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Posted on 07/02/2004 10:22:06 AM PDT by JustPiper
They are warning their fellow muslims to stock up on food. Good to see you.
IMO, AQ has opened three new fronts this year.
ThaiMalay border.
Darfur in Sudan
Nigeria.
Watch the last - big oil producer, hundreds dead, ignored by most US media.
>> Gold up to $407.50 - up $5.60 in 24 hours <<
That's a good indicator that some people 'in the know' are getting really nervous.
I just copied this from Jill's site (homelandsecurityus.net). It's a posting from 7/3/04. It refers to a strike "next Sunday" which at the time may have been considered the following day (7/4/04). However, next Sunday is 7/11/04:
Ok, I'll bite, where did we come up with the name, mooselimbs?
never mind, I just got it, just like the Jooooooooooooooooooos
It's July 8th and what a beautiful day it is.
Hello to all the jihadis, jihadi wannabes, jihadi lurkers, jihadi supporters and all your akas.
We have a lot to cover today so let's get right to it.
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ITEM #1:
http://travel.state.gov/wwc1.html
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
This information is current as of today, Thu Jul 08 2004 11:30:48 GMT-0700.
WORLDWIDE CAUTION
April 29, 2004
This Public Announcement is being updated to remind U.S. citizens of the continuing threat of terrorist actions and anti-American violence against U.S. citizens and interests overseas. This supersedes the Worldwide Caution dated March 23, 2004 and expires on October 23, 2004.
The Department of State is deeply concerned about the heightened threat of terrorist attacks against U.S. citizens and interests abroad. The Department is also concerned about the potential for demonstrations and violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests overseas. U.S. citizens are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.
The Department of State remains concerned by indications that al-Qaida continues to prepare to strike U.S. interests abroad. Al-Qaida and its associated organizations have most recently struck in the Middle East and in Europe but other geographic locations could also be venues for attacks. Future al-Qaida attacks could possibly involve non-conventional weapons such as chemical or biological agents as well as conventional weapons of terror. We also cannot rule out that al-Qaida will attempt a catastrophic attack within the U.S.
Terrorist actions may include, but are not limited to, suicide operations, hijackings, bombings or kidnappings. These may involve aviation and other transportation and maritime interests, and may also include conventional weapons, such as explosive devices. Terrorists do not distinguish between official and civilian targets. These may include facilities where U.S. citizens and other foreigners congregate or visit, including residential areas, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, schools, hotels and public areas. U.S. citizens are encouraged to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their security awareness.
U.S. Government facilities worldwide remain at a heightened state of alert. These facilities may temporarily close or suspend public services from time to time to assess their security posture. In those instances, U.S. embassies and consulates will make every effort to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens. Americans abroad are urged to monitor the local news and maintain contact with the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate.
As the Department continues to develop information on any potential security threats to U.S. citizens overseas, it shares credible threat information through its consular information program documents, available on the Internet at http://travel.state.gov. In addition to information on the Internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the U.S. or outside the U.S. and Canada on a regular toll line at 1-317-472-2 328.
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ITEM #2:
http://www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/terrorismsi.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/mostwant/terrorists/fugitives.htm
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ITEM #3:
http://www.ansarnet.ws/vb/showthread.php?t=10352
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ITEM #4:
We need to discuss some personal observations before heading out to pull weeds in the garden. Not to get sidetracked, but pulling weeds is a real good feeling. When the weeds are pulled (from the roots); the garden thrives.
Ok. For those of you who read FReerepublic.com and specifically The Threat Matrix; quit reposting our posts on ItsHappening.com and the current CNV. I hate to generalize gals and guys; so I need to specifically point out that this message is for the latest EOM (or wannabe) and the latest DALEEL (or wannabe).
If you have something to say on FReerepublic.com, sign up, follow the rules and just say it.
The next message is for 007. I don't know if you're a gal or a wimpy guy, but your targeting of Internet Haganah.US is not appropriate. You know why. Enough said. Note: Use the internet wisely and it can become an excellent communication tool.
In closing, let's pray.
Dear Lord,
Please soften the jihadi's hearts and minds with love, peace, and logic instead of hate, evil and chaos.
Please hear our humble request.
In Jesus' most holy name.
Amen.
Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." ... "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you." -From THE BIBLE: John 14:27;15:12
I think if the hit should turn out to be as "large scale" as they are predicting, there will undoubtedly be a disruption in the transportation infrastructure in general. Time to double check those supply lists. Of course, I would pick the week of the 10th to go away on vacation. I really want to be able to be monitor and stay on top of the situation - hate the feeling of being out of touch.
According to the CDC, the incubation period for smallpox is 7-17 days.
Yep.
You're welcome.
Am I the only one who thinks that al-Qaida doesn't give a rat's ass about the U.S. elections? They want to hit us - and hard - no matter who's in office. In fact, I think they'd love to have Bush remain because they love to hate him.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
http://www.dhs.gov
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The following text is an exact quote:
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0455.xml
Speeches & Statements
Statement for Secretary Tom Ridge U.S. Department of Homeland Security
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
July 8, 2004
Good morning.
You have heard me and other senior administration officials – the National Security Adviser, Director of the FBI and the Attorney General -- discuss with the American people the increased risk of a terrorist attack this summer. I wanted to take this opportunity to update Americans on both the status of that threat, as well as the efforts of law enforcement and homeland security professionals across the country, under the President’s leadership, to increase security.
Since September 11, 2001, we have had intelligence that al Qa’ida intends to launch more attacks against the homeland. Credible reporting now indicates that al Qa’ida is moving forward with its plans to carry out a large-scale attack in the United States in an effort to disrupt our democratic process. Based on the attack in Madrid and recent interdictions in England, Jordan and Italy, we know that they have the capability to succeed and hold the mistaken belief that their attacks will have an impact on America's resolve. We lack precise knowledge about time, place and method of attack but, along with the CIA, FBI and other agencies, we are actively working to gain that knowledge.
A few weeks ago, I led a classified briefing on the threat for our Nation’s governors in an effort to keep them apprised as we continue through this period of heightened risk. Last night, I spoke with state homeland security advisers, law enforcement leaders, and first responders.
While we are not raising the color-coded threat level today, we are constantly reviewing threat reporting and strengthening the nation’s security. We have permanent protections in place today that did not exist a year ago. These protections make it harder for terrorists to attack us.
As of today, we now have full nationwide connectivity to the Homeland Security Operations Center -- a 24 hour a day, 7 days-a-week, nerve center for homeland security information and incident management -- and all 50 states through our Homeland Security Information Network…a goal we’ve reached five months ahead of schedule.
For the first time ever, this national operations center allows us to receive information in real time, and turn that information into actions that protect the homeland. It helps us to work even more closely with all our Federal partners, sharing law enforcement and state and local intelligence information about terrorists as never before.
The most advanced technologies – including the newly created, internet based Homeland Security Information Network – allow us to maintain up to the minute information…to map that information against our critical infrastructure and known threats…and then share it instantly with the White House, all 50 states, more than 50 major urban areas, and thousands of state and local agencies.
And the reverse is true as well – information flows into the Homeland Security Operations Center from our partners throughout the country. Many of them are physically represented in the operations center, including seats for 35 government agencies and local representatives such as the New York and Los Angeles police departments.
This is unprecedented communication and cooperation at the national, state, and local levels. This new ability to receive and distribute critical information allows us to make better decisions, more quickly, and take action that will deter, detect, and defuse terrorist attacks.
For instance, we will begin a new pilot program that utilizes technology to track high-risk trucks on our Nation’s highways in all 50 states. And our “Operation Respond” will provide homeland security and law enforcement officials with the ability to quickly identify and track locations of rail shipments across the country.
We have also begun to deploy hundreds of handheld radiological detectors – just the size of an average pager – for use by law enforcement officers to help, for example, in locating and preventing the use of so-called “dirty bombs”. Hundreds more are on their way so that these important resources can be used around the country later this year.
And we will be monitoring – via web-enabled perimeter cameras – chemical facilities of greatest concern. The cameras will link to our Homeland Security Operations Center – they provide one piece of the real-time data I spoke about earlier – and more are due to come online by the end of the year.
In the coming months, the Nation will host high profile events, including those associated with our democratic traditions. We are working closely with State and local officials in New York and Boston to ensure the security of the Democratic and Republican national conventions. I have designated those events National Special Security Events, making the United States Secret Service the lead agency for identifying and implementing protective efforts in these locations. I will soon travel to those sites myself to review the security measures being implemented.
In two weeks we will meet the with security officials from the professional and collegiate sports associations to determine how to increase security for upcoming large sports events. We live in serious times, and this is sobering information about those who wish us harm. But every day we strengthen the security of our country, and as a nation we are committed to the absolute protection of our citizens.
Efforts each of you make to be vigilant – such as reporting suspicious items or activities to authorities – do make a difference. Every citizen using their common sense and eyes and ears can support our national effort to stop terrorists. Thank you for your continued resolve in the face of the ongoing threat of terrorism. We must continue to work together – to ensure that the freedom we just celebrated continues as the hallmark of this great Nation, the United States of America.
Thank you.
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Sounds like a good time to post these again:
Nuclear, Biological, & Chemical Warfare- Survival Skills, Pt. II
"4515 S.B."
http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/TashbihSayyed40322.htm
By: Tashbih Sayyed
In the true tradition of Wahhabis, the Islamist terrorists claiming to be Muslims have used Qura'anic verses in their statement claiming responsibility for the March 11, 2004, bombings in Madrid. The true Muslims, I talked with, expressed their disgust and pointed out that not a single Islamist leader or organization has condemned the blasphemy.
They said, the brazen use of the Islam's holy book and prophet's traditions to justify terrorism by these radicals has encouraged the non-Muslims to perceive Islam as an evil faith. Jamal Hasan of Washington, DC said, that it is high time that the world should be informed of the hijacking of Islam by Wahhabis. Mr. Farhatullah, speaking from Toronto, Canada, said that it is Wahhabi tradition of manipulating Qura'an that is evil, not Islam. He emphasized that according to Islam, all the homicide bombers and the killers of innocent civilians, will go to hell.
Many true Muslims called to expressed their concern on the silence of the so-called Muslim advocacy groups on the criminal activities of the radical Islamists. Humayon Akhtar, of New York, expressed his anger on the silence of the Islamist leaders in the US. He said that these so-called champions of civil liberties never miss a chance to further their cause of subverting the liberties but have always remained silent on the blasphemy of the fundamentalists. Humayon said that he is afraid that by remaining silence, these Islamist leaders are basically encouraging the Islamist terrorists within the US to commit more acts of violence in the name of Islam.
Following is the complete report by MEMRI
The Alleged Al-Qa'ida Statement of Responsibility for the Madrid Bombings: Translation and Commentary
By: Yigal Carmon
On March 12, 2004, the pro-Saddam pro-bin Laden London daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi published the alleged statement by the Abu Hafs Al-Masri Brigades of Al-Qa'ida, in which the brigades claimed to be responsible for the March 11, 2004 bombings in Madrid.
It should be noted that the Abu Hafs Al-Masri Brigades claimed responsibility for the August 2003 blackout in the U.S. (which was a large-scale technical failure), calling it "Operation Quick Lightning in the Land of the Tyrant of This Generation."
The following is the translation of the statement, followed by commentary: Text of the Statement
[The statement begins with the following three Qur'anic verses:]
"When you punish, punish them in the way they have punished you." (Qur'an 16:126) "Kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from where they have driven you out; for internal strife [Fitna] is worse than killing." (Qur'an 2:191)
"Whoever attacks you, attack him in the same way that he attacked you, and trust Allah and know that Allah is with those who put their trust [in Him]." (Qur'an 2:194)
"The Trains of Death Operation
"In their last statement, of March 2, 2004 [on the bombings in Karbala and Baghdad] the Abu Hafs Al-Masri Brigades promised that they were preparing for their upcoming operations, and behold, they are fulfilling their promise. "The Death Brigades penetrated into the European Crusader heartland, and struck a painful blow at one of the foundations of the Crusader coalition. This is part of a settling of old accounts with Crusader Spain, the ally of the U.S., in its war against Islam.
"Where is America, Aznar? Who will protect you? Who will protect Britain? Who will protect Japan, Italy, and other agents? By striking at the Italian forces in Nasiriyya [Iraq], we sent you and America's agents a warning, demanding that you quit the coalition against Islam, but you did not get the message.
"Now we say it clearly, hoping that you [Aznar] will understand it this time. We at the Abu Hafs Al-Masri Brigades are not sorry for the deaths of so-called civilians. Are they permitted to kill our children, our women, our elderly, and our youth in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, and Kashmir, and we are forbidden from killing them? Allah, may he be praised, said: ' Whoever attacks you, attack him in the same way that he attacked you' [Qur'an 2:194].
"Take your hands off us! Release our prisoners! Get out of our lands! Then we will leave you alone. "The peoples of America's allies must pressure their government to withdraw immediately from their alliance with America [in its fight] against terror (Islam). And if you renounce [fighting us], we too will stop fighting you. "We say to you that the Death-Smoke Squad will reach you soon, and then you will see [i.e. count] your dead by the thousands, Allah willing, and this is a warning.
"In another operation, the Al-Quds Army Brigades struck the Jewish Masonic temple in Istanbul, and this was the main Masonic temple, and three of the greatest Masons were killed. Had it not been for the technical failure, all the Masons would have been killed. But for reasons of divine wisdom, only three were killed. Allah be praised.
"We announce to the Bilal [1]bn Rabah Squad that headquarters has approved [its] proposal. When the emissary arrives, the work will begin. We announce to the Abu Ali Al-Harithi Squad that headquarters has decided that Yemen will be the third swamp [in which] America the Tyrant of This Generation [will sink], in order to discipline the [Yemeni] government which is collaborating [with the U.S.] and that has abandoned Islam and now ranks second to [Pakistani President Pervez] Musharraf. Therefore, all the squads must be placed on alert, so that the operation will begin at 4515 S.B… [sic]. Do not forget to strike to the death; do not forget Abu Ali Al-Harithi; do not forget Sheikh Abd Al-Qader Abd Al-'Aziz (Al-Sayyed, Imam Al-Sharif), the great sage who was arrested three months after the September [11] events, and was extradited by Yemen to Egypt.
"We say to those who killed the clerics of the Muslim Sunnis in Iraq to stop, or else… and we promise the Muslims in the world that the strike of the Winds of Black Death (the anticipated strike on America) is now in its last phase [of preparation]. [It is] 90% [complete], Allah willing… Soon (when it suits the Jihad warriors), the believers [i.e. Muslims] will rejoice at Allah's victory.
"A warning to the nations: Keep away from the civilian and military institutions of Crusader America and its allies. Allah Akbar, Allah Akbar. Islam is coming, reinforcing [the Muslims] and humiliating [the infidels]. "The Abu Hafs Al-Masri Brigades (Al-Qa'ida), Thursday, the 20th of Muharram, 1425, which is March 11, 2004.
Commentary
The text of this statement includes linguistic usages and concepts that are incompatible with or alien to authentic Al-Qa'ida writings by Osama bin Laden, Dr. Ayman Al-Zawahiri, and others. The following are some examples, in order of appearance:
Following the Qur'an verses is the title "The Trains of Death Operation." This is uncommon in bin Laden's writing. Also, it is noteworthy that the phrase "Trains of Death" is not reiterated in the text as the name of the operation. "Settling old accounts," both as a linguistic form and as a concept, is alien to authentic Al-Qa'ida writings.
The use of the concept of "agents" is taken from the vocabulary of nationalist ideology, while bin Laden and his followers relate to their enemies primarily as infidels. The phrase "but you did not get the message" is not one used by bin Laden, who does not cast his operations in the light of "messages," rather, as acts in and of themselves to further the goals of Al-Qa'ida for the sake of Allah.
Thus, it follows that: The concept of conditionality, as in the statement "And if you renounce [fighting us], we too will stop fighting you" is not a bin Laden concept.
The term "The Tyrant of the Generation" was used in the previous statement of alleged responsibility by the Abu Hafs Al-Masri Brigades, for the August 2003 U.S. blackout – which was caused by a large-scale technical failure. In authentic Al-Qa'ida writings, the September 11 attacks are not referred to as "events" but as "raids" (the early Islamic term ghazwah).
The announcement of an operation to begin at "4515 S.B." or reference to an operation that is "90% completed" is alien to bin Laden's scholarly Islamist style. Thus, this statement does not seem to be an authentic Al-Qa'ida document.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5394851
U.S. intelligence also believes that plots aimed at attacking large concentrations of people in public places were recently aborted by arrests in Canada and Pakistan, NBC News has learned.
Dang it I just checked the Islamic calendar.
The election is right smack in the middle of Ramadan.
Ramadan begins Oct. 6, 2004 and ends Nov. 14, 2004.
The Laylat al Qadr, or "Night of Destiny" which determines the future of the world for the coming year is on November 9, 2004.
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