Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread TWELVE

CNN ^ | 7-2-04 | N/A

[JustPiper]

Picture credit: TheCabal

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

LINK TO THREAD ELEVEN

FBI urges vigilance for July 4

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A constant stream of intelligence indicating that al Qaeda wants to strike the United States this summer or fall has led federal officials to urge increased vigilance during the Independence Day weekend, but there is no specific threat of an attack timed to the holiday.

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

Meet It!
Greet It!
Defeat It!

[British chick]

I pulled this from a site which has a collection of "EOM" messages. I know this should be taken with a large pinch of salt, being from EOM, but I noticed that on 5/17/04 he talks about an attack in about two months time, following one in London. Since the "truce" for Europe offer expires on 7/15/04, I thought the dates were interesting:

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Subject: You will see what comes

Date: Mon 05/17/04 12:26 AM

Something wonderful will happen New York City. Will be nuclear explosion this summer wait and see then we see who laughin amerikkkan everything start in london as I say before you think EOM make joke... Allahs time is near we have plan all along

I am in your borders have been so for long time. I come and go many time across your mexico border and canada border is your time to become a true believer and follower or you will perish we say hundred of thousands will die nine eleven is nothing to what is killing amerikkkans in about two months time

[HipShot]

That's funny, I've never known one tht HASN'T been embarassed at one time or another from doing something absent minded.

[HipShot]

He's on the way to his daughter's wedding.

[HipShot]

I thought the story referenced the guy in NY as being of the "NY Cherokee". As someone familiar with the Hudson valley, you poked a hole in his little balloon. Thanks!

[tmp02]

Been away on vacation...Don't know if anyone has posted the gold and USD prices lately. I have alot of reading to do. I have been away from TV,Radio, Internet, etc. for about 6 days. Anyway:

Gold = $407.90
USD = $87.73

See what happens when you go away on vacation. Gold shoots up $8.

[freeperfromnj]

Interesting catch. I was looking up historical dates for 7/17 and found that it is a holiday in Iraq - July 17 Ba'ath Revolution Day.

[HipShot]

Matt Foley in a van by the river:


Chris Farley died on December 18, 1997 at the age of 33.

[StillProud2BeFree]

Breaking news: US Marine Wassef Ali Hassoun is safe at the US Embassy Beirut.

[HipShot]

I personally enjoyed the way he dealt with the PM of India...

[HipShot]

Link?

[JellyJam]

Yes, and the sad part is, they can't give us the juicy details because it could send the public into a panic. It's a damned-if-they-do, damned-if-they-don't situation.

[StillProud2BeFree]

It's on the banner at www.foxnews.com

[HipShot]

There are some interesting details. I have no position or insight worth mentioning. I still remember the four Marine snipers. That's more important to me.

[steve86]

I used to think that too. Until a US born møøselimb engineer co-worker complained when I put up a US Flag and a sign that said "God Bless America" in my cubicle.

I guess we have been unusually harmonious here. The West Richland mosque or center (I'm not sure if its technically a mosque) is on the side of the road which is zoned for churches and multi-use facilities. Right after 9/11 the other side of the road, which is residential, was one long streak of red, white, and blue. I've never heard of any confrontations here. But if another major attack occurs, especially WMD, I'm sure that will change.

[steve86]

I forgot to mention one little irony about the West Richland Muslim Center. The street is named "Bombing Range Road". This is because the area was used as some sort of practice bombing range during WWII.

[appalachian_dweller]

Just heard about the Ridge briefing. Sounds pretty ominous. I have noticed increased security at a place I should not mention, but there is a noticeable increase in security. I'm in the Reston, Va. area. Don't want to give any more details.

Anyone else notice an increase? Not that I need to say this, but it wouldn't be wise to give too much information.

Time to recheck the supplies....

[appalachian_dweller]

More security increases....

Police Begin Random Bus Searches In Londonderry (NH) Security Increased In Preparation For DNC

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1167682/posts

[all4one]

FBI Raids Muslim Center(Merrifield, VA - July 8th) Federal agents depart with boxes of records and computer files.

By David Harrison July 8, 2004 Federal agents raided the Institute for Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America Thursday and surrounded it with yellow police tape.

A couple of vans carrying boxes of records from the Institute pulled out of the parking lot in the afternoon. Ayubi Mirvais talks with an FBI agent during the raid. Mirvais had come to pray and did not know the raid was taking place. Ayubi Mirvais didn't know that the Muslim center in Merrifield was being raided by federal agents Thursday, but he wasn't particularly stunned. "Nowadays we are not surprised," he said. "U.S. Muslims, we expect all of this." Mirvais, the manager of the Khan Refrigeration Co., and several colleagues rolled up to the center in a couple of company vans Thursday afternoon to pray after work. An FBI agent told them they could not go into the center and pulled Mirvais aside to ask him some questions. Afterward, Mirvais, who moved to Fairfax County from Afghanistan 23 years ago, and his co-workers got into their vans and left without saying a word.

AGENTS FROM the FBI, the IRS and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) branch of the Department of Homeland Security showed up at the Institute for Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America in Merrifield on Thursday morning and spent the entire day going through records, computers and paper files..........

Link to Full Article http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=37645&paper=61&cat=109

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FBI Investigating Terrorist Cells Raising Money in Miss.

• Agency leader says groups often pretend to be charitable organizations to solicit funds By Jeremy Hudson jehudson@jackson.gannett.com To report suspected terrorist activities, please call the FBI-Joint Terrorism Task Force at 1-866-728-9930 The FBI-Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating terrorist cells that are raising money in Mississippi and sending funds overseas to support terrorism, said Bob Garrity, special agent in charge of FBI operations in Mississippi.

"We do have actual ongoing investigations into support networks in Mississippi," Garrity said. Garrity would not say how many cells have been identified in the state, nor where they are operating. He also would not say how groups in Mississippi are raising money......... Link to Full Article

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Suspicious Device Shuts Roads Near Patrick Air Force Base (Florida - July 8th)

Roads Reopen Hours After Truck Stopped POSTED: 11:11 am EDT July 8, 2004 UPDATED: 1:06 pm EDT July 8, 2004

A suspicious device created traffic havoc near Patrick Air Force Base Thursday as security personnel with K-9 unites searched through a truck that tested positive for explosives, according to Local 6 News.

U.S. Air Force officials said a military K-9 smelled something suspicious on a truck trying to enter the South Gate entrance of Patrick Air Force Base off AIA. The truck was searched and the roads were reopened about two hours after the truck was stopped, Local 6 News reported.

Base officials have not revealed what the suspicious package might have been, Local 6 News reported. Authorities closed off the Pineda Causeway at U.S. 1 and Wickham Road, along with South Patrick Drive and portions of A1A. Motorists were redirected away from the air base.

Link to Article

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Blast rocks Hancock (Mississippi – July 7, 2004)

Lightning likely struck natural gas facility By REGGIE BEEHNER THE SUN HERALD HANCOCK COUNTY - An explosion at a natural gas pipeline facility, believed sparked by a lightning bolt, decimated a holding tank and left another flaming for several hours Tuesday afternoon.

The explosion at the Tennessee Gas Pipeline facility in the Ansley community prompted a wide-scale response from fire and environmental authorities, who closed a portion of Lower Bay Road to traffic until about 9 p.m......

Link to Full Article

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Vermont Yankee Resurrected After Shutdown (Nuclear Plant)

Power Flowing To Plant Once Again POSTED: 2:36 pm EDT July 7, 2004 BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- On Wednesday, Vermont Yankee is back up and running after a fire forced the nuclear plant to shut down for almost three weeks.

The nuclear power plant's reactor started up again late Monday and the plant was fully online Tuesday night. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission made an announcement about the cause of the fire last week. They announced that the fire was caused by a piece of an expansion joint that broke off in a duct carrying electricity to Vermont Yankee's transformer.......Link to Full Article

[Mossad1967]

From NEIN: www.homelandsecurityus.com

8 July 2004 - When does the window end for the truce between Europe and Bin Laden?
by Laura Mansfield

As Europe’s window of opportunity for truce offered by Osama Bin Laden draws to a close, US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge took the stage at a press conference in Washington to warn Americans that Al Qaeda plans is in the planning or operational stages of major attacks against the US homeland.

Although Bin Laden’s truce offer was only to Europe, and explicitly excluded the United States, much attention has been paid to the perceived threat increase as the truce ends.

In reality, the truce offer to Europe was probably intended only to allow Al Qaeda to focus their attentions on the theatre of operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Saudi Arabia, rather than to give Europe breathing space.

In his speech aired first on April 14, 2004, Osama Bin Laden said: "The door of reconciliation is open for three months of the date of announcing this statement."

The truce offer was valid for three months, according to Osama Bin Laden’s speech, first aired on Al Arabaya TV on April 14.

Many have pegged July 14 or July 15 as the date when Europe's opporunity at a truce will end.

However, a careful analysis of Bin Laden’s previous actions and of the speech shows that those dates are probably not accurate.

It is very unlikely that Bin Laden intended three “Gregorian” months; it is far more likely that he intended three “Islamic”, or lunar, months.

If we take the date of airing of the speech as the beginning of the three month window, and use the first broadcast date of April 14, we can calculate the actual ending date. April 14 on the Islamic calendar is the 24th day of the month Safar. Three months from Safar would be the 24th day of Jumada al Awil, or Jumada I.

The 24th of Jumada al Awil falls this year on July 11.

Bin Laden's tape also included the following paragraph:

"The greatest rule of safety is justice, and stopping injustice and aggression. It was said: Oppression kills the oppressors and the hotbed of injustice is evil. The situation in occupied Palestine is an example. What happened on 11 September [2001] and 11 March [the Madrid train bombings] is your commodity that was returned to you."

Bin Laden does not normally focus on dates in this manner. Historically, Al Qaeda has not tried to "hit" dates; they take their successes where they can get them. But considering that the truce ends on July 11, extra vigilance is probably warranted.