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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.

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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."

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[MamaDearest]

You're welcome Cindy! Yes, "Allah" seems to be making terrorist threats now, at least according to that article.

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Nuclear medicine doctor stabbed to death...

SAN FRANCISCO
Doctor stabbed to death
Police hope killer left DNA at scene
Jaxon Van Derbeken and Sabin Russell, Chronicle Staff Writers

Friday, May 20, 2005
A prominent physician at San Francisco General Hospital who once headed the San Francisco Medical Society was found stabbed to death inside the doorway of his Diamond Heights home Thursday, police said.

Dr. Robert J. Lull, 64, was discovered on the floor in the entryway of his hilltop home on Gold Mine Drive at Jade Place shortly after noon.

Hospital officials, concerned when he did not show up for the clinic he ran in nuclear medicine, alerted his personal assistant, Elsie Garce, who found the body, authorities said.

Lull was last seen at an appointment with his doctor at 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, according to police. Neighbors reported nothing unusual at the residence either Wednesday night or Thursday morning.

"At this point, we can't say what the circumstances were, but we know he was the victim of a homicide,'' said San Francisco police Inspector Holly Pera. "We're piecing together evidence at the scene.''

Lull was well liked by his neighbors and respected by his colleagues, Pera said. "He had a real love for medicine,'' she said.

Police say they have no sign of forced entry into the four-bedroom, two-story home, but one unusual clue was plainly visible out front.

Cherry pits -- marked by yellow evidence tags -- were found scattered in front of the walkway leading from the street to the door as well as inside the home. "Our fondest hope is that we can find DNA from the pits,'' Pera said.

Another clue police are focusing on is a tan or gray car that they say Lull was known to drive, a car that once belonged to one of his sons. Two other cars, a Mercedes Benz and a Lexus, were in the garage.

But the third car "appears to be gone,'' Pera said. "It's usually at the home when he is home. That is the most recent car he has been driving.''

Lee Lull said her ex-husband was a devoted doctor and father but did not seem to be too worried about his security, sometimes leaving his door unlocked in the upscale neighborhood.

"This is so unreal,'' she said of the slaying, saying she kept in contact with him regularly, and the couple remained close. She discounted that the cherry pits would have been left by her ex-husband.

"I really doubt he would go around spitting cherry seeds around -- he took care of his house," she said. "He would have parties for everybody at the clinic.

"He was a really good man. There aren't a lot of them.''

She said she could not fathom why someone would attack him. "I don't think he has any enemies as far as I know of,'' she said.

Lull had been chief of nuclear medicine at the hospital since 1990 and served as a radiology professor at UC San Francisco.

He had served as president for both the American College of Nuclear Physicians and the San Francisco Medical Society, which he headed in 2002, and served as editor of its journal, San Francisco Medicine, from 1997 to 1999.

Colleagues, friends and neighbors described Lull, a father of two adult sons, as a dedicated doctor who was also friendly and sociable and loved to sail and play tennis.

"He was absolutely adored by the staff,'' said San Francisco Medical Society Executive Director Dr. Mary Lou Licwinko. "I am just in shock."

"He was quite a guy,'' said neighbor Barry Kinney. "He was very much a hail-fellow-well-met person.'' He would jog through the neighborhood or be seen driving the small car, as well as his prized bright red Mercedes and his black Lexus.

Kinney said Lull was committed to his work and research. He once joked: "A little radiation is good for you -- now and then.''

Lull focused on improvements in diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer. Last year, Lull lectured in San Francisco about the threat of nuclear terrorism.

At San Francisco General Hospital, word of the popular doctor's death swept through on a day that was supposed to be reserved for a morale boosting ice cream social amid budget cuts.

"He was a great guy -- talkative, friendly, dependable,'' said hospital chief executive Gene O'Connell. "He's going to be missed by everyone here. He's not somebody who can be replaced.''

"It's been a tremendous shock to all of us at the General,'' said Dr. Valerie Ng, hospital chief of staff.

Ng said Lull was a highly revered expert in the field of nuclear medicine, a specialty that performs diagnostic screens such as bone scans for cancer patients.

Lull was already renowned in the field when he was recruited to work at San Francisco General in 1990, following the closure of Letterman Army Medical Center in the Presidio. He had been chief of nuclear medicine there since 1976.

"This is a blow, not only to us, but to the field of nuclear medicine,'' said Ng. "He was an icon to us all. He trained generations of doctors in nuclear medicine.''

Ng said hospital staffers had become concerned when the reliable doctor did not show up for work in the morning. "Patients had had studies done, and Bob was needed to interpret them,'' she said. That triggered the discovery of the body.

Dr. George Susens, who preceded Lull as president of the Medical Society, said Lull prided himself as the first academician from San Francisco General Hospital to be elected to the post. "He had an infectious smile,'' said Susens, a Kaiser internist. "He was fun to have around."

Medical Society spokesman Steve Heilig said Lull was a thoughtful scientist with a long military background. He favored nuclear power as a solution to global warming, but he was so passionately opposed to the development of proposed "bunker buster" nuclear weapons that he co-sponsored a resolution at the California Medical Association House of Delegates opposing the technology. The resolution did not pass.

"He was a rigorous scientist, but he had a real open mind," Heilig said. "He liked to learn stuff.''

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/20/SFSLAY.TMP

[Cindy]

Thanks for that update DC.

[MamaDearest]

"The conflict in Iraq is important because they have a chance to fight the evil USA directly,"

Thanks for the links Oorang. Morocco and other such nations seem to have an overabundance of jihadis waiting in line for their turn at us via whatever damage they can do to our troops. We need to do whatever is needed to prevent the terrorists from accomplishing their evil goals (it IS a war after all). Why can't we implement financial or other constraints against the nations freely importing terrorists to Iraq? Either they are WITH US, or AGAINST US after all.

[Cindy]

MEMRITV.ORG
http://www.memritv.org

http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=677

5/19/2005 Clip No. 677

"Newsweek Washington Bureau Chief Daniel Klaidman on Allegations of Guantanamo Koran Desecration: "We Are Neutral on Whether Any of This Ever Happened""

"The following are excerpts from an interview with the “Newsweek” Washington bureau chief Daniel Klaidman, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on May 19, 2005."


TRANSCRIPT SNIPPET: "Host: But there is no proof that it did not happen either...

Klaidman: We are neutral on whether any form of Koran desecration took place."

[JellyJam]

A great opportunity for surveillance. :-)

[MamaDearest]

Jury seated in Florida trial of Sami al-Arien

Report urges troops be sent to border

India on high alert after movie theater bombings

Germany arrests suspected Al Qaeda link

Iman could be deported per Dutch radical crackdown

[Cindy]

Thanks to Mama Dearest for pointing to this article:
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050523/ap_on_re_eu/germany_terror_arrest


"Germany Arrests Suspected al-Qaida Link"

Sun May 22,10:08 PM ET

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "BERLIN - German authorities have arrested a Palestinian believed linked to two al-Qaida suspects who are accused of plotting a suicide attack in Iraq, prosecutors said Sunday.

The 28-year-old man identified only as Ismail Abu S. was arrested Saturday at his home in the western town of Marburg. His brother, identified as Yasser Abu S., was arrested in January along with an Iraqi.

Prosecutors have said Yasser Abu S. apparently planned to fake his death in a car accident and later carry out a suicide attack in Iraq. Most of the insurance payoff from the fake accident — worth about $1.17 million — was to be used to fund unspecified al-Qaida activities, they say."

[Cindy]

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/05/006287print.html

May 22, 2005
"DC: Fundraising for Hamas Fundraiser
From the Northern Virginiastan, "Fundraising for the HAMAS fundraiser""

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

More on Dr Lull...
Very interesting link...

And, after 9-11, we added certain radiological terrorism concerns to our activities. We have certainly been busy!


Dr. Robert Lull and I have been busy trying to avert an antinuclear activist scheme that would transfer byproduct material responsibility from RHB to Cal-EPA, and firing Ed Bailey (the RHB Director) and his senior health physicists in the process. The antinuke activists would then dictate policy to Cal-EPA, and you can imagine the morass that would result. It looks like we will be successful in keeping RHB intact. However, as they are going to run out of funding before the end of the year, don't be surprised to see an increase in User Fees.

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:kJUFvgAIXUYJ:www.acnp-cal.org/message.html+robert+lull&hl=en

More...
RA648 .B56
no.5 2001 Bioterrorism Lecture #5:
Medical and Public Health Management of Radiation Emergencies Robert J. Lull, M.D. 12/5/01
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:avmgGMfKOhAJ:sfghdean.ucsf.edu/barnett/COLL/bioterrorism.asp+robert+j+lull+terrorism&hl=en

Robert J. Lull, MD
Commissioner, South Western Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact
Chairman, Scientific Advisory Panel on Nuclear Medicine, California Medical Association
http://radiology.ucsf.edu/dept/ex_rev_08VIII_FDS_Dept_Honors.shtml

A pettion Dr. Lull signed in surport of another doctor for Lyme disease research...
http://www.angelfire.com/or2/burrally/petition.html

Oh My...
· The University of California, San Francisco will host a free "brown bag" lecture called "One Year Later: Is Nuclear Terrorism Possible?" at the university's Health Sciences West Building, 513 Parnassus Ave., from 12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m. The lecture is by Robert Lull, UCSF Clinical Professor of Radiology and president of the SF Medical Society. For more information, call 476-6547.

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:0vutSw33O6AJ:www.sunsetbeacon.com/archives/SunsetBeacon/Sept02/spotlight.html+robert+lull&hl=en

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

and the doctor stabbing plot thickens...

Remedy for an insane policy -- Test all beef for mad cow
Robert Lull, Steve Heilig

snip

Unfortunately, it seems that some governmental officials and agricultural leaders are not so worried about the threat that prion diseases such as BSE present -- not only to animals, but to humans as well.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/05/14/EDG8Q6L1OH1.DTL

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/2005/05/006286print.html
http://www.ippausa.org/home/stophate.htm
http://www.ippausa.org/home/outrage.htm#gw

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

FYI

Molecular Terrorism

Genetically Engineered Stealth Microbes May Be The Source Of Your Health Problems
Author: Gary Tunsky
Source: Crusador Newsletter

You wake up dead tired. You feel like you've been hit by a truck. Sleep becomes sporadic, if at all. When sound sleep occurs, the restoration of energy is minimal causing you to meticulously save your energy like a miser hoards gold. If you force yourself into activities beyond the scope of your normal daily chores, you pay a heavy price. A possible consequence is being bedridden for days.

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:QcuRI-Gh4d4J:www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi%3Fnoframes%3Bread%3D64225+doctor+dies+terrorism&hl=en

[Myrddin]

Woman was shot in the head by man who followed her from a bus stop.

Just another benefit of patronizing public transportation.

[Cindy]

Note: The following blog brief is an exact quote:
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http://michellemalkin.com/archives/002525.htm

UNSUNG HERO: IMAD SHAKIR MAHMOUD
By Michelle Malkin · May 22, 2005 11:27 PM
Iraqi police hero Maj. Imad Shakir Mahmoud died last week stopping a suicide bomber on Sunday, May 15, in the city of Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad. There was a memorial parade for Mahmoud today. His young daughter, carrying a large portrait of her slain father, led the way.

R.I.P., Maj. Mahmoud.

[Cindy]

Wow --- post no. 3296 must be written in secret ink. Let me try that again with a fresh ink pad:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44399

"Howard Dean confuses bin Laden, Saddam"
May 23, 2005

[Cindy]

http://www.freecongress.org/commentaries/2005/050520.asp

"Starting a Fire in a Crowded Theater"

By Ralph E. Hostetter
May 20, 2005

COMMENTARY SNIPPET: "The collective ignorance of the editorial staff of Newsweek magazine, in writing and approving an article involving the abuse of the Koran (Qur'an — the Muslim sacred scriptures) at Guantanamo Bay is equalled only by the deception and arrogance of Dan Rather's handling of an article on President George W. Bush's National Guard Service.

To lack the knowledge that the Islam world theater houses one of the biggest crowds on earth, and further that the word “blasphemy” is equivalent to the English word “fire,” goes beyond reasonable belief.

Ignorance of the fact that blasphemy in some Islamic countries carries the death penalty is difficult to understand.

Had the editorial staff not heard of the well publicized story of Ashiq Nabi, a Pakistani villager who allegedly had desecrated the Koran, who was hunted down by an angry mob of about 400 villagers and shot to death, according to a BBC report?

Was no one on the staff aware of the most celebrated case of the 20th Century involving blasphemy — Salman Rushdie's book The Satanic Verses? The Government of Iran offered a reward to anyone who killed Rushdie.

In January 1991, the Japanese translator of The Satanic Verses was stabbed to death. Shortly afterward, the Italian translator also was stabbed, but survived. In 1993, the Norweigian publisher of the book was injured in a gun attack. All these incidents were believed to be tied to the Iranian order to kill Rushdie.

Newsweek ‘s incitement of the world Muslim community is on a par with Jane Fonda’s aid and comfort to the North Vietnamese."

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1408528/posts


"Fresh blast rocks Indian capital"
BBC News World Edition ^ | May 23, 2005

Posted on 05/23/2005 12:46:41 AM PDT by bd476


ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The cinema blasts occurred within
minutes of each other

One person has been injured in an explosion in the Indian capital Delhi - just hours after two bomb attacks on cinemas showing a controversial film.

The blast occurred when a man opened an abandoned handbag near a railway crossing in eastern Delhi, police said.

One person was killed and at least 49 injured in blasts at two cinemas were showing a film criticised by Sikh leaders for denigrating their faith.

Officials say they do not know who was behind the apparently linked blasts.

Authorities began to shut all cinema halls across the city following the blasts and security forces in the capital were put on high alert. "