Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Twenty-Six

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

DANIEL PIPES.org - Weblog: "CAIR's LEGAL TRIBULATIONS"

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "CAIR: HOW CLOSE TO TERRORISM?" by Andrew Whitehead and Lee Kaplan (May 11, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "ACLU, CAIR DECRY ANTI-TERROR EFFORTS" April 20, 2005)

WorldNetDaily.com: "CAIR AND TERRORISM" -Commentary by Joseph Farah (April 18, 2005)

FrontPageMag.com: "CAIR's RADICAL NEXUS" by Josh Lefkowitz and Erick Stakelbeck (March 10, 2005)

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "WTF, OVER. [WHY IS THE DoD LIST SERVER BEING USED BY CAIR?]" (March 9, 2005)

[Cindy]

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/002475.htm

"NEWSWEEK RETRACTS, PUBLIC REACTS"
By Michelle Malkin · May 16, 2005 05:55 PM

[bored at work]

We should proclaim May 27th a day of Christian Unity and pro America. Dont let these American hating muslims bring thier anti-US protest day to American soil!!!

enough is enough damnit!!!

[Velveeta]

Kissinger?

[Velveeta]

We discussed this horrid website (forsakethetroops.info) right here on TM a few weeks ago:

Michael Crook (of Forsakethetroops) Dead?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1404701/posts

[Velveeta]

City: Mosque group didn't need our OK (Palos Heights, IL)
http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/dsnews/171nd1.htm



Immigration plan wins local support (Chicago)

(snip)A diverse group of supporters, including the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Service Employees International Union and Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, vowed to lobby lawmakers for the bill.

(snip)Supporters said grass-roots support would be vital in the uphill fight for the proposal, unveiled Thursday by sponsors that include U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.).
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0505170219may17,1,5604992.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed

[Velveeta]

ISLAM: CALL IT A CULT AND SHUT IT DOWN!
http://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_8241.shtml

[TBall]

Follow up story to the plane over Washington. Look at the part about "high interest vessel" en route to US port being intercepted.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/05/17/national/w072026D02.DTL

[Velveeta]

McHale also said that last week a "high-interest vessel" in the mid-Atlantic en route to a U.S. port was intercepted, boarded by Coast Guard personnel and guided to a U.S. port. He indicated that the ship was considered a potential threat but he provided no details on the ship or its cargo.

Good catch!

[Right_Handed_Writer]

"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."

Here's a little pest that shipped in to Chicago from China, burrowed into wood pallets, that devestated a few neighborhoods worth of trees, with an affinity for Silver Maples. I had Forestry Dept. inspectors out again in early Spring checking to see if there were any new hatches. $$MILLIONS$$ have been spent here in Chicago due to this.

Ugly buggers at that.

[Godzilla]

I will be unable to produce a Terrorism Summary for the next week or so due to being away from my computer during the upcoming weeks. I'll be in lurk mode and jump in when I can. I appreciate the pings to articles and information in the interim.

[Velveeta]

Nasty critters, for sure.

[Velveeta]

Hurry back. ;-)

[Velveeta]

Web site told to stop encouraging harassment of Minuteman project
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0517MinutemanInternet17-ON.html

Man arrested for rhyming e-mail threats to kill President Bush
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/politics/11667242.htm

Lead prosecutor in failed Detroit terror case quits DOJ
http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw115892_20050517.htm

[Velveeta]

Alitalia flight being diverted to Bangor Maine.

On FOX news

[bored at work]

any follow up on this diverted plane Vel?

[Myrddin]

I agree that it isn't a Muslim custom as much as a typical behavior in poverty ridden areas of the Middle East and Asia. I made a business trip to Izmir, Turkey in November 1992. The navy base and Hilton hotel had standard flush toilets. A visit to the countryside revealed the standard hole in the ground with a bucket of water nearby (to wash the left hand). Thankfully, I didn't have a need to use that "facility".

[Velveeta]

Alitalia jet diverted to Maine to check passenger
May 17, 2005

BOSTON -- An Alitalia jet en route from Milan to Boston was diverted to Maine on Tuesday because the name of a passenger on board matched that of a person on the U.S. government's no-fly list, officials said.

Flight 618 was due to arrive in Boston at 1:10 p.m., Alitalia spokeswoman Marta-Marie Lotti said.

Instead, the Boeing 767 was expected to arrive at Bangor International Airport between 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. and would be met there by federal law enforcement officials, Transportation Security Administration officials said.

Canadian fighter jets were escorting the flight through Canadian air space, and U.S. fighters were expected to escort the airliner into U.S. air space, TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis said.

"The FAA has been in contact with the pilot and there's no report of any unusual activity on board," she said.(snip) http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/05/17/alitalia_jet_diverted_to_maine/

[freeperfromnj]

They just reported that the passenger's name and birth date matched a person on the no fly zone. What are the odds that it's a mistake?

[Velveeta]

Flight has landed in Maine, per FOX news.

(The guy on last week's diverted flight had a name and birthdate match as well)

Weird.