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Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat

Thread Thirty-One (Index)

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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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[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

http://www.internet-haganah.us/jihadi/HuT.html

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ON THE NET...

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=19946
"Islamophobia?"
By Daniel Pipes
FrontPageMagazine.com | October 25, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "An Islamist group named Hizb ut-Tahrir seeks to bring the world under Islamic law and advocates suicide attacks against Israelis. Facing proscription in Great Britain, it opened a clandestine front operation at British universities called “Stop Islamophobia,” the Sunday Times has revealed.

Stop what, you ask?"

[Cindy]

Thanks Deetes for a ping to this thread:
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508707/posts

"Germany - 25 migratory birds found dead"
AFP via Babelfish translation | October 25, 2005

Posted on 10/25/2005 1:27:18 AM PDT by HAL9000

[LibertyRocks]

Thanks granny! I'll try to get a hold of those two movies, and if I can't I'll make sure the oldest reads "Grapes of Wrath". I've never read it myself, so I guess we'll read it together! (o:

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

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

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ON THE NET...

http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/10/242005e.asp
"Cuba's Religion Minister Calls Gospel Printing Operation 'Dangerous'
Regime's Religious Freedom Rhetoric Rings Hollow as Atheist Official Issues Menacing Critique"
By Allie Martin
October 24, 2005

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "(AgapePress) - Cuba's Minister of Religion claims a Christian pastor in that country was engaged in subversive and dangerous actions. The church leader's alleged crime, apparently, was printing the Gospel of John."

[LibertyRocks]

Search Results 10/24:

BOMB RELATED:

Boston Pumpkin Festival - Follow-up article: Police arrest man in pumpkin bomb scare
10/24/05 - BOSTON
About 8,000 revelers gathered Saturday on the Boston Common to try to break the Guinness Book of World Records' listing for the largest display of lit jack-o'-lanterns. Among them was Thomas Brato, 33, who police said had a different kind of firework in mind.
Brato placed a couple of bags of powder and some wiring inside one of the carved-out gourds, police said. As he walked away into a crowd, he told a nearby firefighter to ''have fun in eternity," police said

Charlotte, NC:
Pipe Bomb Explodes In Neighborhood Park
A pipe bomb ripped through a trash an at a neighborhood park in south Mecklenburg County.
Officials said it happened at Six-Mile Creek Park. That's on Marvin Road between Wade Ardrey and Patterson roads.

Richmond, VA:
Bomb squad disables device at courthouse
A suspicious package that contained what authorities believe was a bomb was seen in the mail at the U.S. Courthouse yesterday and handled by the Richmond police bomb squad.
U.S. Postal Inspector D.E. Wood said the return address indicated the package came from a federal prison. "We believe it's an actual device," Wood said.
(...)Authorities said black powder found in the package will be analyzed to be sure that it is an explosive. Courthouse employees said they were told the package contained wires, a battery, a switch, a light bulb and nails.

COLLEGE CAMPUS RELATED:

PA:
Police: Bomb threat made on Old Main
10/24/05 - Penn State
Police are investigating a bomb threat received by a staff member at about 10 a.m. Friday at Old Main, Penn State University Police said.
University police Assistant Director Tyrone Parham said the building was evacuated while police officers used a bomb detection dog to search for explosives. Old Main remained open for business throughout the rest of the day.

SCHOOL + THREAT

Watertown, SD Update:
Boy arrested after bomb threat
WATERTOWN (AP) - 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.

Evanston, IL (not HS Threat - these are other threats):
Boy arrested in connection with school bomb threats
Police arrested a middle-school student Thursday in connection with two bomb threats made against Evanston schools earlier this month.
The unidentified 14-year-old boy was taken into custody Thursday afternoon at Nichols Middle School, 800 Greenleaf St., where he is in eighth grade, said Deputy Chief Joseph Bellino of Evanston Police Department

Syracuse, NY
Music teacher receives probation for bomb threats
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A 28-year-old former music teacher was given five years' probation Monday for making bomb threats at the elementary school where she worked.
Anna Markle, of North Syracuse, pleaded guilty to one of four counts of first-degree falsely reporting an incident in a plea agreement with prosecutors. She could have received a maximum prison term of up to four years.

[Cindy]

Thank you Liberty Rocks.
The links look interesting.

[Cindy]

ON THE NET...

CNS NEWS.com: "IRANIAN DISSIDENTS SQUARE OFF IN DC" (October 25, 2005) (Read More...)

CNS NEWS.com: "IRAN SEEKS TO 'BROADEN TIES' WITH RUSSIANS AMID NUKE TENSIONS" by Sergei Blagov (October 24, 2005) (Read More...)

[nw_arizona_granny]

I cannot open this site, it says that it is:

Independent Media Grop in Damascus and came in a google alert.

http://www.champress.net/english/index.php?page=show_det&id=785


Statement of Damascus Condemns the US Threats and Mehlis Report
شام برس - Syria
... President Bashar al-Assad's photos and banners that voice the firm ... " The
committee can't free itself from ... in each of Syria , Lebanon and the Arab and Foreign

[Cindy]

WorldNetDaily.com: "ACLU's 'RAMPAGE' ON 'JESUS' PRAYERS CHALLENGED Opponent cites 'intolerance for Christianity' as it vows to fight legal group" (October 25, 2005) (Read More...)

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for digging up the scuba diver photo, does make one give thought to the cuba/iran/mexico connections.

But first thing that comes to my mind, are the sunken nuclear bombs, lost in the ocean for many years and I doubt still useable, but still a temptation to those who want to do evil.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for the report.

Did you stop and think about the connection to the pumpkin bomb in Venezuela in post #4011?

It makes me think that this is going to be a dangerous week, with all the pumpkins that are floating around.

They are getting to us, one by one, "gift Boxes" have bombs, as to lost briefcases and now pumpkins.

It has been many years since I read the Grapes of Wrath, you may want to read it or check it out, before giving it to a kid to read.

It was an ugly time in this country, but a real time too.

[LibertyRocks]

No, I missed that one in Venezuela. Thanks for pointing it out!

I will definitely check over the book before giving it to my daughter. Thanks for the reminder though. (o: She's almost 14 and pretty mature (also reads at a college level), but there's still stuff she may not be ready to read about. (o:

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507860/posts


New wave of arrests in Lebanon after UN report
The Daily Star ^ | Monday, October 24, 2005 | Leila Hatoum

Posted on 10/23/2005 4:07:03 PM PDT by ncountylee

Saad Hariri: People who planned, carried out and covered up this
crime face punishment.

BEIRUT: As Lebanon and the world prepare themselves for UN Chief
Investigator Detlev Mehlis' briefing to the United Nations Security
Council Tuesday on his controversial report on the assassination of
former Premier Rafik Hariri, a new wave of related arrests has been
carried out. Mehlis was subject to heavy questioning from the
international media at a news conference he held Friday to explain
why his report was released in two different versions, one citing the
names of top Syrian officials, including the brother and brother-in-law
of Syrian President Bashar Assad, and the other with them deleted.

The German prosecutor, who left unsatisfied media hunger for the real
reason behind the deleted parts of his report, issued a statement after
the conference saying: "I established a rule that any person named in
witness testimony should not be named in the report unless that
person has been charged with a crime related to the assassination of
former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri."

(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.com.lb ...

[nw_arizona_granny]

This is the 2 men, found in the tunnel with a glass stoppered vial........interesting reading.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508704/posts


Duo faces burglary charges (OU Tunnel Burglars
Update)
OU Daily ^ | October 24, 2005 | Scooby Axson

Posted on 10/25/2005 12:57:51 AM PDT by falconjet0900

Duo faces burglary charges

The two men could spend up to 17 years in jail if convicted.

by Scooby Axson October 24, 2005

Two men charged with burglary who tried to use a campus
underground tunnel system face multiple charges that could lead to
more than 17 years in jail, said Rick Sitzman, Cleveland County
Assistant District Attorney.

Sitzman said the two men, identified as Christopher Thomas Boyce,
24, and James Kent Eldridge, 21, will each face two felony counts for
conspiracy to commit burglary and second-degree burglary.

Eldridge was enrolled at OU this semester and Boyce had been
previously enrolled but not this semester. Sitzman said conspiracy
carries a maximum of 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine.
Second-degree burglary is punishable by two to seven years in prison
and a $10,000 fine.

A witness called the OU Department of Public Safety at 2 a.m.
Thursday and reported seeing two men exiting the insectary building
near Richards Hall. Tunnel System Case

• Christopher Boyce, 24, and James Eldridge, 21, are being charged
with two felony counts for conspiracy to commit burglary and
second-degree burglary.

• Eldridge was enrolled at OU this semester while Boyce has attended
OU in the past.

• The two men used bolt cutters to enter a tunnnel to enter Richards
Hall, according to a court affidavit.

(continued at above link and you will want to read the comments on this one......granny)

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1508598/posts


Al-Qaeda in Iraq Issues a Video Depicting the
Interrogation and Execution of an Iraqi
SITE Institute ^ | Oct. 24, 2005 | SITE News

Posted on 10/24/2005 7:21:07 PM PDT by FairOpinion

Al-Qaeda in Iraq [Tanzeem Qaedat Al-Jihad Fi Bilad Al-Rafidayn]
issued a 6:22 minute video on Saturday, October 22, 2005, depicting
the interrogation and execution of Abbas Dahel Majid al-Obeidi, a man
identified as a member of the Iraqi National Defense, affiliated with
the Shi’ite Badr Organization. Al-Obeidi is seen sitting on a floor and
holding his identification cards, as two masked men carrying machine
guns are standing behind him. Several questions are posed to
al-Obeidi, including the mission of Badr, aggression against the Sunni
people, alleged American support to this organization, and fatwas
which authorize dishonor upon Sunni women.

Following the questioning, Ababs Dahel Majid al-Obeidi is beheaded.

[jer33 3]

Thank you for the post on the birdflu, Charlotte.

[jer33 3]

Jay Sekulow's group and Alliance Defense Fund have a great work to do. These law suits all over the United States are an attempt to cause chaos and discouragement. It is as much a psychological warfare as it is an attack on our legal system. The ACLU is definitely an enemy of our country as well as those organizations that support their agenda.

[jer33 3]

****OPINION - No, I don't think there's an invasion of any type coming unless, of course, he attacks the USA. Chavez seems to be a bit paranoid lately. I wonder what his problem is?****

I'm still pondering why Chavez pulled out Venezuela's funds from the US reserves and transfered them to Europe. In mu opinion that is a big statement.

[bored at work]

Multiple storms converging!?! (per Good Morning America)

Hang on Easterners. Its gonna be an interesting day.

[Calpernia]

From Laura Mansfield:


Iran bringing “many divers, sophisticated technology” to Gulf of Mexico

by Laura Mansfield

Earlier this year, a top Iranian General made the following boast: “Iran is the biggest military power in the region (with) 10 million volunteers for martyrdom operations ... to turn Iran into a terrible nightmare for the United States,” General Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, deputy commander of Iran’s hardline Revolutionary Guards, told the Kayhan newspaper.

This summer, the BBC reported an ad in an Iranian publication has calling for volunteers for "martyrdom operations" against the enemies of Islam. The ad was published by an institute managed by one of Iran's most conservative and radical clerics, Ayatollah Masbah Yazdi, who has declared his support for Iran's new President, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. It recruits men and women to enlist with the "Martyrdom Lovers' Headquarters".

So I find it more than a little ironic that the same country that is actively recruiting volunteers to conduct suicide missions against United States and US interests, and is opening bragging about it, has now been granted a base of operations in the Gulf of Mexico, within easy striking distance of America’s Gulf Coast.

The Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company is expected to begin shortly a major $90 million dollar project laying pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. The company says it will be laying 36-inch pipes 60-70 meters under water.

The company expects to be handing the rest of the $400 million dollar project as well.

According to a press release on IRNA, “The Gulf of Mexico project will help the Iranian company gain valuable experiences given the large presence of European and American companies in the area.”

The press release also states that the “project will need many divers and sophisticated technology.”

Is anyone in our government paying attention here?

A country which has made one threat after another against the US for over two and a half decades, is now being provided in essence a base of operations in the Gulf of Mexico, within striking distance of much of the US oil supply.

They will have carte blanche to bring in divers, submersibles, and highly sophisticated technical equipment. Since they will be in essence subcontractors for the Mexican oil industry, they will most likely be able to circumvent export controls for many types of hardware and software that would not normally be eligible for export to Iran.

Hello? Is anyone listening?

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