Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty-Five

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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Twenty-Five (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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U.S. works 'day and night' to rein in al-Qaida
Full Story

WASHINGTON - Prompted by new intelligence indicating Osama bin Laden reached out to the most feared terrorist in Iraq, President Bush charged Thursday that "al-Qaida still hopes to attack us on our own soil."

"Recently, we learned that Osama bin Laden has urged the terrorist Zarqawi to form a group to conduct attacks outside Iraq, including here in the United States," Bush said at the swearing-in of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

The president vowed, "We're working every day and night to dismantle (bin Laden's) network and to bring him to justice."

Related:
Officials: Bin Laden Urges Zarqawi to Hit U.S.
Al-Qaeda's Completed Warning Cycle - Ready to Attack?

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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-Four "Code Red Implications: Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word." From Tm'er and Freeper ~MamaDearest~
TM Code of Conduct		ExSoldier's Invaluable Tips
TM's 'Be on the Lookout'		Godzilla's Summaries
Threat Matrix Book List		Tracking the Chatter with TM

[Velveeta]

Excellent, now we have all the information for posterity.

I'm going to catch a few winks before the getting up to watch the funeral.

Have a good night!

[Oorang]

Sleep well Velveeta.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

IMHO! We will make it through Charles funeral and the Pope's wedding...LOL Think about it.

I think any Pope they get is going to be a problem. SB your wife's dream will probley come true don't know about the year, maybe sooner.

Just my own insanity... make sure and pay attention to the people at the funeral that sit behind the faces we know. That is the movers and shakers or puppet masters of the world.


It is all going to end right where it began somewhere between Iraq's western boarder and Israel's eastern boarder. I am much more concerned about the storming of the Temple Mount than the other events but I am staying up to watch, just in case, my insanity again! LOL

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

About two years ago I observed activity that could have possibly have been NEST related. I remember wanting to post about it, but I figured I had better not.

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Go ahead and post it if you have seen it so have the terrorist, give us a heads up. I think I remember someone else talking about it.

[null and void]

We'll know in a few hours.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I am counting on you to keep us laughing:D)

[FairOpinion]

"this morning at 2:00 am CST"

Is that the start of the funeral?


Terror watch in heavens (Anti-terror operations for the Pope's funeral)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1379613/posts

[null and void]

Who? Me????

[Cindy]

Good evening AD.
That is disturbin news.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

'Frustrated' militants rocket Israel
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1454991,00.html

U.S. advises Americans to defer travel to Israel, avoid Gaza
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/562740.html
Israel fears Jewish attack on holy site
It was the gravest warning yet of possible trouble at the hilltop compound, which sits on the fault line of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and is sacred to Muslims and Jews. Disputes there have repeatedly exploded into violence, including the current round of Mideast fighting which began in 2000.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_8-4-2005_pg4_3

Settlers clash with soldiers in Hebron
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=627089

Did Osama bin Laden order beheading of three Britons?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1557836,00.html

U.S. Envoy: N. Korea Nukes Went to Libya
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4920107,00.html

Hackers eyeing power grids
http://eyeonit.itmanagersjournal.com/article.pl?sid=05/04/07/1840255

Russians are the best hackers
http://www.geek.com/news/geeknews/2005Mar/gee20050407029900.htm

US tells Pak to nix terrorist, Hawala nexus
http://news.newkerala.com/india-news/?action=fullnews&id=94875

Terrorist infrastructure in PoK is in tact: Army chief
New Delhi, April 7. (PTI): On the day the Srinagar- Muzzafarabd bus service was flagged off from both ends, Army Chief Gen J J Singh today said terrorist infrastructure remained intact in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and that security forces would have to closely monitor the situation.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200504071911.htm

Spent nuclear fuel could be terrorist target
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0407nuclear07.html


Unidentified terrorist, girl killed in J&K gunfire http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1310342,000900010002.htm

Police restrict Muslim prayers on Mount
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1112840339033

Non-Muslims Banned From Flashpoint Jerusalem Shrine
http://www.metronews.ca/reuters_international.asp?id=66375

Taliban militants kill three suspect US spies in Afghanistan
http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=94940

US unready for rising threat of 'moles'

A recent report on US intelligence harshly critiqued counter-spy efforts.WASHINGTON – Amid all the criticism of the US's faulty intelligence-gathering, a new concern is surfacing about America's premier national-security agencies - their vulnerability to counterespionage.
Because the US has reached such lone, superpower status, government officials say, at least 90 countries - in addition to Al Qaeda - are attempting to steal some of the nation's most sacred secrets.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0408/p01s01-usfp.html

Bush wants Israel to freeze settlements
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_7-4-2005_pg4_1

Putin to make his initial trip to Israel
http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=94539

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

No the people talking in your head! LOL

[MamaDearest]

Nuclear Plants in 31 States Said Prone

The group of nuclear experts said neither the government nor the nuclear industry "adequately understands the vulnerabilities and consequences of such an event."

Not encouraging news.....I'll bet most of us have a pretty good idea of what would happen if these plants were targeted and it's not pretty.

[Cindy]

"No amount of education or persuasion will get through to them."

I agree.

[Cindy]

That's interesting Karl.
Thank you.

[Cindy]

You read it.

[MamaDearest]

2 girls held in NY as suicide bombers

China to build 40 nuclear reactors in next 15 years

Screeners overcome by fumes, terminal evacuated in Salt Lake City

[MamaDearest]

Reporter in serious condition after being shot in Mexico

US issues Mexico travel alert for Cancun

Border patrol agents accused in drug scheme

13 Korean women allegedly smuggled across Canadian border in Idaho

[Cindy]

Thanks to Velveeta for pointing to this article:
"Person's Flight Training Raised Alarm
http://www.11alive.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=61439

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Special Alert Bulletin
FOR DISSEMINATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND AVIATION FACILITIES ONLY
Atlanta Joint Terrorism Task Force
Special Alert Bulletin?

"Zayead Christopher Hajaig"

[Cindy]

Interesting set of links DC.
THANK YOU.

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_922.html

Travel Warning
United States Department of State
Bureau of Consular Affairs
Washington, DC 20520



This information is current as of today, Thu Apr 07 2005 23:21:11 GMT-0700.


ISRAEL, THE WEST BANK AND GAZA


April 7, 2005


This travel warning is being issued to update information on threats to American citizens and interests in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. It supersedes the Travel Warning issued November 26, 2004.


The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to carefully weigh the necessity of their travel to Israel in light of the risks noted below. The Department also urges U.S. citizens to defer unnecessary travel to the West Bank and avoid all travel to Gaza.


Terrorist attacks within Israel have declined in both frequency and associated casualties. However, the potential for further violence remains high. Resentment against efforts to promote peace, and ongoing Israeli military operations in the Occupied Territories could incite further violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories. Israeli security services report that they are investigating between 40 and 60 planned terrorist attacks at any given time. The February 25 suicide bombing of a Tel Aviv nightclub is a reminder of the precarious security environment, even when a cease-fire has been declared.


The anticipated evacuation of Israeli settlers from Gaza could lead to violence in Israel by settler groups. Settler organizations have already organized a series of large-scale demonstrations and are reportedly planning acts of civil disobedience and other protests that at best will be severely disruptive and at worst may result in physical confrontations leading to violence.


The U.S. Government has received information indicating that American interests within Israel could be the focus of terrorist attacks. For that reason, American citizens are cautioned that a greater danger may exist in the vicinity of restaurants, businesses, and other places associated with U.S. interests and/or located near U.S. official buildings, such as the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem.


Throughout Jerusalem, the State Department urges American citizens to remain vigilant while traveling, especially within the commercial and downtown areas of West Jerusalem. Israeli security services report that they continue to receive information of planned terrorist attacks around Jerusalem. In addition, American citizens should stay away from demonstrations and generally avoid crowded public places, such as restaurants and cafes, shopping and market areas and malls, pedestrian zones, public transportation of all kinds, including buses and trains and their respective stations/terminals, and the areas around them. Spontaneous or planned protests within the Old City are possible, especially after Friday prayers. Some of these protests have led to violent clashes.


American employees of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem are prohibited from using all public transportation. The Old City of Jerusalem is off-limits to them after dark all week and between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. on Fridays. U.S. government employees are also forbidden from patronizing discos and nightclubs.


American citizens in Gaza should depart immediately, a recommendation the State Department has maintained since the deadly roadside bombing of a U.S. Embassy convoy in Gaza on October 15, 2003. U.S. government personnel are prohibited from all travel in Gaza. Overall conditions of lawlessness prevail, Israeli military operations continue, and areas of violent conflict shift rapidly and unpredictably. Militants have abducted Western citizens and held them for short periods, and the Hamas terrorist organization has threatened attacks against U.S. interests.


In September and October 2004 and February 2005, citizens of Western nations, including Americans, involved in pro-Palestinian volunteer efforts were assaulted and injured in the Occupied Territories by Israeli settlers and harassed by the Israeli Defense Forces. Those taking part in demonstrations, non-violent resistance, and “direct action”, are advised to cease such activity for their own safety.


U.S. government personnel are permitted to travel to the West Bank for official, critical operational needs only. They are prohibited from using routes that traverse the West Bank, including Route 443 between Modi’in and Jerusalem.


All travelers who enter or travel in Gaza or the West Bank should exercise particular care when approaching and traveling through checkpoints and should expect delays and difficulties. Travelers should also be aware they might not be allowed passage through checkpoints.


Any American Citizen who intends to travel to Israel, the West Bank or Gaza in spite of this and prior warnings should carefully review the Consular Information Sheet for Israel, The West Bank and Gaza. That reference describes other potential dangers and difficulties and offers detailed security recommendations. Palestinian-Americans face many additional obstacles and regulations that are described in that document.


Americans who remain in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza are strongly encouraged to register with the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv or the Consulate General in Jerusalem through the State Department's travel registration website, https://travelregistration.state.gov. U.S. citizens who require emergency services may telephone the Consulate General in Jerusalem at (972) (2) 622-7250 or the Embassy in Tel Aviv at (972) (3) 519-7355.


However, periodically the Embassy and Consulate General may temporarily suspend public services to review their security posture. And as a consequence of the current limitations on official travel to the West Bank, and the prohibition on travel by U.S. government employees to Gaza, the ability of consular staff to offer timely assistance to U.S. citizens in these areas is considerably reduced.


Current information on travel and security in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank may be obtained from the Department of State by calling 1-888-407-4747 within the United States, or, from overseas, 1-202-501-4444. U.S. citizens should consult the Consular Information Sheet for Israel, the West Bank and Gaza; the Middle East and North Africa Public Announcement; and the Worldwide Caution Public Announcement at the Department’s Internet website at http://travel.state.gov. Up-to-date information on security conditions can also be accessed at http://usembassy-israel.org.il or http://jerusalem.usconsulate.gov.



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