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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.

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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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[Oorang]

Thanks very much for that info SP2BF.

[Cindy]

See post no. 935

[Rushmore Rocks]

I really do know better.........


Phillipines = Philippines

[Rushmore Rocks]

Thanks, Cindy.

I kinda caught up on the other thread about this guy.

That's what I get for checking the TM before I check on anything else.

[Oorang]

RE: Norman, OK bombing:

According to KWTV News 9 in Oklahoma City, from the 6 pm broadcast:

Joel Hinrichs has been spending most of his time over the past few months at the Norman Mosque. This is important because Zacarias Mousoui also spent time there. The second detonation that many reportedly heard, indeed was NOT another bomb. It was however, chemical compounds to make bombs. An airline ticket was found in his apartment, destination: Algeria. The name on the ticket links back to Hinrich's roommate, Fazelle Cheema (a Muslim). They report that 5 others were reportedly "involved." In what capacity they were involved, News 9 doesn't know. They are committed to staying on top of the story.

Wow, honestly, this is impressive stuff for a local news channel.

1,280 posted on 10/05/2005 4:10:48 PM PDT by swooshou

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1496731/posts?page=1280#1280

[nw_arizona_granny]

You have Freeper mail.

[LucyT]

Granny, check freepmail.

[KylaStarr]

Great information is coming to light finally. Now if I could just get KWTV's website to work I'd be really happy!

[Cindy]

UPDATE - OKLAHOMA - Interesting Links ON THE NET...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1496731/posts?page=1280#1280

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1494800/posts?page=915#915

[Oorang]

I just tried to access their website and I can't get to it either. Probably a firewall problem.

[Oorang]

Thanks Cindy. I sure do appreciate you keeping that excellent list of links on this situation.

[KylaStarr]

Or maybe they are offline to update the page? Hmm.

Thank you for checking so I now know it's not just me ; )

[Oorang]

Spokesman for Taliban held in Balochistan
By Our Staff Correspondent

QUETTA, Oct 4: The law-enforcement agencies have arrested Latif Hakimi, the chief spokesman of Taliban Movement with five other Taliban suspects from Balochistan. “Latif Hakimi has been arrested and was under interrogation,” Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, the Federal Interior Minister confirmed to media men, on Tuesday.

According to sources, Latif Hakimi was arrested three days back from a house in the outskirts of Quetta with five other people,” sources said and added that a satellite and two mobile phones and a fax machine was recovered from his possession.

Sources said that law-enforcement agencies and some senior officials raided a house where Hakimi was found and was taken into custody.

He was later shifted to unknown place along with five other Taliban suspects for interrogation. Some sources said that he was shifted to Islamabad. However, no official was available to comment.

Agencies add: Hakimi has been the main spokesman for the Taliban, who were ousted by US-led forces in 2001.

He was frequently in touch with reporters, speaking by satellite telephone from an undisclosed location.

Hakimi often made outlandish claims on behalf of Taliban fighters, saying they had inflicted huge casualties on US and Afghan government troops.

But his information was also, at times, very accurate.

Pakistani Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Hakimi was arrested in Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan.

“We’re interrogating him and we expect to get some important information from him,” he said.

Asked if Hakimi would be handed over to the United States, as have other Taliban and Al Qaeda militants arrested in Pakistan, Ahmed said: “First we will interrogate him and then we will see.”

An official in Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office welcomed the news.

“We are grateful for his arrest. Hakimi was someone who claimed the deaths of innocent people,” Khaliq Ahmad said. “We hope that his arrest leads to more arrests.”

He could not say whether Afghanistan would request that he be handed over to Afghan custody. A US military spokesman in the Afghan capital, Kabul, said he had no immediate comment.

Hakimi last called Reuters on Monday at around 4pm to deny an Afghan government report that 31 Taliban had been killed in fighting with government troops.

“They’re lying,” Hakimi said. “We were the attackers and we killed 11 Afghan soldiers. Only three Taliban were injured.”

The Afghan Defence Ministry said eight government troops had been wounded.

PROBLEMS: Hakimi frequently vowed unending jihad against US and government forces and angrily rejected suggestions of reconciliation.

Late last year, responding to a US call for the Taliban to lay down their arms, he said peace would not resolve Afghanistan’s problems.

“They are the criminals for destroying our homeland,” he said of the United States.

“Our problems will not be solved through peace. None of the mujahideen will compromise with them and the mujahideen are standing against the enemies.

http://www.dawn.com/2005/10/05/top16.htm

[Oorang]

Or maybe they are offline to update the page?

Good point. I'll try again later as well.

[Oorang]

Terror-themed soap for Ramadan on TV (AFP)
5 October 2005

DAMASCUS — Syrian television is to launch a soap opera inspired by terrorism for the holy month of Ramadan that begins this week across the Muslim world.

“It’s a work about society and the innocent victims of terrorism,” director Najdat Anzur told AFP ahead of the first broadcast Tuesday.

In the 30-episode series, a group of Jordanian, Lebanese, Moroccan and Syrian families living in a residential complex in Saudi Arabia see their lives overturned by a terrorist attack.

“Our life is influenced by the phenomenon of terrorism,” Anzour said.

“The Arab world is going through a period that it is not yet ready to face up to,” the Syrian film and television director added. He said the series was also about terrorism of thought and extremism towards others.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2005/October/middleeast_October127.xml&section=middleeast&col=

[nw_arizona_granny]

LOL -LOL

Your turn....for mail.

[Oorang]

Taliban Spokesman: Chief in Afghanistan
By NASEER KAKAR
Wed Oct 5, 9:59 AM ET

QUETTA, Pakistan - A detained Taliban spokesman has told his interrogators that the militia's fugitive chief, Mullah Mohammed Omar, is hiding in Afghanistan and is in contact with top commanders, an intelligence official said Wednesday.

Mullah Hakim Latifi, who has often claimed responsibility on behalf of the Taliban for attacks on U.S.-led coalition forces, was arrested earlier this week in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said.

Latifi was not a prominent figure in the Taliban while it was in power in Afghanistan, only becoming a media contact after the ouster of the movement in a U.S.-led war in 2001. His exact ties to the Taliban leadership are not known.

"So far, he has told interrogators that Mullah Omar is alive, he is in Afghanistan and he remains in contact with senior aides by satellite phone," said the Pakistani intelligence official, who was involved in the raid to arrest Latifi in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the secretive nature of his job.

Some Pakistani officials said Latifi was arrested Tuesday, but the intelligence official said he was detained Sunday at a home in Quetta's Newi Killi neighborhood. The announcement of Latifi's arrest had been delayed because he was being interrogated about other Taliban leaders, the official said.

Four "low-level" aides of Latifi were arrested from several other homes in Newi Killi, the official said.

Intelligence agents seized two satellite phones, two Pakistani cell phones, Taliban literature, audio cassettes and CDs containing films of Taliban operations, he said.

Pakistani officials described Latifi as a Taliban spokesman. But information from Latifi in the past has sometimes proven exaggerated or untrue. Afghan and U.S. military officials say he is believed to speak for factions of the rebel group.

Afghanistan welcomed Latifi's arrest. Relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have sometimes been strained because of Kabul's suspicions that rebels are using Pakistan as a staging area for cross-border attacks. Pakistan denies it.

Rebels are active in the volatile south and east of Afghanistan, and have stepped up attacks this year. More than 1,300 people, including hundreds of militants, have died in the past seven months.

Pakistan was once a supporter of the Taliban, but withdrew its backing and became a chief ally of the U.S.-led coalition forces that ousted the militia, which refused to hand over al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051005/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_taliban_arrest

[WestCoastGal]

While driving today, out in the middle of nowhere, no chemical plants etc. I suddenly smelled something like chlorine. It made my nose burn and my mouth water [sort of like when you're about to throw up] There were no cars or trucks on the road in either direction at that time. It was gone in about 15 seconds.

It's probably tinfoil time. I actually began looking up to see if there were any planes in the sky. Nothing?? It's farm and ranch land so I guess it could be anything.

[nw_arizona_granny]

This came from a Google alert that never pulled anything in months.

For: Mahammed abu Nasr

granny
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http://www.usembassyjakarta.org//terrorism/us_list_terrorist.html

Official Text

15 October 2002

Fact Sheet: State Dept. Updates List of Terrorist
Individuals and Groups

(Latest list produced October 11 under Executive Order
13224)

The State Department’s Office of Counterterrorism, in a
fact sheet released October 11, has updated the list of
foreign terrorist individuals, entities and groups as
specified by Executive Order 13224, signed by President
Bush on September 23.

The newest addition to the list, which now includes 219
entries, is the Tunisian Combat Group, added on
October 10.

Following is the fact sheet:

(begin fact sheet)

U.S. Department of State Office of the Coordinator for
Counterterrorism October 11, 2002

FACT SHEET

Comprehensive List of Terrorists and Groups Identified
Under Executive Order 13224

Executive Order 13224, signed by President Bush on
September 23, blocks the assets of organizations and
individuals linked to terrorism. There are now 219 such
groups, entities, and individuals covered by the
Executive Order.

Following is a complete listing.

Original Annex: August 23, 2001

1. Al-Qaida/Islamic Army*
2. Abu Sayyaf Group*
3. Armed Islamic Group (GIA)*
4. Harakat ul-mujahidin (HUM)*
5. Al-Jihad (Egyptian Islamic Jihad)*
6. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)*
7. Asbat al-Ansar 8. Salafist Group for Call and Combat
(GSPC)
9. Libyan Islamic Fighting Group
10. Al-Itihaad al-Islamiya (AIAI)
11. Islamic Army of Aden
12. Usama bin Ladin ("Most Wanted" Terrorist)
13. Muhammad Atif/Subhi Abu Sitta/Abu Hafs al-Masri
("Most Wanted" Terrorist -- killed in Afghanistan)
14. Sayf al-Adl ("Most Wanted" Terrorist)
15. Shaykh Sa'id/Mustafa Muhammad Ahmad
16. Abu Hafs the Mauritanian/Mahfouz Ould
al-Walid/Khalid al-Shanqiti
17. Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi
18. Abu Zubaydah/Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn
Tariq
19. Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi/Abu Abdullah
20. Ayman al-Zawahiri ("Most Wanted" Terrorist)
21. Thirwat Salah Shihata/Muhammad Ali
22. Tariq Anwar al-Sayyid Ahmad/Fathi/Amr al-Fatih
23. Muhammad Salah/Nasr Fahmi Nasr Hasanayn
24. Makhtab al-Khidamat/Al-Khifaf
25. Wafa Humanitarian Organization
26. Al-Rashid Trust 27. Mamoun Darkazanli
Import-Export Company

(Note: Groups with asterisks are also designated as
Foreign Terrorist Organizations under the Anti-terrorism
and Effective Death Penalty Act)

Designated on October 12, 2001

"Most Wanted" Terrorists

1. Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah
2. Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah
3. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
4. Ahmed Mohammed Hamed Ali
5. Fazul Abdullah Mohammed
6. Mustafa Mohamed Fadhil
7. Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan
8. Fahid Mohammed Ally Msalam
9. Anas al-Liby
10. Abdul Rahman Yasin
11. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed
12. Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed al-Nasser
13. Ahmad Ibrahim al-Mughassil
14. Ali Saed bin Ali el-Hoorie
15. Ibrahim Salih Mohammed al-Yacoub
16. Ali Atwa
17. Hasan Izz-al-Din 18. Imad Fayez Mugniyah

Others

1. Rabita Trust
2. Jaish-e-Muhammad
3. Al-Hamati Sweets Bakeries
4. Al-Nur Honey Press Shops (aka: Al-Nur Honey
Center)
5. Chafiq bin Muhammad al-Ayadi
6. Dr. Amin al-Haq (Dr. Amin ul-Haq)
7. Jamyah Taawun al-Islamia (aka: Society of Islamic
Cooperation)
8. Mohammad Zia
9. Mufti Rashid Ahmad Ladeyaznoy (Karachi, Pakistan)
10. Muhammad al-Hamati (aka: Muhammad Hamdi
Sadiq al-Ahdel)
11. Omar Mahmoud Uthman (aka: Abu Qatada
al-Filistini)
12. Tohir Yuldashev
13. Mamoun Darkazanli
14. Saqar al-Jadawi
15. Ahmad Said al-Kadr
16. Sad al-Sharif
17. Bilal bin Marwan
18. Al-Shifa Honey Press for Industry and Commerce
19. Haji Abdul Manan Agha
20. Yasin al-Qadi (aka: Shaykh Yassin Abdullah Kadi)
21. Riad Hijazi

Designated on November 2, 2001

1. Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
2. Aum Shinrikyo
3. Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
4. Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group)
5. HAMAS (Islamic Resistance Movement)
6. Hizballah (Party of God)
7. Kahane Chai (Kach)
8. Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
9. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
10. Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK
11. National Liberation Army (ELN)
12. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
13. Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
14. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
15. PFLP-General Command (PFLP-GC)
16. Real IRA
17. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
18. Revolutionary Nuclei (formerly ELA)
19. Revolutionary Organization 17 November
20. Revolutionary People's Liberation Army/Front
(DHKP/C)
21. Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL)
22. United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC)

Designated on November 7, 2001

1. Aaran Money Wire Service, Inc
2. Al Baraka Exchange LLC
3. Al-Barakaat
4. Al-Barakaat Bank
5. Al-Barakat Bank of Somalia (BSS)
6. Al-Barakat Finance Group
7. Al-Barakat Financial Holding Co
8. Al-Barakat Global Telecommunications
9. Al-Barakat Group of Companies Somalia Limited
10. Al-Barakat International (also known as Baraco Co)
11. Al-Barakat Investments
12. Al-Barakat Wiring Service
13. Al Taqwa Trade, Property and Industry Company
Limited,
14. ASAT Trust
15. Bank al Taqwa Limited
16. Baraka Trading Company
17. Barakaat Boston
18. Barakaat Construction Company
19. Barakaat Enterprise
20. Barakaat Group of Companies
21. Barakaat International
22. Barakaat International Foundation
23. Barakaat International, Inc
24. Barakaat North America, Inc
25. Barakaat Red Sea Telecommunications
26. Barakaat Telecommunications Co Somalia
27. Barakat Bank and Remittances
28. Barakat Computer Consulting (BCC)
29. Barakat Consulting Group (BCG)
30. Barakat Global Telephone Company
31. Barakat International Companies (BICO)
32. Barakat Post Express (BPE)
33. Barakat Refreshment Company
34. Barakat Wire Transfer Company
35. Barakat Telecommunications Company Limited
(BTELCO)
36. Barako Trading Company, LLC
37. Global Services International
38. Heyatul Ulya
39. Nada Management Organization
40. Parka Trading Company
41. Red Sea Barakat Company Limited
42. Somalia International Relief Organization
43. Somali Internet Company
44. Somali Network AB
45. Youssef M. Nada & Co. Gesellschaft MBH
46. Youssef M. Nada
47. Hussein Mahmud Abdullkadir
48. Abdirasik Aden
49. Abbas Abdi Ali
50. Abdi Adulaziz Ali
51. Yusaf Ahmed Ali
52. Dahir Ubeidullahi Aweys
53. Hassan Dahir Aweys
54. Garad Jama
55. Ali Ghaleb Himmat
56. Albert Friedrich Armand Huber
57. Liban Hussein
58. Ahmed Nur Ali Jim'ale
59. Abdullahi Hussein Kahie
60. Mohamed Mansour
61. Zeinab Mansour-Fattouh
62. Youssef Nada

Designated on December 4, 2001

1. Holy Land Foundation
2. Beit El-Mal Holdings
3. Al-Aqsa Islamic Bank

Designated on December 20, 2001

1. Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LET)
2. Ummah Tameer e-Nau (UTN)
3. Sultan Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood
4. Abdul Majeed
5. Mahammed Tufail

Designated on December 31, 2001

1. Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
2. Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF)
3. Orange Volunteers (OV)
4. Red Hand Defenders (RHD)
5. Ulster Defence Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters
(UDA/UFF)
6. First of October Antifascist Resistance Group
(GRAPO)

Designated on January 9, 2002

1. Afghan Support Committee (ASC)
2. Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) (NOTE:
Only Pakistan and Afghanistan offices were designated)
3. Abd al-Muhsin al Libi 4. Abu Bakr al-Jaziri

Designated on February 26, 2002

1. Javier Abaunza Martinez
2. Itziar Alberdi Uranga
3. Angel Alcalde Linares
4. Miguel Albisu Iriarte
5. Eusebio Arzallus Tapia
6. Paulo Elcoro Ayastuy
7. Antonio Agustín Figal Arranz
8. Eneko Gogeascoechea Arronategui
9. Cristina Goiricelaya Gonzalez
10. Maria Soledad Iparraguirre Guenechea
11. Gracia Morcillo Torres
12. Ainhoa Múgica Goñi
13. Aloña Muñoa Ordozgoiti
14. Juan Jesús Narvaez Goñi
15. Juan Antonio Olarra Guridi
16. Zigor Orbe Sevillano
17. Mikel Otegui Unanue
18. Jon Iñaki Perez Aramburu
19. Carlos Saez de Eguilaz Murguiondo
20. Kemen Uranga Artola
21. Fermín Vila Michelena

Designated on March 11, 2002

1. Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation-Bosnia Herzegovina
2. Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation-Somalia

Designated on March 27, 2002

1. Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade

Designated on April 19, 2002

1. Mohamed Ben Belgacern Aoudi
2. Mokhtar Bouchoucha
3. Tarek Charaabi
4. Sami Ben Khemais Essid
5. Khalid Al-Fawaz
6. Lased Ben Heni
7. Abu Hamza Al-Masri
8. Ahmed Idris Nasreddin
9. Abdelkader Mahmoud Es Sayed
10. The Aid Organization of the Ulema

Designated on May 3, 2002

1. Gorka Palacious Alday
2. Manex Zubiaga Bravo
3. Ismael Berasategui Escudero
4. Juam Luis Rubenach Roig
5. Ivan Apaolaza Sancho
6. Lexuri Gallestequi Sodupe
7. Asier Quintana Zorrozua
8. Askatasuna

Designated on June 27, 2002

1. Babbar Khalsa International (BKI)
2. International Sikh Youth Foundation (ISYF)

Designated on July 2, 2002

1. Gafur Adili
2. Nevzat Halili
3. Kastriot Haxhirexha

Designated on August 12, 2002

1. The Communist Party of the Philippines/New People s
Army (CPP/NPA)
2. Jose Maria Sison

Designated on September 3, 2002

1. Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM)

Designated on October 10, 2002

1. Tunisian Combat Group

(end fact sheet)

(Distributed by the Office of International Information
Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site:
http://usinfo.state.gov)

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[freeperfromnj]

Interesting reading re football stadiums as possible targets. Plots involved one Britain and one in the Netherlands. Also a recent story focusing on stepping up security here in the U.S.

British football stadium ‘target’ of bomb attack

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_21-4-2004_pg7_47

Security at Mississippi stadiums evaluated

http://www.thedmonline.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/06/06/42a5804b31a65?in_archive=1

Terror plot trial opens

http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/currentaffairs/region/netherlands/dut050224