Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Sixteen

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[JustPiper]

Credit: The Cabal

The title refers to a daily report given to the president of the United States detailing the most serious terrorist threats against the country. To tackle those threats, the government has formed a top-notch task force to infiltrate the terror cells and cut off the danger.

"Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix."

We here at FR are trying to be in conjunction with the daily reports around the world that involve threats. We try to provide a storehouse of information that takes hours of research.

YOU be the Judge and get informed.


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

Link to Thread Fifteen

Police Secure Businesses on Terror Alert
NEW YORK - Police searched trucks, blocked streets and posted machine-gun toting officers outside financial landmarks Monday, a day after the government's chilling warning that terrorists might target the buildings with bombs.

"God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."
-- Jewish proverb

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




"What good are the color codes at all if we are suddenly hit with a bio or chem attack? There would be no warning and the danger would be instant."

"Code Red Implications
Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word."
by MamaDearest

Meet It!
Greet It!
Defeat It!

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Finally! You mentioned a movie I really, really like. :)

[knak]

which loop?

[Cindy]

Happy weekend judicial meanz.

[judicial meanz]

Thanks Cindy!

[Rushmore Rocks]

I agree, Davey.

But we must keep this in mind..............

Some people know a lot more than they tell.
Unfortunately, the reverse is also true.

Most of us here on TM look at all bits of info with a healthy dose of skepticism, but we also are intelligent enough to view it with...........hmmmmmmm, well? maybe.

I believe most of us know the difference and judge the info by our own experiences, knowledge and past posting history.

Bottom line, more "dots" = more better.

[ExSoldier]

The best thing about that movie was Kirstie Alley.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

"The best thing about that movie was Kirstie Alley"

Not for a young gal my age at the time. I do not even remember that she was in it! She was?

I liked the tall African American man with the vocal talents and all of the cast's bumbling. Funny movie and sequel.

[judicial meanz]

Strategy and tactics analysis time:


I've been following the general flow of information in the latest news releases, and I think I am beginning to see a definite trend. I want to run this across you guys, because I know the experience level and knowledge you have.

Strategy:

Al Qaeda seems to have transferred a lot of command and control to the second tier of its command structure, and they seem to want to strike inside the United States. The top tier seems to be driven underground and on the run continually.

The method they are favoring appears to be infiltration, setting up logistics and communications bases, and then gaining thorough intelligence about targets available in their geographic locations.

Their ability to engage in limited guerilla warfare operations is beyond question, and they have the capability to conduct localized operations in about 40 states as we speak. If they are in some kind of agreement state with Hamas and Hizbullah, they can combine forces and project operations in all 50 states.

The ability of Al Qaeda to use unconventional weapons is not clear, and the possibility they have them cannot be ruled out.


Tactics

Al Qaeda cells may attempt to combine localized guerilla operations and improvised Chemical/Biological/Radiological weapons attacks in geographic areas acessible to them in an attempt to raise the level of military operations inside the United States homeland to a level roughly equivalent to medium intensity guerilla warfare.

Desired outcome:

Political and military realignment of US priorities, and possible political/ military/ economic gains from the response it would require.


What do you think? Any additions or subtractions? Just a theory, but it makes sense to me.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

"Their ability to engage in limited guerilla warfare operations is beyond question, and they have the capability to conduct localized operations in about 40 states as we speak. If they are in some kind of agreement state with Hamas and Hizbullah, they can combine forces and project operations in all 50 states."

I do hope this never ever comes to fruition. It is a terrifying scenario.

[Honestly]

Al-Aqsa rally warns of pending danger

By Arnon Regular and Yair Ettinger, Haaretz Correspondents and Agencies

Thousands of Israeli Arabs attended Saturday a rally organized by the Islamic Movement at Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The event, one of a series of rallies at sites around the country important to Muslims, was run under the banner of Al-Aqsa in Danger.

This was prompted in part by the recent statements of Public Security Minister Tzahi Hanegbi, that Jewish extremists planned to bomb the site, considered to be the third holiest Muslim site in the world.

The events' organizers said 30,000 took part but police sources said estimated the gathering at 15,000 arrived. The threat to Al-Aqsa, real or otherwise, was at the center of the speeches.

From his cell, the head of the Islamic Movement Northern Faction, Sheikh Raed Salah, sent a statement that was read out by his deputies: "The missile that may destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque may destroy with it many other things."

His deputy, Sheikh Kamel Hatib warned that "the government of Israel will be responsible for any attack" on mosques in Jerusalem.

A Jewish settler was arrested at the end of the rally after attempting to enter the Temple Mount compound. Police said the man was unarmed.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/461607.html

[judicial meanz]

I absolutely agree Donna, its terrifying.

But the good part is if we can figure this out and they know it, we are 50 percent on the way to interrupting their delusions of grandeur.

[Diogenesis]

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Must you remind me of that right before dinner?! LOL!

See everyone later or tomorrow.

[nwctwx]

Godzilla Summaries
July : August
August 1-7 Roundup (Compiled by nwctwx)
8:1:2004	8:2:2004
Orange Alert : NYC, DC, N. NJ	Bush Calls for Intelligence Director
Tom Ridge's Comments	Raid Uncovered al Qaida Plans for Attacks
Update : Financial District Threats	Reports Leading to Alert Were Years Old
Focus : The Citicorp Center	Sources : More Targets Cited by al Qaida
Captured al Qaida Figure Led to Information	Zarqawi Trying to Get Message to bin Laden
Chuch Bombings in Iraq & Afghanistan	Afghans Move Closer to Mullah Omar Capture
-	Iraq : Clashes Reported Near al Sadr Home
-	Crude-Oil Futures Flirt With $44 a Barrel
8:3:2004	8:4:2004
Building Plot an Inside Job	al Qaida's Terror Plot Was Active
Source : Terror Attack to be in Early September	al Qaida May Have Made Contact in US Recently
Terror Alert 'Essential,' Ridge Asserts	FBI Fears al Qaida Suspects are in New York City
Intelligence Behind Alert 'Chilling,' Not Old	UK Arrests al Qaida Operative
A Look Back : Tape Shows al Qaida Casing WTC	U.S. Struggles to Grasp Scope of Threat
Two Senior al Qaida Suspects Arrested in Pakistan	Terror Warnings : How Much to Reveal?
Police Arrest 13 in Anti-Terror Operation	Guantanamo : Detainee Vows to 'Kill Americans'
Unusual Illegal Border Crossing Draws Attention	Crude Oil Sets Records in London
8:5:2004	8:6:2004
Giuliani : Ignorance of Terror Isn't Bliss	New Pictures of Prudential Building Taken in January
No End Date Set in Code Orange Marathon	FBI/DHS Alert for Vehicle Borne Attacks
al Qaida 'Threat to Blow Up Ships"	Iraq Evidence Led Feds to Albany Mosque
Two Men Arrested in Missile Sting Operation	Saudi Forces Arrest Top Terror Suspect
al Qaida Leader Held in Britain	Terror Suspect 'Had Navy Plans'
Heathrow Airport Attack Fears	Time is Not on the World's Side : Iran
Terror Surveillance Author Nabbed	Pakistan Chasing Fresh Leads on al Qaida Hideouts
Intelligence Indicates Activity at al Qaida Camps	-
8:7:2004
al Qaida-Linked Cell Vows to Hit Italy
New Threat to Italy : Machine Translated Text
Italy 'Vigilant' on Terror Threats
Unmasking of Qaida Mole a Security Blunder : Experts
bin Laden Sent Suspect to U.S., Officials Say
Navy Turncoat : Sailor Shares Info with al Qaida
Al Jazeera Vows to Cover Iraq Despite Closure
S.F. Man Says Beheading Video Is a Hoax

[Fred Nerks]

"Do you have the text?"

Just got out of bed (in Oz) have not caught up...guess you mean the 'bows' thing...no, it wasn't me. See #2571 from Bobitutu

[knak]

did anyone ever get a translation of the arabic writing on the picture with the plane and the dome?

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Ping 3001 I hope this is not true. Now no jail time.


Reuters learned from Pakistani intelligence sources on Friday that computer expert Mohammad Naeem Noor Khan, arrested secretly in July, was working under cover to help the authorities track down al Qaeda militants in Britain and the United States when his name appeared in U.S. newspapers.

[null and void]

One more hit...and I think I speak for the majority of constitutional patriotic Americans on this board...and the ragheads will regret the day they ever came to the United States of America with the intention of destroying us. Because we will not stop retaliating until the last vestige of that murderous evil is wiped out...completely...on our shores.

And we will err on the side of caution.

Lives will depend on having a VERY good answer to the question :

"What did you know, and why didn't you tell us???

Although it usually won't be in the form of a question. The last thing many will hear is:

You KNEW!!!

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I think you are dead on. One word BOXCUTTERS. Add the fact they care nothing for there life and how long till we realize they are going to kill all they can.

I have a friend that was in VN and he tells all the time how they were dropped off in the middle of nowhere with bullets flying. His buddy looked at him and said they are trying to kill us.

[Honestly]

Iranians acquired Mall of America:

Ghermezian Acquires Controlling Interest of Mall of America, the Nation's Largest

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 6 /CNW/ - Today, the Ghermezian family acquired controlling interest of the Mall of America by closing a Court Ordered transfer of partnership interest from Simon Property Group (SPG) to an entity controlled by the Ghermezian family. The transfer places the nation's largest retail and entertainment complex significantly within the Ghermezian Triple Five Group's extensive real estate portfolio of properties in United States and Canada, which includes Canada's West Edmonton Mall, the world's largest mall.

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2004/06/c9344.html

The Ghermezian Brothers: Real Estate Magnates

In their adopted home of Canada, the Ghermezian brothers -- Eskandar, Nader, Raphael and Bahman -- are figures shrouded in mystery. A fiercely private Orthodox Jewish family, they refuse to grant interviews, or to be photographed. The Encyclopedia Britannica gives few biographical facts about their father Jacob and founder of the Ghermezian real estate dynasty, other than he was born in Azerbaijan in 1902, immigrated to Canada in the late 1950s where he started out by developing a chain of Persian rug stores, and died in the year 2000. All of those who have dealt with the family describe them as hard-as-nails political and legal operators. These four Iranian natives have created one of Canada's biggest and most spectacular real estate empires through Triple Five Corp, their large asset-based financial conglomerate that consists of nearly 400 companies with offices across Canada, U.S., England, Japan, Taiwan and the Middle East.

http://salamworldwide.com/wealth10th.html