Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread SEVENTEEN

World Net Daily ^ | 8-10-04 | Paul Sperry

[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 Sixteen

With the nation on high alert for al-Qaida terrorists, the Department of Homeland Security is putting its border officers through "etiquette" classes to soften their image and make them less threatening to arriving foreign immigrants, WorldNetDaily has learned.

"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]

Ping to post #2329, not the wrong post # I posted to you previously, Cindy. Sorry, I am mathematically challenged this evening.

[JustPiper]

EQUALITY in the mosques
National Post (subscription) - Canada
When I first came to Canada as a young mother in 1976, I was surprised to see that in North America mosques -- or masjid as they care called in Arabic -- were ...
http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/comment/story.html?id=cf80bfb3-1e4c-427e-b20b-6c6b40a3c569

TERROR pamphlet for British Muslims
Reuters - London,England,UK
... The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) said on Monday its booklet would advise mosques to install CCTV cameras, worshippers to be alert for suspect packages, and ...
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=566049&section=news

MUSLIMS prepare for post-attack backlash
Guardian - UK
... The leaflet says that mosques and other Islamic institutions should already be checking for suspicious packages and should think about installing CCTV. ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1283793,00.html

IMAMS warn against terror backlash in UK
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
... of Brighton Mosque and one of the country's senior clerics, said the Imams were responding to warnings from police and the recent arrests of terror suspects. ...
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=53158

[JustPiper]

ITALY faces Al-Qaeda terror threat
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Italy is on high alert as a group linked to al-Qaeda reportedly threatened to attack, singling out Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as a target, after the ...
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/16/1092508308079.html

BOMBS shake Iraq conference meeting
Big News Network.com - Australia
Some conference members chanted slogans supporting Shiite rebel leader Moqtada al-Sadr and several self-propelled mortar rockets shook the so-called green zone ...
http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?rid=8157a91eae3ee27f&cat=b8de8e630faf3631

TRAGIC train wreck showed how vulnerable we all are
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
... Since early morning, Anderson had pleaded his case to relocate the hazmat team from "unified command" on Old Pearsall Road, about two miles from the wreck, to ...
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA081604.1A.train.a5e71e0.html

CENTRAL peninsula agencies plan drills with Army, Air Force
Peninsulaclarion.com - Kenai,AK,USA
... disaster response plans and evaluate responses to weapons of mass destruction disasters and other incidents that might cause chemical spills or large-scale
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/081504/new_081504new004001.shtml

BGU Web scanner can detect terror content
Ha'aretz - Israel
The experimental system, which is being developed to detect information regarding terror activity automatically, was designed by Dr. Mark Last
of the ...
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/465047.html

[JustPiper]

HUME on Kerry: "He'd have to clear everything" with Jacques Chirac
Media Matters for America - Washington,DC,USA
... recent claim that President George W. Bush was the ... host Laura Ingraham disputed former president Bill Clinton's ... consulting firm that has
scheduled the release ...
http://mediamatters.org/items/200406280004

BUSH to Shift 70,000 Troops to US From Europe, Asia (Update4)
Bloomberg - USA
... Bush's trip was his 21st appearance in Ohio as president. ... Later in the day Bush is scheduled to make his 19th visit to Michigan, another battleground state ...
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000080&sid=ac8yqrT0MgFQ&refer=asia

BRITISH Muslims warn of terror-linked retaliation
International Herald Tribune - Paris,France
... nationwide. The pamphlet also urges Britain's Muslims, who number nearly two million, to be vigilant against any terror-related activity. ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/534203.html

ITALY, Netherlands get terror threats
Straits Times - Singapore
DUBAI - An Islamic group has threatened to attack Italy and the Netherlands if they do not withdraw their troops from Iraq. The ...
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/world/story/0,4386,267509,00.html

[Selene]

Lebanese Madman Leaves Trail of TERROR

Responsible for the deaths of at least 260 Americans, he has a $25 million reward on his head. He has blown up U.S. embassies and car-bombed a U.S. military barracks. He has hijacked U.S. commercial airliners and murdered Americans. He has kidnapped and tortured a top CIA officer and vowed through terror to drive the United States from his country.
Although the CIA provided a copy of the passport he was using, the French declined to stop him

Thanks DLN - I have never heard about him

JP, Do I have your permission to bust this guy?

[Honestly]

I think that the weapons talk is helpful, but I'm like you in not understanding technical lingo. I know that I'm learning about weapons by the postings, even thought I don't understand all of it. If I have a question, I just ask one of the TM weapons experts. I think their posts enhance the scope of personal preparedness that is so important to the thread. It's not my call, but I think weapons talk adds value to TM.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Our friends, the aclu:

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ACLU Offers Free Legal Help to Arabs, Muslims Contacted by FBI
CNSNEWS.com ^ | 8/16/04 | R0ch Hammond

Posted on 08/16/2004 8:48:04 PM EDT by kattracks

(CNSNews.com) - The American Civil Liberties Union in Illinois -- along with other Chicago-based legal groups -- is offering free legal help to any Muslim or Arab who requests assistance in the Chicago area.

The ACLU recently announced that it is collaborating with attorneys nationwide to offer free representation to anyone approached by the FBI during "its latest round of dragnet interviews" of Arabs and Muslims.

"This dragnet technique used by the FBI is simply racial profiling and violates our most cherished fundamental freedoms," said Dalia Hashad, the ACLU's Arab, Muslim and South Asian Advocate. "Casting blanket suspicion on an entire religious and ethnic community is not a productive means of protecting national security or civil liberties."

Recent press reports said the FBI is conducting interviews with Muslims and Arab Americans across the country, seeking information that would prevent a major terrorist attack in this election year.

According to the Washington Post, the Arabs and Muslims on the interview list will be singled out by intelligence or investigative information, and the people being questioned are not necessarily suspects themselves.

But Edwin Yohnka, director of communications for the Illinois ACLU, said the FBI's approach to interviews has been ineffective and has created "feelings of fear and mistrust."

Donna Spiser, a supervisory special agent with the FBI aid the new, expanded interview process is "absolutely not" racial profiling and that "there are many different possibilities" on why someone may be interviewed.

"Intelligence has dictated who we're going to attempt to contact," she said. "It doesn't necessarily mean that a person is a subject or target."

Spiser added that the FBI interviews are "strictly dictated by intelligence," and that Arab and Muslim Americans are not the only ones being questioned - "that's just misperception," she said.

But the ACLU's Yohnka insists the FBI is targeting broad groups of Arab and Muslim Americans, something that "doesn't give us better intelligence," he said.

Yohnka said it's a "momentous" occasion when someone is contacted for an interview by the FBI, and people who are contacted should "understand fully what their constitutional rights are."

He said Arabs and Muslims contacted by the FBI may need assistance in understanding their rights; arranging a meeting outside of the workplace to avoid "embarrassment"; determining what they can or cannot say;, knowing what an official may or may not ask; and more.

Salam Al-Marayati, the executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, said the FBI interviews have "undermined the trust we have been delicately developing for the past ten years" with federal agencies.

"The way some of these interviews are being conducted and the questions that are being asked, we don't believe it's going to get them the information they want," he said. "It's sending a chilling effect throughout the community."

Instead, Al-Marayati wants Muslim organizations to act as "intermediaries" between the government and the Muslim community.

He encourages open forums, and voluntary communications so Muslims feel comfortable giving information.

Mark Corallo, spokesman for the Department of Justice, said the FBI interviews and other efforts to gain information are "community outreach more than anything" and have "nothing to do with racial profiling."

Corallo also said that the interviews have been "very helpful" in disrupting terrorism, but he would not divulge details of plots that may have been disrupted.

He said that recent immigrants initially seem "shocked" about law enforcement officers "being the good guys." But, he added, "The more people in these communities get to know [law enforcement], the more comfortable they are."

Regarding efforts by the ACLU, the Muslim Bar Association, Muslim Civil Rights Center, and the Chicago Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild's to provide free legal assistance, Corallo said Arab and Muslim Americans have every right to legal help.

"They are here, they are Americans, they are part of the fabric of this country...their lives and their liberties are every bit as important as anybody else's," he said.

But Corallo also suggested that the ACLU has a "political ax to grind" and has launched a "campaign of misinformation" about the FBI interviews, the USA PATRIOT Act, and other anti-terrorism, anti-crime legislation.

He defended the FBI interviews and PATRIOT Act, and he said the ACLU has "opposed everything this department has done to protect the American people from terrorism."

... [W]e need to think outside the box, but we are never to think outside the Constitution," Corallo concluded.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1192836/posts

[Donna Lee Nardo]

Selene! You win the prize! Our other friends, the french. ;)

[Cindy]

Ditto to HipShot's comment.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

"[mugniyeh] ... vowed through terror to drive the United States from his country."

And don't you think he should drive Syria "from his country" first?!

[Cindy]

We'll I've seen that second photo before - several times on sites of interest.
The question is where?
You have FR mail.

[JustPiper]

Bust 'em good Sellie!

[JustPiper]

Ditto to which?

[ExSoldier]

Hmmmmmm A .50BMG is a pretty loud boom for those not expecting it and not wearing ear protection. But "shake a building?" I don't.....think so. I think I'm back to the transformer; or a Flash Bang or possibly a really big firecracker lime one of those M100's or maybe some ex-army wag that still has a grennade simulator in his possession. That's about a half stick of dynamite....all bang no shrapnel. L-O-U-D doesn't quite describe it....lol

[Cindy]

The ditto on post no. 2349 is in agreement with Hipshot on post no. 2308.

[Velveeta]

Yes, that too. Is there a larger Muslim population there that you know of?

[Velveeta]

Thank you for the summary.

[Velveeta]

Weird, sounds like what happened to me a few months ago.

[texpat72]

Thanks for the welcome! I've been hanging around TM for a couple of months.

[Velveeta]

I hope there's a follow-up on that story!