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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

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"Every morning, the president receives a list of the top ten terrorist threats - this list is known as the threat matrix."

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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?

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[Oorang]

Thanks for sending that on Cindy. I'm never good at remembering who to ping :-) That's why I'm stuck with "All".

[Oorang]

Just did a few searches for more info on this story. Nothing but the source you posted. Arggg, you would think MO news would be all over this.

[Cindy]

NO PROBLEM.
I don't have a ping list, just an idea of who might be interested.

[Cindy]

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty:

http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticleprint/2005/04/61990dae-9cf9-4f91-b1e2-af76562a8aa3.html

Sunday, 17 April 2005

"Islamic Group Takes Credit For Daghestan Bombings"

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "17 April 2005 -- A little-known Islamic group calling itself Shariat has claimed responsibility for the bombings in the southern Russian republic of Daghestan last week that wounded six people.

The group posted a statement on an Internet website linked to Chechen separatists saying members of Shariat were responsible for the bombings of the prosecutor's office in the Daghestani capital Makhachkala."

[Cindy]

"Cyr said two passengers were removed from the plane and questioned by police. The flight was allowed to take off without the passengers or their bags, Cyr said. Cyr was not sure of its final destination."

GOOD DEAL. It's a good start.

Now, I wonder what happened to the passengers, who they are and what was in that luggage?

[Velveeta]

I did some searches as well.
Zip, nada...nothing else in the news.

[Velveeta]

Will we ever know the answers to your questions?
LOL

[Oorang]

Shariat - same name as the new radio station mentioned above. Wonder what Shariat means.

[Oorang]

April 18, 2005

Oops! A Breach in Security for Al-Qaida Online Reveals New Zarqawi Website

Several weeks ago, credible representatives of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Al-Qaida faction in Iraq announced that they would soon be opening their own Al-Qaida website on the Internet, featuring propaganda materials, communiques, video clips, and audio recordings.

Finally, late last week, a critical security error made by an Al-Qaida cyber-facilitator known as "Terrorist 007" allowed public web users to briefly view the rough draft of Zarqawi's new homepage on the Internet.

Excerpted

http://counterterror.typepad.com/

[Oorang]

S. Korea unwilling to update U.S. plan
By Jeremy Kirk
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

SEOUL -- South Korea has announced that it will not work with the U.S. military to update a special-operations plan that would go into effect if North Korea suddenly collapsed, leaving a power vacuum in a communist nation with one of the world's largest military forces.

Code-named ?OPLAN 5029-05,? the plan contains "inappropriate contents, and many parts of the plan might become a serious restraint to sovereignty," according to a release Friday by South Korea's National Security Council.

The U.S. military was informed of the decision in January, it said. U.S. officials declined comment. "As a matter of policy, the United States does not discuss matters relating to operational plans," said David Oten, chief of public information for U.S. Forces Korea.

Several South Korean newspapers reported that under the plan, the U.S. military would be in control if an emergency erupted in North Korea resulting from a revolt or mass defections. Under the allies' current agreement, the U.S. Forces Korea commander, now Army Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, would assume control of all fighting forces, including South Korean.

The move adds to a growing atmosphere of discontent between the South Korean and U.S. militaries. Soon, the two allies will sign an agreement that sharply reduces South Korea's contribution to the stationing of U.S. forces in the next two years.

Excerpted

http://www.washtimes.com/world/20050418-123650-9641r.htm

[Oorang]

Mullahs suspend al-Jazeera in Tehran

Doha, Qatar, Apr. 18 (UPI) -- Al Jazeera's Tehran bureau was told Monday to temporarily suspend its activities, the Qatar-based network announced. <

Excerpted (copyright)

http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20050418-034604-6430r.htm

[MamaDearest]

Border Patrol union supports Minutemen Says it has had no complaints about monitors, blasts Bush over amnesty

These overworked, underpaid and understaffed people know a truly excellent thing when they see it. The Minutemen are true patriots.

[MamaDearest]

Canada won't be the world's handmaiden

US Military's elite hacker crew

SNIP: MS13 gang has strong presence in Texas

A violent gang allegedly linked to last week's murder of an 18-month-old boy is no stranger to law enforement. The Central American gang now has more than 20,000 members in this country

[Oorang]

The Minutemen are true patriots.

Well said MamaD.

[Oorang]

20,000 that we know of.

[nwctwx]

Jihad comes to Small Town USA
by Laura Mansfield, Associate Director, Senior Investigative Analyst
http://lauramansfield.blogspot.com/

It happened again this week. I came out of the office to find a flyer under my windshield wipers inviting me to a special informational presentation on God and family values, and how to bring them back to the forefront in America.

I’m a parent so the flyer caught my interest. But as an analyst for the Northeast Intelligence Network, my eyes were riveted to the address on the flyer: the session was being held at a nearby mosque.

Curiosity got the better of me, and I decided it would be a good time for some on site investigations of the mosque. In order to not attract undue attention, I dressed conservatively, wearing a navy jumper with a long sleeve white blouse, and low heels. I debated whether or not to put on a hijab (head scarf) then decided not to; after all, I was going to “learn”, not to pretend I was a Muslim.

I checked the mosque schedule on the web, and discovered that there was going to be an Arabic language session an hour before. So I showed up an hour early. The imam met me at the door, and told me that the presentation didn’t start for an hour, and suggested I come back in an hour. Fortunately I had anticipated this. I explained that since I had quite a bit of reading to do for a class I was taking. “Can I just sit here and read?”

He hesitated a moment, then agreed. I sat in the back of the room, with my book open, and made a mental note to remember to turn the pages every so often, as I listened to the speakers in Arabic.

The first speaker was the head of the Muslim Students’ Association at the nearby university. Although I missed the beginning of the discussion, I caught up quickly. He was talking about the problems he had encountered on a recent trip, when TSA flagged him for extra screening. He joked about the fact that they had stopped him for extensive screening. He had anticipated that he would be screened and he had filled his carryon luggage with printouts of the Qu’ran from the internet, and had 15 or 16 CD’s labeled in Arabic, and he had a notebook computer with him.

As he expected he was delayed; he thought it was very amusing that while several TSA personnel were scrutinizing is personal belongings that is classmate from Jordan was able to walk through security, along with his American girlfriend, without any problems whatsoever.

One of the men said, in Arabic “Blonde Americans are good for something!” Another man advised him to be cautious, since there was an American woman in the room. The Imam spoke up and told everyone that I didn’t speak Arabic.

At that point another student took the podium. His name was Khaled, and he began to recount his recent trip to New York City. Khaled and three of his companions had gone to New York for several days in January. He told of how uncomfortable his trip up to NYC had been. He felt like he was being watched, and thought he was the victim of racial profiling.

Khaled and his friends were pretty unhappy about it, and while in New York, they came up with a plan to “teach a lesson” to the passengers and crew. You can imagine the story Khaled told. He described how he and his friends whispered to each other on the flight, made simultaneous visits to the restroom, and generally tried to “spook” the other passengers. He laughed when he described how several women were in tears, and one man sitting near him was praying.

The others in the room thought the story was quite amusing, judging from the laughter. The Imam stood up and told the group that this was a kind of peaceful civil disobedience that should be encouraged, and commended Khaled and his friends for their efforts.

He pointed out that it was through this kind of civil disobedience that ethnic profiling would fail.

One of the other men, Ahmed from Kuwait, gave a brief account of his friend Eyad, who had finally gone to Iraq. Ahmed was in email contact with Eyad, and hoped by the following week to be able to bring them more information about the state of the “mujahideen” in Iraq.

As the meeting drew to a close, the Imam gave a brief speech calling for the protection of Allah on the mujahideen fighting for Islam throughout the world, and reminded everyone that it was their duty as Muslims to continue in the path of jihad, whether it was simple efforts like those of Khaled and his friends, or the actual physical fighting of men like Eyad.

As the meeting broke up, several women in hijab came in the room, and two of them sat with me. They were very warm and friendly and welcoming, and appeared to be clearly thrilled that I was there. They asked me questions about who I was, and why I was interested in the session.

By the time the session began, there were half a dozen American women, four of them African American. Where the previous session had definite anti-American tones, this session was all American and Apple Pie. The earlier session had been in Arabic; this one was in English.

The woman leading the session, Nafisa, told of the concerns she had regarding her daughters in the public school system. She complained about the influence of the MTV culture, and seemed concerned about the rampant sexuality that pervaded all facets of American life, from TV to movies and on into the school system.

She explained her personal solution – the local Islamic school, beginning with kindergarten. Instead of worrying about her daughters dressing provocatively and behaving inappropriately with boys, she talked about the modest school uniforms that they wore, and the single-gender classes that her daughters attended.

She then began to discuss Islam, focusing on the commonalities it has with Christianity. The sales pitch had clearly begun. While in the previous section, then men had quoted over and over again sura from the Qu’ran calling for violent jihad, the women’s session focused on the “gentler” side of Islam.

The same Imam who demanded that the men continue in the path of jihad did a complete 180 degree turn in this session, stressing instead the suras that promoted the “brotherhood” between Muslims, Christians, and Jews. “After all, we worship the same God, and follow the teachings in the books he gave each of us. We are all the same, we are all People of the Book,” he stressed.

The differences between the sessions were striking. Clearly the second session was a recruiting session.

Were the women aware of what was being taught in the first session? Certainly those women who spoke Arabic should have been.

The reason for concern is obvious: two different doctrines are being promoted. One peaceful, friendly, warm, and fuzzy doctrine is being used to draw people in, with a focus on the wellbeing of their children.

But the Arabic speaking sessions clearly have an anti-American tone.

It shows clearly that as much as we’d like to pretend it hasn’t, Jihad has reached small-town USA. This mosque isn’t in Washington, DC, or New York City. This is a small mosque in a small town in the deep south.

And if it’s in this tiny little quiet southern town, it’s probably in your hometown too.

[MamaDearest]

20,000 that we know of.

Hi Oorang. That's right, who's doing the physical count of those sneaking across the border in droves?

Just checked Jill's St. Claire's site and there is a heart-wrenching true story explaining Jill's recent absence from her site. Jill's site

I give Jill a lot of credit for her works of great compassion and caring, demonstrated here.

[MamaDearest]

....He laughed when he described how several women were in tears, and one man sitting near him was praying....

....But the Arabic speaking sessions clearly have an anti-American tone....

All the MORE reason for profiling if you ask me! Thank you for sharing that with us nwctwx. Political correctness will definitely kill us eventually - they are counting on it.

[Velveeta]

Thanks, Mamadearest.

More than 20,000, Probably much more.

[appalachian_dweller]

>> Have noticed in reading various ME websites that preparations are under way for the celebration of the birth anniversary of "prophet muhammad" and "that would be observed with religious fervor and reverence" on April 22 (Friday). <<

Will be extra vigilant Friday. Thanks for the info Oorang!