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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

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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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[British chick]

It may not be a blow to the U.S or Britain but Bin Laden would like to see a hardliner in charge of Palestine. He considers Arafat a sellout and doesn't view him as an ally.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

You raise a good point. Arafat's name was on one or more jihadi posts listing leaders for assasinations.

[Labyrinthos]

Thank-you.

[Iron Eagle]

Some members also arent posting all the time because we work for a living I have a job and a full time family business keeping me pinned down a lot of the time, but I try to keep up and add occasionally. Others are equally busy.

Indeed -- but we are always watching, reading, learning, and thinking.

[Iron Eagle]

Next nominee will be pro-life Catholic from Notre Dame -- Garza. File this, and remember where you heard it first.

[Donna Lee Nardo]

U.S. Unsure if Election Terror Plot Foiled

11/04/04
via Drudge

By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - More than 700 people were arrested on immigration violations and thousands more subjected to FBI (news - web sites) interviews in an intense government effort to avert a terrorist attack aimed at disrupting the election.

As with past unrealized al-Qaida threats, law enforcement officials said Thursday they don't know for sure whether any of those arrests or interviews foiled an attack.

"It's very hard to prove a negative," Michael Garcia, chief of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said in an interview Thursday. "We did cases and operations for people we thought posed national security concerns. We didn't arrest anyone who had a bomb."

For example, ICE agents arrested a 23-year-old Pakistani man in late October who had illegally entered the United States through Mexico in 2000 and was working as a fuel tanker truck driver with access to a major U.S. seaport. The man, who was not further identified, is charged with making false statements about how he entered the country and remains under investigation for any links to terrorism.

He was one of the 237 people arrested in October alone on immigration violations, for a total of over 700 since the enforcement effort began last year, Garcia said. "It was a broad approach that led us to have a very disruptive effect, we believe," he said.

Although the election season passed without an attack, officials say al-Qaida remains a dangerous foe intent on striking the United States again. The day after the election, Attorney General John Ashcroft (news - web sites) told his senior staff to not let their guard down.

The Jan. 20 presidential inauguration heads the list of upcoming high-profile events that officials say could draw terrorist interest. Others include the Feb. 6 Super Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., and the December holiday travel season, which last year saw several threats against trans-Atlantic flights.

There still is concern the Osama bin Laden (news - web sites) videotape aired last week could be a signal for an attack. And despite asking for help from the public, the FBI still has not identified a man calling himself "Azzam the American," whose lengthy videotape aired last month promised attacks that will make U.S. streets "run red with blood."

The FBI interviewed about 10,000 Muslims and Arab-Americans in the months prior to Election Day in an effort to gain intelligence about people who might pose a threat and to build bridges to those communities.

Many of those interviews led officials to individuals in the United States who might be linked to terrorism but had previously escaped government detection, said a senior Justice Department (news - web sites) official speaking on condition of anonymity because of national security concerns. The official did not provide any details.

Still, there were reports of heavy-handed tactics in some places. The Council on American-Islamic Relations provided several examples, including a young Pakistani man who was held for five hours in Las Vegas after books on the Muslim holiday of Ramadan and Arabic grammar were found in his possession.

"This was viewed as an extension of the ongoing policies that have been targeting Muslim and Arab-American communities," said CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper. "These communities view themselves as law-abiding and contributing to society in a very positive way."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=542&u=/ap/20041104/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/terror_threat_1&printer=1

[Godzilla]

You could be right. However, I would have expected something more dramatic.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

There are going to be problems...I think the hold up is 72 hours is the usual wait for someone brain dead (I think) before they pull life support, at least that is what they did for my uncle. Then the following...Arafat wants to be buried on the temple mount. These are old articles.

Oct. 28, 2004 14:00 | Updated Oct. 31, 2004 12:45
Israel won't allow Arafat burial on Mount
By YAAKOV KATZ

"It will never happen," diplomatic officials said Thursday regarding the possibility that ailing Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat will ask to be buried on the Temple Mount.

"We are not dealing with this issue right now but one thing is for sure; Arafat will not be buried on the Temple Mount," the officials said.

!!!!!!!!!!!! AND...THIS IS FROM LAST WEEKS TAPE........NOT the tape we are waitig for today.

Bin Laden says Israel a factor behind 9/11 attacks

By The Associated Press


Osama bin Laden's latest videotape, dropped off at the Pakistan offices of an Arabic television network, lacked the lofty, inspirational, more militant language his followers have come to expect.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/495441.html

[Godzilla]

The reason for Arafat being left on life support is that he still controls all the $$$ for the Pali's.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1270862/posts

[Godzilla]

Ping to #569

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I keep wondering whether Arafat's been done in as part of the tape/assassination/attack scenario we were told to expect.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~So do I.

[JustPiper]

if no one has I tried and got booted, so let me know if you still need them

[Oorang]

It's a good thing the doctors are being prudent. Your sweetie will be home when the time is right. Hugs to you knak.

[JustPiper]

So is it a stand-in?

[Oorang]

Those trolls say the darnedest things!

[Labyrinthos]

I would like to see side by side photos so I can draw my own conclusions for whatever they're worth.

[Tilly]

Fair analysis. Thanks

[JustPiper]

Could explain Blair's looks

[Tilly]

True. Hadn't thought about that.

[JustPiper]

please keep us updated, sorry K ;(