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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!

Was Bomber's "New York" Shirt A Message?
Full Story

It's hardly a unique fashion statement for a mass transit rider: a Yankees-style cap, and a "New York" sweat shirt.

But the New York Police Department is teaming with British authorities to determine whether those items were worn by suspects in the London terror cases to send a "purposeful message" to the city, according to an NYPD officials.

David Cohen, the NYPD's deputy commissioner of intelligence, raised the concern earlier this week at a security briefing for business leaders at police headquarters in Lower Manhattan.

Related:
New assessments warn of Qaeda suicide attacks in U.S.
Still Not Ready in The ER | Cell Phone Number: ICE
Where bin Laden is, why he's still alive

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

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[jerseygirl]

Cruising around--date seems to come out as 9/11/05 on a number of sites....

9+3+8

20- read 02- meaning second time? Anniversary?

[Cindy]

JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): "MEMO: SUICIDE BOMBER TRIED TO ENTER U.S." (August 24, 2005)

DanielPipes.org (FrontPageMagazine.com): "THE CALIFORNIA SUICIDE BOMBER" by Daniel Pipes (April 4, 2005)

AltaVista.com - Search Term: "RA'ED MANSOUR AL-BANNA"

[Velveeta]

I think I have the translation for the hidden text in the pic.

I used this translation service:
http://www.systranbox.com/systran/box

and plugged in the the web address:
http://www.khayma.com/almdne/NEW.htm

and the pic popped up with this translation:

"The signer still under the establishing"

Any ideas?

[Velveeta]

Have to run errands.
Back tonight (hopefully)

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1469911/posts

"A Newer Kind of Nazi, but Nazi Nonetheless"
TheFactIs.org ^ | Aug. 22, 2005 | Duncan Maxwell Anderson

Posted on 08/24/2005 1:19:40 PM PDT by SamuraiScot

[Cindy]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20050824/cm_usatoday/theotherjihad

"'THE OTHER JIHAD'"
By Ralph Peters Wed Aug 24, 6:42 AM ET

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The construction boom is part of what my personal observation convinces me is "the other jihad," the slow-roll attempt by fundamentalists from the Arabian Peninsula to reclaim East Africa for the faith of the Prophet. We dismiss Osama bin Laden's dream of re-establishing the caliphate, Islam's bygone empire, as madness. But Saudis, Yemenis, Omanis and oil-rich Gulf Arabs are every bit as determined as bin Laden to reassert Muslim domination of the lands Islam once ruled.

No region is as vulnerable as Africa. The differences between the Saudi ruling family and bin Laden aren't so much about goals as about methods. The Saudis were furious over the 1998 embassy bombings in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam not because of the viciousness of the acts, but because the attacks threatened to call the West's attention to quiet subversion by fundamentalist Wahhabis in the region."

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=17190_We_Got_Mail!&only

[Cindy]

PERSECUTION.ORG
http://www.persecution.org
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August 24, 2005

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Jeremy Reynalds
P O Box 27693
Alb., NM 87125-7693
Tel: (505) 400-7145
www.joyjunction.org

HEAD OF ERITREAN ORTHODOX CHURCH "FROZEN" FROM HIS POST

The head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church has been relieved of all administrative duties and removed from effective control of the Patriarchate.

Eritrea is located in Eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Djibouti and Sudan (www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/er.html).

Following a Holy Synod held Aug. 6-7, Patriarch Abune Antonios has been "frozen" from his post after attempts to unseat him ended in failure, according to an official letter dated Aug. 9 2005 and leaked to the Eritrean website Asmarino.com (http://news9.asmarino.com/content/view/494/86 ).

Human rights organization Christian Solidarity Worldwide (www.csw.org.uk) reported in a news release that according to Asmarino.com, the "freezing" of individuals who fall out of favor with the government is prevalent in Eritrea and is primarily undertaken as an act of humiliation.

Article 32 of the constitution of the Orthodox Church, CSW reported, states that its administrative body, the Holy Synod, is meant to function under the chairmanship of the Patriarch who is the chief administrator of the church.

However, it appears, CSW wrote, that Patriarch Antonios will now be confined to a ceremonial role only and no longer be allowed any input into the day-to-day running of the Patriarchate. Contrary to the church's constitution, administrative authority may now be in the hands of Yoftahe Dimetros, a government-appointed lay person.

In May 2002, CSW wrote, the government of Eritrea ordered the closure of all Christian denominations except Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism and Evangelical Lutheranism, and ended all other religious practices apart from Islam. However, members of government-sanctioned churches have also experienced repression, and the "freezing" of the Patriarch is the latest indication of increasing government intervention in the internal affairs of Eritrea's largest church.

Since his ordination in April 2004, CSW reported that Patriarch Antonios is said to have become increasingly critical of the government's continual interventions into church matters.

For the first time ever, CSW reported, the traditional Jan. 2005 Orthodox Annual Christmas message was not aired on national media after the Patriarch allegedly objected to the n Nov. 2004 detention of three Orthodox priests from the Medhane Alem Church, and accused the government of interfering in church affairs.

The Patriarch also opposed requests to close down the church, which is linked to the Orthodox renewal movement and attracts thousands of young people.

More recently, CSW wrote that Asmarino.com reported that prior to his removal from administrative duties, the Patriarch had increasingly begun to challenge the regime on spiritual grounds, and had objected to government intrusion through Dimetros in the administration of the Patriarchate.

Dimetros has become "increasingly infamous," CSW reported. He "repeatedly clashed" with the Patriarch as he attempted to force the Orthodox Church to adopt government inspired policies. Dimetros is also reported to have accompanied an Eritrean Bishop to the seat of the Egyptian Orthodox Church in July in an attempt to persuade the Papacy to replace Patriarch Antonios with this bishop.

Indicating Dimetros' "current notoriety," CSW reported that a July 30 2005 letter from the Eritrean Orthodox Church in America, called for his "immediate removal from the illegal position he holds," and his replacement by a bishop who fulfils the criteria outlined in the church's constitution and "has the interest of the Church and her sacred mission at heart."

Mervyn Thomas, chief executive officer of CSW, said in a news release, "We are dismayed by this unwarranted intervention in the affairs of the Orthodox Church. The discourteous treatment of the Primate of a church that is supposed to have government sanction suggests that in reality the Eritrean regime is attempting to curtail every expression of Christianity in that country."

For more information, go to www.csw.org.uk and www.tewahdo.com/newsEven_DioceseResolutions.htm

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1469958/posts?page=4#4

[Lucy Lake]

Won't it be difficult to seize those things from an armed population?

One would like to think so, but while this same armed population ignores the danger and continues to be politically correct, our country is being taken over by other entities, e.g., the recent Supreme court decision allowing for confiscation of private land by local or state government.

So far, not a shot has been fired.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Good article about the cell at Laguna Beach.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Maybe one of these days, we too will start deporting those who do not deserve to remain here.

[Cindy]

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Al-Qaeda leader may flee to Africa
Times Online ^ | Michael Evans

Posted on 08/24/2005 3:32:46 PM PDT by jmc1969

BRITAIN and the United States are training border guards in the Horn of Africa in the expectation that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq, may seek sanctuary there if forced to flee Iraq.

Major-General Douglas Lute, the director of operations for US Central Command, which is responsible for Iraq and Afghanistan, said yesterday that once Iraq was stabilised, al-Zarqawi might head for the Horn of Africa to find a “safe haven”. He listed Yemen, Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia as “ungoverned spaces” where al-Zarqawi might seek sanctuary to run his terrorist operations.

Small US specialist teams, supported by British counterparts, are training border security guards and working with customs and immigration officials in the region, hoping that they will be ready to spot al-Zarqawi and other al-Qaeda leaders.

Al-Zarqawi, already being squeezed inside Iraq, would have little option but to leave once the country was politically stable and secure. “We think he might move to the Horn of Africa. It’s a vast space, which causes us concern,” General Lute said.

He gave a warning that al-Zarqawi and other al-Qaeda “franchised” groups were increasingly turning to “virtual safe havens” — internet websites — to plot their terrorist attacks.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1469985/posts


"AQ(Khan) gave centrifuges to North Korea"
Nation, Pakistan ^

Posted on 08/24/2005 3:33:04 PM PDT by milestogo

"AQ gave centrifuges to North Korea"

[nw_arizona_granny]

I have not heard about it here in the western states.

To admit that the terrorists have Sarin gas, would mean
admitting that the war might be needed to keep the terrorists busy.......

[nw_arizona_granny]

The cats are still training me, rather like Appalachian Dweller and dog training.

You haven't lived, till you try the cat cure for aching eyes.

Apply a wet towell to the eyes.

Cat then applies herself across your head, on the cool towel.

lOL

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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[nw_arizona_granny]

On the nuclear plant incident.

A few years ago, my brother Ray, who works on forklifts, was at the nuclear plant, that is north of Phoenix, working on one.

He said alarms went off and he knew it meant trouble, so he
started running.....left his tools, just ran.

He got through the entryway, as the big gate came slamming down.

There he was met by several men, who stopped him, "Do not move" and then they checked him for radiation.

God was with him, he got out in time and was free of radiation.

He didn't say how he got his tools, but did say that there was never a report in the paper or on the news.

[all4one]

"Maybe one of these days, we too will start deporting those who do not deserve to remain here."

Amen to that thought granny. The Aussies have made the decision...they had loss of life in the Bali bombing. The Brits have made the decision....after their tragic train bombings. And we have yet to get the borders under control, or the radical Islamic cells ousted....and we have had almost 4 years to do so after losing 3,000+ American lives here on American soil.

[nw_arizona_granny]

That's fine. I'm trying to break into screenwriting anyway. One of my
first scripts (written in 1984) was about terrorists taking over a small
town in Connecticut.<<<<<<<

Will you still know us, when you are a big name in Hollywood?

I am proud of you.

Now you can write about the terrorists taking over the entire world.