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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
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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.

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[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Security&loid=8.0.223834268&par=0

ERRORISM: INTERNET TERROR THREATS TO OMAR SHARIF
AKI - Rome,Italy
(AKI) - Death threats to the ... A threatening message from user 'bachirma1' on one of
the forums used by jihadi groups linked to al-Qaeda, reads:"In my view Omar ...

[nw_arizona_granny]

Night has just fallen in that area, so I wonder of the "Night of
Determination" has begun a worldwide sweep.<<<

You could be correct.

There are attacks by terrorists in India every day, it is just rare that you hear it on the news.

For some reason, I have set google alerts that catch them, many are at sites that I cannot open, but I get a line or two on them.

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=19694#

The spies just may end up loving us


By Rami G. Khouri
Commentary by
Saturday, October 29, 2005

This is a moment of potential change in Washington and its foreign policy, for two main reasons: domestic pressures, legal problems and
strengthening opposition may reduce President George W. Bush's power in the last three years of his second term; and new approaches or
tactics may be sought to address some of the nagging issues that challenge the United States abroad, especially with respect to Iraq, Iran
and the declared American policy of promoting democracy and freedom.

The Middle East has been the focus of the Bush team's foreign policy since September 11, 2001, and it continues to define important
aspects of America's engagement with the world. Viewed from both the U.S. and the Middle East alike, the relationship between these two
regions seems to touch on a series of issues that is each important in its own right. Together, they comprise a rich and compelling agenda
of mutual engagement that offers both befuddling challenges and historical opportunities. Into this broad tapestry of issues has now been
added the striking and important announcement that was made in Washington earlier this week, namely that efforts "to bolster the growth
of democracy" are now among the top three missions for American intelligence agencies around the world.

This is intriguing, to say the least, and a very positive development in many ways, but also perilous in others. It has to be viewed within
the wider context of the multiple big issues that define U.S.-Middle East relations: Iraq; Arab-Israeli peace-making; Iran's nuclear
ambitions; terrorism; the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction; the promotion of democracy and the rule of law; the enhancement
of socio-economic development and meeting basic human needs; Turkey and its moves to enter the European Union; global diplomatic
intervention in the Lebanon-Syria arena via the UN Security Council; and securing energy supplies.

Other issues in the region also deserve our attention, such as Darfur, the status and rights of women, youth conditions and prospects,
minority rights, migrant workers' rights, and water sharing and environmental issues, to mention just a few. But the 10 issues I mentioned
above resonate widely around the region and the world, and in most cases have already generated serious interventions by foreign powers.
The U.S., whether one likes it or not, remains the major power that usually tries to define the agenda, and the means, of foreign
intervention in the Middle East. This is done through war and occupation, regime-change threats or implementation, economic pressures
and embargos, diplomatic action or positive economic and other inducements that aim to foster changes in the behavior of various Middle
Eastern governments or political movements.

At this moment of subtle reassessment in how it intervenes and engages diplomatically in the region, Washington is also absorbing the
important lessons of several parallel dynamics: its difficult military and political experience in Iraq, the more successful effort to pressure
Syria via UN Security Council resolutions, the ongoing diplomatic engagement of Iran via EU states, the apparent breakthrough on nuclear
issues with North Korea, and the still strong backlash around the world to U.S. attempts to define a global agenda on fighting terror,
promoting democracy and holding accountable perpetrators of war crimes or crimes against humanity.

So when Washington's new strategy document formally makes promoting democracy among the top three missions for its intelligence
agencies (the other two are counterterrorism and preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction), we in the Middle East
should judge this in the wider context of the issues that concern us and the dynamics that bind us to the U.S. and other foreign powers. In
this respect, it is certainly good that Washington now institutionalizes democracy and the rule of law as primary, long-term goals of its
foreign policy, moving beyond only the rhetorical flourishes of presidential speeches aimed mainly at domestic audiences.

It is more problematic that this is to be done in part through the work of the CIA and other intelligence agencies. This is not unusual for
the U.S., though, which normally talks about and dances around the challenge of promoting democracy and freedom in the Middle East,
rather than grappling with it directly through a more consistent set of policies that seek freedom in Palestine as well as Iraq, and
democracy in Tunisia as well as Lebanon. It is somewhat awkward for the U.S. to promote democracy through spies and spin doctors - in
other words through its intelligence agencies and its naive public diplomacy efforts now headed by the heroic Karen Hughes, who carries the
burdens of her impossible mission on strong Texan shoulders.

Despite these misgivings, the world should seriously explore this new U.S. strategy. We should welcome the professed American goals to
promote democracy, especially throughout the Middle East, but we should also make it clear that this policy will fail if it is implemented with
the same inappropriate tactics and tone - unilateralism, militarism, selective and erratic implementation, the dictating of goals, efforts to
buy partners and friends - that have plagued other American efforts in this respect. We who are the intended beneficiaries and targets of
this policy should engage the U.S. and others in the West to ensure that it does bring about flourishing Middle Eastern democracies that we
have long sought for ourselves. Such success requires a change in traditional American diplomatic policies, tactics and styles, as well as a
change in Arab attitudes that have generally shunned or discounted the seriousness of American efforts in this direction.

A strategy document for U.S. intelligence agencies for promoting democracy and the rule of law around the world is a lot more meaningful
in my book than a speech by the American president. We must move quickly to find out if this is another Western or American deception,
or a serious strategic shift. We must call America's bluff on this to determine if it is, indeed, a bluff or not. If it is serious, however, we
would be criminally negligent to ignore what may be a historic opportunity for Arabs, other Middle Easterners, Americans and the Western
democracies to work together - perhaps for the first time in the past century - for goals that would generate a win-win situation for all
concerned. We have work to do.

[Calpernia]

From nw_arizona_granny's post:

http://www.efenews.com/detalleFrontPage.asp?opcion=0&id=291495

Argentine police focus on preventing disturbances at summit
Posted on Friday, October 28, 2005 at 9:47am
The security chief for the upcoming Summit of the Americas said
Thursday that Argentine officials' focus was on preventing disturbances
during the gathering of 34 heads of state and government. Carlos
Pardal, a high-level Argentine Federal Police official, said security
planners contemplate the possibility of clashes with demonstrators out to
protest the presence of U.S. President George W. Bush during the Nov.
4-5 summit in Mar del Plata, a resort city some 400 kilometers (249
miles) south of Buenos Aires.

Full Story at the link

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From Laura Mansfield's translations:



According to the Washington Times, US President George W. Bush is expected to attend the Summit of the Americas, which will be held November 4-5 in Mar el Plaza, Argentina.


Argentina Reportedly Intends To Shoot Down Suspect Aircraft During SOA

"We must pray to God that no attack occurs," remarked Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa 10 days ago. To prevent a possible terrorist attack during the presidents' summit, to be held in Mar del Plata during November, the government appears determined to diminish that divine or fortuitous margin. And it would even be willing to take the risk of violating the law to do so: It is said to have already informed the United States that, if necessary, /it would shoot down suspicious airplanes/ flying without permission over the security perimeter within which the presidents, including George Bush, will be moving.

The possibility of shooting down hostile planes was one of the topics dicussed on Tuesday, at a meeting held by Defense Minister Jose Pampuro and officials from the US Pentagon with that country's ambassador to Buenos Aires, Lino Gutierrez. Official sources told that the first details of "Operation Shoot-Down,"a preventive contingency plan that the United States had been demanding for months, were agreed upon there.

Participating in the meeting besides Pampuro were the secretary of military affairs, Jaime Garreta, and the planning secretary, Martha Zilli. Just as the Argentine officials had committed themselves to the plane downing option, the Pentagon expressed gratitude for the gesture by offering "intelligent" missiles (more accurate than those of the Argentine Air Force) with which to diminish the risks entailed by that mission. It was claimed that there will be /between six and eight "air-to-air" missiles/, meaning that they willl have to be launched by airplanes. It is believed that they will be brought from the United States on a ship in mid-October. No technical details were revealed concerning the missiles.

Although the details will be adjusted within the coming weeks, the missiles /will be stored in the A4 fighter-bombers/ of the Argentine Air Force, which will be deployed at the Tandil military base, 160 km from Mar del Plata. Until now, the report noted, those planes, the most modern in the Air Force, would only be used to detect intrusive aircraft and, at the most, to "push them" out of the Summit area. It is a system similar to that being used today on the country's northern border when the illegal entry of any plane is detected.

At present, in Argentina, there is /no law authorized the downing of airplanes/, as there actually is in neighboring countries such as Brazil, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela: each one of them with current concerns of greater magnitude than any of Argentina. That lack of legislation means that the Argentine Government would be assuming a high risk in its decision because, by carrying it out, it could be committing a crime, as official sources admitted privately. They explained: "We shall see. For now, we are taking the measures to be prepared." The Peronist senator, Jorge Capitanich, author of the only bill on permission to down planes, told that /"the Air Force is by no means authorized today/ to make a decision of that nature."

Participating in the Summit of the Americas, to be held in Mar del Plata between 4 and 5 November, besides Nestor Kirchner, will be 34 presidents from the continent, including that of the United States. George Bush's presence, confirmed "99.9%" according to Ambassador Gutierrez, led the Argentine Government to maximize the security measures. The mega-operation has been explained to US officials, who have been approving its organization. A total of 31 million pesos will be invested for the security alone.

Planned for the land operation is the mobilization of 7,500 agents from the security forces, who will have the support of colleagues from the rest of the continent, including a massive commission from the American CIA. For the maritime operation, there will be a strong presence of Argentine Navy ships in the Mar del Plata port, together with an aircraft carrier and the naval escort that the US delegation will deploy. The operation for air control, which already had military planes stationed in Tandil, would now add the intelligent missiles and the plane downing option. Also to be mobilized is a three-dimensional radar system, to be located on the outskirts of Mar del Plata, which will make it possible to control a radio at a distance of 400 km, thus enabling it to to detect intrusive ships.

Who will make the decision for shooting down, in the event that it is considered necessary?

The defense minster would have to /designate an official/ in charge of that before the Summit begins. But, to activate the missiles, there will have to be compliance, in advance, with a series of measures aimed at preventing errors. Those measures are similar in all the countries in which there are laws of this type: the defense planes must make sure that the suspected aircraft is not listening in on their radio announcements, and that their flight plans or destination cannot be identified.

The Air Force reportedly has been assessing this option for weeks., Sources from the sector revealed to that the original intention was to store six ground-to-air missiles /in the Mar del Plata golf course/ in front of the naval base and next to the Hotel Sheraton, where the US delegation will be staying. That plan was discarded due to the /fear of a negative reaction from the Mar del Plata residents/, already quite concerned about the Summit. The Pentagon had already promised to send to Mar del Plata the six ground-to-air missiles, which are too expensive for the Argentine budget. Each one of those missiles is valued at 1.5 million pesos.

This is not the first time the government has indicated its position favoring the option to destroy illegal aircraft. During November of last year, Pampuro himself had said that they would promote a law to permit the downing. Nevertheless, in the government's eyes, that law would have to be subject to a radar system installation plan that would allow for a real control over Argentine airspace: a plan that is just in the first phase of its implementation. When making the announcement of that project, Pampuro had claimed that "the Air Force is prepared to act, and is already working on the matter." Now, the plan is real, and Mar del Plata could be a witness.

The 'Downing' Option: a Debate Waiting Its Turn in Congress

The option of shooting down planes that are flying through Argentine airspace without authorization is the topic of a debate that has been delayed in Congress since November of last year. Meanwhile, it is an option /that is not authorized/ explicitly by any law.

The only bill that the government would authorize for making that decision was the one promoted by the PJ (Justicialist Party) senator from Chaco, Jorge Capitanich, who was Eduardo Duhalde's cabinet chief. Thus far, it has received the government's disinterested consideration.

If that bill is approved, then any "illegal aircraft" actually "could be categorized as hostile, and subject to a destructive measure," which could only be ordered by "the president of the nation or an authority delegated by him." Previously, it was necessary to prove that the suspected plane /could not be identified/ by its registration, that /its flight plan could not be detected/, and that the pilot /did not respond/ to the warnings.

The bill is inspired by the one implemented by the Brazilian Government in July 2004. There are also downing laws in Peru, Venezuela, and Colombia. In the case of Brazil, its implementation was achieved after an arduous debate, because many sectors considered the downing /"a death sentence without a previous trial,"/ as it was described by the legislators opposed to it.

But the situations are quite different. Brazil has 95% of its territory controlled by high-tech radar systems. Argentina, on the other hand, /has not yet controlled even 10%/ of its skies. That shortcoming prevents it from knowing exactly what type of planes fly through the Argentine skies and, as Defense Minister Jose Pampuro has remarked, it is the reason prompting the government to distance itself from Capitanich's bill. Will it change its position in view of the Summit's proximity? The sources queried by admitted that, although the government would like it, the Congress is nearly at a standstill today owing to the proximity of the elections on 23 October.

All these bills are being considered, at least in South America, not to combat terrorism, but rather /the drug traffic/. It is suspected that it is small illegal planes that are bringing most of the drugs to Argentina by crossing the northern border. A single example will suffice to give a sense of the phenomenon. In 2004, the Air Force installed a test radar system in Resistencia, in Chaco. For three months, for a period of six hours a day and six days a week, it detected /215 planes with false registrations/, as Capitanich's bill claims.

The implementation of the Brazilian downing law has already had its repercussions in Argentina. As was told in August by Gabriel Abboud, from the Counter-Narcotics Secretariat, that law has affected the drug trafficking routes, and caused an increase in the cocaine arriving in Argentina. And that is why they have not pulled the trigger in Brazil to date.

Chavez, the Shifty One

According to the organizers of the Summit security operation, President Hugo Chavez is one of the most sensitive targets to watch. And at his recent meeting in Washington, Chavez confirmed to Nestor Kirchner that he will attend the Third Summit of Peoples, which also will take place in Mar del Plata on the same date.

The Summit of Peoples was called by the social organizations of the entire continent, and already has a date and location: on 4 November, the opening day of the principal Summit, in the World Champion city of Mar del Plata. One of the organizers is the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, and they hope to attract about 10,000 persons. Chavez apparently has not only promised his presence, but also that /he will attempt to convince Kirchner to accompany him/, as those in the government suspect.

That option could change the security diagram. But it is not the only detail that concerns the organizers. Between 4 and 5 November, leftist groups are preparing a /Counter-Summit/ that will mobilize on the streets of Mar del Plata.

A Sergeant in the Sights

The Summit security plan includes a reinforcement of the preventive measures throughout the entire country, which has already detected the visit to Argentina by groups of Islamic missionaries, members of a congregation called Tablighi Jammat. Some of those missionaries were delayed in Laprida, in Buenos Aires Province, and also in Cordoba. What no one imagined is that the missionaries, who are attempting to recruit followers of Islam, would target such a heterogeneous audience. Apparently, one of those attending its meetings was a member of the military. /And it almost cost him his job./

Defense Ministry sources consulted by said that a sergeant-adjutant who professes the Muslim religion /was seen visiting members of Tablighi Jammat/. The sergeant was assigned to the Army Intelligence Service, and, as punishment, was sent to the Fourth Paratroopers Brigade in Cordoba.

(Another report in today's edition of by special correspondent Luis Ventos adds the following: "At a distance of 160 km from Mar del Plata, Tandil has begun to feel the negative effects of the police mega-operation being prepared in Mar del Plata for the Summit of the Americas. Armed robberies, many committed with a high degree of violence, have depicted a landscape contrasting with the mountain peacefulness

"The chief of the Tandil Police Department, inspector commissioner Fabian Pagge, confirmed this to claiming that, 'the insecurity has exceeded the ordinary limits, and it has not yet been reflected in the statistics.' He said that the Summit has mobilized provincial and even federal police forces, which have had to transfer to Mar del Plata, 'leaving various areas without the usual reinforcements' for patrolling.

"Commissioner Pagge added: 'However, there has not only been a transfer of police to Mar del Plata, but also of criminals to Tandil. Harassed by so many police, they seem to have sought new horizons.' That would explain some recent incidents that surprised the mountain city. In the residential golf district, unknown persons entered the house of a businessman, threatened his family, beat his son, and stole 40,000 pesos from the strong-box.")

(Description of Source: Buenos Aires Clarin in Spanish -- nationalist, tabloid-format daily; highest-circulation newspaper)

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For more translations and news on terrorism, visit http://www.lauramansfield.com

[jer33 3]

I always appreciate you links, LiberyRocks.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Unable to open this site:

http://www.newkerala.com/news.php?action=fullnews&id=43600

HM man arrested with mobile phones, sim card
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
Jammu: A Hizbul Mujahideen(HM) supporter was apprehended by security forces at
Khara, 14 km south-east of Suigarh, in Doda district. ...

[jer33 3]

I'm not hitting the keys this morning...forgive my errors.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Why on earth is President Bush even going there?

They need to take the Sheriff from Georgia there, he did a good job of that last meeting of G-8.

If 10,000 show up in a small town, it is going to be a real danger to everyone there.

[KylaStarr]

This just sounds like a test to see how quickly the "test smell" penetrated the area. I hate to think what comes next.

[LibertyRocks]

Total of 6 explosions now. Confirmed Terrorist Attack (per live News from India - DDLive). They are rumors and such that the attack is much like typical Al Qaeda type strikes... Many dead. At least 20 bodies in one hospital. Feed keeps cutting out on me, so it's hard to get a clear picture of what's happening - lots of confusion. Tense faces, but not a lot of fear...

[brucecw]

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.

I think it's 95% if you don't reach a doctor in about the first day or two. If you do reach one, the mortality will still be high, just not quite 95%.

Nasty stuff.

[LibertyRocks]

OK, now they are saying only 3 bombs again... reported at least 50 fatalities... I'll try to get more accurate information.

[appalachian_dweller]

>> So when you hug Clyde, for me, call him King. <<

Will do Granny. Will do.

I've been cautioned about about someone possibly stealing Clyde. When out I never leave him. IN fact, the ladies at the Dollar Store let me bring him in to shop with me.

[LibertyRocks]

OK Confirmation of 6 blasts from this site:
http://www.india-defence.com/reports/773

SIXTH LEAD
1) Nearly confirmed 50 dead, 125 injured in 6 blasts in New Delhi.
2) City Police Commissioner suspects this to be a Lashkar revenge attack on the Hindu community.

Looks like they are updating the above site frequently. The live feed just went back to non-English reporting.

[brucecw]

Iyad Abu El Hawa, 35, is accused of attempting to defraud Medicare .... Just a coincidence, I'm sure.....

It might well be the same person, but one of the frustrating things for the alphabets has been the number of Muslims who share the same name. This isn't too uncommon even for English names (as it turns out my own name is identical with several other people's names which has caused a little confusion over the years). It is however apparently much worse in Arabic where the first and last names are each chosen from a much smaller pool of common names.

Definitely worth a look though.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Off Topic:

An interesting report on his trip to Tanzania and Zanzibar,
not politics, simple and cheap real life tourist.

http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2005/10/28/news/tanzania.html

[nw_arizona_granny]

The terrorists are able to find a reason to strike, out of thin air.

In India, today is called "Black Day", I posted it on the India thread, about post 53.

Thank you for the updates..

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=9283


US Demands Syria Shut Down Islamic Jihad
The Conservative Voice - Kernersville,NC,USA
By Sher Zieve -- Joining Russia, the UN and the EU, on Friday the US demanded that
Syria shut down Islamic Jihad offices in Damascus. ...

[brucecw]

More violence against Christians in Indonesia, presumably by Muslims:

Three Schoolgirls Beheaded in Indonesia

[nw_arizona_granny]

http://www.fox23news.com/news/national/story.aspx?content_id=2210207C-10A5-4B1B-9472-22A4D106253E

Muslim doctor is sent to prison for more than two decades for charity fraud

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - An Iraqi doctor once tagged as a terrorism suspect and later convicted of conspiring to
violate U.S. sanctions was sentenced Thursday to 22 years in prison.

Federal prosecutors had continued to argue that Dr. Rafil Dhafir had terrorist ties that made him a national security
threat and urged a sentence of at least 24 years.

Defense attorney Deveraux Cannick had sought leniency for his 57-year-old client, saying he had done good works
for patients and for Iraqis who suffered because of Saddam Hussein and the first Gulf War.

Dhafir was convicted in February on 59 counts including misusing $2 million that donors gave to his unlicensed
charity, Help the Needy, and spending $544,000 for his own purposes.

The jury said Dhafir - an oncologist who practiced in Rome, N.Y. - also defrauded Medicare out of $316,000 by
billing for treatments as if he'd been in his office, when he was actually out of state or overseas. Dhafir was also
found guilty of evading $400,000 in federal income tax payments by writing off the illegal charity donations.

Source: The Associated Press