Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Thirty-One

[MamaDearest]

Dont need to go on vacation now.

One word - WOW! It could cause someone to become a video voyeur.

[Calpernia]

Golly gee. I didn't know you were put in detention. Been away from the computer for a couple of weeks. Sometimes I wish I could be colorful enough to to be banned. You go, Girl!

Welcome home.

P.S. What did you do?

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I didn't even have the colorfulness to be given time out for being outspoken or off color.

I posted too many articles to front side bar.

BORING!

[MamaDearest]

If not... Your sighting is invalid and bad bad bad!!!

It's from an official CAT calendar (looking for credibility here). I tried holding the calendar upside down, but that crescent moon still looks the same (also attempting to look innocent - not succeeding, but attempting!).

November 11 (11/11/05) is Veterans Day/Remembrance Day Canada.

[MamaDearest]

Without diagnosis and (antibiotic) treatment the infection can be fatal in one to six days; mortality in untreated cases may be as high as 95%.

Now that is frightening, especially in light of the fact, quoting, "People who die from this form of plague often die on the same day that symptoms first appear."

So if people don't know they have the symptoms and don't go to the doctor for treatment despite that, there's a 95% chance they'll die untreated. Did I interpret that wrong?

[MamaDearest]

Iyad Abu El Hawa, 35, is accused of attempting to defraud Medicare

Google Search: Arabic Media Internet Network

... Hamada El-Fara'neh, Mohamad Bulbul, Iyad Ali Badawi, Daoud El-Deek, Mohamad Fawzi, ... Ghazi Yousef Makhalfeh, Imram Abu El-Hawa, Hamed Mohamad Haboush, ... www.amin.org/eng/uncat/2002/jun/jun19.html - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

Palestine Media Watch

... Sameera Hulieleh, Hamada El-Fara'neh, Mohamad Bulbul, Iyad Ali Badawi ... Hasasneh, Dr. Ghassan Abdalla, Ghazi Yousef Makhalfeh, Imram Abu El-Hawa,

Hamed Mohamad ...

Just a coincidence, I'm sure.....

[LucyT]

You didn't interpert it wrong, it says death from septicemic plague is 95% certain. By the time you reach a dr, your internal organs have begun to shut down from hemorrhaging.

[MamaDearest]

Good smell vanishes, leaving air of mystery

SNIPPETS::The aroma not only revived memories of childhood, but in a city scared by terrorism, it raised vague worries about an attack deviously cloaked in the smell of grandma's kitchen.

The odor was first detected around 8 p.m. on Thursday in Lower Manhattan. It seemed to spread quickly uptown and into parts of the other boroughs - so quickly that officials expressed concern. The city's Office of Emergency Management sent out feelers to the Police and Fire Departments, state emergency response agencies in New York and New Jersey, and the United States Coast Guard, which communicated with tugboats and container ships at sea to determine whether the odor was being detected there.

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://news.google.com/news?client=googlet&q=Iyad+Abu+El+Hawa&sa=N&tab=wn

The above says he owns a home nursing service in one of the headlines.

If you then go to the web for this search, you see that the name was that of a 14 or 16 year old Palestine martyr, who died in 2000.

Also the name of a village.

Makes one wonder if it is even his own name.

I remember posting the fake muslim doctor who was also giving fake shots in Las Vegas a couple years ago, recently, will see if I can find the link again.

What a way to kill Americans, fake shots. And get paid for it at the same time.

Can anyone get the message about the nurse who reported him in the news links?

[nw_arizona_granny]

2003 report on a muslim man giving fake shots in Washington.


http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/151575

Man gave unlicensed flu shots, state says
- Registered counselor was charging $45
for each shot

2003-12-17
by Jeff Switzer
Journal Reporter

BELLEVUE -- A man with no medical license who gave $45 flu shots here is under
investigation by the state Department of Health and the Bellevue Police Department,
officials said Tuesday.

Officials and at least one parent are wondering if the shots actually contained vaccine.

Shahid Sheikh gave flu shots in an office space at 1611 116th Ave. N.E., but on
Tuesday the doors were locked and phone disconnected.

``He's not licensed as a doctor, nurse or medical assistant,'' state Department of
Health spokesman Donn Moyer said. ``This person is a registered counselor and that
category of provider has no authority to give injections.''

Moyer said the department has opened an investigation into Sheikh, a registered
counselor since June, and asking questions of Dr. Clarence Niles, a registered doctor
and surgeon since 1984 who might be affiliated with Sheikh.

No comment

Neither Sheikh nor Niles could be reached for comment Tuesday.

Moyer said the state is also investigating whether Sheikh misrepresented the vaccine.

``If a person doesn't have a license, it calls everything about that service into
question,'' Moyer said.

The state asked local police to seize the vaccine or stop the injections.

Some of Sheikh's clients were referred by other doctors. A Woodinville pediatrician
referred Lori Miller of Redmond to Sheikh for her daughter, Ashleigh, age 12.

Miller said she became suspicious speaking to Sheikh on the phone before Ashleigh's
Friday appointment. She was told to have $45 in cash, to knock on a door and wait in a
conference room. The appointment went well, though.

``He seemed like a nice guy, and did a good job with Ashleigh,'' Miller said. The family
saw a TV report about Sheikh and got nervous.

``My concern is she has not been immunized for the flu.

(continued at above link)

[Aggie Mama]

Fenugreek is an herb that is used to help nursing moms increase their milk production.

[Cindy]

Bad, bad...giggling...

[Cindy]

Well now, let's pray not.

[Cindy]

Yep, just a coincidence...
Second sigh of the day...

THANKS for the info MamaDearest.

[nw_arizona_granny]

NRO
October 21, 2005
By Rita Katz

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http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/katz200510210928.asp


It's Real

The arguments over that Zawahiri letter suggests we don't know our
enemy.



On October 8, 2005, the U.S. government unsealed a letter allegedly
written by Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama Bin Laden's deputy, to "the
Emir (prince) of al-Qaeda in Iraq," Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The
letter's authenticity was largely questioned; as reported by Reuters
on October 14: "U.S. intelligence officials who released a letter
purporting to be from an al Qaeda leader to Iraq insurgency leader
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi this week said on Friday they could not account
for a passage that has raised doubts about the document's
authenticity".

A Los Angeles Times op-ed titled "Fake Letter, Real Trouble," said
that "there are reasons to doubt that it is authentic." The main
question over authenticity appears to arises from a passage that
concludes the letter: "By Allah, if by any chance you are going to
Fallujah, send greetings to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi." If the letter is
written from Zawahiri to Zarqawi, the reports implicated, why does
the former ask the latter to send regards to himself? How could
Zawahiri, the purported writer of this letter, forget that it was
already addressed to Zarqawi?

In spite of these and similar doubts, Reuters quoted a spokesman for
John Negroponte, U.S. director of national intelligence, who
acknowledged that the greetings passage did appear confusing, but
that the intelligence community was confident the letter was
authentic. Other terrorism experts suggested that perhaps the letter
was not addressed to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, but rather to abu Musab al-
Suri, also known as Mustafa Setmarian Nasser, al Qaeda ideologist and
expert on urban warfare.

Media representatives, U.S. government officials, and experts who
doubt the credibility of the letter may have jumped to the wrong
conclusion. The greetings in the passage in question, if anything,
strongly confirm the letter's authenticity. What all these pundits
are sometimes missing is a familiarity with the vernacular of the
jihadi community.

Since November 2004, following battles with the Coalition Forces in
Fallujah, jihadis on the Internet have been widely using a slogan
that was borrowed from a poem. The poem included the following lines:


It will be destroyed on the arrogant son of an arrogant

You who rule countries by his infidels

You can kill flies with chemicals

You who are riding the fast thing

By Allah, where are you going to?

If you are going to Fallujah

Send my regards to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

And all the jihadis in his group . . .(1)


The poem has caught on in jihadi circles. Members of hundreds of
online jihadi forums, not just ones directly connected to the
insurgents in Iraq, had posted and discussed it. Some of these
discussions are down now, but others are still active. Examples are
the Jihadi Palestinian Forum where the poem has been posted since
November 15, 2004, and the Yemen Youth Forum, which still features an
active link.

Because of its success, music was composed for the poem that was then
circulated as a song and posted on jihadi message- boards and
websites all over the world. An example is the Arabic Saudi Forum, a
very popular forum, which posted links to the audio on December 14,
2004.

On November 14, 2004 ,the Buradh jihadi message board posted a new
thread titled "By Allah, if by chance you are going to Fallujah, send
greetings to Abu Musab al-zarqawi." The entire al-Ghamidi poem was
posted, but the focus of discussion was the slogan. Likewise, on
January 23, 2005, a member of a Palestinian forum signing
as "Muhammad the engineer" posted a new thread, with the same title.
Shortly thereafter, the slogan turned into a synonym for
Zarqawi's "great war" against the "crusaders."Some message-board
members even use it as a signature and in response to al Qaeda
communiqués. The slogan is also frequently used in greetings,
blessings, or, as in Zawahiri's letter, as concluding statements.

The sentence with which Zawahiri closed his letter to Zarqawi, is, in
fact, that slogan: "By Allah, if by any chance you are going to
Fallujah, send greetings to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi." Not only is it
reasonable for him to conclude his letter to Zarqawi thus, but it
also demonstrates that he is well-informed on the very latest
developments in the jihadi community.

As for the suggestion that the addressee is in fact al-Suri rather
than Zarqawi, in the body of the letter Zawahiri makes note of
beheadings in Iraq: This could only apply to Zarqawi, as no
beheadings are attributed to al-Suri.

An erroneous interpretation of the letter is a typical example of how
superficial understanding of the al-Qaeda network and its workings
continues to imperil the war on terror. Wrong conclusions based on
partial or incorrect information can lead to wrong decisions,
tactics, and strategies. The fight over the letter is bad news: The
West just doesn't know it's enemy.


— Rita Katz is the author of Terrorist Hunter and the director of the
SITE Institute.

1 The poem in its entirety, in the original Arabic, can be found on
SITE Institutes Web site,
http://siteinstitute.biz/videos/clips/SITE_Institute_Fallujah_Poem.pdf

[Cindy]

Thank you Aggie Mama.

Yep Fenugreek also spices up foods (like curry) and is also used to assist acne patients.

I've never heard of the word before until recently.

[Cindy]

OPINION: I agree.
I do not believe the letter is a fake.

[appalachian_dweller]

Good morning Ladies. Good to know someone else is awake at this hour. LOL

Have to check the backups before some of the DBAs start a major upgrade....else I'd be sleeping.

Hoping things stay quiet today.

[Cindy]

Well now, don't work too hard AD -- it's the weekend.

[Cindy]

Note: The following post is an exact quote:
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051094.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 28, 2005
Release Number: 05-10-94


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


LATE-NIGHT EXPLOSION LEADS TO EARLY MORNING ARRESTS

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi and U.S. Soldiers detained 20 terror suspects and confiscated bomb-making materials during an early morning cordon and search in the Dora neighborhood Oct. 27.

While responding to an unexploded improvised explosive device found in the area, Soldiers from 1st Battalion,184th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team heard an explosion about 200 meters from their location shortly before midnight Oct. 26.

The Soldiers moved in to investigate the cause of the blast and found 19 men along with assorted IED-making materials in a house. Iraqi security forces from 1st Battalion, 4th Public Order Brigade assisted 1-184 Inf. during the operation and detained the men for further questioning.

The IED-making materials consisted of a voltage regulator along with battery packs. An explosives ordnance disposal team conducting the post-blast analysis determined that 60 pounds of explosives were used during the explosion which destroyed one quarter of the house.

The owner of the house was later detained as a suspect involved in the explosion.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS RELEASE, CONTACT TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS PLANS AT DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.
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[Cindy]

Note: The following post is an exact quote:
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http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/News_Release.asp?NewsRelease=20051096.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 28, 2005
Release Number: 05-10-96


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


TERRORISTS FLEEING ATTACK SCENES NABBED BY U.S. SOLDIERS

BAGHDAD, Iraq --Task Force Baghdad Soldiers continued to engage enemy terrorist forces during combat operations Oct. 24-26 in various neighborhoods of the capitol city.

While on patrol, the U.S. Soldiers found and destroyed several improvised explosive devices before they could be detonated. Other Coalition forces successes included discovering several weapons caches and detaining suspected terrorists who were often caught fleeing the scene of their attacks.

One team of terrorists attempting to place an IED along a road west of Baghdad was spotted by U.S. forces who then engaged them with gunfire. Some of the would-be bombers fled in a truck, while other terrorists fired back at the Soldiers pursuing them. Within the hour, two of the terrorists had been detained by Task Force Baghdad Soldiers.

Another U.S. patrol operating southwest of Baghdad Oct. 24 found an IED consisting of three 155 mm rounds. The patrol detained one individual in the area who was in possession of an AK-47 assault rifle, a shotgun and a trigger device. A U.S. explosives ordnance disposal team was called in to destroy the IED.

On Oct. 26, a U.S. patrol in the al-Doura district in southeast Baghdad found and destroyed an IED which consisted of four 122 mm rounds, a 130 mm round and a land mine.

Another Task Force Baghdad patrol struck an IED Oct. 25 southwest of Baghdad. There were no injuries or damage from the blast. As Soldiers were securing the site, they noticed two individuals fleeing the scene. The U.S. Soldiers detained the two terror suspects for further questioning.

Task Force Baghdad Soldiers continued to aggressively hunt down stockpiles of weapons and bomb-making materials in order to deny terrorists the opportunity to use them against Iraqi security forces, Iraqi civilians or Coalition forces.

On Oct. 24, one unit north of Baghdad excavated more than 120 mortar rounds, 49 tank and artillery rounds, eight cases of small-arms ammunition, dozens of rockets, three boxes of mortar fuses, a rocket-propelled grenade warhead and two anti-aircraft gun barrels. An EOD team destroyed the cache while Task Force Baghdad Soldiers detained 12 individuals for further questioning about the weapons cache.

Earlier that same day, another unit revisiting the site of an earlier weapons cache west of Baghdad found more munitions piled at the same site, including 12 hand grenades, three 125 mm rounds and one 115 mm round. That cache was also destroyed by an EOD team.

THIS STORY HAS ACCOMPANYING PHOTOGRAPHS. TO RECEIVE THE PHOTOS OR FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT TASK FORCE BAGHDAD PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT DAVID.ABRAMS@ID3.ARMY.MIL.

CUTLINES:
BAGHDAD, Iraq – Task Force Baghdad Soldiers discovered this weapons cache north of Baghdad Oct. 24. At the site, they also found mortar rounds, tank rounds, dozens of rockets, and a rocket-propelled grenade warhead. (U.S. Army photo)

BAGHDAD, Iraq – Munitions are lined up in the sand at an excavated site north of Baghdad. Task Force Baghdad Soldiers discovered the weapons cache Oct. 24. An explosives ordnance disposal team later destroyed the weapons. (U.S. Army photo)
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