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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

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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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Terrorists could be just getting started
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New York City and Washington. Bali, Indonesia; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Istanbul, Turkey; Madrid, Spain. And now London.

When will it end? Where will it all lead?

The experts aren't encouraged. One terrorism researcher sees the prospect of "endless" war. Adds the man who tracked Osama bin Laden for the CIA, "I don't think it's even started yet."

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

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[Velveeta]

Good summary, Godzilla.

[freeperfromnj]

Security had clearly slacked off for a long period of time. Since 7/7, however, security has been kicked up several notches. I've been seeing some serious weapons and several more bomb sniffing dogs.

[Velveeta]

Welcome to FReerepublic and TM.

[Velveeta]

Are there any full translations yet?

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Still checking.

[Tarheel]

Go to the Google image site and type in Zawahiri--you will get lots of images of him, mostly in white turbans. There are a very few in black/brown--I d/n have the time to correlate these to any terror attack but it might be a consideration given what has happened in London and Egypt the last 4 weeks.

[Velveeta]

I agree with you.

And the clues are all out there, seemingly coming together rather quickly.

A huge amount of suspicious packages, suspicious persons and suspicious incidents in the last few days.

BTW, Elvis attends Mass at our church every Sunday.

~~~ssshhhh!~~~ ;-)

[appalachian_dweller]

Welcome to FR & TM.

Please check my FR Homepage for actions/supplies to have on hand to help you though the next attacks.

Its a basic list. Adapt it to suit your needs.

Again, welcome. And stay safe!

[freeperfromnj]

Text of al-Zawahri statement

Zawahri: Worse is yet to come

Here is the text of a video taped statement by Osama Bin Laden's lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahri, broadcast by al-Jazeera television on 4 August 2005.

As for the British, I tell them that [UK Prime Minister Tony] Blair has brought you destruction in central London, and God willing, will bring more destruction.

O nations of the crusade alliance, we proposed that you at least stop your aggression against the Muslims. The lion of Islam, mujaheed sheikh Osama Bin Laden, may God preserve him, offered you a truce to leave the house of Islam.

Has sheikh Osama Bin Laden not informed you that you will not dream of security until we live it in reality in Palestine and before all infidel armies leave the land of Muhammad, may peace be upon him?

Your salvation will only come in your withdrawal from our land

Ayman al-Zawahri

You, however, shed rivers of blood in our land so we exploded volcanoes of anger in your land.

Our message to you is crystal clear: Your salvation will only come in your withdrawal from our land, in stopping the robbing of our oil and resources, and in stopping your support for the corrupt and corrupting leaders.

What you have you seen, O Americans, in New York and Washington and the losses you are having in Afghanistan and Iraq, in spite of all the media blackout, are only the losses of the initial clashes.

'Worse than Vietnam'

If you continue the same policy of aggression against Muslims, God willing, you will see horror that will make you forget what you saw in Vietnam.

The truth which [US President George W] Bush, [US Secretary of State Condoleezza] Rice and [US Defense Secretary Donald] Rumsfeld hide from you is that the only way out from Iraq is immediate withdrawal, and any delay in this decision will only mean more deaths and more losses.

If you don't leave today, then you shall inevitably leave tomorrow but after scores of thousands of fatalities and double that number of disabled and wounded people.

They are repeating with regard to Iraq the same claims and lies they uttered about Vietnam.

Did they not tell you that they would train the Vietnamese people so that they would run their own affairs themselves, and that they were defending freedom in Vietnam?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4746157.stm

[SlowBoat407]

And I say for the hundredth time. They hit us before we went into Iraq! It doesn't matter what we do!

[freeperfromnj]

Ping - BBC has text of Zawahiri tape

[explodingpez]

Not feeling good at all from this latest tape. I noticed the timing also, their videotapes usually come out on Mondays don't they?

Anyhow he looked very animate on the borderline of freaking out. (IMO)

*sigh* I don't think we've dismantled any real cells. Stay safe and on guard all.

[freeperfromnj]

You're exactly right

[Velveeta]

Thanks, FFNJ.

Interesting analysis from Laura Mansfield here:
http://www.lauramansfield.com/psk/DesktopDefault.aspx

[explodingpez]

Full text from BBC - thanks freeperfromnj for the heads up.

Text of al-Zawahri statement
Ayman al-Zawahri
Zawahri: Worse is yet to come
Here is the text of a video taped statement by Osama Bin Laden's lieutenant Ayman al-Zawahri, broadcast by al-Jazeera television on 4 August 2005.

As for the British, I tell them that [UK Prime Minister Tony] Blair has brought you destruction in central London, and God willing, will bring more destruction.

O nations of the crusade alliance, we proposed that you at least stop your aggression against the Muslims. The lion of Islam, mujaheed sheikh Osama Bin Laden, may God preserve him, offered you a truce to leave the house of Islam.

Has sheikh Osama Bin Laden not informed you that you will not dream of security until we live it in reality in Palestine and before all infidel armies leave the land of Muhammad, may peace be upon him?


Your salvation will only come in your withdrawal from our land
Ayman al-Zawahri
You, however, shed rivers of blood in our land so we exploded volcanoes of anger in your land.

Our message to you is crystal clear: Your salvation will only come in your withdrawal from our land, in stopping the robbing of our oil and resources, and in stopping your support for the corrupt and corrupting leaders.

What you have you seen, O Americans, in New York and Washington and the losses you are having in Afghanistan and Iraq, in spite of all the media blackout, are only the losses of the initial clashes.

'Worse than Vietnam'

If you continue the same policy of aggression against Muslims, God willing, you will see horror that will make you forget what you saw in Vietnam.

The truth which [US President George W] Bush, [US Secretary of State Condoleezza] Rice and [US Defense Secretary Donald] Rumsfeld hide from you is that the only way out from Iraq is immediate withdrawal, and any delay in this decision will only mean more deaths and more losses.

If you don't leave today, then you shall inevitably leave tomorrow but after scores of thousands of fatalities and double that number of disabled and wounded people.

They are repeating with regard to Iraq the same claims and lies they uttered about Vietnam.

Did they not tell you that they would train the Vietnamese people so that they would run their own affairs themselves, and that they were defending freedom in Vietnam?

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[Velveeta]

Just excerpts at Memri so far.
It's curious that the full translation is not out there yet.

http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=791

[Velveeta]

I noticed the timing also, their videotapes usually come out on Mondays don't they?

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Do they?
I didn't know that.

[nwctwx]

thank you.

[freeperfromnj]

What you have you seen, O Americans, in New York and Washington and the losses you are having in Afghanistan and Iraq, in spite of all the media blackout, are only the losses of the initial clashes.

Initial clashes?

[Domestic Church]

I think your hunch is accurate.

[penguino]

Excellent suggestion, Tarheel. From the Google image bank the only photos showing Zawahiri wearing a black turban occur i.e. when he's threatening retaliation against the US (war) for the arrest of Egyptian Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman in connection with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. And in another black turban photo taken from a video, he's warning the US and says that the "real battle" (war again) against the US had not started yet. Since he's normally a white turban guy, Zawahiri sporting a black turban is definitely not a good sign.