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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.

YOU be the judge and get informed!

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

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

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[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507328/posts

FDNY chief: We're training for nukes
NY Daily News ^ | 10/22/05 | RICH SCHAPIRO

Posted on 10/22/2005 10:33:39 AM PDT by jimbo123

Terrorists attacking New York City with a crude nuclear weapon or a
dirty bomb are among the main threats the FDNY is preparing for, the
department's top disaster planner said yesterday.

Chief Joseph Pfeifer told a panel of security experts the FDNY is
rapidly transforming itself into a terrorism-ready force that is
equipped to respond to such potentially catastrophic attacks.

"It's the training we do that'll make the difference between who gets
saved and who doesn't get saved," Pfeifer said at the Council on
Foreign Relations on E.68thSt.

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[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507296/posts


U.S.: Zarqawi's Connections Grow Globally
AP ^ | October 22 2005 | KATHERINE SHRADER

Posted on 10/22/2005 9:47:24 AM PDT by jmc1969

U.S. intelligence officials say Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has expanded his
terrorism campaign in Iraq to extremists in two dozen terror groups
scattered across almost 40 countries, creating a network that rivals
Osama bin Laden's.

In figures not made public before, counterterrorism officials say that
Zarqawi's network of contacts has grown dramatically since the
U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and now includes associates in nearly
40 countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe.

Those Muslim extremists are members of at least 24 groups, from
Hezbollah in Lebanon to much smaller organizations in Indonesia.

Al-Zarqawi is now seen as the top general who is putting in place
al-Qaida's long campaign to establish an Islamic society throughout
the Middle East, with Iraq at its heart.

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[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507099/posts


Pakistani jihadis adopting earthquake orphans
Rediff/India Defence/Additional Sources ^

Posted on 10/21/2005 9:22:02 PM PDT by Dyaus Pitar

The Muttehida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an alliance of six pro-Taliban
religious parties, has given a countrywide call through mosque
loudspeakers, banners and pamphlets for pure muslims to adopt
children orphaned in the October 8 earthquake.

'We have come to know that the [Pervez] Musharraf regime has
decided to hand over the orphans and unaccompanied children to
Christian missionaries and the Aga Khan Development Network
(AKDN),' said Naimatullah Khan, the former mayor of Karachi.

AKDN, which plays a key role in primary/secondary level education in
Pakistan, has been given the task of revamping the curriculum, and
the jihadis are venomous about it.

They accuse it of promoting secularism and eliminating jihad through
the new curriculum expected to be implemented soon.

(Excerpt) Read more at india-defence.com ...

[nw_arizona_granny]

AL-QAEDA TERRORISTS INFILTRATE THE
CARIBBEAN
Terrorism Monitor Journal ^ | october 21, 2005 | Chris Zambelis

Posted on 10/22/2005 10:23:13 AM PDT by ArkansasConcervative

Al-Qaeda’s Inroads into the Caribbean

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507322/posts#comment
By Chris Zambelis

Security threats emanating from the Caribbean Basin typically revolve
around its position as a key trans-shipment point for South American
narcotics to the United States and Europe, as well as illegal
immigration, money laundering, and other forms of banking and
document fraud. Indeed, organized criminal networks from as far
away as Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Asia, in addition to
U.S. and South American organizations, have a formidable presence in
the region.

In the wake of the September 11 attacks, however, many observers
began to look at the region’s potential as a base of operations for
radical Islamist terrorist organizations such as al-Qaeda to stage
attacks against the U.S. and its interests in the Western Hemisphere.
Upon cursory examination, the region’s geographic proximity to the
U.S., porous borders, widespread poverty and endemic corruption,
energy reserves, not to mention the tens of thousands of Americans
and Europeans who vacation there at any given time of the year,
make it an attractive target.

The potential threat of al-Qaeda using the Caribbean Basin as a base
of operations came to the fore when allegations circulated that Adnan
G. El-Shukrijumah, a known al-Qaeda operative, was reportedly
spotted in Honduras in June 2004. Despite a lack of hard evidence,
U.S. and regional security officials believe that Shukrijumah’s alleged
presence in the region stemmed from an al-Qaeda plot to link up with
Central American gangs such as Mara Salvatrucha (MS) and Mara 18th
Street (M18). U.S. Panamanian officials reported that Shukrijumah
was in Panama as early as April 2001, possibly surveying high-value
targets such as the Panama Canal, after which it is alleged he visited
several neighboring countries [1]. Trinidadian sources go a step
further and tie Shukrijumah to the Darul Uloom, an Islamic institute in
Trinidad, and claim he may have infiltrated Central America via
Trinidad and Tobago with a Trinidadian, Guyanese, or Canadian
passport [2].

[nw_arizona_granny]

This December 2001 report on Terrorist ships, reminds me that I have not found anything on the al Qaeda navy in a long time.......granny
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Hunt for 20 terror
ships

The Armada of Terror

War on Terrorism: Observer
special

Martin Bright, Paul Harrisand and
Nick Paton Walsh
Sunday December 23, 2001
The Observer

British and American intelligence
services are hunting the world for at
least 20 ships thought to make up a
terrorist fleet linked to Osama bin
Laden's al-Qaeda group, The Observer
can reveal.

Security and shipping sources said
British, US and European intelligence
services have been desperately searching
for bin Laden's 'phantom fleet' amid
fears the vessels could be carrying
poisons, explosives or weapons.

The ships were identified at least three
months ago as a result of a joint
intelligence operation thought to be led
by the Norwegian security service and
America's CIA with the help of
international shipping registries.

The search has been hampered by the
controversial 'flags of convenience'
system, under which many ships are
registered as Panamanian, Liberian or
Cypriot to avoid stringent checks on their
crews and cargoes.

News of the hunt broke as British
anti-terrorist officers continue to search
the London-bound MV Nisha, seized off
the south coast of England on Friday in a
dramatic raid by Royal Navy units,
including the Special Boat Service
(SBS). The ship, which lay off Sandown
Bay in the Isle of Wight last night, was
flying the flag of St Vincent and the
Grenadines, in the West Indies. The tiny
Caribbean nation has a population of just
111,000, but 1,336 vessels fly its flag.

The boat was initially thought to be the
first of the 20 ships to be boarded. No
explosives or ammunition had been
found by last night. The vessel was
carrying raw sugar to a Tate and Lyle
refinery on the Thames when an
intelligence tip-off warned British
authorities that it could be carrying
'terrorist material'.

Whitehall sources moved to play down
links between the Nisha and the
worldwide search for the other ships,
saying the boarding was a 'belt-and
braces job' at a time of high alert.

The dawn raid on the ship by the SBS
and the Metropolitan Police Special
Branch came after the tip off from a
foreign intelligence service that a ship
like the Nisha, carrying explosives, was
due to dock in London.

Shipping experts have expressed fears
about the vulnerability of targets in the
City of London to attack from the river.
The Nisha would have passed Canary
Wharf, the capital's highest building.

Shipping unions last night said the
system of controls for the international
merchant shipping fleet was ripe for
abuse by terrorists.

'We warned about this right after the 11
September attacks. There is a complete
lack of regulation in the industry.
Perhaps now people will start to listen to
us,' said David Cockcroft, general
secretary of the International Transport
Workers Federation.

Andrew Linington of the British National
Union of Marine Aviation and Shipping
Transport Officers called on the
Government to tighten the UK port
regulations.

On almost every level, the system is
open to abuse,' he said. US ports now
demanded 96 hours notice before any
ship docks and a full list of crew in
advance. Britain should do the same, he
said.

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:y6doZZUUxEIJ:observer.guardian.co.uk/waronterrorism/story/0,1373,624259,00.html+Special+Branch+in+Terrorist+Hunt&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet

Found in this search:

http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=Special%20Branch%20in%20Terrorist%20Hunt

[JustPiper]

U.S.: Zarqawi's Connections Grow Globally
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051022/ap_on_re_mi_ea/hunting_zarqawi

More than 53 million Muslims in Europe
Survey shows Islam on the rise across continent
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46965

OKC BOMBING FALLOUT
Oklahoma City FBI surrenders documents to court
Suit seeks information that could prove prior knowledge of blast plot
(Jayna told us this lonnnnnnng ago)

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46983

Syria disputes U.N. Hariri report
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/22/hariri.syria/index.html

[JustPiper]

Well between work and no pc yet I sure cannot keep up here
;(

[JustPiper]

Yes...

Falcons


Holy Crap V! Have we been looking in the wrong place all along?!

[JustPiper]

I am so blessed prayers are answered on the diminishing of Wilma

[JustPiper]

mark

[JustPiper]

http://www.drudgereport.com/#plutonium

[JustPiper]

CIA Leak Special Counsel Launches Website...



http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/iln/osc/index.html

[JustPiper]

SALZBURG, Austria (AP) Officials say an explosion has hit a street in Salzburg, wounding several people.

[JustPiper]

'Iraq is black hole for training terror'
http://www.upi.com/SecurityTerrorism/view.php?StoryID=20051021-124745-7901r

http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe=utf8&persist=1&hl=en&client=google&ncl=http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htterr/articles/20051021.aspx

Tajik government issues hijab ban


Friday 21 October 2005, 15:11 Makka Time, 12:11 GMT

More than 90% of Tajikistan is Muslim
The Tajik Education Ministry has banned female students from wearing Islamic headscarves in secular schools.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/CDFBF5E7-FC12-45E3-BC35-C4A5B2D30455.htm

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:slvg4AyRmP0J:www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/print%3Fid%3D35609423+Muslimeen+Leaders+Million-Dollar+Properties&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet

Muslimeen soldiers run EMA off Valencia quarry
An investigation by CAMINI MARAJH
Sunday, August 29th 2004

Energy Minister Eric Williams (left), the man who says that Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr has a legitimate licence to mine State quarrying
lands, on a walkabout with Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Mark Guerra (middle), slain gangland boss and a key


Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr-the man identified by Energy Minister Eric Williams
as the principal behind the defunct Dar-ul-Islam-is using an expired lease with a 26-year-old
debt to the State to stake a multi-million-dollar mining claim to State lands in Valencia.

And, he's getting away with it.

Sunday Express investigations have found that the one-year lease from more than 20 years
ago on which Bakr has relied to make his claim-and which Williams insists is a "legitimate
licence" to mine State lands inside of Tattoo Trace in Valencia-is in arrears to the tune of
$30,000.

The outstanding royalties owed to the State date back more than 20 years, according to
sources, and do not include accrued interest.

Williams has refused to discuss the details of Bakr's land mining arrangement with the ruling
PNM Government, save to say that the former coup leader has a "legitimate licence" to mine
State lands in Valencia. That the licence in question has long been expired or was issued to a
religious organisation that is now defunct, appear to be of little interest to the Manning
administration, which, on the evidence assembled so far, seems to have facilitated the
Muslimeen's renegade quarrying operations in the Valencia, Toco area.

Sunday Express investigations found that Muslimeen soldiers have used the Dar ul Islam
agreement as a cover to launch wildcat quarrying operations in lucrative State-owned
reserves since December 2002, extracting State property, namely sand and gravel, and selling
it back to Government-run agencies, including the regional corporations and the
Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) for millions of dollars.

Sources, speaking on condition of strict anonymity, report the Muslimeen's use of strong-arm
tactics in appropriating excavators and tractors from equipment operators for their own use.
Muslimeen soldiers have reportedly used threats, backed by the presence of gun-toting men,
to run off legitimate quarry operators, farmers and even Government officials from what MP for
the area, Roger Boynes, described as "the Wild, Wild West".

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I was sure this would have gold, oil and diamonds, but it does not, appears that if you are mean enough, there is a profit in gravel too.)

From:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet&q=Muslimeen+Leaders+Million-Dollar+Properties&spell=1

[Cindy]

INTERNET-HAGANAH.US: "'WHAT WOULD ALLAH DO?' - Regarding Yemen's Attempt to Rehabilitate Jihadis" by Aaron Weisburd (October 22, 2005)

FrontPageMagazine.com: "YEMEN'S CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE" by Jane Novak (October 20, 2005)

[JustPiper]

Scary Odor A Mystery
(Ohio)
http://www.channelcincinnati.com/health/5125157/detail.html

IRS Employees Exposed to Suspicious Material
(Fresno)
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=local&id=3552306

Wal-Mart Evacuated After Shoppers Report Burning Eyes, Coughing
Police Unsure What Caused Customers To Become Ill
http://www.nbc17.com/news/5129983/detail.html

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Officials: Dutch prisoner gave tunnel tip
No plot uncovered but investigation continuing, authorities say
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/19/baltimore.tunnel/index.html

The Jihadi Nuclear Bomb and Methods of Nuclear Enrichment
http://www.siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications108105&Category=publications&Subcategory=0

Bloggers and Local TV Speculate about Oklahoma Student’s Suicide
http://www.aacrao.org/transcript/index.cfm?fuseaction=show_view&doc_id=2908

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

US planning invasion, says Chavez

Washington officially sees Hugo Chavez as an unfriendly leader
Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, says he is in possession of intelligence showing that the United States plans to invade his country.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4359386.stm

[JustPiper]

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

An anonymous man says that fugitive Russian oligarch, Boris Berezovsky, is personally interested in the continuation of the war in Chechnya

http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/88/354/16321_Berezovsky.html
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Bomb explodes in Argentina prior to Bush's visit

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

Thanks Granny for the link.

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http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Terrorism&loid=8.0.221749664&par=0

[Cindy]

THANKS for the links JP.

Don't work too hard and take care of yourself.