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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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Home grown Islamists may hit US: FBI chief
Full Story

WASHINGTON -- The United States could be attacked by "home grown" Islamist terror groups, the FBI's chief has warned.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told the London Financial Times newspaper in an interview published Thursday that the United States could face attacks from "home-grown terrorism" very similar to the July 7 bombings in London that killed 52 people and wounded another 700, Mueller said.

When asked if the United States could face such attacks from "home-grown groups", Mueller answered emphatically: "Absolutely, it could," the Financial Times said.

Related:
U.S. Officials Warn on Global Reach of al-Qaida
U.S. seeks more cooperation to fight terrorism
FDNY Chaplain Resigns After 9/11 Remarks
Nuclear option escalates jihad threat

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[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/s05100109.htm

ASSIST News Service (ANS) - PO Box 2126, Garden Grove, CA 92842-2126 USA
Visit our web site at: www.assistnews.net -- E-mail: danjuma1@aol.com


Thursday, October 20, 2005

INDONESIAN CHRISTIANS ATTACKED AS THEY WORSHIP IN THE STREET

By Michael Ireland
Chief Correspondent, ASSIST News Service

INDONESIA (ANS) -- A group of Christians worshipping on the street was attacked on Sunday, October 16 as they met in Jatimulya, East Bekasi, West Java.

Barnabas Fund reports that outdoor worship was the only option for these Christians as their church building had been recently forced to close, part of an ongoing pattern of forcible church closures in West Java.

An e-mail report from the organization says: "The Christians came from three churches who had been ordered by the Mayor of Jatimulya to close their church buildings five weeks ago, the closures then enforced by a radical Muslim group called the Alliance Against Apostasy. The constitution of Indonesia guarantees freedom of religion, but with their buildings closed and forbidden to meet for worship in private homes, the Christians have had to gather in the streets each Sunday, in order to worship together."

Barnabas Fund says: "When they met for their service on Sunday, October 9 they were warned to stop but when some 50 lawyers arrived from Jakarta the service proceeded, although it was shorter than normal. Then on Sunday, October 16 the Christians found that in the street where they had been worshipping for the past weeks some 300 radical Muslims had laid out their prayer mats and were conducting their own Islamic worship service. Undeterred the Christians moved to another street and began their service there."

The determination of the Christians to continue to worship apparently angered the Islamic radicals, Barnabas Fund says.

"They approached the gathered Christians and began to mock them and insult them, calling on them to disband their meeting. A female church leader was pushed and shoved until she fell into a drain. The police who were on duty stood by and watched the mob, while a few even joined in the attack."

While no one was seriously hurt, and the Christians remain committed to meeting together, there is fear that there will be more violence and greater danger as they do so, Barnabas Fund says.

Incidents of forced church closures in West Java are increasing. According to some reports there may be as many as 30 a month.

In the Indonesian capital Jakarta 18 churches have had police collecting data on their services, and are now expecting to be closed in the near future. The mayor of Sukabumi has called for all churches without permits in his town to be closed. The pattern of church closures appears to be moving into East Java, where 24 churches in the city of Malang are under threat of closure. The Indonesian Government has made public statements that they do not agree with church closures, yet government officials continue to issue decrees to close them.

Worse news comes from Poso, Sulawesi, where the number of suspected Islamic radicals has increased and there have been three assassinations in the past two weeks. On the weekend of October 15-16 churches in Poso and Palu were placed under police guard.

ITEMS FOR PRAYER

* Pray for the Christians in Jatimulya. Thank God for their faith to continue meeting together; ask Him for protection over them wherever they meet, and that He will bless these faithful brothers and sisters with a peace that surpasses human comprehension.

* Pray for all Christians in Indonesia who are fearful under the current circumstances. Pray that despite the efforts of officials and Muslim radicals the Church in Indonesia will not be overcome by the persecution they suffer.

* Pray for international pressure on the Indonesian Government to uphold its statements about church closures. Pray that they will reverse the trend, and begin protecting the rights of Christian citizens of Indonesia.

Barnabas Fund works to support Christian communities mainly, but not
exclusively, in the Islamic world where they are facing poverty and
persecution.
Further details, quotes and photos on this and other stories may be available
for news editors on request.

Barnabas Fund, The Old Rectory, River Street, PEWSEY, Wiltshire, SN9 5DB, UK.
Tel: +44(0)1672 564938, Fax: +44(0)1672 565030, E-mail: info@barnabasfund.org
Web: www.barnabasfund.org
** Michael Ireland is an international British freelance journalist. A former reporter with a London newspaper, Michael is the Chief Correspondent for ASSIST News Service of Garden Grove, California. Michael immigrated to the United States in 1982 and became a US citizen in September, 1995. He is married with two children. Michael has also been a frequent contributor to UCB Europe, a British Christian radio station.

** You may republish this story with proper attribution.

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2005/10/21/pf-1271960.html


Canadians join
insurgency


By BILL RODGERS, Parliamentary Bureau

A number of radicals from Canada -- fewer than 10 --
have slipped across borders to join the fighting in Iraq,
CSIS director Jim Judd said during a break at an annual
gathering of intelligence experts in Montreal yesterday.

"We know of others who may be planning to," he added.
"I don't think there's anything we can do legally to
prevent this."

Judd, who said CSIS had informed the U.S. government,
made the comments at a conference of the Canadian
Association for Security and Intelligence Studies.

Contacted by Sun Media last night, a spokesman for the
Prime Minister's Office directed inquiries to Public Safety
Minister Anne McLellan even though CBC-TV had
reported that Prime Minister Paul Martin's first reaction
was one of anger when informed of Judd's comments.

Alex Swann, a spokesman for McLellan played down the
comments by the spy agency boss, saying Judd alluded
to the participation of Canadian radicals in the Iraqi
insurgency when he appeared before a special Senate
committee reviewing terrorism last March 7.

Judds remarks prompted an immediate response from
Conservative foreign affairs critic Stockwell Day, who
said the Martin government "must do everything
possible to condemn and discourage" such activity.

bill.rodgers@ott.sunpub.com

[Velveeta]

It is indeed, very sad.
Autopsy scheduled for today.
This peaked my interest due to the mention of the baby formula.

[Velveeta]

Is this a signal for attacks on sports?

The OK bomb at the stadium and now the hotel where the players are staying.
***

I sure hope not.
World Series in Chicago.
Fortunately, I'm able to stay out of the city for the next week or so.

[Velveeta]

Lifetime google project. LOL!

I wish I could google for a living!

[freeperfromnj]

Smoke Coming From NYC Subway

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506557/posts?page=12#12

[Velveeta]

Update. Disgruntled employee:

N.Y. Rangers' Hotel Evacuated After Man In Mask Dumps Chemical

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. -- The New York Rangers were forced to evacuate their Long Island hotel Thursday, just hours before their 5-4 loss to the rival New York Islanders, when a man wearing a surgical mask dumped a chemical on the floor and then drove away.

The man, former Garden City Hotel employee Scott Wallace, 23, entered the hotel about 3 p.m., deliberately spilled the chemical on the floor of the rotunda area and then fled, Nassau County police said.

The chemical later was found to be harmless, and no one was injured.(snip)
http://www.wnbc.com/sports/5142790/detail.html

[Velveeta]

but he made the news, did a test run and sure sent a message to all of how easy it will be to act, when ready to do so.

Exactly.

[Velveeta]

Don't worry.
The squirrel probably came back. ;-)
Teasing.

I see the fire is out now.

[freeperfromnj]

LOL. I guess we have to take everything seriously since that threat. We still don't know if that last threat was credible or not.

[tmp02]

If it was a trash fire, it make have been so terrorists could observe what police and fire would do in certain situations - and then later attack.

[Velveeta]

We still don't know if that last threat was credible or not.

I'd guess it was, judging from the LE response.

But you're right, we don't know for certain.

[Velveeta]

Yep, I agree.
Disrupt and observe, is part of the plan.

[Velveeta]

Officials Respond To Suspicious Package On Capitol Hill
Capitol Not Being Evacuated


WASHINGTON -- Officials are responding to a report of a suspicious package in a van on Capitol Hill, News4 reported.

The van is located in the 100 block of 1st Street NW near Constitution Avenue.

LIVE VIDEO: Watch It Live

Federal officials said two men told officers that there was a bomb inside the van.

Federal officials said the two men in the van are in custody.

The intersection of 1st Street NW and Constitution Avenue is blocked off. Two nearby buildings have been closed.

The U.S. Capitol is not being evacuated.

U.S. Park police, Capitol police and D.C. police are on the scene.
http://www.nbc4.com/news/5143901/detail.html

[MamaDearest]

where they removed a "stoppered glass vial."

Wonder what was in that "stoppered glass vial."

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for the short list.....smile.

In the earthquake group, there is or was talk that the smells were coming along the quake fault lines, before a quake.

The town of Andreas, makes me think that it might be near the Andreas fault line.

I do not know if it is true or a wives tale, but it is one that I have heard before.

[MamaDearest]

Indonesia fears bird flu mutation

Tamiflu to be in short supply for as long as a year

3 pigeons from Canada test positive for bird flu in Australia

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506688/posts


Ready for Jihad
Evning News (Vecernje Novosti) ^ | October 21st 2005. | Milovan Drecun

Posted on 10/21/2005 9:10:04 AM PDT by kronos77

As from 1992 Al-Khaida has ith branches in Bosnia and from 1999 on
Kosovo. On Kosovo, there are intensive terrorist training, new idea is
to attack targets in Serbia and Europe. British ibstructors payed by
Albanian mafia are training Albanian Jihadists on kosovo, speciali
suicide womens bombers, whom relatives and family members were
killed in 1999 war. Emir Mussa Ayzi, recruiter formed in 2003 groud
called "White divills" suicide bombers to act in Serbia, Israel and
Europe. Other instructors are Jihadists from Bosnia, former fighters in
anti-Serb war. Training camps are also in Northern Albania, supported
by present Albanian presidend.

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506770/posts

Three MS-13 members held after cross-country
effort
The Washington Times ^ | 10-21-05 | Amy Doolittle

Posted on 10/21/2005 11:18:35 AM PDT by JZelle

Three suspected MS-13 gang members were arrested in Vienna, Va.,
Wednesday night after police tracked their activity among Los
Angeles, Massachusetts and Virginia for five months. One of the men
is wanted for an MS-13-related slaying in Massachusetts. All three are
illegal immigrants from El Salvador. Alexander Dominguez, 24, is
accused of shooting Miguel Mendez, 37, outside a house in New
Bedford, Mass., in October 2004. He is wanted on a Massachusetts
warrant and has been traveling with Jorge Alberto Platero Castillo and
Jose Zosimo Platero Mercado, two suspected MS-13 members from
Los Angeles. They were arrested by U.S. marshals at about 6 p.m.
Wednesday at the Vienna apartment where they were staying.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...

[nw_arizona_granny]

TerroristWarning.com Terrorism Headlines 10/21/2005 # 1

National:

[WISH TV] INDIANA - Teen Arrested After A Bomb Was Found In His Fishers Home

"14-year-old may have found bomb-making instructions on the internet"

http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3996553&nav=0Ra7

[CBC News] CANADA - Suspicious package at mayor's cottage

http://montreal.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=qc-package20051019

[ChicoER.com] CALIFORNIA - Suspicious luggage closes downtown streets for more than three hours

"Officer Ted McKinnon said the placement of the items beside a gas main, outside a federal building, warranted calling in a bomb disposal team and shutting down streets surrounding the post office"

http://www.chicoer.com/local_news/ci_3129926

[Lowell Sun] MASS - Suspicious box brings downtown to halt

http://www.lowellsun.com/local/ci_3131442

[Decatur Daily] ALABAMA - No danger in suspicious package in Madison

"Apparently one of the staff members opened a letter, it was a strange-looking letter, and they said they felt sick immediately after opening the letter,"

http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/051019/danger.shtml

[Statesman Journal] OREGON - Street closes for 90 minutes after discovery of a suspicious suitcase [False alarm]

http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051019/NEWS/510190333/1001

[ChannelCincinnati.com] OHIO - Scary Odor A Mystery

"odor gave crew members itchy, watery eyes"

http://www.channelcincinnati.com/health/5125157/detail.html

[Daily Press] VIRGINIA - Misinformation prompts local bridge-tunnel closing

"The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel was closed, but officials aren't sure why"

http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-05663sy0oct19,0,6691376.story?coll=dp-news-local-final

[CNN] MARYLAND - Officials: Tunnel threat tip came from Netherlands

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/19/baltimore.tunnel/index.html

[AP] USA - Appeals Court Allows Hatfill to Sue Times

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/19/AR2005101900274_pf.html

[SITE] USA - The Jihadi Nuclear Bomb and Methods of Nuclear Enrichment

http://www.siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications108105&Category=publications&Subcategory=0

[AACRAO] OKLAHOMA - Bloggers and Local TV Speculate about Oklahoma Student’s Suicide

"KWTZ correspondent Tamara Pratt reported that Hinrichs had spent “much of his time at the Norman mosque” and had bought an airline ticket to Algeria. Brian Eckert, News 9’s managing editor, stands
by Ms. Pratt’s report."

“no evidence of a conspiracy involving others which creates an ongoing threat to our OU community.”

http://www.aacrao.org/transcript/index.cfm?fuseaction=show_view&doc_id=2908

[Gwinnett Daily Post] GEORGIA - Police respond to package marked 'bomb'

http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=32&url_article_id=7670&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2

[East Carolinian] SOUTH CAROLINA - Suspicious backpack near Jenkins Fine Art Center gets authorities attention

http://www.theeastcarolinian.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/10/20/435700069b573

[KFSN] CALIFORNIA - IRS Employees Exposed to Suspicious Material

http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=local&id=3552306

[Eurekalert] USA - Stopping nuclear smugglers

"It's been a long day at the Port of New York and New Jersey. Officials have wasted precious time and money opening up or X-raying at least 150 incoming freight containers. They turn out to be full of
cat litter, ceramic tiles or bananas "

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-10/ns-sns101905.php

[NBC17.com] NORTH CAROLINA - Wal-Mart Evacuated After Shoppers Report Burning Eyes, Coughing

http://www.nbc17.com/news/5129983/detail.html

[Voices Magazine / Jim Kouri] USA - Former Navy Officer Arrested For Arms Trafficking

",said he made the illegal exports at the direction of Arif Ali Durrani, a Pakistani national convicted in 1987 of exporting missile guidance systems to Iran"

http://voicesmag.com/Archives/kouri/former_navy_officer_arrested_102005.htm

[WGRZ] NEW YORK - Explosive Day in WNY [ ATF Drill ]

http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=32478

[Collegiate Times] VIRGINIA - Animal rights activists shouldn't be labeled as terrorists [ TW Editors Note: We disagree ]

http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/2/ARTICLE/5914/2005-10-20.html?sid=09045d244ea2ab4e70ce9bc56cc58312

[Amador Ledger-Dispatch] CALIFORNIA - Three ELF defendants plead guilty to arson charges [Earth Liberation Front]

"22-year-old Newcastle man, linked to an environmental terrorist group, pleaded guilty in federal court in Sacramento on Friday to three felonies in the February arson that damaged the Pine Woods
apartment complex in Sutter Creek and earlier attempts to burn two buildings in Placer County"

http://www.ledger-dispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=170759

[BBC] USA / VENEZUELA - US planning invasion, says Chavez

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4359386.stm

International:

[Pravda] RUSSIA - Chechen terrorists rumored to possess nuclear weapons provided by disgraced Russian oligarch

http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/88/354/16321_Berezovsky.html

[AP] UNITED KINGDOM - British Newspaper Says It Believes Reporter Kidnapped in Iraq

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBIJAFOZEE.html

[Voices Magzaine] NORTH KOREA / USA - Any N. Korean Nuclear Agreement Needs Verification: Rumsfeld

http://voicesmag.com/Archives/News/oct2005/any_nkorean_nuclear_verification_rumsfeld_101805.htm

[Reuters] BANGLADESH - Bangladesh judge hurt in bomb attack

"homemade bomb exploded as he just got out of a car in front of his house in the city if Sylhet"

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-10-19T084007Z_01_MOR931179_RTRUKOC_0_US-BANGLADESH-BOMB.xml&archived=False

[DPA] BANGLADESH - Police unearth bomb factory in Bangladesh mosque

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2005/October/subcontinent_October758.xml&section=subcontinent&col=

[Ahwaz] IRAN - Iran-UK Relations Threatened as New Bomb is "Discovered

"security forces claimed they had foiled an attempt to blow up the Kianpars bridge in Ahwaz City"

http://www.ahwaz.org.uk/2005/10/iran-uk-relations-threatened-as-new.html

[AFX] TURKEY - Bomb blasts hit southeast Turkey, no casualties

"Two separate bomb blasts rocked the mainly Kurdish southeastern Turkish cities of Batman and Yuksekova "

http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/10/20/afx2288692.html

[Radio Polonia] POLAND - Bomb alert jams traffic in Polish capital

http://www.radio.com.pl/polonia/article.asp?tId=28779&j=2

[Times of India] INDIA - 'Bomb' sends police in a tizzy

"suspicious object, which was presumed to be a bomb, was found on the railway track near Kalasamudram village in Kadiri"

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1267373.cms

[Xinhua] ARGENTINA - Bomb explodes in Argentina prior to Bush's visit

"Argentina has seen a series of attacks targeting US banks and businesses with substantial US investment in the past two weeks."

http://english.people.com.cn/200510/20/eng20051020_215536.html

[Bangkok Post] THAILAND - Militants bomb train carrying troops but none hurt in blasts

"three bombs, believed to have weighed 15kg each, were made out of fire extinguishers stuffed with explosives. They were buried under the tracks."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/20Oct2005_news07.php

[Narromine News and Trangie Advocate] AUSTRALIA - Suspicious substance discovered

http://narromine.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=432660&y=2005&m=10

[Reuters] RUSSIA - Chechen police chief orders masked men to be shot

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1885962.htm

[PTI] SRI LANKA - Tighter security for Lanka candidates amid suicide bomb fears

"fears that Tamil tigers may resort to suicide bombings against key politicians "

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200510201614.htm

[Taiwan News] TAIWAN / CHINA - Taiwan could be 'swallowed' by PRC, European scholar says

"scholar said that if Taiwan refuses to reunify with China on Beijing's terms, then China will use ballistic missiles to attack the island by 2014 or set up a naval blockade of the island"

http://www.etaiwannews.com/showPage.php?setupFile=showcontent.xml&menu_item_id=MI-1123666634&did=d_1129772039_51984_46462c1562bad208_10&area=taiwan&area_code=00000

[AFP] FRANCE - EU troops stage exercise based on protecting an oil-rich country

http://www.spacewar.com/2005/051019131749.6vku6jmw.html

[Xinhua] PHILIPPINES - 2002 Bali bombers hiding in Mindanao: Military

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-10/19/content_3647345.htm

[The Media Line] USA - Jihadist Forums - Producing a More Savvy Next Generation

"Jihadist groups operating online appear to be raising awareness about information and communications security, and stressing the importance of technical know-how in conducting successful
operations"

http://themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=11566

[Mirror] PAKISTAN - 79,000 DIE And quake toll includes al-Qaeda terrorists

"it was also revealed that hundreds of al-Qaeda terrorists had perished in several of their training camps which were destroyed"

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16270767&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=79-000-die--name_page.html

[The Peninsula] AFGHANISTAN - Afghan official shot dead in mosque [While saying prayers]

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=Philippines+%26+South+Asia&month=October2005&file=World_News2005102032713.xml

[Reuters] IRAQ - U.S. says kills senior Qaeda leader in west Iraq

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-10-20T134614Z_01_ROB049548_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-MILITANT.xml&archived=False

[Sun Star] PHILIPPINES - Huge cache of explosives, guns confiscated from rebel camp

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2005/10/21/news/huge.cache.of.explosives.guns.confiscated.from.rebel.camp.html

[Strategy Page] SAUDI ARABIA - The Lesser of Two Evils in Saudi Arabia

"October 13th, a new Islamic terrorist group announced its formation in Saudi Arabia. The “Echo of Tuwayq Brigades in al-Zulfa" declared themselves part of the Organization of al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula"

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/urbang/articles/20051020.aspx