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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty-One (Index)

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The Threat Matrix

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!

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November 3, 2003: The Threat Matrix Begins
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Al Qaeda again threatens New York, Washington and Los Angeles - Daily Terror Threat
Debka ^ | 11-3-2003 | Staff

Posted on 11/03/2003 9:17:27 AM PST by tubavil

Monday, November 3, 2003

A new message was posted in the last few hours by the Jeddah-based al-Qaeda-linked Al-Islah (Reform) society calling on Muslims to flee New York, Washington and Los Angeles in advance of major al Qaeda attacks in those cities. This is revealed by DEBKAfile.

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

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Threat Matrix "TM'er" Tips	Link to Thread Twenty "Code Red Implications: Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word." From Tm'er and Freeper ~MamaDearest~	Cindy's Links of Interest
TM Code of Conduct		ExSoldier's Invaluable Tips
TM's 'Be on the Lookout'		Godzilla's Summaries
Threat Matrix Book List		Arabic Image Links

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TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 11/10/2004 # 1

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National:

[Washington Times] USA - Al Qaeda's newest weapon

http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20041106-102514-9500r.htm

[KIROtv.com] WASHINGTON - Two Arrested After Pipe Bomb Explodes On College Campus

http://www.kirotv.com/news/3898289/detail.html

[The Idaho Statesman] IDAHO - Man arrested after police find bomb [ Drug related ]

http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041107/NEWS01/411070321/1002

[BCN] CALIFORNIA - Police find suspicious device in bag in Oakland jail

http://cbs5.com/news/bcn/2004/11/06/n/HeadlineNews/OAKLAND-BOMB.html

[San Diego Union Tribune] NEVADA - Number sickened by norovirus at Las Vegas Strip hotel tops 1,200

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20041105-1341-nv-vegasvirus.html

[AP] USA - Flu Remedy Sales Watched to Spot Outbreaks

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041107/ap_on_he_me/flu_season_5

[Reuters] USA - Race Against Time to Prevent Nuclear Terror - IAEA

"More than 24 companies or individuals were engaged in the sale of nuclear materials and more than 60 incidents of trafficking in nuclear or other radioactive material are expected this year"

http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6740432

[Boston Herald] MASS - Police probe bomb [ Anti-Tank Shell found near HighSchool ]

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=52903

[7News TheDenverChannel.com] COLORADO - 7NEWS Investigation Into Missing Propane Spurs FBI Probe

"hundreds of gallons of missing liquid propane gas"

"One Tank Could Destroy Small Building"

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/3899300/detail.html

[AVWEB.COM] USA / MEXICO - TSA Raises Alert Over Stolen Crop-Duster

http://www.avweb.com/newswire/10_46a/briefs/188494-1.html

See TSA Advisory PDF for more info : http://www.eaa.org/communications/eaanews/advisory.pdf

[The Olympian] USA - CIA working with FBI inside United States

http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20041108/topstories/29623.shtml

[WSBTV] GEORGIA - Powder Sent to Federal Judge

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/3902884/detail.html

[AFP] CALIFORNIA - Mexican consulate under police siege amid possible hostage crisis

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1505&ncid=1505&e=1&u=/afp/20041109/ts_alt_afp/us_mexico_consulate_041109183534

[WLBT-TV] MISSISSIPPI - Bomb Squad Detonates Suspicious Device [ Home Depot parking lot ]

http://www.wlbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=2544386&nav=2CSfSx2Z

[FOX 21] SOUTH CAROLINA - Mysterious Powder That Shut Down ER Identified

http://www.fox21.com/Global/story.asp?S=2544451&nav=2KPpSwpE

[KVOA] ARIZONA / MEXICO BORDER - Return to Terrorist Alley

http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2545055

International:

[AP] NETHERLANDS - Three Police Officers Injured by Hand Grenade in Terrorism-Related Raid; Air Space Closed Over City

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBQIK1AD1E.html

[AFP] RUSSIA - Containers with radioactive cobalt found in Georgian village

"These open containers constituted a serious radioactive threat to the population,"

http://www.terradaily.com/2004/041109125545.3ocf40kq.html

[AP] IRAQ - Saudi scholars urge war on American troops

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/11-04/11-07-04/b03wn371.htm

[AP] GREECE - U.S. Embassy Warns Americans in Greece Following Washington's Recognition of Macedonia

"for the time being, all Americans in Greece should also heighten their individual and family sense of and attention to personal security."

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBS42AP81E.html

[AP] FRANCE - Arafat Not in Coma but 'sleeping' in Intensive Care, Spokesman Says; More Medical Tests Conducted

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBB0G4P81E.html

[AP] ISRAEL - Report: Palestinian Prime Minister Asks Hamas to Cease Attacks in Israel

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB16S9O81E.html

[AP] HAITI - Police Flee Station in Northwestern Haiti After Coming Under Fire; Station Looted

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBTTZ6N81E.html

[CBC News] ISRAEL - Hezbollah drone plane enters Israeli airspace

http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2004/11/07/drone041107.html

[AP] IVORY COAST - French Troops Clash With Ivory Coast Soldiers, Mobs After Airstrike Kills Nine French, One American

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBX0A7L81E.html

[UPI] NORTH KOREA - Documents: U.S. had plan to nuke N. Korea

http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20041107-055605-6954r.htm

[GEO] AUSTRALIA - Al Qaeda trying to get their hands on nukes, Australia warns

http://www.geo.tv/main_files/world.aspx?id=48824

[Al-Bawaba] YEMEN - Yemen denies arrest of al-Qaeda operative

http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=288434&lang=e&dir=news

[AP] IRAQ - Car bomb hits coalition convoy on road to Baghdad airport

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/313/world/Car_bomb_hits_coalition_convoy:.shtml

[UPI] LEBANON - Bomb kills 3 children in north Lebanon

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041106-071255-4838r.htm

[The Scotsman] UNITED KINGDOM - Revenge Bomb Attack on Muslim School

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3732457

[AP] UNITED KINGDOM - Head of MI5 Warns That Britons Still Face Threat of Terrorist Attack

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBYNX13B1E.html

[UPI] IRAQ - Ramadi police car used as bomb

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041108-115245-7745r.htm

[Philippine Daily Inquirer] PHILIPPINES - Janitor finds bomb in Cainta mall

http://news.inq7.net/metro/index.php?index=1&story_id=17551

[Bloomberg ] GERMANY - German Police Find Bomb Before Soccer Game at Cottbus

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000100&sid=a1.JrD9phi10&refer=germany

[Deccan Herald] INDIA - Major haul of explosives

",60 kgs of explosives, enough to blow up a dozen vehicles in one go, were seized by the Border Security Force ,"

http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov082004/i10.asp

[UPI] KATHMANDU - 12 dead in Katmandu bomb blast

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041109-051606-9505r.htm

[AFP] ISRAEL / FRANCE - Tel Aviv bomb was meant for French embassy

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=58&story_id=13749&name=Tel+Aviv+bomb+was+meant+for+French+embassy

[Expatica] BELGIUM - Bomb scare on Polish flight

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=13766&name=Bomb+scare+on+Polish+flight

[Labyrinthos]

Thanks for the interesting background. "We now return to your regularly scheduled programing..."

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[GEO] AUSTRALIA - Al Qaeda trying to get their hands on nukes, Australia warns

http://www.geo.tv/main_files/world.aspx?id=48824

This would suggest that they currently have no access to nukes. One could assume that no nukes have been placed in the US! Yet!

[4thygipper]

TT is down again.

[4thygipper]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- If Ablatif Rahmani hadn't been so determined, he might not have made it back to Purdue University to finish his master's degree this year.

The 32-year-old law professor, who had taught at Kabul University, returned to Afghanistan last year because of a family medical emergency -- and then couldn't get a visa in time to make it back for the spring 2004 semester.

In this post-Sept. 11th world, Rahmani's troubles are becoming more typical. A growing number of international students are finding it more difficult to reach institutions such as Purdue and Indiana universities -- and fewer are even trying.

Purdue's foreign student enrollment dropped this fall by 3.4 percent, or 173 students, to 4,912 -- the first decrease in more than three decades. IU's main campus experienced a 7 percent decline in such students to 3,251 -- the first dip on record. Ball State University's total dipped in the past two years from 468 to 381.

Nationwide, the problem started even sooner, according to the annual Open Doors report released today by the Institute of International Education, a New York-based nonprofit educational-exchange program.

A survey of more than 2,700 universities and colleges found foreign student enrollment had dropped by 2.4 percent in 2003-04 to 572,509 -- the first national decline since 1971. The decrease of 5 percent in undergraduate enrollments was offset partially by a 2.5 percent increase in graduate students.

"There's a perception around the world (that) it is difficult to get a visa to come to the United States," said Michael Brzezinski, director of Purdue's International Students and Scholars program. "They think, 'What's the use? I won't be able to get there in time.' "

The Open Doors report was based on data from 2003-04, before the national slide was felt at IU or Purdue. Both showed increases in international student enrollment that school year, when the entire state's total rose to 13,586 students, an increase of less than 1 percent. Purdue ranked 3rd and IU was 11th in international student enrollment among universities nationwide.

IU and Purdue international studies officials say the problem is part perception, part reality. And unless the U.S. government makes the visa process run more smoothly and quickly, they say the numbers may continue to drop.

In Rahmani's case, his student visa allowed only one entry to the United States. That meant another trip through the tightened-up process to get another visa, and that included making four trips to Pakistan, where his visa was processed.

Reasons for the national decline last year, as well as IU's and Purdue's more recent dips, stem largely from the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the resulting tightening of U.S. visa regulations. Among the rules are that each person requesting a visa must have a personal interview by U.S. embassy personnel and security clearance checks that can take up to several months for certain persons, including those studying in scientific and technical fields.

Purdue graduate student Abhishek K. Garg, 25, came from India in 2000. Although his visa was denied twice for what he called "whimsical reasons," he said his friends who want to study here now have a tougher time.

"It's become very, very difficult," he said. "Even in India, there are many problems."

Tougher visa regulations aren't the only reason for fewer international students studying here.

Christopher Viers, IU's associate dean and director of International Services, said more and better opportunities are available for students to study at home and competition has increased from countries, such as Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom, that use the visa issued in the United States as a marketing tool.

The most troubling figures, say Viers and Brzezinski, are that new foreign student applications are down considerably. For example, applications from new international students were down 21 percent this year at IU-Bloomington. Graduate student applications were down 25 percent at Purdue.

Nationwide, the number of Chinese students applying to attend U.S. graduate schools this fall dropped 45 percent compared with fall 2003, according to a survey by the Council of Graduate Schools of its 450 member institutions. Applications from India were down 28 percent, according to the survey.

But the enrollment picture isn't as grim at some campuses.

At Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, foreign student enrollment rose nearly 12 percent in 2003-04, plus another percent this fall. IUPUI officials say the increases are due to its comprehensive range of programs from both IU and Purdue; they add that foreign students also are attracted to urban centers.

International officials have hope, too, that changes will come from a congressional hearing on the issue conducted last month by Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.

In a roundtable discussion Monday among university and state department officials, Brzezinski said he learned that steps are being taken to shorten the visa process beginning in July.

Among the suggestions being considered: security clearances for the full duration of a student's program; giving officials discretion to waive the required interview; and priority processing of applications pending more than 30 days.

Rahmani didn't make it back to Purdue until Sunday; he said the process he had to go through to return was complicated -- but worth it.

He's studying higher education so he can help improve Afghanistan's system. That goal is so important to him that he didn't mind the fingerprinting or the security checks.

"We do expect that," he said. "It's for the security of everyone."

http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/193587-5226-009.html

[Domestic Church]

"i wonder what they're fishing for?"

It appears they are playing peek a boo with the boundary water just to gauge Japan's reaction.
I think they are testing the waters as distraction and reconnaissance in preparation for some planned advance (NK?) or perhaps responding to an unpublished incident closer to their shoreline.

[freeperfromnj]

Dutch Soldiers Lay Siege to House After Officers Hurt (Update1)

Nov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Dutch military special forces laid siege to a house in The Hague after three police officers were injured in a hand-grenade blast during an anti-terrorist raid. Authorities closed the airspace over the city to civilian flights.......

http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aWLFKl7Ew.Rw&refer=home

[Donna Lee Nardo]

I am also a member there and here and many, many other places. Aren't you, JP? This is quite common.

[Domestic Church]

"This would suggest that they currently have no access to nukes. One could assume that no nukes have been
placed in the US! Yet!"

Actually this just means some folks in Australia think Al Qaeda doesn't have access yet. Of course we all hope this is true but the reappearance of OBL as a Mahdi wannabe doesn't bode well.

[Domestic Church]

I guess the folks at the Hague have started to wake up!

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=8&u=/nm/20041110/ts_nm/security_qaeda_dc

Al Qaeda 'To Disintegrate' in 2 Years - UK Adviser


Top Stories - Reuters
Al Qaeda 'To Disintegrate' in 2 Years - UK Adviser

12 minutes ago

Top Stories - Reuters

By Michael Holden

LONDON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda will begin to disintegrate within two years as its various factions start to squabble and militants return to their local roots, a senior British parliamentary adviser predicted on Wednesday.



Professor Michael Clarke, a specialist adviser to lawmakers on the House of Commons defense committee, said the consequence would be that the security services would be able to win the "war on terror" as the group's structure fell apart.

"I think (cracks) are going to start to appear in the next 12 months to two years," he told Reuters at a security conference in London.

"It's going to start to fragment and split up," he said.

Clarke said he envisaged the network breaking down into smaller, disparate cells which would be more easily infiltrated and dealt with, bringing an end to the group's ability to carry out major attacks along the lines of the Sept. 11 attacks

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[Godzilla]

Been keeping you and yours in my prayers. Check at the top of the thread. nwctwx has been keeping them for review, that might help you get caught up. I'm planning my next summary for tomorrow.

[Godzilla]

One of his conclusions is that there are NO sleeper cells. What do you think?

By the definition of sleep cells being groups here hiding and plotting until given the go ahead I agree to that definition. What I think we saw on 911 is a group that laid low but had a definied mission that they worked towards until they felt they had a reasonable chance of a successful operation. That this operation lasted years may give the impression of a 'sleeper' cell, but not by a rigorous definition IMHO. By the more conventional definition of sleeper cell, the group in deep undercover for potentially decades before activation.

[appalachian_dweller]

Where in Va. SB?

[SlowBoat407]

Hampton Roads

[Donna Lee Nardo]

In His Spare Time Homeless Shelter Director Jeremy Reynalds Tracks Terrorists on the Internet

To National Desk

Contact: Jeremy Reynalds, 505-877-6967, 505-400-714, www.joyjunction.org

ALBUQUERQUE, NM., Nov 9 /Christian Wire Service/ -- Long time Albuquerque resident Jeremy Reynalds is best known for his work with Joy Junction, the shelter for homeless families he founded in 1986 and continues to direct. However, there's another side of Reynalds that is not quite as well known – as a terrorist hunter.

For the last two years Reynalds has investigating a number of Islamic terrorist web sites, many of which are hosted by American Internet Service Providers.

Most recently Reynalds has been looking at a mysterious and difficult to trace Internet Service Provider called Hosting Anime, which hosts a number of al Qaeda related web sites and features video of the recent tragic beheadings of innocent citizens. This company is apparently being allowed to operate with impunity by the federal government.

Reynalds said, "Some people wonder what the director of a homeless shelter is doing trying to close down radical Islamic web sites and defeat the radical Islamic agenda. That's an easy question to answer. Above anything else, Joy Junction is a faith based ministry which shows the love of Jesus Christ in spiritual and practical ways to the many homeless women and families who come to us looking for help. Unless we start taking the fundamentalist Islamic agenda seriously and realizing that its ultimate goal is to impose shariah (Islamic) law over the entire world, we'll be in trouble. We won't be able to have faith based ministries like Joy Junction – they'll be illegal. People need to understand what's going on here."

A number of Reynalds' recent articles are available at www.joyjunction.org/bulletin

Reynalds was also featured recently on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360. That segment is available at http://joyjunction.org/video3.htm

For additional information, please contact Jeremy Reynalds at (505) 400-7145 or (505) 877- 6967.
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http://www.earnedmedia.org/jj.htm

[lahargis]

Good morning all!

I just checked the SI site and noticed they have been busy. Just an FYI. :-)

[appalachian_dweller]

Bummer, I'm up north around DC (30 miles to the west).

Next time I get down that way I'll give you a shout. Won't be for a while though. Hunting season you know.

[Godzilla]

(AMDG...Godzilla wears a PFD!)

Rumors, vile rumors....

[SlowBoat407]

NOt wise for me to visit there from work, L. I'll have to follow the thread during the day.

(Good morning!)