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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!

Details show extent of terror plot against U.S.
Full Story

We now know more about an alleged attack that triggered an increased national threat level last summer.

That's when U.S. officials said they had uncovered a plot targeting financial institutions. The plot involved bombs, banks and British nationals.

The detail was startling, the targets enormous. They included financial buildings in Washington, New York and New Jersey.

Related:
Trio charged for terror plot in US
Threat Matrix #15 (August 31, 2004) :: Big Apple Terror?

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

Threat Matrix's "TM'er" Tips	Link to Thread Twenty-Five "Code Red Implications: Code Red - Stay Home and Await Word." From Tm'er and Freeper ~MamaDearest~	TM Terrorism Handbook
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[MamaDearest]

Gamma Technology nabs 2 Brazilian illegals on train from Canada

Off Topic: National Parks may be outsourced

Chicago workplace diversity found to be shocking

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...


http://ktab2.siteatnet.com/foreign/ktab2/OSAMA.gif
http://ktab2.siteatnet.com/

http://www.icerocket.com/search?tab=web&q=ktab2
http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=ktab2&kgs=0&kls=0
http://www.metacrawler.com/info.metac/search/web/ktab2

[Cindy]

Thanks to MamaDearest for pointing to this article:
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http://www.mytelus.com/news/article.do?pageID=world_home&articleID=1928634

Monday, May 16, 2005

"High-tech device nabs 2 stowaways trying to enter U.S. from Canada aboard train"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Border agents using gamma-imaging technology on an incoming freight train apprehended two Brazilian nationals trying to illegally enter the United States from Canada, authorities said Monday.
Nilson Giusti, 41, and Agiles Bezerra, 23, were found in two separate cars on the Black Rock Rail Bridge on Saturday, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Both had entered Canada as temporary visitors earlier this month."

[Cindy]

REPOST...

BROWNSVILLE HERALD.com: "AGENTS FIND IMMIGRANTS CRAMMED IN TRAIN" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Border Patrol agents found a pregnant woman and 11 other undocumented immigrants inside a hidden compartment of a train stopped near Combes. According to a written statement, Border Patrol agents stopped a northbound Union Pacific train for a routine inspection near Combes. A K-9 officer found a hidden compartment in the train's engine containing 12 immigrants from Mexico and three Central American countries.") (May 11, 2005) (Read More...)

[Cindy]

NOTE: Thanks to Judith Anne for starting this thread.
I am interested in this thread and look forward to updates.
The following post is an exact quote:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1396311/posts


Marburg Surveillance Project
Various ^ | May 4, 2005 | Vanity

Posted on 05/04/2005 12:42:04 AM PDT by Judith Anne

Welcome to the Marburg Surveillance Project.

This thread will be used for all of the latest Marburg Outbreak News and comments. This is the place to post all comments about the Marburg outbreak, all articles and links to articles about the Marburg outbreak.

We're going to use just one thread instead of having to go from article to article as we have in the past. We'll use this thread as long as we can.

[Cindy]

Thanks to little jeremiah for pointing to this thread. Here's another article and and another thread on this issue:

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1404634/posts


Canada: Al-Qaeda recruiting Muslim converts, says intelligence service
AKI ^ | 2005 May 16

Posted on 05/16/2005 10:41:45 PM PDT by Wiz

Toronto, 16 May (AKI) - Converts to Islam in Canada are becoming a major source of al-Qaeda operatives and pose a security risk in the country, according to a report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service that was released to the Toronto Star newspaper under the federal access to information legislation. The report cited in the daily, said that there is a "direct threat to Canada and Canadian interests from al-Qaeda and related groups," and that those groups are attempting to expand their support in Canada.

"Converts are highly prized by terrorist groups for their familiarity with the West and relative ease at moving through Western society," said the recently declassified report.

(Excerpt) Read more at adnki.com ...

[Judith Anne]

Thanks, Cindy.

[Judith Anne]

Did anyone see this?

Ship Channel docks quarantined due to dangerous parasite
By The Associated Press


(5/16/05 - HOUSTON) — Two docks and part of a third at the Houston Ship Channel were quarantined Monday after federal officials found a shipment of lumber infested with a parasite dangerous to plants.

U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors found that a lumber shipment aboard a Chinese vessel had its wrapping material infested with the organism, said Felicia Griffin, a spokeswoman for the Port of Houston Authority.

While the parasite is harmful to plants, Griffin said it poses no danger to humans.

After the organism was discovered during a routine inspection, two docks and a portion of a third were shut down while the wrapping material was removed and the lumber was cleaned.

"We're putting the wrapping material into Dumpsters and preparing to incinerate it," Griffin said. "The quarantine is aimed at containing it."

The cleanup was expected to be completed by noon Tuesday. The several hundred tons of lumber will still be usable once it's cleaned.

Griffin said she did not know the name of the parasite and officials with the USDA did not immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/05...local_ship.html

My question is, what parasite are they talking about?

[Cindy]

I don't know, the link you posted is not complete, so, I'll have to check. Here's the only interesting thing I've seen this week along those lines:

SCIENCE DAILY.com (Source: Cornell University): Ithaca, New York - "ALIEN WOODWASP, THREAT TO US PINE TREES, FOUND IN N.Y." (May 14, 2005)

[Judith Anne]

Here, this is better I think:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/051605_APlocal_ship.html

[Cindy]

Ok, here is your link:

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/051605_APlocal_ship.html

Not enough info, let's check these links:

http://www.newscientist.com
http://www.sciencedaily.com

This is interesting, but not related to your story:
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/bird-flu

Nothing related to your story in those links.

http://www.click2houston.com/news/4495288/detail.html

Article snippet: "At 1 p.m., a ship arrived in Houston from China with an illegal rice-straw packing material that has the potential of carrying diseases, according to authorities."

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D3352342

http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=%22in+rice+straw%22&kgs=0&kls=0

http://www.altavista.com/web/results?itag=ody&q=%22rice+straw%22&kgs=0&kls=0

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.internet-haganah.us/harchives/004137.html

http://www.manartv.com.lb/manartv.com.lb_non_ssl/news.aspx

http://usinfo.state.gov/is/Archive/2004/Dec/17-429649.html

[Cindy]

http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=reform&ID=SP90905

Special Dispatch Series - No. 909
May 17, 2005 No.909

"Bahraini Author and Journalist: The Proponents of the Suicide Ideology Have Taken Advantage of Global Communications"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "In an article that appeared in the Saudi daily Al-Yawm, titled "The Globalization of Islamic Suicide" author and journalist Sawsan Al-Sha'er wrote that the extremist Islamist groups are taking advantage of global communications to recruit suicide bombers, and predicted the spread of the suicide bomber phenomenon to Britain as well. The following are excerpts from the article:"

[Cindy]

http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=antisemitism&ID=SP90805

Special Dispatch Series - No. 908
May 17, 2005 No.908

"This Week's Palestinian Authority Sermon: We (Muslims) Will Rule America; Israel is a Cancer; Jews are a Virus Resembling AIDS; Muslims Will Finish Them Off"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The following are excerpts from this week's official Friday sermon on Palestinian Authority (PA) TV. [1] The preacher is Sheik Ibrahim Mudeiris, a paid employee of the PA. To view the sermon visit http://memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=669 "

[Cindy]

PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org

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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s05050062.htm

ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 2126, Garden Grove, CA 92842-2126 USA
Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net -- E-mail: danjuma1@aol.com


Sunday, May 15, 2005

HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SAYS THAT SAUDI ARABIA HAS KIDNAPPED AN INDIAN CHRISTIAN
They State That He Was Abducted By Saudi Religious Police For Possession Of A Bible And Continues To Be Held Incommunicado In Saudi Arabia

By Dan Wooding
Founder of ASSIST Ministries

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA (ANS) -- News has just become available in the West that an Indian Christian has been adducted on a street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and is being held incommunicado in the desert Kingdom.

This information comes from the Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC).

The man, they say, is Samkutty (Sam) Varghese, an Indian national who had traveled to Saudi Arabia on Jan 26th 2005.

“He was staying in Riyadh until his abduction off the streets by the Muttawa (Saudi religious police),” said a spokesperson for ICC. “It is being reported to us that the Muttawa approached Sam as he was waiting for friends near the city center of Riyadh on the evening of March 9th at approximately 7:00 pm. Mr. Varghese was awaiting a visa extension from the Saudi government.

“The Muttawa asked Varghese for his passport. However, he was only able to give them a copy because the Saudi government had taken his passport since he was requesting a visa extension. They then asked him what was in his bag. In his bag, he had one Bible in the Hindi language. The Muttawa then took Mr. Varghese away and there has been no communication from him since.”

According to ICC, friends of Mr. Varghese went to the local police station but the police would not disclose any information in his regard. Samkutty Varghese has a wife and small children who are waiting on word of his whereabouts back in India.

“This is just the latest outrageous example of Saudi Arabia’s complete disregard of human rights and their zero-tolerance policy towards people of other religions at home, while they spend billions of dollars every year building mosques and promoting Islam around the Western world,” said the ICC spokesperson. “The Saudi’s have made a lot of noise recently about their efforts to clean up the religious radicals and the Muttawa but it seems that it is business as usual.”

ICC requests concerned individuals to contact a local Saudi embassy to politely express their concern as well as to request the release of Samkutty Varghese. His home address is: Kalakunnel Puthenveedu Kurampakkara, P.O. Pathanapuram, Kerala, India, and his passport number is E 8421022.

ICC is a Washington-DC based human rights organization that exists to help persecuted Christians worldwide. ICC delivers humanitarian aid, trains and supports persecuted pastors, raises awareness in the US regarding the problem of persecution, and is an advocate for the persecuted on Capitol Hill and the State Department. For additional information or for an interview, contact ICC at 800-422-5441. Its website can be found at www.persecution.org.
Dan Wooding is an award winning British journalist now living in Southern California with his wife Norma. He is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News Service (ANS). Wooding is the co-host of the weekly radio show, "Window on the World" and was, for ten years a commentator, on the UPI Radio Network in Washington, DC. Wooding is the author of some 42 books, the latest of which is his autobiography, "From Tabloid to Truth", which is published by Theatron Books. To order a copy, go to www.fromtabloidtotruth.com.
danjuma1@aol.com.

** You may republish this story with proper attribution.

[brucecw]

The Muslim custom is to use the left hand as toilet paper.

I'd hardly call it explicitly a Muslim custom - it's common practice throughout south Asia; many Hindus and Buddhists do that as well. It's more of a result of the (historically) extreme poverty in the region, coupled with the arid climate which means that there's often a lack of plant products which are often used in areas of similar poverty but with wetter climates.

However, the fact that the left hand is often used for "personal hygiene" means that various cultural practices have become established - such as never offering food with one's left hand, etc. Again, this is not so much a religious custom so much as it is a regional custom, and is practiced by Hindus and Buddhists as well ... though because of Islam's place of origin the custom is often adopted into the religion and brought along with Islam to places where the orignal reason for the custom is no longer relevant. Hinduism for example does not seek converts so the issue never comes up outside its place of origin.

Bruce

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

The REPORT IT Resource Links: FBI.gov "REWARDS FOR JUSTICE.net" "DHS.gov" - "Contact Us" "CYBERCRIME.gov"

CNN.com: Washington - "FBI SPY CHIEF ASKS PRIVATE SECTOR FOR HELP" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence David Szady, cited Russia, Iran, Cuba and North Korea among countries he said engage in espionage against the United States, but he focused heavily on activities by Chinese. "There are 150,000 students from China. Some of those are sent here to work their way up into the corporations," Szady said. There are about 300,000 Chinese visitors annually, and 15,000 Chinese delegations touring the United States every year, 3,500 of them in the New York area alone, he said.") (February 10, 2005) (Read More...)

Dubai - TIMES OF OMAN.com (AFP): "ZARQAWI AIDE CALLS FOR ATTACK ON VATICAN, WHITE HOUSE" (May 1, 2005) (Read More...) (Note: This url may expire.)

"www.islammemo.cc/news/newsimages/al-jazerra/a11zar.jpg" (Click Here;View Photo.)

"i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/WORLD/meast/03/05/zarqawi.pics/story.zarqawi.jpg" (Click Here;View Photo.)

FBI.gov: "MOST WANTED TERRORISTS" (View Posters. Read More...)

FBI.gov - War On Terrorism: "SEEKING INFORMATION" (View Posters. Read More...)

"rashed08.jeeran.com/2013039.jpg"

RewardsForJustice.net - "WANTED": IZZAT IBRAHIM AL-DOORI (AL-DURI)" (View Photo; Read More...)

"www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/images/al-douri.jpg" (View Photo)

RewardsForJustice.net - "WANTED": "MUSTAFA SETMARIAM NASAR (Mustafa Sitmaryan Nassar") (Note: "Aliases: Abu Musab al-Suri, Umar Abd al-Hakim") (View Photos; Read More...)

"ABDUL RAHMAN YASIN" (Read More..)

FBI.gov - Seeking Information: "ADNAN G. EL SHUKRIJUMAH" (ALIASES: "Adnan G. El Shukri Jumah; Abu Arif; Ja'far Al-Tayar; Jaffar Al-Tayyar; Jafar Tayar; Jaafar Al-Tayyar") (VIEW POSTER. Click Here.)

IanLivingston.com - Focus: "ADAN GULSHAIR EL SHUKRIJUMAH" (Read More...)

[brucecw]

It's a fine mess they've created, and not one that's going to be easily repaired. They've provoked ME relations and human deaths have occurred from the resulting outrage.

Unfortunately most of our "major media" sources have sunk to the point where they are no more reliable or ethical than the National Enquirer, but without the Enquirer's capacity to entertain.

I don't think many people outside this country (and certainly not in the ME, where awareness of other cultures is actively discouraged) are fully aware of the depths to which our media have sunk.

[Cindy]

http://memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=669

Clip #669

CLIP BRIEF: "#669 - Palestinian Friday Sermon by Sheik Ibrahim Mudeiris: Muslims Will Rule America and Britain, Jews Are a Virus Resembling AIDS
Palestinian Authority TV - 5/13/2005 - 00:04:56"

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ON THE NET...

Google Search Term: "Ibrahim Mudeiris"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Ibrahim+Mudeiris%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0

Google Search Term: "Sheik Mudeiris"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Sheik+Mudeiris%22&hl=en&lr=&filter=0

[Cindy]

http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewNation.asp?Page=\Nation\archive\200505\NAT20050517a.html

"Free Korans for the American People"
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Morning Editor
May 17, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "CAIR said its campaign, called "Explore the Koran," involves the community-sponsored distribution of Islam's revealed text to Americans nationwide.

"It is our belief that greater access to Islam's holy book will help foster a better appreciation and understanding of Islam by ordinary Americans," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad."




http://www.cnsnews.com//ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=\ForeignBureaus\archive\200505\FOR20050517b.html

"Newsweek Retraction Won't Stop Planned Protests, Radical Groups Say"
By Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com International Editor
May 17, 2005