Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Thirty-One

[nw_arizona_granny]

Well, you know, that it is not what you know in this world, but who you know, that gets you ahead of the pack, safely.

I read and then read more and still do not understand what is going on.

N.Y. is not in any danger, but we are going to get ready for the danger that does not exist.

The Avian Flu is not attacking humans, but millions of people are terrified, around the world.

Just in case.

Has the world tilted and we are all slipping into nothing.

If I had to decide anything about the flu, maybe it would be that it is not the birds who will spread the flu, but instead it will be spread by a terrorist, as the Norovirus appears to be, hitting the 'luxury' groups of people.

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/10/20051020-3.html

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 20, 2005

United Nations Day, 2005
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America



Sixty years ago, the United Nations was created to spread hope and liberty, fight poverty and disease, and help secure human rights and human dignity for people everywhere. On United Nations Day, we recommit ourselves to the ideals on which this organization was founded.

Throughout history, the human spirit has been tested by the forces of darkness and evil. Since its founding in the aftermath of World War II, the United Nations has worked to solve problems and harness the best instincts of humankind. Today, we must continue efforts to ease suffering, spread freedom, and lay the foundations of lasting peace for our children and grandchildren.

In the aftermath of last year's tsunami in the Indian Ocean region and this month's earthquakes in South Asia, we have witnessed the great capacity of human compassion. The support from the United Nations demonstrated how nations of the world can unite in common purpose to address difficult challenges. This enduring truth inspired those who created the United Nations, and it continues to do so 60 years later. With courage and conscience, we will meet our responsibilities to protect the lives and rights of others. As we do this, we will help fulfill the great promise of the United Nations, ensuring that all people can enjoy the peace, freedom, and dignity our Creator intended.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby

proclaim October 24, 2005, as United Nations Day. I urge the Governors of the 50 States, the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the officials of other areas under the flag of the United States to honor the observance of United Nations Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.

GEORGE W. BUSH

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[LucyT]

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[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1507521/posts?page=5

Nigeria - Airliner reported missing
AFP via Babelfish translation | October 22, 2005

Posted on 10/22/2005 8:04:37 PM PDT by HAL9000

An airliner missing reported Nigerian

LAGOS - an airliner Nigerian has been reported missing for
more than eight hours and of the helicopters were launched to
its research, announced to Sunday a spokesman of the airport
authorities of Lagos, Adamu Abdullahi.

"It acted of the flight of the company Bellview Airlines of Lagos
with Abuja, which took off with 19H50 local, Saturday evening.
Two helicopters of the police force left to its recherche',
specified the spokesman.

(There is a report from the airport that it could have been hijacked.)

http://news.google.com/news?client=googlet&q=plane+crash&sa=N&tab=wn

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507534/posts


Laws will expose 80 Muslim suspects
The Australian ^ | 22 Oct 05 | Cameron Stewart

Posted on 10/22/2005 9:09:55 PM PDT by Fair Go

Laws will expose 80 Muslim suspects Cameron Stewart 22oct05

UP to 80 Australian Muslims could immediately be placed under
effective house arrest under the Government's proposed anti-terror
laws.

The laws mean they could each be required to wear tracking devices,
or prevented from working, or using the telephone or internet, or
communicating with certain people. For the first time, the laws will
cover the estimated 80 Australians who have received or provided
training with a listed terrorist organisation before 2002.

Previously, the Government has had no effective powers over these
people, almost all of whom are Muslims, because laws prohibiting
training with terrorist groups came into force only in July 2002 and
were not retrospective.

However, under the proposed new laws, such people can be subjected
to tough so-called control orders if authorities still believe they pose a
security risk.

The provisions, which until now have escaped public scrutiny, are
aimed at helping authorities monitor people who have trained with
terror groups and are still deemed to pose a potential risk.

However, they will anger critics of the laws, who will argue they can
be misused to "heavy" anyone purely on the basis that they have had
past links with groups that are now illegal.

The Australian Muslim Civil Rights Advocacy Network slammed the
proposed laws yesterday as "a backdoor way to limit the freedoms of
people who can't be found guilty of a crime".

(continued at above link).

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=oilforfood

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ON THE NET...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,173039,00.html
"U.N. Procurement Scandal: Ties to Saddam and Al Qaeda"
Friday, October 21, 2005
By Claudia Rosett and George Russell
NEW YORK

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ON THE NET...

http://www.memri.org/bin/search/search.cgi?nocpp=1&p%3Ats_udav=0&sort-method=3&Match=1&Terms=%22oil+for+food%22&Realm=All
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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA20505
Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 205
February 9, 2005 No.205
"MEMRI Senior Analyst's Testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on International Relations about the Volcker UN Oil-for-Food Report"
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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA19304
Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 193
October 27, 2004 No.193
"Saddam's Oil Vouchers Revisited"
By Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli*.
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http://memri.org/bin/media.cgi?ID=83004
"April 26, 2004, Federal News Service, 'The Iraq Oil For Food Program: Starving For Accountality'."
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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA17204
Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 172
April 21, 2004 No.172
"MEMRI Analyst's Testimony Before Congress on the U.N. 'Oil for Food' Scandal"
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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA16404
Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 164
February 20, 2004 No.164
"The Saddam Oil Vouchers Affair"
By Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli*.
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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA16004
Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 160
January 29, 2004 No.160
"The Beneficiaries of Saddam's Oil Vouchers: The List of 270"
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http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=iraq&ID=SP38202
Special Dispatch Series - No. 382
May 20, 2002 No.382
"Iraq Buys and Smuggles Its Way Out of UN Sanctions"

[LibertyRocks]

Google Search Results - Oct. 22, 2005
THREAT + SCHOOL

Watertown, SD
Boy arrested after bomb threat
Police say a 15-year-old boy faces charges of making terrorist threats after a bomb threat forced Watertown authorities to check all 16 schools in the city on Friday.

Bellingham, WA
'Hit list' found at Blaine High School
A "hit list" threatening the lives of 13 boys and the Blaine High School principal caused many students to avoid school Friday.
A Blaine High School student found a note in the school hallway Wednesday afternoon with the words "hit list" written across the top, said Blaine Police Chief Mike Haslip.

Bellefonte, PA
Students face charges in Bellefonte bomb scares
Police say they will charge two students for allegedly making bomb threats at Bellefonte's middle school and high school this week.
A 17-year-old student at Bellefonte Area High School is thought to have called in the threat about 2:20 p.m. Monday, according to Bellefonte police Cpl. Daniel Holliday. Students were evacuated to the stadium, where they were dismissed at the regular time. The next day, a threatening note found about 1:45 p.m. in the sixth-grade hallway at Bellefonte Area Middle School cleared that school. An 11-year-old boy is thought to be responsible for that threat, Holliday said.

Bessemer, PA
Parents warned of poem threat at Mohawk High
Mohawk High School students came home Friday with a letter informing parents that Pennsylvania State Police were notified about a poem found Friday afternoon on the wall of a boys' restroom stall.
The poem said: "Need Time To Think, Need Time to Think, Need to Spill Blood So I can Drink."

Sarasota, FL
Boy arrested for making threat
(9 year old child)
An Emma Booker Elementary School student was arrested Thursday for drawing threatening pictures of his teacher, a police report stated.
According to a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office report, the boy allegedly drew a picture of his teacher being cut with a chain saw.

Pennsylvania
Latest bomb threat at SA another hoax
A third bomb threat at South Allegheny High/Middle School in less than three weeks turned out to be a hoax.
Liberty Police Officer Ray Johnson said he received a call Wednesday at 2:07 p.m. about a written bomb threat on an inside wall of the school.

SUSPICIOUS DEVICE

Boston, MA
Police Investigate Suspicious Device in Pumpkin
(On the Boston Commons during Pumpkin Festival - Pumpkin was detonated - authorities believe it was just a hoax at this time - LR)
Authorities responded to a report of a suspicious item at the park at about 2 p.m., where according to witnesses, a suspect was in the area where pumpkins were displayed and removed the top of one of the pumpkins and filled in with items including multi-colored wires, placed the pumpkin back on the ground and fled the scene, police said.

BOMB THREATS
********** PLEASE NOTE - Next two stories are conflicting reports **********
Pocatello, ID
Bus Bomb Update
Anti-terrorist task forces in Idaho and Utah are tracking down leads in a bomb threat that stranded a passenger bus near Malad for several hours.
(...)Federal officials are not saying whether the bomb threat was a hoax, or part of a more elaborate terrorist operation.

Police say bus bomb threat was a hoax HAZELTON, Idaho Idaho State Police say a bomb threat that prompted authorities to stop two buses in southern Idaho was a hoax.
Police say investigators did not find any bombs on the buses, which were headed for destinations in California via Salt Lake City.
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Man held for psych exam after bomb threat in D.C.
WASHINGTON -- A young man was taken for a psychiatric examination Friday after telling police there was a bomb in his car in front of the Capitol. Police exploded a package inside the vehicle as a precaution.

Pennsville Twp., New Jersey
Pennsville bomb probe continues
Police are continuing their investigation into the bomb scare that caused the evacuation of Pennsville Memorial High School Wednesday.
Police have said that the department has a no tolerance policy and will prosecute those involved in the incident.

Berrien Co., MI
Teen accused of calling in bomb threat
(Berrien County, October 21, 2005, 9:20 p.m.) A 16-year-old boy is in police custody, accused of calling in a bomb threat that forced lockdowns Thursday at some West Michigan schools.
Investigators tell 24 Hour News 8 that the suspect is a student at Coloma High School.

Marshall Co., TX
Police Arrest Two in Marshall County
Following a fierce investigation, two suspects have been arrested in connection to a bomb scare in Marshall County.
After the Kingston police found two homemade bombs within blocks of each other yesterday, authorities say a total of 28 bombs were recovered.

[LibertyRocks]

Sorry about the small text, I must've missed closing an HTML tag. I hope this doesn't mess up the thread... If need be the above post can be deleted and I can re-post with proper formatting. Many apologies!

[Cindy]

Thanks Liberty Rocks.

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507518/posts


Rioting erupts on Birmingham streets (England)
Guardian ^ | 10/23/05 | Press Association

Posted on 10/22/2005 7:44:31 PM PDT by Pikamax

Rioting erupts on Birmingham streets

One man killed, many hurt as racial tensions overflow

Press Association Sunday October 23, 2005 The Observer

One man was killed and a police officer was injured in clashes in the
Lozells area of Birmingham last night. The riot, between Asian and
black youths, broke out after a public meeting was held about an
alleged sex attack on a teenage girl. Tensions have been high in the
area since the alleged attack took place several days ago. It is
claimed the girl - an illegal immigrant - had been kidnapped and
raped by three men.

At one point, a group of more than 100 hooded youths ran through the
streets, attacking cars and motorists with baseball bats. Several cars
were overturned and at least one was set alight. The mob was chased
by police carrying riot shields.

One bystander said: 'I'm caught between two rolling police roadblocks
and can see hundreds of police dressed in riot gear advancing towards
the crowds to push them back.' An ambulance was reportedly attacked
by youths wielding sticks.

India Murray, landlady of the Union Inn on Gerrard Street, said all the
windows of her pub had been smashed. 'The police are at the top of
the road in their riot wagons and helicopters are everywhere,' she
said. Mrs Murray added that tensions had been mounting in the area
with outbreaks of sporadic violence. 'It has been building up for the
past few days,' she said.

A police spokeswoman confirmed one officer had been injured and
that there had been a fatality, though the cause of the death was not
known. However, one man, who declined to be named, said the
person who died had been stabbed outside a Caribbean food shop. A
lot of other people had been hurt, he added.

The Lozells area has a strong African-Caribbean presence, the biggest
contingent of which comes from Jamaica. Asian gangs have also
sprung up in the area and there has been simmering tension between
the two racial groups. Often trouble has related to drugs - mainly
heroin - and gun crime.

Asian gangs used to operate in partnership with black gangs. But the
two sides have now evolved into opposing crime syndicates, and even
the black gangs are divided and violent towards each other.

[LibertyRocks]

You're welcome! (o:

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for the school reports.

You do a good job of gathering the important facts.

[Cindy]

It looks fine to me.

[LibertyRocks]

OK, Cool... Thanks. (o:

[LibertyRocks]

Thanks! It's been an eye-opener so far. I can't believe how many bomb threats and such in our schools. Don't know if this is a new thing, or whether we just didn't hear about it when I was in school (no internet). Still kinda scary though...

[Cindy]

Updates appreciated as to why the 2 men had 28 bombs.

[Cindy]

Additional link to monitor the updates on the Idaho situation:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://www.kpvi.com/index.cfm%3Fpage%3Dnbcheadlines.cfm%26ID%3D29072

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.altavista.com/news/results?q=%22bus+bomb%22&nc=0&nr=0&nd=2

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ie=UTF-8&q=%22Bus+Bomb%22&btnG=Search+News

[Cindy]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46985

"ACLU allied with porn industry?
Former Justice consultant blasts group's support of 'live sex shows'"
Posted: October 22, 2005
2:40 p.m. Eastern

by James L. Lambert
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com

[Cindy]

Note: The following text is an exact quote:
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051078.txt

NEWS RELEASE
HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND
7115 South Boundary Boulevard
MacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101
Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894
October 22, 2005
Release Number: 05-10-78


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


COALITION FORCES RAID HUSAYBAH FOREIGN FIGHTER SAFE HOUSES

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Twenty terrorists suspected of sheltering al Qaeda in Iraq foreign fighters were killed and one captured during Coalition raids on a series of safe houses in Husaybah Oct. 22.

Coalition forces raided two neighborhoods in Husaybah and discovered two large weapons caches containing small arms, ammunition, rocket propelled grenades, mortar rounds, explosives, and bomb making materials to include radios and detonators.

Additionally, a vehicle bomb was also located near one of the terrorist safe houses.

Coalition forces destroyed the vehicle bomb, five safe houses and caches using precision guided munitions upon departure from the area.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS-IRAQ,

BY E-MAIL AT MNCI-PAO-VICTORYMAINJOC@IRAQ.CENTCOM.MIL.

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