Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Great! Do you eat the new Cheerios with the dried berries? Love it.

Your list:

Strawberries
Cherries
Blueberries
Raspberries
Huckleberries someday

Would be, for me:

Blueberries, rasberries, cheries, strawberries huckleberries and gooseberries.

Perhaps followed by liche's, mangoes, . . .

1,261 posted on 07/04/2004 5:00:31 PM PDT by Quix (Choose this day whom U will serve: Shrillery & demonic goons or The King of Kings and Lord of Lords)

Well now, that sounds good too.

1,262 posted on 07/04/2004 5:07:35 PM PDT by Cindy

We just went to a July 4 celebration where my son got to meet a REAL Marine in UNIFORM!!! He was quite impressed. Based on the attitude of the Marine we met, I think those jihadis holding the Marine would be well advised to dust off the guys hat, apologize profusely, refer to him as Sir, and drive him back safely to his base. The Marines are somewhat ticked right now.

1,263 posted on 07/04/2004 5:08:32 PM PDT by StillProud2BeFree

I don't have any updated info on the situation at LAX, other than there is a sig-alert regarding that stretch of the 405 freeway that certain lanes are shut down for "unknown duration".

My duaghter called our friend back to tell her we can't find any info online or tv. Our friend said that after the bomb squad was let through the traffic started moving again, and she was beyond the area where airplanes are stacked up waiting to land. She said there were no airplanes landing or taking off during the 15-20 minutes she was stopped there.

Our friend will be returning this evening after dinner and will let us know what the situation is there at that time. The time here now is 5:10 pm.

1,264 posted on 07/04/2004 5:12:02 PM PDT by leila

Thank you! Jill is digging and has found (if I read it right) that traffic is moving again.

1,265 posted on 07/04/2004 5:14:24 PM PDT by HipShot (All of our ammunition should be dipped in pig fat)

Long read but full of information...

Americans' view of an al-Qaida terrorist is wrong

By Robert S. Boyd
Knight Ridder News Service

WASHINGTON -- Most Americans have a false idea of the shadowy, worldwide terrorist network led by al-Qaida, according to a former CIA operative who collected the life histories of almost 400 members of the deadly movement.
The stereotype that these terrorists are poor, desperate, single young men from Third World countries, vulnerable to brainwashing, is wrong, Marc Sageman told an international terrorism conference in Washington last week.
Most Arab terrorists he studied were well-educated, married men from middle- or upper-class families, in their mid-20s and psychologically stable, said Sageman, a psychiatrist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Many of them knew several languages and traveled widely.
But when they settled in foreign countries, they became lonely, homesick and embittered, he said. They felt humiliated by the weakness and backwardness of their homelands. They formed tight cliques with fellow Arabs and drifted into mosques more for companionship than for religion. Radical preachers convinced them it was their duty to drive Americans from Muslim holy lands, killing as many as possible.

Characteristics of al-Qaida

Here are some of the al-Qaida-linked network's characteristics, based on Marc Sageman's study. The sample totaled 382 names. There are fewer names in each of the subsets because of incomplete data.

* Social status: (Sample size: 306)
Upper class -- 17.6 percent
Middle class -- 54.9 percent
Lower class -- 27.5 percent

* Highest level of education: (Sample size: 264)
Less than high school -- 16.7 percent
High school -- 12.1 percent
Some college -- 28.8 percent
College degree -- 33.3 percent
Postgraduate degree -- 9 percent

* Type of education: (Sample size: 265)
Secular -- 90.6 percent
Religious -- 9.4 percent

* Occupation: (Sample size: 268)
Professional (doctor, lawyer, teacher, etc.) -- 42.5 percent
Semi-skilled -- 32.8 percent
Unskilled -- 24.6 percent

* Marital status: (Sample size: 228)
Married -- 72.8 percent
Unmarried -- 27.2 percent

http://166.70.44.66/2004/Jul/07042004/nation_w/181021.asp

1,266 posted on 07/04/2004 5:14:43 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (There is no such thing as coincidence, GOD is in control.)

Flash mob won't work for me, did they have a calender of future events?

thanks

1,267 posted on 07/04/2004 5:21:55 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny (A Google search for: communist manifesto 1963 & muslim manifesto 1990, Will show todays laws in them)

To: DAVEY CROCKETT

Maybe Piper will close her eyes, if you bring this over, as
I couldn't get in to read it.

thanks

1,269 posted on 07/04/2004 5:24:09 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny (A Google search for: communist manifesto 1963 & muslim manifesto 1990, Will show todays laws in them)

To: Jill St Claire

Jill don't even think twice about that jerk we are behind you 100%:) LET'S ROLL!

1,270 posted on 07/04/2004 5:24:22 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (There is no such thing as coincidence, GOD is in control.)

To: StillProud2BeFree

Marines can be inspirational.

1,271 posted on 07/04/2004 5:24:22 PM PDT by Cindy

And I don't flinch. Nor do I blink.

1,272 posted on 07/04/2004 5:24:48 PM PDT by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)

To: Jill St Claire

All clear now, or at least it looks that way from the CAD print out.

http://cad.chp.ca.gov/ii.asp?Center=LACC&LogNumber=0001D0704

1,273 posted on 07/04/2004 5:27:11 PM PDT by Cindy

Special Operation Command HATED him in Afghanistan

~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aren't they trained to hate all in command? Be careful I married a Franks. Joking:)
I know nothing about war so I should have not said a word.

1,274 posted on 07/04/2004 5:30:40 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (There is no such thing as coincidence, GOD is in control.)

To: nw_arizona_granny

Yes, there is a calendar of future events along with software for searches, email tracking, newsletters, and more.

1,275 posted on 07/04/2004 5:38:26 PM PDT by Calpernia (Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)

I am hearing bells.

didn't this happen a month or so ago? Where?

Is this the new attack vehicle, drive into any thing you want to destroy?

Steal a vehicle and go for it.

1,276 posted on 07/04/2004 5:38:57 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny (A Google search for: communist manifesto 1963 & muslim manifesto 1990, Will show todays laws in them)

It's just that the WOT calls for unconventional in the shadows down and dirty type SpecOps guys and Franks hates them

Well he shouldn't hate them. I like them best of all.
Inside joke at our house...
My husband and brother are all the time telling me there is no such thing as Delta Force only in the movies. Yes there are Spe.Ops but no Delta Force. I keep on showing them all kinds of stuff on Delta Force. So it has gotten to the point my husband says well allot has changed since 1812 and VN. LOL:O)

1,277 posted on 07/04/2004 5:39:55 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (There is no such thing as coincidence, GOD is in control.)

To: nw_arizona_granny

You're right, it does sound familiar. ... Why would a guy from Michigan being slamming his SUV into the Fort Lauderdale airport terminal?

1,278 posted on 07/04/2004 5:41:41 PM PDT by JellyJam

"Marines can be inspirational."

And they have the prettiest uniforms of all the services! C'mon confess, there's somethin' about a marine in that Dress Blue uniform that sets a girl's heart all "aflutter!"

1,279 posted on 07/04/2004 5:51:46 PM PDT by ExSoldier (M1A: Any mission. Any conditions. Any foe. At any range.)

My heart goes to the 82nd Airborne.

1,280 posted on 07/04/2004 5:57:23 PM PDT by Cindy

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