton ball or Q-tip soaked in oil of clove is one of the best "toothache" remedies around. It truly does relieve the pain. But be forewarned, it is strong.

(Can't sleep. The new puppy has decided to keep me awake tonite :)

[little jeremiah]

placemark - and Nighty Night, all!

Home remedies and so on tomorrow.

[nw_arizona_granny]

This might interest you, it fitted into my "I didn't Know This" finds. I can't see to read it all, but the first half is good.

Pioneer Asian Indian Immigration to the Pacif Coast.

Mexican Hindu marriage

http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/punjab/mexhindu.html

Found a lot of strange stuff under a google for:

american indian muslim connection

[nw_arizona_granny]

Cloves are what used to be in the toothache medicine sold at
the store.

I happened to have the cloves and tried them whole, it isn't
bad at all.

Of course, you could stick them in an orange, if it will make you feel better (mentally).....

LOL you kids.......

[cibco]

BTTT

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Goodnight all.

Granny: You mean to tell me you were not a Brownie or Girl Scout, and so you were deprived of the opportunity to craft orange and clove tree ornaments? I thought the orange and clove thing was a rite of passage! (I would tell you that you didn't miss much, but I know you already know that!). P.S. I hope your little ones are doing well. You have 2 kittens now?

liberallyconservative: Enjoy your pup! I am going to kiss all my kitties goodnight now (they have all been sleeping for hours already and I don't want to wake them, but I can't resist).

JustPiper: Hello JP, I tried to stay awake until you logged on tonight, but I failed again! Does our 7-11 Mati Hari have any more information to report?

[nw_arizona_granny]

No to Girl Scouts, I was picking cotton and fruit at that age, but did get to go through it with my own kids.

yes, 2 kitties, matrix and one still sick one.

Good Night, sleep well.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...
ON THE NET...

http://www.shareeah.org/

http://www.shareeah.tk/

http://www.guestbookdepot.com/php/guestbook.php?book_id=573665

http://www.islamichackers.tk/

http://www.geocities.com/shahbazkhansam/chat.html

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Don't know how true this is but... Heads uo

ALERT! Britain's Air Traffic Control Down

Britain's air traffic control system has unexpectedly shut down, according to reports. Many airports have suspended all incoming and outgoing flights.

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Sky.com

Details to follow . . .

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DOWN

Britain's computer-controlled air traffic system has gone down, according to British Airways.

Most airports - including Heathrow - have reportedly suspended all domestic and international take-offs.


A British Airways spokeswoman said the computer at the National Air Traffic Service in Swanwick, southern England, went down at about 6am.

The £263m Swanwick centre has been beset by problems since it opened, five years late, in 2002.

More follows...

[Lucy Lake]

Iraqis at G-8 still a possibility
Scott M. Larson

President Bush opened the door for the new leaders of Iraq to participate in the G-8 Sea Island Summit.

.................

Plans are already in place for Aghan President Hamid Karzai to visit Sea Island as well as the leaders of five other Middle East nations and six African countries.

With the summit set to begin Tuesday, confirmation of an Iraqi visit would likely come at the last minute.


http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/060204/2208241.shtml

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Something is amiss... look at this...

Let's go through a list of which countries are putting navies to sea for the month of June. Take the U.S. naval group's departure from San Diego. What's the official story of the 6,000+ sailors leaving Monday?

(Norfolk) a local television station in Norfolk reports that a total of seven carrier strike groups are putting to sea in June - which if I'm not mistaken is an unprecedented move: "While the Navy won't say where the seven carrier groups are going, the carriers not already deployed are expected to be gone for only one to two months." Story (RealPlayer needed) at http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=1902088&nav=23iiNU2h (England) The British are also putting an unusual number of ships to sea during June. http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2004/0405/0004052601.asp Meantime, Channel 13 in Hampton Roads, VA reports in part that:

"Called "Exercise Blinding Storm" by the United States and "Exercise Rapid Alliance" by the U.K., the training will involve about 30,000 troops from seven nations in exercises off and on the coast of North Carolina. Dutch marines and French soldiers will take part, as well as a Peruvian submarine and contingents from Germany and Canada. The flotilla is expected to set sail Tuesday, with the two-week amphibious exercise scheduled to begin June 10. The British landing platform dock ship Albion has already arrived. It carried four Challenger II battle tanks — the British equivalent of the U.S. M1-A1 Abrams tank. The tanks will be sent ashore aboard the ship's new landing craft during the exercise. The biggest British ship — the aircraft carrier Invincible — also has docked with a crew of 1,050. " http://www.wvec.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D82SAKN80.html

Also look at this huge list of other recent deployments...

Carrier Group Leaves On Deployment
Ships Are Not Scheduled To Support Operations In Iraq
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/3339032/detail.html

HUGE NAVAL STRIKE GROUP IS DEPLOYED! Western Pacific
(1) Aircraft carrier Stennis (CSG)
(2) Guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57)
(3) Burke-class destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83)
(4) Guided-missile frigate USS Ford (FFG 54)
(5) Fast-attack submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716)
(6) Replenishment ship USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7) Also
(7) amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood
(8) amphibious transport dock ship Denver
(9) amphibious transport dock ships Comstock
(10-11) Burke-class guided missile destroyers Preble and Hopper -- will depart next month.
(12) USS Tucson Departs on Western Pacific Deployment
(13) Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Russell

Also: USS McCampbell (DDG 85) departed May 5 for its first
deployment. The ship and its crew are headed to Southeast Asia in support of a Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) cruise. McCampbell will be conducting joint naval exercises with the countries of Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Also: Twenty Royal Navy ships, led by HMS Invincible, are heading
off to take part in the exercise called Rapid Alliance, which is taking place off the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Article: Marines Take off for Naval Exercise with U.S.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2918574

Mediterranean Sea Surface Strike Group deployment:
(14) Guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61)
(15) Guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71),
(16) Guided-missile frigate USS Elrod (FFG 55)

USS John C. Stennis Strike Group Deploys for Pacific Operations:
Navy-Marine strike group leaves on 6-month deployment:
More than 5,000 sailors and Marines with the Belleau Wood
Expeditionary Strike Group will leave San Diego Thursday for
a six-month deployment in support of the war on terrorism
The amphibious assault ship Belleau Wood and the amphibious
transport dock ships Denver and Comstock will depart from 32nd
Street Naval Station beginning at 8:30 a.m. Thursday. "It is the
first time an expeditionary strike group will be commanded by a Marine general, according to the Navy.
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/

2004/05/27/military/20_54_265_26_04.txt

"The Army begins a major staging operation today at the port to ship equipment to southwest Asia." Article: Army to ship vehicles overseas via Olympia:
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20040520/topstories/54346.shtml

Official explanation: Strike Group Deploys Early To Help Quell
Insurgency "The plan was developed to train naval forces for quick response to crises and in support of national interests."
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/militaryconnection/3351632/detail.html

Ford heads to sea Frigate's crew departs for 4 months
http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/04/05/27/loc_ford001.cfm

USS Tucson Departs on Western Pacific Deployment
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13418

Surface Strike Group Ships Deploy From Norfolk
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13096

"coastal patrol ships Typhoon and Sirocco prepared to leave port at the Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base Friday to relieve two sister ships" http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=69752&ran=237692

ROTA, Spain (NNS) -- USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) accompanied patrol
boats USS Typhoon (PC 5) and USS Sirocco (PC 6) on their journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Naval Station Rota, Spain, and arrived in port with the two PCs May 12.
http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=13328

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Black Winds Of Death

(1)"In Islam, the huayra yana is the black wind. In a symbolic sense, a black wind spreads similar to the act of throwing ashes into the air. The dust particles appear momentarily suspended then carried along by an invisible stream before dissipating and falling to the ground. In Islamic eschatology, hell is pictured as a desert, scorching wind, black smoke, and boiling, bubbling water. Hell is reserved for the enemies of Allah led by the Christian counterpart of the devil known as Eblis, who roams the Earth seeking those whom he may devour. Hell awaits the unbelievers where they will be cast into "scorching wind and shadow of black smoke," and will drink of boiling water for eternity. Hell is the most terrible of places where the wicked are cast in scorching fires to eat thorns and thistles.
To Islamic extremists, terrorism may have a greater purpose, even more so than causing fear and panic among people. Terrorism is purification (the cleansing) of people (the cursed; especially non-Muslim) by fire either causing repentance and submission to Islam or coming judgment through death. The cursed are the people of the "left hand," "And (as to) the companions of the left hand (mash'ama); how wretched are the companions of the left hand!" This form of punishment is also pictured in the Qur'an [39.60 and 56] - "And on the day of resurrection you shall see those who lied against Allah; their faces shall be blackened. Is there not in hell an abode for the proud?"
Source: http://www.lampholderpub.com/new_page_19.htm

[BurbankKarl]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=5329770

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU's top counter-terrorism official said Wednesday all countries in Europe faced a serious threat of attack, regardless of whether they supported the Iraq war or not.

"The threat is real and it is serious," said Gijs de Vries, appointed the European Union's counter-terrorism coordinator after suspected al Qaeda-linked militants killed 191 people in bombings on packed passenger trains in Madrid on March 11.

"We cannot exclude that there will be at some point in time another major attack in Europe," de Vries told Reuters in an interview.

snip

[GorillaMa]

This news just stuns me. I'm hoping it's a gag. Can we dig up more links on the topic? This is the first time I have heard of this. Didn't you think the aussie sounded awfully paranoid? What kind of a person wants to issue a warning and date of our death, and then play games with us such as "guess who I am?" "how stupid are you"? when we only have a few weeks till we meet death? He lost credibility points there. The naval stats though support some of the things he is saying. I think we need to dig for more info. Also, we better start mapping for some caves.... :(

[BurbankKarl]

More moles in the Pentagon...didnt they catch a spy working for Cuba giving intelligence about Iraq a while ago?


http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/176205_chalabi03.html

Hunt in Pentagon in Iran leak
As FBI seeks alleged source, Chalabi says he's being framed

By DAVID JOHNSTON AND JAMES RISEN
THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators have begun administering polygraph examinations to civilian employees at the Pentagon in an effort to determine who may have disclosed highly classified intelligence to Ahmad Chalabi, the controversial Iraqi who authorities suspect turned the information over to Iran, government officials said yesterday.

The polygraph examinations, which are being conducted by the FBI, are focused initially on a small number of Pentagon employees who had access to the information that was compromised.

U.S. intelligence officials have said that Chalabi informed Iran that the United States had broken the secret communications codes used by Iranian intelligence to transmit sensitive messages to posts around the world.

Chalabi has denied the charge. Yesterday, his lawyers made public a letter they said they had sent to Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller repeating Chalabi's denials and demanding that the Justice Department investigate the disclosure of the allegations against Chalabi.

The lawyers, John Markham and Collette Goodman, said in the letter, "The charges made against Dr. Chalabi -- both the general and the specific ones -- are false."

Officials would not identify who has taken polygraph examinations or even who has been interviewed by FBI counterespionage agents. It could not be determined whether anyone has declined to submit to a polygraph.

No one has been charged with any wrongdoing or identified as a suspect, but officials familiar with the investigation said that they are working through a list of individuals and will likely interview senior Pentagon officials.

The FBI is looking at officials who knew of the code-breaking operation and also had dealings with Chalabi either in Washington or Baghdad, according to the government officials. Information about code-breaking work is considered among the most sensitive material in the government and is handled under tight security and with very limited access.

[JustPiper]

I know what you mean Dweller, when a dem see's the light its like they awoke from a coma -hehe- Coulda hit me over the head with a bowling pin when my baby sis announces with zeal she left the party after being a lifelong Dim ;)